Want to know the best Bryan Cranston movies? How about the worst Bryan Cranston movies? Curious about Bryan Cranston box office grosses or which Bryan Cranston movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Bryan Cranston movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences and which got the worst reviews? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.
Bryan Cranston (1956-) is an Oscar® nominated American actor. Cranston gained fame for his television work on three series: Seinfeld, Malcolm in the Middle and Breaking Bad. His movie career was taken off. For the last six years he has been appearing in more than 3 movies a year. His IMDb page shows 109 acting credits from 1968-2018. This page will rank 30 Bryan Cranston movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. His many television appearances and movies not released in North American theaters were not were not included in the rankings. This comes from a request made by Helakoski.
Bryan Cranston Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (0 to 5 stars) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Bryan Cranston Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort Bryan Cranston movies by co-stars of his movies.
- Sort Bryan Cranston movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Bryan Cranston movies by yearly domestic box office rank
- Sort Bryan Cranston movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations each Bryan Cranston movie received and how many Oscar® wins each Bryan Cranston movie won.
- Sort Bryan Cranston movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
Stats and Possibly Interesting Things From The Above Bryan Cranston Table
- Five Bryan Cranston movies crossed the magical $100 million domestic gross mark. That is a percentage of 16.67% of his movies listed. Saving Private Ryan (1998) was easily his biggest box office hit when looking at adjusted domestic box office gross.
- An average Bryan Cranston movie grosses $64.00 million in adjusted box office gross.
- Using RottenTomatoes.com’s 60% fresh meter. 18 Bryan Cranston movies are rated as good movies…or 60.00% of his movies. Saving Private Ryan (1998) is his highest rated movie while Love Ranch (2010) was his lowest rated movie.
- Six Bryan Cranston movies received at least one Oscar® nomination in any category…..or 20.00% of his movies.
- Three Bryan Cranston movies won at least one Oscar® in any category…..or 10.00% of his movies.
- An average Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score is 40.00. 12 Bryan Cranston movies scored higher than that average….or 40.00% of his movies. Saving Private Ryan (1998) got the the highest UMR Score while Love Ranch (2010) got the lowest UMR Score.
Possibly Interesting Facts About Bryan Cranston
1. Bryan Lee Cranston was born in Hollywood, California in 1956.
2. Bryan Cranston was an amateur boxer before concentrating on his acting career.
3. Bryan Cranston was an ordained minister when he was in college as a part-time job.
4. Bryan Cranston’s acting heroes are Dick Van Dyke, Jack Lemmon, Rod Steiger and Spencer Tracy.
5. Bryan Cranston has starred in three movies that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar®: 1998’s Saving Private Ryan, 2006’s Little Miss Sunshine and 2012’s Argo. Argo won.
6. Bryan Cranston has been married two times and has one child.
7. Bryan Cranston’s favorite movie is 1954’s On The Waterfront.
8. Bryan Cranston was named one of the “Eight Actors Who Turn Television into Art“. This was based on his 4 time Emmy® award winning role on Breaking Bad.
9. Bryan Cranston has appeared in both Tom Hanks directed movies: 1996’s That Thing That You Do and 2011’s Larry Crowne.
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THE SATURDAY ESSAY
1 Let’s forget about Joel for a day as the Work Horse can produce excellent stuff without Hirsch’s help and guidance and the recent new page on the talented Bryan Cranston proves
that point. The following reproduction from Wiki about apparent inaccuracies in Trumbo about Eddie Robinson may interest other regulars of this site who liked Bruce’s Cranston page.
“The film depicts actor Edward G. Robinson betraying his friend Dalton Trumbo and others by naming them as communists before the House Un-American Activities Committee. Robinson did testify four times before the committee and eventually stated that he had been a dupe of communist front organizations, but he never named anyone, friend or foe, as a communist.”
2 For me there is a ring of truth in the Wiki claim because according to Robinson in his autobiography even after his appearances before them the Committee were still determined to bring him down and only the support of DeMille with whom he shared Jewish descendency saved him. If Eddie had given the Committee everything they wanted why would they still wish to destroy him? In the movieTrumbo if I recall correctly it’s the Duke who gets Hopper and the more hawkish ones off Eddie’s back.
3 n On the Waterfront longshoreman Terry Malloy initially refuses to testify against the gangster mob who control the docks as he doesn’t want to be a “stool pigeon” but later develops a social conscious and does testify. Historians reckon that Elia “Gadge” Kazan, who drew derision for testifying before the Committee, made that movie to demonstrate that in certain situations it was justifiable to testify against others with whom you have bonds. Few fair-minded people would probably disagree with that as a general principle but as I have long been an admirer of Edward G as both a star and a private person it pleases me to believe that Eddie behaved as his conscience dictated was appropriate in HIS circumstances though I don’t underestimate the fear factor operating in those times
Bryan Cranston is currently # 290 on the 2016 Oracle of Bacon Top 1000 Center of the Hollywood Universe list (257 in 2017). Here are all the actors on the 2016 list who have appeared with him.
12 MORGAN FREEMAN Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D (2005)
17 TOM SIZEMORE Saving Private Ryan (1998)
25 RICHARD RIEHLE Dark Mind (2006)
36 JOHN GOODMAN TRUMBO (2015)
36 JOHN GOODMAN Argo (2012)
43 JAMES CAAN DETACHMENT (2012)
46 MATT DAMON Contagion (2011)
46 MATT DAMON Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D (2005)
46 MATT DAMON Saving Private Ryan (1998)
47 RON PERLMAN Drive (2011)
49 CLINT HOWARD That Thing You Do! (1996)
53 PAUL GIAMATTI Rock of Ages (2012)
53 PAUL GIAMATTI Saving Private Ryan (1998)
58 ELLIOTT GOULD Contagion (2011)
60 JOHN LEGUIZAMO THE INFILTRATOR (2016)
60 JOHN LEGUIZAMO The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)
63 ED HARRIS IN DUBIOUS BATTLE (2017)
65 ROBERT LOGGIA Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
67 JAMES HONG KUNG FU PANDA 3 (2016)
71 ROBERT DUVALL IN DUBIOUS BATTLE (2017)
91 JAMES EARL JONES Clean Slate (1994)
91 JAMES EARL JONES Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama (1992)
99 ALAN ARKIN Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
111 JAMES FRANCO IN DUBIOUS BATTLE (2017)
111 JAMES FRANCO WHY HIM? (2016)
130 AL SAPIENZA DARK MIND (2006)
132 ED BEGLEY JR. Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
132 ED BEGLEY JR. Hard Four (2007)
137 VINCENT D’ONOFRIO IN DUBIOUS BATTLE (2017)
138 DIEZEL RAMOS GODZILLA (2014)
142 ERNEST BORGNINE The Big Turnaround (1988)
144 TOM HANKS Larry Crowne (2011)
144 TOM HANKS Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D (2005)
144 TOM HANKS Saving Private Ryan (1998)
144 TOM HANKS That Thing You Do! (1996)
145 HELEN MIRREN Love Ranch (2010)
145 HELEN MIRREN TRUMBO (2015)
155 DUSTIN HOFFMAN KUNG FU PANDA 3 (2016)
166 BRUCE DAVISON GET A JOB (2016)
167 J. K. SIMMONS KUNG FU PANDA 3 (2016)
170 SCOTT GLENN Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D (2005)
171 JULIA ROBERTS Larry Crowne (2011)
174 TOM CRUISE ROCK OF AGES (2012)
177 WILLIAM H. MACY The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)
178 LAURENCE FISHBURNE Contagion (2011)
186 ROSANNA ARQUETTE Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
190 MICHAEL PARE The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)
196 RICHARD PORTNOW TRUMBO (2015)
200 JOE PANTOLIANO Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
202 JASON ISAACS THE INFILTRATOR (2016)
207 BEN STILLER MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE’S MOST WANTED (2012)
219 DAVID STRAITHAIRN GODZILLA (2014)
221 CYNTHIA LEBLANC TRUMBO (2015)
223 GREG BRONSON STREET CORNER JUSTICE (1996)
223 GREG BRONSON THAT THING YOU DO! (1996)
223 GREG BRONSON TIME UNDER FIRE (1997)
241 ADRIEN BRODY Detachment (2012)
246 BAI LING Love Ranch (2010)
249 STEPHEN ROOT TRUMBO (2015)
254 VINNIE JONES Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (2012)
267 CIARAN HINDS John Carter (2012)
268 CABRAN E. CHAMBERLAIN CONTAGION (2011)
272 BEN AFFLECK Argo (2012)
273 BOB GUNTON Argo (2012)
273 BOB GUNTON The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)
285 GWYNETH PALTROW Contagion (2011)
286 CHRIS ELLIS That Thing You Do! (1996)
296 BETH GRANT Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
300 BILL PAXTON Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D (2005)
301 BILL COBBS That Thing You Do! (1996)
329 DAVID COHEN CONTAGION (2011)
337 DIANE LANE TRUMBO (2015)
340 KEVIN POLLAK Clean Slate (1994)
340 KEVIN POLLAK Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D (2005)
340 KEVIN POLLAK That Thing You Do! (1996)
341 RICHARD KIND Argo (2012)
352 GINA GERSHON Love Ranch (2010)
354 JACK BLACK KUNG FU PANDA 3 (2016)
355 MARISA TOMEI The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)
360 ROBERT HARVEY Love Ranch (2010)
369 MICHELLE PFEIFFER Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
371 GIOVANNI RIBISI SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1998)
371 GIOVANNI RIBISI THAT THING YOU DO! (1996)
374 JUDE LAW Contagion (2011)
378 CUBA GOODING JR. Red Tails (2012)
379 MICHAEL PENA THE LINCOLN LAWYER (2011)
381 JOHN HAWKES Contagion (2011)
388 MICHAEL GAMBON Clean Slate (1994)
399 LUKE BURNYEAT ARGO (2012)
399 LUKE BURNYEAT GODZILLA (2014)
409 JOHN TRAVOLTA Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D (2005)
416 JOHN C. MCGINLEY GET A JOB (2016)
429 DALE DYE Larry Crowne (2011)
429 DALE DYE Saving Private Ryan (1998)
432 COLIN FARRELL Total Recall (2012)
451 CHARLIZE THERON That Thing You Do! (1996)
453 ANGELINA JOLIE KUNG FU PANDA 3 (2016)
461 MARION COTILLARD Contagion (2011)
471 JEFF FAHEY TIME UNDER FIRE (1997)
472 OLYMPIA DUKAKIS THE INFILTRATOR (2016)
474 JULIO OSCAR MECHOSO LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE (2006)
477 MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D (2005)
477 MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)
482 EDWARD ASNER Hard Four (2007)
486 ANTHONY J. SACCO THE INFILTRATOR (2016)
492 TIM BLAKE NELSON Detachment (2012)
494 BILL NIGHY Total Recall (2012)
515 MARCIA GAY HARDEN Detachment (2012)
515 MARCIA GAY HARDEN GET A JOB (2016)
520 FRANCES MCDORMAND Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (2012)
530 JEAN-CLAUDE VAN DAMME KUNG FU PANDA 3 (2016)
531 ZEIJKO IVANEK Argo (2012)
539 TERRENCE HOWARD Red Tails (2012)
540 GRIFFIN DUNNE AMAZON WOMEN ON THE MOON (1987)
552 WILLIE GARSON Hard Four (2007)
552 WILLIE GARSON Seeing Other People (2004)
558 SAM SHEPARD IN DUBIOUS BATTLE (2017)
559 SHEA WHIGHAM THE LINCOLN LAWYER (2011)
565 JOHN H. TOBIN ARGO (2012)
572 CARRIE FISHER Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
573 KATE WINSLET Contagion (2011)
581 ELIZABETH BANKS POWER RANGERS (2017)
584 M.C. GAINEY LEAVE (2011)
584 M.C. GAINEY LOVE RANCH (2010)
608 FRANCES FISHER THE LINCOLN LAWYER (2011)
617 TONI COLLETTE LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE (2006)
622 RALPH MORATZ That Thing You Do! (1996)
625 JOHN W. IWANONKIW STREET CORNER JUSTICE (1996)
632 PAM GRIER Larry Crowne (2011)
650 MIMI ROGERS Seeing Other People (2004)
680 JOHN CENATIEMPO DETACHMENT (2012)
692 ROBERT PICARDO AMAZON WOMEN ON THE MOON (1987)
711 TIM THOMERSON Last Chance (1999)
732 HRVOJE KLECZ GODZILLA (2014)
738 RICHARD TYSON TIME UNDER FIRE (1997)
744 DAVID ALAN GRIER Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
747 MARK STRONG JOHN CARTER (2012)
751 NICHOLAS GUEST Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (2012)
754 GREG KINNEAR Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
758 GARY CARLOS CERVANTES LAST CHANCE (1999)
772 DICK MILLER Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
775 JOSH LUCAS THE LINCOLN LAWYER (2011)
786 MICHAEL MURPHY Clean Slate (1994)
789 WENDELL PIERCE LOVE RANCH (2010)
791 KELLY PRESTON Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
793 ALEX ROCCO That Thing You Do! (1996)
800 CHRIS ROCK Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (2012)
802 VALERIA GOLINO Clean Slate (1994)
814 ROBERT WISDOM CLEAN SLATE (1994)
814 ROBERT WISDOM THAT THING YOU DO! (1996)
830 DEAN NORRIS LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE (2006)
832 JACKIE CHAN KUNG FU PANDA 3 (2016)
838 CATHERINE ZETA-JONES Rock of Ages (2012)
850 JESSE YARBOROUGH THE INFILTRATOR (2016)
861 LEE GARLINGTON THE BIG THING (2000)
871 HELEN KELLY(I) AMAZON WOMEN ON THE MOON (1987)
872 JOE PESCI Love Ranch (2010)
901 BENJAMIN BRATT THE INFILTRATOR (2016)
902 PATRICK KEARNS TRUMBO (2015)
913 FRANK COLLISON AMAZON WOMEN ON THE MOON (1987)
923 GEORGE TAKEI LARRY CROWNE (2011)
934 VICTOR GARBER ARGO (2012)
939 JEFF CHASE ROCK OF AGES (2012)
946 OSCAR ISAAC DRIVE (2011/I)
948 ART LAFLEUR Last Chance (1999)
950 LUCY LIU Detachment (2012)
950 LUCY LIU KUNG FU PANDA 3 (2016)
956 LARRY HANKIN Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
963 JENNY AGUTTER AMAZON WOMEN ON THE MOON (1987)
970 TOM EVERETT DARK MIND (2006)
973 SYBIL DANNING Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
987 IAN ABERCROMBIE CLEAN SLATE (1994)
987 IAN ABERCROMBIE HARD FOUR (2007)
991 TED RAIMI ILLUSION (2004)
994 PAUL EDNEY GODZILLA (2014)
1000 LELAND ORSER SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1998)
Bryan wasn’t even on the list in 2000 but here are the actors that were and are now gone who worked with BC.
32 KIRK DOUGLAS Illusion (2004)
67 PAUL NEWMAN Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D (2005)
146 MIKE MAZURKI Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
161 PAUL BARTEL Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
258 DABNEY COLEMAN Hard Four (2007)
310 STEVE FORREST Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
507 RALPH BELLAMY Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
527 GAILARD SARTAIN Clean Slate (1994)
585 HAMILTON CAMP Hard Four (2007)
604 BERNIE CASEY Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
655 HOWARD HESSEMAN Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
678 PAUL WINFIELD Strategic Command (1997)
694 STEVE GUTTENBERG Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
716 LOU JACOBI Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
746 HERB VIGRAN Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
886 PHIL LEEDS Clean Slate (1994)
970 GARRY GOODROW Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
996 MARC MCCLURE Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
996 MARC MCCLURE That Thing You Do! (1996)
Not many.
There may be more (not every Oscar winner is in my files if their career doesn’t seem worth it to me). I count 23 for Bryan.
ALAN ARKIN Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
ANGELINA JOLIE KUNG FU PANDA 3 (2016)
CATHERINE ZETA-JONES Rock of Ages (2012)
CHARLIZE THERON That Thing You Do! (1996)
CUBA GOODING JR. Red Tails (2012)
DUSTIN HOFFMAN KUNG FU PANDA 3 (2016)
ERNEST BORGNINE The Big Turnaround (1988)
FRANCES MCDORMAND Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (2012)
GWYNETH PALTROW Contagion (2011)
HELEN MIRREN Love Ranch (2010)
HELEN MIRREN TRUMBO (2015)
J. K. SIMMONS KUNG FU PANDA 3 (2016)
JOE PESCI Love Ranch (2010)
JULIA ROBERTS Larry Crowne (2011)
KATE WINSLET Contagion (2011)
MARCIA GAY HARDEN Detachment (2012)
MARCIA GAY HARDEN GET A JOB (2016)
MARION COTILLARD Contagion (2011)
MARISA TOMEI The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D (2005)
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)
MORGAN FREEMAN Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D (2005)
OLYMPIA DUKAKIS THE INFILTRATOR (2016)
PAUL NEWMAN Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D (2005)
ROBERT DUVALL IN DUBIOUS BATTLE (2017)
TOM HANKS Larry Crowne (2011)
TOM HANKS Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D (2005)
TOM HANKS Saving Private Ryan (1998)
TOM HANKS That Thing You Do! (1996)
Thank you, thank you. That was very quick. My two favorite Cranston movies are Wakefield and The Infiltrator. I would give the edge to a The Infiltrator. He is proving he can carry a movie. Not sure he will ever get out of the shadow of Breaking Bad, but he is off to a good start. I have seen 12 of these movies. Which means I have lots more to watch. Thank you again. You doing this request makes me feel pretty special.
Hey Helakoski….you are very welcome. Your support has been greatly appreciated….especially since you do not seem to be a big classic fan….so it was the least I could do for you. As for The Infiltrator…I agree…that movie blew me away. The wedding scene is amazing….especially when Benjamin Bratt shows up.
A tally count? Awesome! So that is 20 for me, 17 for Steve and 12 for you. Glad you like this requested page.