Want to know the best Hilary Swank movies? How about the worst Hilary Swank movies? Curious about Hilary Swank box office grosses or which Hilary Swank movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Hilary Swank movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences and which ones got the worst reviews? Well you have come to the right place…. because we have all of that information and much more.
Hilary Swank (1974-) is a two-time Best Actress Oscar® winning American actress. Her IMDb page shows 48 acting credits since 1990. This page ranks 19 Hilary Swank movies from Best to Worst in seven different sortable columns of information. Uncredited roles, bit parts, television roles and movies not released in North American theaters were not included in the rankings. This page comes from a request from bob cox.
Hilary Swank 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 Hilary Swank movies by co-stars of her movies
- Sort Hilary Swank movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Hilary Swank movies by yearly domestic box office rank
- Sort Hilary Swank movies by how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and Oscar® wins each Hilary Swank movie received.
- Sort Hilary Swank movies by Ultimate Movie Ranking (UMR) Score. UMR puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
Stats and Possibly Interesting Things From The Above Hilary Swank Table
- Two Hilary Swank movies crossed the magical $100 million domestic gross mark. That is a percentage of 10.52% of her movies listed. Million Dollar Baby (2004) is her biggest box office hit.
- An average Hilary Swank movie grosses $35.10 million in adjusted box office gross.
- Using RottenTomatoes.com’s 60% fresh meter. 8 Hilary Swank movies are rated as good movies…or 42.10% of her movies. Million Dollar Baby (2004) was her highest rated movie while The Next Karate Kid (1994) was her lowest rated movie.
- Three Hilary Swank movies received at least one Oscar® nomination in any category…..or 15.780% of her movies.
- Two Hilary Swank movies won at least one Oscar® in any category…..or 10.52% of her movies.
- An “a good movie” Ultimate Movie Ranking (UMR) Score is 60.00. 5 Hilary Swank movies scored higher than that….or 26.31% of her movies. Million Dollar Baby (2004) got the the highest UMR Movie Score while Spark: A Space Tail (2016) got the lowest UMR Movie Score.
Possibly Interesting Facts About Hilary Swank
1. Hilary Ann Swank was born in Lincoln, Nebraska in 1974.
2. Hilary Swank’s mom (Judy Kay) was very supportive of her daughter’s desire to act. In 1989, Kay moved with Hilary to Los Angeles, where they lived out of their car until she saved enough money to rent an apartment
3. Hilary Swank’s film debut was 1992’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Her first lead role was in 1994’s The Next Karate Kid.
4. Hilary Swank played single mother Carly Reynolds in Beverly Hills, 90210 and was initially promised it would be a two-year role, but saw her character written out after 16 episodes.
5. After “Possibly Interesting Fact #4” Hilary Swank was devastated. This however allowed her to audition to audition for the role of Brandon Teena in 1999’s Boys Don’t Cry. Swank would win her first of two Oscars® for that movie.
6. Hilary Swank replaced Sandra Bullock as Maggie Fitzgerald in 2004’s Million Dollar Baby after Bullock dropped out for other commitments. Swank won her second Oscar® for that role.
7. Hilary Swank, Vivien Leigh, Helen Hayes and Luise Rainer are the only actresses with a perfect track record at the Oscars®: Two nominations and two wins.
8. Hilary Swank has been married one time. She does not have children.
Check out Hilary Swank’s movie career compared to current and classic stars on our Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time page.
Hilary has never been on the Oracle of Bacon top 1000 Center of the Hollywood Universe list. These are the people on the 2016 list who appeared with her in a film.
6 ROBERT DE NIRO New Year’s Eve (2011)
12 MORGAN FREEMAN Million Dollar Baby (2004)
28 CHRISTOPHER WALKEN The Affair of the Necklace (2001)
45 STANLEY TUCCI The Core (2003)
50 STEVE BUSCEMI …So Goes the Nation (2006)
56 BRIAN COX The Affair of the Necklace (2001)
66 SUSAN SARANDON SPARK: A SPACE TAIL (2017)
95 MICHAEL IRONSIDE The Next Karate Kid (1994)
108 KATHY BATES P.S. I Love You (2007)
124 RICHARD JENKINS The Core (2003)
132 ED BEGLEY JR. YOU’RE NOT YOU (2014)
133 TOMMY LEE JONES THE HOMESMAN (2014)
141 ROBIN WILLIAMS INSOMNIA (2002)
165 JONATHAN PRYCE The Affair of the Necklace (2001)
167 J. K. SIMMONS The Gift (2000)
176 TOMAS ARANA Heartwood (1998)
200 JOE PANTOLIANO …So Goes the Nation (2006)
216 BRUCE GREENWOOD The Core (2003)
222 EWAN MCGREGOR Amelia (2009)
227 CARY ELWES New Year’s Eve (2011)
241 ADRIEN BRODY The Affair of the Necklace (2001)
248 GLENN MORSHOWER The Core (2003)
250 WILLIAM FICHTNER THE HOMESMAN (2014)
261 MARC MACAULAY Conviction (2010)
279 MERYL STREEP THE HOMESMAN (2014)
294 ANTHONY MACKIE MILLION DOLLAR BABY (2004)
314 KEANU REEVES The Gift (2000)
329 DAVID COHEN FREEDOM WRITERS (2007)
330 MELISSA LEO Conviction (2010)
331 CATE BLANCHETT The Gift (2000)
350 HILARY SWANK Quiet Days in Hollywood (1995)
352 GINA GERSHON P.S. I Love You (2007)
369 MICHELLE PFEIFFER New Year’s Eve (2011)
371 GIOVANNI RIBISI THE GIFT (2000)
373 ERNIE HUDSON YOU’RE NOT YOU (2014)
379 MICHAEL PENA MILLION DOLLAR BABY (2004)
380 RICHARD GERE Amelia (2009)
383 ROSEMARY HOWARD NEW YEAR’S EVE (2011)
387 AL PACINO INSOMNIA (2002)
394 JOHN LITHGOW THE HOMESMAN (2014)
398 PATRICK STEWART SPARK: A SPACE TAIL (2017)
408 TCHEKY KARYO The Core (2003)
414 LARRY MILLER New Year’s Eve (2011)
433 MARGO MARTINDALE Million Dollar Baby (2004)
434 CLINT EASTWOOD Million Dollar Baby (2004)
443 CARLA GUGINO New Year’s Eve (2011)
468 JASON ROBARDS Heartwood (1998)
492 TIM BLAKE NELSON THE HOMESMAN (2014)
498 SAM ROCKWELL Conviction (2010)
515 MARCIA GAY HARDEN YOU’RE NOT YOU (2014)
534 TIL SCHWEIGER NEW YEAR’S EVE (2011)
549 JULIETTE LEWIS Conviction (2010)
560 CHANNING TATUM LOGAN LUCKY (2017)
599 NICKY KATT INSOMNIA (2002)
608 FRANCES FISHER YOU’RE NOT YOU (2014)
616 DAVID JENSEN THE REAPING (2007)
621 STEVEN WEISZ NEW YEAR’S EVE (2011)
630 SETH GREEN BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER (1992)
638 DANIEL CRAIG LOGAN LUCKY (2017)
648 DAVID ARQUETTE BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER (1992)
668 GERARD BUTLER P.S. I Love You (2007)
673 PAUL DOOLEY INSOMNIA (2002)
683 MARTIN DONOVAN INSOMNIA (2002)
685 PETER GALLAGHER Conviction (2010)
689 MATTHEW BRODERICK New Year’s Eve (2011)
717 HALLE BERRY New Year’s Eve (2011)
731 CLARK GREGG 11:14 (2003)
743 JUDE CICCOLELLA MILLION DOLLAR BABY (2004)
749 SEAN O’BRYAN NEW YEAR’S EVE (2011)
754 GREG KINNEAR The Gift (2000)
761 PETER SARSGAARD BOYS DON’T CRY (1999)
777 DELROY LINDO THE CORE (2003)
795 AFEMO OMILAMI THE REAPING (2007)
814 ROBERT WISDOM FREEDOM WRITERS (2007)
821 AARON ECKHART THE BLACK DAHLIA (2006)
821 AARON ECKHART THE CORE (2003)
829 WALTON GOGGINS THE NEXT KARATE KID (1994)
836 BARRY CORBIN THE HOMESMAN (2014)
842 PAUL GRACE THE BLACK DAHLIA (2006)
849 PATRICK DEMPSEY Freedom Writers (2007)
854 IDRIS ELBA THE REAPING (2007)
860 RICK KAIN THE CORE (2003)
873 RANDALL BATINKOFF BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER (1992)
873 RANDALL BATINKOFF HEARTWOOD (1998)
877 CHIWETEL EJIFOR RED DUST (2004)
888 MICHAEL BADALUCCO THE RESIDENT (2011)
916 JOHN MCCONNELL THE REAPING (2007)
919 PAT MORITA The Next Karate Kid (1994)
932 STEPHEN REA The Reaping (2007)
953 ALFIE WOODARD THE CORE (2003)
955 RICHARD BRAKE THE BLACK DAHLIA (2006)
981 JOSH HARTNETT THE BLACK DAHLIA (2006)
990 THOMAS JANE BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER (1992)
Believe it or not there is only 1 actor on the 2000 list who has fallen off and appeared in a flic with her;
853 JOHN DENNIS JOHNSTON Heartwood (1998)
By quick count and you may find more I find 16 Oscar winners who have appeared with Hilary;
ADRIEN BRODY The Affair of the Necklace (2001)
AL PACINO INSOMNIA (2002)
CATE BLANCHETT The Gift (2000)
CHRISTOPHER WALKEN The Affair of the Necklace (2001)
HALLE BERRY New Year’s Eve (2011)
J. K. SIMMONS The Gift (2000)
JASON ROBARDS Heartwood (1998)
KATHY BATES P.S. I Love You (2007)
MARCIA GAY HARDEN YOU’RE NOT YOU (2014)
MELISSA LEO Conviction (2010)
MERYL STREEP THE HOMESMAN (2014)
MORGAN FREEMAN Million Dollar Baby (2004)
ROBERT DE NIRO New Year’s Eve (2011)
ROBIN WILLIAMS INSOMNIA (2002)
SUSAN SARANDON SPARK: A SPACE TAIL (2017)
TOMMY LEE JONES THE HOMESMAN (2014)
Hey Dan…..thanks for the lists. With her list of co-stars being so long and impressive….it seems that Hilary should be getting close to the Top 1000. I guess only having one Top 10 co-star does not help the score. Very few double movies with people…..it looks like Aaron Eckhart and Randall Batinkoff? are the only ones to make more than one movie with her.
16 Oscar winning co-stars is a great percentage of the 19 movies I listed…..sadly I think her leading lady days are over….but I can see her having some solid supporting roles in the future….and can see her adding a 3rd Oscar to her resume….which would put her in a league with some great actresses if she can ever get that 3rd Oscar.
Fun comment….thanks again for sharing this information.
I always get her mixed up with Julia Roberts. Good page and on a current star. Thanks for that. Love all the changes. Enjoyed watching the attached trailers.
Hey Helakoski…..I can see how you would get them mixed up when looking at their looks……but their acting styles are way different….but both are Oscar winners actresses….glad you liked our latest page….thanks for stopping by.
Who would have predicted Karate Girl Hilary Swank would go on to win two Oscars? But it didn’t seem to to do her career much good apart from gaining respect from her peers. Maybe the movies she’s appeared in since Million Dollar Baby never really connected with audiences?
I’ve seen 8 of the 19 films listed. The Core was a guilty pleasure with it’s moronic premise – the Earth’s core has stopped rotating, a group of scientists and astronauts travel to the center of the Earth to try and ‘jumpstart’ it.
Looking at the chart her biggest hits were Million Dollar Baby and Insomnia, and probably her two best films too, how often does that happen?
Good work Bruce. Vote Up.
Hey Steve
1. Thanks for checking out our Forgotten Karate Kid UMR page.
2. Box office glory and Hilary are not close friends…..but she is bet friends with Oscar.
3. I have seen….counting….14 of her movies for a nice percentage. So once again I top you in the tally count when the thespian is pretty modern.
4. I saw The Core….but was not as forgiving as you. I liked Million Dollar Baby….but it is not a movie that begs to be re-watched.
5. As for Insomnia….still not sure if I liked the movie or not….and it is now 15 years old.
6. Those two movies are the only ones that made a decent amount of money….and yes you are correct it does not happen too often.
Good stuff as always.
1 Unfortunately after her brilliant stint in Million Dollar Baby, Hilary went nowhere in general at the box office and her total adjusted gross of just over half a billion dollars and an average gross of around $35 million shows that whilst Sandra Bullock may have missed out on Baby, Sandra was overall by far the bigger star – Total Cogerson Gross of nearly $3.5 billion and average gross of around $102 million.
2 Hilary’s PS I Love You and New Year’s Eve did well enough worldwide if not domestically but they were away back in 2007/2011 respectively and some of her latest flicks have been abysmal commercially.
3 Of course however Hilary didn’t have that wonderful agent of Sandra’s who apparently has the knack of absolving M-s Bullock from blame for any flops that she appears in!
4 Also I have mentioned before that the beauty of this site is that stars of little box office clout but considerable talent are also profiled and Hilary is certainly one talented lady.
5 Indeed we should remind ourselves that Clint once publicly boasted that when he had control over the production of a movie the only people who would get starring roles were those who one way or another had EARNED it.
6 Naturally I am pleased that he obviously considers among the latter my own top African American Actor Morgan Freeman who got a Best Supporting Oscar for Baby and a Leading Actor Oscar nomination for the 2009 Invictus also directed by Eastwood.
Hey Bob. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on Ms. Swank. I agree with you. At 43, I am thinking her leading lady days are behind her. Being a two-time Oscar winner will always give her some fame…but the average film goer will be hard pressed to name her movies. Glad you enjoy our variety of UMR subjects. And finally…..good for Clint…..good feedback as always.
thanks, good job on the tv background.
Hey Anonymous….glad you liked the page….I am guessing this is bob cox?….if so hope you liked your requested page.