The Best Whitney Houston Movies, Ranked
28 credits from 1986 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Whitney: Can I Be Me (2017) comes out on top with a score of 75. The biggest box office hit is The Bodyguard (1992) with $411M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Whitney Houston Box Office Hits
Whitney Houston's films have made $522M worldwide in total. The Bodyguard (1992) is the biggest hit at $411M, ahead of Waiting to Exhale (1995) ($81.5M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
The Best Whitney Houston Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Whitney Houston has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Music leads with 2 films, and Whitney: Can I Be Me (2017) is the pick of them.
The Best Whitney Houston Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Whitney Houston's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1990s to 2020s.
The Latest Whitney Houston Movies
The most recent films Whitney Houston is credited on, newest first — starting with Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over (2023). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
The Best Whitney Houston Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Whitney Houston films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Whitney Houston movie?
Whitney: Can I Be Me (2017) is the best-rated Whitney Houston film, with a Movie Echo Score of 75, ahead of Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over (2023) (70). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Whitney: Can I Be Me: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Whitney Houston movie?
The Bodyguard (1992) made the most at the box office, with $411M worldwide, followed by Waiting to Exhale (1995) with $81.5M. Together, Whitney Houston's films with box office figures have made $522M.
What is the best Whitney Houston music movie?
Whitney: Can I Be Me (2017) is the best-rated of Whitney Houston's music films, with a score of 75. In other genres: Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over (biography), Sparkle (drama) and Waiting to Exhale (comedy).
What is the newest Whitney Houston movie?
The newest film on Whitney Houston's filmography is BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions (2025), with Whitney Houston as Self (archive footage).
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