The Best Benedict Cumberbatch Movies, Ranked
96 credits from 2002 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Avengers: Endgame (2019) comes out on top with a score of 85. The biggest box office hit is Avengers: Endgame (2019) with $2.8B worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Top Rated Benedict Cumberbatch Movies
The 12 highest-rated films Benedict Cumberbatch is credited on. Avengers: Endgame (2019) leads with 85, followed by Avengers: Infinity War (2018) at 85. 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 Avengers: Endgame 2019 · Action -
#2 Movie Echo Score: Score 85 Avengers: Infinity War 2018 · Action -
#3 Movie Echo Score: Score 85 Thor: Ragnarok 2017 · Action -
#4 Movie Echo Score: Score 84 The Tiger Who Came to Tea 2019 · Family -
#5 Movie Echo Score: Score 84 The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar 2023 · Unknown -
#6 Movie Echo Score: Score 81 Poison 2023 · Thriller -
#7 Movie Echo Score: Score 80 1917 2019 · Drama -
#8 Movie Echo Score: Score 79 The Power of the Dog 2021 · Drama -
#9 Movie Echo Score: Score 78 The Courier 2021 · Drama -
#10 Movie Echo Score: Score 76 The Mauritanian 2021 · Drama -
#11 Movie Echo Score: Score 76 The Electrical Life of Louis Wain 2021 · Biography -
#12 Movie Echo Score: Score 73 Spider-Man: No Way Home 2021 · Action
Biggest Benedict Cumberbatch Box Office Hits
Benedict Cumberbatch's films have made $12.9B worldwide in total. Avengers: Endgame (2019) is the biggest hit at $2.8B, ahead of Avengers: Infinity War (2018) ($2.05B). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
- 1 Avengers: Endgame 2019 · Action $2.8B $858M dom.
- 2 Avengers: Infinity War 2018 · Action $2.05B $679M dom.
- 3 Spider-Man: No Way Home 2021 · Action $1.92B $815M dom.
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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies 2014 · Adventure $962M $255M dom. - 5
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness 2022 · Action $956M $411M dom. - 6 Thor: Ragnarok 2017 · Action $855M $315M dom.
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Doctor Strange 2016 · Action $678M $233M dom. - 8
The Grinch 2018 · Drama $539M $273M dom. - 9
Star Trek Into Darkness 2013 · Action $467M $229M dom. - 10 1917 2019 · Drama $446M $159M dom.
The Best Benedict Cumberbatch Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Benedict Cumberbatch has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 23 films, and 1917 (2019) is the pick of them.
- Drama 23 films 1917 2019 Movie Echo Score: 80
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Tv movie 10 films The Child in Time 2017 · as Stephen Lewis - Action 9 films Avengers: Endgame 2019 · as Doctor Strange Movie Echo Score: 85
- Biography 5 films The Electrical Life of Louis Wain 2021 · as Louis Wain Movie Echo Score: 76
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Adventure 4 films The Book of Clarence 2024 · as Benjamin Movie Echo Score: 57 -
Crime 4 films Sherlock: The Abominable Bride 2016 · as Sherlock Holmes -
Comedy 2 films The Roses 2025 · as Theo Rose Movie Echo Score: 70 - Thriller 2 films Poison 2023 · as Harry Pope Movie Echo Score: 81
- Unknown 1 film The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar 2023 · as Henry Sugar, Make-Up Artist Movie Echo Score: 84
The Best Benedict Cumberbatch Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Benedict Cumberbatch's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 2000s to 2020s.
Most Awarded Benedict Cumberbatch Movies
Benedict Cumberbatch's films with wins at the Oscars, Golden Globes, BAFTA and the other ceremonies in the awards database, the most decorated first. 12 Years a Slave (2013) leads with 18 wins from 55 nominations.
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Awards: 18 wins 12 Years a Slave 2013 · 55 nominations - Awards: 16 wins 1917 2019 · 34 nominations
- Awards: 12 wins Avengers: Endgame 2019 · 25 nominations
- Awards: 11 wins The Power of the Dog 2021 · 43 nominations
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Awards: 3 wins The Imitation Game 2014 · 35 nominations - Awards: 2 wins Spider-Man: No Way Home 2021 · 11 nominations
- Awards: 1 win The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar 2023 · 1 nominations
- Awards: 1 win The Mauritanian 2021 · 8 nominations
- Awards: 1 win Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness 2022 · 4 nominations
- Awards: 1 win Doctor Strange 2016 · 13 nominations
- Awards: 1 win Avengers: Infinity War 2018 · 7 nominations
The Latest Benedict Cumberbatch Movies
The most recent films Benedict Cumberbatch is credited on, newest first — starting with The Thing with Feathers (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
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The Thing with Feathers 2025 · Dad - The Roses 2025 · Theo Rose
- The Book of Clarence 2024 · Benjamin
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Mog’s Christmas 2023 · Mr. Thomas (voice) -
The End We Start From 2023 · AB - Poison 2023 · Harry Pope
- The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar 2023 · Henry Sugar, Make-Up Artist
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness 2022 · Doctor Stephen Strange
- Spider-Man: No Way Home 2021 · Doctor Strange
- The Power of the Dog 2021 · Phil Burbank
- The Electrical Life of Louis Wain 2021 · Louis Wain
- The Courier 2021 · Greville Wynne
The Best Benedict Cumberbatch Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Benedict Cumberbatch films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Benedict Cumberbatch movie?
Avengers: Endgame (2019) is the best-rated Benedict Cumberbatch film, with a Movie Echo Score of 85, ahead of Avengers: Infinity War (2018) (85) and Thor: Ragnarok (2017) (85). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Avengers: Endgame: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Benedict Cumberbatch movie?
Avengers: Endgame (2019) made the most at the box office, with $2.8B worldwide, followed by Avengers: Infinity War (2018) with $2.05B. Together, Benedict Cumberbatch's films with box office figures have made $12.9B.
Which Benedict Cumberbatch movie won the most awards?
12 Years a Slave (2013) is the most decorated Benedict Cumberbatch film, with 18 wins from 55 nominations across the Oscars, Golden Globes, BAFTA and the other ceremonies in the awards database.
What is the best Benedict Cumberbatch drama movie?
1917 (2019) is the best-rated of Benedict Cumberbatch's drama films, with a score of 80. In other genres: The Child in Time (tv movie), Avengers: Endgame (action) and The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (biography).
What is the newest Benedict Cumberbatch movie?
The newest film on Benedict Cumberbatch's filmography is The Thing with Feathers (2025), with Benedict Cumberbatch as Dad.
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