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 | 291 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 40.1 | |
| 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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I LOVE Fargo
Hey Flora…I love Fargo…and I am almost 100% sure it will be her number one movie when I find all the information on her movies….I remember when I saw Fargo the first time it was during the 1996 Oscars….I have boycotted the Oscar show two times in my life….I boycotted that year because I was so upset that they nominated Babe(the talking pig movie) for some many Oscars including a Best Picture nomination…so I decided to skip the show and go to the movies….anyway…I found it to be a great movie then and still do now.
Well it’s a character I love but I’m not sure what her total history is and I’d love to see her in more – what about Frances Mcdormand? From Fargo? She just cracks me up! I’m not sure if she’s played in a lot of movies but I do recall some good ones.
Consider it done…I will make that the next one I do…so I guess we will find out together about her movie career…I do know she is married to one of the Coen brothers…and they helped her win her Oscar many years ago. Thanks for the suggestion.
Oh yeah…..I just read this one again…..I needed a breath of fresh air:)
I really did say that to my hair dresser – but Dave wouldn’t go to a chick salon…..
I fort because I got all excited about so many things when I was reading it – A Time to Kill was my favorite serious movie and How to Lose a Guy my fav comedy. Can we make requests? I have one! Lol
Sunshine625
Hey Realhousewife….first of all A Time To Kill is a modern day classic…and How To Lose A Guy In Ten Days is a very funny movie…he and Kate Hudson make a great couple and I hope they make a third movie soon. As for request….absolutely….and your request will go straight to the top of the list…so fire away.
LOL to @Real’s comment! I hope she finds her husband soon!
My friend tried to post a comment on here but she wasn’t able to so here goes….”Your post on the page about my boy Matthew shows up on my newsfeed and I go to post my comment on it but it wont let me. So here is my comment “I don’t rate his movies on his acting skills. I watch Matthew movies just to look at him” Hubba Hubba”
Thank you Rogers, you made some wonderful women very happy! – Sunshine
Hey Sunshine…sorry your friend could not leave a comment…but I am glad Matthew makes so many people(majority being women) happy. Thanks for the comments and the compliment from you and your friend.
Cogerson – I am glad Sunshine shared this! I haven’t been getting my notifications again! I would have missed this page! About Matt:). Now that – would have been criminal. I once called my hairdresser and said, “I’m sending my husband over – dont’t send him back until you get him looking like Matt! Haven’t seen him since…..
Anyhow – ! Lol. I loved him in so many of his movies – he is a great actor! Awesome up and everything! Personal thanks:-)! Lol
Hey RealHousewife…that is a funny story/line about your husband and your hair dresser…I showed it to my wife and we both got a big laugh out of that one…..I assume the look you wanted was not the one from Reign on Fire(see photo above)…I can almost manage that one….lol.
Thanks for the compliments and I am glad you enjoyed my Matthew McCongauhey page.