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Jeff Bridges (1949-) is an Oscar® winning American actor and singer. He is part of the Bridges acting family….as he is the son of the late Lloyd Bridges (High Noon) and the brother of Beau Bridges (The Fabulous Baker Boys) . The three Bridges have a total of 497 IMDb acting credits. Jeff Bridges has been nominated for 7 Oscars® and 4 Golden Globes®….he won an Oscar® and a Golden Globe® for his role in 2010’s Crazy Heart.
His IMDb page shows over 90 acting credits since 1951. This page will rank Jeff Bridges movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television appearances, cameos and his straight to DVD movies were not included in the rankings.
Jeff Bridges 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
1971
The Last Picture Show (1971)
AA Best Picture Nom
AA Best Supp Actor Nom
2010
True Grit (2010)
AA Best Picture Nom
AA Best Actor Nom
2008
Iron Man (2008)
2003
Seabiscuit (2003)
AA Best Picture Nom
1974
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)
AA Best Supp Actor Nom
2010
TRON: Legacy (2010)
1991
The Fisher King (1991)
1985
Jagged Edge (1985)
1976
King Kong (1976)
1982
Tron (1982)
2016
Hell Or High Water (2016)
AA Best Picture Nom
2009
Crazy Heart (2009)
AA Best Actor Win
1984
Starman (1984)
AA Best Actor Nom
2007
Surf's Up (2007)
2017
Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017)
1988
Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
1989
The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989)
1998
The Big Lebowski (1998)
1984
Against All Odds (1984)
2017
Only The Brave (2017)
1996
The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)
2001
K-PAX (2001)
1986
The Morning After (1986)
1972
Fat City (1972)
1999
Arlington Road (1999)
1973
The Iceman Cometh (1973)
1972
Bad Company (1972)
1993
Fearless (1993)
2000
The Contender (2000)
AA Best Supp Actor Nom
2018
Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)
2015
The Little Prince (2015)
Voice Only
2025
Tron: Ares (2025)
1982
Kiss Me Goodbye (1982)
1981
Cutter's Way (1981)
1979
Winter Kills (1979)
2009
The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009)
1976
Stay Hungry (1976)
1982
The Last Unicorn (1982)
2014
The Giver (2014)
1996
White Squall (1996)
2004
The Door in the Floor (2004)
1994
Blown Away (1994)
1975
Rancho Delux (1975)
1993
American Heart (1993)
1993
The Vanishing (1993)
1973
The Last American Hero (1973)
2006
Stick It (2006)
1999
The Muse (1999)
1980
Heaven's Gate (1980)
2009
A Dog Year (2009)
HBO Movie
1975
Hearts of the West (1975)
1970
Halls of Anger (1970)
1978
Somebody Killed Her Husband (1978)
1980
The American Success Company (1980)
1990
Texasville (1990)
1989
See You in the Morning (1989)
1987
Nadine (1987)
1995
Wild Bill (1995)
1973
Lolly-Madonna XXX (1973)
2008
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)
2001
Scenes of the Crime (2001)
2013
R.I.P.D. (2013)
2009
The Open Road (2009)
2017
The Only Living Boy In New York (2017)
2014
Seventh Son (2014)
2005
Tideland (2005)
2003
Masked and Anonymous (2003)
2005
The Amateurs (2005)
1999
Simpatico (1999)
1986
8 Million Ways to Die (1986)
Jeff Bridges Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
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- Sort Jeff Bridges 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.
| 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 | The Last Picture Show (1971) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Supp Actor Nom |
Ben Johnson & Cloris Leachman |
39.70 | 301.0 | 301.00 | 7 | 87 | 08 / 02 | 99.6 | |
| 2 | True Grit (2010) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Actor Nom |
Matt Damon & Directed by Coen Brothers |
171.10 | 271.0 | 399.40 | 13 | 85 | 10 / 00 | 99.4 | |
| 4 | Iron Man (2008) | Robert Downey Jr. | 318.40 | 554.3 | 1,018.80 | 2 | 89 | 02 / 00 | 98.8 | |
| 3 | Seabiscuit (2003) AA Best Picture Nom |
Tobey Maguire & Elizabeth Banks |
120.30 | 249.3 | 307.50 | 17 | 77 | 07 / 00 | 98.5 | |
| 6 | Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974) AA Best Supp Actor Nom |
Clint Eastwood | 27.60 | 184.3 | 184.30 | 21 | 78 | 01 / 00 | 95.7 | |
| 6 | TRON: Legacy (2010) | Olivia Wilde & Garrett Hedlund |
172.10 | 272.6 | 633.80 | 12 | 58 | 01 / 00 | 90.8 | |
| 9 | The Fisher King (1991) | Robin Williams & Terry Gilliam |
41.90 | 124.4 | 124.40 | 30 | 76 | 05 / 01 | 90.4 | |
| 10 | Jagged Edge (1985) | Glenn Close | 40.50 | 142.6 | 142.60 | 22 | 74 | 01 / 00 | 89.9 | |
| 8 | King Kong (1976) | Jessica Lange & Charles Grodin |
108.60 | 637.6 | 637.60 | 3 | 52 | 02 / 00 | 88.8 | |
| 12 | Tron (1982) | David Warner & Bruce Boxleitner |
33.00 | 140.3 | 212.60 | 22 | 67 | 02 / 00 | 87.5 | |
| 10 | Hell Or High Water (2016) AA Best Picture Nom |
Chris Pine | 27.00 | 39.0 | 54.70 | 99 | 91 | 04 / 00 | 87.3 | |
| 11 | Crazy Heart (2009) AA Best Actor Win |
Robert Duvall & Colin Farrell |
39.50 | 65.8 | 79.00 | 73 | 86 | 03 / 02 | 86.9 | |
| 13 | Starman (1984) AA Best Actor Nom |
Karen Allen | 28.70 | 106.9 | 106.90 | 32 | 76 | 01 / 00 | 86.3 | |
| 14 | Surf's Up (2007) | Shia LaBeouf & Zooey Deschanel |
58.90 | 107.0 | 270.80 | 43 | 73 | 01 / 00 | 85.2 | |
| 16 | Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017) | Julianne Moore & Channing Tatum |
100.20 | 139.7 | 551.20 | 33 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 84.6 | |
| 15 | Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988) | Martin Landau & Directed by Francis Ford Coppola |
19.70 | 59.8 | 59.80 | 49 | 79 | 03 / 00 | 82.2 | |
| 16 | The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989) | Michelle Pfeiffer & Beau Bridges |
18.40 | 58.0 | 58.00 | 57 | 81 | 00 / 00 | 81.7 | |
| 16 | The Big Lebowski (1998) | Julianne Moore & Philip Seymour Hoffman |
17.50 | 46.5 | 105.10 | 91 | 84 | 00 / 00 | 81.6 | |
| 21 | Against All Odds (1984) | James Woods & Richard Widmark |
31.60 | 117.5 | 117.50 | 28 | 57 | 01 / 00 | 79.3 | |
| 18 | Only The Brave (2017) | Josh Brolin & Miles Teller |
18.30 | 25.6 | 32.20 | 103 | 86 | 00 / 00 | 78.8 | |
| 22 | The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996) | Barbra Streisand | 41.10 | 116.2 | 206.10 | 36 | 56 | 02 / 00 | 78.8 | |
| 23 | K-PAX (2001) | Kevin Spacey | 50.30 | 111.4 | 111.40 | 51 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 77.8 | |
| 24 | The Morning After (1986) | Jane Fonda | 25.10 | 84.7 | 84.70 | 39 | 64 | 01 / 00 | 76.6 | |
| 24 | Fat City (1972) | Stacy Keach & Directed by John Huston |
2.60 | 18.9 | 18.90 | 104 | 82 | 01 / 00 | 75.1 | |
| 25 | Arlington Road (1999) | Tim Robbins & Joan Cusack |
24.80 | 61.2 | 61.20 | 77 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 74.0 | |
| 26 | The Iceman Cometh (1973) | Lee Marvin & Robert Ryan |
2.50 | 17.7 | 17.70 | 108 | 81 | 00 / 00 | 73.1 | |
| 26 | Bad Company (1972) | Barry Brown & Jim Davis |
2.30 | 16.7 | 16.70 | 115 | 81 | 00 / 00 | 72.5 | |
| 28 | Fearless (1993) | Rosie Perez & Isabella Rossellini |
7.00 | 21.1 | 21.10 | 123 | 78 | 01 / 00 | 72.2 | |
| 29 | The Contender (2000) AA Best Supp Actor Nom |
Gary Oldman & Joan Allen |
17.90 | 41.4 | 51.90 | 99 | 70 | 02 / 00 | 71.5 | |
| 31 | Bad Times at the El Royale (2018) | Chris Hemsworth | 17.80 | 24.3 | 38.70 | 104 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 68.0 | |
| 30 | The Little Prince (2015) Voice Only |
Paul Rudd & Paul Giamatti |
1.30 | 2.0 | 144.70 | 172 | 81 | 00 / 00 | 67.6 | |
| 32 | Tron: Ares (2025) | Jared Leto | 73.20 | 73.2 | 142.20 | 28 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 66.3 | |
| 35 | Kiss Me Goodbye (1982) | James Caan & Sally Field |
15.80 | 67.1 | 67.10 | 44 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 62.6 | |
| 32 | Cutter's Way (1981) | John Heard & Lisa Eichhorn |
1.70 | 7.8 | 7.80 | 122 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 62.3 | |
| 33 | Winter Kills (1979) | Anthony Perkins & John Huston |
1.10 | 5.4 | 5.40 | 141 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 61.2 | |
| 36 | The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009) | George Clooney & Ewan McGregor |
32.40 | 54.0 | 114.90 | 84 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 60.0 | |
| 34 | Stay Hungry (1976) | Arnold Schwarzenegger & Sally Field |
2.90 | 16.9 | 16.90 | 107 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 59.0 | |
| 38 | The Last Unicorn (1982) | Mia Farrow & Angela Lansbury |
6.50 | 27.4 | 27.40 | 78 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 55.5 | |
| 39 | The Giver (2014) | Meryl Streep | 45.10 | 69.0 | 102.50 | 76 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 55.4 | |
| 40 | White Squall (1996) | Directed by Ridley Scott | 10.30 | 29.1 | 29.10 | 122 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 54.1 | |
| 39 | The Door in the Floor (2004) | Kim Basinger & Elle Fanning |
3.90 | 7.8 | 7.80 | 172 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 54.0 | |
| 43 | Blown Away (1994) | Tommy Lee Jones | 30.20 | 92.4 | 92.40 | 47 | 43 | 00 / 00 | 54.0 | |
| 40 | Rancho Delux (1975) | Sam Waterston | 2.70 | 16.6 | 16.60 | 97 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 51.9 | |
| 42 | American Heart (1993) | Edward Furlong | 0.40 | 1.2 | 1.20 | 205 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 51.2 | |
| 44 | The Vanishing (1993) | Keifer Sutherland | 14.50 | 43.9 | 43.90 | 89 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 46.0 | |
| 45 | The Last American Hero (1973) | Geraldine Fitzgerald & Valerie Perrine |
3.80 | 26.8 | 26.80 | 78 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 44.7 | |
| 49 | Stick It (2006) | Missy Peregrym & Jon Gries |
26.90 | 51.1 | 51.10 | 100 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 42.8 | |
| 46 | The Muse (1999) | Sharon Stone | 11.60 | 28.7 | 28.70 | 114 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 42.5 | |
| 47 | Heaven's Gate (1980) | Christopher Walken & John Hurt |
3.50 | 16.8 | 16.80 | 122 | 58 | 01 / 00 | 38.3 | |
| 50 | A Dog Year (2009) HBO Movie |
Karen Allen | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 308 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 36.8 | |
| 50 | Hearts of the West (1975) | Andy Griffith & Donald Pleasance |
4.80 | 29.6 | 29.60 | 71 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 32.2 | |
| 52 | Halls of Anger (1970) | Calvin Lockhart & Janet MacLachlan |
0.70 | 5.5 | 5.50 | 156 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 30.1 | |
| 53 | Somebody Killed Her Husband (1978) | Farrah Fawcett | 3.90 | 20.8 | 20.80 | 90 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 30.0 | |
| 54 | The American Success Company (1980) | John Glover & Ned Beatty |
1.80 | 8.7 | 8.70 | 146 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 28.2 | |
| 53 | Texasville (1990) | Randy Quaid & Cybill Shepherd |
2.30 | 6.7 | 6.70 | 143 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 25.5 | |
| 54 | See You in the Morning (1989) | Drew Barrymore | 4.80 | 15.1 | 15.10 | 109 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 21.2 | |
| 55 | Nadine (1987) | Kim Basinger | 5.70 | 18.1 | 18.10 | 101 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 15.5 | |
| 58 | Wild Bill (1995) | Bruce Dern | 2.20 | 6.3 | 6.30 | 174 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 14.7 | |
| 57 | Lolly-Madonna XXX (1973) | Robert Ryan & Rod Steiger |
1.00 | 7.0 | 7.00 | 150 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 12.8 | |
| 58 | How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008) | Simon Pegg & Kirsten Dunst |
2.80 | 4.8 | 21.00 | 179 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 12.0 | |
| 61 | Scenes of the Crime (2001) | Morris Chestnut | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.30 | 312 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 11.7 | |
| 61 | R.I.P.D. (2013) | Ryan Reynolds | 33.60 | 51.7 | 120.40 | 84 | 31 | 00 / 00 | 9.8 | |
| 63 | The Open Road (2009) | Justin Timberlake & Ted Danson |
0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 467 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 7.7 | |
| 62 | The Only Living Boy In New York (2017) | Pierce Brosnan & Kate Beckinsale |
0.60 | 0.9 | 3.00 | 193 | 43 | 00 / 00 | 6.1 | |
| 64 | Seventh Son (2014) | Julianne Moore & Ben Barnes |
17.20 | 26.4 | 174.70 | 122 | 34 | 00 / 00 | 5.5 | |
| 66 | Tideland (2005) | Jennifer Tilly & Directed by Terry Gilliam |
0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 312 | 41 | 00 / 00 | 4.7 | |
| 65 | Masked and Anonymous (2003) | John Goodman & Jessica Lange |
0.50 | 1.1 | 1.20 | 207 | 38 | 00 / 00 | 3.6 | |
| 67 | The Amateurs (2005) | Ted Danson & Joe Pantoliano |
0.10 | 0.1 | 0.30 | 317 | 38 | 00 / 00 | 3.3 | |
| 68 | Simpatico (1999) | Sharon Stone & Nick Nolte |
0.90 | 2.3 | 2.30 | 192 | 37 | 00 / 00 | 3.1 | |
| 68 | 8 Million Ways to Die (1986) | Roseanne Arquette | 1.30 | 4.4 | 4.40 | 163 | 35 | 00 / 00 | 2.4 |
Possibly Interesting Facts About Jeff Bridges
1. Jeff Bridges was born Jeffrey Leon Bridges on December 4th 1949 in Los Angeles, California. He is the son of actor Lloyd Bridges and the younger brother of actor Beau Bridges.
2. The three acting Bridges have a total of 477 acting credits on IMDB. Lloyd has 216 credits, Beau has 180 credits and Jeff has 81 credits.
3. After appearing with his father in some television and stage shows, Jeff Bridges starting appearing in movies in 1970. It only took him three movies before he received his first Oscar® nomination for acting. That movie was 1971’s The Last Picture Show.
4. Jeff Bridges has been nominated for 6 Oscars® for acting. Three times for Best Supporting Actor: 1971’s The Last Picture Show, 1974’s Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, and 2000’s The Contender. And three times for Best Actor: 1984’s Starman, 2009’s Crazy Heart and 2010’s True Grit. He won the Oscar® for Best Actor in Crazy Heart.
5. Roles Jeff Bridges turned down or was seriously considered for: Pretty Woman, Taxi Driver, Speed, Fatal Attraction, Total Recall, 12 Monkeys, Jaws, 48 Hours, An Officer and a Gentleman, Escape from New York and 1982’s The Thing.
6. Jeff Bridges has been married one time. In 1977 he married Susan Geston. They have three daughters: Isabelle, Jessica and Hayley.
7. Jeff Bridges is also a singer, cartoonist and photographer. His debut musical album was called Be Here Soon and was released on August 15th 2011. Be Here Soon debuted on Billboard’s 200 in the 25th position. His cartoon artwork can be seen in the movies K-Pax and The Door in the Floor. His photography is mostly taken on film sets and can be seen on his excellent website….http://www.jeffbridges.com/
8. Premiere Magazine ranked his performance as “The Dude” in 1998’s The Big Lebowski as the 90th Greatest Performance of All Time. Not too bad for a film that was quickly dismissed when it was first released. Time however, has been very kind to “The Dude” and The Big Lebowski as it has earned classic status over the last fifteen years.
9. Seven times Jeff Bridges has played a character named “Jack”. His personal favorite movies are 1993’s American Heart and 1993’s Fearless.
10. Check out Jeff Bridges‘s career compared to current and classic actors. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.
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“Great actor but little respect at box office….of his close to 70 movies…only 10 have reached $100 million in adjusted worldwide gross. Seems actors like Colin Farrell and Jake Gyllenhaal are following his blueprint. Ok….let’s watch the video.
Seen 9 of the first movies…only Wild Bill has escaped me. Saw King Kong in theaters…loved that one as a kid. RIPD was not as bad as many claimed it to be.
Movies 40 through 31. Seen 8 of them. #39 Kiss Me Goodbye is a fun movie….a guilty pleasure. #32 Tideland is easily the worst movie in the career of Terry Gilliam. Bridges plays a rotting corpse for most of the movie…avoid that one.
Movies 30 through 21….seen 7 (why is my tally going down?) of these movies….#21 The Contender is my favorite of this bunch….he deserved his Oscar nomination…but Gary Oldman has the best male part but Joan Allen is incredible in the lead role. Strongly disliked the second Kingsman movie…Bridges was wasted.
Movies 20 through 11…seen 7 again. Favorites would be Seabiscuit and Starman.
Top 10…gotta be 10 for 10….mmmm. #10 Fat City….not as good as I was hoping for #9 Only The Brave…good movie, but he is barely in it #8 Fearless….good but a one and done movie for me #7 Crazy HEart…it was ok #6 Hell or High Water…probably my favorite Bridges’ performance #5 True Grit…he did John Wayne proud #4 The Fisher King…another favorite…love when he breaks in the castle at the end #3 Iron Man….not impressed with him in that one…he started the whole…Marvel villains are the weak part of the movie #2 The Big Lebowski….I love the Coen brothers….but never was really impressed with this one….like Streetcar Named Desire…I keep rewatching it….hoping to see what everybody else sees…but so far…NOPE! #1 The Last Picture Show…a good but slow moving drama. So that is….41 of his movies seen….or 82%. I am looking forward to his Bad Times At The El Royale. Good job. Voted up….and shared at you know where.
Epic post Bruce, cheers. 41 out of 50 is impressive, I’ve seen 25, Flora 8 from this list.
The Big Lebowski is highly rated as well as a cult favorite, it’s enjoyable but there are other Bridges films I prefer watching.
I saw King Kong at the cinema too, even bought the soundtrack album by John Barry. The main poster is iconic, I think I had one on my wall as a kid. I wish I kept it. Thanks again for commenting, appreciate the vote and share.