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Don Siegel (1912-1991) was an American director. Siegel was most famous for directing 1956’s Invasion of the Body Snatchers, five movies with Clint Eastwood, including 1971’s Dirty Harry, 1979’s Escape from Alcatraz, and John Wayne’s final film, 1976’s The Shootist. His IMDB page shows 50 directing credits from 1945 to 1982. This page will rank Don Siegel movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos, uncredited roles, and movies that were not released in North American were not included in the rankings.
Don Siegel Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews, and awards.
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| 1971 | Dirty Harry (1971) |  |
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| 1979 | Escape from Alcatraz (1979) | |
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| 1956 | Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) |  |
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| 1976 | The Shootist (1976) |  |
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| 1954 | Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954) | |
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| 1960 | Flaming Star (1960) | |
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| 1946 | The Verdict (1946) | |
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| 1949 | The Big Steal (1949) | |
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| 1970 | Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970) | |
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| 1962 | Hell is for Heroes (1962) |  |
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| 1957 | Baby Face Nelson (1957) | |
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| 1968 | Coogan's Bluff (1968) | |
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| 1964 | The Killers (1964) | |
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| 1973 | Charley Varrick (1973) | |
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| 1971 | The Beguiled (1971) | |
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| 1956 | Crime in the Streets (1956) |  |
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| 1952 | The Duel at Silver Creek (1952) | |
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| 1968 | Madigan (1968) | |
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| 1954 | Private Hell 36 (1954) | |
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| 1959 | Edge of Eternity (1959) | |
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| 1958 | The Lineup (1958) Director |
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| 1969 | Death of a Gunfighter (1969) | |
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| 1949 | Night Unto Night (1949) | |
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| 1958 | The Gun Runners (1958) |  |
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| 1977 | Telefon (1977) |  |
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| 1959 | Hound-Dog Man (1959) Director |
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| 1953 | Count The Hours! (1953) Director |
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| 1980 | Rough Cut (1980) | |
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| 1955 | An Annapolis Story (1955) |  |
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| 1982 | Jinxed! (1982) | |
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| 1974 | The Black Windmill (1974) | |
Don Siegel 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 any way you want.
- Sort Don Siegel movies by his co-stars
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- Sort Don Siegel 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 Don Siegel movie received.
- Sort Don Siegel 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 | ||||
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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 | Dirty Harry (1971) | Clint Eastwood & Andrew Robinson |
39.60 | 258.7 | 258.70 | 8 | 86 | 00 / 00 | 98.4 | |
| 2 | Escape from Alcatraz (1979) | Clint Eastwood & Patrick McGoohan |
47.30 | 203.1 | 203.10 | 17 | 83 | 00 / 00 | 98.0 | |
| 3 | Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) | Kevin McCarthy & Dana Wynter |
6.00 | 117.6 | 117.60 | 47 | 82 | 00 / 00 | 91.0 | |
| 4 | The Shootist (1976) | John Wayne & Lauren Bacall |
18.10 | 91.8 | 91.80 | 38 | 81 | 01 / 00 | 88.2 | |
| 5 | Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954) | Walter Wanger | 4.40 | 102.6 | 102.60 | 67 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 87.1 | |
| 6 | Flaming Star (1960) | Elvis Presley & Barbara Eden |
5.70 | 89.3 | 89.30 | 49 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 83.7 | |
| 7 | The Verdict (1946) | Sydney Greenstreet & Peter Lorre |
2.70 | 82.6 | 132.10 | 111 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 83.3 | |
| 8 | The Big Steal (1949) | Robert Mitchum | 4.00 | 99.2 | 128.80 | 92 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 81.9 | |
| 9 | Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970) | Clint Eastwood & Shirley MacLaine |
10.90 | 75.8 | 75.80 | 33 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 80.8 | |
| 10 | Hell is for Heroes (1962) | Steve McQueen & Bobby Darin |
3.70 | 53.4 | 53.40 | 65 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 79.2 | |
| 11 | Baby Face Nelson (1957) | Mickey Rooney & Carolyn Jones |
3.60 | 68.8 | 68.80 | 68 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 78.1 | |
| 12 | Coogan's Bluff (1968) | Clint Eastwood & Lee J. Cobb |
6.80 | 56.1 | 56.10 | 55 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 76.5 | |
| 13 | The Killers (1964) | Lee Marvin & Angie Dickinson |
2.90 | 32.8 | 32.80 | 84 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 73.7 | |
| 14 | Charley Varrick (1973) | Walter Matthau & Joe Don Baker |
3.00 | 18.5 | 18.50 | 95 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 71.5 | |
| 15 | The Beguiled (1971) | Clint Eastwood & Geraldine Page |
3.30 | 21.8 | 21.80 | 79 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 70.2 | |
| 16 | Crime in the Streets (1956) | John Cassavetes & Sal Mineo |
3.40 | 67.2 | 67.20 | 100 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 66.5 | |
| 18 | The Duel at Silver Creek (1952) | Audie Murphy & Faith Domergue |
3.50 | 68.1 | 68.10 | 108 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 64.3 | |
| 17 | Madigan (1968) | Richard Widmark & Henry Fonda |
3.10 | 25.9 | 25.90 | 87 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 62.3 | |
| 19 | Private Hell 36 (1954) | Howard Duff | 1.20 | 28.5 | 28.50 | 143 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 57.6 | |
| 20 | Edge of Eternity (1959) | Cornel Wilde | 1.90 | 33.4 | 33.40 | 117 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 57.2 | |
| 21 | The Lineup (1958) Director |
Eli Wallach | 1.10 | 20.3 | 20.30 | 134 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 54.2 | |
| 22 | Death of a Gunfighter (1969) | Richard Widmark & Lena Horne |
2.60 | 19.5 | 19.50 | 84 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 53.8 | |
| 23 | Night Unto Night (1949) | Broderick Crawford & Ronald Reagan |
1.20 | 31.3 | 79.90 | 174 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 53.1 | |
| 24 | The Gun Runners (1958) | Audie Murphy & Eddie Albert |
2.10 | 38.5 | 38.50 | 104 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 44.8 | |
| 25 | Telefon (1977) | Charles Bronson & Lee Remick |
11.80 | 56.8 | 56.80 | 54 | 43 | 00 / 00 | 31.7 | |
| 26 | Hound-Dog Man (1959) Director |
Carol Lynley | 1.50 | 27.0 | 27.00 | 128 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 28.1 | |
| 27 | Count The Hours! (1953) Director |
Teresa Wright | 1.30 | 23.2 | 23.20 | 191 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 26.0 | |
| 28 | Rough Cut (1980) | Burt Reynolds & Lesley-Anne Down |
16.70 | 69.1 | 69.10 | 47 | 35 | 00 / 00 | 23.1 | |
| 29 | An Annapolis Story (1955) | Kevin McCarthy | 0.40 | 8.9 | 8.90 | 193 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 14.6 | |
| 29 | Jinxed! (1982) | Bette Midler & Ken Wahl |
2.90 | 10.5 | 10.50 | 109 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 10.6 | |
| 30 | The Black Windmill (1974) | Michael Caine & Donald Pleasence |
1.60 | 9.2 | 9.20 | 116 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 10.2 |
Possibly Interesting Facts About Don Siegel
1. Donald Siegel was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1912.
2. In 1945 Don Siegel directed two shorts (1945’s Hitler Lives and 1945’s Star in the Night ) which both won Academy Awards®.
3. Don Siegel was the first director to be credited by the Director’s Guild of America’s universal pseudonym Alan Smithee, for Death of a Gunfighter (1969). Siegel wished to remain uncredited because he felt the film’s star, Richard Widmark, ruined the picture by insisting on creative control that usurped Siegel’s authority as director, and also because Widmark had fired original director Robert Totten, who completed most of the picture, and Siegel felt that if anyone should be credited for the film it should have been Totten and not him.
4. Don Siegel while filming Flaming Star (1960) starring Elvis Presley, he drove Presley’s new Rolls-Royce for two weeks.
5. Don Siegel was the mentor to Sam Peckinpah and Clint Eastwood.
6. During filming of Dirty Harry (1971), Don Siegel fell ill with the flu, and Clint Eastwood stepped in temporarily as director, during a critical scene involving a suicide jumper. This was Eastwood’s first unbilled credit as director.
7. Clint Eastwood dedicated 1992’s Unforgiven to Don Siegel.
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Don Siegel. one of my favorite directors, thanks to Dirty Harry and Body Snatchers.
I’ve seen 13 out of the 30 on the chart, less than I thought. Favorites include – Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Coogan’s Bluff, Dirty Harry, Flaming Star, Charley Varrick, Escape from Alacatraz and The Shootist.
Dirty Harry tops all the charts, it was no.1 on my video chart too.
Nice work. Vote Up!
I have seen 13 Don Siegel movies.
The HIGHEST rated movie I have seen is Dirty Harry.
The highest rated movie I have NOT seen is Escape From Alcatraz.
The LOWEST rated movie I have seen is Telefon.
Favourite Don Siegel Movies:
Dirty Harry
The Verdict
The Big Steal
Hell is For Heroes
Coogan’s Bluff
Carley Varrick
Madigan
Other Don Siegel Movies I Have Seen;
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
The Shootist
Baby Face Nelson
Crime in the Streets
Telefon
Hey Flora. As always, thanks for stopping by and sharing your movie thoughts. Tally count: A close competition this time around…13 for you and 11 for me. I have seen 4 of your favorites and 3 of your others. I actually saw Telefon in theaters with my parents so many moons ago. Somewhat surprised that two of his better known movies made your others list…..Invasion of the Body Snatchers and The Shootist….both would be on my favorites list. As for Escape From Alcatraz, it is a good watch…and I would recommend it….that was the last Clint/Don movie. Good stuff as always.
Should say Charley Varrick
Hey Flora….got it.
Great UMR Page
Thank you Mike.