Last Updated on 28 November 2025
The following list is a compilation of Michael J. Fox’s best movie and TV roles.
I found 22 different ranked lists online of “best Michael J Fox movies” or “best Michael J Fox roles”. 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 Michael J. Fox movies & TV shows you’ve seen, followed by the ranked list of his best roles, with the links going to the IMDb entries.
- Back to the Future (1985)
- Back to the Future Part II (1989)
- Back to the Future Part III (1990)
- Casualties of War (1989)
- The Frighteners (1996)
- Teen Wolf (1985)
- Doc Hollywood (1991)
- The Secret of My Success (1987)
- The American President (1995)
- Family Ties (1982-1989)
- The Hard Way (1991)
- Bright Lights, Big City (1988)
- Mars Attacks! (1996)
- Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
- Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993)
- Stuart Little (1999)
- Light of Day (1987)
- Spin City (1996-2001)
- For Love or Money (1993)
- Greedy (1994)
- Class of 1984 (1982)
- The Good Wife (2010-2016)
- Rescue Me (2009)
- Interstate 60 (2002)
- Where the Rivers Flow North (1993)
- Boston Legal (2006)
- Coldblooded (1995)
- Scrubs (2004)
- Midnight Madness (1980)
- Blue in the Face (1995)
- Stuart Little 2 (2002)
- The Good Fight (2020)
- Life with Mikey (1993)
- The Michael J. Fox Show (2013-2014)
- Curb Your Enthusiasm (2011, 2017)
- Poison Ivy (1985)
- High School U.S.A. (1983)
- Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco (1996)
- Phineas and Ferb (2011)
- Don’t Drink the Water (1994)
- Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild (2005)
- Designated Survivor (2018)
- Family Ties Vacation (1985)
- See You Yesterday (2019)
- A.R.C.H.I.E. (2016)
- Palmerstown, U.S.A. (1980-1981)
- Letters from Frank (1979)
- Leo and Me (1978)
- Trouble in High Timber Country (1980)
- Saving Milly (2005)
