Want to know the best Matthew McConaughey movies? How about the worst Matthew McConaughey movies? Curious about Matthew McConaughey’s box office grosses or which Matthew McConaughey movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Matthew McConaughey movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences? Well you have come to the right place …. because we have all of that information.
As I was working on my latest page, Best Movies of 1946 and I got into a conversation about my latest page subject with one of my children (my 21 year old daughter). When I told her my latest subject, I could tell she had no interest what so ever in movies made 48 years before she was born. So figuring she has to represent a decent percentage of my readers, I figured I would publish a current page to go with my 1946 page. So I grabbed my handy dandy movie notebook and checked out some of my requests over the last 9 months. So the winner from the requests was Mr. Matthew McConaughey.
Matthew McConaughey (1969-) is an American actor who began his acting career in 1991. After appearing in supporting roles in movies like 1993’s Dazed and Confused, 1994’s Angels in the Outfield and 1996’s Lone Star, he got his first big break by getting the lead role in 1996’s A Time To Kill. Since the success of A Time To Kill, McConaughey has become one of the more recognizable leading men working in movies today. He has appeared in romantic comedies, action films, Oscar® winning dramas and even some horror films. Our personal Top 3 McConaughey movies are Reign of Fire (2002), We Are Marshall (2006) and Interstellar (2014).
Matthew McConaughey has 60 IMDb acting credits from 1992-2017. In the following table we ranked 40 Matthew McConauhey movies in six sortable columns of information in the following table. Cameos, television appearances, shorts and direct to DVD movies were not included in the rankings.
Matthew McConaughey Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Year
Movie (Year)
Rating
S
Year Movie (Year) Rating S
2014
Interstellar (2014)
2024
Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
Cameo
NP
2013
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
AA Best Picture Nom
2016
Sing (2016)
Voice Only
2008
Tropic Thunder (2008)
2021
Sing 2 (2021)
Voice Only
1997
Contact (1997)
1996
A Time to Kill (1996)
2012
Magic Mike (2012)
2000
U-571 (2000)
2013
Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
AA Best Picture Nom
AA Best Actor Win
2016
Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
2003
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003)
1997
Amistad (1997)
2011
The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)
1996
Lone Star (1996)
2012
Mud (2012)
1993
Dazed and Confused (1993)
2020
The Gentlemen (2020)
2006
Failure to Launch (2006)
1995
Boys on the Side (1995)
1994
Angels in the Outfield (1994)
2005
Sahara (2005)
2011
Bernie (2011)
2006
We Are Marshall (2006)
2001
Frailty (2001)
2001
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2001)
1999
EDtv (1999)
2002
Reign of Fire (2002)
2011
Killer Joe (2011)
2001
The Wedding Planner (2001)
2018
White Boy Rick (2018)
2016
Free State of Jones (2016)
1998
The Newton Boys (1998)
2017
The Dark Tower (2017)
2008
Fool's Gold (2008)
2009
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009)
2019
Between Two Ferns: The Movie (2019)
Netflix
2016
Gold (2016)
2005
Two for the Money (2005)
2019
The Beach Bum (2019)
2012
The Paperboy (2012)
1996
Glory Daze (1996)
2019
Serenity (2019)
2003
Tiptoes (2003)
2015
The Sea of Trees (2015)
1996
Larger Than Life (1996)
1993
My Boyfriend's Back (1993)
2008
Surfer, Dude (2008)
1995
Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1995)
Matthew McConaughey 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 by the co-star of the Matthew McConaughey movie
- Sort Matthew McConaughey movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Matthew McConaughey movies by adjusted worldwide box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Matthew McConaughey movies by critic reviews and audiences voting. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Matthew McConaughey movie received.
- Sort Matthew McConaughey movies by Ultimate Movie Ranking (UMR) Score. UMR Score 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Interstellar (2014) | Anne Hathaway & Michael Caine |
188.00 | 248.1 | 890.8 | 16 | 81 | 05 / 01 | 98.3 | |
| 2 | Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) Cameo |
Ryan Reynolds & Hugh Jackman |
636.70 | 636.7 | 1,337.8 | 2 | 79 | 00 / 00 | NP | 97.2 |
| 2 | The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) AA Best Picture Nom |
Leonardo DiCaprio & Directed by Martin Scorsese |
116.90 | 155.0 | 519.8 | 28 | 83 | 05 / 00 | 96.9 | |
| 3 | Sing (2016) Voice Only |
Scarlett Johansson & Reese Witherspoon |
270.30 | 336.9 | 790.5 | 10 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 95.0 | |
| 6 | Tropic Thunder (2008) | Ben Stiller & Robert Downey Jr. |
110.50 | 165.9 | 282.4 | 24 | 78 | 01 / 00 | 94.9 | |
| 7 | Sing 2 (2021) Voice Only |
Reese Witherspoon | 162.50 | 172.2 | 428.0 | 7 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 94.8 | |
| 7 | Contact (1997) | Jodie Foster & Directed by Robert Zemeckis |
100.90 | 237.0 | 401.9 | 15 | 68 | 01 / 00 | 94.8 | |
| 8 | A Time to Kill (1996) | Samuel L. Jackson & Sandra Bullock |
108.80 | 265.3 | 371.4 | 10 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 94.2 | |
| 8 | Magic Mike (2012) | Channing Tatum | 113.70 | 154.0 | 226.5 | 28 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 92.4 | |
| 9 | U-571 (2000) | Bill Paxton | 77.10 | 154.2 | 255.3 | 28 | 67 | 02 / 01 | 91.2 | |
| 10 | Dallas Buyers Club (2013) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Actor Win |
Jared Leto | 27.30 | 36.2 | 73.2 | 95 | 87 | 06 / 03 | 89.1 | |
| 10 | Kubo and the Two Strings (2016) | Charlize Theron | 48.00 | 59.8 | 87.1 | 69 | 91 | 02 / 00 | 88.3 | |
| 12 | How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003) | Kate Hudson | 105.80 | 189.2 | 317.1 | 24 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 88.2 | |
| 14 | Amistad (1997) | Anthony Hopkins & Directed by Steven Spielberg |
44.20 | 103.9 | 153.4 | 48 | 73 | 04 / 00 | 87.5 | |
| 13 | The Lincoln Lawyer (2011) | Marisa Tomei | 58.00 | 78.9 | 102.0 | 58 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 84.2 | |
| 15 | Lone Star (1996) | Frances McDormand | 12.40 | 30.3 | 30.3 | 114 | 85 | 01 / 00 | 81.3 | |
| 16 | Mud (2012) | Reese Witherspoon | 21.60 | 29.2 | 44.2 | 103 | 86 | 00 / 00 | 80.9 | |
| 17 | Dazed and Confused (1993) | Milla Jovovich & Ben Affleck |
8.00 | 20.8 | 20.8 | 119 | 86 | 00 / 00 | 79.7 | |
| 18 | The Gentlemen (2020) | Hugh Grant & Colin Farrell |
36.30 | 42.6 | 131.5 | 12 | 79 | 00 / 00 | 79.5 | |
| 19 | Failure to Launch (2006) | Bradley Cooper | 88.70 | 145.3 | 210.4 | 22 | 44 | 00 / 00 | 78.2 | |
| 21 | Boys on the Side (1995) | Drew Barrymore | 23.40 | 58.1 | 58.1 | 74 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 74.4 | |
| 23 | Angels in the Outfield (1994) | Joseph Gordon-Levitt & Baseball Movies |
50.20 | 132.7 | 132.7 | 26 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 73.9 | |
| 24 | Sahara (2005) | Steve Zahn | 68.70 | 115.7 | 200.9 | 36 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 73.7 | |
| 24 | Bernie (2011) | Shirley MacLaine & Jack Black |
9.20 | 12.5 | 13.7 | 145 | 81 | 00 / 00 | 73.5 | |
| 25 | We Are Marshall (2006) | Matthew Fox & Football Movies |
43.50 | 71.3 | 71.3 | 68 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 69.1 | |
| 24 | Frailty (2001) | Bill Paxton & Matthew McConaughey |
13.10 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 124 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 68.0 | |
| 26 | Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2001) | John Turturro | 3.30 | 6.3 | 7.1 | 167 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 64.9 | |
| 27 | EDtv (1999) | Woody Harrelson & Directed by Ron Howard |
22.40 | 47.8 | 75.1 | 81 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 60.0 | |
| 29 | Reign of Fire (2002) | Christian Bale & Gerard Butler |
43.10 | 80.0 | 152.7 | 56 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 59.1 | |
| 28 | Killer Joe (2011) | Emile Hirsch | 2.00 | 2.7 | 5.0 | 175 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 56.8 | |
| 33 | The Wedding Planner (2001) | Jennifer Lopez | 60.40 | 115.2 | 180.7 | 39 | 34 | 00 / 00 | 53.6 | |
| 30 | White Boy Rick (2018) | Taylour Paige & Bruce Dern |
24.00 | 28.4 | 29.8 | 97 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 52.3 | |
| 33 | Free State of Jones (2016) | Keri Russell | 20.80 | 25.9 | 31.2 | 109 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 51.3 | |
| 32 | The Newton Boys (1998) | Ethan Hawke | 10.50 | 24.0 | 24.0 | 115 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 48.9 | |
| 34 | The Dark Tower (2017) | Stephen King | 50.70 | 60.9 | 134.3 | 55 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 44.7 | |
| 37 | Fool's Gold (2008) | Kate Hudson & Kevin Hart |
70.20 | 105.4 | 167.0 | 46 | 32 | 00 / 00 | 43.8 | |
| 36 | Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009) | Michael Douglas & Emma Stone |
55.30 | 79.4 | 146.9 | 56 | 41 | 00 / 00 | 43.0 | |
| 38 | Between Two Ferns: The Movie (2019) Netflix |
Paul Rudd & Zach Galifianakis |
0.10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 304 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 39.9 | |
| 38 | Gold (2016) | Bryce Dallas Howard | 7.20 | 9.0 | 15.2 | 153 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 33.5 | |
| 39 | Two for the Money (2005) | Al Pacino & Football Movies |
23.00 | 38.7 | 51.4 | 111 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 26.7 | |
| 40 | The Beach Bum (2019) | Zac Efron | 3.50 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 151 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 18.6 | |
| 41 | The Paperboy (2012) | Nicole Kidman & John Cusack |
0.70 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 207 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 14.7 | |
| 42 | Glory Daze (1996) | Ben Affleck & Sam Rockwell |
0.10 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 254 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 13.1 | |
| 44 | Serenity (2019) | Anne Hathaway | 8.50 | 10.1 | 12.8 | 125 | 42 | 00 / 00 | 8.0 | |
| 43 | Tiptoes (2003) | Gary Oldman & Kate Beckinsale |
0.10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 283 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 7.8 | |
| 44 | The Sea of Trees (2015) | Naomi Watts | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 349 | 40 | 00 / 00 | 3.9 | |
| 46 | Larger Than Life (1996) | Bill Murray | 8.30 | 20.3 | 20.3 | 136 | 31 | 00 / 00 | 3.1 | |
| 47 | My Boyfriend's Back (1993) | Philip Seymour Hoffman | 3.30 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 151 | 33 | 00 / 00 | 2.2 | |
| 48 | Surfer, Dude (2008) | Woody Harrelson | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 315 | 31 | 00 / 00 | 1.0 | |
| 49 | Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1995) | Renee Zellweger | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 263 | 22 | 00 / 00 | 0.2 |
Stats and Possibly Interesting Things From The Above Matthew McConaughey Table
1. Eleven Matthew McConaughey movies crossed the magical $100 million mark. That is a percentage of 27.50% of his movies listed. Sing (2016) is currently his biggest box office hit when looking at adjusted domestic box office grosses.
2. An average Matthew McConaughey movie grosses $65.00 million in adjusted box office gross.
3. Using RottenTomatoes.com’s 60% fresh meter. 22 Matthew McConaughey movies are rated as good movies…or 55.00% of his movies. Kubo and the Two Strings (2016) is his highest rated movie while Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1995) is his lowest rated movie.
4. Eight Matthew McConaughey movies received at least one Oscar® nomination in any category…..or 20.00% of his movies.
5. Three Matthew McConaughey movies won at least one Oscar® in any category…..or 7.50% of his movies.
6. An average Ultimate Movie Ranking (UMR) Score is 40.00. 16 Matthew McConaughey movies scored higher that average….or 34.28% of his movies. Interstellar (2014) got the the highest UMR Score while Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1995) got the lowest UMR Score.
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just a thought. Even before I ever saw I single movie I knew who Clark Gable was.A man who was born the same day I was 75 years earlier and who died 16 years before I was born. People are spending FAR too much time talking about how old actors are. I mean, the New Kids on the Block were popular when I was a teenager. They were harmless and very popular-the first concert I attended-, but I wouldn’t dream of suggesting my generation of teen idols matches the musical *quality* of the British Invasion of the 60s – music that has indeed remained popular. If mike wants to point out that he thinks Mathew M. is a good lucker whose acting skills are light entertainment only while Paul Newman is a great actor, let him. Quite frankly, a lot of those classic actors want to be remembered for their charitable work, NOT their acting. Newman would much rather be remembered for all the work he did for charity. and he is remembered for charity. Not so William Holden, who wanted the first thing people to think of him being his animal santuary, not his acting. that is not the case.
Actors popular when I was a teenager–Charlie Sheen (!) Christian Slater (who?), Patrick swayze (dead) and Tom Cruise (still popular). The Brat Pack group were huge when I was a teenager. I wouldn’t call most of them great actors, although I loved them at the time, and I am not offended when people roll their eyes when I say I was a huge fan of New Kids On The block.
Please lets not make these pages of Cogerson’s a one side vs. the other like the political hubs. Never mind calling people OLD who are likely either your own age or younger because they like quality regardless of the age-I watch Oscar films that come out now, but most of the films that come out now before September are not good. I am getting a bit frustrated by this thread. What is wrong with being old anyway?
I have a suggestion for people who don’t like hubs about people who are dead, even if if they were old enough to have seen the films when they were released.
DO NOT READ THESE PAGES. And leave those of us who do read them alone.
rant finished. and no, I am tired. And I will not be following this page anymore, even though it is likely my favourite movie year after 1939.
Hey Flora…sorry that this thread has gotten you so upset. I think most people make that decision about which pages to read and which ones to avoid. So I generally try and rotate between classic actors and current actors…I think it is safe that you and I have the movie bug so we are interested in lots of information about movies…especially from the history side of the movie industry.
I think from the HubPages side of things….it has surprisingly turned out that my classic hubs(notice I am not saying dead people) are more popular than my current actors….Looking at my Top PAges.
#1 Bruce Willis….he is my first page…and I really pushed that page
#2 James Stewart…classic actor
#3 Christian Bale….but only ranks 47th when looking at last 30 days
#4 Michael Caine….not sure where he falls in a classification
#5 Johnny Depp….current actor
#6 Marilyn Monroe…classic actress
#7 Katharine Hepburn…classic actress
#8 John Wayne….classic actor
#9 Cary Grant….classic actor
#10 Sean Connery..
#11 Alfred Hitchcock…classic actor
#12 Doris Day….classic actress
#13 Audrey Hepburn…classic actress
#14 Gregory Peck…classic actor
#15 Jack Nicholson…not classic but not too current
So looking at the Top 15 most came form the classic era some I have decided to concentrate more on those pages…while not forgetting about the current ones.
Mckbirdks, my daughters are in their 20’s and if it wasn’t for Paul Newman’s salad dressing they would have no idea who he is. They’ve never seen his movies but they like his food line. They are aware of Matthew McConaughey as is my 5 year old granddaughter. Celebrities that are remembered change with each generation. Just my opinion :))
Hey Sunshine625…yep Fool’s Gold is a good movie to watch as the weather turns cold….I agree that the younger generation has no idea who Paul Newman is….my older son’s only know him as the old guy from the Bruce Willis movie Nobody’s Fool….which is in fact really a Paul Newman movie. You make a good point about actors that are remembered change with each generation….this generation might think in 20 years that Daniel Radcliffe and Robert Pattinson were the greatest actors ever…as always thanks for your comments.
Hello a Matthew McConaughey page? I am having trouble here – he is light entertainment. Paul Newman’s name will be known fifty years from now, is all I can say about that.
Hey mckbirdbks…..when I looked at my request notebook…Mr. McConaughey had three requests over the last few months…..so he might be light entertainment….but he is a very popular light entertainment. As for his comparison to Paul Newman…I think the numbers prove that he is not even close…but Newman is one of the greatest actors ever…so the bar was set very high….thanks for the comments and thanks for stopping by….and congrats again on your outstanding interview in this week’s newsletter.
You have picked a winner for this page. I love Matthew he is very sexy and seems so nice. I think I have seen almost all of these movies plus some I do not see on the main list. Voted way up. And all this talk about him taking off his shirt makes me want to go and watch Fool’s Gold again.
Hey KellyE…great minds thinking alike…I just mentioned in my previous comment about all the time he does not wear a shirt in Fool’s Gold…and then you mention the same thing. I am glad you liked my M.M. movie page so much….thanks for stopping by and commenting.
I am a fan of McConaughey. I love We Are Marshall. I admittedly watch some of the “chick flicks” quite often, so I did like How To Lose A Guy In Ten Days, but I’m a huge Kate Hudson fan. I also liked Two For The Money with Pacino. Of course, Dazed and Confused is a classic so you can’t go wrong with that movie.
Hey Bigpayno…I agree with you….M.M. has been very good in his two football movies…and it is not unbearable when my wife makes me watch some of his chick flicks….I like both Hudson movies….not a huge fan of The Wedding Planner though….I just saw Dazed and Confused….he has a great part in that movie….a very cool guy….which I think he is in real life…thanks for the comments.