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The Best André De Shields Movies, Ranked

12 credits from 1983 to 2026, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Hadestown: The Musical (2026) comes out on top with a score of 87. The biggest box office hit is Hadestown: The Musical (2026) with $20.7M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.

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Biggest André De Shields Box Office Hits

André De Shields's films have made $39M worldwide in total. Hadestown: The Musical (2026) is the biggest hit at $20.7M, ahead of Extreme Measures (1996) ($17.4M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.

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The Best André De Shields Movie in Every Genre

The best-rated film in each genre André De Shields has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Comedy leads with 3 films, and The Sixth Reel (2023) is the pick of them.

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The Best André De Shields Movie of Each Decade

One pick per decade of André De Shields's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1980s to 2020s.

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The Latest André De Shields Movies

The most recent films André De Shields is credited on, newest first — starting with Hadestown: The Musical (2026). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.

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The Best André De Shields Movies: Questions & Answers

The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest André De Shields films, answered from the rankings on this page.

What is the best André De Shields movie?

Hadestown: The Musical (2026) is the best-rated André De Shields film, with a Movie Echo Score of 87, ahead of John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch (2019) (77) and The Instigators (2024) (48). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.

Hadestown: The Musical: cast, ratings & box office

What is the highest-grossing André De Shields movie?

Hadestown: The Musical (2026) made the most at the box office, with $20.7M worldwide, followed by Extreme Measures (1996) with $17.4M. Together, André De Shields's films with box office figures have made $39M.

What is the best André De Shields comedy movie?

The Sixth Reel (2023) is the best-rated of André De Shields's comedy films. In other genres: Hadestown: The Musical (music), Extreme Measures (drama) and The Instigators (action).

What is the newest André De Shields movie?

The newest film on André De Shields's filmography is Hadestown: The Musical (2026), with André De Shields as Hermes.

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