Keanu Reeves's 8 Best Movies, Ranked

Ranked by movie.guru score, so the numbers made the calls. Half this list is one man refusing to stay retired. No notes.

Number one runs 169 minutes and you won't check your phone once.

1. 8
   Devil's Advocate (1997)6.1

   Keanu plays a lawyer. Al Pacino plays the volume knob.

   Keanu's Kevin Lomax is a Florida lawyer with a wobbly accent and a very suspicious new boss. 144 minutes, 7.5 on IMDb, and Pacino eating every bit of scenery.
2. 7
   The Matrix Reloaded (2003)6.2

   Neo got too powerful, and the stakes went out the window.

   $741.8 million worldwide on a $127 to $150 million budget. Every fight looks expensive and feels optional, and Carrie-Anne Moss's Trinity deserved way more to do.
3. 6
   John Wick (2014)6.9

   The small movie that taught Hollywood how to shoot a fight.

   Keanu's retired assassin John Wick gets 101 lean minutes and $20 to $30 million to work with. 86% on Rotten Tomatoes. Honestly, the 6.8 undersells it.
4. 5
   John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)7.7

   The sequel where the world building gets gloriously silly.

   Wick heads to Rome, gold coins become an entire economy, and the mirror room fight is a museum piece. $174.3 million worldwide, roughly double the first one.
5. 4
   John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019)8.0

   Great first hour, then it fights the same fight forever.

   Hunted John Wick fights with a library book and a horse early, and Halle Berry's dogs steal the middle. $328.3 million worldwide. Then all 130 minutes start to show.
6. 3
   The Matrix (1999)8.1

   The data says number three. The data is wrong.

   Keanu's Neo dodging bullets in a long coat changed action movies for a decade. 8.7 on IMDb from 2.29 million votes, more than any other movie here. Critics stopped at 83% on Rotten Tomatoes.
7. 2
   Speed (1994)8.6

   The bus can't slow down, and neither can the movie.

   Keanu's LAPD cop Jack Traven has a buzz cut and zero chill, Sandra Bullock drives the bus, Dennis Hopper yells into a phone. 95% on Rotten Tomatoes, $350.4 million worldwide.
8. 1
   John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)9.0

   Keanu's best is the John Wick that runs nearly three hours.

   John Wick versus the High Table, with Donnie Yen as a blind assassin and Bill Skarsgård's smug French marquis. 169 minutes, $447.1 million worldwide, 94% on Rotten Tomatoes. Some fights run long.

$406.68 says the next bus you ride feels a little too exciting.

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