The Best Barry Primus Movies, Ranked
36 credits from 1970 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Eternity (2025) comes out on top with a score of 75. The biggest box office hit is Absence of Malice (1981) with $40.7M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Barry Primus Box Office Hits
Barry Primus's films have made $172M worldwide in total. Absence of Malice (1981) is the biggest hit at $40.7M, ahead of Big Business (1988) ($40.2M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Absence of Malice 1981 · Drama $40.7M $40.7M dom. - 2
Big Business 1988 · Comedy $40.2M $40.2M dom. - 3
Eternity 2025 · Comedy $35.9M $16.2M dom. - 4
New York, New York 1977 · Drama $16.4M $16.4M dom. - 5
The River 1984 · Drama $11.5M $11.5M dom. - 6
SpaceCamp 1986 · Adventure $9.7M $9.7M dom. - 7
Guilty by Suspicion 1991 · Drama $9.48M $9.48M dom. - 8
Night and the City 1992 · Drama $6.2M $6.2M dom. - 9
Jake Speed 1986 · Action $1.94M $1.94M dom. - 10
Arkansas 2020 · Drama $129K
The Best Barry Primus Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Barry Primus has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 17 films, and Arkansas (2020) is the pick of them.
The Best Barry Primus Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Barry Primus's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1970s to 2020s.
The Latest Barry Primus Movies
The most recent films Barry Primus is credited on, newest first — starting with Eternity (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- Eternity 2025 · Older Larry
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The Prank 2022 · George Wheeler - Arkansas 2020 · Old Greek
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Rock Bottom 2019 · Comedy -
Break a Leg 2005 · Ira Goldstein -
James Dean 2001 · Nicholas Ray -
Gold Coast 1997 · Ed Grossi -
Crime of the Century 1996 · Ellis Parker -
Trade Off 1995 · Detective Gold - Night and the City 1992 · Drama
- Guilty by Suspicion 1991 · Drama
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Denial 1990 · Jay
The Best Barry Primus Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Barry Primus films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Barry Primus movie?
Eternity (2025) is the best-rated Barry Primus film, with a Movie Echo Score of 75, ahead of The Prank (2022) (60) and Arkansas (2020) (55). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Eternity: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Barry Primus movie?
Absence of Malice (1981) made the most at the box office, with $40.7M worldwide, followed by Big Business (1988) with $40.2M. Together, Barry Primus's films with box office figures have made $172M.
What is the best Barry Primus drama movie?
Arkansas (2020) is the best-rated of Barry Primus's drama films, with a score of 55. In other genres: Eternity (comedy), Jake Speed (action) and The Prank (crime).
What is the newest Barry Primus movie?
The newest film on Barry Primus's filmography is Eternity (2025), with Barry Primus as Older Larry.
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