Want to know the best Katharine Hepburn movies?  How about the worst Katharine Hepburn movies?  Curious about Katharine Hepburn box office grosses or which Katharine Hepburn movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Katharine Hepburn movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences and which got the worst reviews? Well you have come to the right place, because we have all of that information and a lot more!

Katharine Hepburn’s movie career was one heck of a roller coaster ride. The ride started on a high note with an Oscar® win for 1933’s Morning Glory and a blockbuster hit in 1934’s Little Women. She was unable to maintain her early success. The rest of the 1930s did not go very well for her. Hepburn made eleven more movies in the 1930s, and with a couple of exceptions (Alice Adams & Stage Door), they were all box office bombs. After being labeled “box office poison” she returned to the stage.

In 1940 Hepburn returned to Hollywood to make the film version of The Philadelphia Story. The film was one of the biggest hits of the year and earned Hepburn her third Oscar® nomination. After that success she appeared for the first time with Spencer Tracy in 1942’s Woman of the Year. Tracy and Hepburn would make nine films together over the next twenty-five years and become one the greatest screen couples ever. Their final appearance together would be 1967’s Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner, which was a blockbuster hit and earned Hepburn her 2nd Oscar® win. The following year she appeared in The Lion in Winter. She amazingly won her 3rd Oscar® win for Best Actress. Following her back to back Oscar® wins, Hepburn’s movie career took another downward spiral.

For the next twenty-five years, she would appear in only eight more movies. Most of those movies died at the box office, but she had one more major role left in her. In 1981 she appeared in On Golden Pond opposite Henry Fonda. On Golden Pond was her second biggest box office hit and earned her a record fourth Academy Award® for Best Actress. Her last role was in 1994’s Love Affair. Katharine Hepburn passed away June 29th 2003 at the age of 96.

Her IMDb page shows 52 acting credits from 1932-1994. This page will rank Katharine Hepburn movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos and movies not released in North American theaters were not included in the rankings.

Katharine Hepburn 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
1940	The Philadelphia Story (1940) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Actress Nom
1968	The Lion in Winter (1968) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Actress Win
1981	On Golden Pond (1981) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Actress Win
1937	Stage Door (1937) AA Best Picture Nom
1951	The African Queen (1951) AA Best Actress Nom
1933	Little Women (1933) AA Best Picture Nom
1967	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Actress Win
1949	Adam's Rib (1949)
1942	Woman of the Year (1942) AA Best Actress Nom
1948	State of the Union (1948)
1959	Suddenly, Last Summer (1959) AA Best Actress Nom
1945	Without Love (1945)
1942	Keeper of the Flame (1942)
1938	Bringing Up Baby (1938)
1947	The Sea of Grass (1947)
1946	Undercurrent (1946)
1947	Song of Love (1947)
1938	Holiday (1938)
1955	Summertime (1955) AA Best Actress Nom
1944	Dragon Seed (1944)
1952	Pat and Mike (1952)
1957	Desk Set (1957)
1935	Alice Adams (1935) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Actress Nom
1956	The Rainmaker (1956) AA Best Actress Nom
1936	Mary of Scotland (1936)
1962	Long Day's Journey into Night (1962) AA Best Actress Nom
1933	Morning Glory (1933) AA Best Actress Win
1975	Rooster Cogburn (1975)
1935	Sylvia Scarlett (1935)
1937	Quality Street (1937)
1956	The Iron Petticoat (1956)
1973	A Delicate Balance (1973)
1936	A Woman Rebels (1936)
1934	Spitfire (1934)
1935	Break of Hearts (1935)
1933	Christopher Strong (1933)
1934	The Little Minister (1934)
1932	A Bill of Divorcement (1932)
1971	The Trojan Women (1971)
1994	Love Affair (1994)
1978	Olly, Olly, Oxen Free (1978)
1969	The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969)
1984	Grace Quigley (1984)

Katharine Hepburn 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.

• Sort Katharine Hepburn movies by co-stars of her movies
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• Sort Katharine Hepburn 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 Katharine Hepburn movie received.
• Sort Katharine Hepburn 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 sort and search button to make this a very interactive page.

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Wait! Want more Katharine Hepburn stats?  Well we have adjusted worldwide grosses on 24 of her movies.

1. Dragon Seed (1944) $393.70 million in worldwide adjusted gross
2. The Sea of Grass (1947) $288.00 million in worldwide adjusted gross
3. The Philadelphia Story (1940) $280.20 million in worldwide adjusted gross
4. Undercurrent (1946) $276.10 million in worldwide adjusted gross
5. Song of Love (1947) $268.90 million in worldwide adjusted gross
6. Keeper of the Flame (1942) $267.90 million in worldwide adjusted gross
7. State of the Union (1948) $261.10 million in worldwide adjusted gross
8. Without Love (1945) $260.10 million in worldwide adjusted gross
9. Stage Door (1937) $229.10 million in worldwide adjusted gross
10. Woman of the Year (1942) $224.70 million in worldwide adjusted gross
11. Little Women (1933) $223.10 million in worldwide adjusted gross
12. Adam’s Rib (1949) $214.80 million in worldwide adjusted gross
13. Bringing Up Baby (1938) $158.30 million in worldwide adjusted gross
14. Mary of Scotland (1936) $143.90 million in worldwide adjusted gross
15. Pat and Mike (1952) $117.40 million in worldwide adjusted gross
16. The Little Minister (1934) $115.70 million in worldwide adjusted gross
17. Alice Adams (1935) $76.60 million in worldwide adjusted gross
18. Break of Hearts (1935) $72.00 million in worldwide adjusted gross
19. A Woman Rebels (1936) $65.00 million in worldwide adjusted gross
20. Spitfire (1934) $64.90 million in worldwide adjusted gross
21. The Iron Petticoat (1957) $60.60 million in worldwide adjusted gross
22. A Bill of Divorcement (1932) $57.90 million in worldwide adjusted gross
23. Sylvia Scarlett (1935) $51.10 million in worldwide adjusted gross
24. Quality Street (1937) $42.60 million in worldwide adjusted gross

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