The Best David Kross Movies, Ranked
26 credits from 2002 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Balloon (2018) comes out on top with a score of 87. The biggest box office hit is Prey (2021) with $44.7M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Top Rated David Kross Movies
The 6 highest-rated films David Kross is credited on. Balloon (2018) leads with 87, followed by Balloon (2020) 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 87 Balloon 2018 · Drama -
#2 Movie Echo Score: Score 85 Balloon 2020 · Drama -
#3 Movie Echo Score: Score 77 Prey 2021 · Adventure -
#4 Movie Echo Score: Score 77 The Keeper 2020 · Biography -
#5 Movie Echo Score: Score 75 The World Will Tremble 2025 · Drama -
#6 Movie Echo Score: Score 55 Rising High 2020 · Drama
Biggest David Kross Box Office Hits
David Kross's films have made $86.9M worldwide in total. Prey (2021) is the biggest hit at $44.7M, ahead of Balloon (2018) ($11.8M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
- 1 Prey 2021 · Adventure $44.7M $19.8M dom.
- 2 Balloon 2018 · Drama $11.8M $34.2K dom.
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Measuring the World 2012 · Drama $7.93M - 4
Hands off Mississippi 2007 · Family $5.74M - 5
The Pasta Detectives 2014 · Family $5.03M - 6
The Pasta Detectives 3 2016 · Comedy $3.02M - 7
The Pasta Detectives 2 2015 · Comedy $3.02M - 8
Same Same But Different 2009 · Drama $1.29M - 9
Angelique 2013 · Adventure $996K - 10
The Pursuit of Unhappiness 2012 · Comedy $842K
The Best David Kross Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre David Kross has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 10 films, and Balloon (2018) is the pick of them.
- Drama 10 films Balloon 2018 · as Günter Wetzel Movie Echo Score: 87
- Comedy 8 films The Pasta Detectives 3 2016 · as Rainer Kiesling
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Thriller 2 films Tough Enough 2006 · as Michael Polischka - Adventure 2 films Prey 2021 · as Roman Movie Echo Score: 77
- Family 2 films Hands off Mississippi 2007 · as Bäckerlehrling Bröckel
- Biography 1 film The Keeper 2020 · as Bert Trautmann Movie Echo Score: 77
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Action 1 film Into the White 2013
The Best David Kross Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of David Kross's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 2000s to 2020s.
The Latest David Kross Movies
The most recent films David Kross is credited on, newest first — starting with The World Will Tremble (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- The World Will Tremble 2025 · Lange
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Everything’s Fifty Fifty 2024 · Robin -
Home Sweet Home - Where Evil Lives 2023 · Viktor -
The Peacock 2023 · David -
A Stasi Comedy 2022 · Ludger (jung) - Prey 2021 · Roman
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Confessions of Felix Krull 2021 · Louis de Venosta - The Keeper 2020 · Bert Trautmann
- Rising High 2020 · Viktor Steiner
- Balloon 2020 · Günter Wetzel
- Balloon 2018 · Günter Wetzel
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My Brother Simple 2017 · Simpel
The Best David Kross Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest David Kross films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best David Kross movie?
Balloon (2018) is the best-rated David Kross film, with a Movie Echo Score of 87, ahead of Balloon (2020) (85) and Prey (2021) (77). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Balloon: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing David Kross movie?
Prey (2021) made the most at the box office, with $44.7M worldwide, followed by Balloon (2018) with $11.8M. Together, David Kross's films with box office figures have made $86.9M.
What is the best David Kross drama movie?
Balloon (2018) is the best-rated of David Kross's drama films, with a score of 87. In other genres: The Pasta Detectives 3 (comedy), Tough Enough (thriller) and Prey (adventure).
What is the newest David Kross movie?
The newest film on David Kross's filmography is The World Will Tremble (2025), with David Kross as Lange.
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