Want to know the best Ice Cube movies? How about the worst Ice Cube movies? Curious about Ice Cube’s box office grosses or which Ice Cube movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Ice Cube movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.
Ice Cube (1969-) is an American rapper, record producer, actor, and filmmaker. He began his career as a member of the hip-hop groups C.I.A. and N.W.A. After leaving N.W.A in 1979, he built a successful solo career in music and films. This page is going to take a statistical look at Ice Cube’s movie career. His IMDb page shows over 40 acting credits since 1991. This page will rank Ice Cube movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Cameos, shorts and television appearances were not included in the rankings.
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Ice Cube 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
2015
Straight Outta Compton (2015)
2012
21 Jump Street (2012)
1991
Boyz N the Hood (1991)
2014
22 Jump Street (2014)
1999
Three Kings (1999)
2023
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023)
Voice Only
2002
Barbershop (2002)
2004
Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004)
2014
Ride Along (2014)
2014
The Book of Life (2014)
Voice Only
1997
Anaconda (1997)
2016
Barbershop: The Next Cut (2016)
2000
Next Friday (2000)
1995
Higher Learning (1995)
1995
Friday (1995)
2016
Ride Along 2 (2016)
2005
Are We There Yet? (2005)
2005
Beauty Shop (2005)
1993
CB4 (1993)
1992
Trespass (1992)
2002
Friday After Next (2002)
2017
xXx: Return of Xander Cage (2017)
2011
Rampart (2011)
2002
All About the Benjamins (2002)
2007
Are We Done Yet? (2007)
1994
The Glass Shield (1994)
1998
The Players Club (1998)
2008
First Sunday (2008)
2020
The High Note (2020)
Working Title Covid VOD
2010
Lottery Ticket (2010)
2017
Fist Fight (2017)
2004
Torque (2004)
1999
Thicker Than Water (1999)
2005
XXX: State of the Union (2005)
2009
The Janky Promoters (2009)
2008
The Longshots (2008)
2001
Ghosts of Mars (2001)
1997
Dangerous Ground (1997)
1998
I Got the Hook Up (1998)
2025
War of the Worlds (2025)
Amazon
Ice Cube 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 Ice Cube movies by co-stars of his movies
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- Sort Ice Cube 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 Ice Cube movie received.
- Sort Ice Cube 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.
- Use the sort and search buttons to make this table very interactive
| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 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 | UMR Score | S |
| 1 | Straight Outta Compton (2015) | O'Shea Jackson as Ice Cube | 161.20 | 239.0 | 299.00 | 19 | 84 | 01 / 00 | 98.2 | |
| 3 | 21 Jump Street (2012) | Channing Tatum & Jonah Hill |
138.40 | 217.4 | 316.60 | 21 | 79 | 00 / 00 | 97.0 | |
| 4 | Boyz N the Hood (1991) | Cuba Gooding, Jr. & Directed by John Singleton |
57.50 | 170.7 | 170.80 | 22 | 84 | 02 / 00 | 96.0 | |
| 2 | 22 Jump Street (2014) | Jonah Hill & Channing Tatum |
191.70 | 293.3 | 506.90 | 14 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 95.7 | |
| 5 | Three Kings (1999) | George Clooney & Mark Wahlberg |
60.70 | 149.8 | 266.20 | 39 | 86 | 00 / 00 | 94.5 | |
| 6 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023) Voice Only |
Seth Rogen & Paul Rudd |
118.00 | 128.6 | 189.90 | 22 | 84 | 00 / 00 | 92.3 | |
| 6 | Barbershop (2002) | Cedric the Entertainer | 75.80 | 163.3 | 166.10 | 35 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 89.1 | |
| 8 | Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004) | Cedric the Entertainer | 65.10 | 131.1 | 132.60 | 46 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 84.8 | |
| 10 | Ride Along (2014) | Kevin Hart | 134.90 | 206.5 | 236.30 | 21 | 42 | 00 / 00 | 84.5 | |
| 10 | The Book of Life (2014) Voice Only |
Channing Tatum & Zoe Saldana |
50.20 | 76.7 | 152.70 | 70 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 82.8 | |
| 12 | Anaconda (1997) | Jennifer Lopez & Owen Wilson |
65.90 | 179.4 | 372.80 | 21 | 41 | 00 / 00 | 80.9 | |
| 9 | Barbershop: The Next Cut (2016) | Common & Cedric the Entertainer |
54.00 | 78.1 | 79.50 | 65 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 80.5 | |
| 14 | Next Friday (2000) | Ice Cube & Mike Epps |
57.30 | 133.0 | 133.00 | 44 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 79.9 | |
| 13 | Higher Learning (1995) | Omar Epps & Laurence Fishburne |
38.30 | 110.0 | 110.00 | 44 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 79.6 | |
| 15 | Friday (1995) | Chris Tucker | 27.50 | 78.9 | 80.30 | 63 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 79.2 | |
| 16 | Ride Along 2 (2016) | Kevin Hart | 91.20 | 131.8 | 180.10 | 34 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 77.6 | |
| 17 | Are We There Yet? (2005) | Jay Mohr | 82.70 | 161.5 | 161.50 | 24 | 38 | 00 / 00 | 75.3 | |
| 18 | Beauty Shop (2005) | Kevin Bacon | 36.40 | 71.0 | 74.90 | 76 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 65.4 | |
| 20 | CB4 (1993) | Chris Rock | 18.00 | 54.2 | 54.20 | 80 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 61.5 | |
| 19 | Trespass (1992) | Ice-T & Bill Paxton |
13.20 | 39.9 | 39.90 | 86 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 59.9 | |
| 22 | Friday After Next (2002) | Mike Epps | 33.30 | 71.7 | 71.70 | 79 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 56.6 | |
| 24 | xXx: Return of Xander Cage (2017) | Vin Diesel | 44.90 | 62.6 | 482.40 | 62 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 52.4 | |
| 21 | Rampart (2011) | Woody Harrelson | 1.00 | 1.5 | 2.40 | 196 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 51.8 | |
| 25 | All About the Benjamins (2002) | Eva Mendes | 25.90 | 55.9 | 55.90 | 96 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 48.6 | |
| 27 | Are We Done Yet? (2007) | Nia Long & John C. McGinley |
49.70 | 90.2 | 90.20 | 53 | 40 | 00 / 00 | 47.6 | |
| 23 | The Glass Shield (1994) | Lori Petty & Michael Boatman |
3.30 | 10.1 | 10.10 | 155 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 47.3 | |
| 28 | The Players Club (1998) | Jamie Foxx & Terrence Howard |
23.00 | 61.4 | 62.00 | 75 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 42.3 | |
| 29 | First Sunday (2008) | Tracy Morgan & Katt Williams |
37.90 | 66.0 | 67.60 | 76 | 44 | 00 / 00 | 41.6 | |
| 29 | The High Note (2020) Working Title Covid VOD |
Dakota Johnson | 0.10 | 0.1 | 2.10 | 341 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 37.2 | |
| 30 | Lottery Ticket (2010) | Bow Wow | 24.70 | 39.2 | 39.20 | 105 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 36.3 | |
| 33 | Fist Fight (2017) | Charlie Day | 32.20 | 44.9 | 57.30 | 76 | 42 | 00 / 00 | 22.6 | |
| 33 | Torque (2004) | Adam Scott | 21.20 | 42.7 | 42.70 | 102 | 42 | 00 / 00 | 21.1 | |
| 31 | Thicker Than Water (1999) | Fat Joe & Mack 10 |
0.10 | 0.3 | 0.30 | 256 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 21.0 | |
| 36 | XXX: State of the Union (2005) | Samuel L. Jackson | 26.90 | 52.5 | 138.70 | 99 | 38 | 00 / 00 | 19.5 | |
| 35 | The Janky Promoters (2009) | Mike Epps | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 376 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 18.1 | |
| 35 | The Longshots (2008) | Keke Palmer | 11.50 | 20.1 | 20.50 | 141 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 17.7 | |
| 37 | Ghosts of Mars (2001) | Jason Statham | 8.70 | 19.3 | 31.00 | 134 | 43 | 00 / 00 | 11.9 | |
| 38 | Dangerous Ground (1997) | Elizabeth Hurley | 5.30 | 14.4 | 14.40 | 143 | 42 | 00 / 00 | 8.9 | |
| 39 | I Got the Hook Up (1998) | Master P | 10.30 | 27.5 | 27.50 | 117 | 34 | 00 / 00 | 5.6 | |
| 40 | War of the Worlds (2025) Amazon |
Eva Longoria | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 203 | 20 | 00 / 00 | 0.1 |
Possibly Interesting Facts About Ice Cube
1. O’Shea Jackson was born on June 15, 1969 in Los Angeles, in the South Central area.
2. How O’Shea Jackson became Ice Cube: His first stage name was Purple Ice, because he was a fan of Prince and Ice-T. Eventually he decided to change his name. One day a luke warm soda, a glass and an a ice cube tray created the magic. He moved Ice to the front of his name and Cube to the back….and thus Ice Cube was born.
3. Ice Cube’s favorite movies are: 1972’s The Godfather, 1941;s Citizen Kane, 1983’s Trading Places, 1977’s Star Wars and 1975’s Jaws.
4. Ice Cube has been married one time. He has four children. O’Shea Jackson got to play his father in 2015’s Straight Outta Compton
5. Ice Cube has had 9 movies open up as the number one movie in North America.
6. Ice Cube’s movies have grossed over $2 billion when looking at adjusted domestic box office gross.
7 Ice Cube has 8 IMDb writing credits. His first movie director, John Singleton, Ice Cube to write screenplays – which resulted in the successful ‘Friday’ film series.
8. Check out Ice Cube‘s career compared to current and classic actors. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.
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This by far was one of the best Ice Cube Movies. It was relevant to whats going on in Chicago and what goes on in Barbershops (where men and women come to vent without being criticized). It was truly a great movie. I highly suggest everyone to see it. Ice Cube is a great screen producer.
Thanks for the mini-review Kenya….I will have to check it out. Ice Cube has become one of the most successful people working in Hollywood….it is truly impressive.
He is the man, going to see his latest movie tonight.
Hope you enjoyed it….it is getting some great reviews.
Ice… Cube? That legendary actor of stage and screen? At least we’re getting some diversity here. 🙂
33 films? Deeamn! That’s cool bro. I’ve seen just 7 of them though, let me list them – 21 & 22 Jump Street, Anaconda, Ghosts of Mars,Three Kings, Trespass and XXX: State of the Union. Did I see Boyz N the Hood? Can’t remember.
Lots of films there I have never heard of.
Looking at trivia – Cube’s got a good taste in films, they’re among my favorites too.
Nice work Bruce. Voted Up!
Hey Steve
1. Ice Cube has turned into a pretty bankable star. I bet his Barbershop movie is a surprise hit. Even exceeding my predictions here.
2. 33 movies is pretty impressive….Warren Beatty made 22 movies in 55 years….Ice has made 33 in 25 years….and he has 5 more coming soon.
3. I have seen 11 of his movies…for a 33% view rate.
4. I liked his favorite movies too.
As always thanks for checking in.
Ice Cube is not in Straight Outta Compton. He is a major player in the movie but his son plays him. Ice Cube is no where to be found. Just saying.
These are films Ice Cube did in any role of the film. For example, David O Selznick made Gone with the Wind. He did not appear in it.
Hey Flora…that was my thinking too. Thanks for the return comment.
Hey Ralph….you are 100% correct he does not act in Straight Outta Compton. But it is impossible not to think of Ice Cube when watching that very entertaining movie. Thanks for the comment and the visit.
Goodness he has been a busy actor. I had no idea he has so many movies. He is a dual threat music and movies.
I know him from his TV career on SVU. I used to watch that. That’s it.
Hey Flora. Thanks for checking out a very modern day actor. It is appreciated.
Hey Helakoski….I was equally surprised that he had so many movies. I give him lots of credit….he is a very talented person. Conquering two entertainment fields is very impressive. Thanks for the comments.
I agree. He is very talented.