All Jude Law Movies Ranked by Tomatometer

Critics Consensus: Simultaneously broad and progressive, Spy offers further proof that Melissa McCarthy and writer-director Paul Feig bring out the best in one another -- and delivers scores of belly laughs along the way.

Synopsis: Despite having solid field training, CIA analyst Susan Cooper (Melissa McCarthy) has spent her entire career as a desk jockey, working hand-in-hand with dashing agent... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Melissa McCarthy, Jason Statham, Rose Byrne, Miranda Hart

Directed By: Paul Feig

Critics Consensus: Hugo is an extravagant, elegant fantasy with an innocence lacking in many modern kids' movies, and one that emanates an unabashed love for the magic of cinema.

Synopsis: Orphaned and alone except for an uncle, Hugo Cabret lives in the walls of a train station in the 1930s Paris. Hugo's job is to... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Ben Kingsley, Sacha Baron Cohen, Asa Butterfield, Chloë Grace Moretz

Directed By: Martin Scorsese

Critics Consensus: Typically stylish but deceptively thoughtful, The Grand Budapest Hotel finds Wes Anderson once again using ornate visual environments to explore deeply emotional ideas.

Synopsis: In the 1930s, the Grand Budapest Hotel is a popular European ski resort, presided over by concierge Gustave H. (Ralph Fiennes). Zero, a junior lobby... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric, Adrien Brody

Directed By: Wes Anderson

Critics Consensus: An effective pairing of period setting and timeless themes, The Nest wrings additional tension out of its unsettling story with an outstanding pair of lead performances.

Synopsis: An entrepreneur and his family begin to unravel after moving into an old country manor in England in the 1980s.

Starring: Jude Law, Carrie Coon, Oona Roche, Charlie Shotwell

Directed By: Sean Durkin

Critics Consensus: With a rich sense of period detail, The Aviator succeeds thanks to typically assured direction from Martin Scorsese and a strong performance from Leonardo DiCaprio, who charts Howard Hughes' descent from eccentric billionaire to reclusive madman.

Synopsis: Billionaire and aviation tycoon Howard Hughes (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a successful public figure: a director of big-budget Hollywood films such as "Hell's Angels," a passionate... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, John C. Reilly

Directed By: Martin Scorsese

Critics Consensus: Tense, tightly plotted, and bolstered by a stellar cast, Contagion is an exceptionally smart -- and scary -- disaster movie.

Synopsis: When Beth Emhoff returns to Minnesota from a Hong Kong business trip, she attributes the malaise she feels to jet lag. However, two days later,... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Marion Cotillard, Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Jude Law

Directed By: Steven Soderbergh

Critics Consensus: With Matt Damon's unsettling performance offering a darkly twisted counterpoint to Anthony Minghella's glossy direction, The Talented Mr. Ripley is a suspense thriller that lingers.

Synopsis: To be young and carefree amid the blue waters and idyllic landscape of sun-drenched Italy in the late 1950s; that's la dolce vita Tom Ripley... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Cate Blanchett

Directed By: Anthony Minghella

Critics Consensus: Intelligent and scientifically provocative, Gattaca is an absorbing sci fi drama that poses important interesting ethical questions about the nature of science.

Synopsis: Vincent Freeman has always fantasized about traveling into outer space, but is grounded by his status as a genetically inferior in-valid. He decides to fight... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Jude Law, Gore Vidal

Directed By: Andrew Niccol

Critics Consensus: A smart, clever thriller with plenty of disquieting twists, Side Effects is yet another assured effort from director Steven Soderbergh.

Synopsis: For four years, Emily Taylor (Rooney Mara) has awaited the release of her husband, Martin (Channing Tatum), from being imprisoned for insider trading. Finally, Martin... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Jude Law, Rooney Mara, Channing Tatum, Catherine Zeta-Jones

Directed By: Steven Soderbergh

Critics Consensus: Somber, stately, and beautifully mounted, Sam Mendes' Road to Perdition is a well-crafted mob movie that explores the ties between fathers and sons.

Synopsis: Mike Sullivan (Tom Hanks) is an enforcer for powerful Depression-era Midwestern mobster John Rooney (Paul Newman). Rooney's son, Connor (Daniel Craig), is jealous of the... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Jude Law, Jennifer Jason Leigh

Directed By: Sam Mendes

Critics Consensus: Black Sea may not be particularly deep, but thanks to Kevin Macdonald's judicious direction and a magnetic performance from Jude Law, it remains an efficiently well-crafted thriller.

Synopsis: Soon after losing his salvage job, former naval officer Robinson (Jude Law) assembles a misfit crew of unemployed sailors for a risky mission: Find a... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Jude Law, Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn, David Threlfall

Directed By: Kevin Macdonald

Critics Consensus: Packed with action, humor, and visual thrills, Captain Marvel introduces the MCU's latest hero with an origin story that makes effective use of the franchise's signature formula.

Synopsis: Captain Marvel is an extraterrestrial Kree warrior who finds herself caught in the middle of an intergalactic battle between her people and the Skrulls. Living... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Djimon Hounsou

Directed By: Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck

Critics Consensus: A curious, not always seamless, amalgamation of Kubrick's chilly bleakness and Spielberg's warm-hearted optimism, A.I. is, in a word, fascinating.

Synopsis: A robotic boy, the first programmed to love, David is adopted as a test case by a Cybertronics employee and his wife. Though he gradually... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law, Frances O'Connor, Brendan Gleeson

Directed By: Steven Spielberg

Critics Consensus: A sort of Avengers for the elementary school set, Rise of the Guardians is wonderfully animated and briskly paced, but it's only so-so in the storytelling department.

Synopsis: Generation after generation, immortal Guardians like Santa Claus (Alec Baldwin), the Easter Bunny (Hugh Jackman) and the Tooth Fairy (Isla Fisher) protect the world's children... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Chris Pine, Alec Baldwin, Jude Law, Isla Fisher

Directed By: Peter Ramsey

Critics Consensus: Gooey, slimy, grotesque fun.

Synopsis: Video game designer Allegra Geller (Jennifer Jason Leigh) has created a virtual reality game called eXistenZ. After a crazed fan attempts to kill her, Allegra... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jude Law, Willem Dafoe, Ian Holm

Directed By: David Cronenberg

Critics Consensus: Although it softens the nasty edges of its source material, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events is a gothic visual treat, and it features a hilariously manic turn from Jim Carrey as the evil Count Olaf.

Synopsis: After the three young Baudelaire siblings are left orphaned by a fire in their mansion, they are carted off to live with their distant relative,... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Jim Carrey, Liam Aiken, Emily Browning, Kara Hoffman

Directed By: Brad Silberling

Critics Consensus: Wilde can't hope to communicate the entirety of its subject's fascinating life or outsize talent, but Stephen Fry's stellar performance offers abundant compensation.

Synopsis: Oscar Wilde (Stephen Fry) is a married writer who has occasionally indulged his weakness for male suitors. After much toil, Wilde debuts a stage comedy... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Stephen Fry, Jude Law, Vanessa Redgrave, Jennifer Ehle

Directed By: Brian Gilbert

Critics Consensus: The well-crafted Cold Mountain has an epic sweep and captures the horror and brutal hardship of war.

Synopsis: In this classic story of love and devotion set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, a wounded Confederate soldier named W.P. Inman (Jude... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renée Zellweger, Eileen Atkins

Directed By: Anthony Minghella

Critics Consensus: Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow is slim on plot and characterization, but the visuals more than make up for it.

Synopsis: When gigantic robots attack New York City, "Sky Captain" (Jude Law) uses his private air force to fight them off. His ex-girlfriend, reporter Polly Perkins... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Angelina Jolie, Giovanni Ribisi

Directed By: Kerry Conran

Critics Consensus: Guy Ritchie's directorial style might not be quite the best fit for an update on the legendary detective, but Sherlock Holmes benefits from the elementary appeal of a strong performance by Robert Downey, Jr.

Synopsis: When a string of brutal murders terrorizes London, it doesn't take long for legendary detective Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr.) and his crime-solving partner, Dr.... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Mark Strong

Directed By: Guy Ritchie

Critics Consensus: Closer's talented cast and Mike Nichols' typically assured direction help smooth a bumpy journey from stage to screen.

Synopsis: Alice (Natalie Portman), an American stripper who has moved to London, meets Dan (Jude Law) on the street. While looking at him, a taxi hits... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Julia Roberts, Jude Law, Natalie Portman, Clive Owen

Directed By: Mike Nichols

Critics Consensus: Terry Gilliam remains as indulgent as ever, but The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus represents a return to the intoxicatingly imaginative, darkly beautiful power of his earlier work, with fine performances to match all the visual spectacle.

Synopsis: Dr. Parnassus (Christopher Plummer), the leader of a traveling show, has a dark secret. Thousands of years ago he traded the soul of his daughter,... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Heath Ledger, Christopher Plummer, Verne Troyer, Andrew Garfield

Directed By: Terry Gilliam

Critics Consensus: I Heart Huckabees certainly isn't for everyone, but audiences attuned to its quirky wavelength will find a singularly brainy screwball comedy that refuses to pander.

Synopsis: Environmentalist Albert (Jason Schwartzman) enlists the services of existential detectives Bernard (Dustin Hoffman) and Vivian (Lily Tomlin) to solve the meaning of a succession of... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Jason Schwartzman, Isabelle Huppert, Dustin Hoffman, Lily Tomlin

Directed By: David O. Russell

Critics Consensus: Joe Wright's energetic adaptation of Tolstoy's classic romance is a bold, visually stylized work -- for both better and worse.

Synopsis: Anna Karenina (Keira Knightley), the wife of a Russian imperial minister (Jude Law), creates a high-society scandal by an affair with Count Vronsky (Aaron Taylor-Johnson),... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Keira Knightley, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jude Law, Domhnall Gleeson

Directed By: Joe Wright

Critics Consensus: Intriguing albeit flawed, Vox Lux probes the allures and pitfalls of modern celebrity with intelligence, visual style, and an assured Natalie Portman performance.

Synopsis: Celeste is a 13-year-old music prodigy who survives a horrific school shooting in Staten Island, N.Y., in 1999. Her talent shines through during the memorial... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Natalie Portman, Raffey Cassidy, Jude Law, Stacy Martin

Directed By: Brady Corbet

Critics Consensus: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows is a good yarn thanks to its well-matched leading men but overall stumbles duplicating the well-oiled thrills of the original.

Synopsis: When Austria's crown prince is found dead, evidence seems to point to suicide. However, detective Sherlock Holmes deduces that the prince was murdered and that... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Noomi Rapace, Rachel McAdams

Directed By: Guy Ritchie

Critics Consensus: Jude Law is clearly having fun in Dom Hemingway's title role, but viewers may find this purposely abrasive gangster dramedy isn't quite as enjoyable from the other side of the screen.

Synopsis: After serving 12 years in prison, a skilled safecracker seeks payback and a chance to reconcile with his daughter.

Starring: Jude Law, Richard E. Grant, Demián Bichir, Emilia Clarke

Directed By: Richard Shepard

Critics Consensus: Atmospheric and thrilling, Enemy at the Gates gets the look and feel of war right. However, the love story seems out of place.

Synopsis: Vassili is a young Russian sharpshooter who becomes a legend when a savvy political officer makes him the hero of his propaganda campaign. Their friendship... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Joseph Fiennes, Jude Law, Rachel Weisz, Bob Hoskins

Directed By: Jean-Jacques Annaud

Critics Consensus: While it's certainly sweet and even somewhat touching, The Holiday is so thoroughly predictable that audiences may end up opting for an early check-out time.

Synopsis: Two women, one from America and one from Britain, swap homes at Christmastime after bad breakups with their boyfriends. Each woman finds romance with a... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Jack Black

Directed By: Nancy Meyers

Critics Consensus: Clint Eastwood's spare directorial style proves an ill fit for this Southern potboiler, which dutifully trudges through its mystery while remaining disinterested in the cultural flourishes that gave its source material its sense of intrigue.

Synopsis: In this adaptation of John Berendt's book, a young journalist, John Kelso (John Cusack), travels to Savannah, Ga., to cover the city's Christmas celebration amid... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Kevin Spacey, John Cusack, Jack Thompson, The Lady Chablis

Directed By: Clint Eastwood

Critics Consensus: Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore avoids some of the pitfalls that plagued its predecessor, but lacks much of the magic that drew audiences into the wizarding world many movies ago.

Synopsis: Professor Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) knows the powerful Dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald (Mads Mikkelsen) is moving to seize control of the wizarding world. Unable to... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Jude Law, Mads Mikkelsen, Ezra Miller

Directed By: David Yates

Critics Consensus: This unnecessary remake wants Alfie to have his cake and eat it, too, but a lack of sexual fizz and a sour performance by Jude Law conspire to deliver audiences a romantic comedy that isn't romantic or funny.

Synopsis: British-born ladies' man Alfie (Jude Law) exploits his job as a New York City limousine driver to meet and sleep with attractive women -- which... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Jude Law, Marisa Tomei, Omar Epps, Nia Long

Directed By: Charles Shyer

Critics Consensus: Though well filmed, My Blueberry Nights is a mixed bag of dedicated performers working with thin material.

Synopsis: After her boyfriend of five years breaks up with her, Elizabeth (Norah Jones) consoles herself by consuming creamy confections at a sympathetic cafe owner's (Jude... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Norah Jones, Jude Law, David Strathairn, Rachel Weisz

Directed By: Kar-Wai Wong

Critics Consensus: Stylish, but emotionally uninvolving.

Synopsis: After years of murdering single women for their blood, debonair vampire Steven Griscz can no longer quench his thirst at the pallid necks of the... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Jude Law, Elina Löwensohn, Timothy Spall, Kerry Fox

Directed By: Po-Chih Leong

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: Daisy (Claire Danes) is a smart and pretty teen who attends a prestigious private academy. Despite her privileged upbringing, Daisy struggles with her Jewish identity,... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Jeanne Moreau, Claire Danes, Jude Law, James Van Der Beek

Directed By: Billy Hopkins

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: A blogger shoots interviews at a New York fashion house on his cell phone.

Starring: Simon Abkarian, Patrick J. Adams, Riz Ahmed, Bob Balaban

Directed By: Sally Potter

Critics Consensus: Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald has glimmers of the magic familiar to Harry Potter fans, but the story's spell isn't as strong as earlier installments.

Synopsis: In an effort to thwart Grindelwald's plans of raising pure-blood wizards to rule over all non-magical beings, Albus Dumbledore enlists his former student Newt Scamander,... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol

Directed By: David Yates

Critics Consensus: Sleuth is so obvious and coarse, rather than suspenseful and action-packed, that it does nothing to improve on the original version

Synopsis: Andrew Wyke (Michael Caine) is a highly successful mystery writer living in a beautiful and technologically advanced mansion in England. Milo Tindle (Jude Law) is... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Michael Caine, Jude Law, Harold Pinter, Carmel O'Sullivan

Directed By: Kenneth Branagh

Critics Consensus: This class warfare drama feels contrived and superficial: characters don't act logically as the movie manipulates them towards deconstructing various social issues.

Synopsis: Will (Jude Law), a landscape architect in London, is in the middle of a life crisis. His relationship with Liv (Robin Wright Penn), a depressive... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Jude Law, Juliette Binoche, Robin Wright, Martin Freeman

Directed By: Anthony Minghella

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: A young man (Jonny Lee Miller) reminisces about how a childhood friend introduced him to the biggest gangster in London.

Starring: Sadie Frost, Ray Winstone, Jonny Lee Miller, Jude Law

Directed By: Dominic Anciano

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Synopsis: As a young boy, Danny (Jude Law) helped deliver his neighbor's infant daughter, Anna Swann. Despite his various relationships, Danny's always felt that he was... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Jude Law, Gretchen Mol, Richard Ruccolo, Kevin Kilner

Directed By: Charlie Peters

Critics Consensus: King Arthur: Legend of the Sword piles mounds of modern action flash on an age-old tale -- and wipes out much of what made it a classic story in the first place.

Synopsis: After the murder of his father, young Arthur's power-hungry uncle Vortigern seizes control of the crown. Robbed of his birthright, he grows up the hard... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Charlie Hunnam, Astrid Bergès-Frisbey, Jude Law, Djimon Hounsou

Directed By: Guy Ritchie

Critics Consensus: Blake Lively delivers an impressive lead performance, but The Rhythm Section plods predictably through a story that could have used some flashier riffs.

Synopsis: Stephanie Patrick veers down a path of self-destruction after a tragic plane crash kills her family. When Stephanie discovers it wasn't an accident, she turns... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Blake Lively, Jude Law, Sterling K. Brown, Raza Jaffrey

Directed By: Reed Morano

Critics Consensus: Repo Men has an intriguing premise, as well as a likable pair of leads, but they're wasted on a rote screenplay, indifferent direction, and mind-numbing gore.

Synopsis: In the future, medical technology has advanced to the point where people can buy artificial organs to extend their lives. But if they default on... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Jude Law, Forest Whitaker, Liev Schreiber, Alice Braga

Directed By: Miguel Sapochnik

Critics Consensus: Spreading itself thin across a sprawling narrative without a unifying focus, 360 just keeps running in circles.

Synopsis: A man (Anthony Hopkins) searches for his missing daughter in one of several vignettes dealing with issues of love, loss and betrayal.

Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Ben Foster, Dinara Drukarova, Gabriela Marcinkova

Directed By: Fernando Meirelles

Critics Consensus: With a scenery-chewing performance from Sean Penn, an absence of political insight, and an overall lack of narrative cohesiveness, these Men give Oscar bait a bad name.

Synopsis: Charismatic Southern politician Willie Stark's (Sean Penn) idealism and good intentions give way to corruption after he becomes governor of Louisiana. Unfortunately for Stark, his... View Full Synopsis

Starring: Sean Penn, Jude Law, Kate Winslet, James Gandolfini

Directed By: Steven Zaillian