The Best Michelle Pfeiffer Movies, Ranked
63 credits from 1981 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. French Exit (2021) comes out on top with a score of 75. The biggest box office hit is Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018) with $623M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Top Rated Michelle Pfeiffer Movies
The 8 highest-rated films Michelle Pfeiffer is credited on. French Exit (2021) leads with 75, followed by Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019) at 69. 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 75 French Exit 2021 · Drama -
#2 Movie Echo Score: Score 69 Maleficent: Mistress of Evil 2019 · Action -
#3 Movie Echo Score: Score 68 Ant-Man and the Wasp 2018 · Action -
#4 Movie Echo Score: Score 67 Where Is Kyra? 2018 · Drama -
#5 Movie Echo Score: Score 65 Murder on the Orient Express 2017 · Drama -
#6 Movie Echo Score: Score 63 mother! 2017 · Drama -
#7 Movie Echo Score: Score 48 Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania 2023 · Action -
#8 Movie Echo Score: Score 38 Oh. What. Fun. 2025 · Comedy
Biggest Michelle Pfeiffer Box Office Hits
Michelle Pfeiffer's films have made $4.09B worldwide in total. Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018) is the biggest hit at $623M, ahead of Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019) ($492M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
- 1 Ant-Man and the Wasp 2018 · Action $623M $217M dom.
- 2 Maleficent: Mistress of Evil 2019 · Action $492M $114M dom.
- 3 Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania 2023 · Action $476M $215M dom.
- 4 Murder on the Orient Express 2017 · Drama $353M $103M dom.
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What Lies Beneath 2000 · Drama $291M $155M dom. - 6
Batman Returns 1992 · Action $267M $163M dom. - 7
Dark Shadows 2012 · Drama $246M $79.7M dom. - 8
Dangerous Minds 1995 · Drama $180M $84.9M dom. - 9
Wolf 1994 · Drama $131M $65M dom. - 10
Up Close & Personal 1996 · Romance $101M $51.1M dom.
The Best Michelle Pfeiffer Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Michelle Pfeiffer has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 26 films, and French Exit (2021) is the pick of them.
- Drama 26 films French Exit 2021 · as Frances Price Movie Echo Score: 75
- Comedy 6 films Oh. What. Fun. 2025 · as Claire Movie Echo Score: 38
- Action 6 films Maleficent: Mistress of Evil 2019 · as Queen Ingrith Movie Echo Score: 69
- Romance 3 films Up Close & Personal 1996 · as Tally Atwater
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Adventure 2 films Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas 2003 -
Fantasy 2 films The Witches of Eastwick 1987
The Best Michelle Pfeiffer Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Michelle Pfeiffer's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1980s to 2020s.
Most Awarded Michelle Pfeiffer Movies
Michelle Pfeiffer's films with wins at the Oscars, Golden Globes, BAFTA and the other ceremonies in the awards database, the most decorated first. The Age of Innocence (1993) leads with 3 wins from 14 nominations.
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Awards: 3 wins The Age of Innocence 1993 · 14 nominations -
Awards: 2 wins The Fabulous Baker Boys 1989 · 5 nominations -
Awards: 2 wins Dangerous Liaisons 1988 · 9 nominations - Awards: 2 wins The Witches of Eastwick 1987 · 9 nominations
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Awards: 1 win I Am Sam 2001 · 4 nominations -
Awards: 1 win Frankie and Johnny 1991 · 2 nominations -
Awards: 1 win Ladyhawke 1985 · 5 nominations
The Latest Michelle Pfeiffer Movies
The most recent films Michelle Pfeiffer is credited on, newest first — starting with Oh. What. Fun. (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- Oh. What. Fun. 2025 · Claire
- Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania 2023 · Janet Van Dyne
- French Exit 2021 · Frances Price
- Maleficent: Mistress of Evil 2019 · Queen Ingrith
- Ant-Man and the Wasp 2018 · Janet Van Dyne, Wasp
- Where Is Kyra? 2018 · Kyra
- Murder on the Orient Express 2017 · Drama
- mother! 2017 · Woman
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The Wizard of Lies 2017 · Ruth Madoff -
The Family 2013 · Action -
People Like Us 2012 · Drama - Dark Shadows 2012 · Drama
The Best Michelle Pfeiffer Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Michelle Pfeiffer films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Michelle Pfeiffer movie?
French Exit (2021) is the best-rated Michelle Pfeiffer film, with a Movie Echo Score of 75, ahead of Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019) (69) and Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018) (68). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
French Exit: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Michelle Pfeiffer movie?
Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018) made the most at the box office, with $623M worldwide, followed by Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019) with $492M. Together, Michelle Pfeiffer's films with box office figures have made $4.09B.
Which Michelle Pfeiffer movie won the most awards?
The Age of Innocence (1993) is the most decorated Michelle Pfeiffer film, with 3 wins from 14 nominations across the Oscars, Golden Globes, BAFTA and the other ceremonies in the awards database.
What is the best Michelle Pfeiffer drama movie?
French Exit (2021) is the best-rated of Michelle Pfeiffer's drama films, with a score of 75. In other genres: Oh. What. Fun. (comedy), Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (action) and Up Close & Personal (romance).
What is the newest Michelle Pfeiffer movie?
The newest film on Michelle Pfeiffer's filmography is Oh. What. Fun. (2025), with Michelle Pfeiffer as Claire.
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