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Paul Dano (1984-) is an American actor, musician and director. Dano is known for playing a variety of different roles. His IMDb page shows over 43 acting credits since 1998. This page will rank Paul Dano movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. To do well in our overall rankings a movie has to do well at the box office, get good reviews by critics, be liked by audiences, and get some award recognition.
Paul Dano Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
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| 2013 | 12 Years a Slave (2013) AA Best Picture Win |
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| 2022 | The Batman (2022) | |
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| 2006 | Little Miss Sunshine (2006) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 2007 | There Will Be Blood (2007) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 2012 | Looper (2012) | |
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| 2009 | Where the Wild Things Are (2009) |  |
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| 2013 | Prisoners (2013) | |
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| 2011 | Cowboys & Aliens (2011) | |
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| 2022 | The Fabelmans (2022) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 2010 | Knight and Day (2010) |  |
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| 2014 | Love & Mercy (2014) | |
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| 2023 | Dumb Money (2023) |  |
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| 2010 | Meek's Cutoff (2010) | |
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| 2001 | L.I.E. (2001) | |
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| 2015 | Youth (2015) | |
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| 2018 | Wildlife (2018) | |
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| 2012 | Ruby Sparks (2012) | |
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| 2016 | Swiss Army Man (2016) | |
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| 2002 | The Emperor's Club (2002) | |
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| 2004 | The Girl Next Door (2004) |  |
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| 2017 | Okja (2017) Netflix |
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| 2006 | Fast Food Nation (2006) | |
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| 2009 | Taking Woodstock (2009) | |
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| 2012 | For Ellen (2012) |  |
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| 2005 | The King (2005) | |
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| 2021 | The Guilty (2021) Netflix Voice Only |
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| 2004 | Taking Lives (2004) | |
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| 2010 | The Extra Man (2010) | |
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| 2005 | The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005) | |
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| 2008 | Explicit Ills (2008) |  |
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| 2012 | Being Flynn (2012) | |
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| 2024 | Spaceman (2024) Netflix Voice Only |
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| 2009 | The Good Heart (2009) | |
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| 2008 | Gigantic (2008) |  |
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| 2007 | Light And The Sufferer (2007) |  |
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| 2000 | The Newcomers (2000) | |
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| 2007 | Weapons (2007) Film Festival Circuit Only |
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Paul Dano 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 any way you want.
- Sort Paul Dano movies by his co-stars
- Sort Paul Dano movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Paul Dano movies by yearly domestic box office rank
- Sort Paul Dano movies by 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 Paul Dano movie received.
- Sort Paul Dano movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
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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
12 Years a Slave (2013)
AA Best Picture WinChiwetel Ejiofor &
Michael Fassbender56.70
87.1
288.60
62
85
09 / 03
98.3
2
The Batman (2022)
Robert Pattinson
369.30
412.1
856.40
7
82
03 / 00
98.1
3
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
AA Best Picture NomSteve Carell &
Bryan Cranston59.90
113.8
191.00
51
88
04 / 02
95.3
4
There Will Be Blood (2007)
AA Best Picture NomDaniel Day-Lewis
40.20
73.1
138.40
66
91
08 / 02
93.0
5
Looper (2012)
Bruce Willis &
Joseph Gordon-Levitt66.50
104.4
277.20
45
89
00 / 00
90.8
7
Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
Mark Ruffalo &
Forest Whitaker77.20
128.7
166.90
39
74
00 / 00
88.1
6
Prisoners (2013)
Hugh Jackman &
Jake Gyllenhaal61.00
93.8
187.80
58
82
01 / 00
87.6
9
Cowboys & Aliens (2011)
Daniel Craig &
Harrison Ford100.20
158.0
275.60
30
56
00 / 00
85.1
8
The Fabelmans (2022)
AA Best Picture NomMichelle Williams &
Directed by Steven Spielberg17.30
19.4
46.50
57
87
07 / 00
85.0
11
Knight and Day (2010)
Tom Cruise &
Cameron Diaz76.40
121.1
415.00
45
56
00 / 00
78.5
10
Love & Mercy (2014)
Elizabeth Banks &
John Cusack12.60
19.2
43.80
135
86
00 / 00
77.5
12
Dumb Money (2023)
Seth Rogen
13.90
15.2
19.20
84
77
00 / 00
68.5
13
Meek's Cutoff (2010)
Michelle Williams &
Bruce Greenwood1.00
1.5
1.50
184
79
00 / 00
65.2
14
L.I.E. (2001)
Brian Cox
1.10
2.5
2.50
186
77
00 / 00
63.4
15
Youth (2015)
Michael Caine &
Harvey Keitel2.70
4.0
35.60
156
75
01 / 00
62.4
16
Wildlife (2018)
Jake Gyllenhaal &
Directed by Paul Dano1.10
1.4
5.10
203
75
00 / 00
59.9
17
Ruby Sparks (2012)
Annette Bening &
Antonio Banderas2.50
4.0
4.00
168
74
00 / 00
59.9
18
Swiss Army Man (2016)
Daniel Radcliffe
4.20
6.1
6.10
174
70
00 / 00
54.5
19
The Emperor's Club (2002)
Kevin Kline &
Emile Hirsch14.10
30.4
30.40
128
62
00 / 00
53.2
22
The Girl Next Door (2004)
Emile Hirsch &
Timothy Olyphant14.60
29.4
63.70
120
60
00 / 00
49.1
20
Okja (2017)
NetflixTilda Swinton &
Giancarlo Esposito0.10
0.1
2.90
403
69
00 / 00
47.9
21
Fast Food Nation (2006)
Greg Kinnear &
Bruce Willis1.00
1.9
1.90
232
68
00 / 00
46.8
23
Taking Woodstock (2009)
Eugene Levy
7.50
12.4
16.80
152
64
00 / 00
46.6
24
For Ellen (2012)
Margarita Levieva
0.00
0.1
0.10
438
64
00 / 00
38.5
25
The King (2005)
Gael García Bernal &
William Hurt0.30
0.6
0.60
259
63
00 / 00
36.0
26
The Guilty (2021)
Netflix
Voice OnlyJake Gyllenhaal
0.10
0.1
0.10
327
62
00 / 00
34.1
31
Taking Lives (2004)
Angelina Jolie &
Ethan Hawke32.70
65.8
131.80
85
41
00 / 00
32.5
27
The Extra Man (2010)
Kevin Kline
0.50
0.7
0.70
208
61
00 / 00
32.0
28
The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005)
Daniel Day-Lewis &
Catherine Keener0.70
1.4
1.80
227
60
00 / 00
30.9
29
Explicit Ills (2008)
Rosario Dawson
0.00
0.1
0.10
360
60
00 / 00
28.8
30
Being Flynn (2012)
Robert DeNiro &
Julianne Moore0.50
0.8
0.80
219
59
00 / 00
27.6
32
Spaceman (2024)
Netflix
Voice OnlyAdam Sandler
0.10
0.1
0.10
259
57
00 / 00
24.7
33
The Good Heart (2009)
Brian Cox
0.00
0.0
0.00
466
57
00 / 00
23.0
34
Gigantic (2008)
Zooey Deschanel
0.10
0.2
0.30
282
48
00 / 00
11.3
35
Light And The Sufferer (2007)
Michael Esper
0.00
0.1
0.10
407
46
00 / 00
8.4
36
The Newcomers (2000)
Kate Bosworth
0.10
0.1
0.10
296
43
00 / 00
6.3
37
Weapons (2007)
Film Festival Circuit OnlyNick Cannon
0.00
0.1
0.10
433
42
00 / 00
5.1
Paul Dano Adjusted WorldWide Box Office Grosses
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I’ve seen 10 Paul Dano films. Favorites are Looper, Cowboys & Aliens, Little Miss Sunshine and Knight & Day.
I haven’t seen The Batman yet, I’ll wait till it pops up on streaming, some of the reviews mentioned it being too dark, too long, too gloomy and too humorless. And that was enough to put me off. I can wait.
Nice work Bruce. Vote Up!
I have seen 22 of Paul’s films. The highest ranked I have not seen is The Batman. Paul starred in my best film of 2014, Love & Mercy. Other Paul films I have liked include Ruby Sparks and Being Flynn, Although not the star, I enjoyed him also in Cowboys & Aliens.
Overall, I have seen 24 of his movies. I would have never guessed I would seen so many of his movies. My Top 5 would include: Looper….small role in a very good movie. Love & Mercy…..he shared a role with John Cusack in that one. Youth……an interesting movie that many have not seen. Ruby Sparks……an underrated movie. Little Miss Sunshine….a movie that has really gained much traction after it’s first splash. I have yet to see The Batman….and while I liked his dual role in There Will Be Blood…I did not like the movie very much.