Interstellar (2014)

Aggregate Rating: 260 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 74 | Earnings: $187.99M

Lead Role: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Mackenzie Foy, | Director: Christopher Nolan,

A team of explorers travel through a wormhole in space in an attempt to ensure humanity's survival.

The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

Aggregate Rating: 257 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 75 | Earnings: $116.87M

Lead Role: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie, Matthew McConaughey, | Director: Martin Scorsese,

Based on the true story of Jordan Belfort, from his rise to a wealthy stock-broker living the high life to his fall involving crime, corruption and the federal government.

Dallas Buyers Club (2013)

Aggregate Rating: 204 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 84 | Earnings: $27.30M

Lead Role: Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Jared Leto, Steve Zahn, | Director: Jean-Marc Vallée,

In 1985 Dallas, electrician and hustler Ron Woodroof works around the system to help AIDS patients get the medication they need after he is diagnosed with the disease.

Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)

Aggregate Rating: 174 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 84 | Earnings: $48.02M

Lead Role: Charlize Theron, Art Parkinson, Matthew McConaughey, Ralph Fiennes, | Director: Travis Knight,

A young boy named Kubo must locate a magical suit of armour worn by his late father in order to defeat a vengeful spirit from the past.

Dazed and Confused (1993)

Aggregate Rating: 169 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 78 | Earnings: $7.99M

Lead Role: Jason London, Wiley Wiggins, Matthew McConaughey, Rory Cochrane, | Director: Richard Linklater,

The adventures of high school and junior high students on the last day of school in May 1976.

The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)

Aggregate Rating: 166 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 63 | Earnings: $57.98M

Lead Role: Matthew McConaughey, Marisa Tomei, Ryan Phillippe, William H. Macy, | Director: Brad Furman,

A lawyer defending a wealthy man begins to believe his client is guilty of more than just one crime.

Mud (2012)

Aggregate Rating: 162 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 76 | Earnings: $21.59M

Lead Role: Matthew McConaughey, Tye Sheridan, Jacob Lofland, Sam Shepard, | Director: Jeff Nichols,

Two young boys encounter a fugitive and form a pact to help him evade the vigilantes that are on his trail and to reunite him with his true love.

Contact (1997)

Aggregate Rating: 161 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 62 | Earnings: $100.85M

Lead Role: Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Skerritt, John Hurt, | Director: Robert Zemeckis,

Dr. Ellie Arroway, after years of searching, finds conclusive radio proof of extraterrestrial intelligence, sending plans for a mysterious machine.

Bernie (2011)

Aggregate Rating: 151 | Imdb: 6 | Metascore: 75 | Earnings: $9.20M

Lead Role: Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, Matthew McConaughey, Brady Coleman, | Director: Richard Linklater,

In small-town Texas, an affable mortician strikes up a friendship with a wealthy widow, though when she starts to become controlling, he goes to great lengths to separate himself from her grasp.

A Time to Kill (1996)

Aggregate Rating: 148 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 54 | Earnings: $108.71M

Lead Role: Matthew McConaughey, Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey, | Director: Joel Schumacher,

In Canton, Mississippi, a fearless young lawyer and his assistant defend a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, inciting violent retribution and revenge from the Ku Klux Klan.

Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2001)

Aggregate Rating: 146 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 74 | Earnings: $3.29M

Lead Role: Alan Arkin, John Turturro, Matthew McConaughey, David Connolly, | Director: Jill Sprecher,

In New York City, the lives of a lawyer, an actuary, a house-cleaner, a professor and the people around them intersect as they ponder order and happiness in the face of life's cold unpredictability.

The Gentlemen (2019)

Aggregate Rating: 144 | Imdb: 8 | Metascore: 51 | Earnings: null

Lead Role: Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Michelle Dockery, Jeremy Strong, | Director: Guy Ritchie,

An American expat tries to sell off his highly profitable marijuana empire in London, triggering plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain out from under him.

Amistad (1997)

Aggregate Rating: 143 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 63 | Earnings: $44.18M

Lead Role: Djimon Hounsou, Matthew McConaughey, Anthony Hopkins, Morgan Freeman, | Director: Steven Spielberg,

In 1839, the revolt of Mende captives aboard a Spanish owned ship causes a major controversy in the United States when the ship is captured off the coast of Long Island. The courts must decide whether the Mende are slaves or legally free.

Sing (2016)

Aggregate Rating: 142 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 59 | Earnings: $270.32M

Lead Role: Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Seth MacFarlane, Scarlett Johansson, | Director:

In a city of humanoid animals, a hustling theater impresario's attempt to save his theater with a singing competition becomes grander than he anticipates even as its finalists' find that their lives will never be the same.

Magic Mike (2012)

Aggregate Rating: 142 | Imdb: 6 | Metascore: 72 | Earnings: $113.71M

Lead Role: Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Olivia Munn, Matthew McConaughey, | Director: Steven Soderbergh,

A male stripper teaches a younger performer how to party, pick up women, and make easy money.

Frailty (2001)

Aggregate Rating: 142 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 64 | Earnings: $13.10M

Lead Role: Bill Paxton, Matthew McConaughey, Powers Boothe, Matt O'Leary, | Director: Bill Paxton,

A man confesses to an FBI agent his family's story of how his religious fanatic father's visions led to a series of murders to destroy supposed "demons."

Killer Joe (2011)

Aggregate Rating: 139 | Imdb: 6 | Metascore: 62 | Earnings: $1.99M

Lead Role: Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, Juno Temple, Thomas Haden Church, | Director: William Friedkin,

When a debt puts a young man's life in danger, he turns to putting a hit out on his evil mother in order to collect the insurance.

U-571 (2000)

Aggregate Rating: 134 | Imdb: 6 | Metascore: 62 | Earnings: $77.09M

Lead Role: Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton, Harvey Keitel, Jon Bon Jovi, | Director: Jonathan Mostow,

A German submarine is boarded by disguised American submariners trying to capture their Enigma cipher machine.

We Are Marshall (2006)

Aggregate Rating: 129 | Imdb: 7 | Metascore: 53 | Earnings: $43.53M

Lead Role: Matthew McConaughey, Matthew Fox, Anthony Mackie, David Strathairn, | Director: McG,

When a plane crash claims the lives of members of the Marshall University football team and some of its fans, the team's new coach and his surviving players try to keep the football program alive.

Free State of Jones (2016)

Aggregate Rating: 127 | Imdb: 6 | Metascore: 53 | Earnings: $20.76M

Lead Role: Matthew McConaughey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mahershala Ali, Keri Russell, | Director: Gary Ross,

A disillusioned Confederate army deserter returns to Mississippi and leads a militia of fellow deserters and women in an uprising against the corrupt local Confederate government.