The Best Tom Everett Scott Movies, Ranked
43 credits from 1990 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Clouds (2020) comes out on top with a score of 77. The biggest box office hit is Parental Guidance (2012) with $120M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Top Rated Tom Everett Scott Movies
The 12 highest-rated films Tom Everett Scott is credited on. Clouds (2020) leads with 77, followed by Rise and Shine, Benedict Stone (2021) at 76. 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 77 Clouds 2020 · Drama -
#2 Movie Echo Score: Score 76 Rise and Shine, Benedict Stone 2021 · Family -
#3 Movie Echo Score: Score 75 Christmas Connection 2017 · Drama -
#4 Movie Echo Score: Score 72 All Square 2018 · Drama -
#5 Movie Echo Score: Score 65 Finding You 2021 · Drama -
#6 Movie Echo Score: Score 61 Danger One 2018 · Action -
#7 Movie Echo Score: Score 54 Back Roads 2018 · Drama -
#8 Movie Echo Score: Score 51 Sister of the Groom 2020 · Drama -
#9 Movie Echo Score: Score 43 Dolly Parton’s Mountain Magic Christmas 2022 · Family -
#10 Movie Echo Score: Score 35 I Hate Kids 2019 · Comedy -
#11 Movie Echo Score: Score 30 One True Loves 2023 · Drama -
#12 Movie Echo Score: Score 28 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul 2017 · Comedy
Biggest Tom Everett Scott Box Office Hits
Tom Everett Scott's films have made $262M worldwide in total. Parental Guidance (2012) is the biggest hit at $120M, ahead of Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (2017) ($40.1M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Parental Guidance 2012 · Comedy $120M $77.3M dom. - 2 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul 2017 · Comedy $40.1M $20.7M dom.
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That Thing You Do! 1996 · Drama $34.6M $25.9M dom. - 4
An American Werewolf in Paris 1997 · Thriller $26.6M $26.6M dom. - 5
Dead Man on Campus 1998 · Comedy $15.1M $15.1M dom. - 6
The Love Letter 1999 · Comedy $9.14M $8.3M dom. - 7 I Hate Kids 2019 · Comedy $8.93M
- 8 Finding You 2021 · Drama $3.33M $2.75M dom.
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The Last Word 2017 · Drama $2.98M $1.78M dom. - 10
Pup Star 2016 · Family $1.54M
The Best Tom Everett Scott Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Tom Everett Scott has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 15 films, and Clouds (2020) is the pick of them.
- Drama 15 films Clouds 2020 Movie Echo Score: 77
- Comedy 7 films I Hate Kids 2019 · as Nick Pearson Movie Echo Score: 35
- Family 6 films Rise and Shine, Benedict Stone 2021 · as Benedict Stone Movie Echo Score: 76
- Action 2 films Danger One 2018 · as Dean Movie Echo Score: 61
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Romance 2 films Forever 2015 · as Fred - Thriller 2 films An American Werewolf in Paris 1997
The Best Tom Everett Scott Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Tom Everett Scott's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1990s to 2020s.
The Latest Tom Everett Scott Movies
The most recent films Tom Everett Scott is credited on, newest first — starting with Paper Flowers (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
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Paper Flowers 2025 · Dr. Baxter - One True Loves 2023 · Michael
- Dolly Parton’s Mountain Magic Christmas 2022 · Sam
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The Good Father: The Martin MacNeill Story 2021 · Martin MacNeill - Rise and Shine, Benedict Stone 2021 · Benedict Stone
- Finding You 2021 · Montgomery Rush
- Sister of the Groom 2020 · Ethan
- Clouds 2020 · Drama
- I Hate Kids 2019 · Nick Pearson
- Back Roads 2018 · Drama
- All Square 2018 · Adam
- Danger One 2018 · Dean
The Best Tom Everett Scott Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Tom Everett Scott films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Tom Everett Scott movie?
Clouds (2020) is the best-rated Tom Everett Scott film, with a Movie Echo Score of 77, ahead of Rise and Shine, Benedict Stone (2021) (76) and Christmas Connection (2017) (75). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Clouds: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Tom Everett Scott movie?
Parental Guidance (2012) made the most at the box office, with $120M worldwide, followed by Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (2017) with $40.1M. Together, Tom Everett Scott's films with box office figures have made $262M.
What is the best Tom Everett Scott drama movie?
Clouds (2020) is the best-rated of Tom Everett Scott's drama films, with a score of 77. In other genres: I Hate Kids (comedy), Rise and Shine, Benedict Stone (family) and Danger One (action).
What is the newest Tom Everett Scott movie?
The newest film on Tom Everett Scott's filmography is Paper Flowers (2025), with Tom Everett Scott as Dr. Baxter.
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