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Frances McDormand

Actor · 59 credits · 39 in highly-rated films

Best known for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)

Frequent collaborators: Tilda Swinton, George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Best Frances McDormand movies by genre

Movies (59 total, ranked by score)

  1. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

    2017 · ★ 8.1 (11,110 votes)

    Crime, Drama

    1

  2. Fargo

    1996 · ★ 7.9 (9,295 votes)

    Crime, Drama, Thriller

    2

  3. Primal Fear

    1996 · ★ 7.7 (4,086 votes)

    Crime, Drama, Thriller

    3

  4. Mississippi Burning

    1988 · ★ 7.7 (2,004 votes)

    Drama, Crime, Mystery

    4

  5. Almost Famous

    2000 · ★ 7.5 (3,191 votes)

    Drama, Music

    5

  6. Moonrise Kingdom

    2012 · ★ 7.7 (6,440 votes)

    Comedy, Drama, Romance

    6

  7. The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

    2021 · ★ 7.0 (3,070 votes)

    Drama, Comedy

    7

  8. The Good Dinosaur

    2015 · ★ 6.7 (6,124 votes)

    Adventure, Animation, Family

    8

  9. Nomadland

    2021 · ★ 7.2 (3,451 votes)

    Drama

    9

  10. North Country

    2005 · ★ 7.3 (752 votes)

    Drama

    10

  11. Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted

    2012 · ★ 6.6 (6,689 votes)

    Animation, Family, Comedy

    11

  12. Raising Arizona

    1987 · ★ 7.1 (2,387 votes)

    Comedy, Crime

    12

  13. Blood Simple

    1985 · ★ 7.3 (1,653 votes)

    Crime, Drama, Thriller

    13

  14. Burn After Reading

    2008 · ★ 6.7 (5,357 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    14

  15. The Man Who Wasn't There

    2001 · ★ 7.5 (1,768 votes)

    Crime, Drama

    15

  16. Short Cuts

    1993 · ★ 7.2 (695 votes)

    Drama, Comedy

    16

  17. The Tragedy of Macbeth

    2021 · ★ 6.9 (890 votes)

    Drama

    17

  18. This Must Be the Place

    2011 · ★ 7.0 (1,319 votes)

    Drama

    18

  19. Something's Gotta Give

    2003 · ★ 6.6 (1,813 votes)

    Drama, Comedy, Romance

    19

  20. Wolfs

    2024 · ★ 6.5 (1,535 votes)

    Crime, Comedy

    20

  21. Wonder Boys

    2000 · ★ 6.8 (676 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    21

  22. Darkman

    1990 · ★ 6.4 (1,547 votes)

    Action, Science Fiction, Thriller

    22

  23. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

    2008 · ★ 6.8 (422 votes)

    Drama, Comedy, Romance

    23

  24. Hidden Agenda

    1990 · ★ 6.9 (108 votes)

    Drama, Thriller

    24

  25. Hail, Caesar!

    2016 · ★ 5.9 (4,044 votes)

    Comedy, Mystery

    25

  26. Promised Land

    2012 · ★ 6.3 (754 votes)

    Drama

    26

  27. Transformers: Dark of the Moon

    2011 · ★ 6.2 (9,100 votes)

    Action, Science Fiction, Adventure

    27

  28. Paradise Road

    1997 · ★ 6.4 (94 votes)

    War, Drama, History

    28

  29. Beyond Rangoon

    1995 · ★ 6.5 (87 votes)

    History, Thriller, Drama

    29

  30. Æon Flux

    2005 · ★ 5.6 (2,516 votes)

    Science Fiction, Action, Thriller

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 30, 2026.