Ranking All Of Director Martin Brest’s Movies
“What are Martin Brest’s Best Movies?” We looked at all of Brest’s directed filmography and ranked them against one another to answer that very question!
We took all of the movies directed by Martin Brest and looked at his Rotten Tomato Critic, Rotten Tomato User, Metacritic, Metacritic User, IMDB, and Letterboxd scores, ranking them against one another to see which movies came out on top. The movies are ranked in our list below based on which movies have the highest overall score between all 6 review sites in comparison with all of the other movies by the same director. The process is all very scientific with no flaws at all.
The full ranking chart is also included below the countdown on the bottom of the page.
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The Top Film’s Of Martin Brest
7 ) Hot Tomorrows
Review Website Ranks:
- Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 7
- Rotten Tomatoes Users: 7
- Metacritc Critic Score: 6
- Metacritic User Score: 6
- IMDB User Review Score: 6
- Letterboxd User Score: 7
Two friends wander about trying to find something to do around Christmas.
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6 ) Gigli
Review Website Ranks:
- Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 6
- Rotten Tomatoes Users: 6
- Metacritc Critic Score: 5
- Metacritic User Score: 5
- IMDB User Review Score: 7
- Letterboxd User Score: 6
Gigli is ordered to kidnap the psychologically challenged younger brother of a powerful federal prosecutor. When plans go awry, Gigli’s boss sends in Ricki, a gorgeous free-spirited female gangster who has her own set of orders to assist with the kidnapping. But Gigli begins falling for the decidedly unavailable Ricki, which could be a hazard to his occupation.
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4 ) Going in Style
Review Website Ranks:
- Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 2
- Rotten Tomatoes Users: 5
- Metacritc Critic Score: 6
- Metacritic User Score: 6
- IMDB User Review Score: 4
- Letterboxd User Score: 2
Three senior citizens in their 70s who live together are slowly decaying in endless days with nothing to do but feed the birds. One of them comes up with an idea – rob a bank. They certainly could use the money if they get away with it and if they are caught, what could happen to three old men?
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4 ) Meet Joe Black
Review Website Ranks:
- Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 5
- Rotten Tomatoes Users: 4
- Metacritc Critic Score: 4
- Metacritic User Score: 4
- IMDB User Review Score: 4
- Letterboxd User Score: 5
When the grim reaper comes to collect the soul of megamogul Bill Parrish, he arrives with a proposition: Host him for a “vacation” among the living in trade for a few more days of existence. Parrish agrees, and using the pseudonym Joe Black, Death begins taking part in Parrish’s daily agenda and falls in love with the man’s daughter. Yet when Black’s holiday is over, so is Parrish’s life.
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3 ) Beverly Hills Cop
Review Website Ranks:
- Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 4
- Rotten Tomatoes Users: 3
- Metacritc Critic Score: 2
- Metacritic User Score: 3
- IMDB User Review Score: 3
- Letterboxd User Score: 2
Tough-talking Detroit cop Axel Foley heads to the rarified world of Beverly Hills in his beat-up Chevy Nova to investigate a friend’s murder. But soon, he realizes he’s stumbled onto something much more complicated. Bungling rookie detective Billy Rosewood joins the fish-out-of-water Axel and shows him the West Los Angeles ropes.
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2 ) Scent of a Woman
Review Website Ranks:
- Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 3
- Rotten Tomatoes Users: 1
- Metacritc Critic Score: 3
- Metacritic User Score: 2
- IMDB User Review Score: 1
- Letterboxd User Score: 2
Charlie Simms is a student at a private preparatory school who comes from a poor family. To earn the money for his flight home to Gresham, Oregon for Christmas, Charlie takes a job over Thanksgiving looking after retired U.S. Army officer Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade, a cantankerous middle-aged man who lives with his niece and her family.
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1 ) Midnight Run
Review Website Ranks:
- Rotten Tomatoes Critic: 1
- Rotten Tomatoes Users: 2
- Metacritc Critic Score: 1
- Metacritic User Score: 1
- IMDB User Review Score: 2
- Letterboxd User Score: 1
An accountant embezzles $15 million of mob money, jumps bail and is chased by bounty hunters, the FBI, and the Mafia.
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Martin Brest’s Best Movies
Martin Brest Review Website Filmography Rankings
| Film | RT Critic | RT User | MC Critic | MC User | IMDB | Letterboxd | Overal Rank |
| Midnight Run | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Scent of a Woman | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Beverly Hills Cop | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Going in Style | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| Meet Joe Black | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Gigli | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| Hot Tomorrows | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
