Michael Keaton's 8 Best Movies, Ranked

Keaton has played a bat, a bird, a ghost and a vulture. The data ranked them. Movie guru has opinions about the data.

#1 has no cape, no wings, no stripes. The Batman crowd will riot.

1. 8
   Minions (2015)5.0

   Keaton's in it. The Minions don't need him.

   $1.16 billion worldwide on a $74M reported budget, and the guru still gave it a 4.4. Yellow jelly beans carried this, not the cast.
2. 7
   The Other Guys (2010)5.1

   Underrated, and Keaton is why you rewatch it.

   78% on Rotten Tomatoes but a B− CinemaScore. Critics got the joke, audiences shrugged. The guru's 6.9 sides with the critics.
3. 6
   Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)5.9

   Fun sequel, and the 5.9 is honest.

   $452M worldwide on a reported $99 to 100M budget. Keaton is a blast, the plot is a junk drawer, and a B+ CinemaScore agrees.
4. 5
   Batman Returns (1992)7.0

   Better than the first Batman. Fight me.

   The guru gives Returns a 7.8 and Batman a 6.8. DeVito and Pfeiffer bring the weird, and it still pulled $266.9M worldwide.
5. 4
   Batman (1989)8.0

   Nicholson's movie. Keaton is a guest in his own cape.

   Audiences beat 87% of movies here, critics only 67%. $411.6M worldwide on a $48M reported budget. Iconic, a little overpraised.
6. 3
   Birdman (2014)8.4

   His best performance, and it isn't close.

   Metacritic 87 and a guru 8.8. Keaton playing a washed-up superhero actor is the most meta casting of the decade. Only $103.2M worldwide.
7. 2
   Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)8.5

   Marvel's best villain is a working guy, not a space god.

   $881M worldwide and an A CinemaScore. Keaton out-acts the whole movie, which is why the guru's 7.8 trails its 8.5 score.
8. 1
   Spotlight (2015)9.6

   Keaton's best movie has no cape and no makeup.

   97% on Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic 93, a 9.6 movie.guru score. Quiet, careful, devastating. Only $45.1M domestic, so most of you skipped it.

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