Want to know the best Harrison Ford movies? How about the worst Harrison Ford movies? Curious about Harrison Ford’s box office grosses or which Harrison Ford movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Harrison Ford movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences and which ones got the worst? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information. And a lot more on all of Harrison Ford’s movies.
Harrison Ford (1942-) is one of our all-time favorite actors. He has been a movie superstar for 5 different decades. We have strong feelings that he is well deserving of a Honorary Oscar®. Watch our Give Harrison Ford His Damn Oscar Already. His IMDB page shows over 80 acting credits since 1966. This page will rank Harrison Ford movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos, bit parts and movies that were not released in theaters were not included in the rankings.
Harrison Ford Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Harrison Ford 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 Harrison Ford movies by co-stars of his movies
- Sort Harrison Ford movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost
- Sort Harrison Ford movies by yearly domestic box office rank
- Sort Harrison Ford 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 Harrison Ford movie received.
- Sort Harrison Ford 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.
- If you use the search and sort buttons….this becomes a very fun table to play around with
| 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 | Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) AA Best Picture Nom |
Mark Hamill & Carrie Fisher |
398.00 | 1,924.0 | 3,443.80 | 1 | 94 | 10 / 06 | 99.8 | |
| 2 | Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) AA Best Picture Nom |
Karen Allen & Directed by Steven Spielberg |
246.20 | 954.5 | 1,504.30 | 1 | 92 | 08 / 04 | 99.7 | |
| 3 | Apocalypse Now (1979) AA Best Picture Nom |
Martin Sheen & Marlon Brando |
99.90 | 429.0 | 903.70 | 3 | 88 | 08 / 02 | 99.6 | |
| 4 | The Fugitive (1993) AA Best Picture Nom |
Tommy Lee Jones | 183.90 | 478.8 | 960.50 | 3 | 90 | 07 / 01 | 99.6 | |
| 5 | Witness (1985) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Actor Nom |
Kelly McGillis | 68.70 | 208.6 | 208.60 | 8 | 85 | 08 / 02 | 99.5 | |
| 6 | American Graffiti (1973) AA Best Picture Nom |
Richard Dreyfuss & Ron Howard |
116.10 | 707.4 | 928.80 | 3 | 87 | 05 / 00 | 99.4 | |
| 7 | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) | Mark Hamill & Carrie Fisher |
255.30 | 1,058.4 | 2,086.20 | 1 | 92 | 03 / 02 | 99.4 | |
| 8 | Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) | Daisy Ridley & Carrie Fisher |
910.70 | 1,164.5 | 2,611.50 | 1 | 90 | 05 / 00 | 99.1 | |
| 9 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) | Sean Connery & Directed by Steven Spielberg |
196.20 | 532.7 | 1,284.80 | 2 | 84 | 03 / 01 | 98.7 | |
| 10 | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) | Mark Hamill & Carrie Fisher |
296.30 | 1,014.0 | 1,581.40 | 1 | 78 | 04 / 00 | 97.7 | |
| 11 | Presumed Innocent (1990) | Raul Julia | 86.30 | 219.9 | 564.00 | 12 | 81 | 00 / 00 | 97.6 | |
| 12 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) | Kate Capshaw & Directed by Steven Spielberg |
179.90 | 577.1 | 1,068.70 | 3 | 76 | 02 / 01 | 97.2 | |
| 14 | Working Girl (1988) AA Best Picture Nom |
Sigourney Weaver & Melanie Griffith |
63.80 | 167.3 | 270.00 | 11 | 77 | 06 / 01 | 97.1 | |
| 13 | Clear and Present Danger (1994) | James Earl Jones & Willem Dafoe |
122.20 | 322.8 | 570.40 | 7 | 76 | 02 / 00 | 97.0 | |
| 15 | Patriot Games (1992) | Sean Bean & Samuel L. Jackson |
83.40 | 216.5 | 462.50 | 14 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 95.7 | |
| 16 | Air Force One (1997) | Glenn Close & Gary Oldman |
173.00 | 406.2 | 740.20 | 5 | 70 | 02 / 00 | 95.5 | |
| 17 | Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019) | Adam Driver & Carrie Fisher |
515.20 | 606.3 | 1,264.10 | 3 | 67 | 03 / 00 | 95.1 | |
| 18 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) | Shia LaBeouf & Directed by Steven Spielberg |
317.10 | 476.1 | 1,181.00 | 3 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 94.8 | |
| 19 | Blade Runner 2049 (2017) | Ryan Gosling | 92.10 | 110.6 | 311.50 | 34 | 90 | 05 / 02 | 94.7 | |
| 20 | The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019) Voice Only |
Kevin Hart & Computer Animated Movies |
158.30 | 186.2 | 503.80 | 18 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 93.8 | |
| 21 | Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013) | Will Ferrell | 127.40 | 168.9 | 230.30 | 23 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 93.1 | |
| 22 | Blade Runner (1982) | Sean Young & Directed by Ridley Scott |
27.60 | 101.1 | 133.40 | 27 | 91 | 02 / 00 | 92.9 | |
| 23 | Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023) | Antonio Banderas | 174.50 | 174.5 | 381.50 | 12 | 68 | 01 / 00 | 92.5 | |
| 24 | What Lies Beneath (2000) | Michelle Pfeiffer | 155.50 | 310.9 | 582.80 | 10 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 91.0 | |
| 25 | 42 (2013) | Chadwick Boseman | 95.00 | 126.0 | 129.20 | 37 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 89.4 | |
| 26 | The Conversation (1974) AA Best Picture Nom |
Gene Hackman & Robert Duvall |
4.40 | 25.5 | 25.50 | 69 | 91 | 03 / 00 | 87.0 | |
| 27 | Sabrina (1995) | Greg Kinnear | 53.70 | 133.0 | 216.30 | 33 | 62 | 02 / 00 | 85.8 | |
| 28 | Six Days Seven Nights (1998) | Anne Heche | 74.30 | 170.9 | 378.90 | 26 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 85.2 | |
| 29 | Cowboys & Aliens (2011) | Daniel Craig | 100.20 | 136.3 | 237.70 | 30 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 83.8 | |
| 30 | The Call Of The Wild (2020) | Karen Gillan | 62.30 | 73.2 | 126.10 | 6 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 80.0 | |
| 32 | Heroes (1977) | Sally Field Henry Winkler | 26.90 | 130.1 | 130.10 | 30 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 78.5 | |
| 31 | Ender's Game (2013) | Ben Kingsley | 61.70 | 81.9 | 166.50 | 57 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 78.4 | |
| 33 | Regarding Henry (1991) | Annette Bening | 43.00 | 110.1 | 110.10 | 29 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 76.9 | |
| 34 | Frantic (1988) | Directed by Roman Polanski | 17.60 | 46.3 | 46.30 | 57 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 76.2 | |
| 35 | K-19: The Widowmaker (2002) | Liam Neeson | 35.20 | 65.4 | 122.10 | 76 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 72.4 | |
| 36 | The Devil's Own (1997) | Brad Pitt | 42.90 | 100.7 | 330.70 | 51 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 68.4 | |
| 37 | The Age of Adaline (2015) | Blake Lively | 42.60 | 54.5 | 84.00 | 66 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 66.1 | |
| 38 | The Mosquito Coast (1986) | Helen Mirren | 14.30 | 41.6 | 41.60 | 57 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 65.0 | |
| 39 | Getting Straight (1970) | Elliott Gould & Candice Bergen |
13.30 | 92.5 | 92.50 | 30 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 61.7 | |
| 40 | Morning Glory (2010) | Diane Keaton & Rachel McAdams |
31.00 | 42.4 | 82.00 | 95 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 59.5 | |
| 41 | The Frisco Kid (1979) | Gene Wilder | 12.40 | 53.1 | 53.10 | 59 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 54.1 | |
| 42 | Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (1966) | James Coburn | 2.20 | 22.0 | 22.00 | 92 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 47.1 | |
| 43 | Firewall (2006) | Virginia Madsen & Paul Bettany |
48.80 | 79.9 | 135.60 | 64 | 43 | 00 / 00 | 46.4 | |
| 44 | Force 10 From Navarone (1978) | Robert Shaw | 7.10 | 32.8 | 32.80 | 72 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 45.2 | |
| 45 | Hollywood Homicide (2003) | Josh Hartnett | 30.90 | 55.3 | 91.40 | 89 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 33.5 | |
| 46 | The Expendables 3 (2014) | Sylvester Stallone & Mel Gibson |
39.30 | 51.9 | 283.20 | 83 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 31.5 | |
| 47 | Random Hearts (1999) | Kristin Scott Thomas | 31.50 | 67.1 | 158.90 | 65 | 35 | 00 / 00 | 24.0 | |
| 48 | A Time for Killing (1967) | Glenn Ford | 1.10 | 9.5 | 9.50 | 140 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 21.8 | |
| 49 | Extraordinary Measures (2010) | Brendan Fraser | 12.10 | 16.5 | 20.70 | 126 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 16.0 | |
| 50 | Hanover Street (1979) | Christopher Plummer | 3.90 | 17.0 | 17.00 | 87 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 15.5 | |
| 51 | Journey to Shiloh (1968) | James Caan | 0.40 | 3.4 | 3.40 | 170 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 8.9 | |
| 52 | Crossing Over (2009) | Ashley Judd | 0.50 | 0.7 | 5.10 | 226 | 42 | 00 / 00 | 5.4 | |
| 53 | Paranoia (2013) | Gary Oldman | 7.40 | 9.8 | 18.30 | 139 | 28 | 00 / 00 | 0.9 |
Harrison Ford Adjusted World Wide Box Office Grosses
Possibly Interesting Facts About Harrison Ford.
1. Harrison Ford was born on July 13th 1942 in Chicago, Illinois. He arrived in Hollywood in 1964 and signed a contract with Columbia Pictures that paid him $150 a week.
2. Harrison Ford first 12 years of making movies were filled with many uncredited parts and small quickly forgotten speaking parts. The highlight during this time frame would be his small roles in 1973’s American Graffiti and 1974’s The Conversation…both were nominated for Oscars® for Best Picture but neither movie really helped his career.
3. By 1976, Ford turned towards his carpentry skills to support his family. He was hired by George Lucas to build some cabinets for the Lucas house. Ford was building the cabinets at the same time Lucas was trying to cast actors for his latest movie. One thing lead to another and Ford found himself with a starring role in a little film called Star Wars.
4. Harrison Ford has been married three times in his life. He has two sons from his first marriage to Mary Marquard, he has a son and a daughter from his second marriage to Melissa Matheson and is currently married to actress Calista Flockhart.
5. His second wife, Melissa Matheson wrote the screenplay for E.T. The Extra Terrestrial. Ford actually played the part of Elliott’s teacher but the part was cut at the last minute. Now that is a deleted scene that I really want to see.
6. Harrison Ford has only been nominated for one Oscar® ….Best Actor for Witness. He does have 4 Golden Globe® nominations…those were for Witness, The Mosquito Coast, The Fugitive and Sabrina.
7. In 2000, Harrison Ford proved he could be a hero in real life as well as on the screen. Ford piloted his helicopter to rescue a dehydrated hiker on Table Mountain near his house in Wyoming.
8. Roles Harrison Ford turned down or was seriously considered for: Dragonheart, The Hunt for Red October, Vanilla Sky, Jurassic Park, Syriana, JFK, The Untouchables, Dick Tracy, Proof of Life, Schlinder’s List, The Perfect Storm, Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Alien.
9. Harrison Ford says his favorite movie that he performed in is….. The Mosquito Coast….and the most frustrating film he acted in was …..Blade Runner. Ford says Deckard was human….Ridley Scott the director says Deckard was a replicant….put me on the side that Deckard was human
10. Check out Harrison Ford‘s career compared to current and classic actors. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.
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Bruce, great page. I never get sick of Harrison Ford -he’s a classy actor. Voted up and shared.
Hey Jools….I agree a classy classy actor
character…and then he gave us Indiana Jones….not sure if anybody has ever given us two iconic characters like that…usually one is almost impossible for an actor…much less two.
Currently I guess Robert Downey Jr. has the best combo roles going on…with Iron Man and Sherlock Holmes….but give my Han and Indy in that fight…..thanks for the votes and the share.
To be quite honest, I am not surprised that the original Star Wars trilogy ranks out as the top 3 most grossed movies with Harrison Ford acting in them. I highly enjoyed this page 🙂 Keep them coming!
Thanks for stopping by KDUBarry033….glad you liked my Harrison Ford page
I know you don’t include bit parts in the rankings, but I love Ford’s screen debut in the James Coburn movie Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round-more of a fun film than a great movie. He is the man who pages Coburn’s character.
Here are my favourite movies of Ford.(Never mind best, I’ve seen apocolypse Now, for example, and it is excellent but it is too much for me.)
My five favourites in alphabetical order:
American Grafitti
Clear and Present Danger
The Conversation
Regarding Henry
Witness
Not surprising the genres from which these favourites came. With one exception, only one of my favourites is in the top five. This reflects my preference of genres, certainly. However, get to the top 10, and it still only involves three. I am surprised that The Coversation only just missed the top 20 as Ford has made some big hits and this film is a niche title rather than a blockbuster.
Hey Flora….I have never seen Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round, but I have enjoyed many James Coburn movies from the 1960s….so it should be one I will like.
Nice list of movies in your Top 5…..I love The Conversation….and I like to think that Gene Hackman’s character in Enemy of the State….is Harry Caul many years later. Witness is a classic that does not seem to get noticed enough as time marches on. I really believe it is time to give Harrison an Honorary Oscar….he has meant so much to the world of movies….but no, this year they are giving an Honorary Oscar to Oprah.
Thanks for commenting….your comment reminded me that I had not updated the page when his latest movie, Cowboys & Aliens, opened last weekend…..comes in at #27…..I see it finishing around #19 when it’s box office run ends.
They are gave one to James Earl Jones as well. I’m happy about that. I don’t know what took them so long to get to Eli wallach. Seems to be a quick before he dies attitude about several choices, yet in his nineties Eli could have died long ago. Widmark was offerd lifetime awardss all the time but he refused the ones that required him to make a speech. When he retired he retired. He would appear on Biography episodes because people came to him. He didn’t hhave to go anywhere.
James Earl Jones is 80, so he has 11 years on Ford. I like James Earl Jones but he has been a supporting actor for almost his entire career…..maybe when Ford turns 80 and he has just finished shooting the 6th and final Indiana Jones he will get that phone call from Oscar people.
As for Widmark, after a 60+ plus year career in show business, I think he earned the right to be picky about what he did after retiring. Thanks as always for the comments.
A nice interesting page – particularly to see how Ford’s films rate on your scoring system. He is one of the most watchable movie stars in history, and is a major contributory factor in all the blockbuster successes he’s had. My favourites would include all the Indiana Jones movies, most of the Star Wars fims, The Fugitive and Regarding Henry. But best of all for me is Witness. (Have voted up)
Thanks for the compliment Greensleevespages….I agree 100% he is a very watchable star….since I wrote this page…I have seen Morning Glory….it is the best Ford movie in a long time….Witness is getting better every year….thanks for stopping by.
Now we are talking, I agree he needs an Oscar, I do not think he will win one, so they will have to give him for an awesome career. My favorite Ford movie is Presumed Innocent and Blade Runner.
Thanks for your support hinton1966…I love the ending of Presumed Innocent