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John Lithgow Movies Ranked: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB
John Lithgow appears in the billed cast of 19 films in our catalog, from 1976 to 2024. Top of the list is Shrek ('2001), at 7.9 on IMDb. The average IMDb score across this list is 6.8. Biggest split between audiences and critics: Footloose, 6.6 on IMDb against 42 on Metacritic.
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| # | Movie | Genre | IMDb | Tomato | Meta | TMDB | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shrek '2001 | Animation / Comedy / Fantasy | 7.9 | 89% | 84 | 7.8 | Andrew Adamson |
| 2 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes '2011 | Thriller / Action / Drama / Sci-Fi | 7.6 | 82% | 68 | 7.4 | Rupert Wyatt |
| 3 | Blow Out '1981 | Crime / Mystery / Thriller | 7.4 | 88% | 86 | 7.3 | Brian De Palma |
| 4 | Killers of the Flower Moon '2023 | Crime / Drama | 7.5 | 93% | 89 | 7.4 | Martin Scorsese |
| 5 | Terms of Endearment '1983 | Drama / Comedy | 7.4 | 81% | 79 | 7.1 | James L. Brooks |
| 6 | Conclave '2024 | Drama / Thriller | 7.4 | 93% | 79 | 7.2 | Edward Berger |
| 7 | The World According to Garp '1982 | Drama / Comedy | 7.1 | 71% | 63 | 6.7 | George Roy Hill |
| 8 | The Day After '1983 | Sci-Fi / Drama | 7.0 | 86% | - | 6.8 | Nicholas Meyer |
| 9 | Obsession '1976 | Thriller / Mystery / Drama | 6.7 | 77% | 59 | 6.7 | Brian De Palma |
| 10 | Bombshell '2019 | Drama | 6.8 | 67% | 64 | 6.8 | Jay Roach |
| 11 | 2010 '1984 | Thriller / Sci-Fi | 6.7 | 68% | 53 | 6.7 | Peter Hyams |
| 12 | Footloose '1984 | Drama / Romance | 6.6 | 55% | 42 | 6.7 | Herbert Ross |
| 13 | Cliffhanger '1993 | Action / Thriller | 6.5 | 67% | 59 | 6.5 | Renny Harlin |
| 14 | Twilight Zone: The Movie '1983 | Horror / Fantasy / Sci-Fi | 6.4 | 57% | 44 | 6.5 | John Landis |
| 15 | Santa Claus: The Movie '1985 | Fantasy | 6.3 | 22% | - | 6.3 | Jeannot Szwarc |
| 16 | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension '1984 | Sci-Fi / Comedy | 6.2 | 67% | 70 | 6.0 | W.D. Richter |
| 17 | Pet Sematary '2019 | Horror | 5.7 | 58% | 57 | 5.7 | Dennis Widmyer |
| 18 | Harry and the Hendersons '1987 | Comedy / Fantasy | 6.1 | 50% | 42 | 6.1 | William Dear |
| 19 | Confessions of a Shopaholic '2009 | Comedy / Romance | 5.9 | 26% | 38 | 6.5 | P.J. Hogan |
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.