Want to know the best Pierce Brosnan movies? How about the worst Pierce Brosnan movies? Curious about Pierce Brosnan box office grosses or which Pierce Brosnan movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Pierce Brosnan movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences and which got the worst reviews? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.
Pierce Brosnan (1953-) is an Irish actor. Brosnan achieved international stardom for playing James Bond in 4 Bond movies. Before playing Bond, his most famous role was playing Ben Pearson on the television show Remington Steel (1982-1987). His IMDb page shows 83 acting credits from 1980-2018. This page will rank 39 Pierce Brosnan movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. His television appearances, shorts, video games and movies not released in North American theaters were not were not included in the rankings.
Pierce Brosnan 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 Pierce Brosnan movies by co-stars of his movies.
- Sort Pierce Brosnan movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Pierce Brosnan movies by yearly domestic box office rank
- Sort Pierce Brosnan movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations each Pierce Brosnan movie received and how many Oscar® wins each Pierce Brosnan movie won.
- Sort Pierce Brosnan 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.
Stats and Possibly Interesting Things From The Pierce Brosnan Table
- Eight Pierce Brosnan movies crossed the magical $100 million domestic gross mark. That is a percentage of 20.51% of his movies listed. Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) was his biggest box office hit when looking at adjusted domestic box office gross.
- An average Pierce Brosnan movie grosses $63.00 million in adjusted box office gross.
- Using RottenTomatoes.com’s 60% fresh meter. 14 Pierce Brosnan movies are rated as good movies…or 35.88% of his movies. The World’s End (2013) is his highest rated movie while I Don’t How She Does It (2011) was his lowest rated movie.
- Three Pierce Brosnan movies received at least one Oscar® nomination in any category…..or 7.69% of his movies.
- One Pierce Brosnan movie won at least one Oscar® in any category…..or 2.56% of his movies.
- An average Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score is 40.00. 10 Pierce Brosnan movies scored higher than that average….or 25.64% of his movies. Goldeneye (1995) got the the highest UMR Score while I Don’t How She Does It (2011) got the lowest UMR Score.
Possibly Interesting Facts About Pierce Brosnan
1. Pierce Brendan Brosnan was born in Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland in 1953.
2. Pierce Brosnan originally wanted to be a painter, but after seeing a fire eater perform, he decided performing was his life’s calling. He became a street performer (including fire eating) who was spotted by a circus agent who hired Brosnan for three years. After the circus he studied acting at the Drama Centre London, graduating in 1975. After that he started appearing on stage. By the early 1980s he was appearing in movies.
3. Pierce Brosnan was voted “Sexiest Man Alive” by People Magazine in 2001.
4. Pierce Brosnan’s favorite Bond films are 1963’s From Russia with Love and 1981’s For Your Eyes Only, and that his least favorite Bond film is 1969’s On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.
5. In addition to his salary for his James Bond movies, Brosnan received Bond cars. The BMW Z3 from 1995’s GoldenEye, an 8-series BMW from 1997’s Tomorrow Never Dies, and the Z8 from 1999’s The World Is Not Enough.
6. Pierce Brosnan and actress Cassandra Harris. Harris was Bronsan’s first wife. After Harris secured a role in 1981’s For Your Eyes Only (James Bond), she and Brosnan were able to secure a loan and move to Southern California. Sadly she died (ovarian cancer) in his arms one day after their 11th anniversary in 1991.
7. Pierce Brosnan has been married two times. He has five children. Sadly his first wife, actress Cassandra “For Your Eyes Only” Harris died (ovarian cancer) in his arms one day after their 11th anniversary in 1991.
8. Pierce Brosnan was nominated for a Best Actor Golden Globe® award for 2005’s The Matador.
9. Pierce Brosnan was one of the people considered to play Batman in 1989’s Batman. Michael Keaton ended up with the role.
10. Check out Pierce Brosnan’s career compared to current and classic actors. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time
Pierce Brosnan Adjusted Worldwide Box Office Grosses
- Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) $922.00 million in adjusted box office grosses
- Mamma Mia! (2008) $734.60 million in adjusted box office grosses
- Goldeneye (1995) $682.60 million in adjusted box office grosses
- Die Another Day (2002) $627.60 million in adjusted box office grosses
- Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) $612.00 million in adjusted box office grosses
- The World Is Not Enough (1999) $602.70 million in adjusted box office grosses
- Dante’s Peak (1997) $335.50 million in adjusted box office grosses
- Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010) $248.30 million
- The Thomas Crown Affair (1999) $212.50 million in adjusted box office grosses
- Mars Attacks (1996) $193.40 million in adjusted box office grosses
- No Escape (2015) $54.30 million in adjusted box office grosses
- The World’s End (2013) $49.30 million in adjusted box office grosses
- The Tailor of Panama (2001) $41.50 million in adjusted box office grosses
- Laws of Attraction (2004) $41.20 million in adjusted box office grosses
- The November Man (2014) $34.50 million in adjusted box office grosses
- The Matador (2005) $23.00 million in adjusted box office grosses
- Love Is All You Need (2013) $10.70 million in adjusted box office grosses
- A Long Way Down (2014) $8.10 million in adjusted box office grosses
- Evelyn (2002) $6.20 million in adjusted box office grosses
- The Love Punch (2014) $5.30 million in adjusted box office grosses
- Married Life (2008) $3.80 million in adjusted box office grosses
- Seraphim Falls (2007) $1.50 million in adjusted box office grosses
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Hello,
When I think Bond, I think Sean Connery or Roger Moore but Mr Brosnan was really so great in Mrs Doubtfire and of course so funny that for me I have never believe he was James…..
Bye
Pierre
Hey Pierre…good points on Pierce….his latest movie has brought some views to the web page. I agree he is very good in Mrs. Doubtfire…..it might from the comedy smash to James Bond movies….the peak of his career. Good feedback.
Love Pierce Brosnan, not my favorite Bond but I liked his Bond movies. Thomas Crown is easily my favorite Pierce movie but The Matador is a close second. You have been busy . Keep it up.
Hey SteinHOF…..August was a very productive month for us…..probably trying to overcompensate for a forecasted slow September…as the Cogerson life gets crazy with work and school. I liked him as Bond too…..as for The Matador….a very good movie that got little attention.
That gets me to remember how The Matador changed how I watch movies. Years ago….I was at the local library with a kid doing something for school…..anyway…I happened to notice some dvds on a shelf…..I walked over thinking they were educational dvds…..well one of the movies on the shelf was Pierce’s The Matador…..I picked it up, checked it out, watched it. Anyway…the next day I went back and got 5 more movies. Well….since then I watch almost 99% of my movies from the local libraries in my area….I have access to about 40 libraries….so I am able to watch a ton of movies…..since 2013….I have averaged watching over 800 movies a year.
Sorry I went off on a rant…..anyway back to your Pierce comment….thanks for the visit and the nice words….it is greatly appreciated.
Hey Dan
1. I only listed 39 of Pierce’s movies….but he has a pretty good collection of movies that did not reach theaters here in the United States….those movies had to help him reach number 226.
2. Only 3 of the Top 10…..but I like his movie with Caine…The Fourth Protocol.
3. Looking at the names….looks like Judi Dench wins the most appearances award….and they were all Bond movies.
4. Looking at the second list….so he really jumped up…I guess not being James Bond did not slow him down at all….good to see Desmond/Q on the list…I miss him in the new Bond movies.
5. 24 Oscar winning co-stars seems low…..but there are some major players on that list.
6. I did not watch Remington Steele either…..but I know my mom loved that show….and still watches it today. Seems it is having a nice life after it’s primetime run.
As always….your lists are greatly appreciated.
Pierce is number 226 on the 2016 Oracle of Bacon Top 1000 Center of the Hollywood Universe list. He zoomed up to 224 on the 2017 list. Here are the people on the 2016 list who have appeared in a film with him.
2 MICHAEL MADSEN Die Another Day (2002)
8 MALCOLM MCDOWELL SOME KIND OF BEAUTIFUL (2015)
10 MICHAEL CAINE The Fourth Protocol (1987)
16 LIAM NEESON Seraphim Falls (2006)
17 TOM SIZEMORE The Match (1999)
24 RANCE HOWARD Mars Attacks! (1996)
33 FRANK WELKER Quest for Camelot (1998)
41 GARY OLDMAN Quest for Camelot (1998)
44 STELLAN SKARSGARD Mamma Mia! (2008)
66 SUSAN SARANDON The Greatest (2009)
72 ROBERT FORSTER SURVIVOR (2015/I)
75 WOODY HARRELSON After the Sunset (2004)
78 PETER JASON Dante’s Peak (1997)
84 PHILIP BAKER HALL Live Wire (1992)
84 PHILIP BAKER HALL The Matador (2005)
94 XANDER BERKELEY Seraphim Falls (2006)
105 ED LAUTER Seraphim Falls (2006)
112 ROD STEIGER Mars Attacks! (1996)
118 GABRIEL BYRNE Quest for Camelot (1998)
121 BOB HOSKINS The Long Good Friday (1980)
122 GERALDINE CHAPLIN The Mirror Crack’d (1980)
134 FAYE DUNAWAY The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
135 MARK MARGOLIS The Tailor of Panama (2001)
135 MARK MARGOLIS The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
141 ROBIN WILLIAMS Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
145 HELEN MIRREN The Long Good Friday (1980)
162 DANNY DEVITO Mars Attacks! (1996)
165 JONATHAN PRYCE Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
175 JULIANNE MOORE Laws of Attraction (2004)
180 OWEN WILSON NO ESCAPE (2015)
194 BEN GAZZARA The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
200 JOE PANTOLIANO Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)
201 JOHN CLEESE Die Another Day (2002)
201 JOHN CLEESE The World Is Not Enough (1999)
212 JON POLITO The Tailor of Panama (2001)
220 ELI WALLACH The Ghost Writer (2010)
222 EWAN MCGREGOR The Ghost Writer (2010)
223 GREG BRONSON MARS ATTACKS! (1996)
225 NED BEATTY The Fourth Protocol (1987)
227 CARY ELWES Quest for Camelot (1998)
229 BOB PEPPER Mars Attacks! (1996)
257 SALMA HAYEK After the Sunset (2004)
257 SALMA HAYEK SOME KIND OF BEAUTIFUL (2015)
264 GLENN CLOSE Mars Attacks! (1996)
266 DON CHEADLE After the Sunset (2004)
279 MERYL STREEP Mamma Mia! (2008)
280 NATALIE PORTMAN Mars Attacks! (1996)
283 UMA THURMAN Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)
304 VINCENT SCHIAVELLI Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
305 JEFF BRIDGES The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)
305 JEFF BRIDGES THE ONLY BOY LIVING IN NEW YORK CITY (2017)
306 ADAM LEFEVRE The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)
315 GEOFFREY LEWIS The Lawnmower Man (1992)
316 AUSTIN PENDLETON The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)
322 MICHAEL SHANNON The Greatest (2009)
328 TONY PLANA Live Wire (1992)
332 ELYA BASKIN Love Affair (1994)
339 WALLACE SHAWN THE ONLY BOY LIVING IN NEW YORK CITY (2017)
343 DYLAN BAKER The Matador (2005)
343 DYLAN BAKER The Tailor of Panama (2001)
351 ROSARIO DAWSON Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)
354 JACK BLACK Mars Attacks! (1996)
375 MICHAEL WINCOTT Seraphim Falls (2006)
377 SAM NEILL A LONG WAY DOWN (2014)
382 ANJELICA HUSTON Seraphim Falls (2006)
384 NAEEM UZIMANN PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTNING THIEF (2010)
384 NAEEM UZIMANN REMEMBER ME (2010)
386 JIM BELUSHI The Ghost Writer (2010)
408 TCHEKY KARYO GoldenEye (1995)
418 CHRIS COOPER Married Life (2007)
418 CHRIS COOPER Remember Me (2010)
427 GEORGE SEGAL The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)
436 IAN HOLM The Match (1999)
437 MICHAEL BOWEN After the Sunset (2004)
457 PARKER POSEY Laws of Attraction (2004)
465 FRANKIE FAISON The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
471 JEFF FAHEY The Lawnmower Man (1992)
479 WILL PATTON THE NOVEMBER MAN (2014)
485 DEBI MAZAR THE ONLY BOY LIVING IN NEW YORK CITY (2017)
491 JACK NICHOLSON Mars Attacks! (1996)
495 SEAN BEAN GOLDENEYE (1995)
495 SEAN BEAN PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTNING THIEF (2010)
496 JUDI DENCH Die Another Day (2002)
496 JUDI DENCH GoldenEye (1995)
496 JUDI DENCH The World Is Not Enough (1999)
496 JUDI DENCH Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
501 RICK OVERTON Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
508 CLEMENT VON FRANCKENSTEIN LIVE WIRE (1992)
509 CHRIS PENN After the Sunset (2004)
510 LUKAS HAAS MARS ATTACKS! (1996)
512 BRENDAN GLEESON THE TAILOR OF PANAMA (2001)
514 ALAN CUMMING GoldenEye (1995)
523 HARRY FIELDER The Long Good Friday (1980)
551 EMMA THOMPSON THE LOVE PUNCH (2014)
552 WILLIE GARSON Mars Attacks! (1996)
561 PAUL GUILFOYLE (II) Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
566 TIMOTHY HUTTON The Ghost Writer (2010)
588 TIMOTHY SPALL THE LOVE PUNCH (2014)
591 RAY WINSTONE PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTNING THIEF (2010)
592 JOHN GIELGUD Quest for Camelot (1998)
596 FAMKE JANSSEN GoldenEye (1995)
607 CATHERINE KEENER Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)
608 FRANCES FISHER LAWS OF ATTRACTION (2004)
617 TONI COLLETTE A LONG WAY DOWN (2014)
632 PAM GRIER Mars Attacks! (1996)
644 PEDRO ARMENDARIZ JR. Oceans (2010)
645 JOHN MICHAEL HIGGINS AFTER THE SUNSET (2004)
650 MIMI ROGERS The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)
653 GEOFFREY RUSH The Tailor of Panama (2001)
656 MICHAEL BYRNE TOMORROW NEVER DIES (1997)
668 GERARD BUTLER Shattered (2007)
668 GERARD BUTLER Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
693 RICHARD E. GRANT The Match (1999)
695 LEE NICHOLAS HARRIS SURVIVOR (2015/I)
697 SIMON ANDREU DIE ANOTHER DAY (2002)
709 COLIN FIRTH Mamma Mia! (2008)
712 JANE SEYMOUR Quest for Camelot (1998)
717 HALLE BERRY Die Another Day (2002)
727 ANGELA BASSETT SURVIVOR (2015/I)
737 EDWARD NORTON After the Sunset (2004)
742 AIDAN QUINN Evelyn (2002)
754 GREG KINNEAR The Matador (2005)
756 MILLA JOVOVICH SURVIVOR (2015/I)
768 PATRICIA CLARKSON MARRIED LIFE (2007)
780 STEVE COOGAN PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTNING THIEF (2010)
783 NORA DUNN LAWS OF ATTRACTION (2004)
784 ROBBIE COLTRANE GoldenEye (1995)
784 ROBBIE COLTRANE The World Is Not Enough (1999)
812 ROGER REES SURVIVOR (2015/I)
816 JOANNA CASSIDY The Fourth Protocol (1987)
826 PAUL MAZURSKY Love Affair (1994)
830 DEAN NORRIS THE LAWNMOWER MAN (1992)
834 REX LINN AFTER THE SUNSET (2004)
861 LEE GARLINGTON DANTE’S PEAK (1997)
871 HELEN KELLY(I) NOMADS (1986)
880 PAUL BLACKWELL SURVIVOR (2015/I)
883 DENIS LEARY THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR (1999)
887 MARSHALL DANCING ELK LUCAS THE MIRROR HAS TWO FACES (1996)
897 TONY CURTIS The Mirror Crack’d (1980)
900 JOE DON BAKER GoldenEye (1995)
900 JOE DON BAKER Mars Attacks! (1996)
900 JOE DON BAKER Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
905 KIM CATTRALL The Ghost Writer (2010)
913 FRANK COLLISON THE LAWNMOWER MAN (1992)
932 STEPHEN REA Evelyn (2002)
935 BILL SMITROVICH THE NOVEMBER MAN (2014)
936 MYKELTI WILLIAMSON AFTER THE SUNSET (2004)
964 LENA OLIN Remember Me (2010)
979 DYLAN MCDERMOTT SURVIVOR (2015/I)
In 2000 Pierce was # 798 on the list so here are the actors in 2000 who appeared in a film with him and have now fallen off.
281 ELIZABETH TAYLOR The Mirror Crack’d (1980)
321 LAUREN BACALL The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)
326 ANGELA LANSBURY The Mirror Crack’d (1980)
347 JACQUES HERLIN Entangled (1993)
378 BILLY J. MITCHELL GoldenEye (1995)
458 WARREN BEATTY Love Affair (1994)
535 FRANK CAMPANELLA Love Affair (1994)
546 REED MORGAN Nomads (1986)
561 ROBERT PROSKY Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
589 ROCK HUDSON The Mirror Crack’d (1980)
601 TOM SIGNORELLI Love Affair (1994)
610 EDWARD FOX The Mirror Crack’d (1980)
622 JIM BROWN Mars Attacks! (1996)
639 FRANCES BAY Nomads (1986)
678 PAUL WINFIELD Mars Attacks! (1996)
684 ALAN BATES Evelyn (2002)
750 SALLY FIELD Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
796 JOHN FINEGAN Mars Attacks! (1996)
806 NINA FOCH Nomads (1986)
871 DESMOND LLEWELYN GoldenEye (1995)
871 DESMOND LLEWELYN The World Is Not Enough (1999)
871 DESMOND LLEWELYN Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
943 SELMA ARCHERD Live Wire (1992)
952 CHARLES GRAY The Mirror Crack’d (1980)
967 STEVE JAMES Mister Johnson (1990)
971 DYAN CANNON After the Sunset (2004)
987 CONSTANTINE GREGORY GoldenEye (1995)
999 JULIAN GLOVER The Fourth Protocol (1987)
By a rapid count I find 24 Oscar winners appearing with Mr. Brosnan in a film. There may be more.
ANJELICA HUSTON Seraphim Falls (2006)
BARBRA STREISAND The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)
CHRIS COOPER Married Life (2007)
CHRIS COOPER Remember Me (2010)
COLIN FIRTH Mamma Mia! (2008)
ELIZABETH TAYLOR The Mirror Crack’d (1980)
EMMA THOMPSON THE LOVE PUNCH (2014)
FAYE DUNAWAY The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
GEOFFREY RUSH The Tailor of Panama (2001)
HALLE BERRY Die Another Day (2002)
HELEN MIRREN The Long Good Friday (1980)
JACK NICHOLSON Mars Attacks! (1996)
JEFF BRIDGES The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)
JEFF BRIDGES THE ONLY BOY LIVING IN NEW YORK CITY (2017)
JOHN GIELGUD Quest for Camelot (1998)
JUDI DENCH Die Another Day (2002)
JUDI DENCH GoldenEye (1995)
JUDI DENCH The World Is Not Enough (1999)
JUDI DENCH Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
JULIANNE MOORE Laws of Attraction (2004)
KATHARINE HEPBURN Love Affair (1994)
MERYL STREEP Mamma Mia! (2008)
MICHAEL CAINE The Fourth Protocol (1987)
NATALIE PORTMAN Mars Attacks! (1996)
ROBIN WILLIAMS Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
ROD STEIGER Mars Attacks! (1996)
SALLY FIELD Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
SUSAN SARANDON The Greatest (2009)
TIMOTHY HUTTON The Ghost Writer (2010)
I have never seen an episode of Remington Steele nor do I intend to. It’s currently running on ME TV, a TV channel I believe is available to everyone on free TV (all right on affiliated on high definition stations).