The Best Joel Grey Movies, Ranked
28 credits from 1952 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. tick, tick...Boom! (2021) comes out on top with a score of 85. The biggest box office hit is Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985) with $14.4M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Joel Grey Box Office Hits
Joel Grey's films have made $16.2M worldwide in total. Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985) is the biggest hit at $14.4M, ahead of Kafka (1991) ($1.06M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
The Best Joel Grey Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Joel Grey has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 5 films, and The Music of Chance (1993) is the pick of them.
The Best Joel Grey Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Joel Grey's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1980s to 2020s.
The Latest Joel Grey Movies
The most recent films Joel Grey is credited on, newest first — starting with tick, tick...Boom! (2021). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
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tick, tick...Boom! 2021 · Biography -
On the Edge 2001 · Dr. Mensley (segment "Reaching Normal") -
Further Tales of the City 2001 · Guido -
My Friend Joe 1996 · Simon -
The Dangerous 1995 · Flea -
The Music of Chance 1993 · Willy Stone -
Kafka 1991 · Sci-Fi -
Marilyn and Me 1991 · Johnny Hyde -
Queenie 1987 · Aaron Diamond -
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins 1985 · Action -
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution 1976 · Lowenstein -
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson 1976 · Comedy
The Best Joel Grey Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Joel Grey films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Joel Grey movie?
tick, tick...Boom! (2021) is the best-rated Joel Grey film, with a Movie Echo Score of 85. The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
tick, tick...Boom!: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Joel Grey movie?
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985) made the most at the box office, with $14.4M worldwide, followed by Kafka (1991) with $1.06M. Together, Joel Grey's films with box office figures have made $16.2M.
Which Joel Grey movie won the most awards?
tick, tick...Boom! (2021) is the most decorated Joel Grey film, with 1 win from 9 nominations across the Oscars, Golden Globes, BAFTA and the other ceremonies in the awards database.
What is the best Joel Grey drama movie?
The Music of Chance (1993) is the best-rated of Joel Grey's drama films. In other genres: tick, tick...Boom! (biography), Kafka (sci-fi) and Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (action).
What is the newest Joel Grey movie?
The newest film on Joel Grey's filmography is Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story (2025), with Joel Grey as Self.
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