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.
Not precisely a sequel (or prequel) to Clerks, Smith's second film takes place in the same vicinity just one day earlier, but focuses on a different group of characters, played by the likes of future Smith regulars Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams, and Jason Lee, though the biggest draw at the time was probably Shannen Doherty, fresh off her four-year run on Beverly Hills, 90210. Critics slammed the film, and it reportedly lost money during its theatrical run.
“'Clerks' spoke with the sure, clear voice of an original filmmaker. In Mallrats the voice is muffled, and we sense instead advice from the tired, the establishment, the timid and other familiar Hollywood executive types.” —Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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