Want to know the best Hans Zimmer movies? How about the worst Hans Zimmer movies? Curious about Hans Zimmer box office grosses or which Hans Zimmer movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Hans Zimmer movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.
Hans Zimmer (1957-) is a Oscar® winning German film score composer and record producer. Since the 1980s, he has composed music for over 150 films. His works include The Lion King, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Original Score in 1995, the Pirates of the Caribbean series, The Thin Red Line, Gladiator, The Last Samurai, and The Dark Knight Trilogy.
His IMDb page shows over 190 composing credits since 1984. This page will rank 113 Hans Zimmer movies. Movies will be ranked from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts and documentaries were not included in the rankings. Since it is his music that has made him famous…we figured we should include a You Tube video that can be listened to while you check out his massive and incredible movie career.
Hans Zimmer Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
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I have done very well in catching up with numerous films of Hans over the years though I suppose that could be said to be unavoidable as his filmography is enormous as reflected in the above comprehensive table. [Accompanying video was a nice touch.]
The pollster guys have obviously warmed to Hans as in 3 separate current lists of all-time great film musicians that I have just consulted he is ranked 2nd, 5th and 14th – a fine average placing of 7th.
IMDB credits him with a whopping 120 film awards and 237 noms. As all true connoisseurs of film music well know The Master dabbled in that field as one of his career multi-functions, and IMDB credits Hirsch with 2 wins and 6 noms.
Hans’ net worth is said to be $90 million. I can find no record of Joel’s lifetime wealth but perhaps he thought it prudent to keep it secret given that he crucified the poor Mumbler for wanting to earn enough money to put food on the table.
I found this page very interesting and informative so I give it a well-deserved “Vote Up!”. My own top 15 favourite films among the multitude of movies with which Hans has been involved are-
Man of Steel/Gladiator/As Good as it Gets/Batman Begins/Hannibal/Driving Miss Myrna/A league of Their Own/Crimson Tide/Something’s Gotta Give/Days of Thunder/Holiday/Green Card/Drop Zone/Frost and Nixon/and especially Regarding Henry.
Well Hans is ahead of John Williams, he has scored films with 97 (!!!) Oscar winners.
ADRIEN BRODY The Thin Red Line (1998)
ANGELINA JOLIE Kung Fu Panda (2008)
ANGELINA JOLIE Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)
ANGELINA JOLIE KUNG FU PANDA 3 (2016)
ANGELINA JOLIE Shark Tale (2004)
ANNE BANCROFT Point of No Return (1993)
ANNE HATHAWAY INTERSTELLAR (2014)
ANNE HATHAWAY The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
ANTHONY HOPKINS Hannibal (2001)
ANTHONY HOPKINS Mission: Impossible II (2000)
BEN JOHNSON Radio Flyer (1992)
BEN KINGSLEY Thunderbirds (2004)
BENICIO DEL TORO The Fan (1996)
BENICIO DEL TORO THE LITTLE PRINCE (2016)
BENICIO DEL TORO The Pledge (2001)
BRIE LARSON PEARL HARBOR (2001)
CHARLIZE THERON THE LAST FACE (2016)
CHRIS COOPER THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 (2014)
CHRISTIAN BALE Batman Begins (2005)
CHRISTIAN BALE The Dark Knight (2008)
CHRISTOPHER WALKEN True Romance (1993)
CLIFF ROBERTSON Renaissance Man (1994)
CLORIS LEACHMAN Spanglish (2004)
CUBA GOODING JR. As Good as It Gets (1997)
CUBA GOODING JR. Chill Factor (1999)
CUBA GOODING JR. Pearl Harbor (2001)
DANIEL DAY-LEWIS My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)
DENZEL WASHINGTON Crimson Tide (1995)
DENZEL WASHINGTON The Preacher’s Wife (1996)
DIANE KEATON Something’s Gotta Give (2003)
DUSTIN HOFFMAN Kung Fu Panda (2008)
DUSTIN HOFFMAN Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)
DUSTIN HOFFMAN KUNG FU PANDA 3 (2016)
DUSTIN HOFFMAN Rain Man (1988)
ELLEN BURSTYN INTERSTELLAR (2014)
EMMA THOMPSON Pirate Radio (2009)
EVA MARIE SAINT Winter’s Tale (2014)
FAYE DUNAWAY Burning Secret (1988)
FRANCES MCDORMAND Beyond Rangoon (1995)
FRANCES MCDORMAND Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (2012)
FRANCES MCDORMAND Something’s Gotta Give (2003)
GARY OLDMAN Batman Begins (2005)
GARY OLDMAN Hannibal (2001)
GARY OLDMAN The Dark Knight (2008)
GARY OLDMAN True Romance (1993)
GEENA DAVIS A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN (1992)
GEENA DAVIS THELMA & LOUISE (1991)
GENE HACKMAN Crimson Tide (1995)
GEOFFREY RUSH Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007)
GEOFFREY RUSH Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006)
GEOFFREY RUSH Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
GEORGE CLOONEY The Peacemaker (1997)
GEORGE CLOONEY The Thin Red Line (1998)
GEORGE KENNEDY Nightmare at Noon (1988)
GOLDIE HAWN Bird on a Wire (1990)
HELEN HUNT AS GOOD AS IT GETS (1997)
HELEN MIRREN The Pledge (2001)
HELEN MIRREN The Prince of Egypt (1998)
HELEN MIRREN WOMAN IN GOLD (2015)
HOLLY HUNTER BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE (2016)
J. K. SIMMONS KUNG FU PANDA 3 (2016)
J. K. SIMMONS Megamind (2010)
JACK NICHOLSON As Good as It Gets (1997)
JACK NICHOLSON How Do You Know (2010)
JACK NICHOLSON Something’s Gotta Give (2003)
JACK NICHOLSON The Pledge (2001)
JAMIE FOXX Toys (1992)
JASON ROBARDS Crimson Tide (1995)
JAVIER BARDEM THE LAST FACE (2016)
JEFF BRIDGES THE LITTLE PRINCE (2016)
JENNIFER CONNELLY The Dilemma (2011)
JENNIFER CONNELLY Winter’s Tale (2014)
JENNIFER LAWRENCE The Burning Plain (2008)
JEREMY IRONS BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE (2016)
JEREMY IRONS The House of the Spirits (1993)
JEREMY IRONS The Lion King (1994)
JESSICA TANDY Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
JIM BROADBENT Smilla’s Sense of Snow (1997)
JOHN GIELGUD The Power of One (1992)
JON VOIGHT Pearl Harbor (2001)
JUDI DENCH Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
JULIA ROBERTS Something to Talk About (1995)
JULIANNE MOORE FREEHELD (2015)
JULIANNE MOORE Hannibal (2001)
JULIANNE MOORE Nine Months (1995)
JULIE CHRISTIE Fools of Fortune (1990)
KATE WINSLET The Holiday (2006)
KEVIN KLINE The Road to El Dorado (2000)
KIM BASINGER The Burning Plain (2008)
LEONARDO DICAPRIO Inception (2010)
LUPITA NYONG’O 12 YEARS A SLAVE (2013)
MAHERSHALA ALI HIDDEN FIGURES (2016)
MARION COTILLARD Inception (2010)
MARION COTILLARD The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
MARION COTILLARD THE LITTLE PRINCE (2016)
MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY INTERSTELLAR (2014)
MERYL STREEP The House of the Spirits (1993)
MICHAEL CAINE Batman Begins (2005)
MICHAEL CAINE INTERSTELLAR (2014)
MICHAEL CAINE The Dark Knight (2008)
MICHAEL CAINE The Weather Man (2005)
MICHAEL DOUGLAS Black Rain (1989/I)
MORGAN FREEMAN Batman Begins (2005)
MORGAN FREEMAN Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
MORGAN FREEMAN The Dark Knight (2008)
MORGAN FREEMAN The Power of One (1992)
NICOLAS CAGE Matchstick Men (2003)
NICOLAS CAGE The Rock (1996)
NICOLAS CAGE The Weather Man (2005)
NICOLE KIDMAN Days of Thunder (1990)
NICOLE KIDMAN The Peacemaker (1997)
OCTAVIA SPENCER HIDDEN FIGURES (2016)
PATRICIA ARQUETTE BEYOND RANGOON (2005)
PATRICIA ARQUETTE TRUE ROMANCE (1993)
PENELOPE CRUZ Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN Pirate Radio (2009)
REESE WITHERSPOON How Do You Know (2010)
RENEE ZELLWEGER Shark Tale (2004)
ROBERT DE NIRO Backdraft (1991)
ROBERT DE NIRO Shark Tale (2004)
ROBERT DE NIRO The Fan (1996)
ROBERT DUVALL Days of Thunder (1990)
ROBERT DUVALL Something to Talk About (1995)
ROBERT DUVALL WIDOWS (2018)
ROBIN WILLIAMS Nine Months (1995)
ROBIN WILLIAMS Toys (1992)
RUSSELL CROWE Gladiator (2000)
RUSSELL CROWE Winter’s Tale (2014)
SALLY FIELD THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 (2014)
SAM ROCKWELL Frost/Nixon (2008)
SAM ROCKWELL Matchstick Men (2003)
SANDRA BULLOCK The Prince of Egypt (1998)
SEAN CONNERY The Rock (1996)
SEAN PENN The Thin Red Line (1998)
SUSAN SARANDON Thelma & Louise (1991)
TIM ROBBINS Twister (1989)
TOM HANKS A League of Their Own (1992)
TOM HANKS Angels & Demons (2009)
TOM HANKS INFERNO (2016)
TOM HANKS Radio Flyer (1992)
TOM HANKS The Da Vinci Code (2006)
VANESSA REDGRAVE Smilla’s Sense of Snow (1997)
VANESSA REDGRAVE The House of the Spirits (1993)
VANESSA REDGRAVE The Pledge (2001)
VIOLA DAVIS WIDOWS (2018)
WHOOPI GOLDBERG The Lion King (1994)