Want to know the best Morgan Freeman movies? How about the worst Morgan Freeman movies? Curious about Morgan Freeman’s box office grosses or which Morgan Freeman movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Morgan Freeman movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences and which ones got the worst? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.
Before doing this page, I would have told you the actor that I became first aware of as a kid ….. was John Wayne. Turns out the answer has to be Morgan Freeman. Freeman appeared on PBS’s The Electric Company from 1971 to 1977. I was in kindergarten in 1972, and The Electric Company was required viewing. I remember seeing Freeman in the trailer for 1980’s Brubaker, and telling my brother…”Hey its that guy from the Electric Company”….ok enough about me.
In 1987 Freeman played Fast Eddie, a very brutal pimp, in Smart Street. He received his first Oscar® and Golden Globe® nomination for that role, and his movie career has never looked back. Since those early days, he has become one of the most respected actors working today. His IMDb page shows over 130 acting credits since 1964. This page will rank Morgan Freeman movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos and movies that were not released in theaters were not included in the rankings. This page was from a request by Sunshine.
Morgan Freeman 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
1992
Unforgiven (1992)
AA Best Picture Win
2004
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
AA Best Picture Win
AA Best Supp Actor Win
1989
Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
AA Best Picture Win
AA Best Actor Nom
2008
The Dark Knight (2008)
2012
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
2014
The LEGO Movie (2014)
Voice Only
2005
Batman Begins (2005)
1995
Se7en (1995)
1980
Brubaker (1980)
2008
Wanted (2008)
2005
March of the Penguins (2005)
2014
Lucy (2014)
1994
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
AA Best Picture Nom
AA Best Actor Nom
1991
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
1995
Outbreak (1995)
2002
The Sum of All Fears (2002)
2003
Bruce Almighty (2003)
1989
Glory (1989)
1998
Deep Impact (1998)
2010
Red (2010)
1997
Amistad (1997)
2013
Now You See Me (2013)
2013
Oblivion (2013)
2007
The Bucket List (2007)
2011
Dolphin Tale (2011)
2013
Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
1989
Lean on Me (1989)
1997
Kiss the Girls (1997)
2009
Invictus (2009)
AA Best Actor Nom
2007
Gone Baby Gone (2007)
2001
Along Came a Spider (2001)
2019
Angel Has Fallen (2019)
2007
Evan Almighty (2007)
2015
Ted 2 (2015)
2000
Nurse Betty (2000)
1984
Teachers (1984)
2016
Now You See Me 2 (2016)
2014
Dolphin Tale 2 (2014)
2013
Last Vegas (2013)
2005
Unleashed (2005)
2017
Going In Style (2017)
1981
Eyewitness (1981)
2006
Lucky Number Slevin (2006)
2002
High Crimes (2002)
2021
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It (2021)
2023
A Good Person (2023)
2021
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (2021)
2016
London Has Fallen (2016)
1993
Bopha! (1993)
2018
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)
2018
Brian Banks (2018)
1988
Clean and Sober (1988)
1985
That Was Then... This Is Now (1985)
1987
Street Smart (1987)
AA Best Supp Actor Nom
1989
Johnny Handsome (1989)
2005
An Unfinished Life (2005)
1992
The Power of One (1992)
2006
10 Items or Less (2006)
2003
Dreamcatcher (2003)
2015
Last Knights (2015)
2016
Ben-Hur (2016)
2007
Feast of Love (2007)
1998
Hard Rain (1998)
1996
Moll Flanders (1996)
2023
57 Seconds (2023)
Limited Release
1985
Marie (1985)
2000
Under Suspicion (2000)
2014
Transcendence (2014)
2021
Coming 2 America (2021)
Amazon
2014
5 Flights Up (2014)
1990
The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
2005
Edison/Edison Force (2005)
1996
Chain Reaction (1996)
2003
Levity (2003)
2012
The Magic of Belle Isle (2012)
2009
The Maiden Heist (2009)
2009
Thick As Thieves/The Code (2009)
1988
Blood Money/Clinton & Nadine (1988)
HBO Movie 
2022
Paradise Highway (2022)
Limited Release
1984
Harry & Son (1984)
2019
The Poison Rose (2019)
Limited Release
2004
The Big Bounce (2004)
2017
Just Getting Started (2017)
2023
The Ritual Killer (2023)
Limited Release
2021
Vanquish (2021)
Morgan Freeman 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.
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- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Morgan Freeman movie received.
- Sort Morgan Freeman movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
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| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 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 | UMR Score | S |
| 1 | Unforgiven (1992) AA Best Picture Win |
Gene Hackman & Directed by Clint Eastwood |
101.20 | 286.4 | 450.60 | 11 | 92 | 09 / 04 | 100.0 | |
| 3 | Million Dollar Baby (2004) AA Best Picture Win AA Best Supp Actor Win |
Hilary Swank & Directed by Clint Eastwood |
100.50 | 190.1 | 410.10 | 24 | 90 | 07 / 04 | 99.9 | |
| 2 | Driving Miss Daisy (1989) AA Best Picture Win AA Best Actor Nom |
Jessica Tandy | 106.60 | 315.5 | 431.50 | 9 | 81 | 09 / 04 | 99.8 | |
| 4 | The Dark Knight (2008) | Christian Bale & Michael Caine |
533.30 | 872.8 | 1,641.50 | 1 | 95 | 08 / 02 | 99.7 | |
| 5 | The Dark Knight Rises (2012) | Christian Bale & Michael Caine |
458.10 | 676.3 | 1,615.50 | 2 | 88 | 00 / 00 | 98.6 | |
| 6 | The LEGO Movie (2014) Voice Only |
Chris Pratt | 257.80 | 370.7 | 674.70 | 5 | 87 | 01 / 00 | 98.5 | |
| 7 | Batman Begins (2005) | Christian Bale & Michael Caine |
205.30 | 377.0 | 684.30 | 8 | 82 | 01 / 00 | 97.8 | |
| 8 | Se7en (1995) | Brad Pitt & Kevin Spacey |
100.10 | 270.5 | 884.10 | 9 | 82 | 01 / 00 | 97.7 | |
| 11 | Brubaker (1980) | Robert Redford | 44.90 | 202.8 | 202.80 | 17 | 71 | 01 / 00 | 95.2 | |
| 9 | Wanted (2008) | Angelina Jolie & James McAvoy |
134.50 | 220.1 | 558.80 | 19 | 70 | 02 / 00 | 95.0 | |
| 13 | March of the Penguins (2005) | Charles Berling | 77.40 | 142.2 | 233.90 | 27 | 84 | 01 / 01 | 93.8 | |
| 12 | Lucy (2014) | Scarlett Johannson | 126.70 | 182.2 | 666.40 | 25 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 92.9 | |
| 12 | The Shawshank Redemption (1994) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Actor Nom |
Tim Robbins | 28.30 | 81.6 | 81.60 | 51 | 90 | 07 / 00 | 92.8 | |
| 14 | Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) | Kevin Costner | 165.50 | 461.9 | 1,089.90 | 3 | 61 | 01 / 00 | 92.3 | |
| 16 | Outbreak (1995) | Dustin Hoffman & Kevin Spacey |
67.70 | 182.8 | 512.80 | 24 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 91.7 | |
| 15 | The Sum of All Fears (2002) | Ben Affleck | 118.90 | 240.9 | 392.90 | 22 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 90.7 | |
| 17 | Bruce Almighty (2003) | Jim Carrey & Jennifer Aniston |
242.80 | 473.2 | 944.30 | 5 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 89.9 | |
| 18 | Glory (1989) | Denzel Washington | 26.80 | 79.4 | 79.40 | 43 | 86 | 05 / 03 | 89.9 | |
| 17 | Deep Impact (1998) | Robert Duvall | 140.50 | 351.9 | 875.50 | 7 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 88.1 | |
| 21 | Red (2010) | Bruce Willis | 90.40 | 134.6 | 296.40 | 38 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 87.6 | |
| 20 | Amistad (1997) | Anthony Hopkins & Directed by Steven Spielberg |
44.20 | 113.2 | 167.20 | 48 | 73 | 04 / 00 | 87.4 | |
| 22 | Now You See Me (2013) | Michael Caine | 117.70 | 170.1 | 508.30 | 27 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 86.9 | |
| 23 | Oblivion (2013) | Tom Cruise | 89.10 | 128.8 | 413.60 | 41 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 84.8 | |
| 26 | The Bucket List (2007) | Jack Nicholson | 93.50 | 159.6 | 299.50 | 30 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 84.7 | |
| 24 | Dolphin Tale (2011) | Harry Connick Jr. & Ashley Judd |
72.00 | 106.7 | 141.40 | 51 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 84.2 | |
| 26 | Olympus Has Fallen (2013) | Gerard Butler | 98.90 | 143.0 | 246.10 | 36 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 82.3 | |
| 28 | Lean on Me (1989) | Beverly Todd | 31.90 | 94.4 | 94.40 | 37 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 82.2 | |
| 28 | Kiss the Girls (1997) | Ashley Judd | 60.50 | 154.9 | 217.70 | 28 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 81.4 | |
| 27 | Invictus (2009) AA Best Actor Nom |
Matt Damon & Directed by Clint Eastwood |
37.50 | 58.7 | 191.50 | 76 | 77 | 02 / 00 | 81.2 | |
| 28 | Gone Baby Gone (2007) | Casey Affleck & Directed by Ben Affleck |
20.30 | 34.7 | 59.10 | 105 | 85 | 01 / 00 | 80.7 | |
| 31 | Along Came a Spider (2001) | Ashley Judd | 74.10 | 154.1 | 218.70 | 30 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 79.6 | |
| 31 | Angel Has Fallen (2019) | Gerard Butler & Nick Nolte |
69.00 | 88.5 | 171.10 | 40 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 79.5 | |
| 35 | Evan Almighty (2007) | Steve Carell & John Goodman |
100.50 | 171.6 | 296.20 | 27 | 40 | 00 / 00 | 79.3 | |
| 33 | Ted 2 (2015) | Mark Wahlberg & Seth MacFarlane |
81.50 | 113.6 | 302.00 | 35 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 78.5 | |
| 35 | Nurse Betty (2000) | Chris Rock | 25.20 | 54.9 | 64.00 | 89 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 78.4 | |
| 36 | Teachers (1984) | Nick Nolte | 27.80 | 97.1 | 97.10 | 35 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 75.4 | |
| 38 | Now You See Me 2 (2016) | Woody Harrelson & Daniel Radcliffe |
65.10 | 88.4 | 454.90 | 49 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 74.0 | |
| 37 | Dolphin Tale 2 (2014) | Harry Connick Jr. & Ashley Judd |
42.00 | 60.4 | 83.20 | 82 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 72.4 | |
| 40 | Last Vegas (2013) | Robert DeNiro & Michael Douglas |
63.90 | 92.4 | 194.20 | 56 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 69.4 | |
| 39 | Unleashed (2005) | Jet Li & Bob Hoskins |
24.50 | 45.0 | 90.00 | 106 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 67.6 | |
| 43 | Going In Style (2017) | Michael Caine & Alan Arkin |
45.00 | 59.0 | 111.20 | 60 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 63.7 | |
| 41 | Eyewitness (1981) | William Hurt & Sigourney Weaver |
6.40 | 27.1 | 27.10 | 86 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 63.6 | |
| 45 | Lucky Number Slevin (2006) | Bruce Willis & Ben Kingsley |
22.50 | 40.2 | 100.60 | 109 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 59.5 | |
| 43 | High Crimes (2002) | Ashley Judd | 41.50 | 84.2 | 129.20 | 58 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 59.5 | |
| 45 | Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It (2021) | Whoopi Goldberg | 0.20 | 0.2 | 0.20 | 128 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 58.5 | |
| 44 | A Good Person (2023) | Florence Pugh | 2.20 | 2.4 | 3.40 | 139 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 58.0 | |
| 46 | Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (2021) | Ryan Reynolds & Samuel L. Jackson |
38.00 | 43.9 | 77.90 | 35 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 54.6 | |
| 49 | London Has Fallen (2016) | Gerard Butler | 62.50 | 84.9 | 279.50 | 52 | 44 | 00 / 00 | 52.7 | |
| 47 | Bopha! (1993) | Danny Glover & Malcolm McDowell |
0.20 | 0.6 | 0.60 | 215 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 49.7 | |
| 51 | The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018) | Keira Knightley & Helen Mirren |
54.90 | 70.4 | 223.10 | 51 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 48.8 | |
| 49 | Brian Banks (2018) | Aldis Hodge & Football Movies |
4.40 | 5.6 | 5.60 | 161 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 45.9 | |
| 51 | Clean and Sober (1988) | Michael Keaton | 8.70 | 24.8 | 24.80 | 96 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 45.8 | |
| 52 | That Was Then... This Is Now (1985) | Emilio Estevez | 8.60 | 28.6 | 28.60 | 93 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 45.6 | |
| 53 | Street Smart (1987) AA Best Supp Actor Nom |
Christopher Reeve | 1.10 | 3.4 | 3.40 | 167 | 65 | 01 / 00 | 44.2 | |
| 54 | Johnny Handsome (1989) | Mickey Rourke | 7.20 | 21.4 | 21.40 | 96 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 44.2 | |
| 56 | An Unfinished Life (2005) | Robert Redford | 8.60 | 15.8 | 34.20 | 155 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 39.5 | |
| 57 | The Power of One (1992) | Stephen Dorff | 2.80 | 8.0 | 8.00 | 140 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 36.6 | |
| 58 | 10 Items or Less (2006) | Paz Vega | 0.10 | 0.1 | 2.60 | 311 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 35.1 | |
| 60 | Dreamcatcher (2003) | Jason Lee & Thomas Jane |
33.70 | 65.7 | 147.50 | 85 | 41 | 00 / 00 | 32.7 | |
| 59 | Last Knights (2015) | Clive Owen | 0.10 | 0.1 | 2.80 | 314 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 30.5 | |
| 63 | Ben-Hur (2016) | Jack Huston | 26.40 | 35.9 | 127.80 | 102 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 25.4 | |
| 61 | Feast of Love (2007) | Greg Kinnear | 3.50 | 6.0 | 9.80 | 188 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 23.3 | |
| 64 | Hard Rain (1998) | Christian Slater | 19.90 | 49.8 | 56.30 | 83 | 41 | 00 / 00 | 22.2 | |
| 62 | Moll Flanders (1996) | Robin Wright | 3.50 | 9.3 | 9.30 | 166 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 21.8 | |
| 64 | 57 Seconds (2023) Limited Release |
Josh Hutcherson | 0.10 | 0.1 | 1.20 | 248 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 21.1 | |
| 65 | Marie (1985) | Sissy Spacek | 2.50 | 8.3 | 8.30 | 135 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 19.1 | |
| 67 | Under Suspicion (2000) | Gene Hackman | 0.30 | 0.6 | 0.60 | 231 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 18.9 | |
| 68 | Transcendence (2014) | Johnny Depp | 23.00 | 33.1 | 148.20 | 111 | 44 | 00 / 00 | 18.9 | |
| 69 | Coming 2 America (2021) Amazon |
Eddie Murphy | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 185 | 53 | 01 / 00 | 18.2 | |
| 69 | 5 Flights Up (2014) | Diane Keaton | 1.00 | 1.5 | 1.50 | 183 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 15.8 | |
| 72 | The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990) | Bruce Willis & Tom Hanks |
15.70 | 43.6 | 77.90 | 77 | 37 | 00 / 00 | 13.7 | |
| 70 | Edison/Edison Force (2005) | Justin Timberlake | 0.00 | 0.1 | 7.70 | 387 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 13.5 | |
| 73 | Chain Reaction (1996) | Keanu Reeves | 21.20 | 56.4 | 160.10 | 76 | 33 | 00 / 00 | 13.1 | |
| 74 | Levity (2003) | Billy Bob Thornton | 0.20 | 0.4 | 0.40 | 233 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 12.9 | |
| 75 | The Magic of Belle Isle (2012) | Directed by Rob Reiner | 0.10 | 0.2 | 0.20 | 262 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 11.8 | |
| 76 | The Maiden Heist (2009) | Christopher Walken | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.20 | 438 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 11.2 | |
| 76 | Thick As Thieves/The Code (2009) | Antonio Banderas & Tom Hardy |
0.10 | 0.1 | 10.80 | 346 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 11.2 | |
| 78 | Blood Money/Clinton & Nadine (1988) HBO Movie |
Andy Garcia | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 285 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 7.8 | |
| 77 | Paradise Highway (2022) Limited Release |
Juliette Binoche | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 300 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 7.7 | |
| 79 | Harry & Son (1984) | Robbie Benson & Directed by Paul Newman |
4.90 | 17.0 | 17.00 | 111 | 39 | 00 / 00 | 7.4 | |
| 81 | The Poison Rose (2019) Limited Release |
John Travolta & Brendan Fraser |
0.10 | 0.1 | 0.50 | 323 | 44 | 00 / 00 | 6.3 | |
| 80 | The Big Bounce (2004) | Owen Wilson & Charlie Sheen |
6.50 | 12.3 | 12.90 | 156 | 37 | 00 / 00 | 4.5 | |
| 81 | Just Getting Started (2017) | Tommy Lee Jones | 6.10 | 8.0 | 10.00 | 133 | 31 | 00 / 00 | 1.5 | |
| 82 | The Ritual Killer (2023) Limited Release |
Cole Hauser | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 296 | 31 | 00 / 00 | 0.9 | |
| 83 | Vanquish (2021) | Ruby Rose | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.60 | 216 | 17 | 00 / 00 | 0.0 |
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