The Best Chris O'Dowd Movies, Ranked
33 credits from 2005 to 2026, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Black Mirror: Common People (2025) comes out on top with a score of 90. The biggest box office hit is Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016) with $296M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Top Rated Chris O'Dowd Movies
The 12 highest-rated films Chris O'Dowd is credited on. Black Mirror: Common People (2025) leads with 90, followed by The Sheep Detectives (2026) at 78. 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 90 Black Mirror: Common People 2025 · Romance -
#2 Movie Echo Score: Score 78 The Sheep Detectives 2026 · Action -
#3 Movie Echo Score: Score 78 Love After Love 2018 · Drama -
#4 Movie Echo Score: Score 75 Molly's Game 2017 · Biography -
#5 Movie Echo Score: Score 75 Juliet, Naked 2018 · Drama -
#6 Movie Echo Score: Score 74 My Father's Dragon 2022 · Adventure -
#7 Movie Echo Score: Score 72 How to Build a Girl 2020 · Comedy -
#8 Movie Echo Score: Score 71 How to Build a Girl 2019 · Comedy -
#9 Movie Echo Score: Score 67 Christopher Robin 2018 · Adventure -
#10 Movie Echo Score: Score 67 Loving Vincent 2017 · Biography -
#11 Movie Echo Score: Score 67 Slumberland 2022 · Adventure -
#12 Movie Echo Score: Score 67 The Incredible Jessica James 2017 · Comedy
Biggest Chris O'Dowd Box Office Hits
Chris O'Dowd's films have made $770M worldwide in total. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016) is the biggest hit at $296M, ahead of Christopher Robin (2018) ($198M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2016 · Adventure $296M $87.2M dom. - 2 Christopher Robin 2018 · Adventure $198M $99.2M dom.
- 3 The Sheep Detectives 2026 · Action $133M $66.1M dom.
- 4 Molly's Game 2017 · Biography $59.3M $28.8M dom.
- 5 Loving Vincent 2017 · Biography $42.2M $6.74M dom.
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The Sapphires 2013 · Biography $20.4M $2.45M dom. - 7
Cuban Fury 2014 · Comedy $5.65M $92.4K dom. - 8
The Starling 2021 · Drama $5.62M $210K dom. - 9 Juliet, Naked 2018 · Drama $4.51M $3.44M dom.
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The Program 2016 · Biography $3.34M $13.1K dom.
The Best Chris O'Dowd Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Chris O'Dowd has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 8 films, and Love After Love (2018) is the pick of them.
- Drama 8 films Love After Love 2018 · as Nicholas Movie Echo Score: 78
- Comedy 8 films How to Build a Girl 2020 Movie Echo Score: 72
- Adventure 4 films My Father's Dragon 2022 · as Kwan Movie Echo Score: 74
- Biography 4 films Molly's Game 2017 · as Douglas Downey Movie Echo Score: 75
- Action 2 films The Sheep Detectives 2026 · as Mopple Movie Echo Score: 78
- Romance 1 film Black Mirror: Common People 2025 · as Mike Movie Echo Score: 90
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Sci-Fi 1 film Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel 2009 · as Ray
The Best Chris O'Dowd Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Chris O'Dowd's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 2000s to 2020s.
The Latest Chris O'Dowd Movies
The most recent films Chris O'Dowd is credited on, newest first — starting with The Sheep Detectives (2026). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- The Sheep Detectives 2026 · Mopple
- Black Mirror: Common People 2025 · Mike
- Slumberland 2022 · Philip
- My Father's Dragon 2022 · Kwan
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National Theatre Live: Constellations 2021 · Roland - The Starling 2021 · Jack Maynard
- How to Build a Girl 2020 · Comedy
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Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth 2020 · Finn's Dad (voice) - How to Build a Girl 2019 · Alan 'Wilko' Wilkinson
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State of the Union 2019 · Tom - Juliet, Naked 2018 · Duncan Thomson
- Christopher Robin 2018 · Adventure
The Best Chris O'Dowd Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Chris O'Dowd films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Chris O'Dowd movie?
Black Mirror: Common People (2025) is the best-rated Chris O'Dowd film, with a Movie Echo Score of 90, ahead of The Sheep Detectives (2026) (78) and Love After Love (2018) (78). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Black Mirror: Common People: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Chris O'Dowd movie?
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016) made the most at the box office, with $296M worldwide, followed by Christopher Robin (2018) with $198M. Together, Chris O'Dowd's films with box office figures have made $770M.
Which Chris O'Dowd movie won the most awards?
The Sapphires (2013) is the most decorated Chris O'Dowd film, with 11 wins from 11 nominations across the Oscars, Golden Globes, BAFTA and the other ceremonies in the awards database.
What is the best Chris O'Dowd drama movie?
Love After Love (2018) is the best-rated of Chris O'Dowd's drama films, with a score of 78. In other genres: How to Build a Girl (comedy), My Father's Dragon (adventure) and Molly's Game (biography).
What is the newest Chris O'Dowd movie?
The newest film on Chris O'Dowd's filmography is The Sheep Detectives (2026), with Chris O'Dowd as Mopple.
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