Christopher Guest Movies

Want to know the best Christopher Guest movies?  How about the worst Christopher Guest movies?  Curious about Christopher Guest box office grosses or which Christopher Guest movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Christopher Guest 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 and much more.

Christopher Guest (1948-) is an American actor, screenwriter, and director.  Guest the actor has been appearing in movies for over 50 years.  Guest the filmmaker has been writing and directing for the last 40 years.  His IMDb page shows over 136 acting, writing & directing credits since 1971. This page will rank Christopher Guest movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. To do well in the rankings, a movie needed to do well at the box office, be liked by both critics and audiences and earn some award recognition.

Christopher Guest Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.

Year	Movie (Year)	Rating	S
Year	Movie (Year)	Rating	S
1992	A Few Good Men (1992) AA Best Picture Nom
1971	The Hospital (1971) Uncredited
1986	Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
1974	Death Wish (1974)
2009	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)
1998	Small Soldiers (1998) Voice Only
1984	This Is Spinal Tap (1984) Writer
2000	Best in Show (2000) Director
2003	A Mighty Wind (2003) Director
1980	The Long Riders (1980)
1972	The Hot Rock (1972)
2005	Mrs Henderson Presents (2005)
1996	Waiting for Guffman (1996) Director
2009	The Invention of Lying (2009)
2006	For Your Consideration (2006) Director
2025	Spinal Tap II: The End Continues (2025)
1978	Girlfriends (1978)
2018	Loudon Wainwright III: Surviving Twin (2018) Director
1975	The Fortune (1975)
1989	The Big Picture (1989) Director
1998	Almost Heroes (1998) Director
2016	Mascots (2016) Netflix Director
1980	B.C. Rock (1980) Limited Release Voice Only
1981	Heartbeeps (1981)
1979	The Last Word (1979)
1988	Sticky Fingers (1988)
1975	Tarzoon: Shame of the Jungle (1975) Limited Release Voice Only
1987	Beyond Therapy (1987)

Christopher Guest 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 Christopher Guest movies by co-stars of his movies.
• Sort Christopher Guest movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
• Sort Christopher Guest movies by yearly domestic box office rank
• Sort Christopher Guest 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 Christopher Guest movie received and how many Oscar® wins each Christopher Guest movie won.
• Sort Christopher Guest 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.

Christopher Guest Adjusted World Wide Box Office Grosses

Movie (Year)	UMR Co-Star Links	World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil)	S
Movie (Year)	UMR Co-Star Links	World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil)	S
A Few Good Men (1992) AA Best Picture Nom	Tom Cruise & Jack Nicholson	732.70
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)	Ben Stiller & Owen Wilson	688.50
Small Soldiers (1998) Voice Only	Tommy Lee Jones & Ernest Borgnine	190.00
The Invention of Lying (2009)	Philip Seymour Hoffman & Jennifer Garner	54.50
Best in Show (2000) Director	Fred Willard & Eugene Levy	48.20
A Mighty Wind (2003) Director	Michael McKean	38.80
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues (2025)	Directed by Rob Reiner	2.90
Girlfriends (1978)	Eli Wallach	1.50

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