Want to know the best Regina King movies? How about the worst Regina King movies? Curious about Regina King box office grosses or which Regina King movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Regina King movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.
Regina King (1971-) is an Oscar® winning American actress and director. She is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award®, a Golden Globe Award®, and three Primetime Emmy® Awards. Time magazine named King one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2019. Her IMDb page shows over 50 acting credits since 1985. This page will rank Regina King movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, movies that were not released in North American theaters were not included in the rankings. 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.
Regina King 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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| 1996 | Jerry Maguire (1996) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 2004 | Ray (2004) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1991 | Boyz N the Hood (1991) | |
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| 1998 | Enemy of the State (1998) | |
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| 2003 | Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003) |  |
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| 2003 | Daddy Day Care (2003) | |
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| 1998 | Mighty Joe Young (1998) | |
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| 1995 | Higher Learning (1995) |  |
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| 2007 | This Christmas (2007) | |
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| 1995 | Friday (1995) | |
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| 1998 | How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998) | |
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| 2001 | Down to Earth (2001) | |
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| 1996 | A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (1996) | |
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| 2018 | If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) | |
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| 1993 | Poetic Justice (1993) | |
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| 2020 | One Night In Miami (2020) Amazon |
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| 2006 | The Ant Bully (2006) | |
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| 2014 | Planes: Fire & Rescue (2014) | |
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| 2025 | Caught Stealing (2025) | |
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| 2025 | The SpongeBob Movie: Search for Squarepants (2025) Voice Only |
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| 2004 | A Cinderella Story (2004) | |
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| 2021 | The Harder They Fall (2021) Netflix |
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| 2014 | The Gabby Douglas Story (2014) Lifetime Movies |
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| 2007 | Living Proof (2007) Lifetime Movies |
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| 2007 | Year of the Dog (2007) | |
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| 2024 | Shirley (2024) Netflix |
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| 2000 | If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000) HBO Movie |
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| 2005 | Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (2005) |  |
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| 2021 | Flag Day (2021) |  |
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| 2010 | Our Family Wedding (2010) | |
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| 1999 | Love And Action In Chicago (1999) |  |
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| 2002 | Turnaround (2002) |  |
Regina King 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 Regina King movies by her co-stars
- Sort Regina King movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Regina King movies by yearly domestic box office rank.
- Sort Regina King 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 Regina King movie received.
- Sort Regina King movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR 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 | ||||
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| 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 | Jerry Maguire (1996) AA Best Picture Nom |
Tom Cruise & Renée Zellweger |
154.00 | 435.4 | 773.60 | 4 | 82 | 05 / 01 | 99.1 | |
| 2 | Ray (2004) AA Best Picture Nom |
Jamie Foxx | 75.30 | 151.6 | 251.10 | 37 | 80 | 06 / 02 | 96.8 | |
| 3 | Boyz N the Hood (1991) | Ice Cube & Laurence Fishburne |
57.50 | 170.7 | 170.80 | 22 | 84 | 02 / 00 | 96.0 | |
| 4 | Enemy of the State (1998) | Will Smith & Gene Hackman |
111.50 | 297.3 | 668.00 | 14 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 94.9 | |
| 5 | Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003) | Reese Witherspoon & Sally Field |
90.20 | 187.0 | 258.90 | 32 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 85.4 | |
| 6 | Daddy Day Care (2003) | Eddie Murphy & Anjelica Huston |
104.30 | 216.2 | 340.80 | 26 | 42 | 00 / 00 | 84.0 | |
| 7 | Mighty Joe Young (1998) | Charlize Theron & Bill Paxton |
50.60 | 134.9 | 189.60 | 43 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 80.0 | |
| 8 | Higher Learning (1995) | Omar Epps & Laurence Fishburne |
38.30 | 110.0 | 110.00 | 44 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 79.6 | |
| 10 | This Christmas (2007) | Columbus Short | 49.10 | 89.2 | 90.40 | 54 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 79.3 | |
| 9 | Friday (1995) | Ice Cube & Chris Tucke |
27.50 | 78.9 | 80.30 | 63 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 79.2 | |
| 11 | How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998) | Angela Bassett & Whoopi Goldberg |
37.70 | 100.4 | 100.40 | 54 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 76.8 | |
| 12 | Down to Earth (2001) | Chris Rock | 64.20 | 142.0 | 157.50 | 37 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 75.6 | |
| 13 | A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (1996) | Martin Lawrence & Lynn Whitfield |
34.80 | 98.3 | 98.30 | 43 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 74.0 | |
| 14 | If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) | Dave Franco | 14.90 | 20.4 | 27.00 | 114 | 76 | 03 / 01 | 72.2 | |
| 15 | Poetic Justice (1993) | Janet Jackson & Tupac Shakur |
27.50 | 83.1 | 83.10 | 58 | 58 | 01 / 00 | 71.8 | |
| 16 | One Night In Miami (2020) Amazon |
Aldis Hodge & Directed by Regina King |
0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 335 | 78 | 03 / 00 | 67.7 | |
| 17 | The Ant Bully (2006) | Nicolas Cage & Meryl Streep |
28.10 | 53.5 | 104.80 | 97 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 66.2 | |
| 18 | Planes: Fire & Rescue (2014) | Dane Cook & Ed Harris |
59.20 | 90.5 | 231.60 | 58 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 66.2 | |
| 19 | Caught Stealing (2025) | Austin Butler & Liev Schreiber |
19.00 | 19.0 | 28.40 | 79 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 66.0 | |
| 18 | The SpongeBob Movie: Search for Squarepants (2025) Voice Only |
Mark Hamill | 38.20 | 38.2 | 60.30 | 48 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 65.4 | NP |
| 20 | A Cinderella Story (2004) | Jennifer Coolidge & Hilary Duff |
51.40 | 103.5 | 103.50 | 62 | 43 | 00 / 00 | 60.3 | |
| 19 | The Harder They Fall (2021) Netflix |
Idris Elba | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 196 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 59.5 | |
| 21 | The Gabby Douglas Story (2014) Lifetime Movies |
Imani Hakim | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 401 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 57.8 | |
| 22 | Living Proof (2007) Lifetime Movies |
Harry Connick Jr. | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 432 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 55.2 | |
| 23 | Year of the Dog (2007) | Molly Shannon & John C. Reilly |
1.50 | 2.8 | 2.80 | 203 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 52.1 | |
| 24 | Shirley (2024) Netflix |
Lance Reddick | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 228 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 46.3 | |
| 25 | If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000) HBO Movie |
Vanessa Redgrave & Directed by Anne Heche |
0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 308 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 40.0 | |
| 26 | Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (2005) | Sandra Bullock | 48.50 | 94.7 | 198.00 | 59 | 33 | 00 / 00 | 36.5 | |
| 27 | Flag Day (2021) | Sean Penn | 0.30 | 0.4 | 0.40 | 118 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 25.0 | |
| 28 | Our Family Wedding (2010) | Forest Whitaker | 20.30 | 32.1 | 32.10 | 116 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 21.9 | |
| 29 | Love And Action In Chicago (1999) | Kathleen Turner | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 289 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 10.2 | |
| 30 | Turnaround (2002) | Blair Underwood | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 312 | 43 | 00 / 00 | 5.7 |
Best IMDb Trivia On Regina King
1. Regina Rene King was born in Los Angeles, California in 1971.
2. Regina King began her acting career in 1985 playing the role of Brenda Jenkins on the television series 227.
3. Regina King, along with Marcia Gay Harden, one of two actresses to win the Academy Award® for Best Supporting Actress, without having earned a SAG Nomination since the award’s inception in 1995.
4. Regina King’s favorite movie is The Sandlot (1993).
5. Check out Regina King’s career compared to current and classic actors. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.
HI BRUCE: Thanks for your feedback here [and on my Colman and Malek posts too]. Your thoughts are always valuable to me and usually give me food for thought.
Funny thing, it had occurred to me too that Regina might soon be getting a visit from The Curse. HE’s almost as busy as you! However if she is successful as a director that could keep her going; and of course today’s thespians have television as a potential outlet for their talents as they age.
Indeed I have been watching re-runs of episodes the 1957-1966 Perry Mason black and white television series which I never saw when they were first released all those years ago; and many actors who had played supporting/walk-on parts in the old 1940s/50s film noirs and B movies keep appearing in the Mason series in the kind of roles they had played on the big screen.
Tom Tully [1908-1982 – prestige movie supporting roles in The Caine Mutiny, Love Me or Leave Me] is one example in a Mason episode I watched last night, and minor supporting actresses like Mala Powers [Cyrano De Bergaric] and Dianne Foster [Charlie Bill’s leading lady in 1954’s The Violent Men] surfaced in other recent Perry re-runs. By the mid 60s former beauties like that whilst still attractive were well past their first bloom
Initially television was seen by the film industry as a kind of blight; but with big screen B movies/film noirs becoming a thing of the past and dramatic changes in cinematic movie styles and audience tastes there is no doubt in my mind the TV has kept a lot of thespians in work over the years who might otherwise have disappeared from the scene earlier.
It could be that the ‘curses’ who prowl television production are kinder and more patient beasts than the Curse of 39, though a definitive conclusion there might have to await a separate W o C project if she’s ever in the mood! Anyway I hope you’re settling in OK in the New Year.
Regina King has never been on the Oracle of Bacon Top 1000 Center of the Hollywood Universe list. These are the actors on the list she has appeared with.
27 FRANK WELKER The Ant Bully (2006)
63 ED HARRIS PLANES: FIRE & RESCUE (2014)
74 GENE HACKMAN Enemy of the State (1998)
78 JASON ROBARDS Enemy of the State (1998)
113 JULIA ROBERTS The Ant Bully (2006)
147 TOM SIZEMORE Enemy of the State (1998)
148 WHOOPI GOLDBERG How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998)
160 DANNY GLOVER How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998)
161 NICOLAS CAGE The Ant Bully (2006)
164 GABRIEL BYRNE Enemy of the State (1998)
166 JON VOIGHT Enemy of the State (1998)
174 ANJELICA HUSTON Daddy Day Care (2003)
176 STEPHEN TOBOLOWSKY Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous (2005)
183 FOREST WHITAKER Our Family Wedding (2010)
210 BRUCE MCGILL Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003)
215 STACY KEACH PLANES: FIRE & RESCUE (2014)
220 PHILIP BAKER HALL Enemy of the State (1998)
231 TREAT WILLIAMS Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous (2005)
237 MERYL STREEP The Ant Bully (2006)
243 HAL HOLBROOK PLANES: FIRE & RESCUE (2014)
249 TOM CRUISE Jerry Maguire (1996)
275 PAUL GIAMATTI The Ant Bully (2006)
300 BILLY ZANE Poetic Justice (1993)
310 TOM KENNY THE ANT BULLY (2006)
336 JACK BLACK Enemy of the State (1998)
356 BILL PAXTON Mighty Joe Young (1998)
372 BEAU BRIDGES Jerry Maguire (1996)
383 JOHN RATZENBERGER PLANES: FIRE & RESCUE (2014)
385 LAURENCE FISHBURNE Boyz n the Hood (1991)
385 LAURENCE FISHBURNE Higher Learning (1995)
387 LIN SHAYE A Cinderella Story (2004)
405 ERNIE HUDSON Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous (2005)
412 DAVID PAYMER Mighty Joe Young (1998)
427 WILLIAM SHATNER Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous (2005)
477 TRACEY WALTER Mighty Joe Young (1998)
518 ERIC STOLTZ Jerry Maguire (1996)
530 CHARLIZE THERON Mighty Joe Young (1998)
569 RICHARD RIEHLE Mighty Joe Young (1998)
571 LUKE WILSON Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003)
573 RICHARD SCHIFF Ray (2004/I)
592 JOHN C. REILLY Year of the Dog (2007/I)
601 LARRY MILLER The Ant Bully (2006)
611 BRAD GARRETT PLANES: FIRE & RESCUE (2014)
626 GWYNETH PALTROW Higher Learning (1995)
628 JASON ALEXANDER LOVE AND ACTION IN CHICAGO (1999)
710 SETH GREEN ENEMY OF THE STATE (1998)
720 DELROY LINDO THIS CHRISTMAS (2007)
729 PATRICK BAUCHAU Ray (2004/I)
750 CUBA GOODING JR. Boyz n the Hood (1991)
750 CUBA GOODING JR. Jerry Maguire (1996)
751 STUART WILSON ENEMY OF THE STATE (1998)
762 FRED TATASCIORE PLANES: FIRE & RESCUE (2014)
762 FRED TATASCIORE THE ANT BULLY (2006)
764 FRANKIE FAISON Down to Earth (2001)
778 SANDRA BULLOCK Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous (2005)
800 KEVIN MICHAEL RICHARDSON PLANES: FIRE & RESCUE (2014)
807 LUCY LIU JERRY MAGUIRE (1996)
832 SALLY FIELD Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003)
845 FRED WILLARD PLANES: FIRE & RESCUE (2014)
861 RADE SERBEDZIJA Mighty Joe Young (1998)
891 RENE AUBERJONOIS PLANES: FIRE & RESCUE (2014)
899 VICTOR GARBER HOW STELLA GOT HER GROOVE BACK (1998)
948 MICHAEL CLARKE DUNCAN FRIDAY (1995)
950 EDDIE MURPHY Daddy Day Care (2003)
967 JOHN MICHAEL HIGGINS PLANES: FIRE & RESCUE (2014)
979 CHRIS ROCK Down to Earth (2001)
994 DONAL LOGUE Jerry Maguire (1996)
999 JERRY STILLER PLANES: FIRE & RESCUE (2014)
Regina has appeared with 18 Oscar winners.
CHARLIZE THERON Mighty Joe Young (1998)
CUBA GOODING JR. Boyz n the Hood (1991)
CUBA GOODING JR. Jerry Maguire (1996)
FOREST WHITAKER Our Family Wedding (2010)
GENE HACKMAN Enemy of the State (1998)
GWYNETH PALTROW Higher Learning (1995)
JAMIE FOXX Ray (2004/I)
JASON ROBARDS Enemy of the State (1998)
JENNIFER CONNELLY Higher Learning (1995)
JON VOIGHT Enemy of the State (1998)
JULIA ROBERTS The Ant Bully (2006)
MERYL STREEP The Ant Bully (2006)
NICOLAS CAGE The Ant Bully (2006)
OCTAVIA SPENCER LEGALLY BLONDE 2: RED, WHITE & BLONDE (2003)
OCTAVIA SPENCER Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous (2005)
REESE WITHERSPOON Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003)
RENEE ZELLWEGER Jerry Maguire (1996)
SALLY FIELD Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003)
SANDRA BULLOCK Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous (2005)
WHOOPI GOLDBERG How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998)
Hey Dan. Pretty solid lists for Regina King. I imagine her movie career would need a serious boost to reach the Top 1000. Despite being an Oscar winner, the age of 48 does not bode well for that. Looking at the first list….lots of twos….but nobody over that total. As for the second list….3 Oscar winners from Legally Blonde 2….who saw that coming back then. Good stuff as always.
Seen more movies of hers than I thought. I liked her in Jerry Maguire. A small but memorable role.
Hey Taylor….I am right there with you…..seen more than I would have guessed. Thanks for stopping by.
In a career that started way back in 1985 Regina’s contributions on top of her big screen career have been:
1/Acting in 22 television productions between 1985 and the present. Currently she has the main role in the superhero TV drama series Watchmen co-starring Don Johnson, which started airing in October last year.
2/Directing from 2013-2018 (1) 17 episodes of 11 TV series (2) 2 TV movies (3) 1 documentary. She is now set to direct her first big screen feature film, One Night in Miami, at pre-production stage and scheduled for 2020 release. The pre-production notes read:. “In the aftermath of Cassius Clay’s defeat of Sonny Liston in 1964, the boxer meets with Malcolm X, Sam Cooke and Jim Brown to change the course of history in the segregated South.” Sounds like highly intelligent stuff.
3/Directing 2 musical videos in 2010/2011.
I have seen 4 of the movies listed in Bruce’s tables: Enemy of the State, Jerry Maguire, [several times with my grandchildren!] Daddy Day Care and Mighty Joel Young. IMDB credits Regina with a whopping 60 awards and 61 noms and Celeb Net Worth says she had a net worth of $12 million in 2016 [$13 million today].
In light of all of the foregoing and Bruce’s mention of Time Magazine designating her as one of the world’s 100 most influential people of 2019, who can deny Regina her entitlement to her Cogerson page? – so “Voted Up!”
Hey Bob….thanks for the thoughts on Regina King. I admit….although I have seen many of her movies, she never really caught my full attention. I loved her role in Jerry Maguire…..but I never connected her to other movies…..but now…..she is fully connected in my mind. I have heard about the Watchman series…but got fooled into seeing the movie….not sure I will dip my toe in that water again. King is certainly collecting lots of awards and worth….which is awesome. Hopefully her recent Oscar win will keep her going for years….though….she is passed the dreaded 39 now….lol. Good stuff.