The Best Mars Movies, Ranked
99 credits from 1966 to 2024, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Triple Threat (2020) comes out on top with a score of 48. The biggest box office hit is Mr. Nice Guy (1997) with $18.8M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Mars Box Office Hits
Mars's films have made $42.9M worldwide in total. Mr. Nice Guy (1997) is the biggest hit at $18.8M, ahead of Drunken Master II (1994) ($11.6M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Mr. Nice Guy 1997 · Action $18.8M $12.7M dom. - 2
Drunken Master II 1994 · Action $11.6M $11.6M dom. - 3
Twin Dragons 1992 · Crime $8.36M $8.36M dom. - 4
Kung Fu League 2018 · Action $2.58M - 5
Bullet and Brain 2007 · Comedy $699K - 6
Gorgeous 1999 · Comedy $452K - 7
Triple Threat 2020 · Drama $346K $76.3K dom. - 8
Police Story 1985 · Comedy $113K $113K dom. - 9
The Man from Hong Kong 1975 · Action $684
The Best Mars Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Mars has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Action leads with 39 films, and Descendants: The Rise of Red (2024) is the pick of them.
The Best Mars Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Mars's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1970s to 2020s.
- 2020s 4 films Triple Threat 2020 · as Maggie Movie Echo Score: 48
- 2010s 6 films Kung Fu League 2018 · as A Niu
- 2000s 4 films Bullet and Brain 2007
- 1990s 16 films Mr. Nice Guy 1997 · as Pedestrian/Mall Shopper/Flower Stall Man/Trucker/+ (uncredited)
- 1980s 19 films Police Story 1985 · as Kim
- 1970s 42 films The Man from Hong Kong 1975 · as Police Cadet (uncredited)
The Latest Mars Movies
The most recent films Mars is credited on, newest first — starting with Descendants: The Rise of Red (2024). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
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Descendants: The Rise of Red 2024 · Maleficent -
New Kung Fu Cult Master 2 2022 · Kong Wen -
New Kung Fu Cult Master 2022 · Kong Wen - Triple Threat 2020 · Maggie
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Nefarious 2019 · Aggie -
Technology Lake: Meditations on Death and Sex 2019 - Kung Fu League 2018 · A Niu
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Landing Up 2017 · Lara/Peace -
7 Assassins 2013 · Action -
The Fortune Buddies 2011 · Drama -
A NY Thing 2009 · Girlfriend (as Margarita Zhitnikova) - Bullet and Brain 2007 · Comedy
The Best Mars Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Mars films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Mars movie?
Triple Threat (2020) is the best-rated Mars film, with a Movie Echo Score of 48, ahead of Descendants: The Rise of Red (2024) (40). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Triple Threat: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Mars movie?
Mr. Nice Guy (1997) made the most at the box office, with $18.8M worldwide, followed by Drunken Master II (1994) with $11.6M. Together, Mars's films with box office figures have made $42.9M.
What is the best Mars action movie?
Descendants: The Rise of Red (2024) is the best-rated of Mars's action films, with a score of 40. In other genres: Bullet and Brain (comedy), Triple Threat (drama) and Twin Dragons (crime).
What is the newest Mars movie?
The newest film on Mars's filmography is Descendants: The Rise of Red (2024), with Mars as Maleficent.
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