Want to know the best Lily Tomlin movies? How about the worst Lily Tomlin movies? Curious about Lily Tomlin box office grosses or which Lily Tomlin movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Lily Tomlin movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences? Well, you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.
Lily Tomlin (1939-) is an Oscar® nominated American actress and comedian. Tomlin started her career as a stand-up comedian during the 1960s. Her breakout role was on the television variety show Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In from 1969 until 1973. She has been appearing in movies for the last six decades. Her IMDb page shows over 67 acting credits since 1972. This page will rank Lily Tomlin movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. 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.
Lily Tomlin 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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| 2018 | Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) Voice Only |
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| 1980 | 9 to 5 (1980) |  |
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| 1975 | Nashville (1975) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Supp Actress Nom |
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| 1984 | All of Me (1984) | |
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| 1992 | The Player (1992) |  |
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| 1988 | Big Business (1988) | |
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| 2008 | Ponyo (2008) | |
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| 2000 | The Kid (2000) | |
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| 1993 | Short Cuts (1993) |  |
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| 1996 | Flirting with Disaster (1996) | |
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| 2006 | A Prairie Home Companion (2006) | |
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| 2015 | Grandma (2015) | |
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| 1993 | The Beverly Hillbillies (1993) | |
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| 1977 | The Late Show (1977) |  |
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| 2002 | Orange County (2002) | |
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| 2006 | The Ant Bully (2006) | |
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| 2023 | 80 For Brady (2023) | |
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| 1981 | The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981) | |
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| 1999 | Tea with Mussolini (1999) | |
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| 2004 | I Heart Huckabees (2004) | |
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| 1991 | The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe (1991) |  |
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| 1991 | Shadows and Fog (1991) | |
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| 1995 | Blue in the Face (1995) | |
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| 2007 | The Walker (2007) |  |
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| 2013 | Admission (2013) | |
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| 2019 | The Madness Within (2019) |  |
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| 2009 | The Pink Panther 2 (2009) | |
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| 1978 | Moment by Moment (1978) |  |
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| 1998 | Krippendorf's Tribe (1998) | |
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| 1996 | Getting Away with Murder (1996) | |
Lily Tomlin Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
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- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Lily Tomlin movie received.
- Sort Lily Tomlin movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
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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
1
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
Voice OnlyNicolas Cage &
Chris Pine190.20
225.1
444.40
15
87
01 / 01
98.8
2
9 to 5 (1980)
Jane Fonda &
Dolly Parton137.40
569.9
569.90
2
68
01 / 00
95.0
1
Nashville (1975)
AA Best Picture Nom
AA Best Supp Actress NomKeith Carradine &
Karen Black26.50
139.3
139.30
24
76
05 / 01
94.6
3
All of Me (1984)
Steve Martin &
Victoria Tennant46.10
147.9
147.90
16
78
00 / 00
92.9
4
The Player (1992)
Tim Robbins &
Directed by Robert Altman21.70
56.4
75.10
57
86
03 / 00
86.5
7
Big Business (1988)
Bette Midler &
Fred Ward40.20
105.3
105.30
27
63
00 / 00
81.6
5
Ponyo (2008)
Matt Damon &
Liam Neeson15.10
22.7
302.90
128
89
00 / 00
81.5
8
The Kid (2000)
Bruce Willis &
Spencer Breslin69.70
139.4
220.60
34
51
00 / 00
80.8
9
Short Cuts (1993)
Andie MacDowell &
Julianne Moore6.10
15.9
15.90
132
87
01 / 00
79.3
9
Flirting with Disaster (1996)
Ben Stiller &
Josh Brolin14.70
35.9
35.90
100
79
00 / 00
77.6
10
A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
Meryl Streep &
Woody Harrelson20.30
33.3
42.60
114
78
00 / 00
76.6
11
Grandma (2015)
Judy Greer
7.00
8.9
9.10
132
83
00 / 00
74.4
12
The Beverly Hillbillies (1993)
Cloris Leachman
44.00
114.6
114.60
33
49
00 / 00
73.0
13
The Late Show (1977)
Art Carney
7.80
37.9
37.90
70
68
01 / 00
68.6
15
Orange County (2002)
Harold Ramis &
Chevy Chase41.10
76.3
76.30
61
54
00 / 00
64.7
14
The Ant Bully (2006)
Paul Giamatti &
Nicolas Cage28.10
46.1
90.40
97
63
00 / 00
64.7
16
80 For Brady (2023)
Jane Fonda &
Sally Field39.30
39.3
39.70
57
64
00 / 00
62.5
17
The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981)
Charles Grodin
20.30
78.6
78.60
42
50
00 / 00
59.9
19
Tea with Mussolini (1999)
Maggie Smith &
Cher14.40
30.7
30.70
102
64
00 / 00
58.1
18
I Heart Huckabees (2004)
Dustin Hoffman &
Mark Wahlberg12.80
22.2
34.80
131
63
00 / 00
51.8
20
The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe (1991)
Eric Bogosian
0.60
1.5
1.50
183
64
00 / 00
38.9
21
Shadows and Fog (1991)
John Malkovich &
Directed by Woody Allen2.70
7.0
7.00
141
60
00 / 00
33.4
22
Blue in the Face (1995)
Michael J. Fox &
Harvey Keitel1.30
3.1
3.10
183
61
00 / 00
32.7
23
The Walker (2007)
Woody Harrelson &
Kristin Scott Thomas0.10
0.1
0.90
297
58
00 / 00
26.1
24
Admission (2013)
Tina Fey &
Paul Rudd18.00
23.9
24.80
111
50
00 / 00
25.0
25
The Madness Within (2019)
Hunter G. Williams
0.00
0.1
0.10
393
52
00 / 00
14.9
26
The Pink Panther 2 (2009)
Steve Martin
35.90
51.6
100.60
79
35
00 / 00
14.7
27
Moment by Moment (1978)
John Travolta
11.00
50.5
50.50
55
28
00 / 00
6.3
28
Krippendorf's Tribe (1998)
Mila Kunis &
Richard Dreyfuss7.60
17.4
17.40
130
30
00 / 00
2.2
29
Getting Away with Murder (1996)
Jack Lemmon &
Dan Aykroyd0.20
0.5
0.50
241
33
00 / 00
1.4
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I have seen 27 of Lily’s films listed above. The only ones I have not seen are The Madness Within and The Walker
Lily is # 737 on the 2020 Oracle of Bacon Top 1000. These are the actors on that list she has appeared with.
2 HARVEY KEITEL Blue in the Face (1995)
19 WILLEM DAFOE The Walker (2007)
21 GERALDINE CHAPLIN Nashville (1975)
23 ROD STEIGER The Player (1992)
26 MALCOLM MCDOWELL The Player (1992)
27 ALFRED MOLINA The Pink Panther 2 (2009)
35 ELLIOTT GOULD ALTMAN (2014)
35 ELLIOTT GOULD The Player (1992)
37 JOHN CLEESE The Pink Panther 2 (2009)
41 DONALD PLEASENCE Shadows and Fog (1991)
49 FRANK WELKER The Ant Bully (2006)
51 BRUCE WILLIS ALTMAN (2014)
51 BRUCE WILLIS The Kid (2000)
51 BRUCE WILLIS The Player (1992)
52 NED BEATTY Nashville (1975)
52 NED BEATTY The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981)
52 NED BEATTY The Walker (2007)
56 SUSAN SARANDON The Player (1992)
61 BURT REYNOLDS The Player (1992)
64 JOHN MALKOVICH Shadows and Fog (1991)
71 NICOLAS CAGE SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE (2018)
71 NICOLAS CAGE The Ant Bully (2006)
75 LIAM NEESON Ponyo (2008)
76 DEAN STOCKWELL The Player (1992)
97 NAOMI WATTS I Heart Huckabees (2004)
116 TIM ROBBINS Short Cuts (1993)
116 TIM ROBBINS The Player (1992)
121 WHOOPI GOLDBERG The Player (1992)
124 ROBERT WAGNER The Player (1992)
125 LIEV SCHREIBER SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE (2018)
133 MERYL STREEP A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
133 MERYL STREEP The Ant Bully (2006)
137 LAUREN BACALL The Walker (2007)
147 RICHARD JENKINS Flirting with Disaster (1996)
147 RICHARD JENKINS I Heart Huckabees (2004)
149 JEFF GOLDBLUM Nashville (1975)
149 JEFF GOLDBLUM The Player (1992)
150 KEITH DAVID Blue in the Face (1995)
151 ANJELICA HUSTON The Player (1992)
152 WOODY HARRELSON A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
152 WOODY HARRELSON The Walker (2007)
155 SCOTT GLENN Nashville (1975)
155 SCOTT GLENN The Player (1992)
157 GRETA SCACCHI The Player (1992)
160 JULIA ROBERTS The Ant Bully (2006)
160 JULIA ROBERTS The Player (1992)
164 NICK NOLTE The Player (1992)
172 JEREMY IRONS The Pink Panther 2 (2009)
175 GEORGE SEGAL Flirting with Disaster (1996)
177 KATHY BATES Shadows and Fog (1991)
178 JUDI DENCH Tea with Mussolini (1999)
181 MATT DAMON Ponyo (2008)
196 CLORIS LEACHMAN Ponyo (2008)
196 CLORIS LEACHMAN The Beverly Hillbillies (1993)
198 JOHN CUSACK Shadows and Fog (1991)
198 JOHN CUSACK The Player (1992)
208 ROBIN WILLIAMS ALTMAN (2014)
210 TOMMY LEE JONES A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
217 WALLACE SHAWN Shadows and Fog (1991)
222 MAGGIE SMITH Tea with Mussolini (1999)
223 JAMES COBURN The Player (1992)
230 WOODY ALLEN Shadows and Fog (1991)
231 DUSTIN HOFFMAN I Heart Huckabees (2004)
233 ANDY GARCIA The Pink Panther 2 (2009)
235 KEITH CARRADINE ALTMAN (2014)
235 KEITH CARRADINE Nashville (1975)
237 PETER FALK The Player (1992)
242 DAN AYKROYD Getting Away with Murder (1996)
247 RICHARD E. GRANT The Player (1992)
257 TOM KENNY THE ANT BULLY (2006)
259 MIA FARROW Shadows and Fog (1991)
262 KEENAN WYNN Nashville (1975)
273 SAM ELLIOTT GRANDMA (2015)
279 JACK BLACK Orange County (2002)
281 VINCENT D’ONOFRIO The Player (1992)
283 RICHARD DREYFUSS Krippendorf’s Tribe (1998)
291 EDWARD HERRMANN Big Business (1988)
292 PHILIP BAKER HALL ALTMAN (2014)
298 JEAN RENO The Pink Panther 2 (2009)
310 JACK LEMMON Getting Away with Murder (1996)
310 JACK LEMMON Short Cuts (1993)
310 JACK LEMMON The Player (1992)
314 PAUL GIAMATTI The Ant Bully (2006)
324 WILLIAM H. MACY Shadows and Fog (1991)
330 ISABELLE HUPPERT I Heart Huckabees (2004)
331 EMILY MORTIMER THE KID (2000)
331 EMILY MORTIMER THE PINK PANTHER 2 (2009)
338 BRUCE DAVISON Short Cuts (1993)
342 JENNIFER JASON LEIGH Short Cuts (1993)
345 ROBERT DOWNEY JR. Short Cuts (1993)
346 GARY BUSEY The Player (1992)
349 JULIANNE MOORE ALTMAN (2014)
349 JULIANNE MOORE Short Cuts (1993)
358 JUDE LAW I Heart Huckabees (2004)
362 DAVID ALAN GRIER The Player (1992)
369 STEVE MARTIN All of Me (1984)
369 STEVE MARTIN The Pink Panther 2 (2009)
371 KEVIN DUNN I Heart Huckabees (2004)
375 JOHN TRAVOLTA Moment by Moment (1978)
381 CATE BLANCHETT Ponyo (2008)
382 JUDY GREER GRANDMA (2015)
392 KAREN BLACK Nashville (1975)
392 KAREN BLACK The Player (1992)
408 BOB GUNTON I Heart Huckabees (2004)
412 RICHARD RIEHLE Shadows and Fog (1991)
418 JOSH BROLIN Flirting with Disaster (1996)
425 MARK WAHLBERG I Heart Huckabees (2004)
426 JODIE FOSTER Shadows and Fog (1991)
435 MATTHEW MODINE Short Cuts (1993)
441 TERI GARR The Player (1992)
444 MICHAEL MURPHY ALTMAN (2014)
444 MICHAEL MURPHY Nashville (1975)
456 BEN STILLER FLIRTING WITH DISASTER (1996)
456 BEN STILLER ORANGE COUNTY (2002)
465 STEPHEN ROOT Krippendorf’s Tribe (1998)
468 KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS The Walker (2007)
486 JOHN LITHGOW Orange County (2002)
487 FRED WARD Big Business (1988)
487 FRED WARD Short Cuts (1993)
487 FRED WARD The Player (1992)
491 LARRY MILLER The Ant Bully (2006)
492 JANE FONDA Nine to Five (1980)
529 MARCIA GAY HARDEN GRANDMA (2015)
572 SALLY KELLERMAN ALTMAN (2014)
572 SALLY KELLERMAN The Player (1992)
581 VIRGINIA MADSEN A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
582 JOHN C. REILLY A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
582 JOHN C. REILLY Shadows and Fog (1991)
588 LOUISE FLETCHER The Player (1992)
605 FRANCES MCDORMAND Short Cuts (1993)
613 DABNEY COLEMAN Nine to Five (1980)
613 DABNEY COLEMAN The Beverly Hillbillies (1993)
614 ROB SCHNEIDER The Beverly Hillbillies (1993)
621 COLLEEN CAMP GRANDMA (2015)
623 BRION JAMES The Player (1992)
625 JAMES REBHORN Shadows and Fog (1991)
646 CHRIS PENN Short Cuts (1993)
655 KEVIN KLINE A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
655 KEVIN KLINE Orange County (2002)
658 JOSEF SOMMER Shadows and Fog (1991)
659 PATRICK SWAYZE The Player (1992)
674 MIRA SORVINO Blue in the Face (1995)
678 GINA GERSHON The Player (1992)
683 ALLEN GARFIELD Nashville (1975)
693 SETH GREEN BIG BUSINESS (1988)
695 SALLY KIRKLAND The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981)
695 SALLY KIRKLAND The Player (1992)
700 GARRICK HAGON THE WALKER (2007)
702 PAUL DOOLEY The Player (1992)
706 JEREMY PIVEN The Player (1992)
711 JARED HARRIS Blue in the Face (1995)
714 GIANCARLO ESPOSITO Blue in the Face (1995)
730 VICTOR ARGO Blue in the Face (1995)
730 VICTOR ARGO Shadows and Fog (1991)
731 LILI TAYLOR Short Cuts (1993)
738 CHEVY CHASE Orange County (2002)
744 ANNE ARCHER Short Cuts (1993)
753 PAUL RUDD Admission (2013)
783 DEE BRADLEY BAKER PONYO (2008)
787 ANDIE MACDOWELL The Player (1992)
806 HENRY GIBSON Nashville (1975)
806 HENRY GIBSON The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981)
808 JOANNA CASSIDY The Late Show (1977)
816 JOAN PLOWRIGHT TEA WITH MUSSOLINI (1999)
857 KURTWOOD SMITH Shadows and Fog (1991)
865 PHILIP BOSCO Shadows and Fog (1991)
870 RENE AUBERJONOIS The Player (1992)
871 JOHN GLOVER The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981)
880 KATE NELLIGAN SHADOWS AND FOG (1991)
884 PATRICIA ARQUETTE FLIRTING WITH DISASTER (1996)
915 STERLING HAYDEN Nine to Five (1980)
924 MICHAEL J. FOX (I) BLUE IN THE FACE (1995)
925 MIMI ROGERS The Player (1992)
934 RICHARD ANDERSON The Player (1992)
943 BERT REMSEN Nashville (1975)
950 DAVID OGDEN-STEIRS KRIPPENDORF’S TRIBE (1998)
950 DAVID OGDEN-STEIRS SHADOWS AND FOG (1991)
Lily has appeared with 33 Oscar winners.
ANJELICA HUSTON The Player (1992)
ART CARNEY The Late Show (1977)
CATE BLANCHETT Ponyo (2008)
CHER Tea with Mussolini (1999)
CHER The Player (1992)
CLORIS LEACHMAN Ponyo (2008)
CLORIS LEACHMAN The Beverly Hillbillies (1993)
DUSTIN HOFFMAN I Heart Huckabees (2004)
FRANCES MCDORMAND Short Cuts (1993)
JACK LEMMON Getting Away with Murder (1996)
JACK LEMMON Short Cuts (1993)
JACK LEMMON The Player (1992)
JAMES COBURN The Player (1992)
JANE FONDA Nine to Five (1980)
JEREMY IRONS The Pink Panther 2 (2009)
JODIE FOSTER Shadows and Fog (1991)
JUDI DENCH Tea with Mussolini (1999)
JULIA ROBERTS The Ant Bully (2006)
JULIA ROBERTS The Player (1992)
JULIANNE MOORE ALTMAN (2014)
JULIANNE MOORE Short Cuts (1993)
KATHY BATES Shadows and Fog (1991)
KEVIN KLINE A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
KEVIN KLINE Orange County (2002)
LOUISE FLETCHER The Player (1992)
MAGGIE SMITH Tea with Mussolini (1999)
MAHERSHALA ALI SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE (2018)
MARCIA GAY HARDEN GRANDMA (2015)
MERYL STREEP A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
MERYL STREEP The Ant Bully (2006)
MIRA SORVINO Blue in the Face (1995)
NICOLAS CAGE SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE (2018)
NICOLAS CAGE The Ant Bully (2006)
PATRICIA ARQUETTE FLIRTING WITH DISASTER (1996)
REGINA KING THE ANT BULLY (2006)
RICHARD DREYFUSS Krippendorf’s Tribe (1998)
ROBIN WILLIAMS ALTMAN (2014)
ROD STEIGER The Player (1992)
SUSAN SARANDON The Player (1992)
TIM ROBBINS Short Cuts (1993)
TIM ROBBINS The Player (1992)
TOMMY LEE JONES A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
WHOOPI GOLDBERG The Player (1992)
Hey Dan
1. I hope you are enjoying Galveston.
2. Texas is such a huge state….I was thinking (incorrectly) that Galveston was close to my uncle’s house in Alpine, Texas. A quick Google search says it is only about 650 miles away…..so not thinking you are close to him…lol.
3. Tally count: Dan 27, Cogerson 22 and Flora 4. I thought The Walker was ok…..it is worth seeing if only for the cast.
4. Somewhat surprised she is on the Oracle 1000….seems her movie career is pretty small with regards to quantity…but The Player only has a boatload of connections.
5. Bruce Willis with 3 movies with Tomlin puts him tied with many for most frequent Oracle co-star. Jack Lemmon is also in that tie.
6. Speaking of Bruce Willis…I have watched his latest low budget movies recently…I actually like his Midnight in the Switchgrass movie…..while Out of Death is pretty bad. I think the movie should have been called Out of Logic….as the characters in that one demonstrate they do not do anything logically at all.
7. 33 Oscar winning co-stars….but The Player did lots of heavy lifting to get to that total.
Good stuff as always.
I have seen 4 Lily Tomlin movies.
9 to 5, All of Me and The Late Show are favourites. I have also seen Tea with Mussolini.
Hey Flora….thanks for the feedback on our Lily Tomlin page. I have seen 22 of these movies…including 18 of the Top 20. I have seen all of the ones you have seen. I remember finally seeing The Late Show and being somewhat disappointed in that one….maybe a second viewing will be better. My favorites would include 9 to 5 (so we agree on this one), The Kid (the Bruce Willis influence) and The Player (though her part is pretty much an extended cameo). Good stuff as always.