Tim Curry Movies Ranked by Tomatometer
Tim Curry left behind an enduring legacy in the entertainment industry, but he holds an especially precious place in the hearts of movie fans of a certain age. From his big-screen debut in 1975 through the mid-1990s in particular, Curry took on a number of iconic roles that would make him a household name and cement his place in cinema history.
That 1975 debut? The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Curry had immediately jumped to live theater in 1968 after he graduated from university, racking up stage credits through the early 1970s. Eventually his friend Richard O’Brien, whom he’d met on the original London production of Hair, showed him a script for a musical about an unsuspecting newlywed couple who stumble into the home of a cross-dressing mad scientist. In 1973, Curry took the stage for the first time as Dr. Frank-N-Furter, and two years later, he made his feature film debut in the film adaptation. Little did he know it would become the cult classic of all cult classics, played in perpetuity at midnight screenings everywhere with hordes of costumed fans in attendance.
But that was just his first film. In 1982, Curry co-starred in another enormous musical adaptation, Annie, beating out folks like Jack Nicholson, Steve Martin, and Mickey Rooney for the role of Rooster Hannigan. He then delivered a one-two punch in 1985 with two more cult favorites: Ridley Scott’s Legend, which saw him slathered in makeup and prosthetics to play the Lord of Darkness, and the board game adaptation Clue, playing the central role of the butler Wadsworth among a cast of A-list comedic talent. Just a few years later in 1990, Curry terrified children and adults alike as the original Pennywise the Clown in the TV miniseries adaptation of Stephen King’s It.
Curry demonstrated his versatility by appearing in films like John McTiernan’s The Hunt for Red October, Home Alone 2, Charlie’s Angels, The Three Musketeers, and Muppet Treasure Island. He also continued his theater work at the same time, earning three Tony nominations, as well as television roles and a vast resume of voice work running the gamut from film and television to video games and even audiobooks. The latter continued even after Curry suffered a debilitating stroke in 2012 that confined him to a wheelchair and led to mobility issues later in life.
Tim Curry passed away on August 26, 2026 at the age of 80, and to celebrate his life, we look back at all of his movies ranked by Tomatometer, starting with his Certified Fresh films.
Tim Curry Movies
98%
90%
88%
81%
80%
86%
73%
70%
68%
50%
38%
35%
33%
33%
33%
29%
27%
24%
23%
21%
20%
13%
12%
10%
3%
