The Best Neil Young Movies, Ranked
54 credits from 1971 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Paradox (2018) comes out on top with a score of 68. The biggest box office hit is Paradox (2018) with $79.2M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Neil Young Box Office Hits
Neil Young's films have made $91.1M worldwide in total. Paradox (2018) is the biggest hit at $79.2M, ahead of Made in Heaven (1987) ($4.57M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Paradox 2018 · Music $79.2M - 2
Made in Heaven 1987 · Romance $4.57M $4.57M dom. - 3
Neil Young: Heart of Gold 2006 · Music $2.2M $1.9M dom. - 4
The Souvenir 2019 · Drama $1.78M $1.04M dom. - 5
Love at Large 1990 · Romance $1.44M $1.44M dom. - 6
The Last Waltz 1978 · Music $363K $322K dom. - 7
Neil Young Journeys 2012 · Music $221K $215K dom. - 8
Neil Young: Coastal 2025 $65K
The Best Neil Young Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Neil Young has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Music leads with 9 films, and Paradox (2018) is the pick of them.
The Best Neil Young Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Neil Young's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1970s to 2020s.
- 2020s 2 films Neil Young: Coastal 2025 Movie Echo Score: 65
- 2010s 5 films Paradox 2018 · as The Man in the Black Hat Movie Echo Score: 68
- 2000s 3 films Neil Young: Heart of Gold 2006
- 1990s 3 films Love at Large 1990 · as Rick
- 1980s 3 films Made in Heaven 1987 · as Truck Driver
- 1970s 1 film The Last Waltz 1978
The Latest Neil Young Movies
The most recent films Neil Young is credited on, newest first — starting with Neil Young: Coastal (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- Neil Young: Coastal 2025
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Soldier Monika 2024 · The Anglo-Saxon Axis of Evil - The Souvenir 2019 · Radio Interviewer
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Bachman 2018 - Paradox 2018 · The Man in the Black Hat
- Neil Young Journeys 2012 · Music
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Neil Young - Le Noise 2011 · Neil Young - Neil Young: Heart of Gold 2006 · Music
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Neil Young: Red Rocks Live 2000 · Music -
Neil Young: Silver & Gold 2000 · Music -
Year of the Horse 1997 · Music -
Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration 1993 · Music
The Best Neil Young Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Neil Young films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Neil Young movie?
Paradox (2018) is the best-rated Neil Young film, with a Movie Echo Score of 68, ahead of The Souvenir (2019) (65) and Neil Young: Coastal (2025) (65). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Paradox: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Neil Young movie?
Paradox (2018) made the most at the box office, with $79.2M worldwide, followed by Made in Heaven (1987) with $4.57M. Together, Neil Young's films with box office figures have made $91.1M.
What is the best Neil Young music movie?
Paradox (2018) is the best-rated of Neil Young's music films, with a score of 68. In other genres: The Souvenir (drama) and Made in Heaven (romance).
What is the newest Neil Young movie?
The newest film on Neil Young's filmography is Neil Young: Coastal (2025).
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