Christopher McQuarrie

13 credits on file—13 films, spanning 1993–2025.

70 Average MEANRANK
across 13 scored credits

13 Credits
in the catalogue

32 Years active
1993–2025

Mostly Action Thriller Drama Adventure Crime

Also credited for acting (5), directing (6), created (1).

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Highest rated The Usual Suspects (1995) A 84

Awards

On record for their credited titles

Oscars 1 won + 1 nomination

BAFTAs 1 won

Won Oscar · Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen The Usual Suspects · 1995
Won BAFTA · Best Original Screenplay The Usual Suspects · 1995
Nominated Oscar · Best Picture Top Gun: Maverick · 2023

6 Wins

9 Nominations

All 15 wins and nominations

All credits

C 69

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

2025 · 69/100

B 78

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

2023 · 78/100

A 83

Top Gun: Maverick

2022 · 83/100

A 81

Mission: Impossible - Fallout

2018 · 81/100

B 78

Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation

2015 · 78/100

A 80

Edge of Tomorrow

2014 · 80/100

D 59

Jack the Giant Slayer

2013 · 59/100

C 65

Jack Reacher

2012 · 65/100

D 51

The Tourist

2010 · 51/100

C 68

Valkyrie

2008 · 68/100

C 61

The Way of the Gun

2000 · 61/100

A 84

The Usual Suspects

1995 · 84/100

D 53

Public Access

1993 · 53/100

Best Film Direction	Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning · 2026	Nominee
Best Film Screenwriting	Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning · 2026	Nominee
Best Writing	Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One · 2024	Nominee
Best Writing	Edge of Tomorrow · 2015	Nominee

Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen	The Usual Suspects · 1995	Winner
Best Picture	Top Gun: Maverick · 2023	Nominee