Donald Sutherland Movies

Want to know the best Donald Sutherland movies?  How about the worst Donald Sutherland movies?  Curious about Donald Sutherland’s box office grosses or which Donald Sutherland movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Donald Sutherland movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.

Donald Sutherland (1935-2024) was a Canadian actor.  For almost 60 years he appeared in blockbuster movies.  He has successful moved from being a leading man in the 1970s and 1980s to becoming a successful supporting actor in recent years.  The Canadian Michael Caine!  His IMDb page shows 200 acting credits from 1962 to 2024. This page will rank over Donald Sutherland movies.  Movies will be ranked from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos and movies that were not released in theaters in North America were not included in the rankings.

Drivel part of the page:  (1) This Donald Sutherland page comes from a request by Hinto66 & Bern1960 (she’s a Canuck too). (2) For the first time ever….we are including stats for VOD (Video on Demand) grosses.  His The Calling (2014) earned $3 million in revenue through those outlets.  Wonder when a VOD revenue page will hit the internet?  (3) And finally….it took over 5 years to reach this mark….but this is our 400th UMR movie page….confetti falling from the ceiling.

Donald Sutherland in 1967's The Dirty Dozen
Donald Sutherland in 1967’s The Dirty Dozen

Donald Sutherland Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.

Donald Sutherland 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 Donald Sutherland movies by co-stars of his movies
  • Sort Donald Sutherland movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
  • Sort Donald Sutherland movies by yearly domestic box office rank
  • Sort Donald Sutherland 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 Donald Sutherland movie received.
  • Sort Donald Sutherland 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.

Donald Sutherland Adjusted World Wide Box Office Grosses

Donald Sutherland in 1978's Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Donald Sutherland in 1978’s Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Possibly Interesting Facts About Donald Sutherland

  1. Donald McNichol Sutherland was born in Saint John, New Brunswick in 1935.

2. Donald Sutherland studied engineering and drama at Victoria College, University of Toronto.  He eventually decided to drop engineering and left Canada and went to England.  He then attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.

3. Donald Sutherland’s first two credited movie appearances were in movies that starred the legendary Christopher Lee.  Sorry 1964’s Castle of the Living Dead (not released in America) and 1965’s Dr. Terror’s House of Horror (can’t find box office numbers) did not make the page.

4.  Donald Sutherland has never been nominated for an Oscar®….but he does have a 3 movie acting Golden Globe® nominations: 1970’s M.A.S.H., 1980’s Ordinary People & 1998’s Without Limits  He has received 5 more Golden Globe® nominations for his television work..he has won 2 Golden Globe®.

5.  Donald Sutherland might hold the record for most years between number one movies of the year.  In 1967 he starred in The Dirty Dozen…Variety’s Top Box Office Movie of 1967.  48 years later  he starred in the biggest hit of 2013..The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.

6. Donald Sutherland has worked with 7 directors who have won a Best Director Oscar®: John Schlesinger, Bernardo Bertolucci, Robert Redford, Ron Howard, Oliver Stone, Barry Levinson, and Anthony Minghella.

7. Donald Sutherland favorite movie of all-time is 1946’s Great Expectations.

8. Donald Sutherland has been married three times. He has 5 children  Keifer Sutherland is one of his sons.

9. Donald Sutherland’s cumulative movie totals:  Adjusted domestic box office:  $5.77 billion.  His movies received 46 Oscar® nominations….winning 11 times.

10.  Check out Donald Sutherland‘s career compared to current and classic actors.  Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.

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85 thoughts on “Donald Sutherland Movies

  1. I made a comment on your in memoriam page earlier, but couldn’t on this page. Hopefully I will be able to now. He was a Canadian treasure. My favourite movies were The Dirty Dozen – which he was filming in England when Keifer was born – and M*A*S*H. Rest in peace

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