The Best Diane Lane Movies, Ranked
67 credits from 1979 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Let Him Go (2020) comes out on top with a score of 86. The biggest box office hit is Inside Out 2 (2024) with $1.7B worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Top Rated Diane Lane Movies
The 9 highest-rated films Diane Lane is credited on. Let Him Go (2020) leads with 86, followed by Inside Out 2 (2024) at 80. 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 86 Let Him Go 2020 · Drama -
#2 Movie Echo Score: Score 80 Inside Out 2 2024 · Animation -
#3 Movie Echo Score: Score 71 Anniversary 2025 · Thriller -
#4 Movie Echo Score: Score 70 Zack Snyder's Justice League 2021 · Action -
#5 Movie Echo Score: Score 70 The Cotton Club Encore 2019 · Drama -
#6 Movie Echo Score: Score 55 Paris Can Wait 2017 · Drama -
#7 Movie Echo Score: Score 52 Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House 2017 · Biography -
#8 Movie Echo Score: Score 40 Serenity 2019 · Sci-Fi -
#9 Movie Echo Score: Score 30 Justice League 2017 · Action
Biggest Diane Lane Box Office Hits
Diane Lane's films have made $4.78B worldwide in total. Inside Out 2 (2024) is the biggest hit at $1.7B, ahead of Inside Out (2015) ($859M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
- 1 Inside Out 2 2024 · Animation $1.7B $653M dom.
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Inside Out 2015 · Animation $859M $356M dom. - 3
Man of Steel 2013 · Action $670M $291M dom. - 4 Justice League 2017 · Action $661M $229M dom.
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Unfaithful 2002 · Drama $119M $52.8M dom. - 6
Judge Dredd 1995 · Sci-Fi $113M $34.7M dom. - 7
Nights in Rodanthe 2008 · Drama $84.4M $41.9M dom. - 8
Secretariat 2010 · Drama $60.3M $59.7M dom. - 9
Under the Tuscan Sun 2003 · Drama $58.9M $43.6M dom. - 10
Jack 1996 · Drama $58.6M $58.6M dom.
The Best Diane Lane Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Diane Lane has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 28 films, and Let Him Go (2020) is the pick of them.
- Drama 28 films Let Him Go 2020 · as Margaret Blackledge Movie Echo Score: 86
- Action 7 films Zack Snyder's Justice League 2021 · as Martha Kent Movie Echo Score: 70
- Thriller 4 films Anniversary 2025 · as Ellen Taylor Movie Echo Score: 71
- Animation 3 films Inside Out 2 2024 · as Mom Movie Echo Score: 80
- Biography 3 films Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House 2017 · as Audrey Felt Movie Echo Score: 52
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Comedy 3 films Must Love Dogs 2005 - Sci-Fi 2 films Serenity 2019 · as Constance Movie Echo Score: 40
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Romance 2 films Vital Signs 1990 · as Gina Wyler -
Crime 1 film Mad Dog Time 1996 · as Grace Everly
The Best Diane Lane Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Diane Lane's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1980s to 2020s.
Most Awarded Diane Lane Movies
Diane Lane's films with wins at the Oscars, Golden Globes, BAFTA and the other ceremonies in the awards database, the most decorated first. The Cotton Club (1984) leads with 1 win from 6 nominations.
The Latest Diane Lane Movies
The most recent films Diane Lane is credited on, newest first — starting with Anniversary (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- Anniversary 2025 · Ellen Taylor
- Inside Out 2 2024 · Mom
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A Man in Full 2024 · Martha Croker - Zack Snyder's Justice League 2021 · Martha Kent
- Let Him Go 2020 · Margaret Blackledge
- The Cotton Club Encore 2019 · Drama
- Serenity 2019 · Constance
- Justice League 2017 · Martha Kent
- Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House 2017 · Audrey Felt
- Paris Can Wait 2017 · Drama
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FEUD 2017 · Slim Keith -
Trumbo 2015 · Biography
The Best Diane Lane Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Diane Lane films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Diane Lane movie?
Let Him Go (2020) is the best-rated Diane Lane film, with a Movie Echo Score of 86, ahead of Inside Out 2 (2024) (80) and Anniversary (2025) (71). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Let Him Go: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Diane Lane movie?
Inside Out 2 (2024) made the most at the box office, with $1.7B worldwide, followed by Inside Out (2015) with $859M. Together, Diane Lane's films with box office figures have made $4.78B.
Which Diane Lane movie won the most awards?
The Cotton Club (1984) is the most decorated Diane Lane film, with 1 win from 6 nominations across the Oscars, Golden Globes, BAFTA and the other ceremonies in the awards database.
What is the best Diane Lane drama movie?
Let Him Go (2020) is the best-rated of Diane Lane's drama films, with a score of 86. In other genres: Zack Snyder's Justice League (action), Anniversary (thriller) and Inside Out 2 (animation).
What is the newest Diane Lane movie?
The newest film on Diane Lane's filmography is Anniversary (2025), with Diane Lane as Ellen Taylor.
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