The Best Ann Dowd Movies, Ranked
36 credits from 1985 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. American Animals (2018) comes out on top with a score of 87. The biggest box office hit is The Exorcist: Believer (2023) with $136M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Top Rated Ann Dowd Movies
The 12 highest-rated films Ann Dowd is credited on. American Animals (2018) leads with 87, followed by Hereditary (2018) at 86. 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 87 American Animals 2018 · Drama -
#2 Movie Echo Score: Score 86 Hereditary 2018 · Drama -
#3 Movie Echo Score: Score 85 Speed of Life 2019 · Drama -
#4 Movie Echo Score: Score 84 Mass 2021 · Drama -
#5 Movie Echo Score: Score 80 Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff’rent Strokes 2021 · Comedy -
#6 Movie Echo Score: Score 77 Speed of Life 2020 · Sci-Fi -
#7 Movie Echo Score: Score 69 Cowboys 2020 · Drama -
#8 Movie Echo Score: Score 68 Rebecca 2020 · Drama -
#9 Movie Echo Score: Score 67 The Friend 2025 · Drama -
#10 Movie Echo Score: Score 66 Tyrel 2018 · Drama -
#11 Movie Echo Score: Score 63 A Kid Like Jake 2018 · Drama -
#12 Movie Echo Score: Score 63 Family Squares 2022 · Drama
Biggest Ann Dowd Box Office Hits
Ann Dowd's films have made $333M worldwide in total. The Exorcist: Believer (2023) is the biggest hit at $136M, ahead of Collateral Beauty (2016) ($88.6M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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The Exorcist: Believer 2023 · Horror $136M $65.5M dom. - 2
Collateral Beauty 2016 · Drama $88.6M $31M dom. - 3 Hereditary 2018 · Drama $87.8M $44.1M dom.
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Bushwhacked 1995 · Comedy $7.92M $7.92M dom. - 5 The Friend 2025 · Drama $5.24M $3.94M dom.
- 6 American Animals 2018 · Drama $4.08M $2.86M dom.
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Shiloh 1996 · Drama $1.01M $1.01M dom. - 8
Compliance 2012 · Drama $592K $319K dom. - 9
All Over Me 1997 · Drama $293K $293K dom. - 10 Mass 2021 · Drama $256K $145K dom.
The Best Ann Dowd Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Ann Dowd has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 21 films, and American Animals (2018) is the pick of them.
- Drama 21 films American Animals 2018 · as Betty Jean 'BJ' Gooch Movie Echo Score: 87
- Comedy 4 films Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff’rent Strokes 2021 · as Edna Garrett Movie Echo Score: 80
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Family 2 films Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season 1999 · as Louise Preston - Horror 1 film The Exorcist: Believer 2023 · as Ann Brooks Movie Echo Score: 40
- Sci-Fi 1 film Speed of Life 2020 · as June Movie Echo Score: 77
The Best Ann Dowd Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Ann Dowd's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1990s to 2020s.
The Latest Ann Dowd Movies
The most recent films Ann Dowd is credited on, newest first — starting with The Friend (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- The Friend 2025 · Marjorie
- The Exorcist: Believer 2023 · Ann Brooks
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The Independent 2022 · Patricia Turnbull - Family Squares 2022 · Judith
- Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff’rent Strokes 2021 · Edna Garrett
- Mass 2021 · Linda
- Rebecca 2020 · Drama
- Cowboys 2020 · Faith
- Speed of Life 2020 · June
- Speed of Life 2019 · June
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Lambs of God 2019 · Sister Margarita - Tyrel 2018 · Silvia
The Best Ann Dowd Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Ann Dowd films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Ann Dowd movie?
American Animals (2018) is the best-rated Ann Dowd film, with a Movie Echo Score of 87, ahead of Hereditary (2018) (86) and Speed of Life (2019) (85). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
American Animals: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Ann Dowd movie?
The Exorcist: Believer (2023) made the most at the box office, with $136M worldwide, followed by Collateral Beauty (2016) with $88.6M. Together, Ann Dowd's films with box office figures have made $333M.
Which Ann Dowd movie won the most awards?
Hereditary (2018) is the most decorated Ann Dowd film, with 1 win from 7 nominations across the Oscars, Golden Globes, BAFTA and the other ceremonies in the awards database.
What is the best Ann Dowd drama movie?
American Animals (2018) is the best-rated of Ann Dowd's drama films, with a score of 87. In other genres: Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff’rent Strokes (comedy), Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season (family) and The Exorcist: Believer (horror).
What is the newest Ann Dowd movie?
The newest film on Ann Dowd's filmography is The Friend (2025), with Ann Dowd as Marjorie.
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