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.
After following his well-received debut Clerks with a dud of a follow-up (Mallrats) in 1995, Smith found the perfect way to recover from his sophomore slump: He made the best film of his career. (Whether or not it holds up today is another matter.) A rom-com set in the world of comic books, Amy finds Ben Affleck's Holden falling for a lesbian artist played by Joey Lauren Adams. Amy won Smith an Independent Spirit Award for his screenplay (with co-star Jason Lee picking up a second trophy), and the film easily outgrossed both of Smith's previous releases combined.
“The hit-and-run outlandishness of 'Clerks' was a stunt. With Chasing Amy, Smith has made his first real movie.” —Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
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