diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ec963893ed5..c64685a4244 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -345,6 +345,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "boa_runtime",
  "criterion",
  "jemallocator",
+ "regex",
  "walkdir",
 ]
 
diff --git a/benches/Cargo.toml b/benches/Cargo.toml
index 4be3c394e14..18a9b486783 100644
--- a/benches/Cargo.toml
+++ b/benches/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ boa_runtime.workspace = true
 [dev-dependencies]
 criterion.workspace = true
 walkdir = "2"
+regex.workspace = true
 
 [target.x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.dev-dependencies]
 jemallocator.workspace = true
diff --git a/benches/benches/scripts.rs b/benches/benches/scripts.rs
index b185966773c..111579e3408 100644
--- a/benches/benches/scripts.rs
+++ b/benches/benches/scripts.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #![allow(unused_crate_dependencies, missing_docs)]
 use boa_engine::{
-    Context, JsValue, Source, js_string, optimizer::OptimizerOptions, script::Script,
+    Context, JsValue, Source, js_string, object::JsObject, optimizer::OptimizerOptions,
+    script::Script,
 };
 use criterion::{Criterion, criterion_group, criterion_main};
 use std::{path::Path, time::Duration};
@@ -9,7 +10,45 @@ use std::{path::Path, time::Duration};
 #[global_allocator]
 static ALLOC: jemallocator::Jemalloc = jemallocator::Jemalloc;
 
+struct PreparedScriptBench {
+    context: Context,
+    function: JsObject,
+}
+
+fn prepare_script_bench(path: &Path) -> PreparedScriptBench {
+    let code = std::fs::read_to_string(path).unwrap();
+
+    let mut context = Context::default();
+    context.set_optimizer_options(OptimizerOptions::empty());
+
+    boa_runtime::register(
+        boa_runtime::extensions::ConsoleExtension(boa_runtime::NullLogger),
+        None,
+        &mut context,
+    )
+    .expect("Runtime registration failed");
+
+    let script = Script::parse(Source::from_bytes(&code), None, &mut context).unwrap();
+    script.codeblock(&mut context).unwrap();
+    script.evaluate(&mut context).unwrap();
+
+    let function = context
+        .global_object()
+        .get(js_string!("main"), &mut context)
+        .unwrap_or_else(|_| panic!("No main function defined in script: {}", path.display()))
+        .as_callable()
+        .unwrap_or_else(|| panic!("'main' is not a function in script: {}", path.display()))
+        .clone();
+
+    PreparedScriptBench { context, function }
+}
+
 fn bench_scripts(c: &mut Criterion) {
+    let args: Vec<String> = std::env::args().collect();
+    let is_list = args.iter().any(|arg| arg == "--list");
+    let filter = args.iter().skip(1).find(|arg| !arg.starts_with('-'));
+    let filter_re = filter.and_then(|f| regex::Regex::new(f).ok());
+
     let scripts_dir = Path::new(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR")).join("scripts");
 
     let scripts: Vec<_> = walkdir::WalkDir::new(&scripts_dir)
@@ -26,50 +65,35 @@ fn bench_scripts(c: &mut Criterion) {
 
     for entry in scripts {
         let path = entry.path();
-        let code = std::fs::read_to_string(path).unwrap();
 
-        // Create a nice benchmark name from the relative path
         let rel_path = path.strip_prefix(&scripts_dir).unwrap().with_extension("");
         let name = rel_path.display().to_string();
 
         let mut group = c.benchmark_group(&name);
-        // Use reduced sample size for slow benchmarks (e.g., v8-benches)
         if rel_path.starts_with("v8-benches") {
             group.sample_size(10);
             group.measurement_time(Duration::from_secs(5));
         }
 
-        let context = &mut Context::default();
-
-        // Disable optimizations
-        context.set_optimizer_options(OptimizerOptions::empty());
-
-        // Register runtime for console.log support
-        boa_runtime::register(
-            boa_runtime::extensions::ConsoleExtension(boa_runtime::NullLogger),
-            None,
-            context,
-        )
-        .expect("Runtime registration failed");
-
-        // Parse and compile once, outside the benchmark loop
-        let script = Script::parse(Source::from_bytes(&code), None, context).unwrap();
-        script.codeblock(context).unwrap();
-
-        // Evaluate once to define the main function
-        script.evaluate(context).unwrap();
-
-        // Get the main function
-        let function = context
-            .global_object()
-            .get(js_string!("main"), context)
-            .unwrap_or_else(|_| panic!("No main function defined in script: {}", path.display()))
-            .as_callable()
-            .unwrap_or_else(|| panic!("'main' is not a function in script: {}", path.display()))
-            .clone();
-
-        group.bench_function("Execution", |b| {
-            b.iter(|| function.call(&JsValue::undefined(), &[], context));
+        let should_run = !is_list
+            && filter.is_none_or(|f| {
+                let full_name = format!("{name}/Execution");
+                if let Some(re) = &filter_re {
+                    re.is_match(&full_name)
+                } else {
+                    full_name.contains(f)
+                }
+            });
+
+        let mut prepared = should_run.then(|| prepare_script_bench(path));
+
+        group.bench_function("Execution", move |b| {
+            if let Some(prepared) = prepared.as_mut() {
+                let function = prepared.function.clone();
+                let context = &mut prepared.context;
+
+                b.iter(|| function.call(&JsValue::undefined(), &[], context));
+            }
         });
         group.finish();
     }