The Best Tom Budge Movies, Ranked
13 credits from 2002 to 2024, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Better Man (2024) comes out on top with a score of 84. The biggest box office hit is Better Man (2024) with $22.5M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Tom Budge Box Office Hits
Tom Budge's films have made $31.6M worldwide in total. Better Man (2024) is the biggest hit at $22.5M, ahead of Bran Nue Dae (2009) ($6.82M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Better Man 2024 · Biography $22.5M $1.98M dom. - 2
Bran Nue Dae 2009 · Drama $6.82M $114K dom. - 3
Three Dollars 2005 · Drama $873K - 4
Take Away 2003 · Family $582K - 5
Australian Rules 2002 · Drama $244K - 6
Judy & Punch 2020 · Drama $199K - 7
Judy & Punch 2019 · Thriller $199K - 8
The Honourable Wally Norman 2003 · Comedy $71K - 9
Ten Empty 2008 · Drama $46.1K
The Best Tom Budge Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Tom Budge has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 8 films, and Judy & Punch (2020) is the pick of them.
- Drama 8 films Judy & Punch 2020 · as Mr Frankly Movie Echo Score: 80
- Biography 1 film Better Man 2024 · as Guy Chambers Movie Echo Score: 84
- Thriller 1 film Judy & Punch 2019 · as Mr. Frankly Movie Echo Score: 64
- Comedy 1 film The Honourable Wally Norman 2003 · as Normie Norman
- Family 1 film Take Away 2003 · as Tarquin
The Best Tom Budge Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Tom Budge's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 2000s to 2020s.
The Latest Tom Budge Movies
The most recent films Tom Budge is credited on, newest first — starting with Better Man (2024). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- Better Man 2024 · Guy Chambers
- Judy & Punch 2020 · Mr Frankly
- Judy & Punch 2019 · Mr. Frankly
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Gallipoli 2015 · Cliff Sutton -
Mabo 2012 · Greg McIntyre - Bran Nue Dae 2009 · Slippery
- Ten Empty 2008 · Brett
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Last Train to Freo 2006 · Trev -
Kokoda 2006 · Johnno - Three Dollars 2005 · Chicken Shop Assistant
- The Honourable Wally Norman 2003 · Normie Norman
- Take Away 2003 · Tarquin
The Best Tom Budge Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Tom Budge films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Tom Budge movie?
Better Man (2024) is the best-rated Tom Budge film, with a Movie Echo Score of 84, ahead of Judy & Punch (2020) (80) and Judy & Punch (2019) (64). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Better Man: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Tom Budge movie?
Better Man (2024) made the most at the box office, with $22.5M worldwide, followed by Bran Nue Dae (2009) with $6.82M. Together, Tom Budge's films with box office figures have made $31.6M.
What is the best Tom Budge drama movie?
Judy & Punch (2020) is the best-rated of Tom Budge's drama films, with a score of 80. In other genres: Better Man (biography), Judy & Punch (thriller) and The Honourable Wally Norman (comedy).
What is the newest Tom Budge movie?
The newest film on Tom Budge's filmography is Better Man (2024), with Tom Budge as Guy Chambers.
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