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Rachel McAdams (1978-) is an Oscar®-nominated Canadian actress. McAdams became involved with acting as a teenager. She performed in Shakespearean productions in summer theater camp. Since 2002, she has been one of the leading actresses making movies. Her IMDb page shows over 35 acting credits since 2001. This page will rank Rachel McAdams 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.
Rachel McAdams 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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| 2015 | Spotlight (2015) AA Best Picture Win |
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| 2016 | Doctor Strange (2016) |  |
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| 2022 | Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) | |
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| 2005 | Wedding Crashers (2005) | |
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| 2009 | Sherlock Holmes (2009) | |
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| 2011 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) | |
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| 2004 | Mean Girls (2004) | |
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| 2011 | Midnight in Paris (2011) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 2004 | The Notebook (2004) |  |
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| 2012 | The Vow (2012) | |
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| 2005 | Red Eye (2005) | |
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| 2018 | Game Night (2018) | |
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| 2005 | The Family Stone (2005) | |
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| 2023 | Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret (2023) |  |
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| 2009 | State of Play (2009) | |
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| 2015 | Southpaw (2015) | |
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| 2014 | A Most Wanted Man (2014) | |
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| 2026 | Send Help (2026) | |
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| 2009 | The Time Traveler's Wife (2009) | |
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| 2015 | The Little Prince (2015) |  |
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| 2010 | Morning Glory (2010) | |
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| 2013 | About Time (2013) | |
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| 2017 | Disobedience (2017) | |
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| 2020 | Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020) Netflix |
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| 2002 | The Hot Chick (2002) |  |
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| 2008 | The Lucky Ones (2008) | |
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| 2007 | Married Life (2007) |  |
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| 2012 | To The Wonder (2012) |  |
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| 2002 | Perfect Pie (2002) | |
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| 2015 | Every Thing Will Be Fine (2015) |  |
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| 2015 | Aloha (2015) | |
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| 2012 | Passion (2012) |  |
Rachel McAdams 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 Rachel McAdams movies by her co-stars
- Sort Rachel McAdams movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Rachel McAdams movies by adjusted worldwide box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Rachel McAdams 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 Rachel McAdams movie received.
- Sort Rachel McAdams movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR puts box office, reviews, and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
| CreditRank | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Review % | Oscar Nom / Win | S | UMR Score | ||||
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| CreditRank | 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 | S | UMR Score |
| 1 | Spotlight (2015) AA Best Picture Win |
Mark Ruffalo & Michael Keaton |
45.10 | 66.8 | 131.0 | 59 | 94 | 06 / 02 | 98.3 | |
| 2 | Doctor Strange (2016) | Benedict Cumberbatch & Chiwetel Ejiofor |
232.60 | 336.2 | 979.4 | 13 | 81 | 01 / 00 | 97.5 | |
| 3 | Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) | Benedict Cumberbatch | 411.30 | 459.0 | 1,062.5 | 4 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 95.9 | |
| 4 | Wedding Crashers (2005) | Owen Wilson & Vince Vaughn |
209.30 | 408.7 | 557.0 | 6 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 95.1 | |
| 5 | Sherlock Holmes (2009) | Robert Downey Jr. & Jude Law |
209.00 | 348.4 | 873.4 | 10 | 70 | 02 / 00 | 94.7 | |
| 6 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) | Robert Downey Jr. & Jude Law |
186.80 | 294.5 | 859.8 | 9 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 92.8 | |
| 8 | Mean Girls (2004) | Lindsay Lohan & Tina Fey |
86.10 | 173.2 | 263.1 | 28 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 92.5 | |
| 7 | Midnight in Paris (2011) AA Best Picture Nom |
Owen Wilson | 56.80 | 89.6 | 256.2 | 59 | 88 | 04 / 01 | 92.3 | |
| 9 | The Notebook (2004) | Ryan Gosling & James Garner |
81.00 | 163.0 | 232.7 | 32 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 89.9 | |
| 12 | The Vow (2012) | Channing Tatum & Jessica Lange |
125.00 | 196.3 | 308.0 | 26 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 86.4 | |
| 11 | Red Eye (2005) | Brian Cox | 57.90 | 113.1 | 113.1 | 45 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 85.7 | |
| 10 | Game Night (2018) | Jason Bateman | 69.20 | 94.4 | 160.6 | 40 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 85.5 | |
| 14 | The Family Stone (2005) | Diane Keaton & Luke Wilson |
60.10 | 117.3 | 117.3 | 44 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 80.8 | |
| 13 | Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret (2023) | Kathy Bates | 20.40 | 22.2 | 23.4 | 72 | 87 | 00 / 00 | 79.9 | |
| 15 | State of Play (2009) | Russell Crowe & Ben Affleck |
37.00 | 61.7 | 146.4 | 77 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 79.2 | |
| 17 | Southpaw (2015) | Jake Gyllenhaal & Forest Whitaker |
52.40 | 77.7 | 136.4 | 53 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 76.6 | |
| 16 | A Most Wanted Man (2014) | Philip Seymour Hoffman & Daniel Brühl |
17.20 | 26.4 | 55.4 | 121 | 81 | 00 / 00 | 75.3 | |
| 18 | Send Help (2026) | Dylan O'Brien & Dennis Haysbert |
35.80 | 35.8 | 53.7 | 1 | 77 | 00 / 00 | NP | 74.2 |
| 18 | The Time Traveler's Wife (2009) | Eric Bana | 63.40 | 105.7 | 168.9 | 52 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 73.5 | |
| 19 | The Little Prince (2015) | Jeff Bridges & Mackenzie Foy |
1.30 | 2.0 | 144.7 | 172 | 81 | 00 / 00 | 67.6 | |
| 20 | Morning Glory (2010) | Harrison Ford & Diane Keaton |
31.00 | 49.1 | 95.1 | 95 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 61.6 | |
| 21 | About Time (2013) | Domhnall Gleeson & Bill Nighy |
15.30 | 23.6 | 133.9 | 121 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 59.1 | |
| 22 | Disobedience (2017) | Rachel Weisz | 3.50 | 4.9 | 7.9 | 143 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 56.8 | |
| 23 | Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020) Netflix |
Will Ferrell | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 160 | 69 | 01 / 00 | 50.5 | |
| 25 | The Hot Chick (2002) | Rob Schneider & Anna Faris |
35.10 | 75.6 | 117.8 | 77 | 44 | 00 / 00 | 45.7 | |
| 24 | The Lucky Ones (2008) | Tim Robbins | 0.30 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 252 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 40.1 | |
| 26 | Married Life (2007) | Chris Cooper & Patricia Clarkson |
1.50 | 2.7 | 5.2 | 204 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 35.1 | |
| 27 | To The Wonder (2012) | Ben Affleck & Javier Bardem |
0.60 | 0.9 | 2.5 | 216 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 23.9 | |
| 28 | Perfect Pie (2002) | Wendy Crewson | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 374 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 23.1 | |
| 29 | Every Thing Will Be Fine (2015) | James Franco | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 351 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 15.2 | |
| 30 | Aloha (2015) | Bradley Cooper & Emma Stone |
21.10 | 31.2 | 38.9 | 94 | 39 | 00 / 00 | 11.3 | |
| 31 | Passion (2012) | Noomi Rapace | 0.10 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 272 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 8.2 |
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BOB to STEVE Reply
July 16, 2020 at 10:11 am
HI STEVE: Thanks for the feedback and further Holmes quotes. 3 further examples from Doyle’s books-
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MILLIONAIRE: “Mr Holmes if you take my case I will pay you an exceptional fee of your choosing.”
HOLMES: “My fees are of a fixed scale – except when I remit them altogether.”
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PUGILIST Sent by powerful politician to warn Sherlock off a case: “This is what happens Mr Holmes to those who cross my master.” The Pugilist lifts a thick poker from Holmes’ fireplace and bends the bar in two. Then he struts from the room glancing back menacingly at Holmes and Watson.
DR WATSON [Clearly unnerved] “Aren’t YOU frightened Holmes?
HOLMES: “Not at all” bending the poker back straight again as he speaks.
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There were 5 of them but with a mixture of judo and boxing Holmes kept them at bay until the police arrived and arrested all 5.
STEVE Some current smart a***s have attempted to claim that Holmes and Watson were in a gay relationship and that Doyle gives us the clue in Sherlock’s surname which is code for “homo”
Steve Lensman
July 16, 2020 at 8:21 am
Hi Bob, thanks for the review, generous rating, info, trivia and the extract from A Scandal in Bohemia, much appreciated.
Glad you liked the posters and stills.
I wrote about Sherlock Holmes movies years ago, this excerpt from ‘Terror By Night’ made me smile –
The Star of Rhodesia diamond is stolen on board a train travelling from London to Edinburgh and the owner’s son is murdered. Holmes and Watson are on the case –
Dr. Watson: “I say Holmes try some of this curry. It’s excellent.”
Sherlock Holmes: “Curry? Horrible stuff! Steak and kidney pudding, please.”
I enjoyed the two Robert Downey Jr Sherlocks though I’m sure the Holmes purists were horrified. I hope they make a third one.
What was the subject again? Oh yes Rachel McAdams, surprised Bruce hasn’t done a page on this lovely actress considering all the obscurities unleashed in recent days on the UMR such as Laurence Harvey, Jeffrey Hunter and Brigitte Bardot. Oh the humanity! [Bob grimaces]
I’m kidding of course. I sometimes sneak a peek at Bruce’s index page when I run out of ideas for subjects and sometimes beating him to the punch. I’ve already done videos on the three people I mentioned.
Spotlight is the highest rated movie in McAdams filmography, scoring 9 out of 10, it would easily top Bruce’s chart if he got round to it with Midnight in Paris at no.2.
There are several films scoring 8 out of 10 iincluding Sherlock Holmes, Doctor Strange and Midnight in Paris.
Spotlight also tops IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes charts.
“I wanted to be a secretary, I love paper clips and staplers.”
“I’m a sucker for those sweeping love stories. When I read the script for The Notebook I couldn’t stop crying! I just had such a powerful, instantaneous reaction – it was written so well
Cogerson
July 16, 2020 at 7:55 am
Hey Bob…good selection from the writings of Sir Arthur Doyle.
BOB on Rachel McAdams Part 4
July 15, 2020 at 4:10 pm
A SCANDAL IN BOHEMIA by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
To Sherlock Holmes she is always THE woman. I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name. In his eyes she eclipses and predominates the whole of her sex. It was not that he felt any emotion akin to love for Irene Adler. All emotions, and that one particularly, were abhorrent to his cold, precise but admirably balanced mind.
He was, I take it, the most perfect reasoning and observing machine that the world has seen, but as a lover he would have placed himself in a false position. He never spoke of the softer passions, save with a gibe and a sneer.
They were admirable things for the observer — excellent for drawing the veil from men’s motives and actions. But for the trained reasoner to admit such intrusions into his own delicate and finely adjusted temperament was to introduce a distracting factor which might throw a doubt upon all his mental results.
Grit in a sensitive instrument, or a crack in one of his own high-power lenses, would not be more disturbing than a strong emotion in a nature such as his. And yet there was but one woman to him, and that woman was Irene Adler, of dubious and questionable memory
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BOB on Rachel McAdams Part 3
July 15, 2020 at 3:54 pm
McADAMS VIDEO – MY PICK OF THE STILLS [18 in all]
1/two for Passion
2/Hot Chick
3/Eurovision
4/two for ALOHA
5/To the Wonder
6/The Family Stone
7/Morning Glory
8/About Time
9/Wedding Crashers
10/Mean Girls
11/Game Night
12/The Notebook
13/Game of Shadows
14/State of Play
15/Southpaw
16/Spotlight
OVERALL: very satisfying – and informative as I was previously so unfamiliar with Rachel’s filmography as I have admitted.
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