Jack Black's 8 Best Movies, Ranked

Happy Halloween. The scariest thing here is a billion-dollar movie with a 42% on Rotten Tomatoes. Jack Black's top 8, ranked by movie.guru score.

Number one is obvious. Saying nothing else comes close is what starts fights.

1. 8
   The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (2026)5.1

   A billion dollars can't buy a better Rotten Tomatoes score.

   $1.01 billion worldwide. Rotten Tomatoes 42%, Metacritic 37. Audiences still handed it an A− CinemaScore, so critics and crowds watched two different movies.
2. 7
   Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024)5.7

   The fourth bowl of noodles still tastes fine. Barely.

   A 5.7 movie.guru score, a hair above the 5.5 median. It still pulled $548 million worldwide on a reported $85M budget. Po carries it on vibes alone.
3. 6
   The Holiday (2006)6.1

   Critics shrugged. Every December, your aunt overrules them.

   Rotten Tomatoes 51%, but IMDb 7.0 from 372,460 voters. Jack Black as a Nancy Meyers romantic lead should not work. It kinda does.
4. 5
   Jumanji: The Next Level (2019)6.4

   Same game, fewer surprises, still a fine Saturday.

   $801.7 million worldwide, down from the first one's $962.5 million. A 72% on Rotten Tomatoes. The avatar-swap gag is running on fumes by now.
5. 4
   Tropic Thunder (2008)6.5

   Ranked too low. The data can't take a joke.

   Critics gave it 82% on Rotten Tomatoes, crowds gave it a B CinemaScore. movie.guru score 6.5, Guru's Take 7.3. Hollywood roasting itself has never been sharper.
6. 3
   Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)6.6

   Nobody asked for a Jumanji reboot. Everybody was wrong.

   $962.5 million worldwide on a reported $90M budget, plus 77% on Rotten Tomatoes. Jack Black playing a teenager trapped in his avatar is the whole engine.
7. 2
   King Kong (2005)6.9

   Peter Jackson made a monster epic, then forgot to stop.

   Metacritic 81 and a reported $207M budget. Critics' score beats 85% of movies, audiences only 54%. Jack Black playing a shady filmmaker totally straight is the secret weapon.
8. 1
   School of Rock (2003)7.5

   His best movie, and it isn't even close.

   92% on Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic 82, a 7.5 movie.guru score. Guru's Take: 8.2. It made $131 million worldwide on a reported $35M budget. Every other role chases this one.

$1276 says someone asks where Nacho Libre is within the first ten minutes.

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