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Joel Schumacher (1939-2020) was an American filmmaker. Schumacher rose to fame after directing three hit films: St. Elmo’s Fire (1985), The Lost Boys (1987), and Flatliners (1990). His IMDb page shows 35 directing credits from 1974 to 2013. This page will rank Joel Schumacher movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos, uncredited roles, and movies that were not released in North American were not included in the rankings.
Joel Schumacher 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
1994
The Client (1994)
Director
1996
A Time to Kill (1996)
Director
1995
Batman Forever (1995)
1990
Flatliners (1990)
1993
Falling Down (1993)
1987
The Lost Boys (1987)
2002
Phone Booth (2002)
1997
Batman & Robin (1997)
1985
St. Elmo's Fire (1985)
2004
The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
1989
Cousins (1989)
1981
The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981)
1983
D.C. Cab (1983)
Director
1991
Dying Young (1991)
2000
Tigerland (2000)
2003
Veronica Guerin (2003)
1999
8MM (1999)
1999
Flawless (1999)
2007
The Number 23 (2007)
2002
Bad Company (2002)
2009
Blood Creek (2009)
2010
Twelve (2010)
Director
2011
Trespass (2011)
Joel Schumacher 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 Joel Schumacher movies by his co-stars
- Sort Joel Schumacher movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Joel Schumacher movies by adjusted worldwide box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Joel Schumacher 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 Joel Schumacher movie received.
- Sort Joel Schumacher movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR puts box office, reviews, and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
| CreditRank | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Review % | Oscar Nom / Win | S | UMR Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CreditRank | 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 | S | UMR Score |
| 1 | The Client (1994) Director |
Susan Sarandon & Tommy Lee Jones |
92.10 | 243.4 | 310.8 | 13 | 70 | 01 / 00 | 95.4 | |
| 2 | A Time to Kill (1996) Director |
Matthew McConaughey & Sandra Bullock |
108.80 | 265.3 | 371.4 | 10 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 94.2 | |
| 3 | Batman Forever (1995) | Val Kilmer & Tommy Lee Jones |
184.00 | 456.1 | 834.0 | 2 | 52 | 03 / 00 | 90.4 | |
| 4 | Flatliners (1990) | Kiefer Sutherland & Kevin Bacon |
61.50 | 156.7 | 156.7 | 18 | 59 | 01 / 00 | 87.8 | |
| 5 | Falling Down (1993) | Michael Douglas & Robert Duvall |
40.90 | 106.5 | 106.5 | 36 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 86.4 | |
| 6 | The Lost Boys (1987) | Jason Patric & Corey Haim |
32.20 | 88.8 | 88.8 | 36 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 83.8 | |
| 7 | Phone Booth (2002) | Colin Farrell & Kiefer Sutherland |
46.60 | 86.5 | 181.8 | 53 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 80.7 | |
| 7 | Batman & Robin (1997) | Arnold Schwarzenegger & George Clooney |
107.30 | 252.1 | 559.4 | 11 | 26 | 00 / 00 | 77.4 | |
| 9 | St. Elmo's Fire (1985) | Demi Moore & Rob Lowe |
37.80 | 114.8 | 114.8 | 23 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 77.3 | |
| 10 | The Phantom of the Opera (2004) | Gerard Butler & Patrick Wilson |
51.30 | 89.0 | 268.5 | 63 | 57 | 03 / 00 | 75.3 | |
| 11 | Cousins (1989) | Ted Danson & Isabella Rossellini |
22.00 | 59.8 | 59.8 | 48 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 68.6 | |
| 12 | The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981) | Lily Tomlin & Charles Grodin |
20.30 | 78.6 | 78.6 | 42 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 59.9 | |
| 13 | D.C. Cab (1983) Director |
Max Gail & Adam Baldwin |
16.10 | 55.2 | 55.2 | 45 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 53.6 | |
| 14 | Dying Young (1991) | Julia Roberts & Campbell Scott |
33.70 | 86.2 | 210.6 | 41 | 42 | 00 / 00 | 49.4 | |
| 15 | Tigerland (2000) | Colin Farrell & Matthew Davis |
0.10 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 249 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 42.5 | |
| 16 | Veronica Guerin (2003) | Cate Blanchett & Colin Farrell |
1.60 | 2.8 | 16.9 | 172 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 33.4 | |
| 18 | 8MM (1999) | Nicolas Cage & Joaquin Phoenix |
36.70 | 78.1 | 205.8 | 56 | 35 | 00 / 00 | 32.2 | |
| 17 | Flawless (1999) | Robert DeNiro & Philip Seymour Hoffman |
4.50 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 152 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 30.5 | |
| 19 | The Number 23 (2007) | Jim Carrey & Virginia Madsen |
35.20 | 55.1 | 121.5 | 76 | 36 | 00 / 00 | 17.8 | |
| 21 | Bad Company (2002) | Anthony Hopkins & Chris Rock |
30.20 | 56.1 | 122.6 | 89 | 35 | 00 / 00 | 16.3 | |
| 20 | Blood Creek (2009) | Henry Cavill | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 324 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 13.9 | |
| 22 | Twelve (2010) Director |
Chace Crawford & Emma Roberts |
0.20 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 236 | 41 | 00 / 00 | 4.5 | |
| 23 | Trespass (2011) | Nicolas Cage & Nicole Kidman |
0.10 | 0.1 | 13.1 | 271 | 35 | 00 / 00 | 1.8 |
RIP Joel Schumacher.
I had watched a season of Batman movies recently, old and new. Schumacher’s two campy efforts have not improved with age but they can be labeled ‘guilty pleasures’.
I’ve seen 10 of the 22 films on the chart, favorites include – The Lost Boys, Flatliners, Falling Down, A Time to Kill and the two Batman films, well put it this way I’d rather watch Batman & Robin than Schindler’s List or 12 Years a Slave.
Looking at the chart, The Lost Boys is his highest rated movie, I have no problem with that. Falling Down might have been a better choice but when was the last time anybody watched that?
A nice tribute Bruce. Vote Up.
Hey Steve….thanks for sharing your thoughts on Joel and his movies. I am surprised you have not seen more of his movies. I like his first Batman movie….but still do not like Batman and Robin at all. I have seen all of your favorites…and I am right there with you on The Lost Boys, A Time To Kill and Flatliners. Falling Down is a good movie….but it gets so dark as it progresses. Am I a “bad guy” for thinking that way? Good stuff as always.