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Christian Bale Movies Ranked: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB
Christian Bale appears in the billed cast of 23 films in our catalog, from 1987 to 2022. Top of the list is The Dark Knight ('2008), at 9.1 on IMDb. The average IMDb score across this list is 7.3. Biggest split between audiences and critics: Equilibrium, 7.3 on IMDb against 33 on Metacritic.
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| # | Movie | Genre | IMDb | Tomato | Meta | TMDB | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Dark Knight '2008 | Action / Thriller / Crime | 9.1 | 94% | 85 | 8.5 | Christopher Nolan |
| 2 | The Prestige '2006 | Drama / Mystery / Sci-Fi | 8.5 | 77% | 66 | 8.2 | Christopher Nolan |
| 3 | The Dark Knight Rises '2012 | Action / Crime / Thriller | 8.4 | 87% | 78 | 7.8 | Christopher Nolan |
| 4 | Batman Begins '2005 | Drama / Crime / Action | 8.2 | 85% | 70 | 7.7 | Christopher Nolan |
| 5 | Ford v Ferrari '2019 | Drama / Action | 8.1 | 92% | 81 | 8.0 | James Mangold |
| 6 | Empire of the Sun '1987 | Drama / War | 7.7 | 75% | 62 | 7.5 | Steven Spielberg |
| 7 | The Big Short '2015 | Comedy / Drama | 7.8 | 89% | 81 | 7.4 | Adam McKay |
| 8 | American Psycho '2000 | Thriller / Drama / Crime | 7.6 | 69% | 64 | 7.4 | Mary Harron |
| 9 | The Fighter '2010 | Drama | 7.8 | 91% | 79 | 7.4 | David O. Russell |
| 10 | The Machinist '2004 | Thriller / Drama | 7.6 | 77% | 61 | 7.5 | Brad Anderson |
| 11 | 3:10 to Yuma '2007 | Western | 7.6 | 89% | 76 | 7.2 | James Mangold |
| 12 | Equilibrium '2002 | Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller | 7.3 | 40% | 33 | 7.1 | Kurt Wimmer |
| 13 | American Hustle '2013 | Drama / Crime | 7.2 | 92% | 90 | 6.9 | David O. Russell |
| 14 | Little Women '1994 | Drama / Romance | 7.3 | - | 87 | 7.3 | Gillian Armstrong |
| 15 | Vice '2018 | Drama / Comedy | 7.2 | 64% | 61 | 7.0 | Adam McKay |
| 16 | Public Enemies '2009 | Crime / Drama | 6.9 | 68% | 70 | 6.7 | Michael Mann |
| 17 | Pocahontas '1995 | Animation / Romance | 6.7 | 58% | 59 | 6.9 | Mike Gabriel |
| 18 | Reign of Fire '2002 | Action / Fantasy | 6.2 | 42% | 39 | 6.2 | Rob Bowman |
| 19 | Terminator Salvation '2009 | Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller | 6.5 | 33% | 49 | 6.1 | McG |
| 20 | The Pale Blue Eye '2022 | Thriller / Crime / Horror / Mystery | 6.6 | 62% | 56 | 6.8 | Scott Cooper |
| 21 | Exodus: Gods and Kings '2014 | Drama / Action | 6.0 | 29% | 52 | 5.9 | Ridley Scott |
| 22 | Amsterdam '2022 | Mystery / Comedy / Drama | 6.2 | 32% | 49 | 6.1 | David O. Russell |
| 23 | Thor: Love and Thunder '2022 | Fantasy / Action / Comedy | 6.1 | 64% | 57 | 6.4 | Taika Waititi |
Our catalog covers roughly the 8,800 most-rated films on TMDB, so lesser-known titles may be missing. Order uses a confidence-weighted IMDb score so a perfect score from a handful of votes does not beat a well-established classic; the scores shown are the raw ones.