The Best Tommy Chong Movies, Ranked
41 credits from 1974 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Color Out of Space (2020) comes out on top with a score of 75. The biggest box office hit is Up in Smoke (1978) with $44.4M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Tommy Chong Box Office Hits
Tommy Chong's films have made $531M worldwide in total. Up in Smoke (1978) is the biggest hit at $44.4M, ahead of Cheech & Chong’s Next Movie (1980) ($41.7M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Up in Smoke 1978 · Comedy $44.4M $44.4M dom. - 2
Cheech & Chong’s Next Movie 1980 · Action $41.7M $41.7M dom. - 3
FernGully: The Last Rainforest 1992 · Adventure $32.7M $24.7M dom. - 4
Things Are Tough All Over 1982 · Action $21.1M $21.1M dom. - 5
Still Smokin 1983 · Comedy $15.5M $15.5M dom. - 6
National Lampoon’s Senior Trip 1995 · Comedy $4.69M $4.69M dom. - 7
Yellowbeard 1983 · Action $4.3M $4.3M dom. - 8
Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers 1984 · Comedy $3.77M $3.77M dom. - 9
Color Out of Space 2020 · Sci-Fi $1.03M $766K dom. - 10
Color Out of Space 2019 · Mystery $1.03M $766K dom.
The Best Tommy Chong Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Tommy Chong has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Comedy leads with 7 films, and Up in Smoke (1978) is the pick of them.
- Comedy 7 films Up in Smoke 1978
- Action 3 films Cheech & Chong’s Next Movie 1980 · as Chong
- Sci-Fi 2 films Color Out of Space 2020 · as Ezra Movie Echo Score: 75
- Mystery 1 film Color Out of Space 2019 · as Ezra Movie Echo Score: 57
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Crime 1 film High Times Potluck 2003 · as Tommy Chong - Adventure 1 film FernGully: The Last Rainforest 1992
The Best Tommy Chong Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Tommy Chong's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1970s to 2020s.
- 2020s 1 film Color Out of Space 2020 · as Ezra Movie Echo Score: 75
- 2010s 3 films Color Out of Space 2019 · as Ezra Movie Echo Score: 57
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2000s 4 films Pauly Shore Is Dead 2003 · as Tommy Chong - 1990s 3 films FernGully: The Last Rainforest 1992
- 1980s 9 films Cheech & Chong’s Next Movie 1980 · as Chong
- 1970s 2 films Up in Smoke 1978
The Latest Tommy Chong Movies
The most recent films Tommy Chong is credited on, newest first — starting with Color Out of Space (2020). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- Color Out of Space 2020 · Ezra
- Color Out of Space 2019 · Ezra
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Double Dutchess: Seeing Double 2017 · Music -
Cheech & Chong’s Animated Movie! 2013 · (voices) -
Evil Bong 2: King Bong 2009 · Jimbo Leary (archive footage) (uncredited) -
Evil Bong 2006 · Jimbo Leary - High Times Potluck 2003 · Tommy Chong
- Pauly Shore Is Dead 2003 · Tommy Chong
- National Lampoon’s Senior Trip 1995 · Red
- FernGully: The Last Rainforest 1992 · Adventure
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The Spirit of ’76 1990 · Stoner -
Tripwire 1989 · Merle Shine
The Best Tommy Chong Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Tommy Chong films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Tommy Chong movie?
Color Out of Space (2020) is the best-rated Tommy Chong film, with a Movie Echo Score of 75, ahead of Color Out of Space (2019) (57). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Color Out of Space: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Tommy Chong movie?
Up in Smoke (1978) made the most at the box office, with $44.4M worldwide, followed by Cheech & Chong’s Next Movie (1980) with $41.7M. Together, Tommy Chong's films with box office figures have made $531M.
Which Tommy Chong movie won the most awards?
Color Out of Space (2020) is the most decorated Tommy Chong film, with 1 win from 2 nominations across the Oscars, Golden Globes, BAFTA and the other ceremonies in the awards database.
What is the best Tommy Chong comedy movie?
Up in Smoke (1978) is the best-rated of Tommy Chong's comedy films. In other genres: Cheech & Chong’s Next Movie (action), Color Out of Space (sci-fi) and Color Out of Space (mystery).
What is the newest Tommy Chong movie?
The newest film on Tommy Chong's filmography is Cheech and Chong's Last Movie (2025), with Tommy Chong as Tommy Chong.
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