The Best Carey Mulligan Movies, Ranked
27 credits from 2005 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Promising Young Woman (2020) comes out on top with a score of 89. The biggest box office hit is The Great Gatsby (2013) with $354M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Top Rated Carey Mulligan Movies
The 9 highest-rated films Carey Mulligan is credited on. Promising Young Woman (2020) leads with 89, followed by The Ballad of Wallis Island (2025) 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 89 Promising Young Woman 2020 · Drama -
#2 Movie Echo Score: Score 85 The Ballad of Wallis Island 2025 · Comedy -
#3 Movie Echo Score: Score 80 Mudbound 2017 · Drama -
#4 Movie Echo Score: Score 79 The Dig 2021 · Biography -
#5 Movie Echo Score: Score 77 Wildlife 2018 · Drama -
#6 Movie Echo Score: Score 75 Maestro 2023 · Biography -
#7 Movie Echo Score: Score 66 She Said 2022 · Drama -
#8 Movie Echo Score: Score 66 A Christmas Carol 2020 · Drama -
#9 Movie Echo Score: Score 62 Spaceman 2024 · Adventure
Biggest Carey Mulligan Box Office Hits
Carey Mulligan's films have made $743M worldwide in total. The Great Gatsby (2013) is the biggest hit at $354M, ahead of Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010) ($135M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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The Great Gatsby 2013 · Drama $354M $145M dom. - 2
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps 2010 · Drama $135M $52.5M dom. - 3
Drive 2011 · Action $79.7M $35.1M dom. - 4
Inside Llewyn Davis 2013 · Drama $33M $13.2M dom. - 5
Suffragette 2015 · Biography $32M $4.7M dom. - 6
Far from the Madding Crowd 2015 · Drama $30.6M $12.2M dom. - 7
An Education 2009 · Drama $26.1M $12.6M dom. - 8 Promising Young Woman 2020 · Drama $18.9M $6.46M dom.
- 9 She Said 2022 · Drama $13.9M $5.83M dom.
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Never Let Me Go 2010 · Drama $9.92M $2.43M dom.
The Best Carey Mulligan Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Carey Mulligan has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 14 films, and Promising Young Woman (2020) is the pick of them.
- Drama 14 films Promising Young Woman 2020 · as Cassandra Movie Echo Score: 89
- Biography 3 films The Dig 2021 · as Edith Pretty Movie Echo Score: 79
- Comedy 2 films The Ballad of Wallis Island 2025 · as Nell Mortimer Movie Echo Score: 85
- Adventure 1 film Spaceman 2024 · as Lenka Movie Echo Score: 62
- Action 1 film Drive 2011
The Best Carey Mulligan Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Carey Mulligan's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 2000s to 2020s.
Most Awarded Carey Mulligan Movies
Carey Mulligan's films with wins at the Oscars, Golden Globes, BAFTA and the other ceremonies in the awards database, the most decorated first. The Great Gatsby (2013) leads with 18 wins from 22 nominations.
The Latest Carey Mulligan Movies
The most recent films Carey Mulligan is credited on, newest first — starting with The Ballad of Wallis Island (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- The Ballad of Wallis Island 2025 · Nell Mortimer
- Spaceman 2024 · Lenka
- Maestro 2023 · Felicia Montealegre
- She Said 2022 · Megan Twohey
- The Dig 2021 · Edith Pretty
- Promising Young Woman 2020 · Cassandra
- A Christmas Carol 2020 · Belle (voice)
- Wildlife 2018 · Jeanette Brinson
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Collateral 2018 · DI Kip Glaspie - Mudbound 2017 · Laura McAllan
- Suffragette 2015 · Biography
- Far from the Madding Crowd 2015 · Drama
The Best Carey Mulligan Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Carey Mulligan films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Carey Mulligan movie?
Promising Young Woman (2020) is the best-rated Carey Mulligan film, with a Movie Echo Score of 89, ahead of The Ballad of Wallis Island (2025) (85) and Mudbound (2017) (80). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Promising Young Woman: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Carey Mulligan movie?
The Great Gatsby (2013) made the most at the box office, with $354M worldwide, followed by Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010) with $135M. Together, Carey Mulligan's films with box office figures have made $743M.
Which Carey Mulligan movie won the most awards?
The Great Gatsby (2013) is the most decorated Carey Mulligan film, with 18 wins from 22 nominations across the Oscars, Golden Globes, BAFTA and the other ceremonies in the awards database.
What is the best Carey Mulligan drama movie?
Promising Young Woman (2020) is the best-rated of Carey Mulligan's drama films, with a score of 89. In other genres: The Dig (biography), The Ballad of Wallis Island (comedy) and Spaceman (adventure).
What is the newest Carey Mulligan movie?
The newest film on Carey Mulligan's filmography is The Ballad of Wallis Island (2025), with Carey Mulligan as Nell Mortimer.
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