The Best Ricky Gervais Movies, Ranked
46 credits from 2001 to 2023, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Save Ralph (2021) comes out on top with a score of 86. The biggest box office hit is Night at the Museum (2006) with $574M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Ricky Gervais Box Office Hits
Ricky Gervais's films have made $1.18B worldwide in total. Night at the Museum (2006) is the biggest hit at $574M, ahead of Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014) ($363M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Night at the Museum 2006 · Action $574M $251M dom. - 2
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb 2014 · Adventure $363M $114M dom. - 3
Muppets Most Wanted 2014 · Adventure $80.4M $51.2M dom. - 4
Valiant 2005 · Adventure $61.7M $19.5M dom. - 5
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank 2022 · Action $42.4M $17.8M dom. - 6
The Invention of Lying 2009 · Fantasy $32.4M $18.5M dom. - 7
Ghost Town 2008 · Fantasy $27.1M $13.4M dom. - 8
Cemetery Junction 2010 · Comedy $2.33M
The Best Ricky Gervais Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Ricky Gervais has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Adventure leads with 4 films, and The Willoughbys (2020) is the pick of them.
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Adventure 4 films The Willoughbys 2020 · as The Cat Movie Echo Score: 67 - Comedy 3 films Cemetery Junction 2010 · as Len Taylor
- Action 2 films Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank 2022 · as Ika Chu Movie Echo Score: 73
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Drama 2 films Save Ralph 2021 · as Interviewer (voice) Movie Echo Score: 86 - Fantasy 2 films The Invention of Lying 2009
The Best Ricky Gervais Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Ricky Gervais's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 2000s to 2020s.
The Latest Ricky Gervais Movies
The most recent films Ricky Gervais is credited on, newest first — starting with Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank (2022). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank 2022 · Ika Chu
- Save Ralph 2021 · Interviewer (voice)
- The Willoughbys 2020 · The Cat
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Derek Special 2014 · Derek - Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb 2014 · Adventure
- Muppets Most Wanted 2014 · Adventure
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The Return of Brent 2013 · David Brent - Cemetery Junction 2010 · Len Taylor
- The Invention of Lying 2009 · Fantasy
- Ghost Town 2008 · Fantasy
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Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale 2007 · Andy Millman - Night at the Museum 2006 · Action
The Best Ricky Gervais Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Ricky Gervais films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Ricky Gervais movie?
Save Ralph (2021) is the best-rated Ricky Gervais film, with a Movie Echo Score of 86, ahead of Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank (2022) (73) and The Willoughbys (2020) (67). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Save Ralph: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Ricky Gervais movie?
Night at the Museum (2006) made the most at the box office, with $574M worldwide, followed by Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014) with $363M. Together, Ricky Gervais's films with box office figures have made $1.18B.
What is the best Ricky Gervais adventure movie?
The Willoughbys (2020) is the best-rated of Ricky Gervais's adventure films, with a score of 67. In other genres: Cemetery Junction (comedy), Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank (action) and Save Ralph (drama).
What is the newest Ricky Gervais movie?
The newest film on Ricky Gervais's filmography is Ricky Gervais: Armageddon (2023), with Ricky Gervais as Self.
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