Want to know the best Russell Crowe movies? How about the worst Russell Crowe movies? Curious about Russell Crowe’s box office grosses or which Russell Crowe movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Russell Crowe movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.
Russell Crowe (1964-) is a New Zealand born Australian actor. Crowe first gain notice in the Australian movie Romper Stomper. After the success of that movie, he moved to Hollywood movies. From 1997 to 2003, Crowe had a phenomenal run of success. Five of those movies made during that time period, were nominated for Best Picture Oscars® . Gladiator and A Beautiful Mind won the Best Picture Oscar® in 2000 and 2001. He was nominated for Best Actor in 1999, 2000, and 2001. He won the Best Actor Oscar® for Gladiator in 2000. My favorite Russell Crowe movies did not do very well on the rankings. Those movies are 3:10 to Yuma and A Good Year. When looking at the final table, please realize many of his early films did not make the list because the movies were never released in North America.
His IMDb page shows over 60 acting credits since 1972. This page will rank Russell Crowe movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos and movies that were not released in North America theaters were not included in the rankings.
Russell Crowe 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
2000
Gladiator (2000)
AA Best Picture Win
AA Best Actor Win
2001
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
AA Best Picture Win
AA Best Actor Nom
1997
L.A. Confidential (1997)
AA Best Picture Nom
2012
Les Misérables (2012)
AA Best Picture Nom
2007
American Gangster (2007)
2003
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
2022
Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
2013
Man of Steel (2013)
1999
The Insider (1999)
AA Best Picture Nom
AA Best Actor Nom
2014
Noah (2014)
2005
Cinderella Man (2005)
2007
3:10 to Yuma (2007)
2010
Robin Hood (2010)
2016
The Nice Guys (2016)
2009
State of Play (2009)
1991
Proof (1991)
2008
Body of Lies (2008)
2018
Boy Erased (2018)
1992
Romper Stomper (1992)
1995
The Quick and the Dead (1995)
1994
The Sum of Us (1994)
2010
The Next Three Days (2010)
2000
Proof of Life (2000)
2017
The Mummy (2017)
2020
Unhinged (2020)
2015
Fathers & Daughters (2015)
2014
The Water Diviner (2014)
2022
The Greatest Beer Run Ever (2022)
Apple TV
2012
The Man with the Iron Fists (2012)
2023
The Pope's Exorcist (2023)
2019
True History of the Kelly Gang (2019)
1992
The Efficiency Expert (1992)
2024
Land Of Bad (2024)
1995
Virtuosity (1995)
1999
Mystery, Alaska (1999)
1993
For the Moment (1996)
2013
Broken City (2013)
2006
A Good Year (2006)
1991
Prisoners of the Sun (1991)
2024
The Exorcism (2024)
2014
Winter's Tale (2014)
1997
Breaking Up (1997)
2022
Poker Face (2022)
Limited Release
1995
Rough Magic (1997)
Russell Crowe 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 Russell Crowe movies by co-stars of his movies.
- Sort Russell Crowe movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Russell Crowe movies by adjusted worldwide domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Russell Crowe movies 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 Russell Crowe movie received.
- Sort Russell Crowe 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.
| 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 | Gladiator (2000) AA Best Picture Win AA Best Actor Win |
Joaquin Phoenix & Directed by Ridley Scott |
187.70 | 375.4 | 915.3 | 4 | 80 | 12 / 05 | 99.9 | |
| 2 | A Beautiful Mind (2001) AA Best Picture Win AA Best Actor Nom |
Jennifer Connelly & Directed by Ron Howard |
170.70 | 325.8 | 598.2 | 11 | 82 | 08 / 04 | 99.8 | |
| 3 | L.A. Confidential (1997) AA Best Picture Nom |
Guy Pearce & Kim Basinger |
64.60 | 151.8 | 296.4 | 22 | 93 | 09 / 02 | 99.1 | |
| 4 | Les Misérables (2012) AA Best Picture Nom |
Hugh Jackman & Anne Hathaway |
148.80 | 201.5 | 592.8 | 18 | 75 | 08 / 03 | 98.9 | |
| 5 | American Gangster (2007) | Denzel Washington & Directed by Ridley Scott |
130.20 | 203.9 | 417.5 | 18 | 81 | 02 / 00 | 97.9 | |
| 6 | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) | Paul Bettany & Directed by Peter Weir |
93.90 | 167.9 | 379.0 | 31 | 81 | 10 / 02 | 97.7 | |
| 7 | Thor: Love and Thunder (2022) | Chris Hemsworth & Christian Bale |
343.30 | 351.4 | 779.0 | 8 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 95.1 | |
| 8 | Man of Steel (2013) | Henry Cavill & Amy Adams |
291.00 | 385.9 | 885.8 | 5 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 94.0 | |
| 9 | The Insider (1999) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Actor Nom |
Al Pacino & Christopher Plummer |
29.10 | 62.0 | 128.4 | 69 | 89 | 07 / 00 | 91.5 | |
| 10 | Noah (2014) | Jennifer Connelly & Anthony Hopkins |
101.20 | 133.5 | 478.5 | 33 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 90.0 | |
| 11 | Cinderella Man (2005) | Paul Giamatti & Directed by Ron Howard |
61.60 | 103.8 | 176.9 | 43 | 80 | 03 / 00 | 89.7 | |
| 12 | 3:10 to Yuma (2007) | Christian Bale | 53.60 | 84.0 | 109.7 | 48 | 79 | 02 / 00 | 87.4 | |
| 13 | Robin Hood (2010) | Cate Blanchett | 105.30 | 143.8 | 439.5 | 26 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 84.8 | |
| 14 | The Nice Guys (2016) | Ryan Gosling | 36.30 | 45.2 | 78.2 | 81 | 83 | 00 / 00 | 82.3 | |
| 15 | State of Play (2009) | Ben Affleck & Rachel McAdams |
37.00 | 53.2 | 126.2 | 77 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 79.1 | |
| 16 | Proof (1991) | Hugo Weaving t | 0.50 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 186 | 83 | 00 / 00 | 71.6 | |
| 17 | Body of Lies (2008) | Leonardo DiCaprio & Directed by Ridley Scott |
39.40 | 59.1 | 172.8 | 72 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 69.2 | |
| 18 | Boy Erased (2018) | Nicole Kidman & Directed by Joel Edgerton |
6.80 | 8.0 | 9.3 | 139 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 62.7 | |
| 19 | Romper Stomper (1992) | Daniel Pollock | 0.20 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 203 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 56.8 | |
| 20 | The Quick and the Dead (1995) | Leonardo DiCaprio & Gene Hackman |
18.60 | 46.2 | 115.6 | 84 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 55.9 | |
| 21 | The Sum of Us (1994) | Jack Thompson | 0.80 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 195 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 54.6 | |
| 22 | The Next Three Days (2010) | Liam Neeson & Elizabeth Banks |
21.10 | 28.9 | 92.2 | 113 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 53.0 | |
| 23 | Proof of Life (2000) | Meg Ryan & David Morse |
32.60 | 65.2 | 125.5 | 77 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 49.9 | |
| 24 | The Mummy (2017) | Tom Cruise | 80.10 | 96.3 | 490.1 | 40 | 38 | 00 / 00 | 48.9 | |
| 25 | Unhinged (2020) | Caren Pistorius | 20.80 | 24.4 | 41.9 | 18 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 48.8 | |
| 24 | Fathers & Daughters (2015) | Octavia Spencer | 0.10 | 0.1 | 7.0 | 326 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 48.4 | |
| 26 | The Water Diviner (2014) | Olga Kurylenko & Directed by Russell Crowe |
4.20 | 5.5 | 50.4 | 151 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 47.8 | |
| 28 | The Greatest Beer Run Ever (2022) Apple TV |
Zac Efron | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 284 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 46.2 | |
| 29 | The Man with the Iron Fists (2012) | Lucy Liu | 15.60 | 21.2 | 26.7 | 119 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 42.4 | |
| 30 | The Pope's Exorcist (2023) | Horror Movies | 20.00 | 20.0 | 74.8 | 74 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 39.7 | |
| 31 | True History of the Kelly Gang (2019) | Charlie Hunnam | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 299 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 38.7 | |
| 32 | The Efficiency Expert (1992) | Anthony Hopkins | 0.20 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 202 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 38.3 | |
| 33 | Land Of Bad (2024) | Liam Hemsworth | 4.60 | 4.6 | 6.5 | 98 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 33.9 | |
| 34 | Virtuosity (1995) | Denzel Washington | 24.00 | 59.6 | 71.0 | 71 | 43 | 00 / 00 | 33.8 | |
| 35 | Mystery, Alaska (1999) | Burt Reynolds | 8.90 | 18.9 | 18.9 | 131 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 31.2 | |
| 36 | For the Moment (1996) | Wanda Cannon | 0.10 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 220 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 29.2 | |
| 37 | Broken City (2013) | Mark Wahlberg | 19.70 | 26.1 | 45.7 | 109 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 21.9 | |
| 38 | A Good Year (2006) | Marion Cotillard & Directed by Ridley Scott |
7.50 | 12.2 | 68.9 | 169 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 21.7 | |
| 39 | Prisoners of the Sun (1991) | Bryan Brown | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 218 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 16.5 | |
| 40 | The Exorcism (2024) | Sam Worthington | 4.50 | 4.5 | 7.1 | 99 | 42 | 00 / 00 | 6.3 | |
| 41 | Winter's Tale (2014) | Colin Farrell & Will Smith |
12.60 | 16.6 | 41.1 | 134 | 36 | 00 / 00 | 4.6 | |
| 42 | Breaking Up (1997) | Salma Hayek | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 343 | 40 | 00 / 00 | 4.1 | |
| 43 | Poker Face (2022) Limited Release |
Liam Hemsworth | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 214 | 35 | 00 / 00 | 2.0 | |
| 44 | Rough Magic (1997) | Bridget Fonda | 0.20 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 229 | 33 | 00 / 00 | 1.3 |
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Not sure why Crowe is still being crucified over the phone throwing incident. It was almost 6 years ago and many American actors have behaved as badly and more , yet seem to be forgiven.Kiefer Sutherland and DUI ? Christian Bale and his rant ? Sean Penn’s assault on a photographer ?
Liz….agree with you….but people always remember the bad stuff….wow that was 6 years ago…time flies
Thanks for reading and commenting
I agree Gladiator is the best Russell Crowe movie ever! I actually just watched it last night! awesome movie. I also love Beautiful Mind!
Great page, great actor
Thanks for the comment and the visit….chase cats….both are greatly appreciated.
Hi although Russell Crowe has gone off the boil lately he is a brilliant actor. Gladiator was a great movie and he deserved the oscar for it. I thought he should have won the best actor for A Beautiful Mind. Densel Washington is also a great actor, but i didn’t think much of Training Day. Russell Crowe and Densel Washington fought out a magnificent draw in the acting department in American Gangster and proved how good they both were. Russell Crowe should have two or three oscars really. Cheers
PS I thought the 3-10 to Yuma was very poorly directed, ruining what should have been a great movie. I am getting old and grumpy though and harder to please concerning movies. When Russell Crowe and his gang went into that small cowboy town they would have stood out like sore thumbs. It just wasn’t believable, in my eyes. Cheers.
Hey attempted humor…I agree the end was pretty weak…especially with Bale with one leg jumping and running like he was an Olympic competitor….thanks for the mini review on 3:10 to Yuma
Hey attempted humor….as always you give a different but interesting view. I like the line…”off the boil”…as always thanks for the input
Couldn’t. Decide if I liked Robin Hood or not.
I know what you mean BryRog57….in the end….I think the best review is….”it is an alright movie”.
A Good Year was a good movie. Too bad it didn’t do too well at the box office. Gladiator is an excellent movie, glad to see that at the top of the list!
Hey KTCat94….glad I am not the only one that likes A Good Year. Thanks for the comment.