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George Clooney as Jay Kelly in ‘Jay Kelly’. Cr. Peter Mountain/Netflix © 2025.
George Clooney is a living legend!
The beloved actor, director, and Oscar-winner has appeared in some of the most popular movies of the last twenty-five years.
His new movie, ‘Jay Kelly’, which teams Clooney with Adam Sandler, debuts on Netflix December 5th.
“Everybody knows Jay Kelly, but Jay Kelly doesn’t know himself.”
Release Date: Nov 14, 2025
Run Time: 2 hr 12 min
In honor of the new film, Moviefone is counting down the 20 best George Clooney movies of all time.
NOTE: For this list, we are only including movies that Clooney appeared in and not films that he directed but did not act in.
Without further ado, let’s begin!
Related Article: George Clooney Talks Netflix’s ‘Jay Kelly’ and Working with Adam Sandler
20) ‘Wolfs’ (2014)
(L to R) George Clooney and Brad Pitt in ‘Wolfs’. Photo: Sony Pictures.
Hired to cover up a high-profile crime, a fixer (Clooney) soon finds his night spiralling out of control when he’s forced to work with an unexpected counterpart (Brad Pitt).
“They’re not partners. They’re not friends. They’re wolfs.”
Release Date: Sep 20, 2024
Run Time: 1 hr 48 min
Budget: $80,000,000
A lone scientist (Clooney) in the Arctic races to contact a crew of astronauts returning home to a mysterious global catastrophe.
“There’s a universe between all of us.”
Release Date: Dec 11, 2020
Run Time: 1 hr 58 min
Financial TV host Lee Gates (Clooney) and his producer Patty (Julia Roberts) are put in an extreme situation when an irate investor takes over their studio.
“Not every conspiracy is a theory.”
Release Date: May 13, 2016
Run Time: 1 hr 38 min
Budget: $27,000,000
Dispatched to a small Italian town to await further orders, assassin Jack (Clooney) embarks on a double life that may be more relaxing than is good for him.
“It was the greatest art heist in history”
Release Date: Feb 7, 2014
Run Time: 1 hr 58 min
Budget: $70,000,000
Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action drama focusing on seven over-the-hill, out-of-shape museum directors, artists, architects, curators, and art historians who went to the front lines of WWII to rescue the world’s artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and return them to their rightful owners. With the art hidden behind enemy lines, how could these guys hope to succeed? Starring Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, John Goodman, and Cate Blanchett.
“It was the greatest art heist in history”
Release Date: Feb 7, 2014
Run Time: 1 hr 58 min
Budget: $70,000,000
George Clooney in ‘The Ides of March’. Photo: Sony Pictures.
Dirty tricks stand to soil an ambitious young press spokesman’s (Ryan Gosling) idealism in a cutthroat presidential campaign where ‘victory’ is relative. Also starring Clooney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Evan Rachel Wood, Marisa Tomei, and Jeffrey Wright.
“Ambition seduces. Power corrupts.”
Release Date: Oct 7, 2011
Run Time: 1 hr 41 min
Budget: $12,500,000
A group of American soldiers (Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, and Ice Cube) stationed in Iraq at the end of the Gulf War find a map they believe will take them to a huge cache of stolen Kuwaiti gold hidden near their base, and they embark on a secret mission that’s destined to change everything.
Release Date: Sep 27, 1999
Run Time: 1 hr 54 min
Budget: $75,000,000
Less than 24 hours into his parole, charismatic thief Danny Ocean (Clooney) is already rolling out his next plan: In one night, Danny’s hand-picked crew of specialists (including Matt Damon, Brad Pitt and Don Cheadle) will attempt to steal more than $150 million from three Las Vegas casinos. But to score the cash, Danny risks his chances of reconciling with ex-wife, Tess (Julia Roberts).
Release Date: Dec 7, 2001
Run Time: 1 hr 56 min
Budget: $85,000,000
The Middle Eastern oil industry is the backdrop of this tense drama, which weaves together numerous story lines. Bennett Holiday (Jeffrey Wright) is an American lawyer in charge of facilitating a dubious merger of oil companies, while Bryan Woodman (Matt Damon), a Switzerland-based energy analyst, experiences both personal tragedy and opportunity during a visit with Arabian royalty. Meanwhile, veteran CIA agent Bob Barnes (Clooney) uncovers an assassination plot with unsettling origins.
“Everything is connected.”
Release Date: Nov 23, 2005
Run Time: 2 hr 8 min
Budget: $50,000,000
The Fantastic Mr. Fox (Clooney) bored with his current life, plans a heist against the three local farmers. The farmers, tired of sharing their chickens with the sly fox, seek revenge against him and his family. Also featuring the voices of Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Willem Dafoe, Michael Gambon, and Owen Wilson.
“Dig the life fantastic!”
Release Date: Nov 25, 2009
Run Time: 1 hr 27 min
Budget: $40,000,000
George Clooney in ‘Hail, Caesar!’. Photo: Universal Pictures.
When a Hollywood star (Clooney) mysteriously disappears in the middle of filming, the studio sends their fixer (Josh Brolin) to get him back. Also starring Alden Ehrenreich, Ralph Fiennes, Scarlett Johansson, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, and Channing Tatum.
“Lights. Camera. Abduction.”
Release Date: Feb 5, 2016
Run Time: 1 hr 46 min
Budget: $22,000,000
In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts (Clooney, John Turturro, and Tim Blake Nelson) search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them. On their journey they come across many comical characters and incredible situations. Based upon Homer’s ‘Odyssey’.
“They have a plan, but not a clue.”
Release Date: Feb 2, 2001
Run Time: 1 hr 47 min
Budget: $26,000,000
Dr. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock), a brilliant medical engineer on her first Shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky (Clooney) in command of his last flight before retiring. But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. The Shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky completely alone-tethered to nothing but each other and spiraling out into the blackness of space.
The deafening silence tells them they have lost any link to Earth and any chance for rescue. As fear turns to panic, every gulp of air eats away at what little oxygen is left. But the only way home may be to go further out into the terrifying expanse of space.
Release Date: Oct 4, 2013
Run Time: 1 hr 31 min
Budget: $105,000,000
When a disc containing memoirs of former CIA analyst Osbourne Cox (John Malkovich) falls into the hands of gym employees, Linda (Frances McDormand) and Chad (Brad Pitt), they see a chance to make enough money for Linda to have life-changing cosmetic surgery. Predictably, events whirl out of control for the duo, and those in their orbit. Clooney plays Harry Pfarrer, a U.S. Marshal having an affair with Cox’s wife (Tilda Swinton).
“Intelligence is relative.”
Release Date: Sep 12, 2008
Run Time: 1 hr 36 min
Budget: $37,000,000
Meet Jack Foley (Clooney), a smooth criminal who bends the law and is determined to make one last heist. Karen Sisco (Jennifer Lopez) is a federal marshal who chooses all the right moves … and all the wrong guys. Now they’re willing to risk it all to find out if there’s more between them than just the law.
Release Date: Jun 26, 1998
Run Time: 2 hr 3 min
Budget: $48,000,000
George Clooney as Jay Kelly in ‘Jay Kelly’. Cr. Peter Mountain/Netflix © 2025.
Famous movie actor Jay Kelly (Clooney) embarks on a journey of self-discovery, confronting both his past and present, accompanied by his devoted manager, Ron (Adam Sandler).
“Everybody knows Jay Kelly, but Jay Kelly doesn’t know himself.”
Release Date: Nov 14, 2025
Run Time: 2 hr 12 min
With his wife Elizabeth (Patricia Hastie) on life support after a boating accident, Hawaiian land baron Matt King (Clooney) takes his daughters (Shailene Woodley and Amara Miller) on a trip from Oahu to Kauai to confront a young real estate broker (Matthew Lillard), who was having an affair with Elizabeth before her misfortune.
“The South Pacific ain’t that terrific.”
Release Date: Dec 9, 2011
Run Time: 1 hr 55 min
Budget: $20,000,000
Corporate downsizing expert Ryan Bingham (Clooney) spends his life in planes, airports, and hotels, but just as he’s about to reach a milestone of ten million frequent flyer miles, he meets a woman (Vera Farmiga) who causes him to rethink his transient life. Also starring Anna Kendrick.
“The story of a man ready to make a connection.”
Release Date: Dec 23, 2009
Run Time: 1 hr 50 min
Budget: $25,000,000
The story of journalist Edward R. Murrow’s (David Strathairn) stand against Senator Joseph McCarthy’s anti-communist witch-hunts in the early 1950s. Also starring Clooney, Robert Downey Jr., Patricia Clarkson, Frank Langella, and Jeff Daniels.
“We will not walk in fear of one another.”
Release Date: Nov 4, 2005
Run Time: 1 hr 32 min
Budget: $7,000,000
George Clooney in ‘Michael Clayton’. Photo: Warne Bros.
A law firm brings in its “fixer” (Clooney) to remedy the situation after a lawyer (Tom Wilkinson) has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multi-billion dollar class action suit. Also starring Tilda Swinton and Sydney Pollack.
“The truth can be adjusted.”
Release Date: Oct 12, 2007
Run Time: 2 hr
Budget: $25,000,000
