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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Hello Bruce, according to my database I have 107 John Wayne films in my collection, thats more than you’ve listed here! Is that possible? I’ll send you an email of all the titles I have. I doubt if I’ve watched them all.
Looking at your new tables, Without Reservations was that popular? More than Rio Bravo or The Searchers? It’s a bit high, a bit too inflated perhaps?
The cost of these old movies I find fascinating, I wonder if we can find that info for every movie?
A great job putting all this together.
Thanks for the comment. Well Without Reservation was the 43rd biggest grosser in 1946…by far the most popular movie year ever when looking at tickets sold. Americans did two things in 1946 after World War 2….went to the movies and then went home and created babies……so I stick by my numbers. In 2087 somebody will look at the huge book office numbers of the Transformer movies and think something is wrong.
Wayne has 180 ish movies. My page pretty much only looks at his career from Stagecoach on. I think there are about 5 1930 movies in the page…..but his B westerns were not included. If I ever stumble upon some Republic picture information of the 1930s I will include them….but I think those records are long gone….if they were even kept in the first place.
Another good one. Thanks. My grandmother was the one who got me hooked on movies. First was SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS and then every Monday night in the early Forties to get a piece of cookware or cutlery that was given to each adult patron. If she wasn’t interested in seeing the movie, I would wait outside while she collected the “gift” and came right out the adjoining door. FYI, in the still from HIGH AND THE MIGHTY with Wayne are David Brian, Claire Trevor and the back of Paul Kelly’s head. Thanks, again.
Hey Michael…very cool story about your grandmother and her getting her cookware. My grandmother was a huge influence on my as well….for years we would see one movie a week…..when I look back on it now….I wonder how board she was watching all those silly Disney movies….the ones with Tim Conway and Don Knotts. One of my best memories with her and movies…was seeing A Bride Too Far in a massive old theater in Portland Oregon…it probably seated 1000 people….I still love that movie. High and the Mightly is a great Wayne movie….they whistled the song from the movie after his funeral…because Wayne loved that song so much.
Thanks for the comment and the visit….both are greatly appreciated.
Enjoyed the lists greatly. thank you.
Thanks John….I greatly appreciate it
Saturday afternoon Charlie Chan, East Side Kids and JOHN WAYNE! Growing up in the St.Louis area in the early 1960s you had the best movies in the afternoon. Maybe that’s when my love affair with JOHN WAYNE began. I have statues, salt & pepper boots, stamps and COOR’s beer cans with the Duke. My goal is to have DVDs of all his movies. I just got Four Sons. Still watching to try and find him. If anyone knows what part he played in the movie I would like to know. My goal is to have copies of all his movies. I know that the first movie he was in was Mother McCree and that film has been lost. What about a movie about his life. Could they find someone who could fill his boots?
Hey JMRadwick….thanks for stopping by and for the comment. As for Four Sons…wow that is a way early Wayne movie….his role is uncredited….but IMDB says his role is Officer…..so I would think he would show up in the background and probably not even speak a line.
As for who could play the Duke in his life story….that would indeed be a tall order….the actor that comes to mind is Vincent D’Onofrio, who is a good actor and has a similar build as the Duke.
Mel Brooks said he wanted John Wayne in the film “Blazing Saddles.” Wayne turned him down because he felt the profanity and crude jokes were contrary to what Wayne’s fans wanted. “But,” he finished, “I’ll be the first in line to see it.”
My dad’s favorite actor. Great Wayne Movie Page.
Hey KR Raizor….funny store about John Wayne and Blazing Saddles. That would have been classic if Wayne would have appreared in that movie. Lots of people got in line for Blazing Saddles. My best friend growing up loved Wayne as well….we must have watch 50 Wayne movies growing up with his dad….nice memories….thanks for the comment and the compliments.