The Best Tom Kenny Movies, Ranked
167 credits from 1986 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage! (2019) comes out on top with a score of 88. The biggest box office hit is The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015) with $325M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Top Rated Tom Kenny Movies
The 12 highest-rated films Tom Kenny is credited on. The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage! (2019) leads with 88, followed by Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons (2022) at 82. 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 88 The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage! 2019 · Music -
#2 Movie Echo Score: Score 82 Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons 2022 · Sci-Fi -
#3 Movie Echo Score: Score 77 LEGO DC: Shazam! Magic and Monsters 2020 · Adventure -
#4 Movie Echo Score: Score 75 Rocko’s Modern Life: Static Cling 2019 · Comedy -
#5 Movie Echo Score: Score 75 Scooby-Doo! & Batman: The Brave and the Bold 2018 · Sci-Fi -
#6 Movie Echo Score: Score 73 Batman vs Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2019 · Animation -
#7 Movie Echo Score: Score 71 Justice League vs. the Fatal Five 2019 · Action -
#8 Movie Echo Score: Score 70 LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: The Flash 2018 · Comedy -
#9 Movie Echo Score: Score 68 The SpongeBob Movie: Search for Squarepants 2025 · Animation -
#10 Movie Echo Score: Score 63 LEGO DC Batman: Family Matters 2019 · Comedy -
#11 Movie Echo Score: Score 62 The Paloni Show! Halloween Special! 2022 · Animation -
#12 Movie Echo Score: Score 59 Charming 2018 · Romance
Biggest Tom Kenny Box Office Hits
Tom Kenny's films have made $525M worldwide in total. The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015) is the biggest hit at $325M, ahead of The SpongeBob Movie: Search for Squarepants (2025) ($169M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water 2015 · Adventure $325M $163M dom. - 2 The SpongeBob Movie: Search for Squarepants 2025 · Animation $169M $71.1M dom.
- 3 Charming 2018 · Romance $8.89M
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Extinct 2021 · Comedy $7.31M - 5
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run 2021 · Adventure $4.81M $4.81M dom. - 6
Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back 2010 · Family $4.33M - 7
Albert 2016 · Family $1.84M - 8
How I Got Into College 1989 · Comedy $1.64M $1.64M dom. - 9
Dicks: The Musical 2023 · Comedy $1.47M $1.45M dom. - 10
Back To The Sea 2012 · Adventure $490K
The Best Tom Kenny Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Tom Kenny has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Animation leads with 45 films, and Batman vs Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2019) is the pick of them.
- Animation 45 films Batman vs Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2019 · as The Penguin (voice) Movie Echo Score: 73
- Comedy 38 films Rocko’s Modern Life: Static Cling 2019 · as Heffer Wolfe / Chuck Chameleon / Really Really Big Man / Papa Elf / Newscaster / Captain Compost Heap / Salesman / Winds of Change / Tom / Tree (voice) Movie Echo Score: 75
- Family 18 films Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back 2010 · as Ham / Reporter #1 (voice)
- Sci-Fi 15 films Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons 2022 · as Green Arrow / Penguin / Principal (voice) Movie Echo Score: 82
- Adventure 12 films LEGO DC: Shazam! Magic and Monsters 2020 · as Penguin (voice) / Perry White (voice) Movie Echo Score: 77
- Action 4 films Justice League vs. the Fatal Five 2019 · as Bloodsport / Salaak / Jessica's Ring (voice) Movie Echo Score: 71
- Music 2 films The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage! 2019 · as Patchy the Pirate/French Narrator/Animated SpongeBob (voice) Movie Echo Score: 88
- Romance 1 film Charming 2018 · as Blessing Fairy (voice) Movie Echo Score: 59
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Drama 1 film Shakes the Clown 1991 · as Binky the Clown
The Best Tom Kenny Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Tom Kenny's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1980s to 2020s.
- 2020s 25 films Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons 2022 · as Green Arrow / Penguin / Principal (voice) Movie Echo Score: 82
- 2010s 57 films The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage! 2019 · as Patchy the Pirate/French Narrator/Animated SpongeBob (voice) Movie Echo Score: 88
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2000s 57 films The Animatrix 2003 · as Operator ("Final Flight of Osiris") - 1990s 15 films Shakes the Clown 1991 · as Binky the Clown
- 1980s 1 film How I Got Into College 1989 · as B
The Latest Tom Kenny Movies
The most recent films Tom Kenny is credited on, newest first — starting with The SpongeBob Movie: Search for Squarepants (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- The SpongeBob Movie: Search for Squarepants 2025 · SpongeBob SquarePants, Gary, Morning DJ
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SpongeBob: Order Up 2025 · SpongeBob (voice) -
Plankton: The Movie 2025 · SpongeBob, Random Student, Gary -
Kiff Lore of the Ring Light 2025 · Trevor -
SpongeBob & Sandy’s Country Christmas 2024 · SpongeBob / Gary / Various (voice) -
Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie 2024 · SpongeBob, Tiny SpongeBobs, Gary -
Woody Woodpecker Goes to Camp 2024 · Wally Walrus - Dicks: The Musical 2023 · Backpack
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SpongeBob Reimagined 2023 · SpongeBob SquarePants (Voice) -
SpongeBob SquarePants Presents The Tidal Zone 2023 · SpongeBob / SpongeBot / Gary / Robo-Gary / French Narrator -
Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake 2023 · Simon Petrikov / Ice King (voice) -
Twas The Night Before Spongemas 2022 · French Narrator, SpongeBob SquarePants (voice)
The Best Tom Kenny Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Tom Kenny films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Tom Kenny movie?
The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage! (2019) is the best-rated Tom Kenny film, with a Movie Echo Score of 88, ahead of Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons (2022) (82) and LEGO DC: Shazam! Magic and Monsters (2020) (77). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage!: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Tom Kenny movie?
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015) made the most at the box office, with $325M worldwide, followed by The SpongeBob Movie: Search for Squarepants (2025) with $169M. Together, Tom Kenny's films with box office figures have made $525M.
Which Tom Kenny movie won the most awards?
Dicks: The Musical (2023) is the most decorated Tom Kenny film, with 1 win from 1 nomination across the Oscars, Golden Globes, BAFTA and the other ceremonies in the awards database.
What is the best Tom Kenny animation movie?
Batman vs Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2019) is the best-rated of Tom Kenny's animation films, with a score of 73. In other genres: Rocko’s Modern Life: Static Cling (comedy), Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back (family) and Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons (sci-fi).
What is the newest Tom Kenny movie?
The newest film on Tom Kenny's filmography is The SpongeBob Movie: Search for Squarepants (2025), with Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants, Gary, Morning DJ.
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