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.
Smith has written the screenplay for every film he has directed, with a sole exception: this 2010 major-studio buddy-cop comedy starring Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan, penned by TV veterans Mark and Rob Cullen. Despite the fact that it's one of Smith's very worst films (with not a single positive review in our database), it is also his highest-grossing release to date.
“When your movie is nothing more than a cheap and uninteresting homage, best not to call attention to that fact with a ten minute opening scene to that effect.” —Nick Starkey, Premiere