The Best Akshay Kumar Movies, Ranked
146 credits from 1991 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Kesari (2019) comes out on top with a score of 84. The biggest box office hit is Simmba (2018) with $51.3M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Top Rated Akshay Kumar Movies
The 12 highest-rated films Akshay Kumar is credited on. Kesari (2019) leads with 84, followed by Kesari Chapter 2: The Untold Story of Jallianwala Bagh (2025) at 79. The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings, cultural impact and how well a film holds up.
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#1 Movie Echo Score: Score 84 Kesari 2019 · Action -
#2 Movie Echo Score: Score 79 Kesari Chapter 2: The Untold Story of Jallianwala Bagh 2025 · Drama -
#3 Movie Echo Score: Score 75 Sarfira 2024 · Drama -
#4 Movie Echo Score: Score 75 An Action Hero 2022 · Thriller -
#5 Movie Echo Score: Score 75 OMG 2 2023 · Drama -
#6 Movie Echo Score: Score 72 Mission Raniganj 2023 · Thriller -
#7 Movie Echo Score: Score 71 Good Newwz 2019 · Comedy -
#8 Movie Echo Score: Score 71 Sooryavanshi 2021 · Action -
#9 Movie Echo Score: Score 70 Pad Man 2018 · Biography -
#10 Movie Echo Score: Score 69 Star Wars: The Last Jedi 2017 · Adventure -
#11 Movie Echo Score: Score 68 Stree 2 2024 · Comedy -
#12 Movie Echo Score: Score 68 Mission Mangal 2019 · Sci-Fi
Biggest Akshay Kumar Box Office Hits
Akshay Kumar's films have made $696M worldwide in total. Simmba (2018) is the biggest hit at $51.3M, ahead of 2.0 (2018) ($36.9M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Simmba 2018 · Action $51.3M $5.1M dom. - 2
2.0 2018 · Sci-Fi $36.9M $4.15M dom. - 3
Toilet: Ek Prem Katha 2017 · Drama $36M $1.83M dom. - 4
Toilet: A Love Story 2017 · Comedy $36M $1.83M dom. - 5
Welcome 2007 · Comedy $31.2M - 6
Singh Is Kinng 2008 · Comedy $29.2M $2.16M dom. - 7 Pad Man 2018 · Biography $29M $1.67M dom.
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Housefull 2 2012 · Romance $24.9M $1.79M dom. - 9
Jolly LLB 2 2017 · Comedy $24.2M $1.65M dom. - 10 Kesari 2019 · Action $22.5M
The Best Akshay Kumar Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Akshay Kumar has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Comedy leads with 32 films, and Good Newwz (2019) is the pick of them.
- Comedy 32 films Good Newwz 2019 · as Varun Batra Movie Echo Score: 71
- Action 30 films Kesari 2019 · as Havildar Ishar Singh Movie Echo Score: 84
- Drama 25 films Kesari Chapter 2: The Untold Story of Jallianwala Bagh 2025 · as Chettur Sankaran Nair Movie Echo Score: 79
- Thriller 12 films An Action Hero 2022 · as Senior actor Movie Echo Score: 75
- Romance 10 films Housefull 2 2012 · as Jolly 1 / Sunny
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Crime 6 films Once Upon a Time in Mumbai Dobaara! 2013 · as Shoaib Khan -
Mystery 3 films Cuttputlli 2022 · as SI Arjan Sethi Movie Echo Score: 50 - Sci-Fi 3 films Mission Mangal 2019 · as Rakesh Dhawan Movie Echo Score: 68
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Horror 2 films Double Blind 2023 · as Amir Movie Echo Score: 61
The Best Akshay Kumar Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Akshay Kumar's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1990s to 2020s.
The Latest Akshay Kumar Movies
The most recent films Akshay Kumar is credited on, newest first — starting with Housefull 5 (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
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Housefull 5 2025 · Julius / Jolly No. 3 - Kesari Chapter 2: The Untold Story of Jallianwala Bagh 2025 · Chettur Sankaran Nair
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Sky Force 2025 · Kumar Om Ahuja 'Tiger' -
Singham Again 2024 · Veer Sooryavanshi - Stree 2 2024 · Udaybhan's Descendent
- Sarfira 2024 · Vir Mhatre
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Bade Miyan Chote Miyan 2024 · Captain Firoz / Freddy / Bade Miyan - Mission Raniganj 2023 · Jaswant Singh Gill
- OMG 2 2023 · The Messenger
- Double Blind 2023 · Amir
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Beautiful Disaster 2023 · Adam -
Selfiee 2023 · Vijay Kumar
The Best Akshay Kumar Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Akshay Kumar films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Akshay Kumar movie?
Kesari (2019) is the best-rated Akshay Kumar film, with a Movie Echo Score of 84, ahead of Kesari Chapter 2: The Untold Story of Jallianwala Bagh (2025) (79) and Sarfira (2024) (75). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Kesari: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Akshay Kumar movie?
Simmba (2018) made the most at the box office, with $51.3M worldwide, followed by 2.0 (2018) with $36.9M. Together, Akshay Kumar's films with box office figures have made $696M.
What is the best Akshay Kumar comedy movie?
Good Newwz (2019) is the best-rated of Akshay Kumar's comedy films, with a score of 71. In other genres: Kesari (action), Kesari Chapter 2: The Untold Story of Jallianwala Bagh (drama) and An Action Hero (thriller).
What is the newest Akshay Kumar movie?
The newest film on Akshay Kumar's filmography is Housefull 5 (2025), with Akshay Kumar as Julius / Jolly No. 3.
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