The Best Leon Movies, Ranked
24 credits from 1984 to 2022, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Time for Us to Come Home for Christmas (2020) comes out on top with a score of 81. The biggest box office hit is Waiting to Exhale (1995) with $81.5M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Leon Box Office Hits
Leon's films have made $114M worldwide in total. Waiting to Exhale (1995) is the biggest hit at $81.5M, ahead of Above the Rim (1994) ($16.2M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Waiting to Exhale 1995 · Comedy $81.5M $67.1M dom. - 2
Above the Rim 1994 · Crime $16.2M $16.2M dom. - 3
The Five Heartbeats 1991 · Drama $8.75M $8.75M dom. - 4
Band of the Hand 1986 · Action $4.87M $4.87M dom. - 5
Once Upon a Time… When We Were Colored 1995 · Romance $2.29M $2.29M dom. - 6
Gosto se Discute 2017 · Comedy $670K - 7
A Day to Die 2022 · Action $98.6K - 8
Her Only Choice 2018 · Drama $39.7K - 9
Friends & Lovers 1999 · Drama $33.5K $33.5K dom.
The Best Leon Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Leon has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 6 films, and The Five Heartbeats (1991) is the pick of them.
- Drama 6 films The Five Heartbeats 1991 · as J.T.
- Action 4 films A Day to Die 2022 · as Tyron Pettis Movie Echo Score: 31
- Comedy 4 films Waiting to Exhale 1995 · as Russell
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Romance 3 films Time for Us to Come Home for Christmas 2020 · as Jasper Movie Echo Score: 81 -
Music 2 films Madonna: Madame X 2021 · as Innocent Man/Saint (archive footage) (uncredited) Movie Echo Score: 75 - Crime 1 film Above the Rim 1994 · as Shep
The Best Leon Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Leon's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1980s to 2020s.
The Latest Leon Movies
The most recent films Leon is credited on, newest first — starting with A Day to Die (2022). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- A Day to Die 2022 · Tyron Pettis
- Madonna: Madame X 2021 · Innocent Man/Saint (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Time for Us to Come Home for Christmas 2020 · Jasper
- Her Only Choice 2018 · Melvin
- Gosto se Discute 2017 · Cozinheiro 1
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Little Richard 2000 · Little Richard -
Mr. Rock n Roll: The Alan Freed Story 1999 · Jackie Wilson - Friends & Lovers 1999 · Manny
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Side Streets 1998 · Errol Boyce -
The Temptations 1998 · David Ruffin -
The Price of Kissing 1997 · Larry -
B.A.P.S 1997 · Leon
The Best Leon Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Leon films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Leon movie?
Time for Us to Come Home for Christmas (2020) is the best-rated Leon film, with a Movie Echo Score of 81, ahead of Madonna: Madame X (2021) (75) and A Day to Die (2022) (31). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Time for Us to Come Home for Christmas: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Leon movie?
Waiting to Exhale (1995) made the most at the box office, with $81.5M worldwide, followed by Above the Rim (1994) with $16.2M. Together, Leon's films with box office figures have made $114M.
What is the best Leon drama movie?
The Five Heartbeats (1991) is the best-rated of Leon's drama films. In other genres: A Day to Die (action), Waiting to Exhale (comedy) and Time for Us to Come Home for Christmas (romance).
What is the newest Leon movie?
The newest film on Leon's filmography is A Day to Die (2022), with Leon as Tyron Pettis.
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