James Mangold's 8 Best Movies, Ranked

Westerns, two Wolverines, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan and Le Mans. The man refuses to stay in one lane. Ranked by movie.guru score, not vibes.

Number one beat a legit superhero masterpiece, and even movie guru isn't sure.

1. 8
   Girl, Interrupted (1999)5.9

   Angelina Jolie steals it, and the movie lets her.

   53% on Rotten Tomatoes but a 7.3 on IMDb. Critics shrugged, audiences kept rewatching. A 5.9 because every scene without Jolie loses its pulse.
2. 7
   Identity (2003)6.0

   The most fun rainy motel thriller of 2003.

   Made on a reported $28M, pulled $90.3M worldwide. A 6.0 because the setup is a blast, and the final stretch splits every room it plays in.
3. 6
   The Wolverine (2013)6.0

   Great Tokyo half, then the finale goes full video game.

   $414.8M worldwide and an A− CinemaScore. Guru's Take is 5.8, under the 6.0 movie.guru score, because the bullet train fight writes checks the ending can't cash.
4. 5
   3:10 to Yuma (2007)7.6

   Crowe and Bale made the best western of its decade.

   89% on Rotten Tomatoes and a 7.6 movie.guru score, yet only $53.6M domestic. People skipped a western where the outlaw is the most charming man on screen.
5. 4
   A Complete Unknown (2024)8.2

   Chalamet's Dylan is way better than the trailer promised.

   Audiences beat 90% of movies, CinemaScore A. Critics were cooler at 70 on Metacritic, and the middle drifts like a guy tuning a guitar forever.
6. 3
   Walk the Line (2005)8.4

   Phoenix and Witherspoon carry a very familiar biopic shape.

   Reported $28M budget, $119.5M domestic. An 8.4, but Guru's Take is 7.8 because every music biopic since copied this exact rise, fall, comeback map.
7. 2
   Logan (2017)8.7

   The best superhero movie ever made, and it's not close.

   93% on Rotten Tomatoes, $619.2M worldwide, and a 9.1 Guru's Take, the highest on this list. It still lands second to a car movie. Yes, that stings.
8. 1
   Ford v Ferrari (2019)9.3

   A dad movie about carburetors beat Logan, and it earned it.

   9.3 movie.guru score, audiences beat 99% of movies. Guru's Take is 8.6, below Logan, so the crowd outvoted movie guru. Bale's Ken Miles is worth the ticket alone.

$286.71 says the first comment is just the word Logan in all caps.

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