Last Updated on 5 August 2025

The following list is a compilation of the 50 best movies that Simon Pegg was in.

I found 24 different ranked lists online of “best Simon Pegg movies”. Then I pulled them all into Excel and merged them all to get this definitive compilation. See my Methodology page for the research process that was used. Below is a checklist you can print to track which movies you’ve seen, followed by the ranked list of his best roles, with the links going to the IMDb entries.

Best Simon Pegg Movies – Viewing ChecklistDownload
  1. Shaun of the Dead (2004)
  2. Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018)
  3. Hot Fuzz (2007)
  4. Star Trek (2009)
  5. Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015)
  6. Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011)
  7. Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)
  8. The World’s End (2013)
  9. Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
  10. Paul (2011)
  11. Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens (2015)
  12. Star Trek Beyond (2016)
  13. Mission: Impossible III (2006)
  14. Ready Player One (2018)
  15. The Adventures of Tintin (2011)
  16. Man Up (2015)
  17. Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025)
  18. Run Fatboy Run (2007)
  19. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)
  20. 24 Hour Party People (2002)
  21. Big Nothing (2006)
  22. How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)
  23. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010)
  24. Hector and the Search for Happiness (2014)
  25. Burke and Hare (2010)
  26. The Boxtrolls (2014)
  27. Absolutely Anything (2015)
  28. Ice Age: Collision Course (2016)
  29. Luck (2022)
  30. Inheritance (2020)
  31. The Reckoning (2003)
  32. Kill Me Three Times (2014)
  33. The Good Night (2007)
  34. A Fantastic Fear of Everything (2012)
  35. Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012)
  36. Guest House Paradiso (1999)
  37. Slaughterhouse Rulez (2018)
  38. Terminal (2018)
  39. The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild (2022)
  40. Lost Transmissions (2019)
  41. The Parole Officer (2001)
  42. Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose (2023)
  43. The League of Gentlemen’s Apocalypse (2005)
  44. America: The Motion Picture (2021)
  45. Tube Tales (1999)
  46. Land of the Dead (2005)
  47. Free Jimmy (2006)
  48. The Sparks Brothers (2021)
  49. Final Demand (2003)
  50. The Disappearance of Toby Blackwood (2022)

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