Christian Bale

Actor · 42 movies + 1 cameo · IMDb

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Best movie
9.1
The Dark Knight (2008)
Worst movie
5.6
Knight of Cups (2015)
First 5 to latest 5
−0.6
7.1 → 6.5 on average
Average rating
7.0
16.4M votes in total

IMDb rating per movie

Cameos

The best rated of the 42 movies Christian Bale starred in is The Dark Knight (2008), at 9.1 on IMDb, and the worst is Knight of Cups (2015), at 5.6. The first 5 average 7.1 and the latest 5 6.5, down by 0.6. Together they average 7.0, from 16.4M votes in total. One cameo, Henry V (1989), isn't counted.

Movie by movie

MovieRoleReleasedVotesRatingChange
Empire of the Sunas Jim1987145.2K7.7
Henry VCameoas Robin the Luggage-Boy198933.7K7.4
Newsiesas Jack 'Cowboy' Kelly199224.7K6.9−0.8
Swing Kidsas Thomas Berger199318.4K6.8−0.1
Little Womenas Laurie199470.1K7.3+0.5
Pocahontasas Thomas (voice)1995220.6K6.7−0.6
The Portrait of a Ladyas Edward Rosier199613.6K6.2−0.5
Velvet Goldmineas Arthur Stuart199840.8K6.9+0.7
A Midsummer Night's Dreamas Demetrius199928.7K6.4−0.5
American Psychoas Patrick Bateman2000860.5K7.6+1.2
Shaftas Walter Wade, Jr.200086.3K6.0−1.6
Captain Corelli's Mandolinas Mandras200137.7K5.9−0.1
Equilibriumas John Preston2002365.9K7.3+1.4
Reign of Fireas Quinn Abercromby2002154.4K6.2−1.1
Laurel Canyonas Sam200218.2K6.3+0.1
The Machinistas Trevor Reznik2004447.7K7.6+1.3
Batman Beginsas Bruce Wayne / Batman20051.7M8.2+0.6
The New Worldas John Rolfe200594.4K6.7−1.5
Harsh Timesas Jim Luther Davis200571.3K6.8+0.1
Rescue Dawnas Dieter Dengler2006117.7K7.2+0.4
The Prestigeas Alfred Borden20061.6M8.5+1.3
I'm Not Thereas Jack / Pastor John200763.8K6.8−1.7
3:10 to Yumaas Dan Evans2007354.5K7.6+0.8
The Dark KnightBestas Bruce Wayne20083.2M9.1+1.5
Terminator Salvationas John Connor2009396K6.5−2.6
Public Enemiesas Melvin Purvis2009337.6K6.9+0.4
The Fighteras Dicky Eklund2010412K7.8+0.9
The Flowers of Waras John Miller201158.9K7.5−0.3
The Dark Knight Risesas Bruce Wayne20122M8.4+0.9
Out of the Furnaceas Russell Baze2013133.8K6.7−1.7
American Hustleas Irving Rosenfeld2013522.5K7.2+0.5
Exodus: Gods and Kingsas Moses2014188.6K6.0−1.2
The Big Shortas Michael Burry2015549.6K7.8+1.8
Knight of CupsWorstas Rick201532.2K5.6−2.2
The Promiseas Chris Myers2016180.7K6.1+0.5
Hostilesas Captain Joseph J. Blocker2017109.4K7.2+1.1
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungleas Bagheera (voice)201870.2K6.5−0.7
Viceas Dick Cheney2018177.2K7.2+0.7
Ford v Ferrarias Ken Miles2019589.5K8.1+0.9
Amsterdamas Burt Berendsen2022109.5K6.2−1.9
Thor: Love and Thunderas Gorr2022477K6.1−0.1
The Pale Blue Eyeas Augustus Landor2022144.1K6.6+0.5
The Bride!as Frank202639.3K5.6−1.0

Movies with at least 10,000 votes on IMDb. Cameos, billed after the first 20 or uncredited, are listed but not counted.

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