Jump To John Wayne Links: 1. Box Office 2. Oscar Movies 3. Reviews 4. Trailers 5. Trivia 6. UMR Table
John Wayne made 88 movies before becoming a star in 1939’s Stagecoach. From Stagecoach to 1976’s The Shootist, Wayne made another 82 movies. That is a grand total of 170 movies in his career. John Wayne was the first movie star that I became aware of as a child. I still remember the shock of watching him die in The Alamo (my older brother had told me he was going to survive…he obviously lied to me). For nearly forty years, Wayne was one of the most popular stars making movies.
John Wayne’s IMDb page shows 180 acting credits from 1926-1976. The following table only lists about half of John Wayne’s movies. Cameos, television appearances, and almost all of his B westerns from the 1930s were not included in the rankings. His remaining 94 movies are ranked by 6 different columns of sortable information.
John Wayne Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
John Wayne 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.
- If movie title is a blue, then there is a John Wayne movie trailer attached to the page link
- Sort John Wayne movies by co-stars or in some cases directors
- Sort John Wayne movies by adjusted box office grosses using current movie ticket cost
- Sort John Wayne movies by box office rank in the year of release
- Sort John Wayne movies by how the movie was 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 Wayne movie received.
- Sort John Wayne 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.
- Use the search and sort buttons to make this table very interactive.
Stats and Possibly Interesting Things From The Above John Wayne Table
1. 51 John Wayne movies crossed the magical $100 million mark. That is a percentage of 54.26% of his movies listed. His top domestic box office hit was The Longest Day (1963).
2. An average John Wayne movie grosses $124.30 million in adjusted box office gross.
3. Using RottenTomatoes.com’s 60% fresh meter. 55 John Wayne movies are rated as good movies…or 65.47% of his movies. His highest rated movie is 1959’s Rio Bravo. His lowest rated movie is The Conqueror (1956).
4. 24 John Wayne movies received at least one Oscar® nomination in any category…..or 28.23% of his movies.
5. 9 John Wayne movies won at least one Oscar® in any category…..or 10.71% of his movies.
6. A “good movie” Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score is 60.00 or higher. 61 John Wayne movies scored higher that average….or 71.76% of his movies. True Grit (1969) got the highest UMR Score. Brannigan (1975) got the lowest UMR Score.
Jump To John Wayne Links: 1. Box Office 2. Oscar Movies 3. Reviews 4. Trailers 5. Trivia 6. UMR Table
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All Of John Wayne’s Movies Are Outstanding !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I Don’t Believe This Great Giant Of An Actor Ever Made A Bad Movie In His Life. John Wayne Will Always Be The Greatest Actor Above All Actors. His Star Will Shine Bright Forever and Always.
Hey Rachel….I agree 100%.
That’s Right!!! You said it Rachel!!!!
Hey Skip….she speaks the truth!
I could care less about rating them in any form or manner besides that rating is prisoner to the bias of who or what the ratings are by or for. If Duke made it I like it, I want it and not interested in any rating of any kind. Enuf said.
I understand your thinking. This is way more than ranking his movies. It gives a complete snapshot of 83 of his movies…all on one line of information.
Who cares what those people come up with.
Well….our pages are read in over 200 countries and have millions of views. Some of the stats like actual box office results are very hard to find. Some Wayne fans enjoy seeing the stats…..which is what these pages used to be called. The Best John Wayne Movies…Statistically Speaking.
Everyone has their favorites,the Searchers was a great movie but not a favorite of mine there’s so many great ones,listing would take a while,but for a few,Big Jake,True Grit,War Wagon
I agree with you 100%. Love War Wagon. At one point this page was called The Best John Wayne Movies …Statistically Speaking…because that is how my equation rates the movies. The huge table allows any Wayne fan to rate the movie any way they want. This is now my 3rd most popular page….as there are so many Marion Robert Morrison fans out there.
Good I got some not that many keep saying count I don’t my kids and grandchildren. Think it fun. Like the western
Very cool Mary Jane. Thanks for checking out my update.