If you sit down to watch aJason Stathammovie, the thing you’re most likely to get is action. The guy has been in a ton of movies that feature tons of punch-ups, explosions, and shootouts, and that’s okay, because he’s good at being in that sort of film. What you’re almost likely to get, on top of all of the above, is a good deal of swearing, since Statham is undeniably skilled at dropping an F-bomb or two… hundred.
That being said, he’s been in some PG-13 movies, like all theFast and Furiousfilms he’s starred in, where particularly bad language has to be kept at a minimum. So, it’s inaccurate to say all his films are profane, but a sizable chunk of them are.The following have the most profanity, or at least the most F-words, though some counts may be off by a little. After all, accents can make everything hard to make out, and because of all the aforementioned shootouts and explosions, some F-words might be a little muffled. It is what it is.
10’A Working Man' (2025)
Total Number of F**ks: 88
A Working Manis a recent Jason Statham movie, at least as of the time of writing, yet it’s also quickly become one of the most F-bomb-filled films Statham has starred in to date. Narratively, it sees his character having to rescue the daughter of his boss after she’s taken by human traffickers, and that retrieval process involves a good deal of fighting, chasing, and yelling, in typical Statham fashion.
It’s not a great movie, but it’s also not quite terrible enough to be considered an all-time bad action movie or anything.There might well be a sequel,offering more opportunities for Jason Statham to thrive in more R-rated fare, which is the territory he seems to occupy the best of all. After all, a Statham who can’t swear up a storm or draw blood from his enemiescan feel like an unfortunately neutered one(with some exceptions).
A Working Man
9’Crank' (2006)
Total Number of F**ks: 93
WhileCrankis wild, its sequel is even more ridiculous… but that’s getting a bit ahead of things. That one is more profane and also more, um, other things, butCrankis no slouch as far as being an R-rated movie is concerned. And it has a premise that makes it primed for chaos, being about a hitman who’s told he’ll die if he’s not able to keep adrenaline flowing through his body.
At under 90 minutes long, and with more than 90 F-words,Crankalso ultimately has more than one F-bomb per minute.
It plays out like abit of anAlfred Hitchcock“man having to go on the run and save himself” kind of movie, but on various substances, given howcrude, violent, and over-the-top it all is, following Statham’s character as he races to save himself and find whoever’s responsible for his predicament.At under 90 minutes long, and with more than 90 F-words,Crankalso ultimately has more than one F-bomb per minute, so that’s something.
8’Homefront' (2013)
Total Number of F**ks: 94
Originally conceived as aRambomovie,Homefrontdid notend up starringSylvester Stallone, and was instead one of many Jason Statham vehicles of the 2010s that had a focus on action. It follows Statham’s character, a single father, trying to raise his daughter, but getting caught up in a series of complicated events that eventually have him clashing with some very dangerous people.
But, since this protagonist is played by Jason Statham, he’s more dangerous, and he goes ham fighting for the family he has and for what he believes in, all that jazz, blah, blah, blah.It’s not a great movie, but hey, it’s got a bunch of F-bombs, so it would be wrong to leave it off a ranking like this purely because it’s not very interesting and proves hard to write 146 words about. But we all get there in the end.
7’Spy' (2015)
Total Number of F**ks: 95
Hey, here’s a Jason Statham movie that’s a little more interesting to talk about, on account of it representing something a little different for the actor… at least compared to most of the stuff he was in throughout the 2010s. The movie isSpy, and it’s a pretty broad/over-the-top comedy first, and kind of an action film second, inevitably working as more of a parody than something genuinely action-packed.
It’s one of the best demonstrations ofhow surprisingly funny Statham is, though, even ifcredit should also go to the rest of the cast here (like Melissa McCarthy, Rose Byrne, and Jude Law) being similarly hilarious. It’s an all-around surprisingly good movie if you just want something that goes down easy and proves broadly funny, and yeah, there’s obviously a good deal of swearing here, too.
6’Turn It Up' (2000)
Total Number of F**ks: 105
One of the most obscure Jason Statham movies,Turn It Upis acrime flick, and a not very good one… but look, there’s a good bit of swearing. Yay? Anyway, on a narrative front, it concerns a great deal of money that gets stolen so an album can be recorded (and other things can be paid for), but the money gets stolen from the wrong sort of person, and inevitable drama ensues.
Jason Statham plays the person who’s robbed here, and ifTurn It Upisremembered by anyone, it might well be the actor’s most hardcore fans who’ll watch anything with him in it, and who’ve trackedTurn It Updown. They may have regretted doing so, because it’s not great, but from this point on, not only does the ranking get more profane, it starts focusing on (mostly) better films, too.
Turn It Up
5’The Beekeeper' (2024)
Total Number of F**ks: 126
It might not bea particularly artful revenge movie, butThe Beekeeperis undeniably about that reliably broad theme, and explores it well enough for a blunt action flick. Jason Statham plays someone who has a past with a mysterious organization, and he sets about trying to take down the people responsible for the death of an old woman.
As mentioned before,things jump up with F-words quite a bit here ranking-wise, withThe Beekeeperexceeding 120 in total. It’s also not a very long movie, so the f**ks per minute rate ends up being relatively impressive here. As in any film of Jason Statham’s, he doesn’t deliver all of them, but he relishes the opportunities to drop the ones the script does allow him to, all the while doing a good bit of fighting and killing, too. Fun stuff.
The Beekeeper
4’Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels' (1998)
Total Number of F**ks: 130
So far from mediocrity that it might well beone of the best movies of the 1990s,Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrelsis probably the best film in this ranking, even if it’s not quite the most profane. But it’s close, with 130 F-words, and most of them justified, seeing asLock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrelsis a movie about various characters getting wrapped up in a pretty hellish and chaotic series of events.
Essentially, a heist goes wrong, people aren’t very smart, and everyone wants a certain thing without anyone being particularly sure of how to obtain it, leading to messiness, chaos, and death. Butit’s all darkly comedic, soLock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrelshonestly isn’ttoo stressful to watch or anything. It’s a great – and greatly profane – comedic crime flick.
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
3’Wrath of Man' (2021)
Total Number of F**ks: 136
WhileGuy Ritchiedid directLock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels,Wrath of Manis quite different, even if both revolve around crime and feature Jason Statham.Wrath of Manis a more serious affair, and is ridiculously blunt for an action/thriller film, being about yet another man, played by Jason Statham, with a mysterious past who shows that he’s ridiculously skilled at the whole violence thing, and has some kind of mission he’s pursuing relentlessly.
There isn’t much here you wouldn’t have seen before in any other number of action/thriller movies, but still,Wrath of Manproves watchable andnot without a few exciting sequences here and there. It doesn’t mess around and kind of just gets the job done, much as so many Statham characters also seem very willing to do themselves.
Wrath of Man
2’Snatch' (2000)
Total Number of F**ks: 153
In a similar vein toLock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels,Snatchhas a ton ofcriminal characters who aren’t always super bright, all causing a mess for themselves in ways that are generally amusing… well, sometimes a little bleak, too.Snatchbalances comedy with a little by way of more serious stuff here, and it generally works well.
Also, like that other Guy Ritchie-directed movie that starred Jason Statham,Snatchhas aridiculously high number of F-words, andmight well have even more than 153, depending on just what the hell Brad Pitt was saying half the time. Like, he’s great, but much of his dialogue is a mystery, because of that very bold accent he does. But fans of the film would probably be in agreement that they wouldn’t have it any other way.
1’Crank: High Voltage' (2009)
Total Number of F**ks: 157
Even if it might not have quite exceededCrankin terms of quality,Crank: High Voltagewassuccessful in pushing the boundaries of tasteeven further than its predecessor. It dials a movie that was already at 11 to… well, pick a number, any number, greater than 11. Actually, any number much greater than 11.Crank: High Voltageprobably goes there; maybe even further. It’s wild.
It is a cruder filmfor sure,and proves more violent, sexually explicit, and profane, too. It is a gross movie and not one for the faint of heart, but it’s alsooddly admirable for just how little it cares about pretty much anything taboo under the sun. It’s a good old shock to the system sort of film, and one of the most unabashedly bad taste movies of the 21st century so far.
