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Benedict Cumberbatch Movies

Want to know the best Benedict Cumberbatch movies?  How about the worst Benedict Cumberbatch movies?  Curious about Benedict Cumberbatch box office grosses or which Benedict Cumberbatch movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Ed Harris movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.

Benedict Cumberbatch (1976-) is an Oscar® nominated British actor who has performed in film, television, theatre and radio.  Cumberbatch is best known for playing Sherlock Holmes on television and Doctor Strange in movies.  His IMDb page shows 73 acting credits since 2002. This page will rank 22 Benedict Cumberbatch movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos and movies that were not released in theaters were not included in the rankings.

Benedict Cumberbatch 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.

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  • Sort Benedict Cumberbatch movies how they were received by critics and audiences.  60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
  • Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Benedict Cumberbatch movie received.
  • Sort Benedict Cumberbatch 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.

CreditRank Movie (Year) UMR Co-Star Links Review % Oscar Nom / Win S UMR Score
CreditRank Movie (Year) UMR Co-Star Links Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) B.O. Rank by Year Review % Oscar Nom / Win S UMR Score
1 1917 (2019)
AA Best Picture Nom
Colin Firth 159.20 217.3 490.2 17 84 10 / 02 99.5
2 Avengers: Endgame (2019) Robert Downey Jr. &
Chris Evans
858.40 1,171.4 3,815.9 1 89 01 / 00 98.7
3 Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) Tom Holland 804.60 929.6 2,179.4 1 87 01 / 00 98.6
5 Avengers: Infinity War (2018) Robert Downey Jr. &
Chris Hemsworth
678.80 926.3 2,792.7 2 87 01 / 00 98.5
7 12 Years a Slave (2013)
AA Best Picture Win
Chiwetel Ejiofor &
Brad Pitt
56.70 87.1 288.6 62 85 09 / 03 98.3
6 Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
Cameo
Chris Hemsworth &
Tom Hiddleston
315.10 439.0 1,190.4 8 85 00 / 00 98.2
7 Star Trek: Into Darkness (2013) Chris Pine &
Zoe Saldana
226.20 347.8 693.1 11 84 01 / 00 98.1
8 Doctor Strange (2016) Chiwetel Ejiofor &
Rachel McAdams
232.60 336.2 979.4 13 81 01 / 00 97.5
11 The Imitation Game (2014)
AA Best Picture Nom
AA Best Actor Nom
Keira Knightley 91.10 139.4 357.3 37 86 08 / 01 97.0
9 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) Orlando Bloom &
Ian McKellen
258.40 397.2 1,473.5 8 78 00 / 00 96.8
10 Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) Elizabeth Olsen 411.30 459.0 1,062.5 4 74 00 / 00 95.9
12 The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014) Orlando Bloom &
Cate Blanchett
255.10 390.3 1,462.7 6 68 01 / 00 94.2
14 Atonement (2007)
AA Best Picture Nom
Keira Knightley &
James McAvoy
50.90 92.5 234.9 50 86 07 / 01 92.9
15 War Horse (2011)
AA Best Picture Nom
David Thewlis &
Directed by Steven Spielberg
79.90 125.9 279.9 41 74 06 / 00 91.6
13 The Grinch (2018)
Voice Only
Angela Lansbury &
Computer Animated Movies
270.60 369.3 697.7 7 60 00 / 00 91.2
16 Penguins of Madagascar (2014) DreamWorks &
John Malkovich
83.40 127.5 570.7 45 67 00 / 00 85.3
17 Black Mass (2015) Johnny Depp &
Joel Edgerton
62.60 92.8 147.9 46 74 00 / 00 83.6
18 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) Gary Oldman &
Tom Hardy
24.10 38.1 127.1 110 85 03 / 00 81.9
19 The Power of the Dog (2021)
AA Best Picture Nom
AA Best Actor Nom
Jesse Plemons &
Kirsten Dunst
0.10 0.1 0.4 218 74 12 / 01 76.8
20 August: Osage County (2013) Meryl Streep &
Julia Roberts
37.70 58.0 114.1 78 69 03 / 00 75.3
21 Amazing Grace (2006) Ioan Gruffudd &
Albert Finney
21.30 40.4 40.4 111 74 00 / 00 73.3
22 Frankenstein (2011) Directed by Danny Boyle 0.10 0.1 0.1 287 84 00 / 00 70.3
23 The Courier (2021) Merab Ninidze 5.90 6.9 11.0 74 78 00 / 00 67.3
24 The Phoenician Scheme (2025) Tom Hanks &
Directed by Wes Anderson
19.60 19.6 39.2 77 71 00 / 00 62.4
24 Four Lions (2010) Will Adamsdale 0.30 0.5 7.4 219 75 00 / 00 58.9
27 The Roses (2025) Olivia Colman &
Andy Samberg
15.10 15.1 45.7 88 68 00 / 00 NP 55.8
25 Starter for 10 (2006) James McAvoy 0.20 0.4 3.3 283 72 00 / 00 54.5
26 The Mauritanian (2021) Jodie Foster &
Shailene Woodley
0.80 1.0 3.9 108 71 00 / 00 53.1
27 The Whistleblower (2010) Rachel Weisz 1.10 1.8 3.5 177 70 00 / 00 50.8
28 The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (2021)
Film Festival Circuit Only
Taika Waititi 0.10 0.1 1.8 195 69 00 / 00 49.6
30 The Other Boleyn Girl (2008) Natalie Portman &
Scarlett Johansson
26.80 46.7 135.3 103 55 00 / 00 49.4
32 The Book Of Clarence (2024) LaKeith Stanfield 5.90 5.9 5.9 102 66 00 / 00 47.1
31 Between Two Ferns: The Movie (2019)
Netflix
Matthew McConaughey &
Zach Galifianakis
0.10 0.1 0.1 312 65 00 / 00 39.7
33 The Current War: The Director's Cut (2019) Michael Shannon &
Tom Holland
6.00 8.2 14.8 132 61 00 / 00 36.4
32 Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (2018) Christian Bale &
Cate Blanchett
0.10 0.1 0.1 395 63 00 / 00 36.3
34 Creation (2009) Paul Bettany &
Jennifer Connelly
0.30 0.6 0.6 236 62 00 / 00 34.0
35 Zoolander 2 (2016) Ben Stiller &
Owen Wilson
28.80 41.7 80.9 95 41 00 / 00 19.4
36 The Fifth Estate (2013) Daniel Brühl &
Alicia Vikander
3.30 5.0 13.2 156 51 00 / 00 16.2

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8 thoughts on “Benedict Cumberbatch Movies”

  1. bob cox says:
    July 9, 2018 at 11:05 am

    I saw 9. he is one of my young greats. favorites: 12 years a slave (10), dr strange (10), hobbit desolation of smaug (9). a ten but not a favourite is imitation game. lots of nines and I did not see 4 of top 9. the hidden gem is august osage county ( do not watch if family dysfunction and yelling disturb you). several great performances. I found tinker tailor soldier spy noteworthy. his work in the Dunkirk 2004 documentary tv and Sherlock tv. convinced me of his greatness and nothing has changed that.

    Reply
    1. Cogerson says:
      July 9, 2018 at 11:51 pm

      Hey bob cox……Tally count….Me 19, Steve 16 and you at 9……all decent totals. I liked both of your 10s….but neither would rank that high in my mind. As for August Osage Country….a good movie but what a downer. Glad his television work has shined on him…..seems he is having a good career shifting from movies to television and back. Good stuff as always.

      Reply
  2. Steve Lensman says:
    July 8, 2018 at 11:50 am

    Benedict Cumberbatch, a good actor, always worth watching. I became a fan from his BBC Sherlock series. He is excellent as Stephen Strange in the Marvel comic book movies.

    I’ve seen 16 of the 22 films on the list. Favorites are – Star Trek Into Darkness (an excellent Trek villain), Dr. Strange, Infinity War, Thor Ragnarok and The Hobbit 2 & 3 (great voice work for the dragon Smaug).

    I’ll recommend ‘Starter for 10’ which features early roles for Cumberbatch and James McAvoy both looking very young in this fun movie about “a university student who wins a place on a University Challenge quiz team.”

    Good work Bruce. Vote Up.

    Reply
    1. Cogerson says:
      July 9, 2018 at 11:48 pm

      Hey Steve
      1. I think his double whammy roles of Holmes and Strange are making him a big international star.
      2. I liked him in the Infinity Wars…..but was not a huge fan of the Doctor Strange movie.
      3. Tally count…..16 is awesome…..it is only 3 behind my even more awesome total of 19….lol.
      4. I had no idea I had seen so many of his movies.
      5. I agree with you about his voice work as Smaug….especially in the 2nd part of that trilogy.
      6. Starter For 10….is one of the three Cumberbatch movies that I have missed….I will have to check that one out.
      Thanks for the feedback and the vote up.

      Reply
  3. BOB ROY to BRUCE says:
    July 8, 2018 at 5:48 am

    HI BRUCE

    Good to see you profiling this massively talented thespian of perhaps no great box office worth at the moment but highly entertaining to watch nonetheless.

    Until you produced this page I hadn’t realized Benedict had mad so many movies. I never saw him as Holmes on TV but watched him in the movie The Imitation Game [unfortunately consigned to Art House release over here] and was just very recently enthralled by his performance in the TV mini series Patrick Melrose.

    I think that the only movie on your list above that I can recall seeing him in [Imitation Game aside] is The Other Boleyn Girl about Henry 8th’s famous Anne and her sister.

    This new page is most welcome and is therefore “Voted Up!”

    Reply
    1. BOB ROY to BRUCE says:
      July 8, 2018 at 11:56 am

      HI BRUCE Apologies for spelling Benedict’s name wrong in my earlier post

      Reply
      1. Cogerson says:
        July 9, 2018 at 11:40 pm

        Hey Bob….I fixed that error…..so now this comment makes no sense….but I am your sure comments are used to that….lol.

        Reply
    2. Cogerson says:
      July 9, 2018 at 11:44 pm

      Hey Bob
      1. Thanks for checking out our latest page.
      2. Seems his career has really taken off the last few years. His Doctor Strange role will put him in the spotlight for at least two more blockbusters.
      3. I have not seen him as Holmes or in the mini-series Patrick Melrose….but I will check them out eventually.
      4. He was awesome in Imitation Game. Other roles I really enjoyed of his would be Black Mass (as Depp’s brother), his Star Trek role and The Fifth Estate (but based on the numbers…not many agree with me).
      5. Thanks for the feedback and the Lensman Vote Up.

      Reply

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