The Best Nick Cassavetes Movies, Ranked
24 credits from 1985 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. God Is a Bullet (2023) comes out on top with a score of 53. The biggest box office hit is The Other Woman (2014) with $197M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Nick Cassavetes Box Office Hits
Nick Cassavetes's films have made $606M worldwide in total. The Other Woman (2014) is the biggest hit at $197M, ahead of The Notebook (2004) ($119M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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The Other Woman 2014 · Comedy $197M $83.9M dom. - 2
The Notebook 2004 · Drama $119M $81.4M dom. - 3
John Q 2002 · Drama $102M $71.8M dom. - 4
My Sister's Keeper 2009 · Drama $95.7M $49.2M dom. - 5
Mask 1985 · Drama $48.2M $48.2M dom. - 6
Alpha Dog 2007 · Drama $32.4M $15.3M dom. - 7
She's So Lovely 1997 · Drama $7.28M $7.28M dom. - 8
Blind Fury 1989 · Action $2.69M $2.69M dom. - 9
Quiet Cool 1986 · Action $1.9M $1.9M dom. - 10
Unhook the Stars 1996 · Romance $273K $273K dom.
The Best Nick Cassavetes Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Nick Cassavetes has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 10 films, and Marked Men: Rule + Shaw (2025) is the pick of them.
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Drama 10 films Marked Men: Rule + Shaw 2025 · Director Movie Echo Score: 30 -
Action 6 films God Is a Bullet 2023 · Director Movie Echo Score: 53 - Comedy 3 films The Other Woman 2014 · Director
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Thriller 2 films Bad Hombres 2023 · as Dr. Dean 'Growler' Graulich - Romance 2 films Unhook the Stars 1996 · Director
The Best Nick Cassavetes Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Nick Cassavetes's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1980s to 2020s.
The Latest Nick Cassavetes Movies
The most recent films Nick Cassavetes is credited on, newest first — starting with Marked Men: Rule + Shaw (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- Marked Men: Rule + Shaw 2025 · Director
- God Is a Bullet 2023 · Director
- Bad Hombres 2023 · Dr. Dean 'Growler' Graulich
- The Other Woman 2014 · Director
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Yellow 2012 · Director - My Sister's Keeper 2009 · Director
- Alpha Dog 2007 · Director
- The Notebook 2004 · Director
- John Q 2002 · Director
- She's So Lovely 1997 · Director
- Unhook the Stars 1996 · Director
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Just Like Dad 1995 · Joe
The Best Nick Cassavetes Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Nick Cassavetes films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Nick Cassavetes movie?
God Is a Bullet (2023) is the best-rated Nick Cassavetes film, with a Movie Echo Score of 53, ahead of Marked Men: Rule + Shaw (2025) (30). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
God Is a Bullet: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Nick Cassavetes movie?
The Other Woman (2014) made the most at the box office, with $197M worldwide, followed by The Notebook (2004) with $119M. Together, Nick Cassavetes's films with box office figures have made $606M.
What is the best Nick Cassavetes drama movie?
Marked Men: Rule + Shaw (2025) is the best-rated of Nick Cassavetes's drama films, with a score of 30. In other genres: God Is a Bullet (action), The Other Woman (comedy) and Bad Hombres (thriller).
What is the newest Nick Cassavetes movie?
The newest film on Nick Cassavetes's filmography is Marked Men: Rule + Shaw (2025), directed by Nick Cassavetes.
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