Every Kevin Smith Movie, Ranked
Updated September 13, 2022 to add Clerks III.
Over nearly 30 years, director, actor, writer, producer, and podcaster Kevin Smith has made 14 films*, many set in the same shared New Jersey universe inhabited by the characters Jay and Silent Bob (played by Jason Mewes and Smith, respectively). Though critics have certainly praised some of his films, "divisive" may be the best descriptor to apply to his work. In the gallery above, we rank those and all other movies directed by Smith in order by Metascore from worst-reviewed to best.
* Plus one NFT, KillRoy Was Here, which was not reviewed and is omitted from this gallery.
The second entry in Smith's "True North" horror trilogy is easily the worst-reviewed film of his career to date. Released in 2016, the more comedic Yoga Hosers returns most of the cast from 2014's Tusk, this time centering on the prior film's minor characters of Colleen McKenzie (played by Smith's real-life daughter, Harley Quinn Smith) and Colleen Collette (Lily-Rose Depp), who, like several previous Smith characters, are convenience store clerks. The result is for die-hard Smith fans only; critics panned the film as "lazy," "corny," and "juvenile."
“Unless you’re Kevin Smith, don’t expect Yoga Hosers to be funny or clever or well directed. It isn’t for you.” —Kevin P. Sullivan, Entertainment Weekly