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Billy Bob Thornton (1955-) is an Oscar®-winning American actor, writer and director. Thornton gained international attention after writing, directing, and starring 1996’s Sling Blade. Sling Blade earned him an Academy Award® for Best Adapted Screenplay and was nominated for an Academy Award® for Best Actor. His IMDb page shows over 120 credits since 1986. This page will rank Billy Bob Thornton movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos, uncredited roles, and movies that were not released in North American were not included in the rankings. And there are a lot of those movies.
Billy Bob Thornton Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
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Love Billy Bob. My Top 5: Sling Blade, Eagle Eye, Tombstone, Bandits & Pushing Tin.
Thank you Taylor….a very good Top 5……Tombstone is one of my all-time favorites…while I enjoy Pushing Tin as well. Not a huge fan of Bandits….which I saw in theaters. Sling Blade has a great Billy Bob performance…but it is not one of my favorites.
Billy Bob! Good actor, good subject for UMRness.
I’ve seen 11 of the 40 films on the chart, less than I thought. Favorites are – Armageddon, Tombstone, Bandits, Bad Santa, On Deadly Ground and Puss in Boots.
Looking at the critics chart, I haven’t seen any of the top 5. Sling Blade passed me by, funny but I don’t recognise Billy Bob in that photo from Sling Blade you posted at the top. Maybe it’s the jutting lower jaw? I dunno.
Good work Bruce. Vote Up!
Hey Steve….thanks for the comment and tally count. Tally count: 29 for Cogerson, 15 for bob cox and 11 for you. Wow….so a On Deadly Ground finally speaks out…..lol. I actually saw that one in theaters….mainly because of Michael Caine. Billy Bob does a great job of changing his look in Sling Blade. Thanks for the vote up and the visit…good stuff as always.
i saw 15 including 12 of top 19. 10 and favorite Armageddon a remarkable 48% UMR review with over 1 billion world wide box office. 9 and favorite tombstone, 9s not favorites: the judge. primary colors, the apostle. all 5 are relatively hidden gems. more hidden gems: sling blade, the man who wasn’t there, intolerable cruelty, dead man, bandits. all 7s.
3 movies not on UMR :love actually, eagle eye, for the boys.
for me, an amazing 16 of 18 are worth watching, not on deadly ground with stephen segal ( to be avoided by Bobs )and ice harvest with john cusack down rated due to unnecessary nudity and stupidity.
billy bob seems to make every movie better. incredible how he has not made a highly rated UMR movie (3.5/5 or higher) other than puss and boots in 16 years. a brilliant brief 12 year shooting star.
Hey bob cox…thanks for the thoughts on Billy Bob. Tally count…15 for you…29 for me. Damn….you are correct….those movies are indeed missing…..that was my fault for rushing to add more actors and actresses in the book…..I will add them into the table as soon as I do this comment. Right there with you on Armageddon…a true popcorn movie that got destroyed by movie critics…but loved by movie goers. I actually saw Ice Harvest in theaters…I kept waiting for it to get better….well…I am still waiting…lol. Good comment.
Billy Bob Thornton is # 421 on the 2020 Oracle of Bacon list. These are the other actors on the list he has appeared with.
4 MICHAEL CAINE On Deadly Ground (1994)
6 MARTIN SHEEN Grey Knight (1993)
8 JOHN HURT Dead Man (1995)
8 JOHN HURT JAYNE MANSFIELD’S CAR (2013)
17 MICHAEL MADSEN The Winner (1996)
17 MICHAEL MADSEN Trouble Bound (1993)
20 MORGAN FREEMAN Levity (2003)
27 ALFRED MOLINA Dead Man (1995)
27 ALFRED MOLINA WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT (2016)
31 ROBERT DUVALL JAYNE MANSFIELD’S CAR (2013)
31 ROBERT DUVALL Sling Blade (1996)
31 ROBERT DUVALL The Apostle (1997)
31 ROBERT DUVALL THE JUDGE (2014)
31 ROBERT DUVALL The Stars Fell on Henrietta (1995)
38 CHARLTON HESTON Armageddon (1998)
38 CHARLTON HESTON Tombstone (1993)
40 UDO KIER Armageddon (1998)
48 JOHNNY DEPP Dead Man (1995)
48 JOHNNY DEPP LONDON FIELDS (2018)
51 BRUCE WILLIS Armageddon (1998)
51 BRUCE WILLIS Bandits (2001)
51 BRUCE WILLIS The Astronaut Farmer (2006)
56 SUSAN SARANDON Mr. Woodcock (2007)
57 HARRY DEAN STANTON Chrystal (2004)
64 JOHN MALKOVICH CUT BANK (2015)
73 VAL KILMER Tombstone (1993)
75 LIAM NEESON ENTOURAGE (2015)
75 LIAM NEESON Love Actually (2003)
80 MARTIN LANDAU ENTOURAGE (2015)
81 ROBERT MITCHUM Dead Man (1995)
81 ROBERT MITCHUM Tombstone (1993)
84 BRUCE DERN CUT BANK (2015)
84 BRUCE DERN The Astronaut Farmer (2006)
89 DANNY TREJO Bound by Honor (1993)
103 GABRIEL BYRNE Dead Man (1995)
122 DENNIS QUAID The Alamo (2004)
123 JOHN GOODMAN DRUNK STONED BRILLIANT DEAD: THE STORY OF THE NATIONAL LAMPOON (2015)
129 SEAN PENN U Turn (1997)
130 STEVE BUSCEMI Armageddon (1998)
130 STEVE BUSCEMI Floundering (1994)
140 MICKEY ROURKE The Informers (2008)
142 LANCE HENRIKSEN Dead Man (1995)
147 RICHARD JENKINS Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
147 RICHARD JENKINS The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001)
150 KEITH DAVID Armageddon (1998)
150 KEITH DAVID Princess Mononoke (1997)
152 WOODY HARRELSON Indecent Proposal (1993)
155 SCOTT GLENN RED MACHINE (2015)
159 PETER STORMARE Armageddon (1998)
164 NICK NOLTE U Turn (1997)
170 JON VOIGHT U Turn (1997)
175 GEORGE SEGAL For the Boys (1991)
176 STEPHEN LANG TOMBSTONE (1993)
177 KATHY BATES BAD SANTA 2 (2016)
177 KATHY BATES Primary Colors (1998)
187 JAMES EARL JONES Primary Colors (1998)
191 PETER FONDA South of Heaven, West of Hell (2000)
196 CLORIS LEACHMAN Bad Santa (2003)
198 JOHN CUSACK Floundering (1994)
198 JOHN CUSACK Pushing Tin (1999)
198 JOHN CUSACK The Ice Harvest (2005)
203 BILL MURRAY DRUNK STONED BRILLIANT DEAD: THE STORY OF THE NATIONAL LAMPOON (2015)
204 MIKE STARR BAD SANTA 2 (2016)
204 MIKE STARR On Deadly Ground (1994)
204 MIKE STARR The Ice Harvest (2005)
221 SEYMOUR CASSEL Indecent Proposal (1993)
221 SEYMOUR CASSEL Trouble Bound (1993)
227 BILL NIGHY Love Actually (2003)
229 KURT RUSSELL Tombstone (1993)
234 RANDY QUAID The Ice Harvest (2005)
238 COLIN FIRTH Love Actually (2003)
250 BILLY ZANE Going Overboard (1989)
250 BILLY ZANE Tombstone (1993)
251 XANDER BERKELEY For the Boys (1991)
253 RANCE HOWARD The Alamo (2004)
254 ANGELINA JOLIE Pushing Tin (1999)
256 BILL PAXTON A Simple Plan (1998)
256 BILL PAXTON One False Move (1992)
256 BILL PAXTON The Dark Backward (1991)
256 BILL PAXTON Tombstone (1993)
261 ALLISON JANNEY PRIMARY COLORS (1998)
273 SAM ELLIOTT Tombstone (1993)
276 MIRANDA RICHARDSON The Apostle (1997)
278 JASON ISAACS Armageddon (1998)
278 JASON ISAACS LONDON FIELDS (2018)
281 VINCENT D’ONOFRIO THE JUDGE (2014)
281 VINCENT D’ONOFRIO The Winner (1996)
288 OWEN WILSON Armageddon (1998)
291 EDWARD HERRMANN Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
302 JULIETTE LEWIS A MILLION LITTLE PIECES (2019)
311 SCOTT WILSON South of Heaven, West of Hell (2000)
314 PAUL GIAMATTI Parkland (2013)
318 TONY SHALHOUB PRIMARY COLORS (1998)
318 TONY SHALHOUB THE MAN WHO WASN’T THERE (2001)
322 ROBERT REDFORD Indecent Proposal (1993)
323 BRIAN DENNEHY The Stars Fell on Henrietta (1995)
332 OLIVER PLATT CUT BANK (2015)
332 OLIVER PLATT Indecent Proposal (1993)
332 OLIVER PLATT The Ice Harvest (2005)
342 JENNIFER JASON LEIGH The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001)
343 PETER BOYLE Monster’s Ball (2001)
345 ROBERT DOWNEY JR. THE JUDGE (2014)
346 GARY BUSEY ENTOURAGE (2015)
348 WILL PATTON Armageddon (1998)
349 JULIANNE MOORE Eagle Eye (2008)
350 TARA STRONG PRINCESS MONONOKE (1997)
357 BURT YOUNG Going Overboard (1989)
365 ROSARIO DAWSON Eagle Eye (2008)
375 JOHN TRAVOLTA Primary Colors (1998)
381 CATE BLANCHETT Bandits (2001)
381 CATE BLANCHETT Pushing Tin (1999)
382 JUDY GREER ENTOURAGE (2015)
384 BEVERLY D’ANGELO DRUNK STONED BRILLIANT DEAD: THE STORY OF THE NATIONAL LAMPOON (2015)
386 PAUL GUILFOYLE (II) Primary Colors (1998)
388 DEMI MOORE Indecent Proposal (1993)
409 KIM BASINGER The Informers (2008)
412 RICHARD RIEHLE Bandits (2001)
423 BO HOPKINS South of Heaven, West of Hell (2000)
423 BO HOPKINS U Turn (1997)
425 MARK WAHLBERG ENTOURAGE (2015)
445 JAMES GAMMON The Apostle (1997)
456 BEN STILLER SCHOOL FOR SCOUNDRELS (2006)
464 KIRSTEN DUNST Levity (2003)
472 JON POLITO The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001)
476 PENELOPE CRUZ Waking Up in Reno (2002)
480 DIANE LADD Daddy and Them (2001)
480 DIANE LADD Primary Colors (1998)
481 KEIRA KNIGHTLEY Love Actually (2003)
486 JOHN LITHGOW Homegrown (1998)
489 HUGH GRANT Love Actually (2003)
493 HOLLY HUNTER LEVITY (2003)
499 CHRISTOPHER MCDONALD The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001)
504 ROBERT PATRICK Jayne Mansfield’s Car (2013)
507 ROB LOWE THE DARK BACKWARD (1991)
523 CHARLIZE THERON Waking Up in Reno (2002)
529 MARCIA GAY HARDEN Bad News Bears (2005)
529 MARCIA GAY HARDEN Parkland (2013)
538 HANK AZARIA HOMEGROWN (1998)
546 KEVIN BACON DRUNK STONED BRILLIANT DEAD: THE STORY OF THE NATIONAL LAMPOON (2015)
546 KEVIN BACON JAYNE MANSFIELD’S CAR (2013)
557 LUIS GUZMAN School for Scoundrels (2006)
558 MICHAEL WINCOTT Dead Man (1995)
559 RICHARD SCHIFF ENTOURAGE (2015)
570 BEN AFFLECK Armageddon (1998)
570 BEN AFFLECK Daddy and Them (2001)
571 RHYS IFANS THE INFORMERS (2008)
575 WINONA RYDER The Informers (2008)
578 DEBI MAZAR ENTOURAGE (2015)
581 VIRGINIA MADSEN The Astronaut Farmer (2006)
583 DAVID ARQUETTE ENTOURAGE (2015)
583 DAVID ARQUETTE GREY KNIGHT (1993)
588 LOUISE FLETCHER On Deadly Ground (1994)
590 ETHAN HAWKE Floundering (1994)
603 GEORGE CLOONEY Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
605 FRANCES MCDORMAND The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001)
617 GRACE ZABRISKIE Armageddon (1998)
617 GRACE ZABRISKIE Chrystal (2004)
617 GRACE ZABRISKIE THE JUDGE (2014)
636 MICHAEL BIEHN Tombstone (1993)
637 VERA FARMIGA THE JUDGE (2014)
644 MELISSA LEO MR. WOODCOCK (2007)
649 EMMA THOMPSON Love Actually (2003)
649 EMMA THOMPSON Primary Colors (1998)
651 PRUITT TAYLOR VANCE The Smell of Success (2009)
652 VIGGO MORTENSEN Floundering (1994)
653 SCARLETT JOHANSSON The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001)
659 PATRICK SWAYZE Waking Up in Reno (2002)
663 JOAN CHEN ON DEADLY GROUND (1994)
679 PATRICK BAUCHAU The Smell of Success (2009)
682 DYLAN BAKER The Stars Fell on Henrietta (1995)
690 CRISPIN GLOVER DEAD MAN (1995)
694 TOM BOWER The Badge (2002)
696 JAMIE LEE CURTIS Daddy and Them (2001)
696 JAMIE LEE CURTIS Homegrown (1998)
701 KYLE MACLACHLAN THE SMELL OF SUCCESS (2009)
704 MYKELTI WILLIAMSON PRIMARY COLORS (1998)
706 JEREMY PIVEN ENTOURAGE (2015)
706 JEREMY PIVEN Floundering (1994)
711 JARED HARRIS Dead Man (1995)
718 GEORGE TAKAI ENTOURAGE (2015)
729 MATT CLARK Homegrown (1998)
729 MATT CLARK South of Heaven, West of Hell (2000)
732 RICHARD EDSON The Astronaut Farmer (2006)
732 RICHARD EDSON The Smell of Success (2009)
732 RICHARD EDSON The Winner (1996)
738 CHEVY CHASE DRUNK STONED BRILLIANT DEAD: THE STORY OF THE NATIONAL LAMPOON (2015)
739 MICHAEL ROOKER Tombstone (1993)
746 MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL Homegrown (1998)
765 JOHN C. MCGINLEY On Deadly Ground (1994)
770 TIM BLAKE NELSON THE ASTRONAUT FARMER (2006)
773 DAVID KOECHNER WAKING UP IN RENO (2002)
778 J. K. SIMMONS The Astronaut Farmer (2006)
789 MARK BOONE JUNIOR Armageddon (1998)
817 DENISE RICHARDS LOVE ACTUALLY (2003)
819 JON GRIES The Astronaut Farmer (2006)
819 JON GRIES THE SMELL OF SUCCESS (2009)
833 HALLE BERRY Monster’s Ball (2001)
847 CORBIN BERNSEN Grey Knight (1993)
849 JOAQUIM DE ALMEIDA OUR BRAND IS CRISIS (2015)
852 GEOFFREY RUSH Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
853 MICHAEL CLARKE DUNCAN Armageddon (1998)
853 MICHAEL CLARKE DUNCAN SCHOOL FOR SCOUNDRELS (2006)
873 BUD CORT South of Heaven, West of Hell (2000)
878 RICHARD PORTNOW For the Boys (1991)
883 DELROY LINDO THE WINNER (1996)
884 PATRICIA ARQUETTE THE BADGE (2002)
884 PATRICIA ARQUETTE TROUBLE BOUND (1993)
886 WALTON GOGGINS CHRYSTAL (2004)
886 WALTON GOGGINS DADDY AND THEM (2001)
886 WALTON GOGGINS THE APOSTLE (1997)
888 R. LEE ERMEY On Deadly Ground (1994)
904 VINCE VAUGHN For the Boys (1991)
904 VINCE VAUGHN South of Heaven, West of Hell (2000)
905 WILLIAM FICHTNER Armageddon (1998)
919 AIDAN QUINN The Stars Fell on Henrietta (1995)
926 PATRICK O’NEAL For the Boys (1991)
940 J.T. WALSH Sling Blade (1996)
940 J.T. WALSH Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade (1994)
943 BERT REMSEN South of Reno (1988)
946 MARSHALL BELL The Astronaut Farmer (2006)
955 DAVID CROSS SCHOOL FOR SCOUNDRELS (2006)
972 PEDRO ARMENDARIZ JR. Tombstone (1993)
978 LAURA LINNEY LOVE ACTUALLY (2003)
Billy Bob has appeared with 35 Oscar winners.
ALLISON JANNEY PRIMARY COLORS (1998)
ANGELINA JOLIE Pushing Tin (1999)
CATE BLANCHETT Bandits (2001)
CATE BLANCHETT Pushing Tin (1999)
CATHERINE ZETA-JONES Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
CHARLIZE THERON Waking Up in Reno (2002)
CHARLTON HESTON Armageddon (1998)
CHARLTON HESTON Tombstone (1993)
CLORIS LEACHMAN Bad Santa (2003)
COLIN FIRTH Love Actually (2003)
EMMA THOMPSON Love Actually (2003)
EMMA THOMPSON Primary Colors (1998)
FRANCES MCDORMAND The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001)
GEOFFREY RUSH Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
GEORGE CLOONEY Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
HALLE BERRY Monster’s Ball (2001)
HEATH LEDGER MONSTER’S BALL (2001)
HOLLY HUNTER LEVITY (2003)
J. K. SIMMONS The Astronaut Farmer (2006)
JOAQUIN PHOENIX U TURN (1997)
JON VOIGHT U Turn (1997)
JULIANNE MOORE Eagle Eye (2008)
KATHY BATES BAD SANTA 2 (2016)
KATHY BATES Primary Colors (1998)
KIM BASINGER The Informers (2008)
LAURA DERN Daddy and Them (2001)
LOUISE FLETCHER On Deadly Ground (1994)
MARCIA GAY HARDEN Bad News Bears (2005)
MARCIA GAY HARDEN Parkland (2013)
MARTIN LANDAU ENTOURAGE (2015)
MELISSA LEO MR. WOODCOCK (2007)
MICHAEL CAINE On Deadly Ground (1994)
MORGAN FREEMAN Levity (2003)
OCTAVIA SPENCER BAD SANTA (2003)
OCTAVIA SPENCER BAD SANTA 2 (2016)
PATRICIA ARQUETTE THE BADGE (2002)
PATRICIA ARQUETTE TROUBLE BOUND (1993)
PENELOPE CRUZ Waking Up in Reno (2002)
ROBERT DUVALL JAYNE MANSFIELD’S CAR (2013)
ROBERT DUVALL Sling Blade (1996)
ROBERT DUVALL The Apostle (1997)
ROBERT DUVALL THE JUDGE (2014)
ROBERT DUVALL The Stars Fell on Henrietta (1995)
SANDRA BULLOCK OUR BRAND IS CRISIS (2015)
SEAN PENN U Turn (1997)
SUSAN SARANDON Mr. Woodcock (2007)
Hey Dan
1. Thanks as always for the visit and information filled comment.
2. So BBT sits in 421st place….I imagine that number is going down versus going up….as his peak movie days seem behind him.
3. Looking at the first list….Robert Duvall gets the honors as most frequent Oracle co-star. I did not realize they had made 5 movies together.
4. 35 Oscar winning co-stars is pretty good.
5. Some trivia I realized after putting this page together….of the stellar cast of Tombstone….only he and Charlton Heston are Oscar winners from that cast….who would have guessed that when they were making that movie.
6. Good stuff as always.
Great UMR Page
Thank you Mike