Christopher Walken Movies

If Christopher Walken (1943-) is not the best character actor performing right now , then he is close to the top of that list. When I think of Mr. Walken, the following movies scenes pop into my head. His Colonel Koons telling young Butch Coolidge about the history of Butch’s watch in the classic Pulp Fiction (1994).  His interrogation of Dennis Hooper in True Romance (1993).  And of course playing Russian roulette with Robert DeNiro in The Deer Hunter (1978).

Christopher Walken has been appearing in movies since 1969. He became an overnight sensation 8 years later with his Oscar® winning performance in The Deer Hunter (1969).  After a few lead roles, he pretty much slipped into supporting roles.  It is a role that suites him pretty well.

His IMDb page shows 133 acting credits since 1969. This page will rank 73 Christopher Walken movies from Best to Worst in five different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos and movies that were not released in theaters were not included in the rankings.

Christopher Walken Movies Ranked By Combination of Box Office, Reviews and Awards (UMR Score) *Classic UMR Table (the one with all the stats is the second table)

Christopher Walken and Danny DeVito in 1992's Batman Returns
Christopher Walken and Danny DeVito in 1992’s Batman Returns

Christopher Walken Movies Can Be Ranked 5 Ways In This Table

The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.

  • Sort by Christopher Walken movies by his co-stars
  • Sort Christopher Walken movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
  • Sort Christopher Walken movies by yearly domestic box office rank
  • Sort Christopher Walken movies how they were received by critics and audiences.  60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
  • Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Christopher Walken movie received.
  • Sort Christopher Walken movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score.  UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.

Stats and Possibly Interesting Things From The Above Christopher Walken Table

  1. Fifteen Christopher Walken movies crossed the magical $100 million domestic gross mark.  That is a percentage of 48.38% of his movies listed. 1992’s Batman Returns is his biggest box office hit.
  2. An average Christopher Walken movie grosses $58.20 million in adjusted box office gross.
  3. Using RottenTomatoes.com’s 60% fresh meter.  30 Christopher Walken movies are rated as good movies…or 46.15% of his movies.  Pulp Fiction (1994) is his highest rated movie while Gigli (2003) is his lowest rated movie.
  4. Ten Christopher Walken movies received at least one Oscar® nomination in any category…..or 15.38% of his movies.
  5. Five Christopher Walken movies won at least one Oscar® in any category…..or 7.69% of his movies.
  6. A “good movie” Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score is 60.00.  26 Christopher Walken movies scored higher that average….or 33.84% of his movies.  The Deer Hunter (1978) got the the highest UMR Score while Gigli (2003) got the lowest UMR Score.

Check out Steve Lensman’s Christopher Walken You Tube Video

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69 thoughts on “Christopher Walken Movies

  1. Wow I never knew all of this. I am going to go rent the ones I have not yet seen. Beautiful and full of information

  2. Yes, the Fatboy Slim video was a good one for Walken.

    Did he not play “himself” in “Being Christopher Walken” or some odd movie with a similar title?

  3. His best as Frank Abagnale Sr. In Catch Me If You Can. Also his skits on SNL are unforgettable. Also has a great appearance in a Fatboy Slim video, pretty awesome lots of dancing from Walken.

  4. CATCH ME IF YOU CAN WAS A VERY GOOD MOVIE – SAW IT AGAIN RECENTLY – REALLY SOMETHING FOR A TRUE STORY…Understand the character is living out west with his family…perhaps Oregon but not sure….keep the stats coming…so interesting.

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