Anthony Quinn Movies

Want to know the best Anthony Quinn movies?  How about the worst Anthony Quinn movies?  Curious about Anthony Quinn’s box office grosses or which Anthony Quinn movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Anthony Quinn 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.

Anthony Quinn (1915-2001) was a Mexican-born American actor, painter and writer. He starred in numerous critically acclaimed and commercially successful films, including La Strada, The Guns of Navarone, Zorba the Greek, Guns for San Sebastian, Lawrence of Arabia, The Message and Lion of the Desert. He won two Best Supporting Actor Oscars®: for Viva Zapata! in 1952 and Lust for Life in 1956.

His IMDb page shows 168 acting credits from 1936-2002. This page ranks 90 Anthony Quinn movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos movies not released in North America and some of his movies that barely made a dent at the box office were not included in the rankings. (Hey Lyle….since this was your request….if you see a movie that needs to be added just let me know….and we will try and find the actual box office grosses for the missing movie.)

Anthony Quinn and Kirk Douglas in 1956's Lust For Life. Quinn got his 2nd Oscar for this role.
Anthony Quinn and Kirk Douglas in 1956’s Lust For Life. Quinn got his 2nd Oscar for this role.

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

Anthony Quinn Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table

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LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, Anthony Quinn, 1962
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, Anthony Quinn, 1962

Possibly Interesting Facts About Anthony Quinn

1. Anthony Quinn was born Antonio Rodolfo Quinn Oaxaca on April 21, 1915 in Chihuahua, Mexico during the Mexican Revolution

2.  Before acting…..Anthony Quinn boxed professionally to earn money, then studied art and architecture under Frank Lloyd Wright.  It was Wright’s suggestion that Quinn go after an acting career.

3. Anthony Quinn appeared in more movies with other Oscar-winning actors than any other Oscar-winning actor – a total of 46 Oscar®-winning co-stars (28 male, 18 female).

4. Anthony Quinn was nominated for four acting Oscars®. He won a Best Supporting Actor Oscars® for Viva Zapata! in 1952 and Lust for Life in 1956.  He received two Best Actor Oscar® nominations for 1957’s Wild Is The Wind and 1964’s Zorba the Greek.  Quinn was the first Mexican-American to win an Academy Award®.

5.  Anthony Quinn only appeared on screen for a total of 23 minutes and 40 seconds in 1956’s Lust for Life.  Though his screen time was short…..he did get an Oscar® for those 23 minutes.

6. Anthony Quinn was good friends with actress Maureen O’Hara, they starred together six times. The films are The Black Swan (1942), Buffalo Bill (1944), Sinbad, the Sailor (1947), Against All Flags (1952), The Magnificent Matador (1955) and Only the Lonely (1991).

7. Anthony Quinn was married 3 times.  He had ten children.  Quinn was married to Katharine DeMille from 1937-1965.  That made Quinn the son-in-law of legendary director Cecil B. DeMille.

8. Anthony Quinn and two extremes.  We have 25,103 movies in our database.  Quinn’s Lawrence of Arabia (1962) is the 6th highest rated movie in our database.  Meanwhile….coming in 25,101st (or 3rd worst) place is Quinn’s Ghosts Can’t Do It (1990).

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54 thoughts on “Anthony Quinn Movies”

  1. 1 Round about 1960 when Anthony started to get into the big money he was so excited that he phoned friends and said “guess what? at last I’ve got a million dollars in the bank!” Despite your earlier quandary about selections for Tony’s video your choices turned out to be excellent in my opinion and there are no posters on which his name is not mentioned and in 20 of your entries he is either top billed or his name is at least of equal size to that of the other stars. Good work!

    2 OTHER COMMENTS (1) Favourite posters were Last Train from Gun Hill, Warlock and High Wind in Jamaica (2) I liked the stills for Zorba and Zapata (3) Bruce and you agree on only 2 of your Top 5 this time. (4) I was surprised that Zorba was only 9 in Bruce’s audience/critic though he did give it an 81% rating and there are so many good films in Quinn’s upper
    brackets that I couldn’t quarrel with either Top 5 (5) I was glad to see that you BOTH had La Strada and “Orence” in your Top 5 (6) surprised at your omission of Portrait in Black and Bruce making it just no 56

    3 I see that this time you have scooped Bruce by getting in first with the other Tony and that will be my next port of call after Bruce’s Paulette Goddard, though Hitch’s 14 worldwide grosses should also provide a bit of weekend fun – have a good one yourself. BOB

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    1. Thanks Bob, I was just replying to John over at IMDB, he wasn’t happy to see Barabbas way down on the list. It’s a good film but it seems critics were not that impressed, maybe it’s overdue for reappraisal?

      He also mentioned They Died With Their Boots On’s massacre of the true historical facts.

      Portrait in Black was 44th on my Quinn chart with a rating of 5.8, Quinn had a lot of high scorers considering how many films he appeared in.

      The Message is higher on Bruce’s chart than mine. Lion of the Desert did well on both our charts.

      If it wasn’t for Lawrence of Arabia, an Italian film would have been no.1 on my Quinn video, La Strada had excellent ratings even on the IMDB. I haven’t seen it.

      I was surprised to find that Bruce hadn’t done a page on Tony Curtis, when I was preparing the Yul Brynner video I saw the poster to Taras Bulba and added Curtis to my lineup. According to IMDB his favorite actor was Cary Grant.

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      1. Hey Steve….well Barabbas would have been down the rankings if you had used my rankings as well…as 18th would have been in the bottom half of your 30…..though even 30th would be a decent showing since he has so many movies.

        I was surprised when La Strada popped up second on your video….which made me come here and see where I had it ranked…4th here….maybe it is a movie worth tracking down.

        I will have to check out your latest videos…after our Saturday morning soccer game…thanks for the comment and the visit.

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    2. Another winning video from Mr. Lensman. As for the lack of a Bernard Schwartz UMR page…..we have done some preliminary research….and it looks like it is going to be a time consuming project finding all of his box office grosses….so he has been put on the back burner….but maybe Steve’s Schwartz video will get me motivated…lol.

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        1. Hey Steve….Spaceballs has almost been watched at my house the last few days…..but the kids always picked some computer animated movie….about to lay down “Daddy law” and make them watch it.

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  2. Guys, need some help here. I have a Tony Quinn top 30 video planned for some time this week, the guy has well over a hundred movie credits should I just include movies that has his name on the poster or also include movies where he had a small but reasonably important supporting role (mostly 1940s)?

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    1. In my opinion stick to ones where he at least had a strong supporting role like in The World in His Arms and the Black Swan and which were two of the more entertaining of his movies. But you know Bruce – he’ll put anything in but Superman Returns.

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      1. Bob, for instance Quinn has a smallish role as one of the three accused men in the Ox-Bow Incident, a highly rated movie, should that be near the top of his chart or should I ignore it? Bruce has the film at no.2 on the critics chart.

        He also plays the main villain in Road to Morocco. Maybe I should just pick the ones where his name appears on the movie poster.

        He also played Chief Crazy Horse in They Died With Their Boots On, listed low in the credits but if I remember correctly he delivers the coup de grace to General Custer, I think that should be included.

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        1. 1 Well you’re dealing with 100 movies and he had a long apprenticeship as a virtual nonentity so you could end up with a list that was a poor reflection of of Quinn’s reasonable level of participation in the movies he made. I copy Bruce’s figures into my own database but I exclude those movies where the star concerned does not have at least EQUAL billing to the other stars unless it’s a very special cameo (such as Superman Returns) Quinn’s appearance in a Road film does not strike me as falling into the latter category (but then neither did Young Bull !)

          2 However in Quinn’s case he often had unequal billing in movies where he gave a great leading supporting performance and certainly stole key scenes if not the movie as in Peck’s The World in His Arms, Kirk’s Lust for Life and Brando’s Viva Zapata so you will probably have to include such roles and indeed it would be criminal not to as stealing a scene or movie before he became a star was part of his stock in trade.

          3 As a big selling point of your videos is for me anyway those wonderful iconic posters that you seem to pluck out of nowhere you should maybe think of trying to get a good 30 from movies where Quinn’s name appears somewhere on the posters but if you think that there is not enough meat in those 30 you could then dip further down his body of work using your own discretion.

          4 I look forward to the eventual video whatever your decision and will be disappointed only if you exclude his wonderful pairing with Kirk again in Last Train from Gun Hill, but if you do you’ll be out on a limb because not only is it one of my personal fave westerns but The Marker gives it a respectable 71% for critic/audience and lists it as No 27 in his Quinn chart.

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          1. No worries Bob, Last Gun from Train Hill is one of my favorites too, and it’s in the top 20 with a score of 7.2 which corresponds with Bruce’s average but a bit higher on my chart.

            Bruce lists 81 of Quinns films but I have to narrow it down to a more manageable 30 for the video, which means some well known films will have to be shown the door…

            Talking of the posters, I confess to adding the odd low rated film to a video simply because the poster artwork was so striking I had to show it off. It’s a bit of a cheat but as long as viewers get a rough impression of what an actors 10 or 15 best rated films are I’ve done my job. It’s not a scientific evaluation, merely opinion by critics and film fans.

      2. Hey….if it made the IMDb list or my Ratings The Movie Stars book….then all of their movies are fair game….lol.

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    2. Hey Steve….Anthony Quinn will be a good video subject for sure. I say you include all of his movies. I think he was a supporting actor in most of his Hollywood movies. He got the majority of his leading roles in movies made outside of the Hollywood system. Even Zorba the Greek would fall in that category. So since he was primarily a supporting actor it seems there is no way you will be able to exclude those movies. As for Ox-Bow Incident…..I like his performance in that one….he is one cool customer….and it is not till the end that he lets his composure melt…..so I would think you have to include that one….plus….he is a main component in the movie. Sorry I did not respond sooner. I will keep my eye out for the new Quinn video.

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      1. Thanks Bruce and Bob, I’ve locked it down to a final 30. Ox-Bow is included but I’ve kicked out City for Conquest and Ghost Breakers, a mistake? Road to Morocco is in there because he was the main villain but Road to Singapore is out. I’ve included a Michael Caine movie just to cheer Bruce up a bit but it’s not highly rated. 🙂

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        1. 1 I question whether you’re putting Sir Maurice Micklewhite in to cheer up Bruce. and as it is a row rated film I half suspect it’s the ‘revenge of Chuck’

          2 Anyway i’ll look out for it and will be keen to see it once it hits your lists.

          BOB

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        2. I looked for the lastest video last night…but I did not see it….thinking it is coming out today….good to know Ox-Bow was not left out.

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  3. Seeing that Anthony Quinn is still on the Oracle of Bacon top 1000 Center of the Hollywood Universe list (#681 now, #6 back at the beginning) I thought it would be interesting to see how many Oscar winners he worked with. I count 53;

    A High Wind in Jamaica (1965) – James Coburn
    A Walk in the Spring Rain (1970) – Ingrid Bergman
    Attila (1954) – Sophia Loren
    Back to Bataan (1945) – John Wayne
    Barabbas (1961) – Ernest Borgnine, Jack Palance, Simone Signoret, Katy Jurado
    Behold a Pale Horse (1964) – Gregory Peck
    Blowing Wild (1953) – Gary Cooper
    Buffalo Bill (1944) – Thomas Mitchell
    California (1947) – Ray Milland, Barry Fitzgerald
    City for Conquest (1940) – James Cagney, Donald Crisp
    Flap (1970) – Shelley Winters
    Heller in Pink Tights (1960) – Sophia Loren
    High Risk (1981) – Ernest Borgnine, James Coburn
    Hot Spell (1958) – Shirley MacLaine
    Island of Lost Men (1939) – Broderick Crawford
    Jungle Fever (1991) –Tim Robbins, Halle Berry
    Larceny, Inc. (1942) – Broderick Crawford
    Last Action Hero (1993) – F. Murray Abraham, Art Carney
    Lawrence of Arabia (1962) – Jose Ferrer, Alec Guinness
    Lion of the Desert (1981) – Rod Steiger, John Gielgud
    Man from Del Rio (1956) – Katy Jurado
    Mobsters (1991) – F. Murray Abraham
    Road to Morocco (1942) – Bing Crosby
    Road to Singapore (1940) – Bing Crosby, Charles Coburn
    Roger Touhy, Gangster (1944) – Victor McLaglen
    Seminole (1953) – Lee Marvin
    Seven Cities of Gold (1955) – Rita Moreno
    The Black Orchid (1958) – Sophia Loren
    The Black Swan (1942) – George Sanders, Thomas Mitchell
    The Buccaneer (1938) – Fredric March, Walter Brennan
    The Children of Sanchez (1978) – Bette Davis, Katy Jurado
    The Ghost Breakers (1940) – Paul Lukas
    The Guns of Navarone (1961) – David Niven, Gregory Peck
    The Happening (1967) – Faye Dunaway
    The Imperfect Lady (1947) – Ray Milland, Teresa Wright
    The Long Wait (1954) – Charles Coburn
    The Marseille Contract (1974) – Michael Caine
    The Naked Street (1955) – Anne Bancroft
    The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) – Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell
    The Passage (1979) – Jim Broadbent, Patricia Neal
    The Plainsman (1936) – Gary Cooper
    The River’s Edge (1957) – Ray Milland
    The Salamander (1981) – Martin Balsam
    The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1969) – Anna Magnani
    The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968) – John Gielgud, Laurence Olivier
    The Texas Rangers Ride Again (1940) – Broderick Crawford
    The Visit (1964) – Ingrid Bergman
    The World in His Arms (1952) – Gregory Peck
    They Died with Their Boots on (1941) – Olivia De Havilland, Gig Young, Hattie McDaniel
    Theives Fall Out (1941) – Jane Darwell
    Tycoon (1947) – John Wayne
    Viva Zapata! (1952) – Marlon Brando,
    Waikiki Wedding (1937) – Bing Crosby
    Warlock (1959) – Henry Fonda, Dorothy Malone
    Wild is the Wind (1957) – Anna Magnani
    Zorba the Greek (1964) – Lila Kedrova

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    1. Hey Dan….53 is a pretty good total. His career has always fascinated me. (1) It lasted so long. (2) He made so many movies before he was famous that it is always like finding a hidden treasure when you watch a classic movie and up pops Mr. Quinn. (3) Then he became a supporting actor superstar (4) and then he had a nice 20 year run as a leading man. (5) And finally in our era he went back to being a “always fun to see” supporting actor again.

      I checked a few of his movies…and you seem to have not missed anybody….I was thinking that Last Action Hero was loaded with cameos….but it was only 2 Oscar winners, beside him, in that one. Thanks for the Oscar winning co-star list….it is greatly appreciated.

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  4. Hi

    Anthony Quinn was around for so long that when he finally died, you forgot how talented the man really was. He had a long apprenticeship before he reached stardom. I remember him playing one of the villains in Road to Morocco. I once watched an interview where he talked about his career, he said people always congratulated him on Zorba The Greek, as if it was the only film he ever made. He then went on to talk about working with Lawrence Olivier. When they had finished filming, Lawrence left him off at the airport, it was all tears and hugs, as if they were long lost brothers. And then they never met again! Showbiz is really shallow isn’t it!

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    1. Hey Chris…..his career was massive. It was so massive that I avoided doing this page for many many months. I think Road to Morocco helped people see him in a new light. Quinn and Zorba are forever linked together. But I agree it had to be frustrating for him…especially since his career was almost 30 years old when Zorba got released. Interesting story about Quinn and Olivier…that was probably when they made Shoes of a Fisherman. Thanks for your thoughts on Mr. Quinn.

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  5. This is now the third time that I have tried to answer this page and have somehow pressed an unwanted key which sends me to some stupid site called Bing and which wipes out everything I have written.

    I had very large comments which I had nearly completed on this actor and which drives me crazy.

    I will not try to repeat them again.

    Instead I will say that I associate Quinn very strongly with Gregory Peck, that it is a great accomplishment to have performed so often in films where an Academy Award was won as people do not give great performances in a vacuum.

    He would have turned 100 this April and I enjoyed his TCM Star of the Month tribute.

    The highest ranked film I have seen is Number 1: Lawrence of Arabia.

    The lowest ranked film I have never seen is Number 5: California.

    The lowest ranked film I have seen is Number 76: Flap
    I have seen 8 of 10
    13 of 20
    19 of 30
    22 of 40
    28 of 50
    30 of 60
    35 overall

    My favourites are:

    The Guns of Navarone
    Lawrence of Arabia
    Black Swan
    Road to Morocco
    The World in His Arms

    Quinn starred in many great films where due to subject matter I have only been able to handle seeing them once. These are high quality films, but hardd to handle.

    Love this page. More LofA stars to come?

    Flora

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    1. Hey Flora.
      1. Congrats on catching up…your efforts are greatly appreciated.
      2. Sorry you were having issues with this Quinn comment….I know how frustrating that can be…..that has happened to me when I comment on Steve’s movie pages on more than one occasion.
      3. I thought of you when I kept seeing that Peck was in a few Quinn movies…with Guns of Navarone being their most popular. I have not seen the other two movies.
      4. I agree with you about your Oscar winning thought.
      5. Tally count….congrats you win again…..35 to 30 to 21….pretty happy with my tally ….at least it is respectable compared to you and Steve’s tally.
      6. Even at 35 movies watched…you are not even at 50%….just shows how massive his movie career was. The % go down pretty quickly….80% to 65% to 63% in the first 30….and then it really drops with only 31% for the rest of his 51 movies.
      7. Our your Top 5….I have seen them all except The World In His Arms…..I imagine Mr. Peck might have a part in that movie being ranked so high.
      8. I understand about his subjects in his movies.
      9. I have seen both Michael Caine/Quinn movies….both are horrible…The Magus is a mess….even Caine has said he never understood that movie.
      10. I can see some more Lawrence actors coming….I recently did Lean (the director), O’Toole and Quinn…..Guinness, Rains and Sharif would be good ones too.
      As always…I appreciate you sharing your movie thoughts on the website.

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