Robert Downey Jr.'s 8 Most Underrated Movies. No Matter What You Tell Me, You Can't Change My Mind.

Everybody knows Iron Man. Fewer saw the guy carry a $15M noir comedy, a Fincher procedural and a war satire. Here's the case.

The last one made $4,243,756 domestic and beats Iron Man. Fight me.

1. 8
   Iron Man 2 (2010)6.5

   Messy movie, fully loaded RDJ. Blame the script, not him.

   A Metacritic 57 and a 6.5 movie.guru score say the plot is a pileup. The A CinemaScore says crowds came for Tony anyway, and he carried every scene.
2. 7
   Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)7.6

   Critics were stingy. The crowd's number is closer to right.

   Audiences beat 83% of movies, critics only 60%. It's overstuffed, sure, but a 7.6 movie.guru score and $1.4 billion worldwide don't happen by accident.
3. 6
   Oppenheimer (2023)9.3

   Everyone saw it. Almost nobody talks about his part.

   Fourth billed behind Murphy, Blunt and Damon, and he still walks off with scenes. A 9.3 movie.guru score, yet the conversation never gets around to him.
4. 5
   Captain America: Civil War (2016)8.7

   The best Tony Stark movie without Iron Man in the title.

   An 8.7 movie.guru score and an A CinemaScore. Tony takes the unpopular side, and RDJ plays it with enough conviction that you half agree with him.
5. 4
   Iron Man 3 (2013)7.3

   The best Iron Man sequel, and it's not close.

   Shane Black yanks Tony out of the suit and into a small-town mess. Critics beat just 61% of movies, yet it scored 7.3 to Iron Man 2's 6.5.
6. 3
   Tropic Thunder (2008)6.5

   His funniest performance, in a movie critics liked more than you.

   Critics beat 73% of movies, audiences only 54%. The 6.5 movie.guru score undersells it, and the Guru's Take of 7.3 says the satire still lands.
7. 2
   Zodiac (2007)7.3

   Fincher's best movie, and theaters were basically empty.

   $33.1M domestic on a reported $65 to 85M budget. 90% on Rotten Tomatoes, a Guru's Take of 8.9, and RDJ as the funniest reporter in the newsroom.
8. 1
   Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)8.4

   His best movie. Better than Iron Man. Fight me.

   $4,243,756 domestic on a reported $15M budget, then audiences beat 88% of movies with it. 8.4 movie.guru score. Shane Black, Val Kilmer and RDJ at full motor-mouth.

$427.19 says you watch Kiss Kiss Bang Bang this weekend to prove me wrong and come back agreeing in the comments.

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