The Best Lou Beatty Jr. Movies, Ranked
14 credits from 1990 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. A Christmas Switch (2018) comes out on top with a score of 65. The biggest box office hit is Hard to Kill (1990) with $47.4M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Lou Beatty Jr. Box Office Hits
Lou Beatty Jr.'s films have made $82.3M worldwide in total. Hard to Kill (1990) is the biggest hit at $47.4M, ahead of Novocaine (2025) ($34.5M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
The Best Lou Beatty Jr. Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Lou Beatty Jr. has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Comedy leads with 3 films, and A Christmas Switch (2018) is the pick of them.
The Best Lou Beatty Jr. Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Lou Beatty Jr.'s career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1990s to 2020s.
The Latest Lou Beatty Jr. Movies
The most recent films Lou Beatty Jr. is credited on, newest first — starting with Novocaine (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
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Novocaine 2025 · Earl -
The Warrant: Breaker’s Law 2023 · Chuck Leftfoot -
Domino: Battle of the Bones 2021 · Gerald -
A Christmas Switch 2018 · Stan -
The Trials of Cate McCall 2013 · Judge at Arraignment -
Finding Normal 2013 · Doc Shelby -
Some Guy Who Kills People 2011 · Al Fooger -
Welcome to Paradise 2007 · Trevor Goodman -
National Lampoon’s Van Wilder 2002 · Library Man -
Without Warning 1994 · Dr. Jonas Tremblay -
In My Daughter’s Name 1992 · Detective -
Knight Rider 2000 1991 · Mayor Harold Abbey
The Best Lou Beatty Jr. Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Lou Beatty Jr. films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Lou Beatty Jr. movie?
A Christmas Switch (2018) is the best-rated Lou Beatty Jr. film, with a Movie Echo Score of 65, ahead of Novocaine (2025) (63) and Domino: Battle of the Bones (2021) (61). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
A Christmas Switch: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Lou Beatty Jr. movie?
Hard to Kill (1990) made the most at the box office, with $47.4M worldwide, followed by Novocaine (2025) with $34.5M. Together, Lou Beatty Jr.'s films with box office figures have made $82.3M.
What is the best Lou Beatty Jr. comedy movie?
A Christmas Switch (2018) is the best-rated of Lou Beatty Jr.'s comedy films, with a score of 65. In other genres: The Trials of Cate McCall (drama), Novocaine (action) and Some Guy Who Kills People (horror).
What is the newest Lou Beatty Jr. movie?
The newest film on Lou Beatty Jr.'s filmography is Novocaine (2025), with Lou Beatty Jr. as Earl.
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