The Best Richard Roundtree Movies, Ranked
68 credits from 1970 to 2024, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Thelma (2024) comes out on top with a score of 80. The biggest box office hit is Earthquake (1974) with $79.7M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Top Rated Richard Roundtree Movies
The 5 highest-rated films Richard Roundtree is credited on. Thelma (2024) leads with 80, followed by Moving On (2023) at 69. The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings, cultural impact and how well a film holds up.
Biggest Richard Roundtree Box Office Hits
Richard Roundtree's films have made $245M worldwide in total. Earthquake (1974) is the biggest hit at $79.7M, ahead of What Men Want (2019) ($72.2M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Earthquake 1974 · Action $79.7M $79.7M dom. - 2
What Men Want 2019 · Fantasy $72.2M $54.6M dom. - 3
City Heat 1984 · Action $38.3M $38.3M dom. - 4
Shaft 2019 · Action $21.4M $21.4M dom. - 5
Thelma 2024 · Action $13.1M $9M dom. - 6
Inchon 1981 · War $5.2M $5.2M dom. - 7
Brick 2006 · Drama $3.95M $2.08M dom. - 8
Original Gangstas 1996 · Crime $3.72M $3.72M dom. - 9
Once Upon a Time… When We Were Colored 1995 · Romance $2.29M $2.29M dom. - 10
Moving On 2023 · Comedy $2.14M $2.14M dom.
The Best Richard Roundtree Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Richard Roundtree has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Action leads with 17 films, and Thelma (2024) is the pick of them.
- Action 17 films Thelma 2024 · as Ben Movie Echo Score: 80
- Drama 12 films Brick 2006
- Crime 6 films Original Gangstas 1996 · as Slick
- Comedy 5 films Moving On 2023 · as Ralph Movie Echo Score: 69
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Horror 5 films Haunting of the Mary Celeste 2020 · as Tulls Movie Echo Score: 38 - Romance 3 films Once Upon a Time… When We Were Colored 1995 · as Cleve
- Fantasy 1 film What Men Want 2019 · as Skip Davis Movie Echo Score: 55
- War 1 film Inchon 1981 · as Sgt. Augustus Henderson
The Best Richard Roundtree Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Richard Roundtree's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1970s to 2020s.
The Latest Richard Roundtree Movies
The most recent films Richard Roundtree is credited on, newest first — starting with Thelma (2024). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- Thelma 2024 · Ben
- Moving On 2023 · Ralph
- Haunting of the Mary Celeste 2020 · Tulls
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A Family Reunion Christmas 2019 · Jebidiah McKellan - Shaft 2019 · John Shaft, Sr.
- What Men Want 2019 · Skip Davis
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Duke 2018 · J.T. -
Final Approach 2008 · Gary Markash -
Point of Entry 2007 · Miles Porter -
All The Days Before Tomorrow 2007 · El Doctor - Brick 2006 · Drama
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Wild Seven 2006 · Lee Marvin / Cleetus Woods
The Best Richard Roundtree Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Richard Roundtree films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Richard Roundtree movie?
Thelma (2024) is the best-rated Richard Roundtree film, with a Movie Echo Score of 80, ahead of Moving On (2023) (69) and What Men Want (2019) (55). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Thelma: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Richard Roundtree movie?
Earthquake (1974) made the most at the box office, with $79.7M worldwide, followed by What Men Want (2019) with $72.2M. Together, Richard Roundtree's films with box office figures have made $245M.
Which Richard Roundtree movie won the most awards?
Earthquake (1974) is the most decorated Richard Roundtree film, with 2 wins from 8 nominations across the Oscars, Golden Globes, BAFTA and the other ceremonies in the awards database.
What is the best Richard Roundtree action movie?
Thelma (2024) is the best-rated of Richard Roundtree's action films, with a score of 80. In other genres: Brick (drama), Original Gangstas (crime) and Moving On (comedy).
What is the newest Richard Roundtree movie?
The newest film on Richard Roundtree's filmography is Thelma (2024), with Richard Roundtree as Ben.
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