The Best Alex Winter Movies, Ranked
32 credits from 1985 to 2026, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Zappa (2020) comes out on top with a score of 85. The biggest box office hit is Smosh: The Movie (2015) with $471M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Top Rated Alex Winter Movies
The 6 highest-rated films Alex Winter is credited on. Zappa (2020) leads with 85, followed by The Panama Papers (2018) at 77. 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 85 Zappa 2020 · Biography -
#2 Movie Echo Score: Score 77 The Panama Papers 2018 · Documentary -
#3 Movie Echo Score: Score 76 Trust Machine: The Story of Blockchain 2018 · Documentary -
#4 Movie Echo Score: Score 70 The YouTube Effect 2023 · Documentary -
#5 Movie Echo Score: Score 56 Adulthood 2025 · Comedy -
#6 Movie Echo Score: Score 34 Smurfs 2025 · Animation
Biggest Alex Winter Box Office Hits
Alex Winter's films have made $618M worldwide in total. Smosh: The Movie (2015) is the biggest hit at $471M, ahead of Smurfs (2025) ($124M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Smosh: The Movie 2015 · Action $471M $258M dom. - 2 Smurfs 2025 · Animation $124M $31.1M dom.
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The Borrowers 1997 · Family $22.6M $22.6M dom. - 4
Rosalie Goes Shopping 1989 · Comedy $574K $574K dom. - 5 Zappa 2020 · Biography $220K $15.5K dom.
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Freaked 1993 · Sci-Fi $29.3K $29.3K dom. - 7 The Panama Papers 2018 · Documentary $24.6K $9.28K dom.
- 8 Trust Machine: The Story of Blockchain 2018 · Documentary $14.9K $14.9K dom.
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Haunted Summer 1988 · Romance $9.91K $9.91K dom. - 10
Downloaded 2013 · Documentary $8.38K $8.38K dom.
The Best Alex Winter Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Alex Winter has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Comedy leads with 5 films, and Adulthood (2025) is the pick of them.
- Comedy 5 films Adulthood 2025 · as Doug Metzger Movie Echo Score: 56
- Documentary 5 films The Panama Papers 2018 · Director Movie Echo Score: 77
- Biography 2 films Zappa 2020 · Director Movie Echo Score: 85
- Animation 2 films Smurfs 2025 · as Hefty Smurf Movie Echo Score: 34
- Action 1 film Smosh: The Movie 2015 · Director
- Family 1 film The Borrowers 1997 · as TV Gangster
- Sci-Fi 1 film Freaked 1993 · Director
- Romance 1 film Haunted Summer 1988 · as Dr. John William Polidori
The Best Alex Winter Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Alex Winter's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1980s to 2020s.
The Latest Alex Winter Movies
The most recent films Alex Winter is credited on, newest first — starting with Primetime (2026). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
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Primetime 2026 · Bill Conradt - Adulthood 2025 · Doug Metzger
- Smurfs 2025 · Hefty Smurf
- The YouTube Effect 2023 · Director
- Zappa 2020 · Director
- The Panama Papers 2018 · Director
- Trust Machine: The Story of Blockchain 2018 · Director
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Anyone Can Quantum 2016 · Cameo - Smosh: The Movie 2015 · Director
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Deep Web 2015 · Director - Downloaded 2013 · Director
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Ben 10 Alien Swarm 2009 · Nanomech (voice)
The Best Alex Winter Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Alex Winter films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Alex Winter movie?
Zappa (2020) is the best-rated Alex Winter film, with a Movie Echo Score of 85, ahead of The Panama Papers (2018) (77) and Trust Machine: The Story of Blockchain (2018) (76). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Zappa: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Alex Winter movie?
Smosh: The Movie (2015) made the most at the box office, with $471M worldwide, followed by Smurfs (2025) with $124M. Together, Alex Winter's films with box office figures have made $618M.
What is the best Alex Winter comedy movie?
Adulthood (2025) is the best-rated of Alex Winter's comedy films, with a score of 56. In other genres: The Panama Papers (documentary), Zappa (biography) and Smurfs (animation).
What is the newest Alex Winter movie?
The newest film on Alex Winter's filmography is Primetime (2026), with Alex Winter as Bill Conradt.
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