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Bonnie Bedelia (1948-) is an American actress. Bedelia is best known for her roles in Presumed Innocent, Heart Like A Wheel and the Die Hard movies. Her movie career has now spanned seven different decades. Her IMDb page shows over 92 acting credits since 1958. This page will rank Bonnie Bedelia movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. To do well in our overall rankings a movie has to do well at the box office, get good reviews by critics, be liked by audiences, and get some award recognition.
Bonnie Bedelia 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
1988
Die Hard (1988)
1990
Presumed Innocent (1990)
1990
Die Hard 2 (1990)
1969
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
1970
Lovers and Other Strangers (1970)
1978
The Big Fix (1978)
1987
Like Father Like Son (1987)
Cameo
1999
Anywhere But Here (1999)
1983
Heart Like a Wheel (1983)
1996
Homecoming (1996)
Showtime Movies
1986
The Boy Who Could Fly (1986)
2023
The Hill (2023)
1998
Bad Manners (1998)
1993
Needful Things (1993)
2021
Violet (2021)
Limited Release
1989
Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)
2000
Sordid Lives (2000)
1990
Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture (1990)
HBO Movie
1986
Violets Are Blue... (1986)
1969
The Gypsy Moths (1969)
2022
The Noel Diary (2022)
Netflix
2017
Christmas On The Coast (2017)
Limited Release
1988
The Prince of Pennsylvania (1988)
1994
Speechless (1994)
2017
A Very Sordid Wedding (2017)
1986
Death of an Angel (1986)
Limited Release
2003
Manhood (2003)
Film Festival Circuit Only
2005
Berkeley (2007)
Limited Release
1987
The Stranger (1987)
Limited Release
1999
Gloria (1999)
2019
A Stone In The Water (2019)
Film Festival Circuit Only
Bonnie Bedelia Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways in This Table
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- Sort Bonnie Bedelia 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
Die Hard (1988)
Bruce Willis &
Alan Rickman83.00
237.3
402.40
7
89
04 / 00
98.9
2
Presumed Innocent (1990)
Harrison Ford &
Raul Julia86.30
219.9
564.00
12
81
00 / 00
97.6
3
Die Hard 2 (1990)
Bruce Willis &
William Atherton117.50
299.5
611.70
8
70
00 / 00
95.1
4
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
Jane Fonda &
Gig Young16.90
128.0
128.00
20
81
09 / 01
94.4
5
Lovers and Other Strangers (1970)
Gig Young &
Bea Arthur20.50
142.3
142.30
17
74
03 / 01
92.1
6
The Big Fix (1978)
Richard Dreyfuss &
Susan Anspach15.50
71.4
71.40
46
61
00 / 00
71.7
7
Like Father Like Son (1987)
CameoDudley Moore &
Kirk Cameron34.40
94.8
94.80
34
51
00 / 00
68.1
8
Anywhere But Here (1999)
Susan Sarandon &
Natalie Portman18.70
39.8
50.30
87
63
00 / 00
61.5
9
Heart Like a Wheel (1983)
Beau Bridges
0.30
0.9
0.90
146
72
01 / 00
57.0
10
Homecoming (1996)
Showtime MoviesAnne Bancroft
0.00
0.1
0.10
280
72
00 / 00
54.5
11
The Boy Who Could Fly (1986)
Lucy Deakins &
Jay Underwood7.20
20.9
20.90
83
65
00 / 00
53.5
11
The Hill (2023)
Dennis Quaid
7.70
7.7
7.70
104
68
00 / 00
52.3
12
Bad Manners (1998)
David Strathairn
0.00
0.1
0.10
326
66
00 / 00
42.3
14
Needful Things (1993)
Max von Sydow &
Ed Harris15.20
39.5
39.50
86
51
00 / 00
37.0
13
Violet (2021)
Limited ReleaseColleen Camp
0.10
0.1
0.10
218
62
00 / 00
33.0
15
Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)
Paul Newman &
John Cusack3.60
9.7
9.70
123
58
00 / 00
32.3
16
Sordid Lives (2000)
Delta Burke &
Olivia Newton-John1.10
2.2
2.20
182
60
00 / 00
31.2
18
Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture (1990)
HBO Movie Roy Scheider
0.00
0.1
0.10
245
61
00 / 00
30.7
17
Violets Are Blue... (1986)
Sissy Spacek &
Kevin Kline4.70
13.8
13.80
110
56
00 / 00
30.5
18
The Gypsy Moths (1969)
Gene Hackman &
Burt Lancaster1.60
11.9
11.90
119
55
00 / 00
26.9
19
The Noel Diary (2022)
NetflixXmas Movies
0.10
0.1
0.10
193
56
00 / 00
20.9
20
Christmas On The Coast (2017)
Limited ReleaseJulie Ann Emery
0.10
0.1
0.10
254
55
00 / 00
20.0
21
The Prince of Pennsylvania (1988)
Fred Ward &
Keanu Reeves0.10
0.1
0.10
263
52
00 / 00
15.7
23
Speechless (1994)
Michael Keaton &
Geena Davis20.70
54.6
54.60
67
34
00 / 00
14.0
25
A Very Sordid Wedding (2017)
Leslie Jordan
0.10
0.1
0.10
282
49
00 / 00
11.4
24
Death of an Angel (1986)
Limited ReleaseNick Mancuso
0.00
0.1
0.10
251
48
00 / 00
10.5
25
Manhood (2003)
Film Festival Circuit OnlyJohn Ritter
0.10
0.1
0.10
259
47
00 / 00
9.4
26
Berkeley (2007)
Limited ReleaseHenry Winkler
0.00
0.1
0.10
362
46
00 / 00
8.3
27
The Stranger (1987)
Limited ReleasePeter Riegert
0.00
0.1
0.10
267
44
00 / 00
6.5
28
Gloria (1999)
Sharon Stone &
Jean-Luke Figueroa4.20
8.9
8.90
155
38
00 / 00
4.6
29
A Stone In The Water (2019)
Film Festival Circuit OnlyMelissa Fumero
0.10
0.1
0.10
235
33
00 / 00
1.3
Adjusted Bonnie Bedelia Adjusted Worldwide Box Office Grosses
| Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil) | S |
|---|---|---|---|
| Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil) | S |
| Die Hard 2 (1990) | Bruce Willis & William Atherton |
611.70 | |
| Presumed Innocent (1990) | Harrison Ford & Raul Julia |
564.00 | |
| Die Hard (1988) | Bruce Willis & Alan Rickman |
402.40 | |
| Anywhere But Here (1999) | Susan Sarandon & Natalie Portman |
50.30 |
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Love Bonnie Bedelia. First saw her on the American soap opera LOVE OF LIFE as the character of Sandy. She was great in HEART LIKE A WHEEL.
Hey Greg….thanks for the feedback on Bonnie Bedelia. I was aware of her before Die Hard…..that was because of Heart Like A Wheel….a movie I was sure got her an Oscar nomination…..turns out she got snubbed that year. Heart Like A Wheel was a movie on HBO all the time back in my youth (1980s). Good stuff.
I wrote to The Work Horse recently mentioning that I had enjoyed watching Bonnie on television – indeed in a REAL Christmas movie! Is it possible that my post prompted WH to give her the page that she justly deserves?
Heck I’m gonna claim that anyway! – and if WH denies it I’ll keep my fingers crossed that nobody believes him. Overactivity by human workaholics such as Bruce can actually make their memory go blank.
Bonnie has at post-production stage awaiting 2023 release the big-screen biographical sports drama “The Hill” in which she shares star billing with Dennis Quaid and Scott Glen. It is describe as “The remarkable true-life story of Ricky Hill’s improbable journey to play Major League Baseball.” Ricky is played by Quaid.
According to Celebrity Net Worth site Bonnie has a current net worth of $4 million.
“Voted Up!
Hey Bob….you can take credit for this page…..or…..maybe when Debbie and I were watching Die Hard on Christmas Eve (as we all know it’s a Christmas movie)….the thought crossed my mind that she needed an UMR page. As for The Hill…..it looks interesting….as I like baseball movies. I think Quaid plays the father of Ricky Hill. Quaid is a great athlete but at 70ish…his days of doing sports seem to be over. Good stuff and thanks for the headsup on my spelling error on her last name.
FYI – Bonnie’s real last name is Culkin….Culkin of Home Alone fame…..so if one were to connect those dots….John and Holly McClane are the uncle and aunt of Kevin in Home Alone and Roman of Succession.
HI BIG PERSON Thanks for your reply and the additional interesting trivia. “When the Legend’s more exciting than the Truth print the Legend,” it was said in Stewart/Wayne’s The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance; and so it is that the fable that Die Hard is a Christmas movie continues to excite the misinformed.
Actually I had been thinking about you and Die Hard and have decided that maybe in attempting to put down [albeit without much success] your opinions in the matter I am being a bit harsh on you.
What has led me to this conclusion is that the other night I watched a rerun of the Cheers sitcom episode called “The Spy who came in for a Cold One” [Series 1 episode 12 aired first Dec 16th 1982] in which a posh seemingly-eccentric character comes into the bar, orders a beer and tells everyone that he’s a spy.
Nobody believes him but schoolmarm-type condescending waitress Diane [Shelley Long] – no reflection on your profession WH! – decides that his seeming duplicity is either fantasy or untruth and she proposes to confront him with those accusations and tell him to catch himself on.
However bar owner Sam Malone [Ted Danson] takes her aside and explains that people come into bars to get away from reality for a while and if the guy wants to think he’s a spy Diane is to leave him alone to relax and enjoy his dream world. “What harm is he doing even if his beliefs are untrue?” Sam asks Diane.
And so it occurred to me that Sam was right and by extension I said to myself “Bob, what harm does it do if The Work Horse and Steve want to believe -or pretend they think- that Die Hard is a Christmas movie? Leave them alone Bob to enjoy their dreams and don’t be a pain in the *** like Diane.”
EXPLANATORY NOTE: It turned out the guy was not a spy but actually a genuine billionaire out “slumming” for fun. Billionaires of course are allowed to have any dreams that the wish to and be as eccentric as they like – take Howard Hughes for example!