The Best Carl Lumbly Movies, Ranked
37 credits from 1981 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool (2019) comes out on top with a score of 80. The biggest box office hit is Captain America: Brave New World (2025) with $415M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Top Rated Carl Lumbly Movies
The 5 highest-rated films Carl Lumbly is credited on. Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool (2019) leads with 80, followed by The Life of Chuck (2025) at 73. 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 80 Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 2019 · Music -
#2 Movie Echo Score: Score 73 The Life of Chuck 2025 · Drama -
#3 Movie Echo Score: Score 70 Doctor Sleep 2019 · Drama -
#4 Movie Echo Score: Score 58 I'm Charlie Walker 2022 · Biography -
#5 Movie Echo Score: Score 35 Captain America: Brave New World 2025 · Action
Biggest Carl Lumbly Box Office Hits
Carl Lumbly's films have made $598M worldwide in total. Captain America: Brave New World (2025) is the biggest hit at $415M, ahead of Doctor Sleep (2019) ($72.4M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
- 1 Captain America: Brave New World 2025 · Action $415M $201M dom.
- 2 Doctor Sleep 2019 · Drama $72.4M $31.6M dom.
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Pacific Heights 1990 · Thriller $44.9M $29.4M dom. - 4 The Life of Chuck 2025 · Drama $21.4M $6.71M dom.
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Caveman 1981 · Comedy $16M $16M dom. - 6
The Bedroom Window 1987 · Mystery $12.6M $12.6M dom. - 7
Everybody’s All-American 1988 · Drama $12.6M $12.6M dom. - 8 Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 2019 · Music $1.46M $614K dom.
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To Sleep with Anger 1990 · Drama $1.16M $1.16M dom.
The Best Carl Lumbly Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Carl Lumbly has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 11 films, and The Life of Chuck (2025) is the pick of them.
- Drama 11 films The Life of Chuck 2025 · as Sam Yarborough Movie Echo Score: 73
- Action 2 films Captain America: Brave New World 2025 · as Isaiah Bradley Movie Echo Score: 35
- Comedy 2 films Caveman 1981
- Thriller 2 films Pacific Heights 1990
- Biography 1 film I'm Charlie Walker 2022 · as Willie Movie Echo Score: 58
- Music 1 film Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 2019 · as Miles Davis Movie Echo Score: 80
- Mystery 1 film The Bedroom Window 1987
The Best Carl Lumbly Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Carl Lumbly's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1980s to 2020s.
The Latest Carl Lumbly Movies
The most recent films Carl Lumbly is credited on, newest first — starting with The Life of Chuck (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- The Life of Chuck 2025 · Sam Yarborough
- Captain America: Brave New World 2025 · Isaiah Bradley
- I'm Charlie Walker 2022 · Willie
- Doctor Sleep 2019 · Dick Hallorann
- Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 2019 · Miles Davis
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Justice League: Gods and Monsters 2015 · Silas Stone (voice) -
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation 2007 · Samuel Nujoma -
Justice League: Starcrossed - The Movie 2004 · J'onn J'onzz (voice) -
Sounder 2003 · The Father -
Justice League: The Savage Time 2002 · Martian Manhunter -
Just a Dream 2002 · J.M. Hoagland -
Justice League: Secret Origins 2001 · J'onn J'onzz (voice)
The Best Carl Lumbly Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Carl Lumbly films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Carl Lumbly movie?
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool (2019) is the best-rated Carl Lumbly film, with a Movie Echo Score of 80, ahead of The Life of Chuck (2025) (73) and Doctor Sleep (2019) (70). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Carl Lumbly movie?
Captain America: Brave New World (2025) made the most at the box office, with $415M worldwide, followed by Doctor Sleep (2019) with $72.4M. Together, Carl Lumbly's films with box office figures have made $598M.
Which Carl Lumbly movie won the most awards?
Doctor Sleep (2019) is the most decorated Carl Lumbly film, with 1 win from 8 nominations across the Oscars, Golden Globes, BAFTA and the other ceremonies in the awards database.
What is the best Carl Lumbly drama movie?
The Life of Chuck (2025) is the best-rated of Carl Lumbly's drama films, with a score of 73. In other genres: Captain America: Brave New World (action), Caveman (comedy) and Pacific Heights (thriller).
What is the newest Carl Lumbly movie?
The newest film on Carl Lumbly's filmography is The Life of Chuck (2025), with Carl Lumbly as Sam Yarborough.
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