The Best Thandiwe Newton Movies, Ranked
31 credits from 1991 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. God's Country (2022) comes out on top with a score of 74. The biggest box office hit is 2012 (2009) with $791M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Top Rated Thandiwe Newton Movies
The 9 highest-rated films Thandiwe Newton is credited on. God's Country (2022) leads with 74, followed by Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget (2023) at 70. 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 74 God's Country 2022 · Thriller -
#2 Movie Echo Score: Score 70 Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget 2023 · Animation -
#3 Movie Echo Score: Score 64 Mufasa: The Lion King 2024 · Animation -
#4 Movie Echo Score: Score 59 All the Old Knives 2022 · Mystery -
#5 Movie Echo Score: Score 58 Reminiscence 2021 · Sci-Fi -
#6 Movie Echo Score: Score 55 Anaconda 2025 · Action -
#7 Movie Echo Score: Score 51 Gringo 2018 · Action -
#8 Movie Echo Score: Score 34 The Death and Life of John F. Donovan 2019 · Drama -
#9 Movie Echo Score: Score 27 The Death & Life of John F. Donovan 2018 · Drama
Biggest Thandiwe Newton Box Office Hits
Thandiwe Newton's films have made $2.24B worldwide in total. 2012 (2009) is the biggest hit at $791M, ahead of Mufasa: The Lion King (2024) ($723M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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2012 2009 · Action $791M $166M dom. - 2 Mufasa: The Lion King 2024 · Animation $723M $255M dom.
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The Pursuit of Happyness 2006 · Biography $307M $164M dom. - 4
Norbit 2007 · Comedy $160M $95.7M dom. - 5 Anaconda 2025 · Action $135M $65.1M dom.
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Good Deeds 2012 · Drama $35.6M $35M dom. - 7
Run, Fatboy, Run 2008 · Sport $33.5M $6M dom. - 8 Reminiscence 2021 · Sci-Fi $16.4M $3.9M dom.
- 9 Gringo 2018 · Action $11M $4.97M dom.
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The Truth About Charlie 2002 · Mystery $7.09M $5.35M dom.
The Best Thandiwe Newton Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Thandiwe Newton has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 11 films, and The Death and Life of John F. Donovan (2019) is the pick of them.
- Drama 11 films The Death and Life of John F. Donovan 2019 · as Journalist Movie Echo Score: 34
- Action 3 films Anaconda 2025 · as Claire Simons Movie Echo Score: 55
- Mystery 3 films All the Old Knives 2022 · as Celia Harrison Movie Echo Score: 59
- Animation 2 films Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget 2023 · as Ginger Movie Echo Score: 70
- Thriller 2 films God's Country 2022 · as Sandra Movie Echo Score: 74
- Sci-Fi 1 film Reminiscence 2021 · as Emily 'Watts' Sanders Movie Echo Score: 58
- Sport 1 film Run, Fatboy, Run 2008
- Comedy 1 film Norbit 2007
- Biography 1 film The Pursuit of Happyness 2006
The Best Thandiwe Newton Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Thandiwe Newton's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1990s to 2020s.
The Latest Thandiwe Newton Movies
The most recent films Thandiwe Newton is credited on, newest first — starting with Anaconda (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- Anaconda 2025 · Claire Simons
- Mufasa: The Lion King 2024 · Eshe
- Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget 2023 · Ginger
- God's Country 2022 · Sandra
- All the Old Knives 2022 · Celia Harrison
- Reminiscence 2021 · Emily 'Watts' Sanders
- The Death and Life of John F. Donovan 2019 · Journalist
- The Death & Life of John F. Donovan 2018 · Journalist
- Gringo 2018 · Bonnie Soyinka
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Family Feud 2018 · Joan -
The Slap 2015 · Aisha -
Half of a Yellow Sun 2014 · Drama
The Best Thandiwe Newton Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Thandiwe Newton films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Thandiwe Newton movie?
God's Country (2022) is the best-rated Thandiwe Newton film, with a Movie Echo Score of 74, ahead of Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget (2023) (70) and Mufasa: The Lion King (2024) (64). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
God's Country: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Thandiwe Newton movie?
2012 (2009) made the most at the box office, with $791M worldwide, followed by Mufasa: The Lion King (2024) with $723M. Together, Thandiwe Newton's films with box office figures have made $2.24B.
What is the best Thandiwe Newton drama movie?
The Death and Life of John F. Donovan (2019) is the best-rated of Thandiwe Newton's drama films, with a score of 34. In other genres: Anaconda (action), All the Old Knives (mystery) and Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget (animation).
What is the newest Thandiwe Newton movie?
The newest film on Thandiwe Newton's filmography is Anaconda (2025), with Thandiwe Newton as Claire Simons.
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