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Geena Davis (1956-) is an Oscar® winning American actress. Davis made her movie debut in the box office blockbuster Tootsie (1982). 1988’s Beetlejuice brought her to international fame while The Accidental Tourist (also 1988) earned her the Oscar® for Best Supporting Actress. Davis’ IMDb page shows over 50 acting credits since 1982. This page will rank Geena Davis 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.
Geena Davis 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
1982
Tootsie (1982)
AA Best Picture Nom
1988
Beetlejuice (1988)
1992
A League of Their Own (1992)
1991
Thelma & Louise (1991)
AA Best Actress Nom
1999
Stuart Little (1999)
1985
Fletch (1985)
1986
The Fly (1986)
2002
Stuart Little 2 (2002)
1988
The Accidental Tourist (1988)
AA Best Picture Nom
AA Best Supp Actress Win
1990
Quick Change (1990)
1996
The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)
1992
Hero (1992)
2014
When Marnie Was There (2014)
Voice Only
2024
Blink Twice (2024)
1988
Earth Girls Are Easy (1988)
2013
In a World... (2013)
1994
Angie (1994)
2017
Marjorie Prime (2017)
1995
Cutthroat Island (1995)
1985
Transylvania 6-5000 (1985)
1994
Speechless (1994)
2020
Ava (2020)
Geena Davis 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 Geena Davis movies by co-stars of her movies
- Sort Geena Davis movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Geena Davis movies by yearly domestic box office rank
- Sort Geena Davis movies by how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort Geena Davis movies by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each movie received.
- Sort Geena Davis 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 | Tootsie (1982) AA Best Picture Nom |
Dustin Hoffman & Bill Murray |
167.20 | 613.1 | 756.10 | 2 | 87 | 10 / 01 | 99.6 | |
| 3 | Beetlejuice (1988) | Alec Baldwin & Michael Keaton |
73.70 | 193.3 | 221.70 | 10 | 78 | 01 / 01 | 97.0 | |
| 2 | A League of Their Own (1992) | Tom Hanks & Madonna |
107.50 | 279.3 | 344.00 | 10 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 96.5 | |
| 5 | Thelma & Louise (1991) AA Best Actress Nom |
Susan Sarandon & Brad Pitt |
45.40 | 116.1 | 116.10 | 27 | 88 | 06 / 01 | 94.3 | |
| 4 | Stuart Little (1999) | Michael J. Fox | 140.00 | 298.3 | 639.40 | 11 | 64 | 01 / 00 | 93.9 | |
| 7 | Fletch (1985) | Chevy Chase | 50.60 | 153.7 | 153.70 | 12 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 91.7 | |
| 6 | The Fly (1986) | Jeff Goldblum & John Getz |
40.50 | 117.6 | 176.20 | 25 | 81 | 01 / 01 | 91.5 | |
| 9 | Stuart Little 2 (2002) | Michael J. Fox | 65.00 | 120.7 | 315.90 | 42 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 87.1 | |
| 8 | The Accidental Tourist (1988) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Supp Actress Win |
Kathleen Turner & William Hurt |
32.60 | 85.6 | 85.60 | 34 | 69 | 04 / 01 | 86.5 | |
| 10 | Quick Change (1990) | Bill Murray & Jason Robards |
15.30 | 38.9 | 38.90 | 82 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 76.4 | |
| 11 | The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) | Samuel L. Jackson | 33.40 | 81.6 | 218.20 | 46 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 74.8 | |
| 13 | Hero (1992) | Dustin Hoffman & Andy Garcia |
19.50 | 50.7 | 50.70 | 67 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 68.8 | |
| 13 | When Marnie Was There (2014) Voice Only |
John C. Reilly | 0.60 | 0.7 | 46.90 | 193 | 79 | 01 / 00 | 66.7 | |
| 14 | Blink Twice (2024) | Channing Tatum | 23.10 | 23.1 | 46.30 | 49 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 60.9 | |
| 14 | Earth Girls Are Easy (1988) | Jim Carrey & Jeff Goldblum |
3.90 | 10.3 | 10.30 | 132 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 45.5 | |
| 15 | In a World... (2013) | Lake Bell | 3.00 | 3.9 | 4.10 | 157 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 40.9 | |
| 16 | Angie (1994) | Stephen Rea & James Gandolfini |
9.40 | 24.8 | 24.80 | 115 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 32.6 | |
| 17 | Marjorie Prime (2017) | Tim Robbins | 0.20 | 0.2 | 0.20 | 223 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 29.9 | |
| 18 | Cutthroat Island (1995) | Matthew Modine & Frank Langella |
10.00 | 24.8 | 24.80 | 114 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 22.9 | |
| 19 | Transylvania 6-5000 (1985) | Jeff Goldblum | 7.20 | 21.9 | 21.90 | 103 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 21.1 | |
| 20 | Speechless (1994) | Michael Keaton | 20.70 | 54.6 | 54.60 | 67 | 34 | 00 / 00 | 14.0 | |
| 21 | Ava (2020) | Jessica Chastain & John Malkovich |
0.50 | 0.5 | 3.20 | 68 | 37 | 00 / 00 | 2.8 |
The Best of IMDb Trivia on Geena Davis
1. Virginia Elizabeth Davis was born in Wareham, Massachusetts in 1956.
2. Geena Davis Replaced Debra Winger who pulled out of A League of Their Own (1992) after learning Madonna was going to be in the film.
3. Geena Davis is a member of MENSA.
4. Geena Davis turned down The Grifters (1990) and Basic Instinct (1992).
Check out Geena Davis” career compared to current and classic actors. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.
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I think Geena is one of the tallest actresses in Hollywood, about 6ft methinks. wonder who’s taller Geena or Sigourney?
I’ve seen 15 of the 20 films on the chart. Favorites are- Beetlejuice, The Fly, Fletch, Thelma and Louise, Earth Girls are Easy and The Last Kiss Goodnight.
Tootsie was a monster hit, watched it a couple of times, not a favorite. I’d rather watch Robin Williams as Mrs. Doubtfire. 🙂
Good work Bruce and thanks for video share, it is appreciated. Vote Up!
Ask the question in another way: which one would Laddie have required the higher box for him to co-star opposite?
As far as I know the position is as follows:
Geena : 6ft dead. In fact the tallest girl in her class when she was at school. WH wouldn’t have pushed her around!
Sigourney: 5ft 11 and three quarters.
Nicole Kidman: 5ft 11″; To reporters after divorcing Cruise “At last I can wear high heels again!”
Tall ladies. Alan Ladd would look like a child next to them.
But was he that short or are we all exaggerating? Was he as tall as Michael J Fox or Tom Cruise? Had to be taller than Danny DeVito surely? I know Veronica Lake was tiny. Ladd’s favorite co-star. 🙂
SHORTEST TO THE BOTTOM TALLEST TO THE TOP
Danny DeVito/4ft 10ins
Joe Yule Junior/5ft 2ins
Holly Hunter/5ft 2ins
Veronica Lake/5ft 2 ins
Joe Pesci/5ft 3ins [in real life but 6ft 3 inches on the Cogerson site]
Michael J Fox/5ft 4 and one quarter inches
Alan Ladd/5ft 6 and one quarter inches
James Cagney/5ft 6 and one half inches
Al Pacino/5ft 7ins
Eddie Robinson/5ft 7ins
George Raft/5ft 7ins
Tom Cruise/5ft 7 ins
James Arness/6ft 6ins
Bruce Cogerson 7 feet
THE ANOMOLY: Ladd is just quarter inch shorter than Cagney and only three quarters shorter than Pacino, Robinson, Raft and Cruise, yet Laddie has been treated as almost a movie freak for years whilst the others have all gotten a bye. I have just watched an old Fred Astaire film in which within the space of 5 mins the middle-aged Fred was 3 times addressed as “young man”
Hey Steve….our tally counts are very close. She is indeed 6 feet tall….Weaver is just a tick under 6 feet…so the edge goes to Davis. The Last Goodnight is a sneaky good movie…Samuel L. Jackson considers that movie to be one of the best of his career….which is really impressive when you know how many movies he has made. I am right there with you on Williams and Hoffman…though neither Tootsie or Mrs. Doubtfire get rewatched much by me. Always glad to share your videos. Good stuff!
Wasn’t MIchael Douglas along with Tom Cruise mentioned for Cutthroat Island before Renny Harlin decided his wife should be the star? I think Cruise didn’t want to be second billed to a woman and Michael Douglas was originally supposed to be the lead. Didn’t Geena also participate in the Olympics in archery?
The Accidental Tourist made my 10 best of 1988.
Geena has never been on the Oracle of Bacon Top 1000 Center of the Hollywood Universe list. These are the actors on the list she has appeared with.
2 HARVEY KEITEL Thelma & Louise (1991)
11 SAMUEL L. JACKSON The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)
26 MICHAEL MADSEN Thelma & Louise (1991)
47 JACKIE CHAN The Accidental Spy (2001)
70 SUSAN SARANDON Thelma & Louise (1991)
78 JASON ROBARDS Quick Change (1990)
108 M. EMMET WALSH Fletch (1985)
115 DUSTIN HOFFMAN Hero (1992/I)
115 DUSTIN HOFFMAN Tootsie (1982)
123 JEFF GOLDBLUM Earth Girls Are Easy (1989)
123 JEFF GOLDBLUM The Fly (1986)
123 JEFF GOLDBLUM Transylvania 6-5000 (1985)
134 ALEC BALDWIN Beetlejuice (1988)
151 BRAD PITT Thelma & Louise (1991)
158 JAMES WOODS Stuart Little 2 (2002)
173 TOM HANKS A League of Their Own (1992)
176 STEPHEN TOBOLOWSKY Hero (1992/I)
176 STEPHEN TOBOLOWSKY Thelma & Louise (1991)
199 BILL MURRAY Quick Change (1990)
199 BILL MURRAY Tootsie (1982)
200 BRIAN COX The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)
206 STANLEY TUCCI Quick Change (1990)
212 DAVID STRAITHAIRN A League of Their Own (1992)
229 CHARLES DURNING Tootsie (1982)
238 TONY SHALHOUB QUICK CHANGE (1990)
244 RANDY QUAID Quick Change (1990)
246 WILLIAM HURT The Accidental Tourist (1988)
254 FRANK LANGELLA Cutthroat Island (1995)
255 EDWARD HERRMANN Hero (1992/I)
268 CAROL KANE Transylvania 6-5000 (1985)
294 MELANIE GRIFFITH Stuart Little 2 (2002)
312 HARRIS YULIN Cutthroat Island (1995)
314 BILL PULLMAN A League of Their Own (1992)
314 BILL PULLMAN The Accidental Tourist (1988)
317 ANDY GARCIA Hero (1992/I)
331 CHRISTOPHER MCDONALD Thelma & Louise (1991)
343 JON POLITO Stuart Little (1999)
346 MICHAEL MCKEAN Earth Girls Are Easy (1989)
375 TERI GARR Tootsie (1982)
405 ERNIE HUDSON Speechless (1994)
445 DABNEY COLEMAN Stuart Little (1999)
445 DABNEY COLEMAN Tootsie (1982)
457 DAVID ALAN GRIER Stuart Little (1999)
498 MAURY CHAYKIN Cutthroat Island (1995)
498 MAURY CHAYKIN Hero (1992/I)
507 TOM ARNOLD Hero (1992/I)
522 WINONA RYDER Beetlejuice (1988)
569 RICHARD RIEHLE Hero (1992/I)
573 RICHARD SCHIFF Speechless (1994)
576 JOAN CUSACK HERO (1992/I)
578 MATTHEW MODINE Cutthroat Island (1995)
584 JENNIFER TILLY Stuart Little (1999)
594 STEPHEN REA Angie (1994)
596 JON LOVITZ A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN (1992)
611 BRAD GARRETT STUART LITTLE 2 (2002)
615 JOE DON BAKER Fletch (1985)
620 HANK AZARIA SPECIAL THANKS TO ROY LONDON (2005)
633 CHEVY CHASE Fletch (1985)
633 CHEVY CHASE Hero (1992/I)
644 JEFFREY JONES Beetlejuice (1988)
644 JEFFREY JONES Stuart Little (1999)
644 JEFFREY JONES Transylvania 6-5000 (1985)
681 ED BEGLEY JR. The Accidental Tourist (1988)
681 ED BEGLEY JR. Transylvania 6-5000 (1985)
745 HARRY SHEARER A League of Their Own (1992)
745 HARRY SHEARER Speechless (1994)
752 FAMKE JANSSEN Special Thanks to Roy London (2005)
762 FRED TATASCIORE WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE (2014)
774 CAMERON DIAZ In a World …(2013)
813 DAVID MORSE THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT (1996)
834 JIM CARREY Earth Girls Are Easy (1989)
856 VICTOR ARGO Quick Change (1990)
929 CATHERINE KEENER Thelma & Louise (1991)
932 MICHAEL KEATON Beetlejuice (1988)
932 MICHAEL KEATON Speechless (1994)
997 NATHAN LANE STUART LITTLE (1999)
997 NATHAN LANE STUART LITTLE 2 (2002)
HM (974) KURTWOOD SMITH Quick Change (1990)
HM (975) DAVID OGDEN-STEIRS THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST (1988)
HM (996) BRIAN DOYLE-MURRAY Stuart Little (1999)
Geena has appeared with a whopping 7 Oscar winners.
DUSTIN HOFFMAN Hero (1992/I)
DUSTIN HOFFMAN Tootsie (1982)
JASON ROBARDS Quick Change (1990)
JESSICA LANGE Tootsie (1982)
PATRICIA ARQUETTE SPECIAL THANKS TO ROY LONDON (2005)
SUSAN SARANDON Thelma & Louise (1991)
TOM HANKS A League of Their Own (1992)
WILLIAM HURT The Accidental Tourist (1988)
Hey Dan
1. Thanks for the lists on Geena Davis…they are greatly appreciated.
2. As for Cuthroat Island….I have read a book about the greatest box office bombs of all-time…and that movie has a long chapter in the book.
3. You are correct….Douglas and Cruise were indeed attached to the movie. Cruise at the beginning when Davis and her husband were not involved. Douglas bowed out when he saw the approaching trainwreck. Davis was going to be the second lead…until everyone bailed. Even Charlie Sheen passed. That left Matthew Modine in the role..and his star wattage was well behind Davis’ clout.
4. Davis finished 20th of 24 in an Olympic archery tournament….I think it was one that decided who got to go to the Olympics.
5. I liked the Accidental Tourist as well…she was easily the best part of that movie.
6. With only 20 movies listed here…not surprised she did not crack the Oracle top 1000.
7. Looks like Jeff Goldblum is her most frequent Oracle co-star….they were married when they made those movies.
8. Not many Oscar winning co-stars…heck that might be the lowest tally ever…at least from the lists you have provided.
Good stuff as always.
I have seen 5 Geena Davis Movies.
The HIGHEST rated movie I have seen is Tootsie.
The highest rated movie I have NOT seen is Stuart Little.
The LOWEST rated movie I have seen is The Accidental Tourist. I read the book in high school English.
Favourite Geena Davis Movies:
Tootsie
A League of Their Own
Thelma and Louise
The Accidental Tourist
Other Geena Davis Movie I Have Seen:
Beetlejuice
Hey Flora…..thanks for the comment and thoughts on Geena Davis. I have seen 17 or 85% of her movies. The only one I missed during her prime movie star days was Angie. Seen and liked all of your favorites…with Tootsie, A League of Their Own joining A Long Kiss Goodnight, Beetlejuice and Fletch as my favorite Davis movies. Not thinking you are missing much by skipping either Stuart Little movie. Good stuff as always.
1/As Bruce’s charts above show Geena has barely registered on the big screen since the Stuart Little films at the turn of this century. Probably her potential for major lasting stardom was dealt a savage blow by the massive commercial flop of 1995’s Cutthroat Island in which she was billed as the top star.
2/ WIKIPEDIA:”Cutthroat Island had a total production budget of $98 million (though some put the figure as high as $115 million) and the total U.S. gross was $10,017,322. In 2014, the LA Times listed the film as one of the most expensive box office flops of all time as well as making the Guinness World Record as the biggest box-office bomb of all-time.” Those figures are actual but BRUCE, above, gives the film a paltry adjusted $20 mil US gross and a low 49% rating for review. The budgetary figures quoted are equivalent to 160-190 million in today’s dollars.
3/Certainly nowadays Geena [like William Hurt, Meg Ryan and Demi Moore of Geena’s time in the sun] has to be considered a ‘light of former days’ and the heady times of Thelma and Louise, Accidental Tourist and A League of Their Own [the latter two great faves of mine] seem consigned to the distant past.
4/But for Geena a t least that’s just in the movies because perhaps more importantly in the greater scheme of things Geena does much real-life charity and humanitarian work and in fact it has been announced that next year [2020] she will receive the Jean Hersholt humanitarian award bringing her total awards/noms to 12 and 29 respectively.
5/Also Geena has built up a nice little nest egg of $30 million according to Celeb Net Worth and although she has received no Cogerson love of any kind in Bruce’s book or in his Greatest female actresses 1950-2010 list, she is ranked no 41 among the 100 best actresses of the MODERN time according to an IMDB list. In addition she is ranked 57th on an IMDB list of ALL-TIME greatest actresses above (a) such classic era Legends as Bacall, Audrey Hepburn, Garbo and Deb Kerr (b) the likes of my fave Streisand and Cogerson ‘pet’ Demi Moore among modern actresses who are still alive.
6/In short in my opinion Geena is worthy of this new page, which is “Voted Up.”
Hey Bob. Great thoughts on Geena Davis. I agree with everything you have written. I think you are 100% correct….the bomb Cutthroat Island pretty much ended the peak of her movie starring days. It has been supporting roles and television roles since then. Also…it should be noted that she turned 39 in 1995….the curse of 39 strikes again. Her Honorary Oscar is well merited…yet I still think Harrison Ford should get one (opening that can of worms again…lol). I do not regret my exclusion of her in my book….hard to be among the greats when you only have 20 movies and half were supporting roles. Good stuff as always.
HI BRUCE
As the song says “We belong to a mutual admiration society!” – I am content with everything you say.