The Best Terrence Howard Movies, Ranked
48 credits from 1985 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Showdown at the Grand (2023) comes out on top with a score of 70. The biggest box office hit is Iron Man (2008) with $586M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Top Rated Terrence Howard Movies
The 10 highest-rated films Terrence Howard is credited on. Showdown at the Grand (2023) leads with 70, followed by Triumph (2021) at 68. The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings, cultural impact and how well a film holds up.
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#1 Movie Echo Score: Score 70 Showdown at the Grand 2023 · Action -
#2 Movie Echo Score: Score 68 Triumph 2021 · Drama -
#3 Movie Echo Score: Score 67 Cut Throat City 2020 · Action -
#4 Movie Echo Score: Score 66 Gully 2019 · Drama -
#5 Movie Echo Score: Score 65 The Walk 2022 · Drama -
#6 Movie Echo Score: Score 58 Gully 2021 · Drama -
#7 Movie Echo Score: Score 53 Shirley 2024 · Biography -
#8 Movie Echo Score: Score 30 Skeletons in the Closet 2024 · Horror -
#9 Movie Echo Score: Score 25 Crescent City 2024 · Crime -
#10 Movie Echo Score: Score 24 The System 2022 · Action
Biggest Terrence Howard Box Office Hits
Terrence Howard's films have made $1.17B worldwide in total. Iron Man (2008) is the biggest hit at $586M, ahead of The Butler (2013) ($177M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Iron Man 2008 · Action $586M $319M dom. - 2
The Butler 2013 · Drama $177M $117M dom. - 3
Mr. Holland's Opus 1996 · Drama $106M $82.6M dom. - 4
The Brave One 2007 · Drama $69.8M $36.8M dom. - 5
Awake 2007 · Thriller $32.7M $14.4M dom. - 6
Fighting 2009 · Action $32.5M $23.1M dom. - 7
Dead Presidents 1995 · Thriller $24.1M $24.1M dom. - 8
Hustle & Flow 2005 · Drama $23.6M $22.2M dom. - 9
The Players Club 1998 · Drama $23.3M $23M dom. - 10
Sabotage 2014 · Action $22.1M $10.5M dom.
The Best Terrence Howard Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Terrence Howard has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 21 films, and Triumph (2021) is the pick of them.
- Drama 21 films Triumph 2021 · as Coach Cutting Movie Echo Score: 68
- Action 8 films Showdown at the Grand 2023 · as George Fuller Movie Echo Score: 70
- Thriller 5 films Awake 2007
- Biography 2 films Shirley 2024 · as Arthur Hardwick Jr. Movie Echo Score: 53
- Crime 1 film Crescent City 2024 · as Brian Sutter Movie Echo Score: 25
- Horror 1 film Skeletons in the Closet 2024 · as Mark Movie Echo Score: 30
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Adventure 1 film The Hunting Party 2007
The Best Terrence Howard Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Terrence Howard's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1990s to 2020s.
The Latest Terrence Howard Movies
The most recent films Terrence Howard is credited on, newest first — starting with BFFs (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
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BFFs 2025 · Mr. Coogan - Crescent City 2024 · Brian Sutter
- Shirley 2024 · Arthur Hardwick Jr.
- Skeletons in the Closet 2024 · Mark
- Showdown at the Grand 2023 · George Fuller
- The System 2022 · Bones
- The Walk 2022 · Lamont Robbins
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The Best Man: The Final Chapters 2022 · Quentin - Gully 2021 · Mr. Christmas
- Triumph 2021 · Coach Cutting
- Cut Throat City 2020 · The Saint
- Gully 2019 · Mr. Christmas
The Best Terrence Howard Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Terrence Howard films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Terrence Howard movie?
Showdown at the Grand (2023) is the best-rated Terrence Howard film, with a Movie Echo Score of 70, ahead of Triumph (2021) (68) and Cut Throat City (2020) (67). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Showdown at the Grand: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Terrence Howard movie?
Iron Man (2008) made the most at the box office, with $586M worldwide, followed by The Butler (2013) with $177M. Together, Terrence Howard's films with box office figures have made $1.17B.
Which Terrence Howard movie won the most awards?
Hustle & Flow (2005) is the most decorated Terrence Howard film, with 2 wins from 7 nominations across the Oscars, Golden Globes, BAFTA and the other ceremonies in the awards database.
What is the best Terrence Howard drama movie?
Triumph (2021) is the best-rated of Terrence Howard's drama films, with a score of 68. In other genres: Showdown at the Grand (action), Awake (thriller) and Shirley (biography).
What is the newest Terrence Howard movie?
The newest film on Terrence Howard's filmography is BFFs (2025), with Terrence Howard as Mr. Coogan.
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