Top 31 Hugh Grant Movies

Floppy-haired charm built the early career, while later decades swapped it for crooks, cads and one chillingly polite captor. Rank the stammering romantic leads against the scene-stealing villains.

1. 1
   Notting Hill

   A 1999 romantic comedy directed by Roger Michell in which Grant plays London travel-bookshop owner William Thacker opposite Julia Roberts as a Hollywood star.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Four Weddings and a Funeral

   A 1994 British romantic comedy written by Richard Curtis and directed by Mike Newell, for which Grant won the BAFTA and Golden Globe for playing the commitment-shy Charles.
   920pts
3. 3
   Florence Foster Jenkins

   A 2016 biopic directed by Stephen Frears, with Grant as St. Clair Bayfield, partner of Meryl Streep's tone-deaf New York soprano, earning him Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations.
   852pts
4. 4
   Sirens

   A 1994 Australian comedy directed by John Duigan, with Grant as Anglican clergyman Anthony Campion, sent to visit the provocative artist Norman Lindsay.
   812pts
5. 5
   Love Actually

   Richard Curtis's 2003 ensemble Christmas comedy, with Grant as a newly elected British Prime Minister who falls for a member of his Downing Street staff.
   738pts
6. 6
   Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre

   A 2023 Guy Ritchie spy comedy in which Grant plays Greg Simmonds, a billionaire arms broker targeted by Jason Statham's agent.
   639pts
7. 7
   Mickey Blue Eyes

   A 1999 comedy in which Grant plays Michael Felgate, a Manhattan auctioneer who discovers that his fiancee's father, played by James Caan, is in the Mafia.
   639pts
8. 8
   Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

   The 2025 fourth Bridget Jones film directed by Michael Morris, in which Grant returns as an older Daniel Cleaver.
   579pts
9. 9
   Small Time Crooks

   Woody Allen's 2000 comedy, with Grant as David, a smooth art dealer who tutors Tracey Ullman's suddenly rich cookie entrepreneur.
   579pts
10. 10
    Wonka

    Paul King's 2023 musical prequel to the Willy Wonka story, in which Grant plays Lofty, a grudge-holding Oompa-Loompa.
    511pts
11. 11
    American Dreamz

    Paul Weitz's 2006 satire, in which Grant plays Martin Tweed, the cynical host of an American Idol-style talent show.
    511pts
12. 12
    Sense and Sensibility

    Ang Lee's 1995 Jane Austen adaptation from Emma Thompson's Oscar-winning screenplay, with Grant as the reserved Edward Ferrars.
    511pts
13. 13
    Bridget Jones's Diary

    A 2001 romantic comedy directed by Sharon Maguire, with Grant as Daniel Cleaver, the womanising boss of Renee Zellweger's Bridget.
    511pts
14. 14
    Cloud Atlas

    The 2012 adaptation of David Mitchell's novel directed by Lana and Lilly Wachowski and Tom Tykwer, in which Grant plays several characters across its interlinked stories.
    432pts
15. 15
    Heretic

    A 2024 A24 horror film by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, starring Grant as Mr. Reed, who traps two young Mormon missionaries in his house, a role that earned him a Golden Globe nomination.
    432pts
16. 16
    Did You Hear About the Morgans?

    A 2009 comedy by Marc Lawrence, with Grant and Sarah Jessica Parker as an estranged Manhattan couple sent to Wyoming under witness protection.
    432pts
17. 17
    Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

    A 2023 fantasy adventure directed by Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley, with Grant as the treacherous con artist Forge Fitzwilliam.
    432pts
18. 18
    About a Boy

    A 2002 adaptation of Nick Hornby's novel directed by Chris and Paul Weitz, starring Grant as idle Londoner Will Freeman, who befriends a 12-year-old boy played by Nicholas Hoult.
    341pts
19. 19
    The Gentlemen

    Guy Ritchie's 2019 crime comedy in which Grant plays Fletcher, a sleazy private investigator trying to blackmail a marijuana kingpin.
    341pts
20. 20
    Bitter Moon

    Roman Polanski's 1992 erotic drama, with Grant as Nigel, an English husband drawn into a strange couple's story on a Mediterranean cruise.
    341pts
21. 21
    Music and Lyrics

    A 2007 romantic comedy by Marc Lawrence starring Grant as Alex Fletcher, a faded 1980s pop star who writes a song with Drew Barrymore's character.
    341pts
22. 22
    Maurice

    A 1987 Merchant Ivory adaptation of E. M. Forster's novel directed by James Ivory, for which Grant, as Clive Durham, shared the Venice Film Festival acting prize with James Wilby.
    341pts
23. 23
    Extreme Measures

    A 1996 medical thriller directed by Michael Apted, with Grant as New York emergency doctor Guy Luthan, who uncovers illegal experiments run by Gene Hackman's surgeon.
    341pts
24. 24
    Paddington 2

    A 2017 family film directed by Paul King in which Grant plays the vain, faded actor Phoenix Buchanan, a role that earned him a BAFTA nomination.
    341pts
25. 25
    The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

    Guy Ritchie's 2015 Cold War spy film based on the 1960s TV series, with Grant as MI6 officer Alexander Waverly.
    232pts
26. 26
    Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

    The 2004 sequel directed by Beeban Kidron, in which Grant returns as Daniel Cleaver, now a television travel presenter.
    232pts
27. 27
    Two Weeks Notice

    Marc Lawrence's 2002 directing debut, with Grant as billionaire developer George Wade and Sandra Bullock as the lawyer who wants to quit working for him.
    232pts
28. 28
    The Remains of the Day

    James Ivory's 1993 adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's novel, with Grant as Reginald Cardinal, the journalist godson of Lord Darlington.
    232pts
29. 29
    Nine Months

    A 1995 comedy directed by Chris Columbus, starring Grant as child psychologist Samuel Faulkner, who panics when his girlfriend, played by Julianne Moore, becomes pregnant.
    232pts
30. 30
    The Rewrite

    A 2014 comedy by Marc Lawrence, starring Grant as Keith Michaels, an Oscar-winning screenwriter who takes a teaching job at Binghamton University.
    232pts
31. 31
    The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill

    A 1995 comedy directed by Christopher Monger, with Grant as English cartographer Reginald Anson, whose 1917 survey of a Welsh mountain angers the local villagers.
    0pts

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