The Best Jake Busey Movies, Ranked
50 credits from 1978 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Guns & Moses (2025) comes out on top with a score of 82. The biggest box office hit is The Predator (2018) with $161M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Top Rated Jake Busey Movies
The 9 highest-rated films Jake Busey is credited on. Guns & Moses (2025) leads with 82, followed by Killing Mary Sue (2025) 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 82 Guns & Moses 2025 · Crime -
#2 Movie Echo Score: Score 77 Killing Mary Sue 2025 · Action -
#3 Movie Echo Score: Score 76 A Boy Called Sailboat 2018 · Comedy -
#4 Movie Echo Score: Score 61 Dead Ant 2019 · Adventure -
#5 Movie Echo Score: Score 60 Rust 2025 · Western -
#6 Movie Echo Score: Score 52 The Predator 2018 · Action -
#7 Movie Echo Score: Score 38 A Tale of Two Guns 2022 · Western -
#8 Movie Echo Score: Score 35 A Soldier’s Revenge 2020 · Western -
#9 Movie Echo Score: Score 22 Ghost in the Graveyard 2019 · Horror
Biggest Jake Busey Box Office Hits
Jake Busey's films have made $204M worldwide in total. The Predator (2018) is the biggest hit at $161M, ahead of The Frighteners (1996) ($29.4M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
- 1 The Predator 2018 · Action $161M $51M dom.
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The Frighteners 1996 · Fantasy $29.4M $16.8M dom. - 3
Straight Time 1978 · Drama $9.9M $9.9M dom. - 4
PCU 1994 · Comedy $4.33M $4.33M dom. - 5 Guns & Moses 2025 · Crime $77.4K $77.4K dom.
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S.F.W. 1994 · Drama $63.5K $63.5K dom. - 7 Ghost in the Graveyard 2019 · Horror $27.3K
- 8 Rust 2025 · Western $26.8K $25K dom.
- 9 A Boy Called Sailboat 2018 · Comedy $25K
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Reaper 2014 · Horror $16.9K
The Best Jake Busey Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Jake Busey has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 11 films, and Straight Time (1978) is the pick of them.
- Drama 11 films Straight Time 1978
- Comedy 8 films A Boy Called Sailboat 2018 · as Bing Movie Echo Score: 76
- Action 7 films Killing Mary Sue 2025 · as Wes Adamle Movie Echo Score: 77
- Horror 6 films Ghost in the Graveyard 2019 · as Charlie Sullivan Movie Echo Score: 22
- Western 4 films Rust 2025 · as Drum Movie Echo Score: 60
- Crime 1 film Guns & Moses 2025 · as Owen Gibbons Movie Echo Score: 82
- Adventure 1 film Dead Ant 2019 · as Merrick Movie Echo Score: 61
- Fantasy 1 film The Frighteners 1996
The Best Jake Busey Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Jake Busey's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1970s to 2020s.
The Latest Jake Busey Movies
The most recent films Jake Busey is credited on, newest first — starting with Guns & Moses (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- Guns & Moses 2025 · Owen Gibbons
- Killing Mary Sue 2025 · Wes Adamle
- Rust 2025 · Drum
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Scalper 2023 · Det. Hayden -
Chaos on the Farm 2023 · Lawrence -
Pig Killer 2022 · Willy - A Tale of Two Guns 2022 · McCloskey
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DIVOS! 2020 · Mr. Kelly - A Soldier’s Revenge 2020 · Captain McCalister
- Ghost in the Graveyard 2019 · Charlie Sullivan
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Adventures of Dally and Spanky 2019 · Aaron - Dead Ant 2019 · Merrick
The Best Jake Busey Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Jake Busey films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Jake Busey movie?
Guns & Moses (2025) is the best-rated Jake Busey film, with a Movie Echo Score of 82, ahead of Killing Mary Sue (2025) (77) and A Boy Called Sailboat (2018) (76). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Guns & Moses: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Jake Busey movie?
The Predator (2018) made the most at the box office, with $161M worldwide, followed by The Frighteners (1996) with $29.4M. Together, Jake Busey's films with box office figures have made $204M.
What is the best Jake Busey drama movie?
Straight Time (1978) is the best-rated of Jake Busey's drama films. In other genres: A Boy Called Sailboat (comedy), Killing Mary Sue (action) and Ghost in the Graveyard (horror).
What is the newest Jake Busey movie?
The newest film on Jake Busey's filmography is Guns & Moses (2025), with Jake Busey as Owen Gibbons.
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