Dante Basco: Movies & Box Office
- films
- 28
- on screen
- 1990–2025
- box office
- $17M
- average score
- 72
The Best Dante Basco Movies
The highest-rated films Dante Basco is credited on, by the Movie Echo Score that blends critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Rag Doll (2019) scores highest, at 88. The full ranking adds the biggest box office hits and the most awarded films.
Dante Basco's Career in Numbers
Dante Basco's films in numbers — as an actor, not counting appearances as themselves: when they were made, the genres Dante Basco works in most and the milestones along the way. The filmography runs from Cold Dog Soup (1990) to One Big Happy Family (2025), and the 2010s were the busiest decade.
Dante Basco Movies by Decade
- 1990s 6
- 2000s 4
- 2010s 13
- 2020s 5
The 2010s were Dante Basco's busiest decade, with 13 films.
Dante Basco Movies by Genre
- Drama 7
- Action 5
- Comedy 4
- Family 3
- Adventure 2
- Animation 2
- Romance 1
- Fantasy 1
- Sci-Fi 1
Drama is the genre Dante Basco has worked in most, with 7 films, ahead of action (5).
Dante Basco Career Milestones
- First film
- Cold Dog Soup 1990
- Biggest box office hit
- The Perfect Weapon $14.1M worldwide
- Best-rated film
- Rag Doll Movie Echo Score 88
- Newest film
- One Big Happy Family 2025
Dante Basco Filmography: Every Movie
Every film Dante Basco is credited on, newest first, with the role, the box office and the Movie Echo Score. Rated films average a score of 72. Re-order the list to see the best-rated films or the biggest hits first.
- 2025
One Big Happy Family as Marcus · Comedy - 2023
Asian Persuasion as Mickey de los Santos · Romance Worldwide box office: $4.8K Movie Echo Score: 83 - 2023
The Keepers of the 5 Kingdoms as Frank · Family Worldwide box office: $158K - 2022
The Fabulous Filipino Brothers Comedy Movie Echo Score: 74 - 2021
Monster Hunter: Legends of the Guild as Aiden (voice) · Adventure Movie Echo Score: 43 - 2019
The Creatress as Franklin · Drama - 2019
Empty by Design as Ash · Drama - 2019
Mushroom and the Forest of the World as Leaves · Animation - 2019
Rag Doll as Jason · Drama Movie Echo Score: 88 - 2017
Sightings as Akiro Nagi · Adventure - 2017
Bangarang as Principal - 2016
Perfect Timing Villain as Agent Trig Tanner - 2016
Jarhead 3: The Siege as Blake · Drama - 2014
Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses as Gangly Asian · Action - 2014
Awesome Asian Bad Guys as Dante · Action - 2014
JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time as Karate Kid (voice) · Animation - 2012
Hang Loose as Dante · Drama - 2010
Firebreather as Kenny Rogers (voice) · Fantasy - 2008
Nite Tales as Gerard · Action - 2001
The Debut Drama Worldwide box office: $1.75M - 2001
Extreme Days Action Worldwide box office: $1.05M - 2001
A Kitty Bobo Show as Kitty Bobo · Family - 1998
Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights as Prince Hong · Family - 1997
Fakin’ Da Funk as Julian Lee · Comedy - 1997
Riot as Jeff Lee · Drama - 1995
Fist of the North Star as Bat · Sci-Fi - 1991
The Perfect Weapon Action Worldwide box office: $14.1M - 1990
Cold Dog Soup as Chinese Boy · Comedy
Who Dante Basco Makes Movies With
The actors and directors Dante Basco shares the most films with. MAKO comes first, with 2 films together, followed by James Hong (2). Under each name, their best-known films together.
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MAKO 2 films together - The Perfect Weapon (1991)
- Riot (1997)
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James Hong 2 films together - The Perfect Weapon (1991)
- The Keepers of the 5 Kingdoms (2023)
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Grey DeLisle 2 films together - JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time (2014)
- Firebreather (2010)
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Kevin Michael Richardson 2 films together - JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time (2014)
- Firebreather (2010)
Dante Basco: Questions & Answers
How many movies Dante Basco has made, the biggest hit, the best-rated film, the award record and more, answered from the filmography above.
How many movies has Dante Basco been in?
Dante Basco is credited on 28 films, from 1990 to 2025. The filmography on this page lists every one of them, newest first, with the role and the Movie Echo Score.
What is Dante Basco's highest-grossing movie?
The Perfect Weapon (1991) is Dante Basco's biggest box office hit, with $14.1M worldwide, ahead of The Debut (2001) ($1.75M). Across every film with box office figures, Dante Basco's movies have made $17M.
Dante Basco's biggest hits What is the best Dante Basco movie?
By the Movie Echo Score, which blends critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact, Dante Basco's best-rated film is Rag Doll (2019) with a score of 88, followed by Asian Persuasion (2023) (83).
Best Dante Basco movies, ranked What is Dante Basco's newest movie?
The most recent film on Dante Basco's filmography is One Big Happy Family (2025), in the role of Marcus.
Who does Dante Basco work with most often?
Dante Basco shares the most films with MAKO (2 films), James Hong (2 films) and Grey DeLisle (2 films).
The Best Dante Basco Movies, Ranked
Top rated, most awarded and biggest box office hits from 28 credits.
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