UltimateMovieRankings (UMR) has been ranking movies since 2011. Movies are ranked by using a combination of box office grosses, reviews, and awards. So far we have ranked 36,000 movies, written over 8,500 pages, been viewed over 25 million times, won three website awards, and have received over 50,000 comments on our pages.
Our vital links: Site Index, Newest Pages & Request Hotline. The Trending Now Sidebar lists our most popular pages in the last 24 hours.
Our Site Index lets you see what movie subjects we have already written about. The index lists the movie subjects alphabetically. Subjects go from classic performers like Clark Gable and Charlie Chaplin to the stars of the 1960s like Marlon Brando, Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman to today’s most popular stars like Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum and Chris Pratt.
We like ranking movies…and that is what this website is all about. And we are not talking about a Top Ten list…we are talking about ranking all the movies in somebody’s career from Best to Worst. The criteria used for the rankings is box office grosses, critic reviews, audience voting, and award recognition. Every day the amount of movies ranked by Ultimate Movie Rankings increases ….our tally is now over 25,000 movies. The number one ranked movie is The Godfather ….coming in last is Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas. Thankfully our pages have been well received. Recently we crossed the 15 million view mark and are now read in over 230 different countries.
How we got here.
Sometime in 2010, for the millionth time I was looking at Joel Hirschhorn’s book Rating The Movie Stars (1983) when I wondered had he updated his ratings lately? A quick internet check provided the sad news that Mr. Hirchhorn had passed away in 2005. About a month later, I thought I could update the ratings. I then came up with an idea to create a mathematical equation that would create a numerical score for each movie. The first thing I had to come up with were factors for the equation.
So I thought….if I were producing a movie, what would I like to see my movie accomplish. The first thing I would want would be for the movie to be successful at the box office. Secondly, I would like the critics and moviegoers to enjoy my movie. And finally, I would like my movie to receive award recognition through Golden Globe® and Oscar® ceremonies.
There are all kinds of ways to determine if you want to see or skip a movie. You can depend on your favorite critic. My favorites are the late great Roger Ebert and Leonard Maltin. You might go to Rotten Tomatoes to get the consensus of all the critics. You might watch the viewer ratings at Yahoo Movies and IMDB. You might depend on which movies are doing the best at the box office. You might wait for the end of the year awards.
Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score takes all of these options and creates a mathematical equation that generates a score from 1 to 100. The higher the score the better the movie. A “good ” movie score = 60 or above. So anything above 60 should be a good movie to check out. This gives a good comparison number between centuries and now my wife and I can argue over the merits of her favorite, The Sound of Music and one of my favorites, Pulp Fiction using the same scoring criteria.
So far, I’ve generated scores for 36,000+ movies. With these scores, I’ve written 1,000+ web pages with a focus on actors/actresses and similar groups (Star Trek vs Star Wars, Top 100 Sports Movies are examples).
So let’s look at the breakdown of the variables in the equation.
1. Box office results. Receives the second-highest percentage (30%) of the equation. The ceiling was 200 million in adjusted for inflation dollars. Any movie that crossed 200 million maxed out the points in the category.
2. Critics and audience reception. Receives the highest percentage (46%) of the equation. So where do I find critics/audience reception? I use many different sources: RottenTomatoes, IMDb, MetaCritic, Yahoo Movies, Roger Ebert, Leonard Maltin, and Fandango. Put them all together and I get an average with 100% being the highest score possible. Sadly with the passing of my all-time favorite critic, Roger Ebert, I needed a new source….after much research…..our latest movie critic and taking Mr. Ebert’s spot is YouTube movie reviewer Chris Stuckmann.
3. Award Recognition. The final part of the equation is worth 24%. A movie gets points for Golden Globe® and Oscar® nominations and wins. The Golden Globes get 5% while the Oscars® get 13% of the equation. The last 6% goes to the amount of Oscar® nominations and the amount of Oscar® wins.
One way to see how the scores are calculated:
Top 200 Box Office Hits with Inflation + Top 100 Best Reviewed Movies + 88 Best Picture Oscar Winners = Top 100 UMR Score Movies
In January of 2011, we published our first Ultimate Movie Ranking (UMR) Score table on HubPages.com…we picked one of our favorite actors, Bruce Willis, to be the guinea pig. We have updated his page countless times over the years.
WoC has fixed the duplicate director/actor errors that were being found on the website…thank you WoC….u r awesome.
Hi, Bruce.
Love your Telly Savalas page that I requested. I look forward to answering it when you add the comment box.
Aha! I see that the comment box has been added to the Telly Savalas page. I will post after lunch.
Proud of Samantha….she got on the website and fixed that problem (no comment box) through phone directions from me at work. Not too bad for an 11 year old…if only she would create some trailer pages…lol.
You should be proud of Samantha! That’s very good for an 11 year old. Thanks Samantha.
thanks Samantha. you take action just like your mom. helpful, computer whiz, participating in the cogerson family avocation. quite a catch for some lucky guy.
Without looking at the list I remember going to the Barefoot Executive and Bedknobs and Broomsticks in the theater then. I went to Plaza Suite also comes to mind. I tried to go to an R rated movie then but I was still young. My mother permitted me to see Woody Allen’s Bananas which was GP but unbeknownst to my mother the Catholic Legion of Decency condemned the movie. I can remember Woody grabbing a car lug nuts and a whole bunch of people paraded behind him because they thought it was a religious procession. Also there was a commercial for cigarettes with a priest who was serving someone at communion recommending the cigarette that God smokes. These are the 95 1971 films I have seen since I hit # 8000 in December 1992. Key is film, studio, stars if I listed, date seen and source (TV channel, tape or DVD).
200 MOTELS 1971 UA XXX XXX 8/29 1996 TNT
ADIOS SABATA (IT.) 1971 UA YUL BRYNNER 9/19 1996 TNT
AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT (U.K.) 1971 COL XXX JOHN CLEESE 10/29 1994 TNT
ANDROMEDA STRAIN 1971 UNI XXX XXX 1/25 1998 BRAVO
B.S. I LOVE YOU 1971 FOX XXX XXX 4/22 1996 TMC
BARREL FULL OF DOLLARS (IT.) 1971 ELEKTRA FILM 4/28 2012 WEST
BLACK BEAUTY (U.K-GER-SP.) 1971 PAR MARK LESTER 5/20 1999 AMC
BLESS THE BEASTS AND THE CHILDREN 1971 COL BILL MUMY BARRY ROBINS 2/25 2012 TCM
BLOOD ON SATAN’S CLAW (U.K.) 1971 CANNON XXX XXX 6/30 2002 MYST
BRIDGE IN THE JUNGLE 1971 UA JOHN HUSTON 3/1 1995 TNT
BROTHERLY LOVE (U.K.) 1971 MGM PETER O’TOOLE SUSANNAH YORK 3/27 2001 LOVE
BULLET FOR A STRANGER (IT.) 1971 XXX XXX 4/21 2011 DVD
BUNNY O’HARE 1971 AIP 12/28 2016 TCM
CAIN’S CUTTHROATS 1971 FANFARE SCOTT BRADY 1/16 1995 55
CAPTAIN APACHE (U.K.) 1971 SCOTIA INTL. LEE VAN CLEEF CARROLL BAKER 6/14 1993 TNT
CELEBRATION AT BIG SUR (MUSIC FILM) 1971 FOX XXX XXX 5/31 2006 MMAX
CHANDLER 1971 MGM 11/29 2016 TCM
CISCO PIKE 1971 COL KRIS KRISTOFFERSON KAREN BLACK 7/3 1994 TNT
CLAY PIGEON 1971 MGM 5/15 2016 TCM
CONFESSIONS OF A POLICE CAPTAIN (IT.) 1971 AVCO MARTIN BALSAM FRANCO NERO 9/16 2010 DVD
CORPSE, THE (U.K.) 1971 CANNON 8/19 2015 DVD
CREATURES THE WORLD FORGOT (U.K.) 1971 COL JULIE EGE 2/28 1993 TNT
CRIMINAL AFFAIR (IT-ARG.) 1971 GADABOUT GADDIS 4/2 2013 DVD
CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN (U.K.) 1971 WB PETER CUSHING CHRISTOPHER LEE 11/1 1997 AMC
DEATH BY INVITATION 1971 PARAGON FILMS 12/15 2013 TCM
DEATH IN VENICE (FR-IT.) 1971 WB DIRK BOGARDE 1/5 2005 MAX
DEATH WALKS ON HIGH HEELS (IT-SP.) 1971 XXX XXX 6/21 2006 DVD
DESERTER, THE 1971 PAR BEKIM FEHMIU JOHN HUSTON 12/22 2011 DVD
DIG YOUR GRAVE FRIEND, SABATA’S COMING (SP-IT) 1971 IGIAZIO LESSER 11/20 2013 DVD
DON’T TURN THE OTHER CHEEK (SP-W.GER-IT) 1971 FRANCO NERO ELI WALLACH 12/12 2010 DVD
FEARLESS FIGHTERS (H.K.) 1971 ELLMAN FILM CHANG CHING YEE YOUNG 7/19 2010 DVD
FREELANCE 1971 MGM IAN MCSHANE GAYLE HUNNICUTT 4/15 2003 MYST
GANG THAT COULDN’T SHOOT STRAIGHT 1971 MGM XXX XXX 5/2 1999 TCM
GET CARTER (U.K.) 1971 MGM MICHAEL CAINE IAN HENDRY 6/7 2001 ACTN
HIRED HAND 1971 UNI PETER FONDA WARREN OATES 7/4 1998 55
HIS NAME WAS KING (IT.) 1971 FORD FILM XXX XXX 10/30 2011 DVD
HOLY WATER JOE (IT.) 1971 7/30 2013 DVD
HOME THAT SCREAMED (SP.) 1971 AIP 8/10 2015 DVD
HOUSE THAT DRIPPED BLOOD (U.K.) 1971 CRC 10/18 2016 TCM
HUNTING PARTY (U.K.) 1971 UA OLIVER REED CANDICE BERGEN 7/24 1993 TNT
JENNIFER ON MY MIND 1971 UA XXX XXX 1/14 2003 LOVE
JOHNNY GOT HIS GUN 1971 CINEMATION TIMOTHY BOTTOMS JASON ROBARDS JR. 3/10 1998 BRAVO
KING LEAR (UK – DAN.) 1971 ALTUNA PAUL SCOFIELD 3/12 2008 TCM
KOTCH 1971 CRC WALTER MATTHAU 5/31 2005 ENC
LA CASA DEL FARGI ROSA (MEX.) 1971 PRODUCIONES D. 2/12 2013 DVD
LAST REBEL 1971 COL XXX XXX 2/13 1995 TNT
LAST RUN 1971 MGM 8/30 2015 TCM
LAST VALLEY (U.K.) 1971 CRC MICHAEL CAINE OMAR SHARIF 12/7 1999 MMAX
LEGACY OF BLOOD 1971 ELLMAN FILM ENT. MOSES GUNN JONELLE ALLEN 4/27 2013 DVD
LET’S SCARE JESSICA TO DEATH 1971 PAR ZOHRA LAMPERT BARTON HEYMAN 5/12 2012 TCM
MACBETH (U.K.) 1971 COL JON FINCH FRANCESCA ANNIS 1/30 1995 BRAVO
MADE FOR EACH OTHER 1971 FOX XXX XXX 8/15 1996 TMC
MAKING IT 1971 FOX 6/2 2012 FXM
MAN AND BOY 1971 LEVITT-PICKMAN XXX XXX 5/31 1995 TNT
MAN CALLED SLEDGE 1971 COL JAMES GARNER DENNIS WEAVER 11/17 1993 TNT
MAN IN THE WILDERNESS 1971 WB RICHARD HARRIS JOHN HUSTON 1/11 1998 A & E
MAN OF VIOLENCE (U.K.) 1971 XXX XXX 10/8 1994 55
MANIPULATOR, THE 1971 MANN FILMS 5/16 2015 DVD
MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS 1971 UNI VANESSA REDGRAVE GLENDA JACKSON 8/1 1993 A & E
MCCABE AND MRS. MILLER 1971 WB WARREN BEATTY JULIE CHRISTIE 2/8 1997 2
MEPHISTO WALTZ 1971 FOX ALAN ALDA JACQUELINE BISSET 1/9 1997 TMC
MINNIE AND MOSCOWITZ 1971 UNI GENA ROWLANDS 11/21 2005 SUND
MURPHY’S WAR (U.K.) 1971 PAR PETER O’TOOLE 7/28 1993 A & E
MUSIC LOVERS (U.K.) 1971 UA RICHARD CHAMBERLAIN GLENDA JACKSON 12/11 2001 SUND
NICHOLAS AND ALEXANDRA (U.K.) 1971 COL MICHAEL JAYSTON JANET SUZMAN 2/2 2011 TCM
NIGHT DIGGER (U.K.) 1971 MGM PATRICIA NEAL PAMELA BROWN 1/20 2011 TCM
NIGHT OF DARK SHADOWS 1971 MGM XXX XXX 10/25 1999 TCM
ON ANY SUNDAY (DOC.) 1971 CINEMA 5 XXX XXX 3/28 2004 TCM
ONE MORE TRAIN TO ROB 1971 UNI GEORGE PEPPARD 6/18 2007 WEST
PINK ANGELS 1971 CROWN INTL XXX XXX 1/4 1997 TAPE
POPSI PUP (IT-FR-VEN.) 1971 CANNON ? ? 7/22 2010 DVD
PRETTY MAIDS ALL IN A ROW 1971 MGM ROCK HUDSON ANGIE DICKINSON 8/20 1997 TNT
PRIEST’S WIFE (IT-FR.) 1971 WB 4/29 2016 TCM
PUNISHMENT PARK 1971 SHERPIX XXX XXX 10/1 2009 IFC
PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS 1971 COL MICHAEL SARRAZIN BARBARA HERSHEY 4/1 1998 ENC
RETURN OF COUNT YORGA 1971 AIP XXX XXX 4/11 2001 AMC
RUM RUNNERS (FR.) 1971 GAUMONT INTL. BRIGITTE BARDOT 7/27 1994 55
SCANDALOUS JOHN 1971 BV BRIAN KEITH 8/29 2000 WEST
SHOOT OUT 1971 UNI GREGORY PECK 12/11 1996 TNT
SIMON, KING OF THE WITCHES 1971 FANFARE XXX XXX 11/8 1994 55
SKIN GAME 1971 WB JAMES GARNER 5/24 1993 TBS
STAR SPANGLED GIRL 1971 PAR XXX XXX 5/20 2000 LOVE
SUNDAY, BLOODY, SUNDAY 1971 UA GLENDA JACKSON PETER FINCH 11/10 1993 TNT
TAKING OFF 1971 UNI XXX XXX 9/18 2006 SUND
THE GO-BETWEEN (U.K.) 1971 COL JULIE CHRISTIE ALAN BATES 11/18 1996 BRAVO
THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS 1971 UNI JOANNE WOODWARD GEORGE C. SCOTT 5/15 1993 A & E
TWO LANE BLACKTOP 1971 UNI WARREN OATES 12/17 2006 DRA
VALDEZ IS COMING 1971 UA BURT LANCASTER SUSAN CLARK 9/18 1995 TMC
VELVET VAMPIRE 1971 NW XXX XXX 5/16 1993 TAPE
WALKABOUT 1971 FOX JENNY AGUTTER 10/12 1997 TMC
WEEKEND WITH THE BABYSITTER 1971 CROWN INTL XXX XXX 3/22 2010 DVD
WEREWOLVES ON WHEELS 1971 FANFARE XXX XXX 1/22 1995 TNT
WHEN WOMEN LOST THEIR TAILS (IT-W.GER) 1971 FVI SENTA BERGER 9/13 1994 55
WILD RIDERS 1971 CROWN INTL 5/9 2013 DVD
ZODIAC KILLER 1971 10/9 2016 TCM
This shouldn’t be here.
Not sure if you are finished working on the page of 1971 Movies, but in case you are, there is no comment box yet on the page. I look forward to writing about that year.
That probably explains why it had not gotten any comments. I am making errors all over the place these days….lol. Thanks for the heads up on this one too.
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