The Best Michael Sheen Movies, Ranked
67 credits from 1993 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. How to Build a Girl (2020) comes out on top with a score of 72. The biggest box office hit is Passengers (2016) with $303M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Top Rated Michael Sheen Movies
The 8 highest-rated films Michael Sheen is credited on. How to Build a Girl (2020) leads with 72, followed by Last Train to Christmas (2021) at 72. 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 72 How to Build a Girl 2020 · Comedy -
#2 Movie Echo Score: Score 72 Last Train to Christmas 2021 · Fantasy -
#3 Movie Echo Score: Score 71 How to Build a Girl 2019 · Comedy -
#4 Movie Echo Score: Score 67 Apostle 2018 · Drama -
#5 Movie Echo Score: Score 66 Brad's Status 2017 · Drama -
#6 Movie Echo Score: Score 65 Home Again 2017 · Drama -
#7 Movie Echo Score: Score 49 Slaughterhouse Rulez 2019 · Action -
#8 Movie Echo Score: Score 45 Dolittle 2020 · Action
Biggest Michael Sheen Box Office Hits
Michael Sheen's films have made $766M worldwide in total. Passengers (2016) is the biggest hit at $303M, ahead of Dolittle (2020) ($251M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Passengers 2016 · Adventure $303M $100M dom. - 2 Dolittle 2020 · Action $251M $77M dom.
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Underworld: Rise of the Lycans 2009 · Action $92.2M $45.8M dom. - 4 Home Again 2017 · Drama $37.3M $27M dom.
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Far from the Madding Crowd 2015 · Drama $30.6M $12.2M dom. - 6
Frost/Nixon 2008 · Drama $27.4M $18.6M dom. - 7
Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue 2010 · Animation $10.9M - 8 Brad's Status 2017 · Drama $3.81M $2.13M dom.
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The League of Gentlemen’s Apocalypse 2005 · Horror $2.42M - 10
Wilde 1998 · Biography $2.16M $2.16M dom.
The Best Michael Sheen Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Michael Sheen has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 20 films, and Apostle (2018) is the pick of them.
- Drama 20 films Apostle 2018 · as Malcolm Howe Movie Echo Score: 67
- Comedy 11 films How to Build a Girl 2020 · as Dr. Freud Movie Echo Score: 72
- Action 3 films Slaughterhouse Rulez 2019 Movie Echo Score: 49
- Animation 2 films Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue 2010 · as Dr. Griffiths (voice)
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Romance 2 films My Last Five Girlfriends 2009 · as No. 5 - Detective Burnam - Fantasy 1 film Last Train to Christmas 2021 · as Tony Towers Movie Echo Score: 72
- Adventure 1 film Passengers 2016
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History 1 film The Special Relationship 2010 · as Tony Blair - Horror 1 film The League of Gentlemen’s Apocalypse 2005 · as Jeremy
The Best Michael Sheen Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Michael Sheen's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1990s to 2020s.
The Latest Michael Sheen Movies
The most recent films Michael Sheen is credited on, newest first — starting with Live a Little (2024). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
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Live a Little 2024 · Arthur (character's voice) -
A Very Royal Scandal 2024 · Prince Andrew -
The Way 2024 · Denny Driscoll -
Best Interests 2023 · Andrew -
Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama 2022 · David Sherborne - Last Train to Christmas 2021 · Tony Towers
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National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood 2021 · Owain Jenkins -
Faith Healer 2020 · Francis Hardy - How to Build a Girl 2020 · Dr. Freud
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Good Omens: Lockdown 2020 · Aziraphale (voice) - Dolittle 2020 · Dr. Blair Müdfly
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Quiz 2020 · Chris Tarrant
The Best Michael Sheen Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Michael Sheen films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Michael Sheen movie?
How to Build a Girl (2020) is the best-rated Michael Sheen film, with a Movie Echo Score of 72, ahead of Last Train to Christmas (2021) (72) and How to Build a Girl (2019) (71). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
How to Build a Girl: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Michael Sheen movie?
Passengers (2016) made the most at the box office, with $303M worldwide, followed by Dolittle (2020) with $251M. Together, Michael Sheen's films with box office figures have made $766M.
Which Michael Sheen movie won the most awards?
How to Build a Girl (2020) is the most decorated Michael Sheen film, with 1 win from 1 nomination across the Oscars, Golden Globes, BAFTA and the other ceremonies in the awards database.
What is the best Michael Sheen drama movie?
Apostle (2018) is the best-rated of Michael Sheen's drama films, with a score of 67. In other genres: How to Build a Girl (comedy), Slaughterhouse Rulez (action) and Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue (animation).
What is the newest Michael Sheen movie?
The newest film on Michael Sheen's filmography is Michael Sheen’s Secret Million Pound Giveaway (2025), with Michael Sheen as Self.
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