Want to know the best Best Supporting Actress Oscar Winners? How about the worst Best Supporting Actress Oscar Winners? Curious about Best Supporting Actress Oscar Winners box office grosses or which Best Supporting Actress Oscar Winners picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Best Supporting Actress Oscar Winners got the best reviews from critics and audiences and which one got the worst reviews? Well you have come to the right place because we have all of that information.
Drivel Part: (That is what my wife calls this part of the page). A few years ago, we wrote three movie pages on Oscar winners: Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Actress. Our goal was to write six different pages…but we got sidetracked. Well with it being “Movie Award Season”, we figured it was time finish off the last three Oscar winning pages we wanted to write. I have seen 79 of the 81 movies listed in the table. The only movie to escape me so far is 1936’s Anthony Adverse.
Since 1936, there have been 85 Best Supporting Actress Oscar Winners. This page will rank all Best Supporting Actress Oscar Winners from Best to Worst in five different sortable columns of information. If you use the sort and search buttons the massive table becomes very interactive.
Year
Movie (Year)
Rating
S
Year Movie (Year) Rating S
1939
Gone with the Wind (1939)
AA Best Picture Win
1954
On the Waterfront (1954)
AA Best Picture Win
1953
From Here to Eternity (1953)
AA Best Picture Win
1942
Mrs. Miniver (1942)
AA Best Picture Win
1961
West Side Story (1961)
AA Best Picture Win
2002
Chicago (2002)
AA Best Picture Win
2001
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
AA Best Picture Win
1979
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
AA Best Picture Win
1947
Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
AA Best Picture Win
1949
All the King's Men (1949)
AA Best Picture Win
1996
The English Patient (1996)
AA Best Picture Win
1976
Network (1976)
AA Best Picture Nom
1998
Shakespeare in Love (1998)
AA Best Picture Win
1966
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
AA Best Picture Nom
1951
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
AA Best Picture Nom
1967
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
AA Best Picture Nom
1971
The Last Picture Show (1971)
AA Best Picture Nom
1982
Tootsie (1982)
AA Best Picture Nom
1957
Sayonara (1957)
AA Best Picture Nom
1940
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
AA Best Picture Nom
1960
Elmer Gantry (1960)
AA Best Picture Nom
1987
Moonstruck (1987)
AA Best Picture Nom
2004
The Aviator (2004)
AA Best Picture Nom
2022
Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022)
AA Best Picture Win
1997
L.A. Confidential (1997)
AA Best Picture Nom
1968
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
1943
For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
AA Best Picture Nom
2012
Les Misérables (2012)
AA Best Picture Nom
1948
Key Largo (1948)
1973
Paper Moon (1973)
1946
The Razor's Edge (1946)
AA Best Picture Nom
1955
East of Eden (1955)
1981
Reds (1981)
AA Best Picture Nom
2013
12 Years a Slave (2013)
AA Best Picture Win
1938
Jezebel (1938)
AA Best Picture Nom
1944
National Velvet (1944)
1965
A Patch of Blue (1965)
1974
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
2011
The Help (2011)
AA Best Picture Nom
1990
Ghost (1990)
AA Best Picture Nom
1956
Written on the Wind (1956)
1938
In Old Chicago (1938)
AA Best Picture Nom
1958
Separate Tables (1958)
AA Best Picture Nom
1977
Julia (1977)
AA Best Picture Nom
1950
Harvey (1950)
1964
Zorba the Greek (1964)
AA Best Picture Nom
1970
Airport (1970)
AA Best Picture Nom
2010
The Fighter (2010)
AA Best Picture Nom
1969
Cactus Flower (1969)
2006
Dreamgirls (2006)
Year | Movie (Year) | Rating | S |
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Year | Movie (Year) | Rating | S |
1939 | Gone with the Wind (1939) AA Best Picture Win |
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1954 | On the Waterfront (1954) AA Best Picture Win |
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1953 | From Here to Eternity (1953) AA Best Picture Win |
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1942 | Mrs. Miniver (1942) AA Best Picture Win |
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1961 | West Side Story (1961) AA Best Picture Win |
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2002 | Chicago (2002) AA Best Picture Win |
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2001 | A Beautiful Mind (2001) AA Best Picture Win |
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1979 | Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) AA Best Picture Win |
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1947 | Gentleman's Agreement (1947) AA Best Picture Win |
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1949 | All the King's Men (1949) AA Best Picture Win |
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1996 | The English Patient (1996) AA Best Picture Win |
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1976 | Network (1976) AA Best Picture Nom |
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1998 | Shakespeare in Love (1998) AA Best Picture Win |
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1966 | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) AA Best Picture Nom |
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1951 | A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) AA Best Picture Nom |
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1967 | Bonnie and Clyde (1967) AA Best Picture Nom |
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1971 | The Last Picture Show (1971) AA Best Picture Nom |
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1982 | Tootsie (1982) AA Best Picture Nom |
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1957 | Sayonara (1957) AA Best Picture Nom |
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1940 | The Grapes of Wrath (1940) AA Best Picture Nom |
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1960 | Elmer Gantry (1960) AA Best Picture Nom |
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1987 | Moonstruck (1987) AA Best Picture Nom |
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2004 | The Aviator (2004) AA Best Picture Nom |
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2022 | Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022) AA Best Picture Win |
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1997 | L.A. Confidential (1997) AA Best Picture Nom |
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1968 | Rosemary's Baby (1968) | ||
1943 | For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) AA Best Picture Nom |
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2012 | Les Misérables (2012) AA Best Picture Nom |
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1948 | Key Largo (1948) | ||
1973 | Paper Moon (1973) | ||
1946 | The Razor's Edge (1946) AA Best Picture Nom |
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1955 | East of Eden (1955) | ||
1981 | Reds (1981) AA Best Picture Nom |
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2013 | 12 Years a Slave (2013) AA Best Picture Win |
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1938 | Jezebel (1938) AA Best Picture Nom |
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1944 | National Velvet (1944) | ||
1965 | A Patch of Blue (1965) | ||
1974 | Murder on the Orient Express (1974) | ||
2011 | The Help (2011) AA Best Picture Nom |
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1990 | Ghost (1990) AA Best Picture Nom |
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1956 | Written on the Wind (1956) | ||
1938 | In Old Chicago (1938) AA Best Picture Nom |
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1958 | Separate Tables (1958) AA Best Picture Nom |
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1977 | Julia (1977) AA Best Picture Nom |
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1950 | Harvey (1950) | ||
1964 | Zorba the Greek (1964) AA Best Picture Nom |
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1970 | Airport (1970) AA Best Picture Nom |
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2010 | The Fighter (2010) AA Best Picture Nom |
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1969 | Cactus Flower (1969) | ||
2006 | Dreamgirls (2006) |
Best Supporting Actress Oscar Winners Can Be Ranked 5 Ways In The Table Below
The really cool thing about ther table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort by the winners
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- Sort Best Supporting Actress Oscar Winners by critic reviews and audiences voting. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar nominations and how many Oscar® wins each movie won
- Sort Best Supporting Actress Oscar Winners by Ultimate Movie Ranking (UMR) Score. UMR puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score. The ceiling to earn points for box office is $200 million…once a movie passes that mark it stops earning points in that category.
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 | Gone with the Wind (1939) AA Best Picture Win |
Hattie McDaniel | 56.60 | 2,179.1 | 3,842.80 | 1 | 92 | 13 / 08 | 100.0 | |
2 | On the Waterfront (1954) AA Best Picture Win |
Eva Marie Saint | 12.00 | 281.2 | 281.20 | 20 | 92 | 12 / 08 | 100.0 | |
3 | From Here to Eternity (1953) AA Best Picture Win |
Donna Reed | 30.90 | 555.3 | 555.30 | 2 | 81 | 13 / 08 | 99.9 | |
4 | Mrs. Miniver (1942) AA Best Picture Win |
Teresa Wright | 15.30 | 569.1 | 942.90 | 2 | 81 | 12 / 06 | 99.9 | |
5 | West Side Story (1961) AA Best Picture Win |
Rita Moreno | 41.30 | 602.1 | 1,188.90 | 2 | 80 | 11 / 10 | 99.8 | |
6 | Chicago (2002) AA Best Picture Win |
Catherine Zeta-Jones | 170.70 | 317.2 | 570.20 | 10 | 81 | 13 / 06 | 99.8 | |
7 | A Beautiful Mind (2001) AA Best Picture Win |
Jennifer Connelly | 170.70 | 325.8 | 598.20 | 11 | 82 | 08 / 04 | 99.8 | |
8 | Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) AA Best Picture Win |
Meryl Streep | 106.30 | 456.4 | 519.50 | 1 | 76 | 09 / 05 | 99.8 | |
9 | Gentleman's Agreement (1947) AA Best Picture Win |
Celeste Holm | 10.50 | 307.1 | 307.10 | 12 | 75 | 08 / 03 | 99.8 | |
10 | All the King's Men (1949) AA Best Picture Win |
Mercedes McCambridge | 6.70 | 167.1 | 167.10 | 31 | 86 | 07 / 03 | 99.7 | |
12 | The English Patient (1996) AA Best Picture Win |
Juliette Binoche | 78.70 | 191.9 | 565.80 | 19 | 74 | 12 / 09 | 99.7 | |
11 | Network (1976) AA Best Picture Nom |
Beatrice Straight | 42.20 | 213.5 | 213.50 | 13 | 91 | 10 / 04 | 99.7 | |
13 | Shakespeare in Love (1998) AA Best Picture Win |
Judi Dench | 100.30 | 230.6 | 665.00 | 17 | 70 | 13 / 07 | 99.7 | |
14 | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) AA Best Picture Nom |
Sandy Dennis | 28.00 | 274.4 | 274.40 | 5 | 84 | 13 / 05 | 99.7 | |
15 | A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) AA Best Picture Nom |
Kim Hunter | 13.70 | 295.7 | 295.70 | 4 | 85 | 12 / 04 | 99.6 | |
16 | Bonnie and Clyde (1967) AA Best Picture Nom |
Estelle Parsons | 57.00 | 507.8 | 507.80 | 3 | 87 | 10 / 02 | 99.6 | |
17 | The Last Picture Show (1971) AA Best Picture Nom |
Cloris Leachman | 39.70 | 259.6 | 259.60 | 7 | 87 | 08 / 02 | 99.6 | |
18 | Tootsie (1982) AA Best Picture Nom |
Jessica Lange | 167.20 | 613.1 | 756.10 | 2 | 87 | 10 / 01 | 99.6 | |
19 | Sayonara (1957) AA Best Picture Nom |
Miyoshi Umeki | 24.60 | 473.0 | 706.90 | 3 | 83 | 10 / 04 | 99.6 | |
20 | The Grapes of Wrath (1940) AA Best Picture Nom |
Jane Darwell | 7.10 | 275.0 | 275.00 | 6 | 88 | 07 / 02 | 99.6 | |
21 | Elmer Gantry (1960) AA Best Picture Nom |
Shirley Jones | 13.20 | 206.4 | 206.40 | 15 | 87 | 05 / 03 | 99.5 | |
22 | Moonstruck (1987) AA Best Picture Nom |
Olympia Dukakis | 80.60 | 222.3 | 222.30 | 5 | 84 | 06 / 03 | 99.4 | |
23 | The Aviator (2004) AA Best Picture Nom |
Cate Blanchett | 102.60 | 178.1 | 371.00 | 22 | 83 | 11 / 05 | 99.2 | |
24 | Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022) AA Best Picture Win |
Jamie Lee Curtis | 76.90 | 78.7 | 113.50 | 25 | 91 | 11 / 07 | 99.1 | |
26 | L.A. Confidential (1997) AA Best Picture Nom |
Kim Basinger | 64.60 | 151.8 | 296.40 | 22 | 93 | 09 / 02 | 99.1 | |
25 | Rosemary's Baby (1968) | Ruth Gordon | 42.90 | 352.7 | 352.70 | 8 | 89 | 02 / 01 | 99.0 | |
27 | For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) AA Best Picture Nom |
Katina Paxinou | 15.10 | 544.1 | 544.10 | 2 | 76 | 09 / 01 | 99.0 | |
28 | Les Misérables (2012) AA Best Picture Nom |
Anne Hathaway | 148.80 | 201.5 | 592.80 | 18 | 75 | 08 / 03 | 98.9 | |
28 | Key Largo (1948) | Claire Trevor | 8.70 | 234.0 | 309.90 | 16 | 88 | 01 / 01 | 98.9 | |
29 | Paper Moon (1973) | Tatum O'Neal | 50.10 | 305.1 | 305.10 | 7 | 85 | 04 / 01 | 98.9 | |
30 | The Razor's Edge (1946) AA Best Picture Nom |
Anne Baxter | 13.50 | 416.2 | 416.20 | 6 | 79 | 04 / 01 | 98.8 | |
32 | East of Eden (1955) | Jo Van Fleet | 14.30 | 296.2 | 337.70 | 16 | 84 | 04 / 01 | 98.7 | |
34 | Reds (1981) AA Best Picture Nom |
Maureen Stapleton | 40.40 | 156.6 | 156.60 | 13 | 84 | 12 / 03 | 98.7 | |
33 | 12 Years a Slave (2013) AA Best Picture Win |
Lupita Nyong'o | 56.70 | 75.1 | 248.90 | 62 | 91 | 09 / 03 | 98.7 | |
35 | Jezebel (1938) AA Best Picture Nom |
Fay Bainter | 4.30 | 170.2 | 233.20 | 36 | 84 | 05 / 02 | 98.6 | |
36 | National Velvet (1944) | Anne Revere | 11.90 | 399.7 | 634.60 | 7 | 79 | 05 / 02 | 98.4 | |
37 | A Patch of Blue (1965) | Shelley Winters | 17.00 | 180.0 | 180.00 | 12 | 87 | 05 / 01 | 98.4 | |
38 | Murder on the Orient Express (1974) | Ingrid Bergman | 58.00 | 334.1 | 334.10 | 6 | 78 | 06 / 01 | 98.1 | |
39 | The Help (2011) AA Best Picture Nom |
Octavia Spencer | 169.70 | 230.7 | 294.40 | 13 | 74 | 04 / 01 | 98.1 | |
40 | Ghost (1990) AA Best Picture Nom |
Whoopi Goldberg | 217.60 | 554.6 | 1,288.80 | 2 | 70 | 05 / 02 | 98.0 | |
41 | Written on the Wind (1956) | Dorothy Malone | 12.60 | 246.4 | 246.40 | 17 | 78 | 03 / 01 | 97.7 | |
42 | In Old Chicago (1938) AA Best Picture Nom |
Alice Brady | 10.00 | 399.3 | 399.30 | 3 | 68 | 06 / 02 | 97.6 | |
43 | Separate Tables (1958) AA Best Picture Nom |
Wendy Hiller | 8.90 | 159.1 | 159.10 | 23 | 80 | 07 / 02 | 97.6 | |
44 | Julia (1977) AA Best Picture Nom |
Vanessa Redgrave | 35.30 | 170.6 | 170.60 | 26 | 71 | 11 / 03 | 97.4 | |
46 | Harvey (1950) | Josephine Hull | 7.40 | 166.8 | 166.80 | 17 | 87 | 02 / 01 | 97.2 | |
48 | Zorba the Greek (1964) AA Best Picture Nom |
Lila Kedrova | 12.60 | 144.2 | 144.20 | 17 | 81 | 07 / 03 | 97.2 | |
45 | Airport (1970) AA Best Picture Nom |
Helen Hayes | 102.40 | 712.0 | 712.00 | 2 | 63 | 10 / 01 | 97.1 | |
49 | The Fighter (2010) AA Best Picture Nom |
Melissa Leo | 93.60 | 127.8 | 176.40 | 35 | 88 | 07 / 02 | 97.1 | |
47 | Cactus Flower (1969) | Goldie Hawn | 33.90 | 257.0 | 257.00 | 9 | 76 | 01 / 01 | 97.0 | |
51 | Dreamgirls (2006) | Jennifer Hudson | 103.40 | 169.3 | 253.90 | 20 | 76 | 08 / 02 | 96.2 | |
50 | Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) AA Best Picture Nom |
Dianne Wiest | 35.40 | 102.8 | 102.80 | 30 | 90 | 07 / 03 | 96.1 | |
52 | The Piano (1993) AA Best Picture Nom |
Anna Paquin | 40.20 | 104.6 | 104.70 | 37 | 88 | 08 / 03 | 96.0 | |
53 | The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) | Gloria Grahame | 6.60 | 128.9 | 183.60 | 37 | 85 | 06 / 05 | 95.9 | |
54 | Cold Mountain (2003) | Renée Zellweger | 95.60 | 171.0 | 309.30 | 30 | 75 | 07 / 01 | 95.7 | |
55 | Shampoo (1975) | Lee Grant | 49.40 | 259.8 | 259.80 | 8 | 61 | 04 / 01 | 94.0 | |
56 | The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) AA Best Picture Nom |
Shelley Winters | 6.60 | 118.1 | 163.00 | 38 | 74 | 08 / 03 | 93.7 | |
57 | The Miracle Worker (1962) | Patty Duke | 7.10 | 102.7 | 102.70 | 37 | 86 | 05 / 02 | 92.8 | |
58 | A Passage to India (1984) AA Best Picture Nom |
Peggy Ashcroft | 27.20 | 87.2 | 87.20 | 36 | 79 | 11 / 02 | 92.5 | |
59 | My Cousin Vinny (1992) | Marisa Tomei | 52.90 | 137.5 | 166.50 | 29 | 78 | 01 / 01 | 92.5 | |
60 | Michael Clayton (2007) AA Best Picture Nom |
Tilda Swinton | 49.00 | 76.8 | 145.70 | 55 | 85 | 07 / 01 | 92.1 | |
61 | Fences (2016) AA Best Picture Nom |
Viola Davis | 57.70 | 71.9 | 80.30 | 58 | 87 | 05 / 01 | 91.9 | |
62 | California Suite (1978) | Maggie Smith | 42.90 | 197.7 | 197.70 | 13 | 55 | 03 / 01 | 91.9 | |
63 | Boyhood (2014) AA Best Picture Nom |
Patricia Arquette | 25.40 | 33.5 | 63.50 | 106 | 95 | 06 / 03 | 91.3 | |
65 | Precious (2009) AA Best Picture Nom |
Mo'Nique | 47.60 | 68.4 | 91.50 | 63 | 85 | 06 / 02 | 91.2 | |
64 | Anthony Adverse (1936) AA Best Picture Nom |
Gale Sondergaard | 5.90 | 256.3 | 395.30 | 7 | 39 | 07 / 04 | 91.1 | |
66 | Butterflies Are Free (1972) | Eileen Heckart | 20.50 | 130.1 | 130.10 | 19 | 74 | 03 / 01 | 90.9 | |
67 | The Great Lie (1941) | Mary Astor | 3.90 | 150.4 | 248.60 | 54 | 69 | 01 / 01 | 90.7 | |
68 | Prizzi's Honor (1985) AA Best Picture Nom |
Anjelica Huston | 26.70 | 80.9 | 80.90 | 32 | 78 | 08 / 01 | 90.2 | |
70 | The Fisher King (1991) | Mercedes Ruehl | 41.90 | 107.3 | 107.30 | 30 | 76 | 05 / 01 | 89.9 | |
69 | My Left Foot (1989) AA Best Picture Nom |
Brenda Fricker | 14.70 | 40.0 | 40.00 | 65 | 91 | 05 / 02 | 89.8 | |
71 | West Side Story (2021) AA Best Picture Nom |
Ariana DeBose | 38.50 | 40.8 | 78.60 | 34 | 86 | 07 / 01 | 88.7 | |
72 | None but the Lonely Heart (1944) | Ethel Barrymore | 4.30 | 145.2 | 214.30 | 78 | 62 | 04 / 01 | 88.6 | |
73 | The V.I.P.s (1963) | Margaret Rutherford | 13.40 | 167.9 | 167.90 | 21 | 53 | 01 / 01 | 87.1 | |
74 | The Accidental Tourist (1988) AA Best Picture Nom |
Geena Davis | 32.60 | 85.6 | 85.60 | 34 | 69 | 04 / 01 | 86.5 | |
75 | The Holdovers (2023) AA Best Picture Nom |
Da'Vine Joy Randolph | 20.40 | 20.4 | 43.60 | 74 | 86 | 05 / 01 | 85.6 | |
76 | The Constant Gardener (2005) | Rachel Weisz | 33.60 | 56.6 | 145.40 | 82 | 82 | 04 / 01 | 85.6 | |
77 | Bullets over Broadway (1994) | Dianne Wiest | 13.40 | 35.4 | 35.40 | 98 | 85 | 07 / 01 | 85.2 | |
78 | Minari (2020) | Yuh-Jung Youn | 2.70 | 3.2 | 14.20 | 47 | 86 | 06 / 01 | 83.5 | |
79 | Marriage Story (2019) AA Best Picture Nom |
Laura Dern | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 314 | 85 | 06 / 01 | 82.4 | |
80 | I, Tonya (2017) | Allison Janey | 30.00 | 36.1 | 57.10 | 81 | 81 | 03 / 01 | 81.5 | |
81 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) | Penélope Cruz | 23.20 | 34.9 | 144.70 | 111 | 78 | 01 / 01 | 78.2 | |
82 | The Year of Living Dangerously (1982) | Linda Hunt | 10.30 | 37.7 | 37.70 | 60 | 75 | 01 / 01 | 76.6 | |
83 | Pollock (2000) | Marcia Gay Harden | 8.60 | 17.2 | 17.20 | 130 | 77 | 02 / 01 | 73.9 | |
84 | If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) | Regina King | 14.90 | 17.7 | 23.40 | 114 | 76 | 03 / 01 | 73.0 | |
85 | Girl, Interrupted (1999) | Angelina Jolie | 28.90 | 61.6 | 103.00 | 70 | 61 | 01 / 01 | 69.9 | |
86 | Melvin and Howard (1980) | Mary Steenburgen | 4.30 | 17.9 | 17.90 | 108 | 71 | 03 / 02 | 69.4 | |
87 | The Danish Girl (2015) | Alicia Vikander | 11.10 | 14.2 | 82.10 | 116 | 71 | 04 / 01 | 67.6 | |
88 | Mighty Aphrodite (1995) | Mira Sorvino | 6.50 | 16.0 | 16.00 | 135 | 71 | 02 / 01 | 66.1 |
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I like it. Although I must admit I am not aware of any of the movies you listed for the next winner. Interesting website.
Hey Anonymous….thanks for stopping by. I am sure some of those 5 contenders will be hitting your radar screen soon.
Another big Oscar page, nice work Bruce. A few actresses here I’m not that familiar with.
Here comes the inevitable criticism – Hattie McDaniels at no.1 on the moviescore? Above the likes of Meryl Streep and Jessica Lange, ooh thats asking for trouble. This is where the Moviescore goes awry, she appeared in one very successful film and won an Academy Award does that automatically make her the highest rated supporting actress in film history? and lets be honest here Hattie played exactly the same kind of role in a number of other Hollywood films of the time including They Died With Their Boots On. I think the Moviescore would work better and more fairly if it ranked ‘multiple Oscar winning’ actresses above the single wins. Other than that another fascinating look at Oscar. Voted Up.
Hey Steve…..as always thanks for stopping by and commenting.
1. Our UMR score is a statistical equation. Hattie McDaniel won her Oscar in our 7th highest rated film in our database. Meryl Streep got her Oscar for our 18th highest rated movie….Kramer vs Kramer. I knew before doing this page that McDaniel was going to get the Top Spot.
2. I agree with you 100% that McDaniel played the same role the same way she had done before and after GWTW.
3. Historical McDaniel’s win was huge. She was the first African American to win an Oscar. Growing up that used to be a fact that was always brought up.
4. McDaniel’s win was in one of the biggest spectacles of all-time….the biggest box office hit of all-time…and in one of the most beloved movies of all-time….that goes along way.
5. I bet a month ago…..if you got stopped in the streets of London….and they said we will give you a million pounds if you can name 5 Best Supporting Actress Winners….Hattie McDaniel would be one of the first names you came up with….now you can quickly pull up this page and get your million pounds…lol.
6. If I ranked only the multiple winners….the list would be short…..it would only have Dianne Wiest and Shelly Winters. This list is not saying Hattie McDaniel is the greatest supporting actress ever……it is simply saying that her win in GWTW was one of the greatest Best Supporting Actress Oscar wins ever….there are only 79 of them.
7. Where is the tally count? I am at 78…and this time I am sure….no over inflation this time around.
8. So which do you think would be better….to keep the co-stars….or separate the year the movie was made….so you can sort the movies by year?
That was fun….it has been a longtime since you challenged my movie score so hard….you comments and criticism are greatly appreciated…..P.S. If I had used the critic audience rating as the default position then Eva Marie Saint would have been sitting in the Top Spot….would that have been better?
A bit of criticism keeps you on your toes Bruce. What sometimes messes things up on the moviescore is the combination of box office with critical success, the two don’t always gel. Maybe remove box office grosses and just keep the awards and critics? But that might get boring for some people. Oh well, the moviescore is it’s own thing, on the plus side it does give us something to talk about. 🙂
I have seen 48 of the 79 films listed, you have thrashed me again. I might have to hand in my movie buff badge.
P.s if Eva Marie Saint was at the top I might have been kinder in my assessment of the moviescore, but only because I find her more attractive (oh thats so shallow Steve). 🙂
Hey Steve….I agree criticism keeps you on your toes. Well the way this table is set up….you can ignore the UMR score and sort by reviews. But Hattie’s Gone With The Wind is so stout…the worst you get her ranked is 4th in critic audience rating and 23rd in actual box office. 48 is good….but I think Flora is going to take 2nd place. As for your movie buff badge…we have decided to renew your membership…..but you are getting close to having it revoked…lol. Shallow Steve? The sequel to Shallow Hal? Thanks for coming back to this page…it is always greatly appreciated.
Just spent about a hour looking at you Academy Award pages. Good stuff with lots of information. This could be a book!
Hey Walter…..thanks for the great compliments. Glad to know that my Oscar pages kept up interested for so long. Thanks for stopping by.
Interesting even though I do not agree with your rankings.
Hey Sue….thanks for stopping by. Sorry you do not like my rankings….but…..the beauty of this page is that you can rank the movies anyway you want. A list is just good way to start a discussion. I would be real curious to know which movies seem out of whack in my rankings?
And the comment box appears. I have to admit I am in love with Jennifer Connelly. So I am happy as hell that she made the Top 5. A Beautiful Mind is a good movie with great performances from Jen and Russell Crowe. I really like this Oscar look.
Hey Timlin. Glad you like the ranking of Jennifer Connelly in A Beautiful Mind. We I remember being very happy when Ron Howard finally got his Oscar love for that movie. Connelly & Crowe are awesome in the movie. Thanks for the comment.