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Anthony Mann (1906-1967) was an American director. Born Emil Anton Bundsmann, Mann is best remembered for his work in the film noir and Westerns genres. He directed James Stewart 8 times during the 1950s. His IMDB page shows 43 directing credits from 1939 to 1968. This page will rank Anthony Mann 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. Sadly some of his early low budget movies did not make the rankings.
Anthony Mann Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews, and awards.
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| 1951 | Quo Vadis (1951) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1961 | El Cid (1961) | |
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| 1954 | The Glenn Miller Story (1954) |  |
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| 1955 | The Man From Laramie (1955) | |
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| 1954 | The Far Country (1954) | |
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| 1952 | Bend of the River (1952) | |
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| 1950 | Winchester '73 (1950) | |
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| 1955 | Strategic Air Command (1955) | |
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| 1953 | The Naked Spur (1953) | |
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| 1947 | T-Men (1947) | |
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| 1958 | God's Little Acre (1958) | |
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| 1950 | The Furies (1950) |  |
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| 1948 | Raw Deal (1948) | |
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| 1953 | Thunder Bay (1953) | |
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| 1958 | Man of the West (1958) | |
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| 1957 | Men in War (1957) | |
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| 1960 | Cimarron (1960) Director |
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| 1950 | Devil's Doorway (1950) | |
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| 1947 | Desperate (1947) | |
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| 1964 | The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) |  |
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| 1957 | The Tin Star (1957) | |
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| 1956 | Serenade (1956) | |
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| 1949 | Border Incident (1949) | |
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| 1950 | Side Street (1950) | |
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| 1949 | Reign of Terror/The Black Book (1949) Director |
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| 1951 | The Tall Target (1951) | |
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| 1947 | Railroaded! (1947) | |
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| 1965 | The Heroes of Telemark (1965) | |
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| 1955 | The Last Frontier (1955) | |
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| 1945 | The Great Flamarion (1945) | |
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| 1946 | The Bamboo Blonde (1946) |  |
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| 1968 | A Dandy in Aspic (1968) | |
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| 1945 | Sing Your Way Home (1945) |  |
Anthony Mann 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.
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- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Anthony Mann movie received.
- Sort Anthony Mann 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 | ||||
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| 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 | Quo Vadis (1951) AA Best Picture Nom |
Robert Taylor & Deborah Kerr |
26.10 | 563.2 | 1,172.70 | 1 | 75 | 08 / 00 | 98.6 | |
| 2 | El Cid (1961) | Charlton Heston & Sophia Loren |
34.30 | 499.5 | 499.50 | 4 | 82 | 03 / 00 | 98.2 | |
| 3 | The Glenn Miller Story (1954) | James Stewart & Music Biopic |
18.30 | 428.5 | 428.50 | 5 | 79 | 03 / 01 | 97.9 | |
| 4 | The Man From Laramie (1955) | James Stewart & Arthur Kennedy |
9.40 | 195.5 | 195.50 | 31 | 83 | 00 / 00 | 97.8 | |
| 5 | The Far Country (1954) | James Stewart & Walter Brennan |
7.10 | 167.4 | 167.40 | 43 | 81 | 00 / 00 | 95.4 | |
| 8 | Bend of the River (1952) | James Stewart & Rock Hudson |
8.30 | 163.3 | 163.30 | 16 | 82 | 00 / 00 | 95.2 | |
| 7 | Winchester '73 (1950) | James Stewart & Shelley Winters |
6.40 | 144.4 | 144.40 | 32 | 87 | 00 / 00 | 95.0 | |
| 6 | Strategic Air Command (1955) | James Stewart & June Allyson |
18.60 | 385.0 | 385.00 | 8 | 61 | 01 / 00 | 92.9 | |
| 9 | The Naked Spur (1953) | James Stewart & Janet Leigh |
6.80 | 122.5 | 122.50 | 38 | 84 | 01 / 00 | 92.4 | |
| 10 | T-Men (1947) | Dennis O'Keefe & Film Noir Movies |
4.30 | 126.0 | 126.00 | 79 | 76 | 01 / 00 | 90.2 | |
| 11 | God's Little Acre (1958) | Robert Ryan & Tina Louise |
10.00 | 179.7 | 179.70 | 13 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 90.1 | |
| 12 | The Furies (1950) | Barbara Stanwyck & Walter Huston |
4.60 | 102.7 | 102.70 | 65 | 77 | 01 / 00 | 87.8 | |
| 13 | Raw Deal (1948) | Claire Trevor & Film Noir Movies |
3.20 | 85.3 | 85.30 | 100 | 79 | 00 / 00 | 86.3 | |
| 15 | Thunder Bay (1953) | James Stewart & Joanne Dru |
7.30 | 130.7 | 130.70 | 33 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 85.9 | |
| 14 | Man of the West (1958) | Gary Cooper & Julie London |
5.00 | 89.8 | 89.80 | 49 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 85.8 | |
| 16 | Men in War (1957) | Robert Ryan & Aldo Ray |
4.30 | 82.5 | 82.50 | 57 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 84.8 | |
| 18 | Cimarron (1960) Director |
Glenn Ford & Maria Schell |
6.60 | 103.8 | 215.40 | 43 | 62 | 02 / 00 | 81.7 | |
| 17 | Devil's Doorway (1950) | Robert Taylor | 3.90 | 86.6 | 134.50 | 84 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 81.6 | |
| 19 | Desperate (1947) | Raymond Burr | 3.00 | 86.7 | 86.70 | 115 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 81.1 | |
| 20 | The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) | Sophia Loren & Stephen Boyd |
4.80 | 54.5 | 54.50 | 61 | 75 | 01 / 00 | 80.0 | |
| 21 | The Tin Star (1957) | Henry Fonda & Anthony Perkins |
2.70 | 52.3 | 52.30 | 90 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 72.9 | |
| 22 | Serenade (1956) | Mario Lanza & Joan Fontaine |
4.30 | 84.0 | 154.30 | 75 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 72.3 | |
| 24 | Border Incident (1949) | Ricardo Montalban | 1.60 | 40.4 | 63.20 | 156 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 70.4 | |
| 23 | Side Street (1950) | Farley Granger | 1.30 | 28.7 | 49.50 | 172 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 70.1 | |
| 25 | Reign of Terror/The Black Book (1949) Director |
Arlene Dahl & Walter Wanger |
1.90 | 48.2 | 48.20 | 148 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 69.1 | |
| 26 | The Tall Target (1951) | Dick Powell & Adolphe Menjou |
1.40 | 29.1 | 38.20 | 180 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 67.6 | |
| 27 | Railroaded! (1947) | John Ireland | 1.10 | 32.7 | 32.70 | 159 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 59.9 | |
| 28 | The Heroes of Telemark (1965) | Kirk Douglas & Richard Harris |
4.40 | 46.4 | 46.40 | 61 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 58.2 | |
| 29 | The Last Frontier (1955) | Victor Mature & Guy Madison |
2.90 | 59.2 | 59.20 | 104 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 57.5 | |
| 30 | The Great Flamarion (1945) | Dan Duryea | 0.90 | 28.0 | 28.00 | 151 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 52.2 | |
| 31 | The Bamboo Blonde (1946) | Jane Greer | 0.80 | 25.0 | 25.00 | 146 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 34.9 | |
| 32 | A Dandy in Aspic (1968) | Mia Farrow | 1.90 | 15.3 | 15.30 | 126 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 32.4 | |
| 33 | Sing Your Way Home (1945) | Jack Haley | 0.90 | 28.6 | 28.60 | 150 | 47 | 01 / 00 | 24.2 |
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I have seen 23 Anthony Mann movies, including 9 of his top 10.
The HIGHEST rated movie I have seen is Quo Vadis.
The highest rated movie I have NOT seen is El Cid.
The LOWEST rated movie I have seen is The Heroes of Telemark.
Favourite Anthony Mann Movies;
The Glenn Miller Story
The Man From Laramie
The Far Country
Winchester ’73
Bend in the River
The Naked Spur
T-Men
Raw Deal
Man of the West
Thunder Bay
Men in War
Cimarron
Desperate
The Tin Star
Side Street
Border Incident
Other Anthony Mann Movies I Have Seen:
Quo Vadis
Strategic Air Command
God’s Little Acre
Fall of the Roman Empire
Serenade
The Tall Target
The Heroes of Tellemark
Hey Flora…..thanks for checking out our latest page. Tally count: Flora with 23 and me at 12. So you almost double my total. Looking at some other Mann comments…I see that Dan has seen all of the Mann movies listed…and Steve at 14. So the complete count would be Dan 33, Flora 23, Steve 14 and me down at the bottom with 12. I have seen 9 of your favorites…and two of your “others”. As always good stuff.
Anthony Mann is one of the greatest directors yet not many mainstream movie fans know his movies. Maybe your Mann page will let people understand the brilliance of his career. Although his James Stewart movies, get the most notice I actually think his Man of the West with Gary Cooper is his greatest achievement.
Good to hear from you In The Shadows. I had you on a list of people that we had not heard from lately. So good to know you are alive and well. Great comment on Anthony Mann. I thought I Man of the West was ok…..pretty sure I sent that one to Flora. Good stuff. Stay safe and healthy.
The man from Laramie
He was a man with a peaceful turn of mind
He was kind and socialable and friendly,
Friendly as any man could be
But you never saw a man outdraw
The man from Laramie.
The man from Laramie
He was a man with a warm and gentle heart
But when they start the arguin and fightin
Frightenin and lightnin fast was he
Their was no cayoot
Who could out shoot
The man from Laramie
He had a flair for ladies
The ladies loved his air of mystery
The west will never see
A man with so many notches on his gun
Everyone admired the fearless stranger
Danger was this mans specialty
So they never bossed nor double crossed
The man from Laramie
Thanks for sharing this Bob. You are the man.
The westerns of the likes of The Duke, the Royal Gregory, Dickie Widmark and Laddie have been among the films that have made them as movie stars perennial favorites with me down the years.
I would though have to say that there are two sets of movies that in particular have always been the high point of 50’s westerns for me as PACKAGES and I will never forget the impact they had on me in those days:
One of those packages comprises the 5 westerns that Jimmy made from 1950 until 1955: Winchester 73/Bend of the River/The Naked Spur/The Far Country/The Man from Laramie.
The Work Horse’s Greatest Box Office Stars of the 50s chart has Jimmy as no 1 and those westerns along with the likes of Glenn Miller and Jimmy’s Hitchcock films undoubtedly put him there. Indeed Jimmy virtually owned to the Quigley Top 10s of the 1950s whereas I don’t think he was in the Top 10 in the years pre-1950
To the 5, I would personally add Thunder Bay as I agree with the Work Horse’s statement to me some time ago that ignore the period in which it was set and it was really a western if not in quite the same league as the other 5 – though for me it was near enough; and as Bruce’s charts above show all 6 were directed by Mann.
Anyway Jimmy was also probably my own No 1 WESTERN hero of the 1950s followed by the Duke/Charlie Bill etc.
“Young Bobby was a Jim Stewart fan
Mumbling Marlon was an also-ran!”
Hey Bob. Thanks for sharing this information on your memories of the westerns you liked and watched. I agree with you about Stewart and how he pretty much owned the 1950s. The Stewart/Mann partnership is mentioned frequently when reading about the history of movies. Interesting to see that Stewart bumped Brandon in the eyes of little Bobby in the 1950s….lol. Good stuff as always.
Great UMR Page
Thanks Mike.