61 Ben Affleck Movies, Ranked Best to Worst

The crime drama tells the story of a gang of bank robbers and friends led by Douglas ‘Doug’ MacRay. Doug experiences a change of heart when he falls in love with Claire Keesey, a hostage during one of their bank robberies. To save her from their boss Fergie Colm and the FBI, he is forced to make life-altering choices. 

Ollie Trinke, a successful music publicist, is unable to cope with sudden grief and changes in life when his wife dies while giving birth to their daughter Gertie. After losing his job and facing difficulties with fatherhood responsibilities, he and Gertie move-in with his father in New Jersey. Later, he meets a video store clerk Maya, who helps him rebuild his life. 

Gillian Flynn’s novel of the same name is the basis of this David Fincher’s Psychological thriller. Nick Dunne becomes the prime suspect when, on their fifth marriage anniversary, his wife Amy goes missing. His portrayal of happy married life falls apart with growing media attention and police pressure.

An intensely dark and thrilling film that follows the life of Christian Wolff, a certified public accountant who works with criminal and terrorist organizations, The Accountant is also known for its action sequences featuring Pencak silat, an Indonesian martial art.

Reverse-engineer Michael Jennings is routinely hired to break-up rival company’s technology, after which he has his short-term memory erased. After completing a 3-year job with promises of millions, he is left without money and the authorities are chasing him for treason and murder. He has only limited time and few apparently unrelated items to solve the mystery of his erased 3 years.

The movie is adapted from a 1999 book -The Master of Disguise – by the CIA exfiltration specialist, Tony Mendez and a 2007 article by Joshuah Bearman. Depicting true events, the movie follows Mendez, as he devises an ingenious but risky plan to rescue six Americans from Tehran in 1979 by posing as a film crew unit scouting for location in Iran for a science-fiction film.  

Based on Tom Clancy’s novel, the movie follows CIA analyst Jack Ryan as he tries to uncover and stop a plot by an Austrian Neo-Nazi billionaire Richard Dressler. Dressler wants to start a nuclear war between the USA and Russia and create a Fascist Europe. 

Will Hunting is a janitor at M.I.T, and is also a brilliant mathematician capable of solving any problem except those that are deep within him. To avoid getting imprisoned for assaulting a police officer, he agrees to attend therapy sessions with psychology professor Dr. Sean Maguire. The sessions help him deal with his past and accept that he is the one holding himself back.

Congressman Stephen Collins is leading an investigation into PointCorp, a private defense contractor. But when his mistress Sonia Baker, also a researcher on his staff is murdered, he calls his old friend journalist Cal McAffrey for help. What follows is a trail of betrayals that hide a much deeper conspiracy. 

When Wall Street lawyer Gavin Banek and insurance agent Doyle Gipson, both running late for their vital court appointments, collide in an automobile accident on busy FDR Drive, the delay leads to grievous repercussions in their lives. This turns the two total strangers into bitter, vengeful antagonists who don’t hesitate to resort to unscrupulous, illegal ways to create destruction in the other man’s life. 

Rafe and Danny, two boyhood friends, join WWII as first lieutenants and Rafe falls in love with Evelyn, a nurse. Rafe, who volunteers to fight with the British, is shot down and is presumed dead, while Evelyn finds solace in the company of Danny. However, Rafe comes back on the eve of the infamous attack on Pearl Harbor.

Nick has been corresponding from prison with a young woman named Ashley, who is waiting for him to be released.  However, when Nick is killed during a prison riot, his cellmate Rudy assumes his identity after being released, to get close to the former's girlfriend. Things take a turn when Rudy finds himself being forced into a casino robbery.

Following a group of deep-core drillers sent by NASA to stop a gigantic asteroid on a collision course with Earth, Armageddon explores the challenges faced by the team as they struggle to accomplish their mission. 

The Mayor of Gotham City is murdered, after which key political figures in Gotham are also killed one by one. Therefore, the masked vigilante superhero Batman is called by the police for help. Batman’s investigation leads him to uncover a web of corruption in his city, and eventually he also meets the man responsible for it -  Edward Nashton, aka Riddler.

Daredevil is the film adaptation of the eponymous Marvel Comics character who is a masked vigilante protecting a New York City neighbourhood from crime but gets embroiled with dangerous criminals like Bullseye and Kingpin. Ben Affleck plays a blind lawyer, Matt Murdock, and his alter ego, Daredevil, in this action film that also features another Marvel Comics character, Elektra.

The Company Men is an American drama film, which revolves around three young men who lose their jobs when their company decides to downsize, due to a recession. The film shows how this affects them, their families and their communities, and how they struggle to reclaim their self-respect and give a new direction to their lives. 

Live by Night is a crime drama film which tells the story of a group of gangsters who set up a shop that becomes a competition for the Ku Klux Klan. They eventually have a face-off with their competitors in order to prove their dominance. 

Set in the middle of the 20th century, this sports drama film tells the story of a skilled quarterback who is attending an elite prep school. However, he has to hide the fact that he is of Jewish background.

After the death of Superman, Darkseid sends his servant Steppenwolf to Earth, in order to subjugate the human race. In order to protect humanity, Bruce Wayne aligns forces with Diana Prince, and tries to bring the super powered humans of Earth together, and fight against the catastrophic threat.  

Buddy Amaral, an advertising executive, gives his ticket to Greg Janello, at the airport, as the latter wants to go home soon to his family. However, later that night, he finds out that the plane has crashed. Feeling guilty, he decides to pay a visit to Greg’s family, and soon finds himself attracted to Greg’s wife.

The Adam Project is a science fiction action adventure comedy film which tells the story of Adam, a time-traveling fighter pilot Adam Reed who crash-lands in 2022. He meets his 12 year old self, and teams up with him to save the future.

Fearing that Superman's alien powers are left unchecked, Batman launches a personal mission to get rid of the Kyrptonian, while the Man of Steel is also wary of Batman's form of justice. However, as they realize that they were both being manipulated by supervillain Lex Luthor, they must join forces with Wonder Woman to save mankind from an abomination.

Although he is quite wealthy, Drew lives a lonely and empty life. When Christmas is approaching, he is visited by an annoying old friend. He offers to pay him cash to celebrate Christmas with his family.  

Moved by Superman's sacrifice in the previous installment in the series, Batman joins forces with Wonder Woman to track down and recruit The Flash, Aquaman and Cyborg to form the Justice League in order to defend Earth from Steppenwolf and his legions of Parademons. However, the newly-formed superhero alliance may not be enough to stop the supervillain.

Billionaire Bruce Wayne is manipulated to believe that Superman is too dangerous, and might turn out to be a threat to humanity. He adopts his mantle of Batman, and manages to subdue Superman. However, Bruce realizes how he has been manipulated by Lex Luthor.  

When two angels are banished from heaven due to disobedience, they desperately look for a way to return. They find one too, but their solution can destroy humanity. It is now on an abortion clinic counsellor with a unique background, an apostle, a stripper/muse and two prophets, Jay and Silent Bob to stop the two angels from returning to heaven.

Hollywoodland is a crime drama mystery film, which tells a fictionalized version of the story of George Reeves’ death. After Reeves passes away mysteriously, a private detective is hired to investigate. He gets caught in a web of lies involving the wife of a big studio executive. 

Based on Greg Behrendt’s self-help book of the same name, the movie follows nine people who are trying to navigate the complicated waters of love and relationship. The only connecting thread between the different characters is Gigi, who keeps constantly misreading the romantic interests of her dates. 

Small-time conman and magician Buddy "Aces" Israel seeks immunity deal with FBI in exchange for testifying against ailing mob boss Primo Sparazza, who in turn declares million dollar bounty on the snitch. "Aces" soon becomes the target of a number of dangerous assassins, including a hitman, two hitwomen, a torture expert, a neo-Nazi, and the mysterious The Swede.

The Tender Bar is a drama film which revolves around a nine year old boy named JR Maguire, who moves back in with his grandparents, along with his mother Dorothy. He develops a bond with his Uncle Charlie, a charismatic man who is the owner of a local bar. Charlie acts as a father figure to Maguire, and encourages him in his dream of becoming a writer.

In the peaceful town of Snowfield, an evil force has wiped out the entire town. Two sisters who were vacationing and a cop from a nearby town try to make sense of what happened as well as survive whatever is haunting the town.

Holden McNeil and Banky Edwards are close friends who work together as successful authors of popular comic book Bluntman and Chronic. When they meet fellow comic book artist Alyssa Jones, who is a lesbian, Holden falls in love with her. His new relationship affects his friendship with partner Banky; furthermore, he finds it difficult to accept Alyssa’s past.

Dazed and Confused is a coming-of-age comedy film that follows the activities of students on the last day of academic year at Lee High School in Texas in 1976. The seniors delight in hazing the new students, especially Mitch Kramer. They enjoy an evening roaming around a pool hall and follow it up with a keg party.

Mallrats is a comedy film that sees two friends, T.S. and Brodie, recently dumped by their girlfriends, head to the local mall where they decide to win them back. The film also features a sleazy store manager, a lascivious underage girl who has sex with strange men in the name of research and a dating show filmed in the mall.

Ben Holmes is supposed to reach Savannah, from New York, in order to make it to his wedding.  However, after his plane suffers an accident, he joins a young stranger in her rental car for a road trip to his waiting bride-to-be. However, nature seems to conspire against all his attempts to reach his destination.

Joel, who is the owner of an extract plant, struggles with various personal and professional problems, such as his wife whom he thinks may be unfaithful, and his employees who want to take advantage of him. Things take an interesting turn, when Cindy, a con artist, takes up a job at his company, after reading an article about a guy losing his testicle in a factory accident. 

Boiler Room is a crime drama film, which tells the story of a college dropout, who while also attempting to live up to his father’s standards, gets a job as a broker at an investment firm. Although he finds success, his judgment eventually gets clouded, and he gets involved in greed and corruption. 

The Academy Awards-winning movie depicts a fictional love-story of the Bard. Shakespeare is desperately searching for a muse when he meets Viola de Lesseps. A theater-lover, she disguises as man to audition for Shakespeare’s play, but he soon finds the truth. Their blossoming romance inspires him to write ‘Romeo & Juliet.’ However, he is married while she is betrothed to Lord Wessex. 

Jay and Silent Bob lose the rights to their names after being defeated in a court case by Saban Films. Determined to take revenge against the company, they set off to Los Angeles to stop the shooting of the film that they are producing.  

Jay and Silent Bob discover that a movie adaptation of the comic, which is based on them, is being planned by Miramax Films. Furious at the negative feedback the movie is generating, the two decide to go to Hollywood to stop the film from being made or at least get a royalty. En route, they meet up with a hitchhiker, jewel thieves and are chased by a Wildlife Marshal.

A decade after the events of the first film, slackers Dante and Randal take up jobs at a Mooby's fast food restaurant after their Quick Stop convenience store is burnt down. Dante decides to move to Florida with his fiancée Emma, prompting a dejected Randal to throw a farewell party, during which Dante begins to question his decision.

Deep Water is a psychological thriller film which tells the story of Vic and Melinda, a married couple, who fall out of love. In order to avoid a divorce, Vic allows Melinda to have an affair. However, things get ugly when her lover disappears all of a sudden, and Vic becomes the only suspect.

A romantic comedy about a man whose date with a co-worker he fancies does not go as planned after he crashes into a homeless person.

This comedy drama film tells the story of a Hollywood talent agent, whose life turns upside down when he discovers that his wife has been having an extramarital affair. Things turn even worse, after he discovers that his diary containing client sensitive information is in the possession of a journalist.

Richie Furst, a Princeton student, plays online poker to pay for his tuitions. After realizing that he has been cheated, he travels to Costa Rica to meet the site’s owner, Ivan Block who offers him a job. As Richie finds out how Ivan operates, he is pressured by a FBI agent to help bring down Ivan. Can Richie find a way out?

As the new year approaches, a group of people in their twenties try to deal with their relationships, desires, loneliness, etc.

The Last Thing He Wanted is a mystery crime drama thriller film which tells the story of Elena McMahon, a dedicated journalist, who is struggling with several personal and professional issues. Things take a turn when her absentee father reappears in her life, and asks for her help. Showing early signs of dementia, he asks her to meet someone in Florida, for the “merchandise”, drop it off and collect the payment.

A small-time inept gangster, Larry Gigli, receives orders to kidnap a mentally disabled brother of a prominent district attorney. As Gigli abducts the person and brings to his apartment, a gorgeous, spunky woman, Ricki, is sent to work with him to ascertain that Gigli doesn’t mess up the job. But then Gigli is drawn to Ricki who claims to be a lesbian.

While in Paris, Neil falls in love with Ukrainian divorcee Marina and invites her with her daughter to his native Oklahoma. But as their passion cools, they drift apart; Marina befriends fellow-exile Catholic Priest Father Quintana, and later returns to France as her visa expires. Neil renews his friendship with childhood sweetheart Rachel, but is unwilling to commit. Then Marina returns to Oklahoma. 

The movie is adapted from a 1999 book -The Master of Disguise – by the CIA exfiltration specialist, Tony Mendez and a 2007 article by Joshuah Bearman. Depicting true events, the movie follows Mendez, as he devises an ingenious but risky plan to rescue six Americans from Tehran in 1979 by posing as a film crew unit scouting for location in Iran for a science-fiction film.  

Ben Affleck’s directorial debut is about two Boston private investigators, Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro, who are hired by the aunt of a kidnapped little girl. The trail takes the detectives on a perilous ride through hazardous neighborhoods teeming with gangs, drug dealers, and pedophiles, finally leading to a personal distress that threatens their relationship.  

The crime drama tells the story of a gang of bank robbers and friends led by Douglas ‘Doug’ MacRay. Doug experiences a change of heart when he falls in love with Claire Keesey, a hostage during one of their bank robberies. To save her from their boss Fergie Colm and the FBI, he is forced to make life-altering choices. 

Live by Night is a crime drama film which tells the story of a group of gangsters who set up a shop that becomes a competition for the Ku Klux Klan. They eventually have a face-off with their competitors in order to prove their dominance. 

After hearing an enigmatic voice say ‘If you build it, he will come,’ an Iowa corn-farmer Ray Kinsella, with support of his wife, decides to construct a baseball diamond in his corn-farm. Soon ‘Shoeless Joe Jackson’ appears there to play baseball. As Ray receives more messages, he understands that his ball-field is meant to be a place to realize certain unfulfilled dreams. 

Set in the DC Comics universe, Suicide Squad follows a band of supervillians who get recruited to be an elite kill squad while in prison, by a secret government agency, in exchange for shorter jail time. They soon realise that they were not selected for their skills, but to give the government a convenient fall guy.

Buffy Summers is a cheerleader and a popular girl in her school. She eventually comes to know that she belongs to a long line of vampire hunters. Now, she has to eradicate a nest of vampires in Los Angeles.