Gene Tierney Movies

Gene Tierney in 1944's Laura
Gene Tierney in 1944’s Laura

Want to know the best Gene Tierney movies?  How about the worst Gene Tierney movies?  Curious about Gene Tierney box office grosses or which Gene Tierney movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Gene Tierney movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.

Gene Tierney (1920-1991) was an American Oscar® nominated film and stage actress. She was one of the most popular stars working in the 1940s…appearing in 14 $100 million (adjusted gross) movies during that time decade, Gene Tierney’s IMDb page shows 41 acting credits from 1940-1980. This page will rank 36 Gene Tierney movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Her television appearances were not included in the rankings.

Drivel part of the page:  This Gene Tierney page was requested by Film Lover 293.  Some of these pages are very difficult to put together.  This page turned out to be one of the easiest ones we have ever done.  Of her 36 movies…..29 of them were already in our database.  4 required some quick research…and 3 required some deeper research.  We will gladly take these numbers any day of the week when doing new UMR pages.

Gene Tierney in 1945's Leave Her To Heaven
Gene Tierney in 1945’s Leave Her To Heaven

Gene Tierney Movies Ranked In Chronological Order with Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews, and awards.

Gene Tierney Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table

The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.

  • Sort Gene Tierney movies by co-stars of her movies
  • Sort Gene Tierney movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
  • Sort Gene Tierney movies by domestic yearly box office rank
  • Sort Gene Tierney movies by how they were received by critics and audiences.  60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
  • Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Gene Tierney movie received.
  • Sort Gene Tierney movies by Ultimate Movie Ranking (UMR) Score.  UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
  • Blue link in Co-star column takes you to that star’s UMR movie page

Adjusted Gene Tierney Adjusted Worldwide Box Office Grosses 

Gene Tierney in 1946's The Razor's Edge
Gene Tierney in 1946’s The Razor’s Edge

Possibly Interesting Facts About Gene Tierney

1. Gene Eliza Teirney was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1920. Her father, a successful insurance broker, set up a corporation, Belle-Tier, to fund and promote her acting career….I think that it worked!

2. Gene Tierney most famous movie role was in 1944’s Laura.  She originally did not want to make the movie but did it anyway under contract obligations….so basically 20th Century Fox made her make the movie.

3. Gene Tierney appeared in five films with Dana Andrews: 1941’s Tobacco Road, 1941’s Belle Starr , 1944’s Laura, 1948’s The Iron Curtain and 1950’s Where the Sidewalk Ends.

4.  Gene Tierney’s only Oscar® nomination was for 1945’s Leave Her To Heaven.  Her incredible performance as one of the movie’s greatest villains is probably why this is one of Martin Scorsese‘s favorite movies.

5.  Gene Tierney was a guest at the house of Tyrone Power on May 19, 1946, when Primula Niven, wife of actor David Niven, fell down a flight of stairs, sustaining injuries that would eventually result in her death.

6.  Gene Tierney was married two times.  She had two children….both daughters.

7.  Gene Tierney’s daughter was born intellectually disabled because Gene had contracted German measles during her only appearance at the Hollywood Canteen. This served as the uncredited inspiration for the plot of the 1962 Agatha Christie novel and later movie 1980’s The Mirror Crack’d.

8.  When Gene Tierney saw herself on screen for the first time, she was horrified by her voice (“I sounded like an angry Minnie Mouse”). She began smoking to lower her voice, but it came at a great price – she died of emphysema.

9.  Gene Tierney appeared in 18 $100 million box office hits.  That is tied for 8th place when looking at all the actresses that are on our website.

10. Gene Tierneys’ cumulative movie totals:  Adjusted domestic box office:  $4.21 billion.  Her movies received 29 Oscar® nominations….winning 4 times.

Check out Gene Tierney‘s career compared to current and classic actors.  Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.

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106 thoughts on “Gene Tierney Movies”

  1. Just rewatched three Gene Tierney movies. Those movies were LAURA, THE GHOST AND MRS MUIR, and HEAVEN CAN WAIT. Of the three films, I liked THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR the best. Gene is OUTSTANDSING in this picture and, in my opinion, should have won The Oscar for her performance. LAURA is a solid piece of film noir and Gene is good in the movie but I can think of other film noir films that I liked more than LAURA such as OUT OF THE PAST, DOUBLE INDEMINITY, MURDER MY SWEET, and John Garfield’s version of THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE. HEAVEN CAN WAIT is a pleasant and professionally made movie. Nothing more and nothing less in my opinion. Gene gives a good performance in HEAVEN CAN WAIT. However, I found the film to be more interesting in the beginning of the picture as opposed to the rest of the movie.

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    1. Hey Greg…..thanks for sharing your thoughts on Gene Tierney. I like your thinking on Laura, The Ghost & Mrs. Muir and Heaven Can Wait. If you sort the table by reviews only….they would rank Laura 1st, Ghost & Muir 2nd and Heaven Can Wait 4th. Where The Sidewalk Ends would be the movie not mentioned…that other Dana Andrews movie sits in third place. As for Laura…..I agree….though many many people think it is the best film noir of all-time. I like Laura, but it is not a movie I feel I have to watch every few years. As for Heaven Can Wait…..she plays one of the great villains in movie history. Almost as much “pure evil” as Michael Myers. I would say her performance has me liking the movie more than you. Good feedback.

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      1. Bruce, I think I am confused. If memory serves me correctly, LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN is the movie where Gene Tierney plays a villiainess who sits back and does nothing while her brother in law drowns. Gene was GREAT in that movie and deserved her Oscar nomination for her performance. in that movie. HEAVEN CAN WAIT is a Ernest Lubitsch comedy where Don Ameche talks about his life to the devil to determine whether or not he should go to heaven or hell when he dies. Gene Tierney plays Don Ameche’s wife in HEAVEN CAN WAIT and her character is rather sympathetic in that film. It’s easy to get the two movies confused with each other because of the similarity of the titles. However HEAVEN CAN WAIT is a comedy that came out in 1943 while LEAVE HER TO HEAVEM is a drama that came out in 1945. Please clarify which film you are referring to. Thanks In Advance.

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        1. Hey Greg….you are confused because I am so wrong….lol. You are 100% correct about the right Heaven movies….while I am the one confused. I have only seen Heaven Can Wait once (seen the remake numerous times)….I actually am having a hard time remembering Tierney’s role in the original Sorry I confused you. There are so many movie rattling around in my head…..surprised it does not get mixed up more….lol. Good feedback.

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