In ranking Will Smith’s film performances from worst to first, Stacker compiled IMDb data on feature films starring Smith and ranked these films according to their IMDb user rating, with ties broken by the number of votes.
Will Smith started as a rapper in the duo DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, winning a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance. He got his first major film role in “Bad Boys” while starring on the hit TV sitcom “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.” Shortly after, “Independence Day” and “Men in Black” made him a superstar and one of the most bankable Hollywood actors of all time.
Smith has been nominated for Best Actor at the Academy Awards three times, and has walked away empty-handed twice. He was nominated in 2002 for his depiction as the greatest boxer of all time in “Ali” but lost the trophy to Denzel Washington, who won for “Training Day.” He was nominated a second time in 2007 for “The Pursuit of Happyness,” losing the Academy Award to Forest Whitaker, who claimed the Oscar for “The Last King of Scotland.
Smith doesn’t always win with critics. He often appears in formulaic genre films, and when he branches into dramas as with “Concussion” or “Collateral Beauty,” he takes a hit in reviews. Smith’s movies are known for their huge box office receipts, and sometimes dismal reviews, as with “Hancock,” the superhero film popular with fans, but panned by critics. Smith’s likability and humor seem to transcend critical opinion.
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