The Best James McAvoy Movies, Ranked
46 credits from 1997 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Speak No Evil (2024) comes out on top with a score of 76. The biggest box office hit is X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) with $746M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Top Rated James McAvoy Movies
The 11 highest-rated films James McAvoy is credited on. Speak No Evil (2024) leads with 76, followed by Together (2021) at 72. 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 76 Speak No Evil 2024 · Drama -
#2 Movie Echo Score: Score 72 Together 2021 · Drama -
#3 Movie Echo Score: Score 65 Atomic Blonde 2017 · Action -
#4 Movie Echo Score: Score 57 The Book of Clarence 2024 · Adventure -
#5 Movie Echo Score: Score 55 Glass 2019 · Action -
#6 Movie Echo Score: Score 50 It: Chapter Two 2019 · Drama -
#7 Movie Echo Score: Score 50 Submergence 2018 · Drama -
#8 Movie Echo Score: Score 49 My Son 2021 · Drama -
#9 Movie Echo Score: Score 39 Sherlock Gnomes 2018 · Adventure -
#10 Movie Echo Score: Score 38 Dark Phoenix 2019 · Action -
#11 Movie Echo Score: Score 22 Pose 2025 · Thriller
Biggest James McAvoy Box Office Hits
James McAvoy's films have made $4.52B worldwide in total. X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) is the biggest hit at $746M, ahead of X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) ($544M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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X-Men: Days of Future Past 2014 · Action $746M $234M dom. - 2
X-Men: Apocalypse 2016 · Action $544M $155M dom. - 3 It: Chapter Two 2019 · Drama $473M $212M dom.
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X-Men: First Class 2011 · Action $353M $146M dom. - 5
Wanted 2008 · Action $342M $135M dom. - 6
Split 2017 · Thriller $278M $138M dom. - 7 Dark Phoenix 2019 · Action $252M $65.8M dom.
- 8 Glass 2019 · Action $247M $111M dom.
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Gnomeo and Juliet 2011 · Fantasy $194M $100M dom. - 10
Arthur Christmas 2011 · Animation $151M $46.5M dom.
The Best James McAvoy Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre James McAvoy has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 14 films, and Speak No Evil (2024) is the pick of them.
- Drama 14 films Speak No Evil 2024 · as Paddy Movie Echo Score: 76
- Action 8 films Atomic Blonde 2017 Movie Echo Score: 65
- Fantasy 3 films Gnomeo and Juliet 2011
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Biography 3 films The Last King of Scotland 2006 - Thriller 2 films Pose 2025 Movie Echo Score: 22
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Music 2 films Bollywood Queen 2002 · as Jay - Adventure 2 films The Book of Clarence 2024 · as Pontius Pilate Movie Echo Score: 57
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Romance 1 film National Theatre Live: Cyrano de Bergerac 2020 · as Cyrano de Bergerac -
Sci-Fi 1 film Victor Frankenstein 2015
The Best James McAvoy Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of James McAvoy's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1990s to 2020s.
Most Awarded James McAvoy Movies
James McAvoy's films with wins at the Oscars, Golden Globes, BAFTA and the other ceremonies in the awards database, the most decorated first. The Last King of Scotland (2006) leads with 7 wins from 9 nominations.
The Latest James McAvoy Movies
The most recent films James McAvoy is credited on, newest first — starting with Pose (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- Pose 2025 · Thriller
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California Schemin’ 2025 · Music - Speak No Evil 2024 · Paddy
- The Book of Clarence 2024 · Pontius Pilate
- My Son 2021 · Edmond Murray
- Together 2021 · He
- National Theatre Live: Cyrano de Bergerac 2020 · Cyrano de Bergerac
- It: Chapter Two 2019 · Bill Denbrough
- Dark Phoenix 2019 · Professor Charles Xavier
- Glass 2019 · Patricia, Dennis, Hedwig
- Submergence 2018 · James More
- Sherlock Gnomes 2018 · Gnomeo
The Best James McAvoy Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest James McAvoy films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best James McAvoy movie?
Speak No Evil (2024) is the best-rated James McAvoy film, with a Movie Echo Score of 76, ahead of Together (2021) (72) and Atomic Blonde (2017) (65). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Speak No Evil: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing James McAvoy movie?
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) made the most at the box office, with $746M worldwide, followed by X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) with $544M. Together, James McAvoy's films with box office figures have made $4.52B.
Which James McAvoy movie won the most awards?
The Last King of Scotland (2006) is the most decorated James McAvoy film, with 7 wins from 9 nominations across the Oscars, Golden Globes, BAFTA and the other ceremonies in the awards database.
What is the best James McAvoy drama movie?
Speak No Evil (2024) is the best-rated of James McAvoy's drama films, with a score of 76. In other genres: Atomic Blonde (action), Gnomeo and Juliet (fantasy) and The Last King of Scotland (biography).
What is the newest James McAvoy movie?
The newest film on James McAvoy's filmography is Pose (2025).
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