TopTenREVIEWS presents the film career and movie reviews of Mel Gibson.

Mel Gibson
Birthdate: January 3, 1956

Mel Gibson

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CAREER SPAN

Decade
Movie Score
# Movies
1970s
1.3712
3
total ranking of 1.3712
1980s
2.7397
9
total ranking of 2.7397
1990s
3.1912
14
total ranking of 3.1912
2000s
3.0492
10
total ranking of 3.0492
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score: Mel Gibson is ranked overall as 3.2749 of of 4 stars3.2749

Mel Gibson Movie Rankings

1
Mel Gibson starring in Braveheart
Mel Gibson scores a combined 3.5343 out of 4 stars for Braveheart3.5343
After the murder of his wife, William Wallace leads a rebel army against the English ruler occupying Scotland. His goal is to ultimately free Scotland from English rule forever. ...more about Braveheart
2
Mel Gibson starring in Chicken Run
Mel Gibson scores a combined 3.1940 out of 4 stars for Chicken Run3.1940
When smooth talking, roster flying, Rocky accidentally lands in Ginger's cope he promises to help her and her fellow chickens escape from a Pot Pie fate, but as Rocky soon learns getting in is easier than getting out. ...more about Chicken Run
3
Mel Gibson starring in Lethal Weapon
Mel Gibson scores a combined 3.1502 out of 4 stars for Lethal Weapon3.1502
Seasoned officer Roger Murtaugh is reluctantly partnered with loose cannon Martin Riggs to investigate the death of a local prostitute. What they uncover is a major drug operation and dive head first into the dirty underworld of heroin smuggling. ...more about Lethal Weapon
4
Mad Max (1979)
Mel Gibson scores a combined 3.0981 out of 4 stars for Mad Max3.0981
In the future following the apocalypse pillage and plunder is a way of life. Mild-mannered, police officer Max Rockatansky wants to leave the force and settle down with his family in a nice quiet area. ...more about Mad Max
5
Mad Max 2 (1981)
Mel Gibson scores a combined 3.0173 out of 4 stars for Mad Max 23.0173
In "The Road Warrior" the sequel to "Mad Max," Max joins a struggling group tring to build a community and protect their most precious resource, oil, from a gang of bandits determined to take over and control the refinery. ...more about Mad Max 2
Actor Awards
  • Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA - Best Actor
6
Signs (2002)
Mel Gibson scores a combined 2.9667 out of 4 stars for Signs2.9667
In Bucks County, Pennsylvania, a five-hundred-foot crop circle is found on the farm of Graham Hess (Gibson), the town's reverend. The circles cause a media frenzy and test Hess's faith as he journeys to find out the truth behind the crop circles. ...more about Signs
7
Who Killed the Electric Car? (2006)
Mel Gibson scores a combined 2.9377 out of 4 stars for Who Killed the Electric Car?2.9377
With gasoline prices approaching $4/gallon, fossil fuel shortages, unrest in oil producing regions around the globe and mainstream consumer adoption and adoption of the hybrid electric car (more than 140,000 Prius' sold this year), this story couldn't be ...more about Who Killed the Electric Car?
8
Ransom (1996)
Mel Gibson scores a combined 2.9178 out of 4 stars for Ransom2.9178
Tom Mullen, rich airline owner, is shocked when his son is kidnapped. He is willing to pay the two million dollar ransom, but the drop goes wrong. So Tom turns the ransom money into a bounty on the head of the kidnapper. ...more about Ransom
Actor Awards
  • Blockbuster Entertainment Awards - Favorite Actor - Suspense
  • Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
9
Gallipoli (1981)
Mel Gibson scores a combined 2.9058 out of 4 stars for Gallipoli2.9058
The story of a group of young Australian men who leave their various backgrounds behind and sign up to join the ANZACs in World War I. They are sent to Gallipoli, where they encounter the might of the Turkish army. ...more about Gallipoli
Actor Awards
  • Australian Film Institute - Best Actor in a Lead Role
10
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
Mel Gibson scores a combined 2.8972 out of 4 stars for Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome2.8972
Bartertown is a city on the edge of a desert that has managed to retain some technology if no civilization. ...more about Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
11
We Were Soldiers (2002)
Mel Gibson scores a combined 2.8822 out of 4 stars for We Were Soldiers2.8822
In a place soon to be known as The Valley of Death, in a small clearing called landing zone X-Ray, Lt. ...more about We Were Soldiers
12
Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
Mel Gibson scores a combined 2.8798 out of 4 stars for Lethal Weapon 22.8798
Riggs and Murtaugh are at it again in this sequel to the original Lethal Weapon in 1987. When a red BMW crashes while they are chasing it, they discover the trunk is full of South African Krugerands. ...more about Lethal Weapon 2
13
Pocahontas (1995)
Mel Gibson scores a combined 2.8405 out of 4 stars for Pocahontas2.8405
Pocahontas falls in love with English Captain John Smith. The two pursue a secret affair, but when the Natives become distrustful Pocahontas must save his life and send him back to England. ...more about Pocahontas
14
Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
Mel Gibson scores a combined 2.8399 out of 4 stars for Lethal Weapon 42.8399
Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh, after escaping death from the previous movies are put on a hit list by The Triads. ...more about Lethal Weapon 4
Actor Awards
  • Blockbuster Entertainment Awards - Favorite Duo - Action/Adventure
  • MTV Movie Awards - Best Action Sequence
15
Conspiracy Theory (1997)
Mel Gibson scores a combined 2.8265 out of 4 stars for Conspiracy Theory2.8265
Jerry Fletcher is a man in love with a woman he observes from afar. She works for the government. Fletcher is an outspoken critic of that government. He has conspiracy theories for everything, from aliens to political assassinations. ...more about Conspiracy Theory
Actor Awards
  • Blockbuster Entertainment Awards - Favorite Actor - Suspense
16
Bounty, The (1984)
Mel Gibson scores a combined 2.7981 out of 4 stars for Bounty2.7981
The familiar story of Captain Bligh, whose cruelty leads to a mutiny on his ship. ...more about Bounty
17
What Women Want (2000)
Mel Gibson scores a combined 2.7889 out of 4 stars for What Women Want2.7889
A strange, freak accident enables Nick, a chauvinistic advertising exec, with the ability to read women's minds. When he tries to use his new abilities to manipulate his new boss, Nick begins to truly understand her and starts falling for her. ...more about What Women Want
Actor Awards
  • Blockbuster Entertainment Awards - Favorite Actor - Comedy/Romance
  • Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical
18
Patriot, The (2000)
Mel Gibson scores a combined 2.7854 out of 4 stars for Patriot2.7854
In this story of the American Revolution, Gibson plays a pacifist turned warrior. Gibson joins his son (Ledger) in a bitter and personal battle for independence after experiencing the iron fist of a cold-blooded British officer. ...more about Patriot
Actor Awards
  • Blockbuster Entertainment Awards - Favorite Actor - Drama
19
Payback (1999)
Mel Gibson scores a combined 2.7707 out of 4 stars for Payback2.7707
A thief plots revenge when he is betrayed by his wife and best friend. ...more about Payback
Actor Awards
  • Blockbuster Entertainment Awards - Favorite Actor - Action
20
Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
Mel Gibson scores a combined 2.6725 out of 4 stars for Lethal Weapon 32.6725
Martin Riggs finally meets his match in the form of Lorna Cole, a beautiful but tough policewoman. Together with Roger Murtaugh, his partner, the three attempt to expose a crooked formed policeman and his huge arms racket. ...more about Lethal Weapon 3
Actor Awards
  • MTV Movie Awards - Best Action Sequence
21
Hamlet (1990)
Mel Gibson scores a combined 2.6593 out of 4 stars for Hamlet2.6593
Zefferelli does yet another Shakespeare, with less success than he had with Taming of the Shrew or Romeo and Juliet. Hamlet returns to Denmark when his father, the King, dies. His mother Gertrude has already married Hamlet's uncle Claudius, the new King. ...more about Hamlet
22
Air America (1990)
Mel Gibson scores a combined 2.6247 out of 4 stars for Air America2.6247
Air America was the CIA's private airline operating in Laos during the Vietnam War, running anything and everything from soldiers to foodstuffs for local villagers. ...more about Air America
23
Man Without a Face, The (1993)
Mel Gibson scores a combined 2.5681 out of 4 stars for Man Without a Face2.5681
The story of a relationship between a teacher and his troubled pupil. Justin McLeod is a former teacher who lives as a recluse on the edge of town. ...more about Man Without a Face
24
Forever Young (1992)
Mel Gibson scores a combined 2.5529 out of 4 stars for Forever Young2.5529
A 1939 test pilot asks his best friend to use him as a guinea pig for a cryogenics experiment. Daniel McCormick wants to be frozen for a year so that he doesn't have to watch his love lying in a coma. ...more about Forever Young
25
Maverick (1994)
Mel Gibson scores a combined 2.5278 out of 4 stars for Maverick2.5278
Maverick is recreated from the character James Garner created in the 1950s TV program. Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them. ...more about Maverick
26
Singing Detective, The (2003)
Mel Gibson scores a combined 2.4981 out of 4 stars for Singing Detective2.4981
While hospitalized with an extreme case of psoriasis, novelist Dan Dark (Downey Jr.) reworks his first book in his head. ...more about Singing Detective
27
Year of Living Dangerously, The (1982)
Mel Gibson scores a combined 2.0833 out of 4 stars for Year of Living Dangerously2.0833
Guy Hamilton is a journalist on his first job as a foreign correspondent. His apparently humdrum assignment to Indonesia soon turns hot as President Sukarno electrifies the populace and frightens foreign powers. ...more about Year of Living Dangerously
Actor Awards
  • Australian Film Institute - Best Actor in a Lead Role
28
Million Dollar Hotel, The (2000)
Mel Gibson scores a combined 2.0261 out of 4 stars for Million Dollar Hotel2.0261
The movie, written by Bono, starts when a billionaire's son dies in a skid row hotel and a federal agent turns the lives of the miscreant residents upside down to find out if it was suicide or murder. ...more about Million Dollar Hotel
  • Not Available on DVD
29
Bird on a Wire (1990)
Mel Gibson scores a combined 2.0154 out of 4 stars for Bird on a Wire2.0154
Rick has been given a new identity by the FBI for helping convict a drug dealing FBI agent. Fifteen years later his former fiance recognises him. ...more about Bird on a Wire
30
Mrs. Soffel (1984)
Mel Gibson scores a combined 1.6236 out of 4 stars for Mrs. Soffel1.6236
Peter Soffel is the stuffy warden of a remote American prison around the turn of the century. His wife, Kate, finds herself attracted to prisoner Ed Biddle. ...more about Mrs. Soffel
31
Tim (1979)
Mel Gibson scores a combined 1.2245 out of 4 stars for Tim1.2245
Tim is a young man with below average intelligence. He works as a builder's labourer, and is often taken advantage of by his fellow workers and other people. Mary asks Tim to work around her yard for a day. ...more about Tim
Actor Awards
  • Australian Film Institute - Best Actor in a Lead Role
  • Not Available on DVD
32
Summer City (1977)
Mel Gibson scores a combined 1.0465 out of 4 stars for Summer City1.0465
33
River, The (1984)
Mel Gibson scores a combined 0.4748 out of 4 stars for River0.4748
Farming family battles severe storms, a bank threatening to reposses their farm, and other hard times in a battle to save and hold on to their farm. ...more about River
34
Chili Con Carne Club, The (1993)
No Reviews Available
35
One Dollar Diary, The (2001)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
36
Under and Alone (2006)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD