Dev Patel Movies

Dev Patel in 2016’s Lion

Want to know the best Dev Patel movies?  How about the worst Dev Patel movies?  Curious about Dev Patel box office grosses or which Dev Patel movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Dev Patel 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.

Dev Patel (1990-) is an Oscar®-nominated film actor.  His IMDb page shows 17 acting credits from 2007-2017. This page ranks 8 Dev Patel movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows and movies not released in North American theaters were not included in the rankings.

Drivel Part of the Page:  We actually had planned to write this page months ago….when were predicting that Dev Patel was going to earn a Oscar® nomination for Lion.  Well…that plan did not work….but he did get that nomination…..so you will just have to trust that we saw that coming almost 6 months ago.  So even though he does not have many movies so far….we feel this actor is going to be around a very long time.

Dev Patel in 2008’s Slumdog Millionaire

Dev Patel 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 Dev Patel movies by co-stars of his movies.
  • Sort Dev Patel movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
  • Sort Dev Patel movies by adjusted worldwide box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
  • Sort Dev Patel 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 Dev Patel movie received and how many Oscar® wins each Dev Patel movie won.
  • Sort Dev Patel 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.
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Stats and Possibly Interesting Things From The Above Dev Patel Table

  1. Two Dev Patel movies crossed the magical $100 million domestic gross mark.  That is a percentage of 25.00% of his movies listed. Slumdog Millionaire (2008) is his biggest box office hit.
  2. An average Dev Patel movie grosses  $57.10 million in adjusted box office gross.
  3. Using RottenTomatoes.com’s 60% fresh meter.  5 Dev Patel movies are rated as good movies…or 62.50% of his movies.  Slumdog Millionaire (2008) is his highest rated movie while The Last Airbender (2010) is his lowest rated movie.
  4. Two Dev Patel movies received at least one Oscar® nomination in any category…..or 25.00% of his movies.
  5. One Dev Patel movie won at least one Oscar® in any category…..or 12.50% of his movies.
  6. An average Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score is 40.00.  3 Dev Patel movies scored higher that average….or 37.50% of his movies.  Slumdog Millionaire (2008) got the the highest UMR Score while About Cherry (2012) got the lowest UMR Score.

Dev Patel in The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015)

Possibly Interesting Facts About Dev Patel

1. Dev Patel was born in London, England in 1990.

2. Dev Patel beat out 100s of young actors for his role in 2008’s Slumdog Millionaire.

3. Danny Boyle’s (the director of Slumdog Millionaire) 17 year old daughter suggested Patel for the Slumdog role after seeing him on the television show Skins.

4. Dev Patel (Lion) and Lucas Hedges (Manchester By The Sea) are the first males born in the 1990s to have received an Academy Award® nomination for acting.

5. Dev Patel was very interested in appearing in 2012’s The Life of Pi…..but the producers thought he was too overexposed…so he did not even get an audition.

6. Dev Patel has already starred in two movies that received a Best Picture Oscar® nomination:  2008’s Slumdog Millionaire (it won) and 2016’s Lion.

7. Like almost everybody on Earth…Dev Patel expressed dissatisfaction with how 2010’s The Last Airbender turned out.  The Last Airbender is Patel’s 2nd biggest worldwide box office hit.

8. Check out Dev Patel’s career compared to current and classic actors.  Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.

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8 thoughts on “Dev Patel Movies

  1. I’ve seen 7 of Dev’s films, have not seen About Cherry.

    None of the top 10 actors most connected on the Oracle of Bacon Center of the Hollywood Universe top 1000 has ever worked with Dev who has only made 8 pictures. They all connect in 2 steps and here are some of their more interesting connections.

    Eric Roberts was in Final Analysis (1992) with Richard Gere who was in The Second Best Marigold Hotel (2015) with Dev.

    Eric was in Lovelace (2013) with Robert Patrick who was in The Road Within (2014) with Dev.

    Michael Madsen was in Die Another Day (2002) with Judi Dench who was in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011) with Dev.

    Danny Trejo was in Muppets Most Wanted (2014) with Toby Jones who was in The Man Who Knew Infinity (2016) with Dev.

    Danny was in Reach Me (2014) with Kyra Sedgwick who is in The Road Within (2014) with Dev.

    Danny was in Street Level (2015) with Robert Patrick

    Samuel L. Jackson is in Twisted (2004) and Losing Isaiah (1995) with David Strathairn who is in The Second Best Exotic Motel (2015) with Dev.

    Sam was in Unbreakable (2000) with M. Night Shyamalan who is also in The Last Airbender (2010) with Dev.

    Sam is in Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995) with Jeromy Irons who is in The Man Who Knew Infinity (2016)

    Harvey Keitel and Robert De Niro are in Cop Land (2007) with Robert Patrick

    Harvey is in By the Gun (2014) with Toby Jones

    Harvey is in Sister Act (1992) with Maggie Smith who is in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011)

    Harvey and Willem Dafoe are in The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) with Tom Wilkinson who is also in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

    Harvey is in FairyTale: A True Story (1997) with Bill Nighy who also is in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

    Robert De Niro was in Red Lights (2012) with Sigourney Weaver who is in Chappie (2015) with Dev

    Robert is in The Mission (1986) with Jeromy Irons

    Willem Dafoe is in Spider-Man 3 (2007) with James Franco who is in About Cherry (2012) with Dev (Willem and James are in 1 & 2 also)

    Willem is in Born on the Fourth of July (1989) with Kyra Sedgwick

    Willem is in Finding Dory (2016) with Sigourney Weaver

    Malcolm McDowell is in The Company (2013) with James Franco

    Malcolm is in Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius with Jeremy Northam who is also in The Man Who Knew Infinity (2016)

    Malcolm is in Vamps (2012) with Sigourney Weaver

    Malcolm is in Asylum (1997) with Robert Patrick

    Malcolm is in Aces High (1969) with Richard Johnson who is also in The Man Who Knew
    Infinity (2016)

    Donald Sutherland is in various Hunger Games movies with Toby Jones

    Donald is in Astro Boy (2009) and Eye of the Needle (1981) with Bill Nighy

    Donald is in Cold Mountain (2003) with Nicole Kidman who is in Lion (2016)

    Donald is in Oedipus the King (1969) with Richard Johnson

    Michael Caine is in Batman Begins (2005) with Tom Wilkinson

    Michael is in California Suite (1978) and Gnomeo & Juliet (2011) with Maggie Smith

    Michael is in the Honorary Consul (1983) with Richard Gere
    Michael is in The Statement (2003) with Jeremy Northam

    1. Hey Dan
      1. Tally Count.
      Dan….. 7 Dev Patel Movies Watched
      Helakoski…..6 Dev Patel Movies Watched
      Cogerson….6 Dev Patel Movies Watched
      SteveLensman….3 Dev Patel Movies Watched
      2. Wow….for Dev Patel to have 4 and 5 connections to these actors is really impressive…especially with Patel’s limited movie output
      3. The Honorary Counsul was called Beyond The Limit in the United States.
      4. Malcolm and Harvey lead the way with 5 one person connections
      5. Only Mr. Blonde struggle with only 1 one person connections.
      Fun list of stats as always.

  2. Hi

    I thought he was terrific in Slumdog and Exotic Hotel. He’s definitely somebody who has a future. Strange that he was first spotted on Skins, a programme that was popular among young people in Britain but not a mass audience. That opened the door for him to international stardom.
    The good thing about doing a page about somebody young is that there will hopefully be plenty to add. He won a BAFTA last Sunday and who knows maybe next week at the Oscars.
    I will make a point of seeing Lion.

    1. Hey Chris….thanks for checking out one of our youngest UMR subjects. I had never even heard of Skins before doing this page. But yep….that is the role that helped him to internatioanal stardom. Hopefully….I will be adding one quality movie after another on this page…..and very few The Last Airbenders to the list…lol. As for his Oscar chances…currently he is the second best bet…at 6 to 1 in Vegas….granted Mahershala Ali is the huge favorite at 1 to 12 odds which is one of the lowest odds I have ever seen. Thanks for the feedback. 🙂

  3. This must have taken ages to put together Bruce. 🙂

    And one of your youngest subjects so far? Wallace Beery is 105 years older than Dev. Beery was already dead when Patel’s grandparents were born, probably. 😉

    After studying the chart for some time I’m pretty sure I’ve only seen 3 of the 8 films listed – Slumdog Millionaire, The Last Chappie and Airbender.

    It’s been a few years since I last saw Slumdog but I liked it enough to buy it on DVD.

    Interesting trivia about the first males born in the 1990s to receive Oscar nominations.

    Good work as always Bruce. Voted Up.

    1. Hey Steve….you are so right…I think this one took about a day longer than the Ray Milland one….lol. Good stats on Wallace Beery….and you are right….Patel’s grandparents were probably not born when he passed away.

      I am sure you had to get out pen and paper to do this tally count….I know I did…..lol. Hey…you gotta give the man credit….he has anchored two movies that got Best Picture Oscar nomination….Judd Nelson does not have one yet…lol.

      Tally Count.
      Helakoski…..6 Dev Patel Movies Watched
      Cogerson….6 Dev Patel Movies Watched
      SteveLensman….3 Dev Patel Movies Watched

      Thanks as always for the visit and comment.

  4. Nice. I feel I can compute in your tally count this time. I have seen 6 of these movies. The only ones I have not see are Lion and About Cherry. I want to see Lion, never heard of the second one. Good trivia. Nicely done.

    1. Hey Helakoski….thanks for commenting on our Dev Patel page. Not only our tallies the same number….but it is the same movies seen and not seen….as I also have not seen Lion and About Cherry. I knew About Cherry existed….I just did not know he was in it. Glad you liked the trivia.

      Tally Count.
      Helakoski…..6 Dev Patel Movies Watched
      Cogerson….6 Dev Patel Movies Watched
      SteveLensman….3 Dev Patel Movies Watched

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