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Javier Bardem (1951-) is an Oscar®-winning Spanish actor. Bardem has been appearing in movies for the last 30 years. He won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar® for 2007’s No Country For Old Men. His IMDb page shows over 65 acting credits since 1974. This page will rank Javier Bardem movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, movies that were not released in North American theaters were not included in the rankings. To do well in our overall rankings a movie has to do well at the box office, get good reviews by critics, be liked by audiences and get some award recognition.
Javier Bardem Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
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| 2007 | No Country for Old Men (2007) AA Best Picture Win AA Best Supp Actor Win |
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| 2012 | Skyfall (2012) | |
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| 2024 | Dune: Part Two (2024) | |
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| 2004 | Collateral (2004) |  |
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| 2021 | Dune (2021) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 2023 | The Little Mermaid (2023) | |
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| 2017 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017) |  |
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| 2008 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) |  |
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| 2022 | Lyle Lyle Crocodile (2022) | |
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| 2004 | The Sea Inside (2004) | |
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| 2000 | Before Night Falls (2000) AA Best Actor Nom |
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| 2010 | Eat Pray Love (2010) | |
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| 2022 | The Good Boss (2022) |  |
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| 1997 | Live Flesh (1997) | |
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| 2002 | Mondays in the Sun (2002) | |
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| 2017 | Mother! (2017) | |
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| 2021 | Being The Ricardos (2021) Amazon AA Best Actor Nom |
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| 2010 | Biutiful (2010) AA Best Actor Nom |
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| 2002 | The Dancer Upstairs (2002) | |
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| 2018 | Everybody Knows (2018) | |
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| 1994 | Numbered Days (1994) | |
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| 1991 | High Heels (1991) |  |
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| 1999 | Second Skin (1999) |  |
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| 1992 | Jamón, Jamón (1992) | |
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| 2017 | Loving Pablo (2017) | |
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| 2007 | Love in the Time of Cholera (2007) |  |
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| 2013 | The Counsellor (2013) | |
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| 2014 | Automata (2014) | |
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| 2012 | To The Wonder (2012) | |
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| 2013 | Scorpion in Love (2013) | |
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| 2006 | Goya's Ghosts (2006) |  |
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| 2016 | The Last Face (2016) |  |
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| 2020 | The Roads Not Taken (2020) | |
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| 2015 | The Gunman (2015) | |
Javier Bardem Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort Javier Bardem movies by his co-stars
- Sort Javier Bardem movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Javier Bardem movies by adjusted worldwide box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions).
- Sort Javier Bardem movies by how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Javier Bardem movie received.
- Sort Javier Bardem movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
| CreditRank | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Review % | Oscar Nom / Win | S | UMR Score | ||||
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| CreditRank | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review % | Oscar Nom / Win | S | UMR Score |
| 1 | No Country for Old Men (2007) AA Best Picture Win AA Best Supp Actor Win |
Tommy Lee Jones & Woody Harrelson |
74.30 | 116.4 | 268.9 | 36 | 92 | 08 / 04 | 99.6 | |
| 2 | Skyfall (2012) | Daniel Craig | 304.40 | 412.2 | 1,501.3 | 4 | 88 | 05 / 02 | 99.2 | |
| 3 | Dune: Part Two (2024) | Timothée Chalamet & Zendaya |
282.10 | 282.1 | 711.8 | 5 | 87 | 00 / 00 | 98.5 | |
| 3 | Collateral (2004) | Tom Cruise & Jamie Foxx |
101.00 | 175.3 | 378.0 | 23 | 81 | 02 / 00 | 96.5 | |
| 4 | Dune (2021) AA Best Picture Nom |
Timothée Chalamet & Dave Bautista |
106.20 | 112.6 | 413.3 | 13 | 78 | 10 / 06 | 95.4 | |
| 5 | The Little Mermaid (2023) | Halle Bailey & Melissa McCarthy |
298.20 | 298.2 | 569.1 | 6 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 92.4 | |
| 6 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017) | Orlando Bloom & Johnny Depp |
172.60 | 207.4 | 954.3 | 19 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 88.2 | |
| 8 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) | Rebecca Hall & Scarlett Johansson |
23.20 | 34.9 | 144.7 | 111 | 78 | 01 / 01 | 78.2 | |
| 9 | Lyle Lyle Crocodile (2022) | Constance Wu | 46.90 | 48.0 | 110.0 | 34 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 73.5 | |
| 10 | The Sea Inside (2004) | Belén Rueda | 2.10 | 3.7 | 68.9 | 185 | 82 | 02 / 00 | 72.6 | |
| 11 | Before Night Falls (2000) AA Best Actor Nom |
Johnny Depp & Sean Penn |
4.20 | 8.5 | 17.0 | 147 | 81 | 01 / 00 | 72.5 | |
| 12 | Eat Pray Love (2010) | Julia Roberts & James Franco |
80.60 | 110.1 | 279.5 | 42 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 70.3 | |
| 13 | The Good Boss (2022) | Manolo Solo | 0.10 | 0.2 | 7.2 | 149 | 81 | 00 / 00 | 68.2 | |
| 14 | Live Flesh (1997) | Liberto Rabal & Francesca Neri |
1.70 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 180 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 63.0 | |
| 15 | Mondays in the Sun (2002) | Luis Tosar | 0.20 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 257 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 59.9 | |
| 16 | Mother! (2017) | Jennifer Lawrence & Ed Harris |
17.80 | 21.3 | 51.2 | 105 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 59.7 | |
| 17 | Being The Ricardos (2021) Amazon AA Best Actor Nom |
Nicole Kidman | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 248 | 71 | 03 / 00 | 57.7 | |
| 18 | Biutiful (2010) AA Best Actor Nom |
Maricel Álvarez | 2.50 | 3.4 | 30.2 | 157 | 70 | 02 / 00 | 56.3 | |
| 19 | The Dancer Upstairs (2002) | Laura Morante | 2.40 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 182 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 55.8 | |
| 20 | Everybody Knows (2018) | Penélope Cruz | 2.70 | 3.1 | 21.3 | 179 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 52.3 | |
| 21 | Numbered Days (1994) | Carmelo Gómez | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 246 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 50.5 | |
| 22 | High Heels (1991) | Victoria Abril & Marisa Paredes |
1.70 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 154 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 42.8 | |
| 23 | Second Skin (1999) | Jordi Mollà | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 283 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 39.7 | |
| 24 | Jamón, Jamón (1992) | Penélope Cruz | 0.90 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 172 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 39.4 | |
| 25 | Loving Pablo (2017) | Penélope Cruz | 0.10 | 0.1 | 18.1 | 408 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 31.1 | |
| 26 | Love in the Time of Cholera (2007) | Giovanna Mezzogiorno | 4.60 | 7.2 | 48.7 | 170 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 26.9 | |
| 28 | The Counsellor (2013) | Brad Pitt & Michael Fassbender |
17.00 | 22.5 | 94.2 | 117 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 25.6 | |
| 27 | Automata (2014) | Antonio Banderas & Melanie Griffith |
0.10 | 0.1 | 8.3 | 307 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 25.4 | |
| 29 | To The Wonder (2012) | Ben Affleck | 0.60 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 216 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 24.0 | |
| 30 | Scorpion in Love (2013) | Álex González | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 319 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 23.2 | |
| 31 | Goya's Ghosts (2006) | Natalie Portman & Directed by Milos Forman |
1.00 | 1.6 | 15.5 | 233 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 17.0 | |
| 32 | The Last Face (2016) | Charlize Theron & Directed by Sean Penn |
0.10 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 294 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 9.0 | |
| 33 | The Roads Not Taken (2020) | Salma Hayek | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 251 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 8.7 | |
| 34 | The Gunman (2015) | Sean Penn & Idris Elba |
10.70 | 13.6 | 30.9 | 117 | 39 | 00 / 00 | 6.4 |
Best IMDb Trivia On Javier Bardem
1. Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem was born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands, Spain in 1969.
2. Javier Bardem’s Best Actor Oscar® nomination for Before Night Falls (2000) made him the first Spanish actor to receive an Academy Award® nomination and his Best Supporting Actor victory for No Country for Old Men (2007) made him the first Spanish actor to win an Academy Award.
2A. Another perk of Javier Bardem’s performance in Before Night Falls, was an out-of-the-blue congratulatory answering machine message from Al Pacino. Bardem has said it was “one of the most beautiful gifts of my life.”
3. Met Penélope Cruz for the first time on the set of Jamón, Jamón (1992), but they would not become a couple until working together in Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008). They also worked together on Live Flesh (1997), but did not share any on-screen time.
4. Javier Bardem Is one of only three Academy-Award® winning actors to play a primary James Bond villain. The others are Christopher Walken in A View to a Kill (1985), and Christoph Waltz in Spectre (2015).
5. Javier Bardem has worked with seven directors who have won a Best Director Oscar®: Milos Forman, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Woody Allen, Alejandro G. Iñárritu and Sam Mendes.
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Hi Bruce, thanks for doing a page on Javier Bardem, one the finest leading men to have an international career over the past 20 years. An excellent actor, he can do sensitive, dramatic roles and portray menacing, at times psychotic, villains. A big star in Spain and Latin America for many years, he has received increasing recognition and popularity in English-speaking countries over the past dozen years or so. I have seen 12 of the films on the list, including several of his Spanish-language films. My favorites are The Sea Inside, Skyfall, The Dancer Upstairs, Vicky, Cristina, Barcelona, and Pedro Almodovar’s Live Flesh, which I think was one of the first where Bardem demonstrated his strong dramatic skills. I imagine it was not easy to get box office information on many of his earlier films, so it’s a great effort on your part.
Hey PhilHoF17. Glad you enjoyed this Javier Bardem page. I agree is has become of the “finest men to have an international career.” I think the first time I noticed him was in the good but very depressing Mondays in the Sun (2002) . After he became really known..I was shocked that he was the lead in that movie….talk about a different type of role for him. Tally count. Me 16, you 12 and Steve 7. As for your favorites…I have seen them all except for Live Flesh and the Dancer Upstairs. As for box office information…yep….I am not happy about all the movies from the 1990s that I could not include…but I got a few of them. Good stuff as always.