Want to know the best Holly Hunter movies? How about the worst Holly Hunter movies? Curious about Holly Hunter box office grosses or which Holly Hunter movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Holly Hunter movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.
Holly Hunter (1958-) is an Oscar® winning American actress. She won her Oscar® for 1993’s The Piano. She was also nominated for the Academy Award® for Best Actress for 1987’s Broadcast News, and the Academy Award® for Best Supporting Actress for 1993’s The Firm and 2003’s Thirteen. Holly Hunter’s IMDb page shows over 60 acting credits since 1981. This page will rank Holly Hunter 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.
Holly Hunter 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
2004
The Incredibles (2004)
Voice Only
2018
Incredibles 2 (2018)
Voice Only
1987
Broadcast News (1987)
AA Best Picture Nom
1993
The Piano (1993)
AA Best Picture Nom
AA Best Actress Win
1993
The Firm (1993)
AA Best Supp Actress Nom
2016
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
2000
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
2017
The Big Sick (2017)
1989
Always (1989)
1987
Raising Arizona (1987)
1995
Copycat (1995)
1984
Swing Shift (1984)
1991
Once Around (1991)
1998
Living Out Loud (1998)
1995
Home for the Holidays (1995)
2003
Thirteen (2003)
AA Best Supp Actress Nom
1999
Jesus' Son (1999)
2002
Moonlight Mile (2002)
2005
Nine Lives (2005)
1989
Miss Firecracker (1989)
2005
The Big White (2005)
1996
Crash (1996)
2004
Little Black Book (2004)
2017
Song to Song (2017)
2014
Manglehorn (2014)
1987
End of the Line (1987)
1997
A Life Less Ordinary (1997)
2003
Levity (2003)
2013
Paradise (2013)
Limited Release
2012
Won't Back Down (2012)
1989
Animal Behavior (1989)
Holly Hunter Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
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- Sort Holly Hunter movies by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each movie received.
- Sort Holly Hunter 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 | The Incredibles (2004) Voice Only |
Craig T. Nelson & Samuel L. Jackson |
261.40 | 453.8 | 1,096.10 | 5 | 92 | 04 / 02 | 99.4 | |
| 2 | Incredibles 2 (2018) Voice Only |
Craig T. Nelson & Samuel L. Jackson |
608.60 | 720.1 | 1,469.00 | 3 | 83 | 01 / 00 | 98.1 | |
| 3 | Broadcast News (1987) AA Best Picture Nom |
William Hurt & Albert Brooks |
51.20 | 141.3 | 185.60 | 18 | 85 | 07 / 00 | 97.0 | |
| 4 | The Piano (1993) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Actress Win |
Sam Neill & Harvey Keitel |
40.20 | 104.6 | 104.70 | 37 | 88 | 08 / 03 | 96.0 | |
| 5 | The Firm (1993) AA Best Supp Actress Nom |
Tom Cruise & Gene Hackman |
158.30 | 412.3 | 703.70 | 4 | 69 | 02 / 00 | 95.4 | |
| 6 | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) | Ben Affleck & Henry Cavill |
330.40 | 411.7 | 1,088.30 | 8 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 90.6 | |
| 7 | O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) | George Clooney | 45.50 | 91.0 | 143.70 | 54 | 80 | 02 / 00 | 87.7 | |
| 8 | The Big Sick (2017) | Kumail Nanjiani & Ray Romano |
42.90 | 51.5 | 63.70 | 64 | 88 | 01 / 00 | 86.1 | |
| 10 | Always (1989) | Richard Dreyfuss & Brad Johnson |
43.90 | 119.1 | 201.30 | 29 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 81.9 | |
| 9 | Raising Arizona (1987) | Nicolas Cage & John Goodman |
22.80 | 63.0 | 80.50 | 49 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 81.5 | |
| 11 | Copycat (1995) | Sigourney Weaver | 32.10 | 79.4 | 195.40 | 56 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 77.3 | |
| 12 | Swing Shift (1984) | Goldie Hawn & Kurt Russell |
6.70 | 21.3 | 21.30 | 98 | 75 | 01 / 00 | 70.7 | |
| 13 | Once Around (1991) | Richard Dreyfuss | 14.90 | 38.0 | 38.00 | 78 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 66.1 | |
| 15 | Living Out Loud (1998) | Danny DeVito | 12.90 | 29.7 | 29.70 | 105 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 63.8 | |
| 16 | Home for the Holidays (1995) | Anne Bancroft | 17.50 | 43.4 | 43.40 | 87 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 63.7 | |
| 14 | Thirteen (2003) AA Best Supp Actress Nom |
Vanessa Hudgens | 4.60 | 8.2 | 8.20 | 148 | 74 | 01 / 00 | 63.4 | |
| 17 | Jesus' Son (1999) | Billy Crudup & Robert Michael Kelly |
1.30 | 2.8 | 2.80 | 188 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 60.5 | |
| 18 | Moonlight Mile (2002) | Jake Gyllenhaal & Dustin Hoffman |
6.80 | 12.7 | 18.60 | 152 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 49.2 | |
| 19 | Nine Lives (2005) | Sissy Spacek & Glenn Close |
0.50 | 0.8 | 2.70 | 238 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 46.7 | |
| 20 | Miss Firecracker (1989) | Tim Robbins | 1.90 | 5.0 | 5.00 | 143 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 34.4 | |
| 21 | The Big White (2005) | Robin Williams | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 326 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 32.9 | |
| 22 | Crash (1996) | James Spader | 2.00 | 5.0 | 5.00 | 181 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 32.7 | |
| 23 | Little Black Book (2004) | Brittany Murphy & Ron Livingston |
20.70 | 35.9 | 38.30 | 104 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 25.9 | |
| 23 | Song to Song (2017) | Ryan Gosling & Michael Fassbender |
0.40 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 201 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 24.3 | |
| 24 | Manglehorn (2014) | Al Pacino | 0.10 | 0.2 | 0.20 | 217 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 24.2 | |
| 26 | End of the Line (1987) | Kevin Bacon | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 279 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 23.4 | |
| 27 | A Life Less Ordinary (1997) | Cameron Diaz & Ewan McGregor |
4.40 | 10.3 | 34.60 | 146 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 14.0 | |
| 28 | Levity (2003) | Billy Bob Thornton & Morgan Freeman |
0.20 | 0.4 | 0.40 | 233 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 13.1 | |
| 29 | Paradise (2013) Limited Release |
Octavia Spencer | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 314 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 9.4 | |
| 30 | Won't Back Down (2012) | Viola Davis & Maggie Gyllenhaal |
5.30 | 7.2 | 7.80 | 147 | 43 | 00 / 00 | 8.0 | |
| 31 | Animal Behavior (1989) | Karen Allen & Armand Assante |
0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 233 | 36 | 00 / 00 | 2.1 |
The Best of IMDb Trivia on Holly Hunter
1. Holly Hunter made her Broadway debut in 1982 in “Crimes of the Heart.”
2. Holly Hunter turned down the lead role in Blood Simple (1984), but introduced the Coen Brothers to her roommate Frances McDormand, who got the role and ended up marrying one of the brothers. Hunter’s voice can be heard on an answering machine message in the film.
3. Holly Hunter has 7 Golden Globe® acting nominations (winning once) and 7 Primetime Emmy® nominations (winning twice).
4. Holly Hunter is unable to hear with her left ear due to a childhood case of the mumps. The condition sometimes leads to complications at work. Some scenes have to be altered from the script for her to use her right ear.[
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HI BRUCE:Thanks for the feedback. Glad you like Once Around. I think it may well be my most loved of my 4 fave Holly moves.
I will always remember the one-liner from Danny Aiello where he moans to a friend about Dreyfuss, who has been showing up at Danny’s home and freeloading off Aiello for years: “He always seems to be arriving: he never seems to leave!” Hollywood script-writing at its very best.
It must have stuck in the Danny character’s craw though when after carrying Dreyfus financially for years he ending up having to carry him physically around as well. The nearest real-life hypothetical analogy that I can think of is either The Duke or The Great Mumbler [or worse still-me] finding himself in a situation where he had to carry Joel about!-
“Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy: he hath borne me on his back a thousand times.” [Hamlet Act V Scene One].
Hey Bob. Good memory recall on Once Around .Funny comment about Joel, Wayne and Brando. Good stuff as always.
The only Oscar winner I have ever spoken to. Holly called our office back in the old days looking for the blueprints of her apartment or one she was buying, but she had dialed the wrong office. Holly is #561 on the current Oracle of Bacon Top 1000 Center of the Hollywood Universe list. She was never on till they switched to the Wikipedia database. These are the actors on the list she has appeared with.
2 HARVEY KEITEL The Piano (1993)
11 SAMUEL L. JACKSON INCREDIBLES 2 (2018)
11 SAMUEL L. JACKSON The Incredibles (2004)
17 STELLAN SKARSGARD Timecode (2000)
19 DENNIS HOPPER Jesus’ Son (1999)
24 GERALDINE CHAPLIN Home for the Holidays (1995)
33 MORGAN FREEMAN Levity (2003)
46 KEITH DAVID Always (1989)
54 JACK NICHOLSON Broadcast News (1987)
63 ED HARRIS Swing Shift (1984)
63 ED HARRIS The Firm (1993)
70 SUSAN SARANDON Moonlight Mile (2002)
72 KIEFER SUTHERLAND WOMAN WANTED (1999)
74 GENE HACKMAN The Firm (1993)
88 SAM NEILL The Piano (1993)
93 TIM ROBBINS Miss Firecracker (1989)
98 JOHN GOODMAN Always (1989)
98 JOHN GOODMAN O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
98 JOHN GOODMAN Raising Arizona (1987)
99 JOHN TURTURRO O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
108 M. EMMET WALSH Blood Simple. (1984)
108 M. EMMET WALSH Raising Arizona (1987)
115 DUSTIN HOFFMAN Moonlight Mile (2002)
116 VAL KILMER SONG TO SONG (2017)
122 IAN MCSHANE NINE LIVES (2005)
126 SCOTT GLENN Miss Firecracker (1989)
133 IAN HOLM A Life Less Ordinary (1997)
135 WOODY HARRELSON The Big White (2005)
152 JEREMY IRONS BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE (2016)
154 KATHY BATES Little Black Book (2004)
161 NICOLAS CAGE Raising Arizona (1987)
169 CLINT HOWARD End of the Line (1987)
176 STEPHEN TOBOLOWSKY Little Black Book (2004)
176 STEPHEN TOBOLOWSKY Swing Shift (1984)
179 XANDER BERKELEY Timecode (2000)
185 JOHN CUSACK Broadcast News (1987)
203 KURT RUSSELL Swing Shift (1984)
204 ELIAS KOTEAS Crash (1996)
204 ELIAS KOTEAS Living Out Loud (1998)
206 STANLEY TUCCI A Life Less Ordinary (1997)
210 BRUCE MCGILL End of the Line (1987)
212 DAVID STRAITHAIRN Home for the Holidays (1995)
212 DAVID STRAITHAIRN The Firm (1993)
213 DANNY DEVITO Living Out Loud (1998)
225 BOB BALABAN End of the Line (1987)
229 CHARLES DURNING Home for the Holidays (1995)
229 CHARLES DURNING O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
238 TONY SHALHOUB A LIFE LESS ORDINARY (1997)
243 HAL HOLBROOK The Firm (1993)
246 WILLIAM HURT Broadcast News (1987)
249 TOM CRUISE The Firm (1993)
253 VING RHAMES Won’t Back Down (2012)
257 PAUL SORVINO The Firm (1993)
262 WALLACE SHAWN The Incredibles (2004)
263 DANNY AIELLO Once Around (1991)
267 ROBIN WILLIAMS The Big White (2005)
278 AUSTIN PENDLETON Home for the Holidays (1995)
279 JASON ISAACS Nine Lives (2005)
286 SIGOURNEY WEAVER Copycat (1995)
287 GLENN CLOSE Nine Lives (2005)
287 GLENN CLOSE Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (1999)
288 JULIAN SANDS Timecode (2000)
291 ANNE BANCROFT Home for the Holidays (1995)
295 WILL PATTON Copycat (1995)
295 WILL PATTON Jesus’ Son (1999)
304 MARY STEENBURGEN End of the Line (1987)
304 MARY STEENBURGEN Miss Firecracker (1989)
307 DAN HEDAYA A Life Less Ordinary (1997)
307 DAN HEDAYA Blood Simple. (1984)
323 STEPHEN ROOT O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
336 JACK BLACK Jesus’ Son (1999)
337 BILLY BOB THORNTON Levity (2003)
347 DIANE LANE BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE (2016)
353 CATE BLANCHETT SONG TO SONG (2017)
382 ROBERT DOWNEY JR. Home for the Holidays (1995)
383 JOHN RATZENBERGER INCREDIBLES 2 (2018)
383 JOHN RATZENBERGER The Incredibles (2004)
385 LAURENCE FISHBURNE BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE (2016)
387 LIN SHAYE Living Out Loud (1998)
398 MICHAEL SHANNON BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE (2016)
398 MICHAEL SHANNON Jesus’ Son (1999)
401 ARMAND ASSANTE Animal Behavior (1989)
403 AL PACINO MANGLEHORN (2014)
406 GARY BUSEY The Firm (1993)
415 VALERIA GOLINO Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (1999)
445 DABNEY COLEMAN Moonlight Mile (2002)
449 CHARLES NAPIER Swing Shift (1984)
450 KEVIN BACON End of the Line (1987)
455 ROSANNA ARQUETTE Crash (1996)
462 DANNY HUSTON Timecode (2000)
468 EWAN MCGREGOR A Life Less Ordinary (1997)
490 DALE DYE Always (1989)
498 MAURY CHAYKIN A Life Less Ordinary (1997)
499 NATALIE PORTMAN SONG TO SONG (2017)
515 JOE MANTEGNA Nine Lives (2005)
519 KIRSTEN DUNST Levity (2003)
525 FRED WARD Swing Shift (1984)
545 ISABELLA ROSSELLINI INCREDIBLES 2 (2018)
547 RICHARD DREYFUSS Always (1989)
547 RICHARD DREYFUSS Once Around (1991)
552 GEORGE CLOONEY O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
556 JAMES SPADER CRASH (1996)
573 RICHARD SCHIFF Living Out Loud (1998)
576 JOAN CUSACK BROADCAST NEWS (1987)
582 RICHARD EDSON Timecode (2000)
590 BEN AFFLECK BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE (2016)
597 FRANCES MCDORMAND Blood Simple. (1984)
597 FRANCES MCDORMAND Raising Arizona (1987)
607 KEVIN COSTNER BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE (2016)
614 WILLIAM FORSYTHE Raising Arizona (1987)
628 JASON ALEXANDER THE BURNING (1981)
638 SALMA HAYEK Timecode (2000)
663 DERMOT MULRONEY COPYCAT (1995)
690 IAN MCNEICE A LIFE LESS ORDINARY (1997)
695 ROBERT PROSKY Broadcast News (1987)
720 DELROY LINDO A LIFE LESS ORDINARY (1997)
723 DYLAN MCDERMOTT HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS (1995)
732 CLIFF CURTIS THE PIANO (1993)
740 ANUPAM KEHR THE BIG SICK (2017)
774 CAMERON DIAZ A Life Less Ordinary (1997)
774 CAMERON DIAZ Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (1999)
775 GENA ROWLANDS Once Around (1991)
806 TIM BLAKE NELSON O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? (2000)
806 TIM BLAKE NELSON THE BIG WHITE (2005)
872 STEPHEN DILLANE NINE LIVES (2005)
873 MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL Won’t Back Down (2012)
884 WILFORD BRIMLEY END OF THE LINE (1987)
884 WILFORD BRIMLEY THE FIRM (1993)
895 TIM GUINEE ONCE AROUND (1991)
906 DENIS LEARY JESUS’ SON (1999)
918 MIGUEL SANDOVAL NINE LIVES (2005)
918 MIGUEL SANDOVAL THINGS YOU CAN TELL JUST BY LOOKING AT HER (2000)
922 DEAN NORRIS THE FIRM (1993)
924 AMY ADAMS BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE (2016)
926 AIDAN QUINN Nine Lives (2005)
929 CATHERINE KEENER INCREDIBLES 2 (2018)
934 SISSY SPACEK Nine Lives (2005)
947 MARY KAY PLACE NINE LIVES (2005)
968 STEVE GUTTENBERG Home for the Holidays (1995)
983 MARTIN DONOVAN LIVING OUT LOUD (1998)
987 KYLE MACLACHLAN TIMECODE (2000)
HM (723) KAREN ALLEN ANIMAL BEHAVIOR (1989)
HM (930) WILLIAM FICHTNER Nine Lives (2005)
Holly has appeared with 22 Oscar winners.
AL PACINO MANGLEHORN (2014)
ANNE BANCROFT Home for the Holidays (1995)
AUDREY HEPBURN Always (1989)
CATE BLANCHETT SONG TO SONG (2017)
DUSTIN HOFFMAN Moonlight Mile (2002)
FRANCES MCDORMAND Blood Simple. (1984)
FRANCES MCDORMAND Raising Arizona (1987)
GENE HACKMAN The Firm (1993)
GEORGE CLOONEY O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
GOLDIE HAWN Swing Shift (1984)
JACK NICHOLSON Broadcast News (1987)
JEREMY IRONS BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE (2016)
KATHY BATES Little Black Book (2004)
MARY STEENBURGEN End of the Line (1987)
MARY STEENBURGEN Miss Firecracker (1989)
MORGAN FREEMAN Levity (2003)
NATALIE PORTMAN SONG TO SONG (2017)
NICOLAS CAGE Raising Arizona (1987)
OCTAVIA SPENCER PARADISE (2013/I)
RICHARD DREYFUSS Always (1989)
RICHARD DREYFUSS Once Around (1991)
ROBIN WILLIAMS The Big White (2005)
SISSY SPACEK Nine Lives (2005)
SUSAN SARANDON Moonlight Mile (2002)
TIM ROBBINS Miss Firecracker (1989)
WILLIAM HURT Broadcast News (1987)
Hey Dan
1. Thanks as always.
2. That is awesome that you talked with her…even if it was on accident.
3. I have talked to two Oscar winners….Ernest Borgnine (at Fort Sumter) and Kim Basinger (in Wilmington NC).
4. Her Oracle ranking is higher than I would have guessed….since she has not really made too many movies….granted her television career is equally impressive.
5. Looks like there is a massive tie with many Oracle people working with her two times.
6. 20 Oracle Oscar winning co-stars is low in total…but impressive in %.
Good information as always.
I saw 13, including 8 of top 10. 10s and favorites : always, broadcast news. 9: Incredibles 2. hidden gems: miss firecracker, oh brother where art thou both 8s.i loved her in saving grace on television. thanks for another Oscar winner though the piano completely missed me I guess I can give it another try.
Hey bob cox….good to hear from you. Tally count. Me 20, you 13 and Flora 3. 80% of the Top 10 is pretty good. I am right there with you on Broadcast News….a fun movie…though the subject has not aged well….heck…I do not even know who the main nightly anchors are anymore. I have not seen Miss Firecracker…but I want to. As for The Piano…a good movie…well done…but not one I ever want to watch again. Good stuff as always.
I have seen 3 Holly Hunter movies. None of them are favourites. In order of preference they are:
O Brother Where Art Thou
Raising Arizona
Always – see original called A Guy Named Joe starring Spencer Tracy, Irene Dunne and Van Johnson
Hey Flora. Thanks for the thoughts on Holly Hunter. My tally is 20. I have seen all three of the ones you have seen. I would recommend Broadcast News….I think it is a movie you would enjoy…and it has three great performances (all Oscar nominated)…Hunter, William Hurt and Albert Brooks. I have seen Always many times…yet I have never tracked down A Guy Named Joe. Good stuff as always.
1/Holly has a reported actual net worth of $14 million and IMDB credits her with 45 acting awards and 91 nominations.
2/My own favorite Holly Hunter films are: The Firm, Copycat, The Piano, Once Around and Home for the Holidays.
3/In tandem with her big screen career Holly has been in (1) 15 TV productions between 1983 and now (2) 4 video games between 2004 and 2015.
4/The tables above suggest that apart from her voice role in the Expendables films and her supporting performance in Batman v Superman Holly’s other 12 movies in the 19 years since the start of the present century have overall attracted mediocre box office returns: those 12 movies have a total adjusted US gross of under $180 million, a derisory average of $15 million per movie.
5/However in my opinion the feisty diminutive Holly [at 5’ 2” she would in her younger years have been an ideal 1950s Ladd leading lady] deserves this new page on the strength of her undoubted considerable acting talent.
Hey Bob….thanks for the feedback on Holly Hunter. Off your favorites I liked The Firm and Once Around the best. For some reason Once Around pops into my head pretty often. I think it is because I like the scene where Danny Aiello finally does the “once around”. Good point about her being an ideal Ladd leading lady. I would say if you have not seen it…check out A Life Less Ordinary…you get Hunter and Cameron Diaz. Good stuff.