The Best Jeffrey Wright Movies, Ranked
60 credits from 1991 to 2026, 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 No Time to Die (2021) with $774M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Top Rated Jeffrey Wright Movies
The 12 highest-rated films Jeffrey Wright is credited on. Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) leads with 90, followed by The Batman (2022) 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 The Batman 2022 · Action -
#3 Movie Echo Score: Score 84 Wake Up Dead Man 2025 · Comedy -
#4 Movie Echo Score: Score 80 No Time to Die 2021 · Action -
#5 Movie Echo Score: Score 78 American Fiction 2023 · Comedy -
#6 Movie Echo Score: Score 74 Highest 2 Lowest 2025 · Crime -
#7 Movie Echo Score: Score 74 O.G. 2018 · Drama -
#8 Movie Echo Score: Score 72 Monster 2021 · Drama -
#9 Movie Echo Score: Score 71 The French Dispatch 2021 · Drama -
#10 Movie Echo Score: Score 70 All Day and a Night 2020 · Drama -
#11 Movie Echo Score: Score 60 Rustin 2023 · Biography -
#12 Movie Echo Score: Score 52 The Goldfinch 2019 · Drama
Biggest Jeffrey Wright Box Office Hits
Jeffrey Wright's films have made $2.69B worldwide in total. No Time to Die (2021) is the biggest hit at $774M, ahead of The Batman (2022) ($772M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
- 1 No Time to Die 2021 · Action $774M $161M dom.
- 2 The Batman 2022 · Action $772M $369M dom.
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Casino Royale 2006 · Action $617M $167M dom. - 4
The Good Dinosaur 2015 · Adventure $332M $123M dom. - 5 The French Dispatch 2021 · Drama $46.3M $16.1M dom.
- 6 Monster 2021 · Drama $42.1M $15.2M dom.
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Broken City 2013 · Drama $34.7M $19.7M dom. - 8 American Fiction 2023 · Comedy $22.5M $21.1M dom.
- 9 The Goldfinch 2019 · Drama $10M $5.33M dom.
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Cadillac Records 2008 · Biography $8.88M $8.2M dom.
The Best Jeffrey Wright Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Jeffrey Wright has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 22 films, and O.G. (2018) is the pick of them.
- Drama 22 films O.G. 2018 · as Louis Menkins Movie Echo Score: 74
- Comedy 4 films Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery 2025 · as Bp. Langstrom Movie Echo Score: 90
- Action 4 films The Batman 2022 · as Lt. James Gordon Movie Echo Score: 84
- Biography 3 films Rustin 2023 · as Rep. Adam Clayton Powell Movie Echo Score: 60
- Crime 2 films Highest 2 Lowest 2025 · as Paul Christopher Movie Echo Score: 74
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Adventure 2 films Hold the Dark 2018 · as Russell Core Movie Echo Score: 51 -
Tv movie 2 films Confirmation 2016 · as Charles Ogletree -
History 1 film Chicago 10 2008 -
Thriller 1 film D-Tox 2002 · as Jaworski
The Best Jeffrey Wright Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Jeffrey Wright's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1990s to 2020s.
Most Awarded Jeffrey Wright Movies
Jeffrey Wright's films with wins at the Oscars, Golden Globes, BAFTA and the other ceremonies in the awards database, the most decorated first. No Time to Die (2021) leads with 5 wins from 13 nominations.
The Latest Jeffrey Wright Movies
The most recent films Jeffrey Wright is credited on, newest first — starting with The Wizard of the Kremlin (2026). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
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The Wizard of the Kremlin 2026 · Rowland - Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery 2025 · Bp. Langstrom
- Wake Up Dead Man 2025 · Father Langston
- Highest 2 Lowest 2025 · Paul Christopher
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Atrabilious 2025 · Vincent Daugherty - American Fiction 2023 · Thelonious 'Monk' Ellison
- Rustin 2023 · Rep. Adam Clayton Powell
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I Am Groot: Groot and the Great Prophecy 2023 · The Watcher (voice) - The Batman 2022 · Lt. James Gordon
- The French Dispatch 2021 · Roebuck Wright
- No Time to Die 2021 · Felix Leiter
- Monster 2021 · Mr. Harmon
The Best Jeffrey Wright Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Jeffrey Wright films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Jeffrey Wright movie?
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) is the best-rated Jeffrey Wright film, with a Movie Echo Score of 90, ahead of The Batman (2022) (84) and Wake Up Dead Man (2025) (84). 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 Jeffrey Wright movie?
No Time to Die (2021) made the most at the box office, with $774M worldwide, followed by The Batman (2022) with $772M. Together, Jeffrey Wright's films with box office figures have made $2.69B.
Which Jeffrey Wright movie won the most awards?
No Time to Die (2021) is the most decorated Jeffrey Wright film, with 5 wins from 13 nominations across the Oscars, Golden Globes, BAFTA and the other ceremonies in the awards database.
What is the best Jeffrey Wright drama movie?
O.G. (2018) is the best-rated of Jeffrey Wright's drama films, with a score of 74. In other genres: Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (comedy), The Batman (action) and Rustin (biography).
What is the newest Jeffrey Wright movie?
The newest film on Jeffrey Wright's filmography is The Wizard of the Kremlin (2026), with Jeffrey Wright as Rowland.
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