The Best Kerry Washington Movies, Ranked
31 credits from 2001 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 Django Unchained (2012) with $426M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Top Rated Kerry Washington Movies
The 7 highest-rated films Kerry Washington 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 71 Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear’s “All in the Family” and “The Jeffersons” 2019 · Comedy -
#4 Movie Echo Score: Score 67 The School for Good and Evil 2022 · Action -
#5 Movie Echo Score: Score 52 The Six Triple Eight 2024 · Drama -
#6 Movie Echo Score: Score 45 The Prom 2020 · Drama -
#7 Movie Echo Score: Score 27 Shadow Force 2025 · Action
Biggest Kerry Washington Box Office Hits
Kerry Washington's films have made $734M worldwide in total. Django Unchained (2012) is the biggest hit at $426M, ahead of Ray (2004) ($124M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Django Unchained 2012 · Action $426M $163M dom. - 2
Ray 2004 · Biography $124M $75.3M dom. - 3
Little Man 2006 · Comedy $104M $58.6M dom. - 4
Lakeview Terrace 2008 · Drama $44.7M $39.3M dom. - 5
I Think I Love My Wife 2007 · Drama $13.4M $12.6M dom. - 6
Peeples 2013 · Comedy $9.31M $9.18M dom. - 7
Mother and Child 2010 · Drama $5.62M $1.11M dom. - 8 Shadow Force 2025 · Action $5.42M $3.93M dom.
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She Hate Me 2004 · Drama $1.53M $366K dom. - 10 The Prom 2020 · Drama $187K
The Best Kerry Washington Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Kerry Washington has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 11 films, and The Six Triple Eight (2024) is the pick of them.
- Drama 11 films The Six Triple Eight 2024 · as Major Charity Adams Movie Echo Score: 52
- Comedy 5 films Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery 2025 · as Vera Draven, Esq. Movie Echo Score: 90
- Action 3 films The School for Good and Evil 2022 Movie Echo Score: 67
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Tv movie 1 film Confirmation 2016 · as Anita Hill - Biography 1 film Ray 2004
The Best Kerry Washington Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Kerry Washington's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 2000s to 2020s.
The Latest Kerry Washington Movies
The most recent films Kerry Washington 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 · Vera Draven, Esq.
- Wake Up Dead Man 2025 · Vera Draven
- Shadow Force 2025 · Kyrah Owens
- The Six Triple Eight 2024 · Major Charity Adams
- The School for Good and Evil 2022 · Action
- The Prom 2020 · Mrs. Greene
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Little Fires Everywhere 2020 · Mia Warren -
Little Fires Everywhere 2020 · Mia Warren - Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear’s “All in the Family” and “The Jeffersons” 2019 · Helen Willis
- Confirmation 2016 · Anita Hill
- Peeples 2013 · Comedy
- Django Unchained 2012 · Action
The Best Kerry Washington Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Kerry Washington films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Kerry Washington movie?
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) is the best-rated Kerry Washington film, with a Movie Echo Score of 90, ahead of Wake Up Dead Man (2025) (84) and Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear’s “All in the Family” and “The Jeffersons” (2019) (71). 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 Kerry Washington movie?
Django Unchained (2012) made the most at the box office, with $426M worldwide, followed by Ray (2004) with $124M. Together, Kerry Washington's films with box office figures have made $734M.
Which Kerry Washington movie won the most awards?
Ray (2004) is the most decorated Kerry Washington film, with 8 wins from 18 nominations across the Oscars, Golden Globes, BAFTA and the other ceremonies in the awards database.
What is the best Kerry Washington drama movie?
The Six Triple Eight (2024) is the best-rated of Kerry Washington's drama films, with a score of 52. In other genres: Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (comedy), The School for Good and Evil (action) and Confirmation (tv movie).
What is the newest Kerry Washington movie?
The newest film on Kerry Washington's filmography is Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025), with Kerry Washington as Vera Draven, Esq..
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