The Best Daniel Craig Movies, Ranked
71 credits from 1993 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) comes out on top with a score of 90. The biggest box office hit is Skyfall (2012) with $1.11B worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Top Rated Daniel Craig Movies
The 8 highest-rated films Daniel Craig is credited on. Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) leads with 90, followed by Knives Out (2019) 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 90 Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery 2025 · Comedy -
#2 Movie Echo Score: Score 85 Knives Out 2019 · Drama -
#3 Movie Echo Score: Score 84 Wake Up Dead Man 2025 · Comedy -
#4 Movie Echo Score: Score 80 No Time to Die 2021 · Action -
#5 Movie Echo Score: Score 76 Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery 2022 · Drama -
#6 Movie Echo Score: Score 75 Logan Lucky 2017 · Drama -
#7 Movie Echo Score: Score 61 Queer 2024 · Biography -
#8 Movie Echo Score: Score 40 Kings 2018 · Drama
Biggest Daniel Craig Box Office Hits
Daniel Craig's films have made $4.74B worldwide in total. Skyfall (2012) is the biggest hit at $1.11B, ahead of No Time to Die (2021) ($774M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Skyfall 2012 · Action $1.11B $304M dom. - 2 No Time to Die 2021 · Action $774M $161M dom.
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Casino Royale 2006 · Action $617M $167M dom. - 4
Quantum of Solace 2008 · Action $590M $168M dom. - 5
The Golden Compass 2007 · Adventure $372M $70.1M dom. - 6 Knives Out 2019 · Drama $313M $165M dom.
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 2011 · Drama $233M $103M dom. - 8
Cowboys & Aliens 2011 · Action $175M $100M dom. - 9
Star Wars: The Force Awakens 2015 · Action $161M - 10
Munich 2005 · Drama $131M $47.4M dom.
The Best Daniel Craig Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Daniel Craig has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 19 films, and Knives Out (2019) is the pick of them.
- Drama 19 films Knives Out 2019 · as Benoit Blanc Movie Echo Score: 85
- Action 11 films No Time to Die 2021 · as James Bond Movie Echo Score: 80
- Comedy 7 films Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery 2025 · as Benoit Blanc Movie Echo Score: 90
- Biography 3 films Queer 2024 · as William Lee Movie Echo Score: 61
- Adventure 3 films The Golden Compass 2007
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Sci-Fi 2 films The Invasion 2007 -
Romance 2 films Ten Minutes Older: The Cello 2002 · as Cecil (segment "Addicted to the Stars")
The Best Daniel Craig Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Daniel Craig's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1990s to 2020s.
Most Awarded Daniel Craig Movies
Daniel Craig's films with wins at the Oscars, Golden Globes, BAFTA and the other ceremonies in the awards database, the most decorated first. Skyfall (2012) leads with 9 wins from 25 nominations.
- Awards: 9 wins Skyfall 2012 · 25 nominations
- Awards: 5 wins No Time to Die 2021 · 13 nominations
- Awards: 3 wins Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery 2022 · 25 nominations
- Awards: 2 wins The Golden Compass 2007 · 5 nominations
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Awards: 2 wins SPECTRE 2015 · 4 nominations - Awards: 1 win Casino Royale 2006 · 11 nominations
- Awards: 1 win Knives Out 2019 · 5 nominations
- Awards: 1 win Logan Lucky 2017 · 3 nominations
The Latest Daniel Craig Movies
The most recent films Daniel Craig is credited on, newest first — starting with Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery 2025 · Benoit Blanc
- Wake Up Dead Man 2025 · Benoit Blanc
- Queer 2024 · William Lee
- Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery 2022 · Benoit Blanc
- No Time to Die 2021 · James Bond
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Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas 2020 · Wheezy Jeff -
Daniel Craig vs James Bond 2020 · James Bond - Knives Out 2019 · Benoit Blanc
- Kings 2018 · Obie Hardison
- Logan Lucky 2017 · Drama
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens 2015 · Stormtrooper (uncredited)
- SPECTRE 2015 · Action
The Best Daniel Craig Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Daniel Craig films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Daniel Craig movie?
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) is the best-rated Daniel Craig film, with a Movie Echo Score of 90, ahead of Knives Out (2019) (85) and Wake Up Dead Man (2025) (84). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Daniel Craig movie?
Skyfall (2012) made the most at the box office, with $1.11B worldwide, followed by No Time to Die (2021) with $774M. Together, Daniel Craig's films with box office figures have made $4.74B.
Which Daniel Craig movie won the most awards?
Skyfall (2012) is the most decorated Daniel Craig film, with 9 wins from 25 nominations across the Oscars, Golden Globes, BAFTA and the other ceremonies in the awards database.
What is the best Daniel Craig drama movie?
Knives Out (2019) is the best-rated of Daniel Craig's drama films, with a score of 85. In other genres: No Time to Die (action), Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (comedy) and Queer (biography).
What is the newest Daniel Craig movie?
The newest film on Daniel Craig's filmography is Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025), with Daniel Craig as Benoit Blanc.
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