Want to know the best George Roy Hill movies? How about the worst George Roy Hill movies? Curious about George Roy Hill’s box office grosses or which George Roy Hill movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which George Roy Hill movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.
When I was growing up we did not have cable, VHS, DVDs or Clouds. The only movies we saw at home were the ones that came on television. On Sunday nights you could always look forward to seeing a popular movie on network television. Three movies The Sting, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and Slap Shot along with James Bond movies always seemed to be on one of the networks. I eventually came to realize that those three films were directed by one man. That man was George Roy Hill (1921-2002).
During his 26 year directing career….George Roy Hill only directed 14 movies. Although the amount of movies that he directed is small compared to other directors….his catalogue is still pretty impressive. He directed blockbusters (Butch Cassidy & Sundance Kid, The Sting & Hawaii), a popular musical (Throughly Modern Millie) one of the best sports movies (Slap Shot), popular books turned into movies (Slaughterhouse-Five, World According to Garp), plays turned into movies (Period of Adjustment), a good Chevy Chase movie (Funny Farm) and a great romantic movie (A Little Romance).
His IMDb page shows 19 directing credits from 1954-1988. This page will rank 14 George Roy Hill movies from Best to Worst in five different sortable columns of information. His television work are not included in the rankings.
George Roy Hill 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 George Roy Hill’s co-stars of his movies.
- Sort George Roy Hill movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost.
- Sort George Roy Hill movies by their yearly box office rank
- Sort George Roy Hill 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 George Roy Hill movie received.
- Sort George Roy Hill 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 George Roy Hill Table
- Six George Roy Hill movies crossed the magical $100 million domestic gross mark. That is a percentage of 42.85% of his movies listed. The Sting (1973) was his biggest hit.
- An average George Roy Hill movie grossed $222.10 million in adjusted box office gross.
- Using RottenTomatoes.com’s 60% fresh meter. 13 of George Roy Hill’s movies are rated as good movies…or 92.85% of his movies. The Sting (1973) is his highest rated movie while Toys In The Attic (1963) was his lowest rated movie.
- Eight George Roy Hill movies received at least one Oscar® nomination in any category…..or 57.14% of his movies.
- Four George Roy Hill movies won at least one Oscar® in any category…..or 28.57% of his movies.
- An average Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score is 40.00. 11 George Roy Hill movies scored higher that average….or 78.57% of his movies. The Sting (1973) got the the highest UMR Score while Toys In The Attic (1963) got the lowest UMR Score.
Possibly Interesting Facts About George Roy Hill
1. George Roy Hill was born in 1921 in Minneapolis, Minnesota….his family owned the Minneapolis Tribute newspaper.
2. George Roy Hill served in the United States Marine Corp. He was on active duty during World War II and the Korean War.
3. George Roy Hill was married once….had 4 children and 12 grandchildren.
4. After directing the Tennesse Williams’ play Period of Adjustment on Broadway, George Roy Hill was chosen to bring the play to the big screen. Period of Adjustment was not only the first movie Hill directed but also starred a very young Jane Fonda.
5. George Roy Hill was nominated for two Oscars®. He won the Oscar® for Best Director for The Sting. His other nomination was for Best Director for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
6. George Roy Hill directed 3 movies that were the number one box office hits for entire year. Hawaii in 1966, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid in 1969 and The Sting in 1973.
7. George Roy Hill directed 5 different performers in Oscar®-nominated performances: Jocelyn LaGarde in Hawaii, Carol Channing in Throughly Modern Millie, Robert Redford in The Sting and Glenn Close and John Lithgow in The World According to Garp.
8. George Roy Hill directed Robert Redford and Paul Newman three times. The third Redford movie is The Great Waldo Pepper and the third Newman movie is Slap Shot. For years there were rumors of a third Hill/Newman/Redford movie…but sadly that never happened.
9. An excellent book on George Roy Hill is The Films of George Hill by Andrew Horton.
10. After Funny Farm failed at the box office….George Roy Hill retired….he then taught drama at Yale.
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Hello Bruce.
I’ve seen all but the last three on this list. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is my favorite followed by The Sting, Hawaii, The World According to Garp, Slaughterhouse Five, The World of Henry Orient, Period of Adjustment, The Great Waldo Pepper and Slap Shot.
Hey Lyle…3 of your Top 5 would be in my Top 5….as I love Butch, The Sting and World According to Robin….rounding out my Top 5 would be Slap Shot and Funny Farm…..thanks for checking out our George Roy Hill page.
Hello Bruce.
I’ve seen all of these films except Funny Farm, The Little Drummer Girl and Toys in the Attic. My favorites are Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Sting, Hawaii, The World According to Garp, The World of Henry Orient and Slaughterhouse Five. I also like Period of Adjustment, A Little Romance and The Great Waldo Pepper. Slap Shot was okay but I never liked Thoroughly Modern Millie though I do like Julie Andrews.
Hey Lyle….thanks for the mini-reviews on George Roy Hill’s movies. When I was younger he fascinated me for some reason….probably his connections to Redford and Newman….and there numerous movies together. I actually really liked Funny Farm….GRH did a good job of controlling Chase….although Chase broke free a few times. Slaughterhouse Five is growing on me….it is my favorite novel….but the first time I hated the movie…the second viewing was much better….maybe by the third viewing I will like it….thanks for the visit and the comment.