Matt Damon Movies-Best to Worst-From School Ties to We Bought A Zoo.
82Matt Damon in 2011's Contagion...one of his 6 movies that were in theaters in 2011.
Hub Update: My Matt Damon hub was the 33rd hub that I wrote on March 13th 2011. At the time True Grit was ending it's box office run and the first of his five 2011 movies, The Adjustment Bureau, had just opened. I have been updating the hub all year long as Contagion, Happy Feet Two, Margaret and most recently We Bought A Zoo opened. Since March of last year I have finally picked a hub format I like, so I figure the time had come to give Matt Damon a much deserved facelift. So here are the news things you get....a Top Ten Box Office table, a Top Ten Critic Audience table, brand new photos and all of his 36 movies ranked on the last table. It looks like his latest movie, We Bought A Zoo is going to finish as his 19th best movie according to the statistics of the movie. 2/22/2012.
Matt Damon is one of the top forty highest grossing actors of all time. One of his first roles was Mystic Pizza, which starred another newcomer...Julia Roberts. His breakthrough movie was 1997's Good Will Hunting. Not only was Damon nominated as Best Actor for Good Will Hunting, he also won the Oscar® for best screenplay. He shared the Oscar® win with his good friend Ben Affleck who also co-wrote the screenplay. Since his breakthrough, Damon has starred in many blockbuster hits. Some of these hits would include Saving Private Ryan, True Grit, The Departed, the Bourne movies and all three Ocean 11 movies.
Matt Damon in his 2nd biggest box office hit....2007's The Bourne Ultimatum with 263.10 million in 2012 dollars.
Matt Damon's Top Ten Box Office Hits in 2012 Inflated Dollars.
Rank Movie Year
| 2012 Inflated Box Office(mil)
| Co-Stars
|
|---|---|---|
#1 Saving Private Ryan (1998)
| 367.30 million
| Tom Hanks
|
#2 The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
| 263.10 million
| Joan Allen
|
#3 Oceans Eleven (2001)
| 258.40 million
| Brad Pitt/George Clooney
|
#4 Good Will Hunting (1997)
| 240.10 million
| Ben Affleck
|
#5 The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
| 225.80 million
| Joan Allen
|
#6 True Grit (2010)
| 170.90 million
| Jeff Bridges
|
#7 The Bourne Identity (2002)
| 167.00 million
| Chris Cooper
|
#8 Oceans Twelve (2004)
| 160.60 million
| George Clooney/Brad Pitt
|
#9 The Departed (2006)
| 159.80 million
| Jack Nicholson
|
#10 Oceans Thirteen (2007)
| 135.20 million
| Brad Pitt/George Clooney
|
Matt Damon in 2010's True Grit....his 5th best movie according to critics and audiences.
Matt Damon's Top Ten Movies based on critics and audience voting at IMDB, Rotten Tomatoes.com, Yahoo movies.
Rank Movie Year
| Critics Audience Rating
| Co-Stars
|
|---|---|---|
Good Will Hunting (1997)
| 89%
| Ben Affleck
|
The Departed (2006)
| 89%
| Leonardo DiCaprio
|
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
| 88%
| Tom Hanks
|
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
| 88%
| Joan Allen
|
True Grit (2010)
| 88%
| Jeff Bridges
|
Ponyo (2009)
| 85%
| Cate Blanchett
|
The Bourne Identity (2002)
| 81%
| Chris Cooper
|
Contagion (3D) (2011)
| 79%
| Jude Law
|
Oceans Eleven (2001)
| 79%
| Brad Pitt
|
The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
| 79%
| Joan Allen
|
Matt Damon in 2009's Invictus....ranked as Damon's 14th best movie according to Movie Score.
Matt Damon's 36 movies ranked by Movie Score. Movie Score is box office results + critical reception + award recognition. Perfect score would be 100.
Rank
| Movie Year
| Inflated 2012 Box Office (Millions)
| Opening Weekend
| Top 5 Weeks
| Top 10 Weeks
| Critics Audience Rating
| Cogerson Movie Score
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st
| Good Will Hunting (1997)
| $240.10
| 2
| 9
| 13
| 89%
| 84.34
|
2nd
| Saving Private Ryan (1998)
| $367.30
| 1
| 8
| 15
| 88%
| 80.13
|
3rd
| The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
| $263.10
| 1
| 6
| 8
| 88%
| 75.74
|
4th
| The Departed (2006)
| $159.80
| 1
| 5
| 7
| 89%
| 73.35
|
5th
| True Grit (2010)
| $171.10
| 2
| 5
| 9
| 88%
| 69.08
|
6th
| Oceans Eleven (2001)
| $258.40
| 1
| 6
| 7
| 79%
| 68.68
|
7th
| The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
| $225.80
| 1
| 4
| 7
| 79%
| 67.91
|
8th
| The Bourne Identity (2002)
| $167.00
| 2
| 3
| 5
| 81%
| 59.63
|
9th
| The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
| $128.00
| 2
| 3
| 7
| 78%
| 58.53
|
10th
| Oceans Twelve (2004)
| $160.60
| 1
| 4
| 6
| 58%
| 54.20
|
Rank
| Movie Year
| Inflated 2011 Box Office (Millions)
| Opening Weekend
| Top 5 Weeks
| Top 10 Weeks
| Critics Audience Rating
| Cogerson Movie Score
|
11th
| Oceans Thirteen (2007)
| $135.20
| 1
| 3
| 6
| 70%
| 53.22
|
12th
| Courage Under Fire (1996)
| $106.50
| 3
| 3
| 5
| 76%
| 47.50
|
13th
| Contagion (2011)
| $74.92
| 1
| 2
| 5
| 79%
| 45.45
|
14th
| Invictus (2009)
| $39.80
| 3
| 1
| 4
| 75%
| 44.34
|
15th
| The Rainmaker (1997)
| $79.50
| 3
| 3
| 5
| 77%
| 43.37
|
16th
| Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002) (Voice)
| $100.20
| 4
| 2
| 4
| 68%
| 43.14
|
17th
| Syriana (2005)
| $62.80
| 2
| 2
| 2
| 72%
| 39.75
|
18th
| The Adjustment Bureau(2011)
| $62.49
| 2
| 2
| 4
| 72%
| 38.44
|
19th
| We Bought A Zoo (2011) Still in theaters
| $75.62
| 6
| 0
| 4
| 68%
| 37.26
|
20th
| The Good Shepherd (2006)
| $72.30
| 4
| 2
| 3
| 62%
| 36.11
|
21st
| The Informant! (2009)
| $35.80
| 2
| 2
| 3
| 73%
| 35.74
|
Rank
| Movie Year
| Inflated 2012 Box Office (Millions)
| Opening Weekend
| Top 5 Weeks
| Top 10 Weeks
| Critics Audience Rating
| Cogerson Movie Score
|
22nd
| Dogma (1999)
| $48.50
| 3
| 2
| 5
| 70%
| 35.52
|
23rd
| Rounders (1998)
| $39.00
| 1
| 2
| 3
| 69%
| 35.06
|
24th
| Happy Feet Two (2011) (Voice)
| $64.00
| 2
| 3
| 4
| 51%
| 32.47
|
25th
| Ponyo (2009) (Voice)
| $15.90
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 85%
| 31.26
|
26th
| Green Zone (2010)
| $35.00
| 2
| 2
| 3
| 62%
| 30.27
|
27th
| Stuck on You (2003)
| $44.50
| 3
| 1
| 2
| 60%
| 29.47
|
28th
| School Ties (1992)
| $27.80
| 5
| 1
| 3
| 67%
| 29.22
|
29th
| Geronimo: An American Legend (1993)
| $35.80
| 4
| 1
| 4
| 58%
| 28.77
|
30th
| Hereafter (2010)
| $32.60
| 4
| 2
| 3
| 58%
| 28.23
|
Rank
| Movie Year
| Inflated 2012 Box Office (Millions)
| Opening Weekend
| Top 5 Weeks
| Top 10 Weeks
| Critics Audience Rating
| Cogerson Movie Score
|
31st
| Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)
| $45.30
| 3
| 1
| 3
| 54%
| 28.21
|
32nd
| The Brothers Grimm (2005)
| $46.90
| 2
| 2
| 3
| 48%
| 27.61
|
33rd
| Titan A.E. (2000) (Voice)
| $33.40
| 5
| 1
| 2
| 58%
| 26.57
|
34th
| Margaret (2011)
| $00.01
| 86
| 0
| 0
| 67%
| 22.14
|
35th
| Gerry (2003)
| $0.00
| 63
| 0
| 0
| 61%
| 20.17
|
36th
| All the Pretty Horses (2000)
| $23.10
| 10
| 0
| 1
| 45%
| 19.40
|
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck winning their Oscar® for Good Will Hunting.
Movie Score card for Matt Damon's # 3 movie The Bourne Ultimatum.
So what the heck are Movie Scores?
There are all kinds of ways to determine if you want to see or skip a movie. You can depend on your favorite critic.My favorites are Roger Ebert and Leonard Maltin. You might go to Rotten Tomatoes to get the consensus of all the critics. You might watch the viewer ratings at Yahoo Movies and IMDB. You might depend on which movies are doing the best at the box office. You might wait for the end of the year awards. Movie Score takes all of these options and creates a mathematical equation that generates a score from 1 to 100. The higher the score the better the movie.
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While Matt Damon has never been among my favorite movie stars, he's made some good films. He's fun in the Jason Bourne films. The Departed was a best picture winner, although I preferred the original Hong Kong version of that one. Damon's two latest films, True Grit and Adjustment Bureau, are very good. I didn't think Titan A.E. was all that bad.
Rob
I really like Ben Affleck and Matt Damon - would like to see them together in another film. I have enjoyed their movies - The Bourne films were really good. Thanks for all the information. GREAT SPEECH AT THE OSCARS...
Thanks for reading Faye...He is not one of my favorites either......but as I was researching the hub...I noticed pretty much all his movies make money and audiences and critics like his movies.
I am glad you liked the hub BERN1960.....the Bourne movies are all very well made.....the next Bourne movie will not star Matt Damon....not sure how that is going to work
Hey Rob. I have been working on a James Stewart for what seems like forever....and I realized I had most of Matt Damon's movies already done so I threw this one out there real quick. I gained some new respect for him after looking at his body of work.....I am thinking he is the new "Harrison Ford"....I agree with you that Titan A.E. was actually pretty good....back in 2000 I do not think they knew how to market movies like Titan ....thanks for reading and commenting.
Nice hub on Matt Damon!!! I think the Talented Mr. Ripley is the weirdest Damon movie I've seen. Adjustment Bureau and Good Will Hunting probably my faves of him. Great job!
My favourite Matt Damon film has to be Saving Private Ryan and not because of him either, ;)
I also enjoyed the Bourne trilogy.
I saw Hereafter recently, Matt plays a reluctant psychic, it was directed by Clint Eastwood. I didn't like it.
Good work as usual Cogerson. Oh and that Clint Eastwood hub is overdue... [wink]
Thank you Emilybee....I have been trying to see The Adjustment Bureau the last two weekends...maybe the third weekend will be the charm.
Hey Steve...thanks for reading....I agree Saving Private Ryan is one my favorites as well.....I kinda liked him in Clint Eastwood's Invictus....and you are correct....it is about time for a Clint hub....thanks for commenting
I see Hereafter wasn't that high on the chart leaving me to wonder if I'll like it when I get it in Netflix,I really liked the Bourne movies and hope I like The Adjustment Bureau.;)
Hey Mentalist acer.....I really like Clint Eastwood movies, and I was willing to give Hereafter the benefit of the doubt....but I did not like Hereafter at all...ranked 27th here....and a 58% critic audience score....rotten tomatoes would say it was rotten....lol....thanks for commenting...and I hope you like Hereafter better than me.
Now thems some good apples, nice hub, he has had a pretty good career so far.
Great list, he is my some very solid movies. I love him as Jason Bourne, I can not believe they are making a Bourne movie without him, it does not make any sense.
Yes, I agree that a Bourne movie without Matt Damon is like apple crumble without custard :-)
I guess I could say I am a bit of a Matt Damon fan but I couldn't understand why he did Stuck on You. I have not seen it because the trailer was more than I could take but with all those other great movies that seemed a bit desperate!
Great hub. Matt Damon remains one of my favorite actors of all time because of the diversity of his roles. Unlike Ben Affleck, who always seems to play some eternally youthful and wealthy play boy (with a few rare exceptions), Damon's roles are as different from one another as night and day.
What I love most about Good Will Hunting is that this was literally the film that Damon, Affleck and company put their sweat and blood into. It showed the rest of us what a lot of hard work, dedication and communication can help create and it set a bar for the rest of us who are aspiring film makers.
Damon is getting better with age. great job
Very funny hinton1966....nice quote from Good Will Hunting
Yankees Rule....I think he is still going to play Bourne later like 5 years or more...but the next Bourne movie will not have in the movie
Hey Azure...you are not missing much by not seeing Stuck on You...it is a very strange movie....it was marketed as a comedy but it is more of a drama....but in the end ....it is just a bad movie. thanks for reading
Shaun....I agree he is getting better with age
Very good points NateSean....it is great to see somebody's hard work pay off....Damon has never looked back...Afleck stumbled some but now seems on track again.....as a director...
He is one of my favorites. I loved Bagger Vance and Hereafter. Especially nice seeing him in the Top 10 of all actors. Very nice hub.
Okay, so I just did my best to get through the entire trailer of Gerry, and omg, they are either gay or on acid!!! Looks like a terrible movie, also Ben Affleck had nothing to do with Good Will Hunting, Damon just threw his buddy a bone, and put his name on the script. All in all, good list.
Wow- that's a great analysis! I liked Matt in True Grit and thought he was funny in The Informant, a movie that did not get a lot of publicity.
I am a big fan of Matt Damon Since I saw the Bourne films. Great hub.
Wow!...you've done your homework!! : ) I love Matt Damon and have his 'Bourne' series of movies on DVD. I need to bookmark this one! Thanks for sharing it with us, I'm very happy now! :D
Matt Damon's best performance for me was in 'The Talented Mr Ripley' - my friend Anthony Minghella made this movie and I went to the Premier. There is also a black and white movie of the same title (the original) which had a different ending - they are both good movies an interesting to compare. Good hub, like your style.
Thank you KellyE....I thought the first few minutes of Hereafter were very well done....but then the next 2 hours it was just too depressing
BryRog57....I think watching the trailer for Gerry should count as watching the movie....thanks for commenting and reading
Thanks for commenting Wendy ...he was funny in The Informant....I liked how the movie did not let us know how screwed up the main character was until the end of the movie....
Thank you Richard....the Bourne movies are very well done....and getting better .....
Thank you for the compliment Shygirl....it is greatly appreciated
Hey Juliette...I enjoyed The Talented Mr. Ripley as well.....John Malkovich also got to play Ripley in another movie as well.....it is cool that you got to go to the premiere....I am sorry your friend Anthony Minghella passed away so young...thank for reading
My favorite was Saving Private Ryan. We actually just watched it last weekend. Great hub!
It is funny you mention saving private ryan, Tom Hanks is an actor that improved with age. He was such a whiner in his earlier comedies. The Bourne movies could continue without him just as the Bond movies continued without Connery. Bourne is the poor man's james bond. Also a more realistic type bond. Bourne go's to different countries but he keeps a low profile. dressing down to blend in no tuxs, no playing poker in crowded casino's, no checking into Fancy hotels.
Hey ruffridyer......some of the things I have read about the next Bourne movies are very confusing....I think the next one will not have Damon....but will be a character like Bourne?....and then after that movie...they will bring back Damon for the 4th Jason Bourne movie.....it sounds like some producers trying to figure out a way to squeeze some cash out of the public....thanks for stopping by
I like the fact that you have the three Bourne movies in your top 8, but I think they should all be in the Top 5. True Grit and Saving Private Ryan are great movies, but Damon's role is not the biggest, especially in Saving Private Ryan. Give Bourne his due.
Hey BourneManiac....I think one of the flaws of my system...is an actor/actress gets the same points for a starring role as well as a supporting role.....makes me think....but until a change....I think my Movie Score system has given the Bourne movies lots of love...thanks for stopping by
Just to show Steve I can write a short response on one of your hubs even when I've seen some of the actor's films and want to see more...
I have seen The Talented Mr. Ripley, the first two Bourne Films (-still not seen the third,) and Good will Hunting.
Besides The Bourne Ultimatum I want to see The Good Shepard and The Informant.
Hey Flora...I prefer the longer comments....lol. Knowing how much you prefer the older movies...I am surprised you have seen 4 of his movies already...and have a list of ones you want to watch. The Good Shepard is a very good movie...and I hear they are going to be making a sequel to it as well....Thanks for your comment.
if he hadn't made suspense films, I wouldn't have seen so many. but I read Robert ludlum and Patricia Highsmith.
Hey Flora....I think he has more suspense films coming your way...he is a very busy actor...he already has had three movies this year...and still two more coming. Thanks for the update.
I like Matt Damon as an actor and a person. I like how honest he is about his life in the spotlight and his approach to acting. His latest movies haven't really intrigued me but I'm hoping for something new and different soon. Great hub!
My favorites are The Talented Mr. Ripley and Good Will Hunting. I just saw the Adjustment Bureau but can't say it rated all that high with me; it's really the same old formula boy meets girl, boy loses girl, overcomes all obstacles... blah,blah! Yes it has a new sci-fi twist, but it's so trite in all the important ways. I do think highly of Damon's skills and look forward to seeing more of his work.
It's wonderful to see a young star living up to his promising start. Thanks for another thoughtful look at the movies!
Great hub Cogerson. I enjoy most movies with Matt Damon in, my favourites being The Bourne movies. So many movies get boring after the first two, but The Bourne Ultimatum was just as good as the first two. I cant imagine the next bourne movie being half as good if Matt Damon is not going to be in it.
Cogerson....I like this guy...he's quite a genius, actually. No matter how many movies he makes ( & I've probably seen most of them) I'm so stuck on "Good Will Hunting." and following closely behind, "The Departed." What a TWISTER & TURNER that one was! Truthfully, I got so confused the 1st time, I had to watch it twice. Besides, Matt reminds me of Leo and vise versa.....to ADD to my confusion!
Hey Alecia....I am not a huge Matt Damon fan, but he has some movies that I have really enjoyed. His 2011 was packed with movies but none of them really hit it big at the theater....as being in theaters all of 2011...2012 looks like it will be a quiet year for him...he only had two movies in production on IMDB....one is called Elysium which is a sci-fi movie with Jodie Foster and the second one is called Liberace...with Michael Douglas playing Liberace .....and that one is due out in 2013.
Thanks for checking out my Damon facelift.
Pretty interesting hub. He's definitely one of my more favourite actors, especially with his range of acting abilities. Invictus was a great movie in my opinion - I would've thought it would rank higher although I didn't watch it until recently.
Interesting to see how Damon's movies stack up. I think he's a very good actor, as well as a likable guy, which counts for a lot in my book. My favorite Damon movies are Good Will Hunting and The Talented Mr. Ripley, and I also like the Bourne series and the Oceans movies. In fact, my family voted to watch The Talented Mr. Ripley on Christmas Eve ... a strange choice, I guess, but a good counterpoint to all the holiday movies we watched.
Hey Immartin....well the two you liked...Good Will Hunting and Mr. Ripley did well on the final list....1st and 9th. I am right there with you about The Adjustment Bureau, it felt like I had seen the movie before....a combination of Dark City, Matrix and any romantic comedy where the hero gets the girl at the end.
Hey RedElf....thanks for stopping by and commenting. Matt Damon has put together a pretty impressive career and he is still a pretty young guy....I think he is this generations Gene Hackman....which I think is a pretty good compliment.
Hey Zoey24....I agree the third Bourne was the best one in my book as well...and I also do not understand how you can have a Bourne movie without Matt Damon. Even more of a mystery is that Damon wants to make more Bourne movies, but his schedule was filled and the producers did not want to wait for him to be available....it is like they are in a hurry to ruin the franchise....thanks for stopping by.
Hey fpherj48...thanks for stopping by and checking out my Matt Damon updated hub. I am glad you liked The Departed....did you know that it was actually a remake of a film that was made in Hong Kong in 2002 called Infernal Affairs? I am guessing since your favorite two Damon movies made the Top 4 you are having with my rankings. Some people think Saving Private Ryan is too high because Damon's part is small...but he was Private Ryan.
Hey DeviousOne....thanks for the comment and for checking out the my hub. Invictus earned Damon and Morgan Freeman Oscar nominations, but it did not earn very much money at the box office. That pretty much cost it a shot at being in Damon's Top Ten...for Freeman Invictus came out 21st for him...so Damon's 14th ranking is higher than Freeman. Which really only means Freeman has 7 more better movies than Damon.
Hey Brian...well it looks like all of your favorite Matt Damon movies reached the Top 11 in the rankings....that makes me think my rankings might be pretty good...at least in the Matt Damon category. Interesting that you watched The Talented Mr. Ripley on Christmas...my family picked Love Actually...which has some Christmas background stuff going on...but it is a R rated romantic comedy. Thanks for the comment it is greatly appreciated.
He's in A LOT of movies... that's cool, but it's better when an actor of his caliber appears in movies sparingly.
Hey The Jet....I agree 100% with you....so far I have seen 4 of his 6 2011 movies, and so far they have all been very enjoyable. And I am really looking forward to watching We Bought A Zoo as well. Thanks for the comment.
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