Last Updated on 4 July 2025

The following list is a snapshot of society’s current opinions of all 16 movies that Michael Bay has directed.

I found 39 different ranked lists online of “best Michael Bay movies” and 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, including links to all 39 lists that were averaged. Below is a checklist you can print to track which movies you’ve seen, followed by the ranked list.

Best Michael Bay Movies – Viewing ChecklistDownload
  1. The Rock (1996)
  2. Armageddon (1998)
  3. Transformers (2007)
  4. Bad Boys (1995)
  5. Pain & Gain (2013)
  6. 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016)
  7. Bad Boys II (2003)
  8. The Island (2005)
  9. Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
  10. Pearl Harbor (2001)
  11. Ambulance (2022)
  12. 6 Underground (2019)
  13. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
  14. Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
  15. Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)
  16. We Are Storror (2025)

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