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John Mills (1908-2005) was an Oscar®-winning English actor. Mills’s career spanned seven decades. He excelled on camera as an appealing British everyman who often portrayed guileless, wounded war heroes. His IMDb page shows 131 acting credits from 1932 to 2005. This page will rank John Mills 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. And there are a lot of those movies.
John Mills 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
1982
Gandhi (1982)
AA Best Picture Win
1956
Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
AA Best Picture Win
1939
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
AA Best Picture Nom
1946
Great Expectations (1946)
AA Best Picture Nom
1942
In Which We Serve (1942)
AA Best Picture Nom
1961
The Parent Trap (1961)
1960
Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
1970
Ryan's Daughter (1970)
AA Best Supp Actor Win
1956
War and Peace (1956)
1964
The Chalk Garden (1964)
1965
King Rat (1965)
1965
Operation Crossbow (1965)
1954
Hobson's Choice (1954)
1944
This Happy Breed (1944)
1966
The Family Way (1966)
1996
Hamlet (1996)
1960
Tunes of Glory (1960)
1997
Bean (1997)
1965
The Truth About Spring (1965)
1969
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
1959
Tiger Bay (1959)
1958
Dunkirk (1958)
1966
The Wrong Box (1966)
1950
Operation Disaster/Morning Departure (1950)
1986
When the Wind Blows (1986)
1955
The End of The Affair (1955)
1942
The Young Mr. Pitt (1942)
1962
The Valiant (1962)
1947
So Well Remembered (1947)
1945
Johnny In The Clouds/The Way to the Stars (1945)
1998
Cats (1998)
1972
Young Winston (1972)
1966
Gypsy Girl (1966)
1978
The Thirty Nine Steps (1978)
2003
Bright Young Things (2003)
1973
Oklahoma Crude (1973)
1961
Flame in the Streets (1961)
1971
Dulcima (1971)
1961
The Singer Not The Song (1961)
1959
Season of Passion (1959)
1979
Zulu Dawn (1979)
1969
Run Wild, Run Free (1969)
1994
Deadly Advice (1994)
1967
Chuka (1967)
1970
Adam's Woman (1970)
1968
A Black Veil for Lisa (1968)
1968
Emma Hamilton (1968)
1975
The 'Human' Factor (1975)
1972
Lady Caroline Lamb (1972)
1987
Who's That Girl (1987)
1978
The Big Sleep (1978)
1967
Africa: Texas Style (1967)
1962
Tiara Tahiti (1962)
1983
Sahara (1983)
1995
Gentlemen Don't Eat Poets (1995)
1976
A Dirty Knight's Work (1976)
John Mills 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 John Mills movies by his co-stars
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- Sort John Mills movies by domestic yearly box office rank
- Sort John Mills 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 John Mills movie received.
- Sort John Mills 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.
| 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 |
| 2 | Gandhi (1982) AA Best Picture Win |
Ben Kinglsey & Martin Sheen |
52.80 | 193.5 | 468.50 | 11 | 85 | 11 / 08 | 99.9 | |
| 1 | Around the World in 80 Days (1956) AA Best Picture Win |
David Niven & Shirley MacLaine |
35.50 | 695.5 | 695.50 | 2 | 70 | 08 / 05 | 99.7 | |
| 3 | Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) AA Best Picture Nom |
Robert Donat & Greer Garson |
6.90 | 264.4 | 500.80 | 12 | 79 | 07 / 01 | 99.0 | |
| 5 | Great Expectations (1946) AA Best Picture Nom |
Alec Guinness & Jean Simmons |
5.40 | 166.5 | 166.50 | 62 | 84 | 05 / 02 | 98.5 | |
| 7 | In Which We Serve (1942) AA Best Picture Nom |
Noel Coward & David Lean |
5.10 | 191.2 | 191.20 | 39 | 78 | 02 / 00 | 98.0 | |
| 6 | The Parent Trap (1961) | Maureen O'Hara & Brian Keith |
29.90 | 435.2 | 435.20 | 5 | 79 | 02 / 00 | 97.5 | |
| 7 | Swiss Family Robinson (1960) | Dorothy McGuire & James MacArthur |
37.10 | 580.3 | 580.30 | 1 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 97.1 | |
| 8 | Ryan's Daughter (1970) AA Best Supp Actor Win |
Sarah Miles & Robert Mitchum |
44.40 | 308.6 | 308.60 | 7 | 62 | 04 / 02 | 94.5 | |
| 9 | War and Peace (1956) | Henry Fonda & Audrey Hepburn |
17.90 | 350.0 | 350.00 | 8 | 58 | 03 / 00 | 92.6 | |
| 10 | The Chalk Garden (1964) | Deborah Kerr & Hayley Mills |
9.10 | 104.9 | 104.90 | 28 | 69 | 01 / 00 | 85.2 | |
| 11 | King Rat (1965) | George Segal | 7.00 | 74.3 | 74.30 | 42 | 75 | 02 / 00 | 83.7 | |
| 13 | Operation Crossbow (1965) | Sophia Loren & George Peppard |
10.00 | 105.7 | 105.70 | 24 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 81.7 | |
| 12 | Hobson's Choice (1954) | Charles Laughton & David Niven |
1.70 | 40.2 | 40.20 | 132 | 83 | 00 / 00 | 81.5 | |
| 14 | This Happy Breed (1944) | Robert Newton | 1.20 | 40.8 | 40.80 | 139 | 79 | 00 / 00 | 79.2 | |
| 16 | The Family Way (1966) | Hayley Mills | 5.60 | 54.5 | 54.50 | 51 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 78.5 | |
| 15 | Hamlet (1996) | Charlton Heston & Robin Williams |
4.70 | 11.5 | 41.10 | 153 | 83 | 04 / 00 | 77.8 | |
| 17 | Tunes of Glory (1960) | Alec Guinness | 1.50 | 23.0 | 23.00 | 114 | 81 | 01 / 00 | 76.8 | |
| 18 | Bean (1997) | Burt Reynolds & Rowan Atkinson |
45.30 | 106.4 | 590.00 | 45 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 76.0 | |
| 20 | The Truth About Spring (1965) | Hayley Mills | 4.10 | 42.8 | 42.80 | 68 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 67.4 | |
| 19 | Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) | John Gielgud & Laurence Olivier |
2.90 | 21.7 | 21.70 | 75 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 67.1 | |
| 22 | Tiger Bay (1959) | Hayley Mills | 0.90 | 16.7 | 16.70 | 149 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 63.2 | |
| 23 | Dunkirk (1958) | Richard Attenborough | 0.90 | 15.9 | 105.70 | 148 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 62.8 | |
| 23 | The Wrong Box (1966) | Michael Caine & Dudley Moore |
0.90 | 8.7 | 8.70 | 127 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 62.4 | |
| 24 | Operation Disaster/Morning Departure (1950) | Richard Attenborough | 0.50 | 11.8 | 11.80 | 202 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 62.4 | |
| 25 | When the Wind Blows (1986) | Peggy Ashcroft | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 243 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 61.9 | |
| 26 | The End of The Affair (1955) | Deborah Kerr & Van Johnson |
1.80 | 37.0 | 37.00 | 144 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 60.8 | |
| 26 | The Young Mr. Pitt (1942) | Robert Donat | 1.10 | 40.1 | 40.10 | 172 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 60.7 | |
| 28 | The Valiant (1962) | Robert Shaw | 0.60 | 9.2 | 9.20 | 129 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 57.7 | |
| 30 | So Well Remembered (1947) | Trevor Howard | 0.80 | 23.3 | 23.30 | 169 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 56.5 | |
| 30 | Johnny In The Clouds/The Way to the Stars (1945) | Jean Simmons & Trevor Howard |
0.20 | 5.4 | 5.40 | 169 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 55.7 | |
| 31 | Cats (1998) | Elaine Page | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 301 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 55.2 | |
| 32 | Young Winston (1972) | Anthony Hopkins & Robert Shaw |
6.50 | 41.3 | 41.30 | 55 | 57 | 03 / 00 | 55.1 | |
| 33 | Gypsy Girl (1966) | Hayley Mills & Ian McShane |
1.20 | 12.1 | 12.10 | 118 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 53.2 | |
| 34 | The Thirty Nine Steps (1978) | David Warner | 1.00 | 4.8 | 4.80 | 129 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 48.6 | |
| 35 | Bright Young Things (2003) | Peter O'Toole & Dan Aykroyd |
0.90 | 1.7 | 4.80 | 188 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 47.2 | |
| 36 | Oklahoma Crude (1973) | George C. Scott & Faye Dunaway |
7.60 | 46.1 | 46.10 | 46 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 41.5 | |
| 37 | Flame in the Streets (1961) | Sylvia Syms | 0.10 | 2.1 | 2.10 | 148 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 41.4 | |
| 38 | Dulcima (1971) | Carol White | 0.20 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 180 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 40.8 | |
| 39 | The Singer Not The Song (1961) | Dirk Bogarde | 0.60 | 8.8 | 8.80 | 131 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 39.4 | |
| 42 | Season of Passion (1959) | Anne Baxter & Angela Lansbury |
1.80 | 32.1 | 32.10 | 122 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 38.2 | |
| 41 | Zulu Dawn (1979) | Burt Lancaster & Peter O'Toole |
2.30 | 10.1 | 10.10 | 112 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 36.7 | |
| 41 | Run Wild, Run Free (1969) | Mark Lester | 0.60 | 4.9 | 4.90 | 152 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 36.7 | |
| 43 | Deadly Advice (1994) | Jonathan Pryce | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 260 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 35.5 | |
| 44 | Chuka (1967) | Rod Taylor & Ernest Borgnine |
1.90 | 17.1 | 17.10 | 101 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 30.0 | |
| 45 | Adam's Woman (1970) | Beau Bridges | 0.20 | 1.1 | 1.10 | 174 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 26.0 | |
| 44 | A Black Veil for Lisa (1968) | Luciana Paluzzi | 0.40 | 3.6 | 3.60 | 168 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 25.7 | |
| 45 | Emma Hamilton (1968) | Michèle Mercier | 0.10 | 0.4 | 0.40 | 192 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 22.7 | |
| 46 | The 'Human' Factor (1975) | George Kennedy | 1.50 | 8.0 | 8.00 | 128 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 21.7 | |
| 49 | Lady Caroline Lamb (1972) | Laurence Olivier & Sarah Miles |
1.10 | 6.9 | 6.90 | 137 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 18.4 | |
| 51 | Who's That Girl (1987) | Madonna | 7.30 | 20.1 | 20.10 | 93 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 17.1 | |
| 50 | The Big Sleep (1978) | Robert Mitchum & James Stewart |
2.20 | 10.2 | 10.20 | 112 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 17.0 | |
| 50 | Africa: Texas Style (1967) | Hugh O'Brian | 1.30 | 11.7 | 11.70 | 128 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 16.0 | |
| 53 | Tiara Tahiti (1962) | James Mason | 1.90 | 26.7 | 26.70 | 102 | 43 | 00 / 00 | 14.7 | |
| 54 | Sahara (1983) | Brooke Shields & Lambert Wilson |
1.40 | 4.8 | 4.80 | 127 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 13.1 | |
| 53 | Gentlemen Don't Eat Poets (1995) | Alan Bates & Sting |
0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 273 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 11.5 | |
| 54 | A Dirty Knight's Work (1976) | Barbara Hershey | 0.20 | 0.8 | 0.80 | 163 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 8.5 |
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John Mills, is the # 52 most connectible actor of the 1950’s, and the # 71 most connected of the 1980’s.
i saw 11, including 10 of top 11. 10s and favorites: Gandhi , goodbye mr chips. 10 not favorite great expectations. 9 not favorite swiss family robinson. no hidden gems.
Oscar Winner John Mills, a short Knight, but a merry one!
I’ve seen 18 of the 54 films on the chart, one third. Favorites include – Ryan’s Daughter, Zulu Dawn, Operation Crossbow, Ice Cold in Alex (not on the chart), Dunkirk, In Which We Serve, Gandhi, Great Expectations, Hamlet, Hobson’s Choice, The Wrong Box and Around the World in 80 Days.
Lots of great movies in his filmography.
Good work Bruce. Vote Up!