The Best John Madden Movies Ranked And Where to Watch them

If you're looking for the best John Madden movies of all time then here is a definitive list. We rank every movie directed by John Madden 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 12 films in this list.

List of the Best Movies Directed by John Madden In Order of Popularity

  1. Miss Sloane
  2. Mrs Brown
  3. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
  4. Shakespeare in Love
  5. The Debt
  6. Proof
  7. Operation Mincemeat
  8. The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
  9. Killshot
  10. Mrs. Brown
  11. Golden Gate
  12. Captain Corelli's Mandolin

Stream the top 12 Movies directed by John Madden

1. Miss Sloane

Rated: R

7.5/10

An ambitious lobbyist faces off against the powerful gun lobby in an attempt to pass gun control legislation.

2. Mrs Brown

Rated: PG

7.2/10

When Queen Victoria's husband Prince Albert dies, she finds solace in her trusted servant, Mr. John Brown. But their relationship also brings scandal and turmoil to the monarchy.

3. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Rated: PG-13

7.2/10

British retirees travel to India to take up residence in what they believe is a newly restored hotel. Less luxurious than its advertisements, the Marigold Hotel nevertheless slowly begins to charm in unexpected ways as the residents find new purpose in their old age.

4. Shakespeare in Love

Rated: R

7.1/10

Young Shakespeare is forced to stage his latest comedy, "Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter," before it's even written. When a lovely noblewoman auditions for a role, they fall into forbidden love -- and his play finds a new life (and title). As their relationship progresses, Shakespeare's comedy soon transforms into tragedy.

5. The Debt

Rated: R

6.8/10

Rachel Singer is a former Mossad agent who tried to capture a notorious Nazi war criminal – the Surgeon of Birkenau – in a secret Israeli mission that ended with his death on the streets of East Berlin. Now, 30 years later, a man claiming to be the doctor has surfaced, and Rachel must return to Eastern Europe to uncover the truth. Overwhelmed by haunting memories of her younger self and her two fellow agents, the still-celebrated heroine must relive the trauma of those events and confront the debt she has incurred.

6. Proof

Rated: PG-13

6.7/10

Catherine is a woman in her late twenties who is strongly devoted to her father, Robert, a brilliant and well-known mathematician whose grip on reality is beginning to slip away. As Robert descends into madness, Catherine begins to wonder if she may have inherited her father's mental illness along with his mathematical genius.

7. Operation Mincemeat

Rated: M

6.6/10

In 1943, two British intelligence officers concoct Operation Mincemeat, wherein their plan to drop a corpse with false papers off the coast of Spain would fool Nazi spies into believing the Allied forces were planning to attack by way of Greece rather than Sicily.

8. The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Rated: PG

6.5/10

As the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel has only a single remaining vacancy - posing a rooming predicament for two fresh arrivals - Sonny pursues his expansionist dream of opening a second hotel.

9. Killshot

Rated: M

6/10

Beautiful Carmen Colson and her ironworker husband Wayne are placed in the Federal Witness Protection program after witnessing an "incident". Thinking they are at last safe, they are targeted by an experienced hit man and a psychopathic young upstart killer.

10. Mrs. Brown

Rated: PG

/10

Queen Victoria is deeply depressed after the death of her husband, disappearing from public. Her servant Brown, who adores her, through caress and admiration brings her back to life, but that relationship creates scandalous situation and is likely to lead to monarchy crisis.

11. Golden Gate

Rated: R

/10

A brash 22-year-old FBI agent trumps up charges of Communist spying against a Chinese laundryman. Ten years later, he wants to make amends to the man and his teenage daughter.

12. Captain Corelli's Mandolin

Rated: R

/10

When a fisherman leaves to fight with the Greek army during World War II, his fiancée falls in love with the local Italian commander.