The Best Richard Benjamin Movies, Ranked
33 credits from 1969 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Ex-Husbands (2025) comes out on top with a score of 75. The biggest box office hit is Love at First Bite (1979) with $43.9M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Richard Benjamin Box Office Hits
Richard Benjamin's films have made $130M worldwide in total. Love at First Bite (1979) is the biggest hit at $43.9M, ahead of House Calls (1978) ($28.5M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Love at First Bite 1979 · Comedy $43.9M $43.9M dom. - 2
House Calls 1978 · Romance $28.5M $28.5M dom. - 3
Milk Money 1994 · Comedy $18.1M $18.1M dom. - 4
First Family 1980 · Comedy $15.2M $15.2M dom. - 5
The Last Married Couple in America 1980 · Comedy $12.8M $12.8M dom. - 6
How to Beat the High Cost of Living 1980 · Comedy $7.5M $7.5M dom. - 7
Downtown 1990 · Comedy $2.35M $2.35M dom. - 8
Marci X 2003 · Comedy $1.68M $1.65M dom. - 9
Westworld 1973 · Action $614 - 10
The Last of Sheila 1973 · Drama $535
The Best Richard Benjamin Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Richard Benjamin has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Comedy leads with 17 films, and Ex-Husbands (2025) is the pick of them.
The Best Richard Benjamin Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Richard Benjamin's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1970s to 2020s.
The Latest Richard Benjamin Movies
The most recent films Richard Benjamin is credited on, newest first — starting with Ex-Husbands (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
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Ex-Husbands 2025 · Simon Pearce -
A Little Thing Called Murder 2006 · Director - Marci X 2003 · Comedy
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Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest 2003 · Peter Martin (archive footage) (uncredited) -
The Shrink Is In 2001 · Samantha's Editor (uncredited) -
Laughter on the 23rd Floor 2001 · Director -
Tourist Trap 1998 · Director -
The Pentagon Wars 1998 · Casper Weinberger - Milk Money 1994 · Director
- Downtown 1990 · Director
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Packin’ It In 1983 · Gary Webber -
Saturday the 14th 1981 · Sci-Fi
The Best Richard Benjamin Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Richard Benjamin films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Richard Benjamin movie?
Ex-Husbands (2025) is the best-rated Richard Benjamin film, with a Movie Echo Score of 75. The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Ex-Husbands: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Richard Benjamin movie?
Love at First Bite (1979) made the most at the box office, with $43.9M worldwide, followed by House Calls (1978) with $28.5M. Together, Richard Benjamin's films with box office figures have made $130M.
Which Richard Benjamin movie won the most awards?
Love at First Bite (1979) is the most decorated Richard Benjamin film, with 2 wins from 4 nominations across the Oscars, Golden Globes, BAFTA and the other ceremonies in the awards database.
What is the best Richard Benjamin comedy movie?
Ex-Husbands (2025) is the best-rated of Richard Benjamin's comedy films, with a score of 75. In other genres: The Last of Sheila (drama), House Calls (romance) and Westworld (action).
What is the newest Richard Benjamin movie?
The newest film on Richard Benjamin's filmography is Ex-Husbands (2025), with Richard Benjamin as Simon Pearce.
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