Want to know the best Lee Remick movies? How about the worst Lee Remick movies? Curious about Lee Remick box office grosses or which Lee Remick movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Lee Remick movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.
Lee Remick (1935-1991) is an Oscar® nominated American actress and director. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for the 1962 film Days of Wine and Roses, and for the 1966 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her Broadway theatre performance in Wait Until Dark. Her IMDb page shows over 72 acting credits from 1953 to 1989. This page will rank Lee Remick movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, movies that were not released in North American theaters were not included in the rankings. To do well in our overall rankings a movie has to do well at the box office, get good reviews by critics, be liked by audiences and get some award recognition.
Lee Remick Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
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| 1959 | Anatomy of a Murder (1959) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1962 | Days of Wine and Roses (1962) AA Best Actress Nom |
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| 1976 | The Omen (1976) | |
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| 1958 | The Long, Hot Summer (1958) | |
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| 1971 | Sometimes a Great Notion (1971) |  |
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| 1968 | The Detective (1968) | |
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| 1957 | A Face in the Crowd (1957) | |
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| 1960 | Wild River (1960) | |
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| 1963 | The Wheeler Dealers (1963) | |
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| 1968 | No Way To Treat a Lady (1968) | |
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| 1962 | Experiment in Terror (1962) | |
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| 1980 | The Competition (1980) | |
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| 1980 | Tribute (1980) |  |
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| 1973 | A Delicate Balance (1973) | |
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| 1965 | The Hallelujah Trail (1965) | |
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| 1959 | These Thousand Hills (1959) | |
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| 1978 | The Medusa Torch (1978) | |
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| 1965 | The Satan Bug (1965) | |
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| 1965 | Baby the Rain Must Fall (1965) |  |
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| 1963 | The Running Man (1963) | |
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| 1961 | Sanctuary (1961) | |
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| 1979 | The Europeans (1979) |  |
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| 1969 | Hard Contract (1969) | |
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| 1977 | Telefon (1977) | |
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| 1975 | Hennessy (1975) |  |
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| 1970 | Loot (1970) |  |
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| 1971 | A Severed Head (1971) | |
Lee Remick 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 Lee Remick movies by his co-stars
- Sort Lee Remick movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Lee Remick movies by yearly domestic box office rank.
- Sort Lee Remick 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 Lee Remick movie received.
- Sort Lee Remick movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR 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 | ||||
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| 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 |
| 1 | Anatomy of a Murder (1959) AA Best Picture Nom |
James Stewart & Ben Gazzara |
15.70 | 282.3 | 282.30 | 13 | 86 | 07 / 00 | 99.4 | |
| 3 | Days of Wine and Roses (1962) AA Best Actress Nom |
Jack Lemmon | 12.30 | 176.3 | 209.10 | 17 | 83 | 05 / 01 | 97.6 | |
| 2 | The Omen (1976) | Gregory Peck & David Warner |
86.50 | 437.8 | 437.80 | 5 | 76 | 02 / 01 | 97.2 | |
| 4 | The Long, Hot Summer (1958) | Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward |
10.00 | 179.7 | 179.70 | 14 | 79 | 00 / 00 | 95.9 | |
| 5 | Sometimes a Great Notion (1971) | Paul Newman & Henry Fonda |
13.20 | 86.5 | 86.50 | 24 | 78 | 02 / 00 | 86.9 | |
| 6 | The Detective (1968) | Frank Sinatra | 18.60 | 152.8 | 152.80 | 16 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 86.7 | |
| 7 | A Face in the Crowd (1957) | Andy Griffith & Patricia Neal |
2.90 | 55.0 | 55.00 | 86 | 86 | 00 / 00 | 85.1 | |
| 8 | Wild River (1960) | Montgomery Clift | 3.60 | 56.9 | 56.90 | 70 | 83 | 00 / 00 | 84.3 | |
| 9 | The Wheeler Dealers (1963) | James Garner | 9.10 | 114.6 | 114.60 | 32 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 84.0 | |
| 10 | No Way To Treat a Lady (1968) | Rod Steiger & Lee Remick |
8.90 | 72.9 | 72.90 | 40 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 83.0 | |
| 11 | Experiment in Terror (1962) | Glenn Ford & Stefanie Powers |
4.00 | 57.5 | 57.50 | 61 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 81.8 | |
| 12 | The Competition (1980) | Richard Dreyfuss & Amy Irving |
16.90 | 70.3 | 70.30 | 45 | 71 | 02 / 00 | 80.7 | |
| 13 | Tribute (1980) | Jack Lemmon & Robby Benson |
9.00 | 37.3 | 37.30 | 79 | 63 | 01 / 00 | 60.6 | |
| 14 | A Delicate Balance (1973) | Katharine Hepburn & Joseph Cotten |
1.80 | 10.7 | 10.70 | 129 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 58.5 | |
| 16 | The Hallelujah Trail (1965) | Burt Lancaster & Lee Remick |
3.20 | 34.3 | 34.30 | 78 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 58.4 | |
| 17 | These Thousand Hills (1959) | Richard Egan | 1.90 | 33.5 | 33.50 | 116 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 57.2 | |
| 15 | The Medusa Torch (1978) | Richard Burton | 0.20 | 1.2 | 1.20 | 149 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 56.8 | |
| 18 | The Satan Bug (1965) | Dana Andrews & John Sturges |
2.60 | 27.6 | 27.60 | 87 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 50.7 | |
| 20 | Baby the Rain Must Fall (1965) | Steve McQueen & Don Murray |
3.50 | 37.1 | 37.10 | 71 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 46.9 | |
| 19 | The Running Man (1963) | Laurence Harvey | 1.30 | 16.3 | 16.30 | 114 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 46.8 | |
| 21 | Sanctuary (1961) | Yves Montand | 1.50 | 21.9 | 21.90 | 105 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 44.0 | |
| 22 | The Europeans (1979) | Robin Ellis | 1.50 | 6.4 | 6.40 | 131 | 60 | 01 / 00 | 36.0 | |
| 23 | Hard Contract (1969) | James Coburn & Burgess Meredith |
2.00 | 15.2 | 15.20 | 99 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 33.7 | |
| 24 | Telefon (1977) | Charles Bronson & Donald Pleasence |
11.80 | 56.8 | 56.80 | 54 | 43 | 00 / 00 | 31.7 | |
| 25 | Hennessy (1975) | Rod Steiger | 0.10 | 0.3 | 0.30 | 159 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 22.7 | |
| 26 | Loot (1970) | Richard Attenborough | 0.10 | 0.4 | 0.40 | 185 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 14.0 | |
| 27 | A Severed Head (1971) | Richard Attenborough | 0.10 | 0.3 | 0.30 | 183 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 10.5 |
Best IMDb Trivia On Lee Remick
1. Lee Ann Remick was born in Quincy, Massachusetts in 1935.
2. Lee Remick’s role in Anatomy of a Murder (1959) was intended for Lana Turner, who got fired when she insisted that her off-the-rack costumes, (suitable for the part of an Army wife), be designed by splashy Jean Louis.
3. Jack Lemmon, who played Lee Remick’s husband in Days of Wine and Roses (1962), was her favorite co-star.
4. Lee Remick declared These Thousand Hills (1959) was the least favorite of her films.
5. In 1962, Lee Remick, who was with 20th Century Fox, briefly replaced the excessively tardy Marilyn Monroe on the film Something’s Got to Give (1962). Lee never got past a few wardrobe fittings. Dean Martin, the film’s co-star, refused to work with anyone but Marilyn and threatened to quit. As a result, Marilyn was brought back. The project was eventually scrapped.
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Thanks for the information on my favourite actress by far.. i have just had a discussion whether adjusted to inflation Anatomy of a murder would have grossed more than the Omen. apparently it did not but the difference is not as great as one would have thought 9 or more aptly feared). There is actually a 28th theatrical release, a UK-spanish-german co production called una secretaria para matar from 73 released in the US in 76 as Touch me not and later on on vhs as The Hunted
I realize I’m rather tardy leaving a comment on Lee Remick, but as I recall making a suggestion for her incorporation in UMR over 18 months ago, I thought that ‘better late than never’ would apply here! So firstly,a belated thanks to you, Bruce, for this page.
Aside from finding her terribly attractive, I think Remick was quite a capable and talented actress when given the opportunity, as evidenced by what I think are her two best roles, in Anatomy of a Murder and Days of Wine and Roses. Strangely, after her touching and memorable, Oscar-nominated performance in the latter, good roles did not come flowing for Remick. Consequently, in the mid-sixties, she had a temporarily hiatus from the big screen in search of more interesting acting experiences on stage, where she earned considerable recognition. Indeed, as your summary mentions, she won a Tony award for the lead role in Wait Until Dark. When the play was turned into film in 1968, she lost the part to Audrey Hepburn, and while Hepburn was no doubt excellent in the role, it would have been interesting to see Remick reprise her stage role in the film.
It was partly because of her frustration with the quality of films and roles she was given that Lee Remick did not make more movies. It seems Hollywood did not quite know what to do with her. Still, of the 16 that I have seen, there are undoubtedly a number of good ones. Aside from the two aforementioned, personal favorites include A Face in the Crowd, Experiment in Terror, No Way to Treat a Lady, The Omen, and A Thousand Hills (even though I note from the trivia above that this was her least favorite film).
Like Audrey Hepburn, Lee Remick left us too early, passing away at 55 after a battle with cancer. But while she may not be as well remembered as Hepburn, she left behind a solid legacy of films, as well as stage and TV roles.
Bruce;
I thought you had made a mistake by including THE SATAN BUG on your Lee Remick page but, according to IMD, she had an uncredited role as a waitress. Though I have seen that movie a few times, I have never noticed her. I will have to watch it again. I should have known better than to think you had erred. As far as movie statistics are concerned, you are THE MAN.
Hey Nick. Yep it is an uncredited role….normally I do not include those roles, but her quantity of movies was pretty low, so I included it. Thanks for the kind words….they are greatly appreciated.
I saw 8 including top 5 and 7 of top 9. 10s and favorite: a face in the crowd, anatomy of a murder, days of wine and roses. 9 long hot summer. not so hidden gems: sometimes a great notion and wheeler dealers.
Hey bob cox…..as always…good to hear from you and thanks for the comment and tally count. Your 8 Lee Remick movies seen, keeps Steve in last place but not enough to medal. I have seen all the ones you rated with the exception of Wheeler Dealers. Good ratings.