Want to know the best Val Kilmer movies? How about the worst Val Kilmer movies? Curious about Val Kilmer box office grosses or which Val Kilmer movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Val Kilmer movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.
Val Kilmer (1959-) is an American actor. Kilmer has appeared in films of almost every major genre. His very first IMDb credit was the lead role in 1984’s Top Secret. Kilmer is best known for his roles in Top Gun, The Doors and our favorite Tombstone.
His IMDb page shows 97 acting credits since 1984. This page will rank Val Kilmer movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television roles, cameos, shorts, straight to DVD movies and movies not released in North America were not included in the rankings. This page comes from a request by G. Vandross.
Val Kilmer Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Val Kilmer 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 Val Kilmer movies by movie titles and trailers to the movies
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- Sort Val Kilmer movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Val Kilmer movies by yearly domestic box office rank
- Sort Val Kilmer 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 Val Kilmer movie received.
- Sort Val Kilmer 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 | Top Gun: Maverick (2022) AA Best Picture Nom |
Tom Cruise & Jennifer Connelly |
718.70 | 735.8 | 1,528.90 | 1 | 91 | 06 / 01 | 99.6 | |
| 1 | The Prince of Egypt (1998) | Steve Martin & Sandra Bullock |
101.40 | 233.1 | 502.50 | 15 | 73 | 02 / 01 | 96.4 | |
| 3 | Heat (1995) | Al Pacino & Robert De Niro & Jon Voi |
67.40 | 167.1 | 464.50 | 25 | 85 | 00 / 00 | 96.0 | |
| 4 | Tombstone (1993) | Kurt Russell & Bill Paxton |
56.50 | 147.1 | 190.60 | 20 | 80 | 00 / 00 | 93.1 | |
| 3 | Top Gun (1986) | Tom Cruise & Meg Ryan & Kelly McGillis |
176.80 | 513.7 | 1,028.10 | 1 | 56 | 04 / 01 | 92.7 | |
| 5 | Batman Forever (1995) | Jim Carrey & Nicole Kidman |
184.00 | 456.1 | 834.00 | 2 | 52 | 03 / 00 | 90.4 | |
| 6 | Willow (1988) | Warwick Davis | 57.30 | 150.2 | 150.20 | 14 | 56 | 02 / 00 | 86.4 | |
| 7 | The Saint (1997) | Elisabeth Shue | 61.40 | 144.1 | 397.90 | 26 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 85.9 | |
| 9 | Moscow Zero (2006) | Joss Ackland | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.20 | 387 | 100 | 00 / 00 | 83.6 | |
| 8 | Deja Vu (2006) | Denzel Washington | 64.00 | 104.9 | 295.80 | 42 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 82.0 | |
| 9 | True Romance (1993) | Brad Pitt & Gary Oldman |
12.30 | 32.0 | 32.90 | 98 | 85 | 00 / 00 | 81.1 | |
| 12 | Top Secret! (1984) | Peter Cushing | 20.50 | 65.6 | 65.60 | 51 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 80.5 | |
| 13 | The Doors (1991) | Meg Ryan & Oliver Stone |
34.40 | 88.1 | 88.10 | 38 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 79.6 | |
| 14 | The Ghost and the Darkness (1996) | Michael Douglas | 38.60 | 94.2 | 183.00 | 38 | 59 | 01 / 01 | 78.8 | |
| 14 | Real Genius (1985) | William Atherton | 13.00 | 39.3 | 39.30 | 68 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 74.4 | |
| 15 | Thunderheart (1992) | Sam Shepard | 22.70 | 58.9 | 58.90 | 55 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 74.0 | |
| 16 | Pollock (2000) | Ed Harris & Marcia Gay Harden |
8.60 | 17.2 | 17.20 | 130 | 77 | 02 / 01 | 73.9 | |
| 18 | Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) | Robert Downey Jr. & Michelle Monaghan |
4.20 | 7.1 | 26.60 | 165 | 81 | 00 / 00 | 71.2 | |
| 17 | Val (2021) Amazon |
Documentary | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 248 | 81 | 00 / 00 | 68.8 | |
| 20 | Wings of Courage (1995) | Craig Sheffer | 15.10 | 37.3 | 37.30 | 95 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 62.2 | |
| 23 | Planes (2013) Voice Only |
Dane Cook | 90.30 | 119.7 | 317.20 | 39 | 39 | 00 / 00 | 61.5 | |
| 22 | The Missing (2003) | Cate Blanchett & Tommy Lee Jones |
27.00 | 48.3 | 68.60 | 94 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 61.5 | |
| 23 | Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009) | Nicolas Cage & Eva Mendes |
1.70 | 2.4 | 15.20 | 184 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 56.4 | |
| 22 | Felon (2008) | Sam Shepard | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 359 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 53.8 | |
| 23 | Jay and Silent Bob Reboot (2019) | Kevin Smith & Ben Affleck |
3.40 | 4.0 | 4.10 | 152 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 52.1 | |
| 26 | Joe the King (1999) | Ethan Hawke | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 265 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 51.4 | |
| 27 | Spartan (2004) | Derek Luke & William H. Macy |
4.40 | 7.7 | 8.10 | 169 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 49.1 | |
| 26 | At First Sight (1999) | Mira Sorvino | 22.40 | 47.6 | 47.60 | 82 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 49.1 | |
| 29 | Palo Alto (2013) | James Franco | 0.80 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 187 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 46.6 | |
| 29 | Kill the Irishman (2011) | Ray Stevenson & Christopher Walken |
1.20 | 1.6 | 1.60 | 188 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 37.1 | |
| 31 | Kill Me Again (1989) | Joanne Whalley | 0.30 | 0.8 | 0.80 | 190 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 33.7 | |
| 32 | Bloodworth (2010) | Kris Kristofferson | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 337 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 31.0 | |
| 31 | The Real McCoy (1993) | Kim Basinger | 6.50 | 16.9 | 16.90 | 128 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 29.6 | |
| 34 | The Salton Sea (2002) | Vincent D'Onofrio | 0.80 | 1.4 | 1.40 | 211 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 28.9 | |
| 33 | Song to Song (2017) | Michael Fassbender & Natalie Portman |
0.40 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 201 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 24.3 | |
| 35 | Alexander (2004) | Angelina Jolie & Directed by Oliver Stone |
34.30 | 59.5 | 290.40 | 81 | 38 | 00 / 00 | 22.3 | |
| 37 | Wonderland (2003) | Carrie Fisher | 1.10 | 1.9 | 2.00 | 185 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 21.0 | |
| 38 | Red Planet (2000) | Carrie-Anne Moss | 17.50 | 35.0 | 35.00 | 100 | 44 | 00 / 00 | 19.5 | |
| 37 | MacGruber (2010) | Will Forte & Ryan Phillippe |
8.50 | 11.6 | 11.60 | 131 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 18.0 | |
| 40 | Mindhunters (2004) | Christian Slater | 4.50 | 7.8 | 28.80 | 168 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 17.3 | |
| 41 | The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996) | Marlon Brando | 27.70 | 67.5 | 67.50 | 54 | 30 | 00 / 00 | 16.0 | |
| 41 | 10th & Wolf (2006) | James Marsden & Dennis Hopper |
0.10 | 0.1 | 0.20 | 328 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 15.8 | |
| 43 | American Cowslip (2009) | Peter Falk | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 277 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 15.2 | |
| 44 | Breathless (2012) | Ray Liotta | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 350 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 12.2 | |
| 44 | 5 Days of War (2011) | Rupert Friend | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 341 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 10.2 | |
| 44 | Stateside (2004) | Carrie Fisher | 0.20 | 0.3 | 0.30 | 260 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 9.8 | |
| 47 | Hard Cash (2002) | Daryl Hannah | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.30 | 320 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 8.8 | |
| 46 | Hardwired (2009) | Cuba Gooding, Jr. | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 373 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 8.3 | |
| 47 | Twixt (2011) | Bruce Dern & Directed by Francis Ford Coppola |
0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 332 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 8.2 | |
| 50 | The Snowman (2017) | Michael Fassbender & Rebecca Ferguson |
6.70 | 8.0 | 43.80 | 131 | 40 | 00 / 00 | 5.9 | |
| 50 | The Birthday Cake (2021) | Ewan McGregor | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 337 | 41 | 00 / 00 | 4.4 | |
| 52 | Masked and Anonymous (2003) | John Goodman & Jeff Bridges |
0.50 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 207 | 38 | 00 / 00 | 3.6 | |
| 52 | The Steam Experiment (2009) | Eric Roberts | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 379 | 34 | 00 / 00 | 1.5 | |
| 54 | Delgo (2008) | Burt Reynolds & Anne Bancroft |
0.70 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 220 | 29 | 00 / 00 | 0.7 |
Possibly Interesting Facts About Val Kilmer
1. Val Edward Kilmer was born in Los Angeles, California in 1959.
2. Val Kilmer was the youngest person at the time to be accepted into the Juilliard School’s Drama Division.
3. One of Val Kilmer’s first acting jobs was appearing with Michelle Pfeiffer in an episode of ABC Afterschool Special called One Too Many (1993).
4. Val Kilmer turned down a role in 1983’s The Outsiders because of prior stage commitments. In 1983 Kilmer starred with Kevin Bacon and Sean Penn in the off-Broadway play, The Slab Boys.
5. Val Kilmer did not want to appear in 1986’s Top Gun but was forced to do so because of contractual obligations.
6. In our poll to decide who were the actors to play the best Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday…..Val Kilmer won our poll as the Best Doc.
7. Val Kilmer has been married one time. He was married to actress and Willow co-star Joanne Whalley from 1988 to 1996. They have two children.
8. Roles Val Kilmer has turned down: Dune (1984), Blue Velvet (1986), Flatliners (1990), Captain America (1990), Backdraft (1991), Sliver (1993), Point Break (1991), In the Line of Fire (1993), Indecent Proposal (1993), Crimson Tide (1995), Batman & Robin (1997), The Insider (1999), Bandits (2001), a cameo in Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002), Collateral (2004) and Dark Matter (2007).
9. While 2003’sThe Missing was being shot about one hour from his New Mexico ranch, he called up his old friend Ron Howard and asked for a part. Howard gladly accepted and gave him a part which only took 3 days to film. Kilmer’s scene is close to 13 minutes long, not counting the DVD’s deleted scene.
10. Check out Val Kilmer’s career compared to current and classic actors. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.
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Top Gun volleyball, slumber party nice memory of my childhood. I can play the tally contest. I have seen 17 of these movies. Favorites include Real Genius, Top Gun and Willow. Wore those VHS tapes out in the mid 1990s.
Hey Helakoski…..thanks for sharing your favorite Top Gun childhood memories. I actually watched those same movies ….just in the 1980s.
Need some help. We are going to do a new Family Feud video….and want to use a picture that represents you….for example….going to find a Marlon Brando picture for Bob, Charlton Heston picture for Steve, Anna Kendrick for Katie…..who would be your avatar? Thanking you in advance.
I wasn’t sure if this was a new page, thought you did one on Kilmer a long time ago.
I liked Kilmer in a bunch of films 20 or 30 years ago but he seems to have made a mess of his career, labeled as a ‘difficult actor’ and shunned by Hollywood. In an interview a few months ago he admits to not playing the game properly. A shame really, he was a good actor.
Director Joel Schumacher on Kilmer – “Batman Forever, when we were on the world tour, it just really went to his head,” says Schumacher of Kilmer’s exit, before stopping himself. “I’m not going to get into that. He wanted to do Island of Doctor Moreau because Marlon Brando was going to be in it. So he dropped us at the eleventh hour.”
I’ve seen 24 of the 46 films listed. Favorites include – Top Secret, Top Gun, Real Genius, Willow, Tombstone, True Romance. Prince of Egypt, Batman Forever, Heat and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.
He was excellent as Doc Holliday in Tombstone, my favorite rendition of the role.
Looking at the grosses Top Gun was a huge moneymaker for Paramount, I wonder if they’ve waited too long to set up a sequel. ‘Maverick’ is involved, I wonder if they’ll give ‘Iceman’ a call too.
Top work Bruce. Vote Up.
Hey Steve
1. Yep….this is a brand new page…though it is already the 2nd newest page….lol.
2. A friend I work with, Vandross, could not believe I did not have a Kilmer page…..so I felt I had to ease his pain…lol.
3. I agree Kilmer started off so strong….what a start…Real Genius, Top Gun, Top Secret (love that movie) and Willow.
4. If you look at his top ranked movies….only Deja Vu was made in the last 23 years…..I threw out Prince of Egypt for this comment.
5. I have seen 28 of these movies…..so I have a slight edge.
6. Of your favorites….I like them all…..though I have not seen Prince of Egypt…..I think it is sitting on my DVD rack…unopened for years!
7. Right there with you about Tombstone and Kilmer’s performance.
8. I think Kilmer will get a shout out for Top Gun 2….probably a cameo….as Kilmer’s health might make it difficult for a substantial part….which is a shame.
Thanks for the tally, the comment and the vote up.
Love Val. He is a great actor, but it is his fight with throat cancer that has really inspired me. He is an advocate of the power of prayer. My prayers to Val and his family as the continue to deal with his health concerns. Keep praying! Liked and shared.
Hey Lillian….good to know his off screen beliefs have made such a deep impact on you. Hoping Kilmer has a speedy and successful recovery. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
“Easily one of the coolest movie actors of the last 30 years. At times he has reminded me of Steve McQueen’s persona. Too bad his career soured after 1999. Now he is unrecognizable!” – David Norris
Hey David….Kilmer and McQueen?……interesting……though I am having a hard time seeing it myself. But….maybe in his post Top Gun glory….which only lasted a few years. I do agree with you that his career really went downhill once the calender went to the 2000s. Thanks for the comment and the visit…both greatly appreciated.
I have always felt Val Kilmer was good as Bruce Wayne, but not as Batman.
Hey Anonymous. Thanks for the thoughts on Val Kilmer. His Batman performance is fading quickly…,heck that was 4 Batman’s ago…..lol.