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Dianne Wiest (1948-) is an Oscar® winning American actress.  She has twice won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, for the Woody Allen films Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) and Bullets over Broadway (1994).  Dianne Wiest’s IMDb page shows over 60 acting credits since 1975.  This page will rank Dianne Wiest movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, movies that were not released in North American theaters were not included in the rankings.  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.

Dianne Wiest 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
1989	Parenthood (1989) AA Best Supp Actress Nom
1996	The Birdcage (1996)
1986	Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Supp Actress Win
1990	Edward Scissorhands (1990)
2005	Robots (2005) Voice Only
1998	The Horse Whisperer (1998)
1984	Footloose (1984)
2018	The Mule (2018)
1994	Bullets over Broadway (1994) AA Best Supp Actress Win
1987	The Lost Boys (1987)
2015	Sisters (2015)
1987	Radio Days (1987)
1985	The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
1991	Little Man Tate (1991)
2007	Dan in Real Life (2007)
2001	I Am Sam (2001)
2010	Rabbit Hole (2010)
1998	Practical Magic (1998)
1980	It's My Turn (1980)
2008	Synecdoche, New York (2008)
2006	A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006)
1984	Falling in Love (1984)
2012	The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012)
1996	The Associate (1996)
2022	My Father's Dragon (2022) Netflix Voice Only
1988	Bright Lights, Big City (1988)
2020	Let Them All Talk (2020) HBO Movie
1983	Independence Day (1983)
1982	I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can (1982)
2007	Dedication (2007)
1987	September (1987)
2002	Merci Docteur Rey (2004)
1995	Drunks (1995)
2014	The Humbling (2014)
2011	The Big Year (2011)
1989	Cookie (1989)
1994	Cops and Robbersons (1994)
2009	Rage (2009)
2012	Darling Companion (2012)
2015	Five Nights In Maine (2015)
2008	Passengers (2008)
1994	The Scout (1994)

Dianne Wiest 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 anyway you want.

• Sort Dianne Wiest movies by co-stars of her movies
• Sort Dianne Wiest movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
• Sort Dianne Wiest movies by yearly domestic box office grosses rank
• Sort Dianne Wiest movies by how they were received by critics and audiences.  60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
• Sort Dianne Wiest movies by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each movie received.
• Sort Dianne Wiest movies by Ultimate Movie Ranking (UMR) Score.  UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
• Blue link in Co-star column takes you to that star’s UMR movie page

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	Parenthood (1989) AA Best Supp Actress Nom	Steve Martin & Mary Steenburgen	100.00	271.7	342.90	10	85	02 / 00	98.5
3	The Birdcage (1996)	Gene Hackman & Robin Williams	124.10	302.6	451.80	9	75	01 / 00	96.5
2	Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Supp Actress Win	Michael Caine & Mia Farrow	35.40	102.8	102.80	30	90	07 / 03	96.1
5	Edward Scissorhands (1990)	Johnny Depp & Winona Ryder	56.40	156.6	239.00	20	85	01 / 00	95.0
4	Robots (2005) Voice Only	Ewan McGregor & Robin Williams	128.20	215.9	439.10	15	66	00 / 00	94.2
6	The Horse Whisperer (1998)	Robert Redford & Kristin Scott Thomas	75.40	173.3	429.60	25	70	01 / 00	92.8
7	Footloose (1984)	Kevin Bacon & John Lithgow	80.00	256.8	256.80	7	55	02 / 00	91.2
8	The Mule (2018)	Clint Eastwood & Bradley Cooper	103.80	122.8	197.10	30	70	00 / 00	87.5
9	Bullets over Broadway (1994) AA Best Supp Actress Win	John Cusack & Jennifer Tilly	13.40	35.4	35.40	98	85	07 / 01	85.2
10	The Lost Boys (1987)	Jason Patric & Corey Haim	32.20	88.8	88.80	36	72	00 / 00	83.8
13	Sisters (2015)	Amy Poehler & Tina Fey	87.00	111.3	134.30	32	62	00 / 00	82.2
11	Radio Days (1987)	Diane Keaton & Directed by Woody Allen	14.80	40.8	40.80	67	82	02 / 00	81.7
12	The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)	Mia Farrow & Van Johnson	10.60	32.3	32.30	79	84	01 / 00	81.0
14	Little Man Tate (1991)	Jodie Foster & Harry Connick Jr.	25.00	64.0	64.00	53	74	00 / 00	80.4
15	Dan in Real Life (2007)	Emily Blunt & Steve Carell	47.60	74.6	107.10	57	69	00 / 00	79.7
16	I Am Sam (2001)	Sean Penn & Michelle Pfeiffer	40.30	76.9	186.60	61	59	01 / 00	72.3
17	Rabbit Hole (2010)	Nicole Kidman & Giancarlo Esposito	2.20	3.0	7.00	161	78	00 / 00	65.3
20	Practical Magic (1998)	Sandra Bullock & Nicole Kidman	46.70	107.3	156.70	44	42	00 / 00	63.5
19	It's My Turn (1980)	Jill Clayburgh & Michael Douglas	13.60	56.4	56.40	58	59	00 / 00	63.3
18	Synecdoche, New York (2008)	Philip Seymour Hoffman	3.10	4.6	6.60	178	74	00 / 00	60.7
21	A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006)	Robert Downey Jr. & Channing Tatum	0.50	0.8	3.30	247	73	00 / 00	57.7
22	Falling in Love (1984)	Meryl Streep & Robert DeNiro	11.10	35.7	35.70	72	62	00 / 00	57.0
23	The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012)	Jennifer Garner & Joel Edgerton	51.90	70.2	70.20	64	51	00 / 00	55.7
24	The Associate (1996)	Whoopi Goldberg	12.80	31.3	31.30	108	61	00 / 00	52.2
25	My Father's Dragon (2022) Netflix Voice Only	Judy Greer	0.10	0.1	0.10	213	68	00 / 00	46.3
27	Bright Lights, Big City (1988)	Michael J. Fox & Kiefer Sutherland	16.10	42.3	42.30	61	54	00 / 00	45.6
25	Let Them All Talk (2020) HBO Movie	Meryl Streep & Candice Bergen	0.10	0.1	0.10	287	67	00 / 00	45.4
26	Independence Day (1983)	Kathleen Quinlan	0.20	0.5	0.50	152	66	00 / 00	43.7
27	I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can (1982)	Jill Clayburgh & Nicol Williamson	0.30	1.1	1.10	149	64	00 / 00	38.5
29	Dedication (2007)	Billy Crudup & Mandy Moore	0.10	0.1	0.10	295	62	00 / 00	34.1
30	September (1987)	Mia Farrow & Directed by Woody Allen	0.50	1.3	1.30	201	62	00 / 00	33.8
30	Merci Docteur Rey (2004)	Jane Birkin	0.00	0.1	0.10	325	58	00 / 00	25.4
32	Drunks (1995)	Faye Dunaway & Sam Rockwell	0.00	0.1	0.10	269	57	00 / 00	23.5
33	The Humbling (2014)	Al Pacino	0.10	0.1	0.10	273	54	00 / 00	18.0
34	The Big Year (2011)	Steve Martin & Jack Black	7.20	9.8	10.40	150	50	00 / 00	17.8
35	Cookie (1989)	Peter Falk	1.90	5.1	5.10	142	47	00 / 00	11.7
36	Cops and Robbersons (1994)	Chevy Chase & Jack Palance	11.40	30.1	30.10	105	39	00 / 00	11.7
37	Rage (2009)	Judi Dench	0.10	0.1	0.10	350	46	00 / 00	8.2
38	Darling Companion (2012)	Diane Keaton & Kevin Kline	0.80	1.1	1.10	200	45	00 / 00	7.7
39	Five Nights In Maine (2015)	David Oyelowo	0.00	0.1	0.10	385	42	00 / 00	5.1
40	Passengers (2008)	Anne Hathaway & Patrick Wilson	0.30	0.4	8.70	249	40	00 / 00	4.2
41	The Scout (1994)	Albert Brooks & Brendan Fraser	2.70	7.1	7.10	164	34	00 / 00	2.3

The Best of IMDb Trivia on Dianne Wiest

1. Dianne Wiest was born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1948.

2. Along with Shelley Winters, Dianne Wiest is one of only two actresses to have won the Academy Award® for Best Supporting Actress on two occasions: Winters won for The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) and A Patch of Blue (1965) and Wiest won for Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) and Bullets Over Broadway (1994).

3. Dianne Wiest appeared in five films directed by Woody Allen: The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), Radio Days (1987), September (1987) and Bullets Over Broadway (1994).

4. Dianne Wiest is just 9ye ars older than Lori Singer, who played her daughter in Footloose (1984)

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