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Taye Diggs (1971-) is an American actor and singer. Diggs is known for his roles in the Broadway musicals Rent and Hedwig and the Angry Inch, the TV series Private Practice & All American, the films How Stella Got Her Groove Back, Brown Sugar, The Best Man and its sequel, The Best Man Holiday. His IMDb page shows over 60 acting credits since 1995. This page will rank Taye Diggs movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, videos, games, and movies that were not released in North American theaters were not included in the rankings. To do well in our overall rankings a movie has to do well at the box office, get good reviews by critics, be liked by audiences, and get some award recognition.
Taye Diggs Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
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| 2002 | Chicago (2002) AA Best Picture Win |
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| 2013 | The Best Man Holiday (2013) |  |
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| 1999 | Go (1999) | |
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| 1999 | The Best Man (1999) |  |
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| 1998 | How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998) | |
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| 2002 | Brown Sugar (2002) |  |
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| 1999 | The Wood (1999) | |
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| 2005 | Rent (2005) | |
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| 1999 | House on Haunted Hill (1999) | |
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| 2003 | Malibu's Most Wanted (2003) |  |
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| 2018 | Set It Up (2018) | |
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| 2004 | Drum (2004) | |
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| 2017 | My Little Pony: The Movie (2017) Voice Only |
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| 2016 | Opening Night (2016) |  |
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| 2017 | Til Death Do Us Part (2017) | |
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| 2000 | The Way of the Gun (2000) | |
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| 2002 | Equilibrium (2002) |  |
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| 2005 | Slow Burn (2005) | |
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| 2003 | Basic (2003) | |
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| 2010 | Our Family Wedding (2010) |  |
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| 2018 | River Runs Red (2018) | |
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| 2005 | Cake (2005) | |
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| 2010 | Dylan Dog: Dead of Night (2010) |  |
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| 2012 | Between Us (2012) | |
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| 2013 | Baggage Claim (2013) | |
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| 2002 | New Best Friend (2002) | |
Taye Diggs 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 any way you want.
- Sort Taye Diggs movies by his co-stars
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- Sort Taye Diggs movies by yearly domestic box office rank.
- Sort Taye Diggs movies by 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 Taye Diggs movie received.
- Sort Taye Diggs movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | ||||
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| 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 | Chicago (2002) AA Best Picture Win |
Renée Zellweger & Catherine Zeta-Jones |
170.70 | 317.2 | 570.20 | 10 | 81 | 13 / 06 | 99.8 | |
| 3 | The Best Man Holiday (2013) | Morris Chestnut | 70.50 | 93.5 | 96.60 | 50 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 80.5 | |
| 2 | Go (1999) | Jay Mohr & Melissa McCarthy |
16.90 | 36.1 | 60.60 | 92 | 82 | 00 / 00 | 80.0 | |
| 4 | The Best Man (1999) | Nia Long & Morris Chestnut |
34.10 | 72.7 | 73.70 | 60 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 78.2 | |
| 5 | How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998) | Angela Bassett & Whoopi Goldberg |
37.70 | 86.6 | 86.60 | 54 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 74.8 | |
| 6 | Brown Sugar (2002) | Sanaa Lathan | 27.40 | 50.9 | 50.90 | 94 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 68.9 | |
| 7 | The Wood (1999) | Omar Epps | 25.10 | 53.4 | 53.40 | 76 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 68.1 | |
| 8 | Rent (2005) | Rosario Dawson | 29.10 | 49.0 | 53.30 | 96 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 64.4 | |
| 10 | House on Haunted Hill (1999) | Geoffrey Rush & Famke Janssen |
40.80 | 87.0 | 87.00 | 50 | 44 | 00 / 00 | 53.7 | |
| 11 | Malibu's Most Wanted (2003) | Jamie Kennedy & Ryan O'Neal |
34.40 | 61.6 | 61.90 | 82 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 49.4 | |
| 9 | Set It Up (2018) | Zoey Deutch | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 384 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 48.3 | |
| 12 | Drum (2004) | Gabriel Mann | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 312 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 43.4 | |
| 13 | My Little Pony: The Movie (2017) Voice Only |
Emily Blunt & Kristin Chenoweth |
21.90 | 26.3 | 72.50 | 95 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 42.5 | |
| 14 | Opening Night (2016) | Topher Grace | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 348 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 37.9 | |
| 15 | Til Death Do Us Part (2017) | Stephen Bishop & Mark G. Chapman |
3.50 | 4.2 | 4.20 | 144 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 32.3 | |
| 16 | The Way of the Gun (2000) | Ryan Phillippe & Benicio Del Toro |
6.10 | 12.1 | 26.10 | 138 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 30.2 | |
| 17 | Equilibrium (2002) | Christian Bale & Sean Bean |
1.20 | 2.2 | 10.00 | 199 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 27.9 | |
| 18 | Slow Burn (2005) | Chiwetel Ejiofor | 1.20 | 2.1 | 2.10 | 205 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 22.6 | |
| 19 | Basic (2003) | John Travolta & Samuel L. Jackson |
26.80 | 47.9 | 76.50 | 95 | 41 | 00 / 00 | 21.9 | |
| 20 | Our Family Wedding (2010) | Forest Whitaker | 20.30 | 27.7 | 27.70 | 116 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 19.1 | |
| 21 | River Runs Red (2018) | John Cusack | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 389 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 15.6 | |
| 22 | Cake (2005) | Heather Graham | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.60 | 338 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 11.6 | |
| 23 | Dylan Dog: Dead of Night (2010) | Brandon Routh & Anita Briem |
1.20 | 1.6 | 1.60 | 175 | 43 | 00 / 00 | 6.3 | |
| 24 | Between Us (2012) | Julia Stiles | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 329 | 43 | 00 / 00 | 5.8 | |
| 25 | Baggage Claim (2013) | Derek Luke | 21.60 | 28.6 | 30.30 | 105 | 30 | 00 / 00 | 3.8 | |
| 26 | New Best Friend (2002) | Dominique Swain | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 329 | 34 | 00 / 00 | 1.5 |
Possibly Interesting Facts On Taye Diggs
1. Scott Leo Diggs was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1971. He grew up in Rochester, New York. His nickname, Taye, comes from the playful pronunciation of Scotty as “Scottay”
2. Taye Diggs began career as a performer at Busch Gardens in Williamsburg, VA. That is right down the street from the UMR Headquarters.
3. Taye Diggs’s big break occurred in 1996, when he originated the role of the landlord Benny in Jonathan Larson’s Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning Rent.
4. Taye Diggs appeared on stage with his wife Idina Menzel in the shows: “Rent,” “The Wild Party,” and “Wicked.”. They were married from 2003 to 2014. Menzel provides the voice of Elsa in the Disney Frozen movies.
5. Taye Diggs is the author of three children’s books, Mixed Me! (2015), Chocolate Me (2015), and I Love You More Than (2018).
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I’ve seen 6 Taye Diggs films – Equilibrium, House on Haunted Hill, Way of the Gun, Chicago, Go and Basic.
Equilibrium is my favorite from that group. I also enjoyed House on Haunted Hill and Basic. It’s been ages since I last saw Way of the Gun, I should give it another spin.
Good stuff Bruce. Vote Up!