Want to know the best Robert Rodriguez movies? How about the worst Robert Rodriguez movies? Curious about Robert Rodriguez box office grosses or which Robert Rodriguez movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Robert Rodriguez movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences? Well, you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.
Robert Rodriguez (1969-) is an American director. Rodriguez first came to prominence for directing 1992’s El Mariachi. His IMDb page shows over 54 acting credits since 1990. This page will rank Robert Rodriguez 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.
Robert Rodriguez 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 |
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| 2001 | Spy Kids (2001) |  |
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| 2005 | Sin City (2005) | |
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| 2004 | Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) | |
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| 2002 | Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (2002) Director |
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| 2019 | Alita: Battle Angel (2019) |  |
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| 2003 | Spy Kids 3: Game Over (2003) | |
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| 2003 | Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003) | |
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| 1998 | The Faculty (1998) | |
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| 2007 | Grindhouse (2007) |  |
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| 1995 | Desperado (1995) | |
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| 1996 | From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) | |
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| 2010 | Machete (2010) Director |
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| 1992 | El Mariachi (1992) |  |
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| 1994 | Roadracers (1994) Showtime Movies |
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| 2009 | Shorts (2009) | |
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| 2005 | The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D (2005) |  |
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| 2014 | Sin City: A Dame To Kill For (2014) | |
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| 2020 | We Can Be Heroes (2020) Netflix Director |
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| 2019 | UglyDolls (2019) | |
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| 2023 | Hypnotic (2023) Director |
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| 2013 | Machete Kills (2013) | |
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| 2011 | Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World (2011) | |
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| 2019 | Red 11 (2019) | |
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| 1995 | Four Rooms (1995) |  |
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| 2023 | Spy Kids: Armageddon (2023) Netflix |
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Robert Rodriguez 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 Robert Rodriguez movies by his co-stars
- Sort Robert Rodriguez movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Robert Rodriguez movies by adjusted worldwide box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Robert Rodriguez 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 Robert Rodriguez movie received.
- Sort Robert Rodriguez 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
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
Spy Kids (2001)
Alexa PenaVega &
Daryl Sabara112.70
249.4
327.3
17
67
00 / 00
93.7
3
Sin City (2005)
Mickey Rourke &
Clive Owen74.10
144.7
310.1
32
84
00 / 00
93.6
2
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
Uma Thurman &
Music Composed by Robert Rodriguez66.20
133.3
306.3
44
86
00 / 00
93.0
4
Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (2002)
DirectorAlexa PenaVega &
Daryl Sabara85.80
185.0
258.0
30
66
00 / 00
91.2
5
Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
Jennifer Connelly &
Mahershala Ali85.70
117.0
552.4
33
79
00 / 00
88.5
6
Spy Kids 3: Game Over (2003)
Daryl Sabara &
Alexa PenaVega111.80
231.7
408.4
19
50
00 / 00
87.5
7
Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)
Antonio Banderas &
Salma Hayek56.40
116.8
203.5
52
64
00 / 00
83.1
8
The Faculty (1998)
Josh Hartnett
40.30
107.4
107.4
50
64
00 / 00
80.9
8
Grindhouse (2007)
Kurt Russell &
Rose McGowan25.00
45.5
91.2
96
80
00 / 00
79.1
11
Desperado (1995)
Antonio Banderas &
Salma Hayek25.40
73.0
73.0
67
67
00 / 00
75.8
11
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
Harvey Keitel &
George Clooney25.80
73.1
167.8
60
65
00 / 00
75.1
12
Machete (2010)
DirectorDanny Trejo &
Michelle Rodriguez26.60
42.1
69.9
99
70
00 / 00
70.6
14
El Mariachi (1992)
Carlos Gallardo &
Consuelo Gómez2.00
6.1
6.1
148
76
00 / 00
62.8
14
Roadracers (1994)
Showtime Movies Salma Hayek
0.00
0.1
0.1
285
68
00 / 00
46.4
15
Shorts (2009)
Jimmy Bennett &
James Spader20.90
34.9
49.8
105
54
00 / 00
40.2
18
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D (2005)
George Lopez
39.20
76.5
76.5
72
39
00 / 00
35.6
16
Sin City: A Dame To Kill For (2014)
Mickey Rourke &
Jessica Alba13.80
21.0
60.3
132
54
00 / 00
31.4
17
We Can Be Heroes (2020)
Netflix
DirectorChristian Slater
0.10
0.1
0.1
254
57
00 / 00
24.7
18
UglyDolls (2019)
Emma Roberts &
Story by Robert Rodriguez20.20
27.5
36.2
100
47
00 / 00
21.0
20
Hypnotic (2023)
DirectorBen Affleck
4.50
4.9
6.9
124
51
00 / 00
16.5
20
Machete Kills (2013)
Danny Trejo &
Alexa PenaVega8.00
12.3
23.1
137
47
00 / 00
14.1
22
Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World (2011)
Jessica Alba &
Jeremy Piven38.50
60.7
134.9
79
30
00 / 00
12.4
21
Red 11 (2019)
Roby Attal
0.00
0.1
0.1
413
48
00 / 00
10.6
22
Four Rooms (1995)
Bruce Willis &
Tim Roth4.30
12.2
12.2
147
39
00 / 00
5.6
25
Spy Kids: Armageddon (2023)
Netflix Zachary Levi
0.10
0.1
0.1
219
41
00 / 00
4.4
Check out Robert Rodriguez’s career compared to current and classic actors. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.
I’ve seen 17 of the 23 films on the chart. I thought that was impressive until I saw Bruce and Dan had seen 20 each.
My favorites are – Desperado, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, From Dusk Till Dawn, The Faculty, Alita, Machete 1 & 2, Sin City 1 & 2, Planet Terror and Kill Bill 2.
Looking at the charts the top rated film directed by Rodriguez is Sin City. Spy Kids tops the UMR and Alita is his biggest grosser but not his most profitable film I would guess.
Good stuff Bruce. Vote Up!
HI MR 20: Unfortunately I have never seen any of the 17 movies which Robert made as an actor and in fact apart from the 4 Spy Kid films which I watched with my grandchildren your wooden spoon guy has seen just one of the movies in your chart – The Faculty; but that one has fond memories for me: I rented it out from a Blockbuster video library when I visited Atlanta in the US back in 1999. Ah nostalgia!
Other trivia about Robert:
1/$Reported net worth of $60 million
2/42 awards and 32 noms most if not all for work as producer/director etc.
3/4 new projects in pipeline: one completed/one at pre-production stage/ and 2 announced. The latter 2 include a TV animated series about the legendary Zorro of which Robert is credited as the executive-producer and ‘creator’.
I’ve seen 20 of his films. The ones I haven’t seen are Red 11, Ugly Dolls and the biggie We Can Be Heroes.
Hey Dan. Thanks for the visit and the tally count. We are actually tied with 20 Robert Rodriguez movies seen. I have not seen Red 11, El Mariachi or the Adventures of Sharkboy and Lava Girl. We Can Be Heroes is the sequel to Sharkboy. It was such a popular movie on Netflix that a third chapter is coming soon. That being said, it was pretty weak. Good stuff as always.