The Best Neil Marshall Movies, Ranked
16 credits from 2002 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Compulsion (2025) comes out on top with a score of 58. The biggest box office hit is The Descent (2006) with $57.1M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Top Rated Neil Marshall Movies
The 5 highest-rated films Neil Marshall is credited on. Compulsion (2025) leads with 58, followed by The Lair (2022) at 53. The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings, cultural impact and how well a film holds up.
Biggest Neil Marshall Box Office Hits
Neil Marshall's films have made $146M worldwide in total. The Descent (2006) is the biggest hit at $57.1M, ahead of Hellboy (2019) ($55.1M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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The Descent 2006 · Action $57.1M $26M dom. - 2
Hellboy 2019 · Action $55.1M $21.9M dom. - 3
Doomsday 2008 · Action $22.5M $11M dom. - 4
Centurion 2010 · Action $6.89M $124K dom. - 5
Dog Soldiers 2002 · Action $3.54M - 6
The Reckoning 2021 · Action $597K $144K dom. - 7
Tales of Halloween 2015 · Horror $417K - 8
The Lair 2022 · Action $157K - 9
Duchess 2024 · Action $64.4K
The Best Neil Marshall Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Neil Marshall has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Action leads with 8 films, and The Lair (2022) is the pick of them.
The Best Neil Marshall Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Neil Marshall's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 2000s to 2020s.
The Latest Neil Marshall Movies
The most recent films Neil Marshall is credited on, newest first — starting with Compulsion (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
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Compulsion 2025 · Director - Duchess 2024 · Director
- The Lair 2022 · Director
- The Reckoning 2021 · Director
- Hellboy 2019 · Director
- Tales of Halloween 2015 · Director
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Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience 2015 · Director - Centurion 2010 · Director
- Doomsday 2008 · Director
- The Descent 2006 · Director
- Dog Soldiers 2002 · Director
The Best Neil Marshall Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Neil Marshall films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Neil Marshall movie?
Compulsion (2025) is the best-rated Neil Marshall film, with a Movie Echo Score of 58, ahead of The Lair (2022) (53) and Hellboy (2019) (38). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Compulsion: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Neil Marshall movie?
The Descent (2006) made the most at the box office, with $57.1M worldwide, followed by Hellboy (2019) with $55.1M. Together, Neil Marshall's films with box office figures have made $146M.
What is the best Neil Marshall action movie?
The Lair (2022) is the best-rated of Neil Marshall's action films, with a score of 53. In other genres: Compulsion (thriller) and Tales of Halloween (horror).
What is the newest Neil Marshall movie?
The newest film on Neil Marshall's filmography is Compulsion (2025), directed by Neil Marshall.
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