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Gwyneth Paltrow (1972-) is an Oscar® winning American actress. She has also found success singing, writing and in the business world. She has won an Oscar® , a Golden Globe® Award, an Emmy® Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. Gwyneth Paltrow’s IMDb page shows over 55 acting credits since 1981. This page will rank Gwyneth Paltrow 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. This page was requested (repeatedly…lol) by UMR Hall of Famer…bob cox.
Gwyneth Paltrow 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
1998
Shakespeare in Love (1998)
AA Best Picture Win
AA Best Actress Win
2008
Iron Man (2008)
2019
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
2018
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
2012
The Avengers (2012)
2017
Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
1995
Se7en (1995)
2013
Iron Man 3 (2013)
1999
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
2010
Iron Man 2 (2010)
2002
Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)
1991
Hook (1991)
2011
Contagion (2011)
2001
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
1998
A Perfect Murder (1998)
2001
Shallow Hal (2001)
1993
Malice (1993)
1996
Emma (1996)
2004
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
1995
Higher Learning (1995)
1996
Hard Eight (1996)
2008
Two Lovers (2008)
2000
Bounce (2000)
1998
Great Expectations (1998)
1998
Sliding Doors (1998)
1993
Flesh and Bone (1993)
2006
Infamous (2006)
2005
Proof (2005)
1994
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994)
2002
Possession (2002)
2001
The Anniversary Party (2001)
2006
Running with Scissors (2006)
2010
Country Strong (2010)
1995
Moonlight and Valentino (1995)
2012
Thanks for Sharing (2012)
2007
The Good Night (2007)
1995
Jefferson in Paris (1995)
2003
Sylvia (2003)
1996
The Pallbearer (1996)
2000
Duets (2000)
2003
View from the Top (2003)
1998
Hush (1998)
1991
Shout (1991)
2015
Mortdecai (2015)
Gwyneth Paltrow 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 Gwyneth Paltrow movies by co-stars of her movies
- Sort Gwyneth Paltrow movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Gwyneth Paltrow movies by yearly domestic box office grosses rank
- Sort Gwyneth Paltrow movies by how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort Gwyneth Paltrow movies by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each movie received.
- Sort Gwyneth Paltrow 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 | ||||
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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 | Shakespeare in Love (1998) AA Best Picture Win AA Best Actress Win |
Judi Dench & Ben Affleck |
100.30 | 230.6 | 665.00 | 17 | 70 | 13 / 07 | 99.7 | |
| 2 | Iron Man (2008) | Robert Downey Jr. & Terrence Howard |
318.40 | 478.1 | 878.60 | 2 | 89 | 02 / 00 | 98.9 | |
| 3 | Avengers: Endgame (2019) | Paul Rudd & Chris Pratt |
858.40 | 1,010.2 | 3,290.80 | 1 | 89 | 01 / 00 | 98.8 | |
| 4 | Avengers: Infinity War (2018) | Robert Downey Jr. & Chris Hemsworth |
678.80 | 803.3 | 2,421.60 | 2 | 87 | 01 / 00 | 98.6 | |
| 5 | The Avengers (2012) | Robert Downey Jr. & Chris Evans |
623.40 | 844.2 | 2,047.30 | 1 | 86 | 01 / 00 | 98.5 | |
| 6 | Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) | Tom Holland & Michael Keaton |
334.20 | 401.6 | 1,057.80 | 6 | 83 | 00 / 00 | 98.1 | |
| 7 | Se7en (1995) | Brad Pitt & Morgan Freeman |
100.10 | 248.1 | 811.10 | 9 | 82 | 01 / 00 | 97.9 | |
| 8 | Iron Man 3 (2013) | Robert Downey Jr. & Don Cheadle |
397.10 | 526.5 | 1,593.40 | 3 | 75 | 01 / 00 | 96.7 | |
| 10 | The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) | Matt Damon & Philip Seymour Hoffman |
81.30 | 173.2 | 274.40 | 26 | 80 | 05 / 00 | 96.4 | |
| 9 | Iron Man 2 (2010) | Robert Downey Jr. & Don Cheadle |
312.40 | 426.9 | 852.50 | 3 | 71 | 01 / 00 | 95.6 | |
| 11 | Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) | Mike Myers & Michael Caine |
213.30 | 396.5 | 551.40 | 7 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 93.0 | |
| 12 | Hook (1991) | Robin Williams & Directed by Steven Spielberg |
119.70 | 306.4 | 770.40 | 6 | 49 | 05 / 00 | 89.9 | |
| 13 | Contagion (2011) | Matt Damon & Kate Winslet |
75.70 | 102.8 | 184.10 | 45 | 79 | 00 / 00 | 88.8 | |
| 14 | The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) | Gene Hackman & Ben Stiller |
52.40 | 99.9 | 136.30 | 48 | 80 | 01 / 00 | 88.6 | |
| 15 | A Perfect Murder (1998) | Michael Douglas & Viggo Mortensen |
67.60 | 155.5 | 294.30 | 30 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 86.8 | |
| 16 | Shallow Hal (2001) | Jack Black | 70.80 | 135.2 | 269.20 | 34 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 83.4 | |
| 17 | Malice (1993) | Alec Baldwin & Nicole Kidman |
46.40 | 120.8 | 120.80 | 30 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 82.8 | |
| 18 | Emma (1996) | Ewan McGregor | 22.20 | 54.2 | 54.20 | 71 | 72 | 02 / 01 | 79.1 | |
| 19 | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004) | Angelina Jolie & Jude Law |
37.80 | 65.6 | 100.60 | 77 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 78.6 | |
| 20 | Higher Learning (1995) | Ice Cube & Laurence Fishburne |
38.30 | 94.9 | 94.90 | 44 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 78.3 | |
| 21 | Hard Eight (1996) | Samuel L. Jackson & Philip Seymour Hoffman |
0.20 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 239 | 80 | 00 / 00 | 67.0 | |
| 22 | Two Lovers (2008) | Joaquin Phoenix | 3.10 | 4.7 | 24.50 | 177 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 65.5 | |
| 23 | Bounce (2000) | Ben Affleck | 36.80 | 73.6 | 106.90 | 66 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 64.5 | |
| 26 | Great Expectations (1998) | Ethan Hawke & Robert DeNiro |
26.40 | 60.7 | 127.60 | 69 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 61.9 | |
| 24 | Sliding Doors (1998) | John Hannah | 11.80 | 27.2 | 27.20 | 111 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 61.3 | |
| 26 | Flesh and Bone (1993) | Meg Ryan & James Caan |
9.70 | 25.3 | 25.30 | 111 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 59.0 | |
| 27 | Infamous (2006) | Daniel Craig & Sandra Bullock |
1.20 | 1.9 | 4.30 | 226 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 57.7 | |
| 28 | Proof (2005) | Anthony Hopkins & Jake Gyllenhaal |
7.50 | 12.7 | 23.90 | 157 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 54.2 | |
| 29 | Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994) | Jennifer Jason Leigh & Matthew Broderick |
2.10 | 5.7 | 5.70 | 173 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 49.5 | |
| 30 | Possession (2002) | Aaron Eckhart | 10.10 | 18.8 | 18.80 | 141 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 45.0 | |
| 31 | The Anniversary Party (2001) | Kevin Kline & John C. Reilly |
4.00 | 7.7 | 9.40 | 163 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 42.0 | |
| 32 | Running with Scissors (2006) | Annette Bening & Alec Baldwin |
7.00 | 11.5 | 14.50 | 177 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 30.2 | |
| 34 | Country Strong (2010) | Garrett Hedlund | 20.40 | 27.9 | 28.30 | 115 | 50 | 01 / 00 | 30.0 | |
| 33 | Moonlight and Valentino (1995) | Kathleen Turner & Whoopi Goldberg |
2.50 | 6.2 | 6.20 | 170 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 28.7 | |
| 35 | Thanks for Sharing (2012) | Mark Ruffalo & Tim Robbins |
1.10 | 1.4 | 5.20 | 196 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 26.1 | |
| 36 | The Good Night (2007) | Martin Freeman | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 448 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 24.4 | |
| 37 | Jefferson in Paris (1995) | Nick Nolte & Greta Scacchi |
2.50 | 6.1 | 6.10 | 171 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 23.7 | |
| 38 | Sylvia (2003) | Daniel Craig | 1.30 | 2.4 | 5.20 | 176 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 20.5 | |
| 39 | The Pallbearer (1996) | David Schwimmer & Barbara Hershey |
5.70 | 13.8 | 13.80 | 147 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 18.6 | |
| 40 | Duets (2000) | Huey Lewis | 4.70 | 9.5 | 9.50 | 145 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 14.7 | |
| 41 | View from the Top (2003) | Mike Myers & Mark Ruffalo |
15.60 | 27.9 | 34.90 | 115 | 38 | 00 / 00 | 9.9 | |
| 42 | Hush (1998) | Jessica Lange | 13.60 | 31.2 | 31.20 | 103 | 36 | 00 / 00 | 8.6 | |
| 43 | Shout (1991) | John Travolta & Heather Graham |
3.50 | 9.1 | 9.10 | 134 | 42 | 00 / 00 | 7.8 | |
| 44 | Mortdecai (2015) | Johnny Depp & Ewan McGregor |
7.70 | 9.8 | 60.50 | 129 | 39 | 00 / 00 | 5.5 |
The Best of IMDb Trivia on Gwyneth Paltrow
1. Gwyneth Paltrow is the daughter of actress Blythe Danner and director Bruce Paltrow.
2. Her mother, Blythe Danner, was about five months pregnant with the future actress when she appeared in Columbo: Étude in Black (1972). Figure Bob would enjoy Paltrow/Columbo trivia.
3. Steven Spielberg is her godfather. She spends many Thanksgivings with Spielberg and his wife Kate Capshaw in the Hamptons.
4. Gwyneth Paltrow does not employ a nanny to take care of her daughter, a rarity among actors in the film business.
Check out Gwyneth Paltrow’s career compared to current and classic actors. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.
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Over the past number of years Gwyneth has been in a number of major box office successes but all have been action hero franchises and/or ensemble movies: Avengers, Spiderman, Iron Man, Contagion, Austin Powers, Royal Tenenbaums and her roles in them have been supporting ones even at times when part of an ensemble and in many of them she has the silly name of Pepper Potts.
She well adorns those movies but not since the heady days of Sliding Doors [a low grosser but very profitable because its actual worldwide gross was $58 million against a budget of just $6 million] Seven, Talented Mr Ripley, Shakespeare in Love, A Perfect Murder, all in the final decade of the last century has she had a stand-out lead role in a commercial vehicle that was not an action franchise/ensemble movie.
The above stats table faithfully records the abysmal box office returns of films like Country Strong, Mortdecai, Running with Scissors, Proof, Thanks for Sharing, Infamous, Sylvia. The 16 non-franchise/ensemble movies that she has made in the past 19 years have an overall adjusted Cogerson US gross of $350 million approx, a paltry average of about $21.9 million per movie.
My own fave among all her movies is Hard Eight, which I liked for the stunning performance of Philip Baker Hall, for once THE lead role in a movie [and not to be confused with Philip Seymour Hoffman in a supporting role in the same film]and I am pleased Bruce has it given an 80% review rating though disappointed he has not credited Baker Hall.
She is not mentioned as one of those who were even closely considered for inclusion in Bruce’s Top 25 female legends 1950-2010 list and I can’t immediately recall seeing her in any other ranking lists of his or from alternative sources.
However from the multi-occupations “actor, singer, writer, entrepreneur” she has generated a personal net worth of $60 million; IMDB credits her with 23 acting awards [including an Oscar]and 50 nominations; she has done enough in movies, particularly in the 1990s when she was perceived as one of the hottest young things around, to be worthy of this new page; and for viewers like me her box office record is always of interest and indeed grist to my mill. Therefore “Voted Up!”
Hey Bob..great breakdown of Paltrow’s box office success (with the MCU movies) and non-box office success with the other movies….a average of $21.90 million is really really low. I have not seen Hard Eight…I will have to check that one out. I agree…she did not get much consideration when I did my Top Stars list….and was not even close to reaching my book. Mortdecai, her only recent non MCU movie was dreadful….one of the worst movies I saw that year. You are 100% correct her “multi-occupations” have helped her reach such an impressive net worth. Good stuff.
HI BRUCE Thanks for your feedback on my main Gwyneth post and on my posts about her apparent anti-Americanism.
Philip Baker Hall whist for the most part a supporting actor, did have two other lead roles: as Richard Nixon in Robert Altman’s 1984 Secret Honor and 2005’s Duck which I know nothing about. However on Robert Altman’s page you give Secret Honor a fine 75% rating and there you DO give Baker Hall the sole credit for the movie. Indeed your new pages have a habit of gatecrashing my own topicality as I’ve just watched him in the small role of the Judge in a 1990 episode of the courtroom series Matlock starring Andy Griffith.
As Wilde is Irish and I’m fond of his work I’d like to think that he had no deep-rooted prejudice against Americans. He loved shocking and was addicted to showing -off with witticisms. So that remark was probably a tongue-in-cheek one brought on by his inability to resist demonstrating how clever he was.
I’ve always thought that his debunking of others was one of the reasons they went after him, with his private indiscretions giving them the excuse. In Picture of Dorian Gray for example he has Lord Henry retort to someone who is boasting about how the rulers of the British Empire were “carrying on their backs” the underprivileged peoples of other countries “Yes – but only as far as the stock exchange!”
Any way keep safe and have a good weekend.
Hey Bob. Good information on Philip Baker Hall. I would say he is in the group of actors that always makes a movie better when he appears. I did not know of his past history…so thanks for sharing that information. Good stuff.
I saw 16 including 12 of top 14. 10s and favorites: Shakespeare in love, hook( she has a child actress role not billed in top 10) , iron man. 10 not favorite: seven, avengers.9s not favorites: sky captain, iron man 3. no hidden gems. 22 pictures with box office less than 26 million. a career carried by huge cartoon vehicles 7 of top 9. great page very informative.
Hey bob cox…thanks for the visit, comment and tally count. I have seen 31 of her movies…so I have almost seen twice as many as you. I thought Shakespeare In Love was ok..but robbed Saving Private Ryan when it comes to Best Picture Oscar winners. Hook is a fun movie….but has to many clunker parts to be a 10 in my book. I would put Flesh and Bone as a hidden gem…it is one of her first movies….and you get James Caan, Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid too. Yep…her MCU movies fill out her UMR Top 10. Thanks for the feedback.
I have seen 3 Gwyneth Paltrow movies, so I thought that was enough for me to comment. All three are in her top 12.
Favourite Gwyneth Paltrow movies:
Shakespeare in Love
The Talented Mr. Ripley: however, I prefer Purple Noon, the original version starring Alain Delon
Hook is the other Gwyneth Paltrow movie I have seen.
Hey Flora…thanks for checking out a current movie star….the next new page will be a classic star….not sure who yet…but it will be in your field house (sorry baseball term). Well…your tally might only be 3….but it is 3 of her more high profile non-MCU movies. Shakespeare in Love is one of the highest rated movies in our database…The Talented Mr. Ripley….has only gotten better with time. I have not seen Purple Noon…I will have to check that one out. Good feedback.
My significant other loves Gwyneth Paltrow.Personally I like her roles in the MCU movies more than her chick flicks. But I have seen lots of her non-action flicks. Sliding Doors, Shakespeare in Love, Bounce and you Duet have been viewed many times by me. Seems her business career has become her main focus last 10 years or so. As you would say good stuff.
Hey Taylor…..I like her role as Pepper Potts as well. I have also seen Sliding Doors and Shakespeare in Love. WoC has never requested to watch Bounce or Duet…so you have me there. I agree…her “brand” has overshadowed her movie career the last decade. Funny…about “good stuff”. Thanks for stopping by.
Sorry if this comes off too political. I respect her acting ability. I respect that she has a right to say what she wants. But she lost me as a fan years ago when she pretty much said she did not like America, thought Americans are stupid and lazy. Seems she has benefited greatly from being an American. Before you think I’m influenced by Donald Trump realize i am my lifelong Democrst and I do love my country. Just as it is her right to say what she wants it’s my right not to be a fan of hers. Ok off my soapbox. Despite my bias I acknowledge her career is very worthy of this report.
This is the first I’ve heard of her comments mentioned on the other comment. Hopefully she does not feel that way anymore.
Hey Taylor…..I think the comments In The Shadows is talking about happened in 2006…when she first moved to England. A lot can change in 13 years….and now she lives in America.
In The Shadows speaks out of the shadows. Thanks for sharing.
Hey bob cox….I agree it is always good to hear from In The Shadows.
I was tempted to try to annoy The Work Horse by paraphrasing W C Fields by saying “A person who dislikes Americans can’t be all bad!”. However since American movies were my world as I was growing up I developed a fondness for American cities and their inhabitants.
When I visited the States in 1999, happily real life chimed with the movies for once as the Americans I came into contact with were a friendly and hospitable bunch.
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However I am surprised In the Shadows allowed Gwyneth’s comments to get under his skin, as to tar everyone with the same brush is so silly that it should be simply laughed at and brushed aside. As for Americans being [stupid and] LAZY, clearly Gwyneth has never come across the Work Horse. [Heavens I love being on a soapbox!]
Anyway if I had tried to tease by making jokes about Americans being bad Bruce wouldn’t have been taken in by them as he knows that I know that many moviegoers regard The Duke as the quintessential American!
Further to my previous post it just occurred to me that Oscar Wilde must have had a mindset like Gwyneth’s.
In his novel the famous The Picture of Dorian Gray, Lord Henry Wotton [whom many literary scholars feel Wilde had based on himself] mentions that Paris was teeming with so many Americans those days that the latter must think it had all the charms of the next world that they wished to inhabit and that they thought that “when good Americans die, they go to Paris.”
Dorian then asks Lord Henry where bad Americans go when they die to which his Lordship replies ”They stay in America.”
Hey Bob….funny stuff from Mr. Wilde…..when good Americans die, they go to Paris.” and “they stay in America”. See…we Americans can have a sense of humor.
HELLO I the C [aka The Mysterious One]
In my post of 5.10 yesterday I used ‘his’ instead of ‘his/her’ when referring to you and of course I don’t know your gender. You can blame my presumption in the matter on the influence of AMERICAN culture on my subconscious: when I was growing up the movie heroes with secret identities were predominately male [Superman, Batman etc] !
So accept my apologies if you are in fact a woman; though my mistake might please you by demonstrating that your identity remains a secret – at least to me!
SOAPBOX CORNER: By the way I think it would be a mistake on the part of us viewers to automatically presume that any citizen of a particular country is influenced by the attitudes or personality of any particular political leader in a given electoral cycle: for example 44.3% of Americans reportedly didn’t vote in the last presidential election.
Therefore Donald Trump has at the moment the known support of just 27.23% of the American public and Mrs Clinton only 28.5% – ie each candidate can claim to be endorsed by only slightly more than one quarter of ALL Americans.
Hey Bob…..In The Shadows remains a mystery. I think the amount of people that do not comment is pretty high…..so In The Shadows is far from alone. Good stats on the 2016 Presidential election.
Hey Bob…..good comment. Glad your experience on your American visit were so nice. When WoC and I were in New York state last week….mere miles from New York City were amazed how nice the people were….because New Yorkers sometimes have a bad image. While I do not remember Paltrow’s comments as well as In The Shadows does…I do remember thinking….”seems she is turning her back on a huge amount of customers’…..as American ticket buyers certainly have made her life slightly better. I can live with the Duke being the quintessential American. Good stuff.
Hey In The Shadows…..not thinking this is too political. Basically you are explaining why you are not a fan of hers anymore. Hopefully…..we will not become to political correct that you can not state your preferences. I vaguely remember her saying those remarks. Hopefully…as Steve’s latest comment mentions….she has changed her minds. And it sounds like she burned some bridges when she left England. Interesting comment.