The Best James Faulkner Movies, Ranked
55 credits from 1974 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) comes out on top with a score of 90. The biggest box office hit is Atomic Blonde (2017) with $100M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Top Rated James Faulkner Movies
The 12 highest-rated films James Faulkner is credited on. Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) leads with 90, followed by Wake Up Dead Man (2025) at 84. 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 90 Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery 2025 · Comedy -
#2 Movie Echo Score: Score 84 Wake Up Dead Man 2025 · Comedy -
#3 Movie Echo Score: Score 76 As I Am 2019 · Drama -
#4 Movie Echo Score: Score 75 Jolly Good Christmas 2022 · Drama -
#5 Movie Echo Score: Score 69 Paul, Apostle of Christ 2018 · Drama -
#6 Movie Echo Score: Score 65 Atomic Blonde 2017 · Action -
#7 Movie Echo Score: Score 63 Final Portrait 2018 · Biography -
#8 Movie Echo Score: Score 61 Hounded 2022 · Mystery -
#9 Movie Echo Score: Score 60 Awareness 2023 · Thriller -
#10 Movie Echo Score: Score 57 The Last Supper 2025 · Drama -
#11 Movie Echo Score: Score 53 The Sonata 2020 · Mystery -
#12 Movie Echo Score: Score 50 Hunted 2022 · Action
Biggest James Faulkner Box Office Hits
James Faulkner's films have made $226M worldwide in total. Atomic Blonde (2017) is the biggest hit at $100M, ahead of Underworld: Blood Wars (2017) ($81.1M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
- 1 Atomic Blonde 2017 · Action $100M $51.7M dom.
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Underworld: Blood Wars 2017 · Action $81.1M $30.4M dom. - 3 Paul, Apostle of Christ 2018 · Drama $25.9M $17.6M dom.
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The Three Investigators in The Secret of Skeleton Island 2007 · Mystery $7.79M - 5 The Last Supper 2025 · Drama $6.69M $6.56M dom.
- 6 Final Portrait 2018 · Biography $1.68M $462K dom.
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Franklyn 2008 · Fantasy $1.28M - 8
The Devil Conspiracy 2023 · Thriller $984K $765K dom. - 9 Hunted 2022 · Action $174K
- 10 Hounded 2022 · Mystery $174K
The Best James Faulkner Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre James Faulkner has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 19 films, and As I Am (2019) is the pick of them.
- Drama 19 films As I Am 2019 · as Mr. Hurt Movie Echo Score: 76
- Action 8 films Atomic Blonde 2017 Movie Echo Score: 65
- Comedy 4 films Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery 2025 · as Rev. Prentice Wicks Movie Echo Score: 90
- Thriller 4 films Awareness 2023 · as El Americano Movie Echo Score: 60
- Mystery 3 films Hounded 2022 · as Remington Redwick Movie Echo Score: 61
- Biography 1 film Final Portrait 2018 · as Pierre Matisse Movie Echo Score: 63
- Fantasy 1 film Franklyn 2008 · as Pastor Bone
The Best James Faulkner Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of James Faulkner's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 2000s to 2020s.
The Latest James Faulkner Movies
The most recent films James Faulkner is credited on, newest first — starting with Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery 2025 · Rev. Prentice Wicks
- Wake Up Dead Man 2025 · Rev. Prentice Wicks
- The Last Supper 2025 · Caiaphas
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Chief of Station 2024 · Deputy Director Austin Williams -
Boudica: Queen of War 2023 · Old Druid -
Boudica 2023 · Old Druid - Awareness 2023 · El Americano
- The Devil Conspiracy 2023 · Cardinal Vincini
- Jolly Good Christmas 2022 · Simon
- Hunted 2022 · Remington Redwick
- Hounded 2022 · Remington Redwick
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Never Back Down: Revolt 2021 · Julian
The Best James Faulkner Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest James Faulkner films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best James Faulkner movie?
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) is the best-rated James Faulkner film, with a Movie Echo Score of 90, ahead of Wake Up Dead Man (2025) (84) and As I Am (2019) (76). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing James Faulkner movie?
Atomic Blonde (2017) made the most at the box office, with $100M worldwide, followed by Underworld: Blood Wars (2017) with $81.1M. Together, James Faulkner's films with box office figures have made $226M.
What is the best James Faulkner drama movie?
As I Am (2019) is the best-rated of James Faulkner's drama films, with a score of 76. In other genres: Atomic Blonde (action), Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (comedy) and Awareness (thriller).
What is the newest James Faulkner movie?
The newest film on James Faulkner's filmography is Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025), with James Faulkner as Rev. Prentice Wicks.
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