The Best Josh Brolin Movies, Ranked
63 credits from 1985 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 Avengers: Infinity War (2018) with $2.05B worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Top Rated Josh Brolin Movies
The 12 highest-rated films Josh Brolin is credited on. Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) leads with 90, followed by Avengers: Infinity War (2018) at 85. 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 85 Avengers: Infinity War 2018 · Action -
#3 Movie Echo Score: Score 85 Dune: Part One 2021 · Action -
#4 Movie Echo Score: Score 84 Dune: Part Two 2024 · Action -
#5 Movie Echo Score: Score 84 Wake Up Dead Man 2025 · Comedy -
#6 Movie Echo Score: Score 80 Weapons 2025 · Horror -
#7 Movie Echo Score: Score 80 Only the Brave 2017 · Biography -
#8 Movie Echo Score: Score 75 Deadpool 2 2018 · Action -
#9 Movie Echo Score: Score 73 Sicario: Day of the Soldado 2018 · Action -
#10 Movie Echo Score: Score 71 Dune 2021 · Sci-Fi -
#11 Movie Echo Score: Score 64 The Running Man 2025 · Action -
#12 Movie Echo Score: Score 53 The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter 2018 · Adventure
Biggest Josh Brolin Box Office Hits
Josh Brolin's films have made $6.34B worldwide in total. Avengers: Infinity War (2018) is the biggest hit at $2.05B, ahead of Deadpool 2 (2018) ($786M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
- 1 Avengers: Infinity War 2018 · Action $2.05B $679M dom.
- 2 Deadpool 2 2018 · Action $786M $325M dom.
- 3 Dune: Part Two 2024 · Action $715M $282M dom.
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Men in Black III 2012 · Action $654M $179M dom. - 5 Dune: Part One 2021 · Action $411M $109M dom.
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Once Upon a Deadpool 2018 · Action $392M $143M dom. - 7 Weapons 2025 · Horror $270M $152M dom.
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No Country for Old Men 2007 · Drama $172M $74.3M dom. - 9
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps 2010 · Drama $135M $52.5M dom. - 10
Gangster Squad 2013 · Action $105M $46M dom.
The Best Josh Brolin Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Josh Brolin has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Action leads with 18 films, and Avengers: Infinity War (2018) is the pick of them.
- Action 18 films Avengers: Infinity War 2018 Movie Echo Score: 85
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Drama 10 films Flag Day 2021 · as Uncle Beck Movie Echo Score: 48 - Comedy 4 films Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery 2025 · as Mons. Jefferson Wicks Movie Echo Score: 90
- Biography 3 films Only the Brave 2017 · as Eric Marsh Movie Echo Score: 80
- Adventure 2 films The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter 2018 · as Buck Ferguson Movie Echo Score: 53
- Horror 1 film Weapons 2025 · as Archer Graff Movie Echo Score: 80
- Sci-Fi 1 film Dune 2021 · as Gurney Halleck Movie Echo Score: 71
The Best Josh Brolin Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Josh Brolin's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1980s to 2020s.
Most Awarded Josh Brolin Movies
Josh Brolin's films with wins at the Oscars, Golden Globes, BAFTA and the other ceremonies in the awards database, the most decorated first. No Country for Old Men (2007) leads with 17 wins from 31 nominations.
- Awards: 17 wins No Country for Old Men 2007 · 31 nominations
- Awards: 16 wins Dune: Part One 2021 · 41 nominations
- Awards: 8 wins Dune: Part Two 2024 · 36 nominations
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Awards: 6 wins Milk 2008 · 29 nominations - Awards: 3 wins Weapons 2025 · 10 nominations
- Awards: 1 win Avengers: Infinity War 2018 · 7 nominations
The Latest Josh Brolin Movies
The most recent films Josh Brolin is credited on, newest first — starting with The Dog Stars (2026). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
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The Dog Stars 2026 · Bangley - Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery 2025 · Mons. Jefferson Wicks
- The Running Man 2025 · Dan Killian
- Wake Up Dead Man 2025 · Msgr. Jefferson Wicks
- Weapons 2025 · Archer Graff
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Brothers 2024 · Moke Munger - Dune: Part Two 2024 · Gurney Halleck
- Dune: Part One 2021 · Gurney Halleck
- Dune 2021 · Gurney Halleck
- Flag Day 2021 · Uncle Beck
- Once Upon a Deadpool 2018 · Action
- The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter 2018 · Buck Ferguson
The Best Josh Brolin Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Josh Brolin films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Josh Brolin movie?
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) is the best-rated Josh Brolin film, with a Movie Echo Score of 90, ahead of Avengers: Infinity War (2018) (85) and Dune: Part One (2021) (85). 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 Josh Brolin movie?
Avengers: Infinity War (2018) made the most at the box office, with $2.05B worldwide, followed by Deadpool 2 (2018) with $786M. Together, Josh Brolin's films with box office figures have made $6.34B.
Which Josh Brolin movie won the most awards?
No Country for Old Men (2007) is the most decorated Josh Brolin film, with 17 wins from 31 nominations across the Oscars, Golden Globes, BAFTA and the other ceremonies in the awards database.
What is the best Josh Brolin action movie?
Avengers: Infinity War (2018) is the best-rated of Josh Brolin's action films, with a score of 85. In other genres: Flag Day (drama), Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (comedy) and Only the Brave (biography).
What is the newest Josh Brolin movie?
The newest film on Josh Brolin's filmography is The Dog Stars (2026), with Josh Brolin as Bangley.
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