TopTenREVIEWS presents the film career and movie reviews of Kevin Spacey.

Kevin Spacey
Birthdate: July 26, 1959

Kevin Spacey

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CAREER SPAN

Decade
Movie Score
# Movies
1980s
1.9989
5
total ranking of 1.9989
1990s
3.2582
19
total ranking of 3.2582
2000s
2.5690
17
total ranking of 2.5690
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score: Kevin Spacey is ranked overall as 3.2880 of of 4 stars3.2880

Kevin Spacey Movie Rankings

1
Kevin Spacey starring in American Beauty
Kevin Spacey scores a combined 3.4389 out of 4 stars for American Beauty3.4389
Suburban husband Lester is becoming increasingly dissatisfied with his life, his wife is cheating on him and his daughter hates him. In the mitts of a mid-life crisis, Lester quits his job, starts smoking weed and begins fantasizing about his daughter's teenage friends. ...more about American Beauty
Actor Awards
  • Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
  • American Comedy Awards, USA - Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture (Leading Role)
  • BAFTA Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
  • Blockbuster Entertainment Awards - Favorite Actor - Drama
  • Chicago Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actor
  • Chlotrudis Awards - Best Actor
  • Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actor
  • Empire Awards, UK - Best Actor
  • Florida Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actor
  • Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
  • Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actor
  • Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards - Best Actor
  • Online Film Critics Society Awards - Best Actor
  • Russian Guild of Film Critics - Best Foreign Actor
  • San Diego Film Critics Society Awards - Best Actor
  • Satellite Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama
  • Screen Actors Guild Awards - Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
  • Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actor
2
Kevin Spacey starring in Bug's Life
Kevin Spacey scores a combined 3.3032 out of 4 stars for Bug's Life3.3032
To protect the colony from the Grasshoppers, Flick sets out to find warrior bugs to fight Hopper and his gang, but he accidentally finds a group of circus bugs expecting to be hired as performers. ...more about Bug's Life
3
Kevin Spacey starring in Glengarry Glen Ross
Kevin Spacey scores a combined 3.2205 out of 4 stars for Glengarry Glen Ross3.2205
Times are tough in a New York office; the salesmen (Shelley Levene, Ricky Roma, Dave Moss, and George Aaronow) are given a strong incentive by Blake to succeed in a sales contest. ...more about Glengarry Glen Ross
4
L.A. Confidential (1997)
Kevin Spacey scores a combined 3.1672 out of 4 stars for L.A. Confidential3.1672
A murder investigation leads three detectives into the sleazy and seedy underworld of LA including tabloid journalism, organized crime, corruption, prostitution and the glitz and glamour of Hollywood. ...more about L.A. Confidential
Actor Awards
  • BAFTA Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
  • Boston Society of Film Critics Awards - Best Supporting Actor
  • Chlotrudis Awards - Best Supporting Actor
  • Empire Awards, UK - Best Actor
5
Se7en (1995)
Kevin Spacey scores a combined 3.0594 out of 4 stars for Se7en3.0594
A film about two homicide detectives' desperate hunt for a serial killer who justifies his crimes as absolution for the world's ignorance of the Seven Deadly Sins. ...more about Se7en
Actor Awards
  • National Board of Review, USA - Best Supporting Actor
  • New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Supporting Actor
6
Usual Suspects, The (1995)
Kevin Spacey scores a combined 3.0587 out of 4 stars for Usual Suspects3.0587
After a waterfront explosion, Verbal (Kevin Spacey), an eye-witness and participant tells the story of events leading up to the conflagration. ...more about Usual Suspects
Actor Awards
  • Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Supporting Role
  • Boston Society of Film Critics Awards - Best Supporting Actor
  • Chicago Film Critics Association Awards - Best Supporting Actor
  • Chlotrudis Awards - Best Supporting Actor
  • Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards - Best Supporting Actor
  • Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
  • National Board of Review, USA - Best Supporting Actor
  • New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Supporting Actor
  • Screen Actors Guild Awards - Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
  • Seattle International Film Festival - Best Actor
7
Superman Returns (2006)
Kevin Spacey scores a combined 2.9934 out of 4 stars for Superman Returns2.9934
Five years after his disappearance, Superman returns to find the world and Lois Lane have lost faith in him. As he struggles with his superpowers and his need to be normal Lex Luther plots to destroy Superman once and for all. ...more about Superman Returns
8
Negotiator, The (1998)
Kevin Spacey scores a combined 2.9656 out of 4 stars for Negotiator2.9656
Maverick negotiator Danny Roman (Jackson) is framed for embezzlement and the murder of his partner and best friend. Newly married and faced with an unjust prison sentence, Roman turns hostage-taker to smoke out the guilty ones in his own squad. ...more about Negotiator
9
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997)
Kevin Spacey scores a combined 2.9401 out of 4 stars for Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil2.9401
This panoramic tale of Savannah's eccentricities focuses on a murder and the subsequent trial of Jim Williams: self made man, art collector, antiques dealer, bon vivant and semi-closeted homosexual. ...more about Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Actor Awards
  • Society of Texas Film Critics Awards - Best Supporting Actor
10
Working Girl (1988)
Kevin Spacey scores a combined 2.9225 out of 4 stars for Working Girl2.9225
Tess McGill is a frustrated secretary, struggling to forge ahead in the world of big business in New York. She gets her chance when her boss breaks her leg on a skiing holiday. McGill takes advantage of her absence to push ahead with her career. ...more about Working Girl
11
Swimming with Sharks (1994)
Kevin Spacey scores a combined 2.9188 out of 4 stars for Swimming with Sharks2.9188
A young Hollywood executive becomes the assistant to a big time movie producer who is the worst boss imaginable: abusive, abrasive and cruel. But soon things turn around when the young executive kidnaps his boss and visits all the cruelties back on him. ...more about Swimming with Sharks
Actor Awards
  • New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Supporting Actor
  • Seattle International Film Festival - Best Actor
12
Big Kahuna, The (1999)
Kevin Spacey scores a combined 2.9000 out of 4 stars for Big Kahuna2.9000
On the last evening of a convention two seen-it-all industrial lubricant salesmen and a youngster from the research department gather in the hotel's hospitality suite to host a delegates party. ...more about Big Kahuna
13
Looking for Richard (1996)
Kevin Spacey scores a combined 2.8510 out of 4 stars for Looking for Richard2.8510
Director Al Pacino juxtaposes scene's from Richard III, scenes of rehearsals for Richard III, and sessions where parties involved discuss the play, the times that shaped the play and the events that happened at the time the play is set. ...more about Looking for Richard
14
Hurlyburly (1998)
Kevin Spacey scores a combined 2.7794 out of 4 stars for Hurlyburly2.7794
Hurly-burly is an adaptation of David Rabe's well known play about the intersecting lives of several Hollywood players and wannabes who's personal lives threaten to veer into a catastrophe more interesting than anything they're peddling to the studios. ...more about Hurlyburly
15
Time to Kill, A (1996)
Kevin Spacey scores a combined 2.7735 out of 4 stars for Time to Kill2.7735
A murder trial brings a small Mississippi town's racial tensions to the flashpoint. ...more about Time to Kill
16
K-PAX (2001)
Kevin Spacey scores a combined 2.7385 out of 4 stars for K-PAX2.7385
Actor Awards
  • Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA - Best Actor
17
Ref, The (1994)
Kevin Spacey scores a combined 2.6991 out of 4 stars for Ref2.6991
Denis Leary plays an unfortunate cat burglar, who is abandonded by his partner in the middle of a heist, and is forced to take an irritating Connecticut couple (Kevin Spacey, Judy Davis) hostage. ...more about Ref
18
Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)
Kevin Spacey scores a combined 2.6777 out of 4 stars for Austin Powers in Goldmember2.6777
Dr. Evil and Mini-Me escape from prison and travel in time to team up with Goldmember. Together they kidnap Austin's fatherand attempt to take over the world. Austin must travel to the 70's and join Foxxy Cleopatra to save his father and foil Dr. Evil's plans. ...more about Austin Powers in Goldmember
19
Shipping News, The (2001)
Kevin Spacey scores a combined 2.6330 out of 4 stars for Shipping News2.6330
An inksetter in New York, Quoyle returns to his family's longtime home, a small fishing town in Newfoundland, with his young daughter, after a traumatizing experience with her mother, Petal, who sold her to an illegal adoption agency. ...more about Shipping News
Actor Awards
  • BAFTA Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
  • Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
20
Beyond the Sea (2004)
Kevin Spacey scores a combined 2.6262 out of 4 stars for Beyond the Sea2.6262
Consummate entertainer Bobby Darin (1936-1973) is making a movie about his life. He's volatile, driven by the love of performing, ambition, perfectionism, and belief that he's living on borrowed time. ...more about Beyond the Sea
Actor Awards
  • Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
21
Iron Will (1994)
Kevin Spacey scores a combined 2.6038 out of 4 stars for Iron Will2.6038
When Will Stoneman's father dies, he is left alone to take care of his mother and their land. Needing money to maintain it, he decides to join a cross country dogsled race. ...more about Iron Will
22
Pay it Forward (2000)
Kevin Spacey scores a combined 2.5325 out of 4 stars for Pay it Forward2.5325
Young Trevor McKinney, troubled by his mother's alcoholism and fears of his abusive but absent father, is caught up by an intriguing assignment from his new social studies teacher, Mr. Simonet. ...more about Pay it Forward
Actor Awards
  • Blockbuster Entertainment Awards - Favorite Actor - Drama/Romance
23
Henry & June (1990)
Kevin Spacey scores a combined 2.4337 out of 4 stars for Henry & June2.4337
In 1931 Paris, Anais Nin meets Henry Miller and his wife June. Intrigued by them both, she begins expanding her sexual horizons with her husband Hugo as well as with Henry and others. ...more about Henry & June
24
United States of Leland, The (2003)
Kevin Spacey scores a combined 2.3838 out of 4 stars for United States of Leland2.3838
Soft-spoken 15-year old Leland Fitzgerald (Gosling) commits a seemingly senseless murder that shocks his community, affecting both his victim's family and his own. ...more about United States of Leland
25
Life of David Gale, The (2003)
Kevin Spacey scores a combined 2.3599 out of 4 stars for Life of David Gale2.3599
Dr. David Gale, an advocate of eliminating the death penalty, is falsely accused of rape and murder. Once convicted, he ends up on death row in Texas himself, telling his story to a reporter through a series of flashbacks. ...more about Life of David Gale
26
Outbreak (1995)
Kevin Spacey scores a combined 2.3369 out of 4 stars for Outbreak2.3369
A deadly airborne virus finds its way into the USA and starts killing off people at an epidemic rate. Col Sam Daniels' job is to stop the virus spreading from a small town, which must be quarantined, and to prevent an over reaction by the White House. ...more about Outbreak
Actor Awards
  • New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Supporting Actor
27
Big Kahuna, The (2000)
Kevin Spacey scores a combined 2.2428 out of 4 stars for Big Kahuna2.2428
Two veteran industrial lubricant salesmen (Danny DeVito and Kevin Spacey) attempt to break-in their enthusiastic young colleague (Peter Pacinelli) while sharing old stories in a hospitality suite at an annual manufacturer's convention in Wichita. ...more about Big Kahuna
  • Not Available on DVD
28
See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989)
Kevin Spacey scores a combined 2.2219 out of 4 stars for See No Evil2.2219
A man is murdered. Two men witness it. A blind man who hears the killer, and a deaf man who sees her. The police don't think they're credible witnesses, but the killers don't want to take any chances. ...more about See No Evil
29
21 (2008)
Kevin Spacey scores a combined 2.1963 out of 4 stars for 212.1963
"21" is the fact-based story about six MIT students who were trained to become experts in card counting and subsequently took Vegas casinos for millions in winnings. ...more about 21
30
Heartburn (1986)
Kevin Spacey scores a combined 2.1678 out of 4 stars for Heartburn2.1678
Rachel and Mark are both Washington journalists. They meet at a wedding and not long after they get married themselves. Very soon they have a daughter, Annie. But one day Rachel learns that Mark was having an affair during her pregnancy. ...more about Heartburn
31
Dad (1989)
Kevin Spacey scores a combined 2.1334 out of 4 stars for Dad2.1334
A busy, "always-on-the-run" executive learns during a meeting that his father may be dying and rushes home to his side. He ends up being his father's caretaker and becomes closer to him than ever before. ...more about Dad
32
Edison (2005)
Kevin Spacey scores a combined 2.0295 out of 4 stars for Edison2.0295
33
Consenting Adults (1992)
Kevin Spacey scores a combined 2.0118 out of 4 stars for Consenting Adults2.0118
Richard and Priscilla Parker's lives take a turn for the better when Eddy and Kay move into the house next door. Eddy's a risk taker and shows his new neighbours how to enjoy life at the expense of a rule or convention or two. ...more about Consenting Adults
Actor Awards
  • Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA - Best Supporting Actor
34
Fred Claus (2007)
Kevin Spacey scores a combined 1.9869 out of 4 stars for Fred Claus1.9869
This Christmas viewers are invited to meet the whole Claus family. ...more about Fred Claus
  • Not Available on DVD
35
Ordinary Decent Criminal (2000)
Kevin Spacey scores a combined 1.5963 out of 4 stars for Ordinary Decent Criminal1.5963
Michael Lynch is Dublin's most notorious criminal, his brazen robberies making him the bane of the Gardaí and a hero to his fellow working class city Northsiders. ...more about Ordinary Decent Criminal
36
United States of Leland, The (2004)
Kevin Spacey scores a combined 1.5914 out of 4 stars for United States of Leland1.5914
On an ordinary school day in California, a seemingly ordinary student named Leland Fitzgerald (Gosling) commits a devastating, inexplicable crime...and changes everything forever... ...more about United States of Leland
  • Not Available on DVD
37
Freedom2speak v2.0 (2004)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
38
In Search of Ted Demme (2005)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
39
President Clinton: Final Days (2000)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
40
Rocket Gibraltar (1988)
No Reviews Available
A man's family comes for his 77th birthday and while he loves all of his children and their children, he and his children don't exactly connect. However, he connects with his grandchildren. ...more about Rocket Gibraltar
41
Show of Force, A (1990)
No Reviews Available