The Best David Arquette Movies, Ranked
73 credits from 1992 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Quantum Cowboys (2023) comes out on top with a score of 84. The biggest box office hit is Scream (1996) with $173M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Top Rated David Arquette Movies
The 12 highest-rated films David Arquette is credited on. Quantum Cowboys (2023) leads with 84, followed by 12 Hour Shift (2020) at 77. 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 84 Quantum Cowboys 2023 · Animation -
#2 Movie Echo Score: Score 77 12 Hour Shift 2020 · Thriller -
#3 Movie Echo Score: Score 72 Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets 2021 · Drama -
#4 Movie Echo Score: Score 70 The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry 2022 · Drama -
#5 Movie Echo Score: Score 69 Scream 2022 · Mystery -
#6 Movie Echo Score: Score 65 The Good Half 2024 · Comedy -
#7 Movie Echo Score: Score 64 Ghosts of the Ozarks 2022 · Mystery -
#8 Movie Echo Score: Score 61 Domino: Battle of the Bones 2021 · Comedy -
#9 Movie Echo Score: Score 58 Spree 2020 · Thriller -
#10 Movie Echo Score: Score 58 On Sacred Ground 2023 · Drama -
#11 Movie Echo Score: Score 53 Mope 2019 · Comedy -
#12 Movie Echo Score: Score 47 The Unholy Trinity 2025 · Action
Biggest David Arquette Box Office Hits
David Arquette's films have made $612M worldwide in total. Scream (1996) is the biggest hit at $173M, ahead of Scream (2022) ($167M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Scream 1996 · Mystery $173M $103M dom. - 2 Scream 2022 · Mystery $167M $108M dom.
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Scream 4 2011 · Mystery $97.2M $38.2M dom. - 4
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D 2005 · Action $72M $39.2M dom. - 5
Eight Legged Freaks 2002 · Action $45.9M $17.3M dom. - 6
See Spot Run 2001 · Comedy $43.1M $33.4M dom. - 7
Never Die Alone 2004 · Action $5.92M $5.65M dom. - 8
Mope 2020 · Drama $2.7M - 9
Wild Bill 1995 · Action $2.19M $2.19M dom. - 10 The Unholy Trinity 2025 · Action $1.02M $996K dom.
The Best David Arquette Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre David Arquette has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Comedy leads with 13 films, and The Good Half (2024) is the pick of them.
- Comedy 13 films The Good Half 2024 · as Rick Barona Movie Echo Score: 65
- Drama 13 films Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets 2021 Movie Echo Score: 72
- Action 9 films The Unholy Trinity 2025 · as Father Jacob Movie Echo Score: 47
- Thriller 6 films 12 Hour Shift 2020 · as Jefferson Movie Echo Score: 77
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Crime 5 films Mob Cops 2025 · as Sammy Canzano Movie Echo Score: 24 -
Romance 5 films The Darwin Awards 2006 · as Harvey - Mystery 4 films Scream 2022 · as Dewey Riley Movie Echo Score: 69
- Animation 1 film Quantum Cowboys 2023 · as Colfax Movie Echo Score: 84
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Adventure 1 film Saving Flora 2019 · as Henry
The Best David Arquette Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of David Arquette's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1990s to 2020s.
The Latest David Arquette Movies
The most recent films David Arquette is credited on, newest first — starting with The Perfect Gamble (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
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The Perfect Gamble 2025 · Charlie - The Unholy Trinity 2025 · Father Jacob
- Mob Cops 2025 · Sammy Canzano
- The Good Half 2024 · Rick Barona
- Quantum Cowboys 2023 · Colfax
- On Sacred Ground 2023 · Elliot
- The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry 2022 · Lambiase
- Ghosts of the Ozarks 2022 · Douglas
- Scream 2022 · Dewey Riley
- Domino: Battle of the Bones 2021 · Walter
- Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets 2021 · Drama
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Blackjack: The Jackie Ryan Story 2020 · Big Jack
The Best David Arquette Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest David Arquette films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best David Arquette movie?
Quantum Cowboys (2023) is the best-rated David Arquette film, with a Movie Echo Score of 84, ahead of 12 Hour Shift (2020) (77) and Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets (2021) (72). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Quantum Cowboys: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing David Arquette movie?
Scream (1996) made the most at the box office, with $173M worldwide, followed by Scream (2022) with $167M. Together, David Arquette's films with box office figures have made $612M.
What is the best David Arquette comedy movie?
The Good Half (2024) is the best-rated of David Arquette's comedy films, with a score of 65. In other genres: Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets (drama), The Unholy Trinity (action) and 12 Hour Shift (thriller).
What is the newest David Arquette movie?
The newest film on David Arquette's filmography is The Perfect Gamble (2025), with David Arquette as Charlie.
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