Want to know the best Christian Bale movies? How about the worst Christian Bale movies? Curious about Christian Bale’s box office grosses or which Christian Bale movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Christian Bale movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information and much much more.
I have been a huge Christian Bale fan ever since I saw him in Steven Spielberg’s Empire of the Sun. The first time I saw Empire of the Sun, I thought it was two child actors playing the role of Jamie Graham. It was just Bale. The movie covers World War II over the years 1937 to 1945. In my opinion it is one of the best performances from a child actor ever
As he got older, Bale graduated from mostly supporting roles to lead actor by 2000’s American Psycho. In 2005 he was cast as Bruce Wayne in the Batman reboot. This reboot has produced monster hits in Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. He played Bruce Wayne/Batman three times in The Dark Knight trilogy. Since becoming Batman, Bale has also managed to star in the hits The Prestige, 3:10 to Yuma, and Terminator Salvation. Christian Bale’s The Fighter won him the Academy Award® and Golden Globe® as Best Supporting Actor for The Fighter. About the only bad thing to happen to Bale in the last few years is the release of his infamous rant on the set of Terminator Salvation.
His IMDb page shows over 50 acting credits since 1986. This page will rank Christian Bale movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television appearances, shorts, cameos and movies that were not released in theaters were not included in the rankings.
Christian Bale Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Christian Bale 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 Christian Bale movies by titles and that movie’s trailers
- Sort Christian Bale movies by co-stars of his movies
- Sort Christian Bale movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost
- Sort Christian Bale movies by yearly domestic box office rank
- Sort Christian Bale 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 Christian Bale movie received.
- Sort Christian Bale 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.
- If Co-Star has a link…it will take you to that person’s UMR page
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I just watched The Fighter and he earned his Academy Award, very cool list of Bale movies
Thank you Cole for the compliment
I, too have followed Christian Bale’s career closely since seeing him in Empire of the Sun. He is truly a consummate actor.
I agree justmesuzanne, i am glad he can he brought home Oscar gold …thanks for reading
Empire of the Sun was my favourite film for years after i saw it in the cinema. i must have watched it about a million times since! I was so glad when he broke through and made it as an adult actor. Great article!
Thank you Clare-Louise…in the States, Empire of the Sun is pretty much a forgotten film…..which I do not understand at all….thanks for reading and commenting
the machine,prestige,batman movies(there prequils not reboots) wait I like most of his movies. I cant wait to see the figher ans by the way great article.
thanks for stopping by and commenting…optimus
Christian Bale is also my favorite actor of all time….his range is impressive. Movies like “The Machinist” and “The Fighter”, while gritty, show off his versatility. He’s able to get super yoked for shows like “Reign of Fire” and then all skinny for movies like “The Machinist”. I think he does best in his edgier roles like “Harsh Times”(It’s here where I disagree with a lot of folks)and “The Fighter”. “Batman Begins” is great, but a little too part of a franchise for me to take Bale seriously in.
Good points frynch…..I like when he takes chances….Rescue Dawn is another great example of him getting “super yoked”