The Best Joel Schumacher Movies Ranked And Where to Watch them

If you're looking for the best Joel Schumacher movies of all time then here is a definitive list. We rank every movie directed by Joel Schumacher based on their popularity score from IMDB from best to worst. Click on the ‘see more’ button to find out where to watch them in Australia covering all streaming services. In April 2024 there are 19 films in this list.

List of the Best Movies Directed by Joel Schumacher In Order of Popularity

  1. Falling Down
  2. A Time to Kill
  3. The Phantom of the Opera
  4. The Lost Boys
  5. Phone Booth
  6. Tigerland
  7. Veronica Guerin
  8. The Client
  9. 8MM
  10. Flatliners
  11. The Number 23
  12. Cousins
  13. St. Elmo's Fire
  14. Bad Company
  15. The Incredible Shrinking Woman
  16. D.C. Cab
  17. Batman Forever
  18. Trespass
  19. Batman & Robin

Stream the top 19 Movies directed by Joel Schumacher

1. Falling Down

Rated: R

7.6/10

On the day of his daughter's birthday, William "D-Fens" Foster is trying to get to the home of his estranged ex-wife to see his daughter. His car breaks down, so he leaves his car in a traffic jam in Los Angeles and decides to walk. He goes to a convenience store and tries to get some change for a phone call, but the Korean owner does not oblige, tipping Foster over the edge. The unstable Foster, so frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society, begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them.

2. A Time to Kill

Rated: R

7.5/10

A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.

3. The Phantom of the Opera

Rated: PG-13

7.2/10

Deformed since birth, a bitter man known only as the Phantom lives in the sewers underneath the Paris Opera House. He falls in love with the obscure chorus singer Christine, and privately tutors her while terrorizing the rest of the opera house and demanding Christine be given lead roles. Things get worse when Christine meets back up with her childhood acquaintance Raoul and the two fall in love

4. The Lost Boys

Rated: R

7.2/10

A mother and her two teenage sons move to a seemingly nice and quiet small coastal California town yet soon find out that it's overrun by bike gangs and vampires. A couple of teenage friends take it upon themselves to hunt down the vampires that they suspect of a few mysterious murders and restore peace and calm to their town.

5. Phone Booth

Rated: R

7.1/10

A slick New York publicist who picks up a ringing receiver in a phone booth is told that if he hangs up, he'll be killed... and the little red light from a laser rifle sight is proof that the caller isn't kidding.

6. Tigerland

Rated: R

6.9/10

A group of recruits go through Advanced Infantry Training at Fort Polk, Louisiana's infamous Tigerland, last stop before Vietnam for tens of thousands of young men in 1971.

7. Veronica Guerin

Rated: R

6.9/10

In this true story, Veronica Guerin is an investigative reporter for an Irish newspaper. As the drug trade begins to bleed into the mainstream, Guerin decides to take on and expose those responsible. Beginning at the bottom with addicts, Guerin then gets in touch with John Traynor, a paranoid informant. Not without some prodding, Traynor leads her to John Gilligan, the ruthless head of the operation, who does not take kindly to Guerin's nosing.

8. The Client

Rated: PG-13

6.7/10

A street-wise kid, Mark Sway, sees the suicide of Jerome Clifford, a prominent Louisiana lawyer, whose current client is Barry 'The Blade' Muldano, a Mafia hit-man. Before Jerome shoots himself, he tells Mark where the body of a Senator is buried. Clifford shoots himself and Mark is found at the scene, and both the FBI and the Mafia quickly realize that Mark probably knows more than he says.

9. 8MM

Rated: R

6.6/10

A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the help of the streetwise Max, he relentlessly follows a bizarre trail of evidence to determine the fate of a complete stranger. As his work turns into obsession, he drifts farther and farther away from his wife, family and simple life as a small-town PI.

10. Flatliners

Rated: R

6.5/10

Five medical students want to find out if there is life after death. They plan to stop one of their hearts for a few seconds, thus simulating death, and then bring the person back to life.

11. The Number 23

Rated: R

6.4/10

Walter Sparrow is an animal control officer that becomes obsessed with a mysterious book that seems to be based on his own life. As soon as he opens the book, he notices strange parallels between what he reads and what he's experienced. But now he's worried that a fictional murder might materialize.

12. Cousins

Rated: PG-13

6.4/10

Two couples go to a mutual friends wedding, and end up swapping partners.

13. St. Elmo's Fire

Rated: R

6.4/10

A group of friends graduate from the halls of Georgetown University into lives that revolve around sex and career aspirations. Kirby waits tables to pay for law school. His roommate Kevin struggles at a D.C. newspaper as he searches for the meaning of love. Jules, an object of adoration and envy, but secretly she has problems of her own. Demure Wendy is in love with Billy—a loveable sax player and an irresponsible drunk. Alec wants it all: a career in politics and the appearance of a traditional home life. Alec’s girlfriend, Leslie, is an ambitious architect who doesn't know about his infidelity, but his new allegiance to the Republican Party is already enough to put her off marriage.

14. Bad Company

Rated: PG-13

5.6/10

When a Harvard-educated CIA agent is killed during an operation, the secret agency recruits his twin brother.

15. The Incredible Shrinking Woman

Rated: PG

5.5/10

After being exposed to a bizarre mixture of household chemicals, Pat Kramer begins to shrink. This baffles scientists, makes parenting difficult, warms the hearts of Americans, and captures the attention of a group of people who want to take over the world. This evil group plots to kidnap Pat and perform experiments on her so that they can eventually shrink everyone.

16. D.C. Cab

Rated: R

5.5/10

The tale of a hapless group of cabbies and a rundown cab company owned by Harold. Albert comes to town with a dream of starting his own cab company but needs to motivate Harold's employees to want to make something out of themselves. It is only when Albert is kidnapped that the cabbies must decide whether or not they are loyal to Albert and his cause.

17. Batman Forever

Rated: PG-13

5.4/10

Batman must battle a disfigured district attorney and a disgruntled former employee with help from an amorous psychologist and a young circus acrobat.

18. Trespass

Rated: R

5.3/10

After a police raid, commanding officer Alberto has confiscated a large sum of money from a powerful drug dealer named Bartolomé. Bartolomé is pure evil and wants his money back, so he makes a plan to recover his money that involves kidnapping Alberto's son and forcing Alberto's wife, a famous runner, to run the local marathon.

19. Batman & Robin

Rated: PG-13

3.8/10

Batman and Robin deal with relationship issues while preventing Mr. Freeze and Poison Ivy from attacking Gotham City.