Judi Dench (1934-) is an Oscar®-winning English actress. Dench made her professional acting debut in 1957. After gaining some attention on the stage, she started appearing in movies in the 1960s. Her movie career stalled until the mid 1980s. Since then she has become one of the best supporting actresses working today. In 1995, she took over the “M” role in the James Bond series. She played “M” in 7 movies.Between 1998 and 2014 she earned 7 Oscar® nominations.
Between 1998 and 2014 she earned 7 Oscar® nominations Her IMDb page shows over 125 acting credits since 1959. This page will rank 41 Judi Dench movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television roles and movies not released in North American theaters were not included in the rankings. Sadly, her early English movies are not included in the rankings…as their box office grosses are unknown.
Judi Dench Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews, and awards.
Judi Dench Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
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Dame Judi is # 196 on the December 15, 2018 Oracle of Bacon Top 1000 Center of the Hollywood Universe list. These are the actors she has appeared with;
9 WILLEM DAFOE MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (2017)
11 SAMUEL L. JACKSON MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN (2016)
15 ANTHONY HOPKINS 84 Charing Cross Road (1987)
16 TERENCE STAMP MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN (2016)
18 JOHN GIELGUD Hamlet (1996)
23 VANESSA REDGRAVE Wetherby (1985)
26 MICHAEL MADSEN Die Another Day (2002)
34 ALFRED MOLINA Chocolat (2000)
37 GERARD DEPARDIEU Hamlet (1996)
39 JIM BROADBENT Iris (2001/I)
46 KEITH DAVID The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)
52 JOHN CLEESE Die Another Day (2002)
52 JOHN CLEESE The World Is Not Enough (1999)
58 RICHARD BURTON A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1959)
64 TOM WILKINSON SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE (1998)
64 TOM WILKINSON THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (2011)
64 TOM WILKINSON THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST (2002)
64 TOM WILKINSON WETHERBY (1985)
71 RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH Hamlet (1996)
71 RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH The Third Secret (1964)
92 CHARLTON HESTON Hamlet (1996)
107 EDWARD FOX The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)
118 STEVE BUSCEMI Home on the Range (2004)
118 STEVE BUSCEMI Rage (2009/I)
120 JOHN MILLS Hamlet (1996)
121 MICHAEL GAMBON VICTORIA AND ABDUL (2017)
122 IAN MCSHANE Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
126 SCOTT GLENN The Shipping News (2001)
128 HELEN MIRREN A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1968)
128 DAVID WARNER Ladies in Lavender. (2004)
130 PIERCE BROSNAN Die Another Day (2002)
130 PIERCE BROSNAN GoldenEye (1995)
130 PIERCE BROSNAN The World Is Not Enough (1999)
130 PIERCE BROSNAN Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
132 PETER STORMARE Chocolat (2000)
133 DAVID WARNER A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1968)
133 IAN HOLM Henry V (1989)
133 IAN HOLM Wetherby (1985)
136 JOHNNY DEPP Chocolat (2000)
136 JOHNNY DEPP MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (2017)
136 JOHNNY DEPP Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
142 MARC LAWRENCE The Shipping News (2001)
148 WHOOPI GOLDBERG Doogal (2006)
149 BOB HOSKINS Mrs Henderson Presents (2005)
152 JEREMY IRONS Spaceship Earth (1982)
155 ROBERT MORLEY A Study in Terror (1965)
167 MAGGIE SMITH A Room with a View (1985)
167 MAGGIE SMITH Ladies in Lavender. (2004)
167 MAGGIE SMITH Tea with Mussolini (1999)
167 MAGGIE SMITH TEA WITH THE DAMES (2018)
167 MAGGIE SMITH THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (2011)
167 MAGGIE SMITH THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (2015)
174 ANJELICA HUSTON A Handful of Dust (1988)
178 RICHARD GRIFFITHS Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
184 NICOLE KIDMAN Nine (2009)
187 JULIE CHRISTIE Hamlet (1996)
188 MICHELLE PFEIFFER MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (2017)
189 JONATHAN PRYCE Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
191 COLIN FIRTH Shakespeare in Love (1998)
191 COLIN FIRTH The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)
194 GIANCARLO GIANNINI Quantum of Solace (2008)
207 DENHOLM ELLIOTT A Room with a View (1985)
211 BILL NIGHY Notes on a Scandal (2006)
211 BILL NIGHY The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011)
211 BILL NIGHY THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (2015)
212 DAVID STRAITHAIRN THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (2015)
214 NAOMI WATTS J. Edgar (2001)
215 STACY KEACH Luther (1974)
225 BOB BALABAN Rage (2009/I)
226 RICHARD GERE THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (2015)
240 RICHARD E. GRANT Jack & Sarah (1995)
244 RANDY QUAID Home on the Range (2004)
247 JOHN WOOD Chocolat (2000)
251 SIMON CALLOW A ROOM WITH A VIEW (1985)
251 SIMON CALLOW SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE (1998)
251 SIMON CALLOW VICTORIA AND ABDUL (2017)
258 DEREK JACOBI Hamlet (1996)
258 DEREK JACOBI Henry V (1989)
258 DEREK JACOBI MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (2017)
258 DEREK JACOBI My Week with Marilyn (2011)
259 DANIEL DAY-LEWIS A Room with a View (1985)
259 DANIEL DAY-LEWIS Nine (2009)
265 ROBBIE COLTRANE GoldenEye (1995)
265 ROBBIE COLTRANE Henry V (1989)
265 ROBBIE COLTRANE The World Is Not Enough (1999)
266 ALEC GUINNESS A Handful of Dust (1988)
267 ROBIN WILLIAMS Hamlet (1996)
284 JULIANNE MOORE The Shipping News (2001)
288 JULIAN SANDS A Room with a View (1985)
291 ANNE BANCROFT 84 Charing Cross Road (1987)
293 ALLISON JANNEY MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN (2016)
298 JULIAN GLOVER Dead Cert (1974)
298 JULIAN GLOVER Luther (1974)
306 JOHN LEGUIZAMO Rage (2009/I)
316 GERARD BUTLER Her Majesty, Mrs. Brown (1997)
316 GERARD BUTLER Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
323 STEPHEN ROOT J. Edgar (2011)
332 STEVE COOGAN PHILOMENA (2013)
339 SOPHIA LOREN Nine (2009)
350 KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS A Handful of Dust (1988)
353 CATE BLANCHETT Notes on a Scandal (2006)
353 CATE BLANCHETT The Shipping News (2001)
354 WILLIAM H. MACY Doogal (2006)
355 DESMOND LLEWELYN GoldenEye (1995)
355 DESMOND LLEWELYN The World Is Not Enough (1999)
355 DESMOND LLEWELYN Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
360 VINCENT SCHIAVELLI Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
386 TCHEKY KARYO GoldenEye (1995)
397 KEIRA KNIGHTLEY Pride & Prejudice (2005)
411 COLM FEORE THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK (2004)
421 SEAN BEAN GOLDENEYE (1995)
437 TOBY JONES MRS HENDERSON PRESENTS (2005)
437 TOBY JONES MY WEEK WITH MARILYN (2011)
440 JUDE LAW Rage (2009/I)
447 STEPHEN FRY A HANDFUL OF DUST (1988)
456 CELIA IMRIE THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (2011)
456 CELIA IMRIE THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (2015)
459 ANTHONY QUAYLE A Study in Terror (1965)
466 CHRISTIAN BALE Henry V (1989)
502 JACK LEMMON Hamlet (1996)
506 PENELOPE CRUZ MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (2017)
506 PENELOPE CRUZ Nine (2009)
506 PENELOPE CRUZ Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
528 TIMOTHY SPALL HAMLET (1996)
534 JACK HAWKINS The Third Secret (1964)
535 LESLIE CARON Chocolat (2000)
539 RALPH FIENNES Skyfall (2012)
539 RALPH FIENNES SPECTRE (2015)
542 PETE POSTLEWAITE The Shipping News (2001)
544 MICHAEL BYRNE TOMORROW NEVER DIES (1997)
551 JIM CARTER MY WEEK WITH MARILYN (2011)
551 JIM CARTER SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE (1998)
562 KEVIN MCNALLY PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES (2011)
569 RICHARD RIEHLE Home on the Range (2004)
584 JENNIFER TILLY Home on the Range (2004)
586 GEOFFREY RUSH Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
586 GEOFFREY RUSH Shakespeare in Love (1998)
588 ALAN CUMMING GoldenEye (1995)
590 BEN AFFLECK Shakespeare in Love (1998)
602 KEVIN SPACEY The Shipping News (2001)
603 JEFFREY WRIGHT QUANTUM OF SOLACE (2008)
612 LEONARDO DICAPRIO J. Edgar (2011)
615 JOE DON BAKER GoldenEye (1995)
615 JOE DON BAKER Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
626 GWYNETH PALTROW Shakespeare in Love (1998)
630 MIRIAM MARGOLYES Ladies in Lavender. (2004)
633 CHEVY CHASE Doogal (2006)
648 THANDIE NEWTON The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)
663 DERMOT MULRONEY J. EDGAR (2011)
665 MAURICE DENHAM 84 Charing Cross Road (1987)
665 MAURICE DENHAM Luther (1974)
674 IAN MCKELLEN DOOGAL (2006)
674 IAN MCKELLEN JACK & SARAH (1995)
675 RHYS IFANS THE SHIPPING NEWS (2001)
690 IAN MCNEICE 84 CHARING CROSS ROAD (1987)
701 FRANK FINLAY A Study in Terror (1965)
733 DANIEL CRAIG Quantum of Solace (2008)
733 DANIEL CRAIG Skyfall (2012)
733 DANIEL CRAIG SPECTRE (2015)
736 FREDDIE JONES Ladies in Lavender. (2004)
739 HUGH BONNEVILLE IRIS (2001/I)
739 HUGH BONNEVILLE TOMORROW NEVER DIES (1997)
742 DIANNE WIEST RAGE (2009/I)
750 CUBA GOODING JR. Home on the Range (2004)
751 STUART WILSON WETHERBY (1985)
752 FAMKE JANSSEN GoldenEye (1995)
766 LINUS ROACHE THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK (2004)
768 KATE HUDSON NINE (2009)
777 HELENA BONHAM CARTER A Room with a View (1985)
791 EMMA THOMPSON Henry V (1989)
802 ROBERT STEPHENS Henry V (1989)
802 ROBERT STEPHENS Luther (1974)
804 NIGEL DAVENPORT The Third Secret (1964)
823 DENISE RICHARDS THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH (1999)
850 KATE WINSLET Hamlet (1996)
850 KATE WINSLET Iris (2001/I)
864 ANNA MASSEY THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST (2002)
912 LENA OLIN Chocolat (2000)
916 PRUNELLA SCALES RUN FOR YOUR WIFE (2012)
943 VIN DIESEL THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK (2004)
964 STEPHEN BOYD The Third Secret (1964)
974 CECIL PARKER A Study in Terror (1965)
981 EILEEN ATKINS JACK & SARAH (1995)
HM (793) RICHARD BRIERS HAMLET (1996)
HM (793) RICHARD BRIERS HENRY V (1989)
HM (793) RICHARD BRIERS RUN FOR YOUR WIFE (2012)
HM (824) BRIAN BLESSED HAMLET (1996)
HM (824) BRIAN BLESSED HENRY V (1989)
HM (862) JOAN PLOWRIGHT TEA WITH MUSSOLINI (1999)
HM (881) JULIETTE BINOCHE CHOCOLAT (2002)
HM (895) RONALD PICKUP THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (2011)
HM (895) RONALD PICKUP THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (2015)
HM (913) MONICA BELLUCCI SPECTRE (2015)
HM (927) HUGH GRIFFITH Luther (1974)
HM (950) CORIN REDGRAVE A STUDY IN TERROR (1965)
Judi has appeared with 42 Oscar winners;
ALEC GUINNESS A Handful of Dust (1988)
ALICIA VIKANDER TULIP FEVER (2017)
ALLISON JANNEY MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN (2016)
ANJELICA HUSTON A Handful of Dust (1988)
ANNE BANCROFT 84 Charing Cross Road (1987)
ANTHONY HOPKINS 84 Charing Cross Road (1987)
CATE BLANCHETT Notes on a Scandal (2006)
CATE BLANCHETT The Shipping News (2001)
CHARLTON HESTON Hamlet (1996)
CHER Tea with Mussolini (1999)
CHRISTIAN BALE Henry V (1989)
CHRISTOPH WALTZ SPECTRE (2015)
CHRISTOPH WALTZ TULIP FEVER (2017)
COLIN FIRTH Shakespeare in Love (1998)
COLIN FIRTH The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)
CUBA GOODING JR. Home on the Range (2004)
DANIEL DAY-LEWIS A Room with a View (1985)
DANIEL DAY-LEWIS Nine (2009)
DIANNE WIEST RAGE (2009/I)
EMMA THOMPSON Henry V (1989)
GEOFFREY RUSH Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
GEOFFREY RUSH Shakespeare in Love (1998)
GWYNETH PALTROW Shakespeare in Love (1998)
HALLE BERRY Die Another Day (2002)
HELEN MIRREN A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1968)
HUGH GRIFFITH Luther (1974)
JACK LEMMON Hamlet (1996)
JEREMY IRONS Spaceship Earth (1982)
JIM BROADBENT Iris (2001/I)
JOHN GIELGUD Hamlet (1996)
JOHN MILLS Hamlet (1996)
JULIANNE MOORE The Shipping News (2001)
JULIE CHRISTIE Hamlet (1996)
JULIETTE BINOCHE CHOCOLAT (2002)
KATE WINSLET Hamlet (1996)
KATE WINSLET Iris (2001/I)
KEVIN SPACEY The Shipping News (2001)
LEONARDO DICAPRIO J. Edgar (2011)
MAGGIE SMITH A Room with a View (1985)
MAGGIE SMITH Ladies in Lavender. (2004)
MAGGIE SMITH Tea with Mussolini (1999)
MAGGIE SMITH TEA WITH THE DAMES (2018)
MAGGIE SMITH The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012)
MAGGIE SMITH THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (2015)
MARION COTILLARD Nine (2009)
NICOLE KIDMAN Nine (2009)
PAUL SCOFIELD Henry V (1989)
PENELOPE CRUZ MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (2017)
PENELOPE CRUZ Nine (2009)
PENELOPE CRUZ Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
REESE WITHERSPOON The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)
ROBIN WILLIAMS Hamlet (1996)
SOPHIA LOREN Nine (2009)
VANESSA REDGRAVE Wetherby (1985)
WHOOPI GOLDBERG Doogal (2006)
Hey Dan. Great lists as always. Good to see Dame Judi in the Top 200. Pretty impressive since she does not really make too many movies. Lots of James Bond connections in the first list. Maggie Smith is her most frequent co-star…..and that does not even include the recent….Dinner With The Dames…or whatever it was called. Shocked she and Michael Caine have not made a movie together…..I bet their mutual co-star list would be massive! After some recent low Oscar winning co-star totals….she brings home a very good total. Once again Maggie Smith, leading the way in most movies together. Good stuff.
Many modern cinemagoers will possibly best know 85 years old Dame Judy as the female M in the 7 James Bond films mentioned above, but I first ran across her on screen when she was one of the many “lovely young things” who adorned British films in the 1960s.
The movie concerned was 1965’s Brit thriller A Study in Terror which was a Sherlock Holmes outing in which the Great Detective locks horns with London’s notorious Jack the Ripper. It is not included in the table above but IMDB gives it a respectable 66% rating.
Since those days Dame Judy’s film career has blossomed with a prolific output which overall has earned her 64 acting awards and 174 nominations and her net worth is said to be $35 million. She can regard her wealth too as a fine achievement as it probably would have been beyond the wildest dreams within the British film industry of actresses who started out in the kind of roles that she played in her early career.
Dame Judy is a United Kingdom charity Patron and has also been involved with charity work abroad for poor and oppressed peoples. She criticised reaction to the sexual misconduct allegations made against Kevin Spacey, describing him as “a good friend”
All-in-all it is therefore quite easy to welcome and “Vote Up” this new page for Dame Judy. On a lighter note she had the accolade in 2013 of being listed by the United Kingdom’s prestigious Guardian newspaper as one of the 50 Best Dressed People over the age of 50.
Hey Bob Roy…I tried to find box office information on her “lovely young things” movies of the 1960s….but I failed in that regard. I actually saw a movie poster that featured a young Dench….and it took me aback somewhat…..seems she was always the older lady…and never the sexy young lady.
This is probably the biggest gap from first movie made….and first movie to get an UMR score….over 20 years! She has picked up many awards over the last 30 years. Interesting about her and Spacey…..probably hard on her since they were friends. Good information throughout your comment. Cool…about her nice personal wealth and making the Best Dressed list. Good stuff.
HI BRUCE
Thanks for feedback, for trying to find a gross for Study in Terror and for your reply to my post about your book.
Only 1.1 billion in box office when we exclude her Bond and Pirates vehicles. I think she is a great actress. 1.9 billion from vehicles for 3 bil total. she is no Myrna Loy! her 4 best actress nominations totalled 60 mil in box office. reminds me of Daniel day lewis except she may have become one of the great supporting actresses of all time with Thelma ritter ( 6 nominations), elsa Lanchester (2 nominations), angela Lansbury (3 nominations), agnes moorehead (4 nominations), none of whom won a supporting actress Oscar as dench did (2 nominations). other highly nominated supporting actresses: meryl streep 4/1 win(might have lead actress potential), Maureen stapleton 4/1, Maggie smith 4/1, lee grant 4/1, ethyl barrymore 4/1, amy adams 4/0, Geraldine page 4/0, shelley winters 3/2, Dianne wiest 3/2, marisa tomei3/1, Octavia spencer 3/1, Claire trevor 3/1, cate blanchett 3/1, celeste holm 3/1, anne revere 3/1,kate winslet 3/0, glen close 3/0, francis mcdormand 3/0, Gladys cooper 3/0
Hey bob cox…..thanks for the return comment and the box office breakdown. I agree if you take out her James Bond movies, her box office totals are not too impressive. Her strength is in the review column…..with the exception of Doogal…..all of her movies are in the 50% range or higher…that is 98% of her movies. I agree she is indeed one of the greatest supporting actresses. I did not realize her 7 Oscar nominations had been in such a short time frame (18 years)…..that is almost Streep like….almost a nomination every other year. Good stats on the other supporting actresses….happy to say I have UMR pages on 12 of them. Great comment!
I have seen 11 Judi Dench movies, including 7 of the top 10.
The HIGHEST rated movie I have seen is Shakespeare in Love.
The highest rated film I have NOT seen is Skyfall. Although I am a James Bond fan, I stopped watching the franchise after Pierce Brosnan. Daniel Craig never interested me.
The LOWEST rated film I have seen is The Shipping News.
Favourite Judi Dench Movies:
Shakespeare in Love
A Room With A View
Goldeneye
Tomorrow Never Dies
The World is Not Enough
Die Another Day
Chocolat
Iris
Mrs. Brown
Tea With Mussolini
Only Judi Dench Movies I Have Seen that is NOT a Favourite:
The Shipping News
Hello Flora. Tally counts: Cogerson 29, bob cox 21 and Flora 11. Pretty impressive totals for you. Not thinking you reach double digits too often with current thespians. Though at 84 how current of an actress is she….lol. I have seen all of your favorites except for Mrs. Brown. I just recently watched Tea With Mussolini. She might have had the best part in the movie…..at least the most memorable. Hmmmm…bob cox liked The Shipping News….while that movie is the only one that you did not like……interesting….very interesting. Good stuff as always.
I saw 21 including top 15 and 5 of bottom 17. 10s and favorites: Shakespeare in love, chocolat. 10 not favourite: henry the fifth. 9 and favourite: 84 charing cross road, 2 fabulous performances in charming correspondence drama, with Hopkins and Bancroft a hidden gem. other hidden gems: the shipping news an 8 with K spacey and J moore, the chronicles of Riddick an 8 good scifi.
Hey bob cox. Thanks for checking out our Judi Dench page. I have seen a shocking 29 of her movies. No idea I had seen so many of her movies….including the Top 19! Not thinking I have a favorite Dench movie. I was not in love with Skyfall as so many others were. I did like 84 Charing Cross Road. I have not seen The Shipping News. Good stuff as always.