Want to know the best Jane Fonda movies? How about the worst Jane Fonda movies? Curious about Jane Fonda box office grosses or which Jane Fonda movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Jane Fonda movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.
Jane Fonda (1937-) is a two-time Academy Award® winning actress. Fonda has been starring in movies for over 55 years. Her most recent movie, Youth, has people thinking an 8th acting Oscar® nomination is very possible…..that will be decided in the upcoming months. So since Fonda is getting some good press, and the fact that Wayne and Chris requested a Jane Fonda movie page….we figured we would take a closer look at the impressive movie career of Jane Fonda.
Her IMDb page shows 53 acting credits from 1960-2016. This page will rank 42 Jane Fonda movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos and movies that were not released in North American theaters were not included in the rankings. To do well in our 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.
Jane Fonda 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
1981
On Golden Pond (1981)
AA Best Picture Nom
AA Best Supp Actress Nom
1965
Cat Ballou (1965)
1979
The China Syndrome (1979)
AA Best Actress Nom
1977
Julia (1977)
AA Best Picture Nom
AA Best Actress Nom
1967
Barefoot in the Park (1967)
1971
Klute (1971)
AA Best Actress Win
1978
Coming Home (1978)
AA Best Picture Nom
AA Best Actress Win
1980
9 to 5 (1980)
1969
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
AA Best Actress Nom
1979
The Electric Horseman (1979)
1978
California Suite (1978)
2013
Lee Daniels' The Butler (2013)
1977
Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)
1985
Agnes of God (1985)
1968
Barbarella (1968)
1962
Walk on the Wild Side (1962)
1963
Sunday in New York (1963)
1962
Period of Adjustment (1962)
1962
The Chapman Report (1962)
1966
The Chase (1966)
2005
Monster-in-Law (2005)
1978
Comes a Horseman (1978)
1986
The Morning After (1986)
AA Best Actress Nom
1960
Tall Story (1960)
2018
Book Club (2018)
2017
Our Souls At Night (2017)
Netflix
2015
Youth (2015)
2023
80 For Brady (2023)
1967
Hurry Sundown (1967)
1968
Spirits of the Dead/Histoires extraordinaires (1968)
1966
Any Wednesday (1966)
1964
Joy House/Les félins (1964)
2023
Ruby Gillman Teenage Kraken (2023)
Voice Only
2023
Moving On (2023)
2014
This is Where I Leave You (2014)
1972
Tout va bien (1972)
2023
Book Club: The Next Chapter (2023)
2011
All Together (2011)
1976
The Blue Bird (1976)
2022
Luck (2022)
Apple TV
Voice Only
1973
A Doll's House (II) (1973)
1981
Rollover (1981)
1964
Circle of Love/La ronde (1964)
1966
The Game Is Over/La curée (1966)
1973
Steelyard Blues (1973)
2024
This Is Me…Now: A Love Story (2024)
Amazon
2011
Peace, Love, & Misunderstanding (2011)
2007
Georgia Rule (2007)
1989
Old Gringo (1989)
1990
Stanley & Iris (1990)
2014
Better Living Through Chemistry (2014)
1963
In The Cool Of The Day (1963)
Jane Fonda 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 any way you want.
- Sort Jane Fonda movies by her co-stars
- Sort Jane Fonda movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Jane Fonda movies by yearly domestic box office rank
- Sort Jane Fonda 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 how many Oscar® wins each Jane Fonda movie received.
- Sort Jane Fonda movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
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
On Golden Pond (1981)
AA Best Picture Nom
AA Best Supp Actress NomHenry Fonda &
Katharine Hepburn112.80
437.3
437.30
2
79
10 / 03
99.3
2
Cat Ballou (1965)
Lee Marvin
25.10
265.6
265.60
7
77
05 / 01
97.8
3
The China Syndrome (1979)
AA Best Actress NomJack Lemmon &
Michael Douglas51.70
222.1
222.10
15
77
04 / 00
97.5
4
Julia (1977)
AA Best Picture Nom
AA Best Actress NomVanessa Redgrave &
Meryl Streep35.30
170.6
170.60
26
71
11 / 03
97.4
6
Barefoot in the Park (1967)
Robert Redford
22.50
200.5
200.50
12
77
01 / 00
96.9
8
Klute (1971)
AA Best Actress WinDonald Sutherland
24.20
158.4
158.40
14
84
02 / 01
96.0
7
Coming Home (1978)
AA Best Picture Nom
AA Best Actress WinJon Voight &
Bruce Dern29.60
136.2
136.20
20
77
08 / 03
95.9
8
9 to 5 (1980)
Lily Tomlin &
Dolly Parton137.40
569.9
569.90
2
68
01 / 00
95.0
10
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
AA Best Actress NomSusannah York &
Red Buttons16.90
128.0
128.00
20
81
09 / 01
94.4
9
The Electric Horseman (1979)
Robert Redford
81.90
351.7
351.70
7
64
01 / 00
93.7
11
California Suite (1978)
Michael Caine &
Alan Alda42.90
197.7
197.70
13
55
03 / 01
91.9
12
Lee Daniels' The Butler (2013)
Robin Williams &
John Cusack116.60
154.6
234.20
29
68
00 / 00
90.3
13
Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)
George Segal
36.80
177.9
177.90
21
61
00 / 00
90.3
14
Agnes of God (1985)
Anne Bancroft &
Meg Tilly40.70
123.7
123.70
21
60
03 / 00
84.5
15
Barbarella (1968)
John Phillip Law
15.70
129.3
129.30
22
61
00 / 00
84.4
16
Walk on the Wild Side (1962)
Barbara Stanwyck
8.60
123.2
123.20
28
61
01 / 00
84.1
17
Sunday in New York (1963)
Rod Taylor
5.40
68.0
68.00
55
73
00 / 00
80.8
18
Period of Adjustment (1962)
Directed by George Roy Hill
6.00
86.2
86.20
45
66
01 / 00
80.2
21
The Chapman Report (1962)
Shelley Winters &
Directed by George Cukor10.00
143.7
143.70
24
46
00 / 00
78.5
19
The Chase (1966)
Marlon Brando &
Robert Redford5.50
53.9
53.90
53
73
00 / 00
77.7
22
Monster-in-Law (2005)
Jennifer Lopez
82.90
139.7
262.60
23
44
00 / 00
76.6
20
Comes a Horseman (1978)
James Caan
9.60
44.2
44.20
60
73
01 / 00
76.0
22
The Morning After (1986)
AA Best Actress NomJeff Bridges
25.10
73.1
73.10
39
64
01 / 00
75.4
23
Tall Story (1960)
Anthony Perkins
4.60
71.4
71.40
58
65
00 / 00
75.2
24
Book Club (2018)
Diane Keaton &
Richard Dreyfuss68.60
81.1
94.60
42
61
00 / 00
74.7
26
Our Souls At Night (2017)
NetflixRobert Redford &
Bruce Dern0.10
0.1
0.10
392
78
00 / 00
64.9
27
Youth (2015)
Michael Caine
2.70
3.5
30.70
156
75
01 / 00
63.4
28
80 For Brady (2023)
Sally Field &
Lily Tomlin39.30
39.3
39.70
57
64
00 / 00
62.5
30
Hurry Sundown (1967)
Michael Caine
10.10
90.2
90.20
29
47
00 / 00
60.3
29
Spirits of the Dead/Histoires extraordinaires (1968)
Peter Fonda
1.20
10.0
10.00
143
71
00 / 00
58.8
31
Any Wednesday (1966)
Jason Robards &
Dean Jones3.80
36.8
36.80
67
61
00 / 00
55.5
32
Joy House/Les félins (1964)
Alain Delon
0.60
7.4
32.00
143
67
00 / 00
49.0
33
Ruby Gillman Teenage Kraken (2023)
Voice OnlyToni Collette
15.80
15.8
46.10
82
63
00 / 00
47.2
34
Moving On (2023)
Lilly Tomlin
2.10
2.1
2.10
140
67
00 / 00
46.8
37
This is Where I Leave You (2014)
Jason Bateman
34.30
45.3
54.50
90
53
00 / 00
45.3
35
Tout va bien (1972)
Yves Montand
1.20
7.7
7.70
132
65
00 / 00
44.9
36
Book Club: The Next Chapter (2023)
Diane Keaton &
Mary Steenburgen17.50
17.5
27.50
77
61
00 / 00
43.3
38
All Together (2011)
Daniel Brühl
0.00
0.1
9.80
382
65
00 / 00
40.0
39
The Blue Bird (1976)
Elizabeth Taylor &
Ava Gardner10.60
53.7
53.70
59
46
00 / 00
36.4
39
Luck (2022)
Apple TV
Voice OnlySimon Pegg &
Whoppi Goldberg0.10
0.1
0.10
313
62
00 / 00
34.1
40
A Doll's House (II) (1973)
Edward Fox
0.30
2.0
2.00
174
61
00 / 00
32.8
43
Rollover (1981)
Kris Kristofferson
10.90
42.1
42.10
73
48
00 / 00
32.5
41
Circle of Love/La ronde (1964)
Anna Karina
0.90
10.3
10.30
137
58
00 / 00
32.5
44
The Game Is Over/La curée (1966)
Michel Piccoli
0.50
4.8
4.80
138
57
00 / 00
27.5
45
Steelyard Blues (1973)
Donald Sutherland
3.00
18.5
18.50
86
52
00 / 00
25.0
46
This Is Me…Now: A Love Story (2024)
Amazon Jennifer Lopez &
Ben Affleck0.10
0.1
0.10
195
56
00 / 00
21.2
46
Peace, Love, & Misunderstanding (2011)
Jane Fonda &
Catherine Keener0.60
0.8
0.80
202
55
00 / 00
20.4
47
Georgia Rule (2007)
Lindsay Lohan
19.10
29.9
33.00
108
43
00 / 00
16.1
48
Old Gringo (1989)
Gregory Peck
3.60
9.7
9.70
122
48
00 / 00
14.0
49
Stanley & Iris (1990)
Robert DeNiro
5.80
14.8
14.80
113
45
00 / 00
12.3
50
Better Living Through Chemistry (2014)
Sam Rockwell
0.10
0.1
0.10
230
49
00 / 00
11.5
51
In The Cool Of The Day (1963)
Peter Finch &
Angela Lansbury1.10
14.3
14.30
119
41
00 / 00
7.9
Adjusted Jane Fonda Adjusted Worldwide Box Office Grosses
Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil) | S |
---|---|---|---|
Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil) | S |
Monster-in-Law (2005) | Jennifer Lopez | 262.60 | |
Lee Daniels' The Butler (2013) | Robin Williams & John Cusack |
234.20 | |
Book Club (2018) | Diane Keaton & Richard Dreyfuss |
94.60 | |
This is Where I Leave You (2014) | Jason Bateman | 54.50 | |
Ruby Gillman Teenage Kraken (2023) Voice Only |
Toni Collette | 46.10 | |
80 For Brady (2023) | Sally Field & Lily Tomlin |
39.70 | |
Georgia Rule (2007) | Lindsay Lohan | 33.00 | |
Joy House/Les félins (1964) | Alain Delon | 32.00 | |
Youth (2015) | Michael Caine | 30.70 | |
Book Club: The Next Chapter (2023) | Diane Keaton & Mary Steenburgen |
27.50 | |
All Together (2011) | Daniel Brühl | 9.80 |
Possibly Interesting Facts About Jane Fonda
1. Jane Seymour Fonda was born in New York City in 1937.
2. Jane Fonda was born on the same day Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) premiered. Her birth was the cause of some interruptions during her father’s filming of Jezebel (1938) with Bette Davis.
3. Jane Fonda was the oldest child of legendary actor Henry Fonda. Her brother is Peter “Easy Rider” Fonda. Her niece is Bridget “The Godfather Part III” Fonda.
4. Jane Fonda has been nominated for seven acting Oscars®: They Shoot Horses Don’t They? (1969), Klute (1971), Julia (1977), Coming Home (1978), China Syndrome, The (1979), On Golden Pond (1981) and The Morning After (1986). She won for Klute and Coming Home.
5. Jane Fonda has been nominated for nine Golden Globes®. She won for Klute (1971), Julia (1977) and Coming Home (1978). She also won 3 Henrietta Awards (World Film Favorite) in 1973, 1979 and 1980.
6. Jane Fonda was voted the 51st Greatest Movie Star of all time by Entertainment Weekly.
7. Jane Fonda has been married 3 times. Her first marriage was to director, Roger Vadim from 1965 to 1973…they had one child. Her second marriage was to activist, Tom Hayden from 1973 to 1990…..they had two children. Her third marriage was to cable mogul, Ted Turner from 1991 to 2001.
8. Jane Fonda turned or seriously considered for the following roles: Julie Christie role in Doctor Zhivago (1965), Faye Dunaway roles in 1967’s Bonnie and Clyde and 1974’s Chinatown, Nurse Ratched role in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975), Sally Field role in Norma Rae (1979), Mary Tyler Moore role in Ordinary People (1980) and Goldie Hawn role in Swing Shift (1984).
9. Jane Fonda went skinny dipping with Michael Jackson. Jane Fonda and Jodie Foster are the only Best Actress Oscar winners with the initials J.F. 1968’s Barbarella is the only science fiction movie Fonda has appeared in. Her 42 movies have grossed over $3 BILLION when looking at adjusted domestic box office grosses.
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At the movies today, on Jane’s 85th they showed trailers for Eighty for Brady and also Book Club: The Next Chapter, both starring Jane.
Hey Dan….that is cool that she had not one, but two trailers playing today. I will see both of those movies, but not until I see them at home. So my big question, what did you see in theaters today? Avatar 2 or Puss n Boots. Hope you have an awesome holiday. Today was the last school day of the year…looking forward to the next few days off. I think I read that New York was going to school through Friday….I am sorry if that is the case for your wife. Good stuff.
My wife is off from today December 22 and returns to school January 17th.
I saw Puss in Boots yesterday and Avatar on Sunday. Avatar was passable, nothing worth talking about compared to the first when it came out. Some special effects left a little to be desired.
Happy 81st birthday to Jane Fonda!
Happy belated birthday to Jane. I actually just watched her in The Book Club….she was pretty good in that one….we can all hope to look so nice at the age of 81. Thanks for the birthday shout out.