Want to know the best Lewis Milestone movies? How about the worst Lewis Milestone movies? Curious about Lewis Milestone box office grosses or which Lewis Milestone movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Lewis Milestone movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences and which got the worst reviews? Well, you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.
Lewis Milestone (1895-1980) was a 2-time Oscar® winning Russian-American film director, screenwriter, and producer. Milestone is known for directing Two Arabian Knights (1927) and All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), both of which received Academy Awards® for Best Director. He also directed The Front Page , The General Died at Dawn (1936), Of Mice and Men (1939), Ocean’s 11 (1960), and Mutiny on the Bounty (1962). His IMDb page shows 53 directing credits from 1918 to 1964. This page will rank Lewis Milestone movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos, uncredited roles, and movies that were not released in North American were not included in the rankings.
Lewis Milestone Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews, and awards.
Year
Movie (Year)
Rating
S
Year Movie (Year) Rating S
1930
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
AA Best Picture Win
AA Best Director Win
1962
Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
AA Best Picture Nom
1946
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
Director
1945
A Walk in the Sun (1945)
1943
Edge of Darkness (1943)
1951
Halls of Montezuma (1951)
1939
Of Mice and Men (1939)
AA Best Picture Nom
1936
The General Died at Dawn (1936)
1931
The Front Page (1931)
AA Best Picture Nom
AA Best Director Nom
1960
Ocean's 11 (1960)
1928
The Racket (1928)
AA Best Picture Nom
1927
Two Arabian Knights (1927)
AA Best Director Win
1932
Rain (1932)
1940
Lucky Partners (1940)
1948
Arch of Triumph (1948)
1959
Pork Chop Hill (1959)
1934
The Captain Hates The Sea (1934)
Director
1936
Anything Goes (1936)
1941
My Life with Caroline (1941)
1952
Les Miserables (1952)
1928
The Garden of Eden (1928)
1933
Hallelujah I'm a Bum (1933)
1952
Kangaroo (1952)
1949
The Red Pony (1949)
Director
1935
Paris In Spring (1935)
Director
1926
The New Klondike (1926)
1948
No Minor Vices (1948)
1939
The Night of Nights (1939)
1953
Melba (1953)
1929
Betrayal (1929)
1955
La vedova X/The Widow (1955)
Lewis Milestone 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 any way you want.
- Sort Lewis Milestone movies by his co-stars
- Sort Lewis Milestone movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Lewis Milestone movies by yearly domestic box office rank
- Sort Lewis Milestone movies 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 Lewis Milestone movie received.
- Sort Lewis Milestone movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR puts box office, reviews, and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | S |
| 1 | All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) AA Best Picture Win AA Best Director Win |
Lew Ayres | 4.60 | 248.8 | 248.80 | 7 | 84 | 04 / 02 | 99.8 | |
| 2 | Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) AA Best Picture Nom |
Marlon Brando & Trevor Howard |
28.00 | 402.5 | 402.50 | 4 | 70 | 07 / 00 | 97.8 | |
| 3 | The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) Director |
Barbara Stanwyck & Kirk Douglas |
8.90 | 274.7 | 274.70 | 28 | 80 | 01 / 00 | 97.5 | |
| 5 | A Walk in the Sun (1945) | Dana Andrews | 6.20 | 198.2 | 198.20 | 51 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 96.9 | |
| 6 | Edge of Darkness (1943) | Errol Flynn & Ann Sheridan |
5.80 | 209.3 | 376.70 | 45 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 96.1 | |
| 6 | Halls of Montezuma (1951) | Richard Widmark & Robert Wagner |
7.60 | 163.2 | 163.20 | 20 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 93.2 | |
| 7 | Of Mice and Men (1939) AA Best Picture Nom |
Burgess Meredith | 2.60 | 100.1 | 100.10 | 92 | 85 | 04 / 00 | 93.1 | |
| 10 | The General Died at Dawn (1936) | Gary Cooper | 4.50 | 193.3 | 193.30 | 24 | 62 | 03 / 00 | 93.0 | |
| 7 | The Front Page (1931) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Director Nom |
Adolphe Menjou | 2.10 | 107.0 | 107.00 | 52 | 80 | 03 / 00 | 92.0 | |
| 8 | Ocean's 11 (1960) | Frank Sinatra & Dean Martin |
16.10 | 252.2 | 252.20 | 10 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 91.3 | |
| 11 | The Racket (1928) AA Best Picture Nom |
Produced by Howard Hughes | 3.20 | 101.7 | 101.70 | 19 | 70 | 01 / 00 | 87.4 | |
| 12 | Two Arabian Knights (1927) AA Best Director Win |
Mary Astor | 2.90 | 96.5 | 96.50 | 15 | 72 | 01 / 01 | 85.7 | |
| 13 | Rain (1932) | Joan Crawford & Walter Huston |
1.50 | 75.3 | 98.60 | 55 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 83.2 | |
| 14 | Lucky Partners (1940) | Ronald Colman & Ginger Rogers |
2.50 | 96.8 | 152.90 | 76 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 80.0 | |
| 15 | Arch of Triumph (1948) | Ingrid Bergman & Charles Boyer |
4.50 | 120.6 | 120.60 | 81 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 77.6 | |
| 16 | Pork Chop Hill (1959) | Gregory Peck & Harry Guardino |
5.60 | 100.1 | 100.10 | 44 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 74.6 | |
| 17 | The Captain Hates The Sea (1934) Director |
Victor McLaglen & The Three Stooges |
0.90 | 43.7 | 43.70 | 117 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 67.8 | |
| 18 | Anything Goes (1936) | Bing Crosby & Ethel Merman |
1.20 | 51.6 | 51.60 | 133 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 67.3 | |
| 19 | My Life with Caroline (1941) | Ronald Colman & Anna Lee |
1.70 | 65.8 | 103.10 | 138 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 67.3 | |
| 20 | Les Miserables (1952) | Michael Rennie & Robert Newton |
3.10 | 59.9 | 59.90 | 117 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 66.7 | |
| 21 | The Garden of Eden (1928) | Louise Dresser | 1.30 | 41.5 | 41.50 | 70 | 65 | 01 / 00 | 65.2 | |
| 22 | Hallelujah I'm a Bum (1933) | Al Jolson | 0.80 | 36.1 | 36.10 | 136 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 62.6 | |
| 23 | Kangaroo (1952) | Maureen O'Hara | 3.50 | 68.1 | 68.10 | 101 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 62.2 | |
| 24 | The Red Pony (1949) Director |
Robert Mitchum & Myrna Loy |
3.30 | 83.6 | 83.60 | 108 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 58.5 | |
| 25 | Paris In Spring (1935) Director |
Ida Lupino | 0.90 | 41.3 | 41.30 | 142 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 50.2 | |
| 26 | The New Klondike (1926) | Thomas Meighan | 1.50 | 53.3 | 53.30 | 28 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 48.1 | |
| 27 | No Minor Vices (1948) | Dana Andrews | 1.30 | 34.0 | 45.60 | 163 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 39.5 | |
| 29 | The Night of Nights (1939) | Pat O'Brien | 0.80 | 29.2 | 29.20 | 194 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 31.5 | |
| 28 | Melba (1953) | Robert Morley | 1.10 | 19.1 | 19.10 | 210 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 31.3 | |
| 30 | Betrayal (1929) | Gary Cooper | 1.00 | 31.1 | 31.10 | 113 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 26.9 | |
| 31 | La vedova X/The Widow (1955) | Leonardo Botta | 0.60 | 13.2 | 13.20 | 187 | 41 | 00 / 00 | 7.7 |
Possibly Interesting Facts About Lewis Milestone
1. Leib Milstein was born in the Bessarabia Governorate of the Russian Empire in 1895.
2. Lewis Milestone arrived in the United States on 14 November 1913, just prior to World War I. He held a number of odd jobs before enlisting in the U.S. Signal Corps, where he worked as an assistant director on Army training films during the war.
3. A device Lewis Milestone used in most of his war films–i.e., All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), Edge of Darkness (1943), A Walk in the Sun (1945) and Pork Chop Hill (1959)–is the dolly shot that moves across infantry attacking toward the camera in echelon and being felled one at a time by machine-gun fire.
4. Lewis Milestone directed five Oscar® Best Picture nominees: The Racket (1928), All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), The Front Page (1931), Of Mice and Men (1939) and Mutiny on the Bounty (1962), with All Quiet on the Western Front winning Best Picture in 1930.
5. Lewis Milestone was a founding member of the Directors Guild.
Check out Lewis Milestone’s career compared to current and classic actors. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.
Academy Award® and Oscar® are the registered trademarks of the Academy of Motion Arts and Sciences. Golden Globes® are the registered trademark and service mark of the Hollywood Foreign Press. Emmy® is a registered trademark.
Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam
Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like home
A charm from the skies seems to hallow us there
Which seek thro’ the world, is ne’er met elsewhere
Home! Home!
Sweet, sweet home!
There’s no place like home
There’s no place like home!
An exile from home splendor dazzles in vain
Oh give me my lowly thatched cottage again
The birds singing gaily that came at my call
And gave me the peace of mind dearer than all
Home, home, sweet, sweet home
There’s no place like home, there’s no place like home!
[Sung by Al Jolson and Dame Nellie Melba]
In short: welcome back Work Horse!
Hey Bob…thanks for the welcome back.