The Best Cary Elwes Movies, Ranked
78 credits from 1979 to 2026, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Dead Man's Wire (2026) comes out on top with a score of 81. The biggest box office hit is Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025) with $599M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Top Rated Cary Elwes Movies
The 12 highest-rated films Cary Elwes is credited on. Dead Man's Wire (2026) leads with 81, followed by Burning at Both Ends (2021) at 76. 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 81 Dead Man's Wire 2026 · Biography -
#2 Movie Echo Score: Score 76 Burning at Both Ends 2021 · War -
#3 Movie Echo Score: Score 75 Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning 2025 · Action -
#4 Movie Echo Score: Score 75 BlackBerry 2023 · Biography -
#5 Movie Echo Score: Score 72 Last Train to Christmas 2021 · Fantasy -
#6 Movie Echo Score: Score 71 The Hyperions 2022 · Action -
#7 Movie Echo Score: Score 70 Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One 2023 · Action -
#8 Movie Echo Score: Score 65 Resistance: 1942 2022 · Drama -
#9 Movie Echo Score: Score 64 Best Sellers 2021 · Drama -
#10 Movie Echo Score: Score 64 A Castle for Christmas 2021 · Adventure -
#11 Movie Echo Score: Score 60 The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare 2024 · Action -
#12 Movie Echo Score: Score 59 Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre 2023 · Action
Biggest Cary Elwes Box Office Hits
Cary Elwes's films have made $2.12B worldwide in total. Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025) is the biggest hit at $599M, ahead of Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) ($571M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
- 1 Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning 2025 · Action $599M $197M dom.
- 2 Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One 2023 · Action $571M $173M dom.
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Bram Stoker's Dracula 1992 · Drama $216M $82.5M dom. - 4
Hot Shots! 1991 · Action $181M $69.5M dom. - 5
Saw 2004 · Mystery $104M $56M dom. - 6
Kiss the Girls 1997 · Drama $60.5M $60.5M dom. - 7
The Jungle Book 1994 · Adventure $52.4M $43.2M dom. - 8 Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre 2023 · Action $49M $6.5M dom.
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Robin Hood: Men in Tights 1993 · Adventure $35.7M $35.7M dom. - 10
The Princess Bride 1987 · Adventure $31M $30.9M dom.
The Best Cary Elwes Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Cary Elwes has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 19 films, and Resistance: 1942 (2022) is the pick of them.
- Drama 19 films Resistance: 1942 2022 · as Jacques Movie Echo Score: 65
- Action 11 films Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning 2025 · as Denlinger Movie Echo Score: 75
- Biography 7 films Dead Man's Wire 2026 · as Michael Grable Movie Echo Score: 81
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Comedy 6 films Hansel and Gretel Get Baked 2013 · as The Meter Man - Adventure 5 films A Castle for Christmas 2021 · as Myles Movie Echo Score: 64
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Thriller 5 films Don't Sleep 2017 · as Dr. Richard Sommers Movie Echo Score: 29 - Fantasy 4 films Last Train to Christmas 2021 · as Roger Towers Movie Echo Score: 72
- War 2 films Burning at Both Ends 2021 · as Jacques Movie Echo Score: 76
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Mystery 2 films Black Christmas 2019 · as Professor Gelson Movie Echo Score: 35
The Best Cary Elwes Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Cary Elwes's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1980s to 2020s.
Most Awarded Cary Elwes Movies
Cary Elwes's films with wins at the Oscars, Golden Globes, BAFTA and the other ceremonies in the awards database, the most decorated first. Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) leads with 4 wins from 11 nominations.
The Latest Cary Elwes Movies
The most recent films Cary Elwes is credited on, newest first — starting with Dead Man's Wire (2026). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- Dead Man's Wire 2026 · Michael Grable
- Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning 2025 · Denlinger
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Mary Pickford: Love Wild 2024 · D.W. Griffith - The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare 2024 · Brigadier Gubbins 'M'
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Rebel Moon Part 2: The Scargiver 2024 · The King -
Rebel Moon Part 1: A Child of Fire 2023 · The King - Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One 2023 · Denlinger
- BlackBerry 2023 · Carl Yankowski
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Sweetwater 2023 · Ned Irish - Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre 2023 · Nathan
- Resistance: 1942 2022 · Jacques
- The Hyperions 2022 · Professor Ruckus Mandulbaum
The Best Cary Elwes Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Cary Elwes films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Cary Elwes movie?
Dead Man's Wire (2026) is the best-rated Cary Elwes film, with a Movie Echo Score of 81, ahead of Burning at Both Ends (2021) (76) and Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025) (75). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Dead Man's Wire: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Cary Elwes movie?
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025) made the most at the box office, with $599M worldwide, followed by Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) with $571M. Together, Cary Elwes's films with box office figures have made $2.12B.
Which Cary Elwes movie won the most awards?
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) is the most decorated Cary Elwes film, with 4 wins from 11 nominations across the Oscars, Golden Globes, BAFTA and the other ceremonies in the awards database.
What is the best Cary Elwes drama movie?
Resistance: 1942 (2022) is the best-rated of Cary Elwes's drama films, with a score of 65. In other genres: Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (action), Dead Man's Wire (biography) and Hansel and Gretel Get Baked (comedy).
What is the newest Cary Elwes movie?
The newest film on Cary Elwes's filmography is Dead Man's Wire (2026), with Cary Elwes as Michael Grable.
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