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Melanie Griffith (1957-) is an Oscar® nominated American actress. She began her career in the 1970s, appearing in several independent films. Her peak was her Oscar® nominated performance in 1988’s Working Girl. Her IMDb page shows over 80 acting credits since 1969. This page will rank Melanie Griffith 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.
Melanie Griffith 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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| 1988 | Working Girl (1988) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Actress Nom |
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| 1977 | One on One (1977) | |
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| 1994 | Nobody's Fool (1994) | |
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| 2002 | Stuart Little 2 (2002) |  |
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| 2017 | The Disaster Artist (2017) | |
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| 1995 | Now and Then (1995) |  |
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| 1991 | Paradise (1991) |  |
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| 1984 | Body Double (1984) | |
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| 1975 | Night Moves (1975) | |
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| 1986 | Something Wild (1986) | |
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| 1975 | Smile (1975) | |
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| 1990 | Pacific Heights (1990) | |
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| 1988 | The Milagro Beanfield War (1988) | |
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| 1975 | The Drowning Pool (1975) | |
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| 1999 | RKO 281 (1999) HBO Movie |
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| 1996 | Mulholland Falls (1996) | |
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| 2017 | The Pirates of Somalia (2017) Limited Release |
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| 1992 | A Stranger Among Us (1992) |  |
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| 1998 | Another Day in Paradise (1998) | |
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| 2000 | Cecil B. Demented (2000) |  |
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| 1981 | Roar (1981) | |
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| 1988 | Stormy Monday (1988) | |
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| 1997 | Lolita (1997) | |
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| 1992 | Shining Through (1992) | |
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| 2003 | The Night We Called It A Day (2003) | |
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| 1973 | The Harrad Experiment (1973) | |
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| 1999 | Crazy in Alabama (1999) | |
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| 1994 | Milk Money (1994) |  |
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| 2003 | Shade (2003) | |
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| 2014 | Automata (2014) | |
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| 1993 | Born Yesterday (1993) | |
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| 2000 | Forever Lulu (2000) | |
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| 1996 | Two Much (1996) |  |
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| 1984 | Fear City (1984) | |
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| 1998 | Celebrity (1998) | |
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| 2016 | JL Ranch (2016) | |
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| 2013 | Yellow (2013) | |
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| 1990 | The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990) | |
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| 1987 | Cherry 2000 (1987) | |
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| 2012 | Back to the Jurassic/Dino Time (2012) |  |
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| 1990 | In The Spirit (1990) | |
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| 2012 | Dark Tourist (2012) | |
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| 1981 | Underground Aces (1981) Limited Release |
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Melanie Griffith 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.
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- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Melanie Griffith movie received.
- Sort Melanie Griffith movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
- Worldwide Box Office Numbers Were Not Available For All The Movies
| CreditRank | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Review % | Oscar Nom / Win | S | UMR Score | ||||
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| CreditRank | 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 | S | UMR Score |
| 1 | Working Girl (1988) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Actress Nom |
Harrison Ford & Sigourney Weaver |
63.80 | 167.3 | 270.0 | 11 | 77 | 06 / 01 | 97.1 | |
| 2 | One on One (1977) | Robbie Benson & Basketball Movies |
35.40 | 171.2 | 171.2 | 24 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 93.5 | |
| 3 | Nobody's Fool (1994) | Paul Newman & Bruce Willis |
39.50 | 104.3 | 174.3 | 35 | 84 | 02 / 00 | 90.6 | |
| 4 | Stuart Little 2 (2002) | Michael J. Fox & Geena Davis |
65.00 | 120.7 | 315.9 | 42 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 87.1 | |
| 5 | The Disaster Artist (2017) | James Franco & Seth Rogen |
21.10 | 25.4 | 34.9 | 96 | 86 | 01 / 00 | 80.7 | |
| 6 | Now and Then (1995) | Demi Moore & Christina Ricci |
27.10 | 67.2 | 93.2 | 64 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 75.9 | |
| 7 | Paradise (1991) | Don Johnson | 18.60 | 47.7 | 47.7 | 66 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 69.4 | |
| 8 | Body Double (1984) | Craig Wasson & Melanie Griffith |
8.80 | 28.2 | 28.2 | 83 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 69.4 | |
| 7 | Night Moves (1975) | Gene Hackman & Jennifer Warren |
2.90 | 15.1 | 15.1 | 90 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 69.1 | |
| 9 | Something Wild (1986) | Ray Liotta | 8.40 | 24.3 | 24.3 | 75 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 68.6 | |
| 11 | Smile (1975) | Bruce Dern & Barbara 'Agent 99' Feldon |
3.00 | 15.9 | 15.9 | 84 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 67.5 | |
| 13 | Pacific Heights (1990) | Michael Keaton | 29.40 | 74.9 | 114.5 | 39 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 63.3 | |
| 12 | The Milagro Beanfield War (1988) | Rubén Blades & Richard Bradford |
13.80 | 36.3 | 36.3 | 70 | 63 | 01 / 01 | 62.4 | |
| 14 | The Drowning Pool (1975) | Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward |
7.90 | 41.4 | 41.4 | 52 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 57.9 | |
| 15 | RKO 281 (1999) HBO Movie |
Liev Schreiber | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 299 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 56.2 | |
| 16 | Mulholland Falls (1996) | Nick Nolte & John Malkovich |
11.50 | 28.1 | 28.1 | 117 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 52.2 | |
| 15 | The Pirates of Somalia (2017) Limited Release |
Al Pacino | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 398 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 51.3 | |
| 17 | A Stranger Among Us (1992) | Directed by Sidney Lumet | 12.30 | 31.9 | 31.9 | 89 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 44.4 | |
| 18 | Another Day in Paradise (1998) | James Woods | 1.00 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 195 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 41.6 | |
| 20 | Cecil B. Demented (2000) | Stephen Dorff | 1.30 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 176 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 38.3 | |
| 19 | Roar (1981) | Tippi Hedren | 0.10 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 171 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 38.1 | |
| 21 | Stormy Monday (1988) | Tommy Lee Jones & Sting |
1.80 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 164 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 37.3 | |
| 22 | Lolita (1997) | Jeremy Irons | 1.10 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 188 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 37.1 | |
| 24 | Shining Through (1992) | Michael Douglas & Liam Neeson |
21.60 | 56.2 | 113.9 | 59 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 36.2 | |
| 23 | The Night We Called It A Day (2003) | Dennis Hopper | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 278 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 34.0 | |
| 26 | The Harrad Experiment (1973) | Don Johnson | 9.10 | 55.4 | 55.4 | 38 | 44 | 00 / 00 | 32.1 | |
| 25 | Crazy in Alabama (1999) | Rod Steiger | 2.00 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 178 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 30.3 | |
| 30 | Milk Money (1994) | Ed Harris | 18.10 | 47.9 | 47.9 | 79 | 43 | 00 / 00 | 26.3 | |
| 27 | Shade (2003) | Sylvester Stallone & Jamie Foxx |
0.10 | 0.1 | 17.1 | 260 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 26.1 | |
| 28 | Automata (2014) | Antonio Banderas | 0.10 | 0.1 | 8.3 | 307 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 25.4 | |
| 31 | Born Yesterday (1993) | John Goodman | 18.00 | 46.7 | 46.7 | 81 | 42 | 00 / 00 | 24.0 | |
| 32 | Forever Lulu (2000) | Patrick Swayze | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 293 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 23.4 | |
| 32 | Two Much (1996) | Antonio Banderas | 1.10 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 195 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 19.3 | |
| 33 | Fear City (1984) | Billy Dee Williams | 0.30 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 176 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 17.8 | |
| 34 | Celebrity (1998) | Kenneth Branagh & Judy Davis |
5.10 | 11.7 | 14.2 | 146 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 17.8 | |
| 35 | JL Ranch (2016) | James Caan & Jon Voight |
0.10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 342 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 16.7 | |
| 36 | Yellow (2013) | Ray Liotta & Gena Rowlands |
0.10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 328 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 12.5 | |
| 38 | The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990) | Bruce Willis & Tom Hanks |
15.70 | 40.0 | 71.5 | 77 | 37 | 00 / 00 | 12.5 | |
| 37 | Cherry 2000 (1987) | David Andrews & Pamela Gidley |
0.00 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 260 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 11.6 | |
| 39 | Back to the Jurassic/Dino Time (2012) | Jane Lynch | 0.10 | 0.1 | 8.6 | 322 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 9.4 | |
| 40 | In The Spirit (1990) | Peter Falk | 0.30 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 207 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 8.9 | |
| 41 | Dark Tourist (2012) | Michael Cudlitz | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 310 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 7.9 | |
| 42 | Underground Aces (1981) Limited Release |
Ernie Hudson | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 188 | 38 | 00 / 00 | 2.9 |
Best IMDb Trivia On Melanie Griffith
1. Melanie Richards Griffith was born in Manhattan, New York in 1957.
2. Melanie Griffith is the daughter of actress Tippi Hedren and the mother of actress Dakota Johnson.
3. Melanie Griffith has been married 4 times. All of her marriages were to actors. She was married to Don Johnson (twice), Antonio Banderas and Steven (Scarface) Bauer. She has three children.
4. Melanie Griffith was the first “Miss Golden Globe®” to win a Golden Globe® Award herself.
5. Melanie Griffith holds the record – along with Madonna and Demi Moore – for the most Razzie Award nominations for Worst Actress with 6 nominations.
Check out Melanie Griffith’s career compared to current and classic actors. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.
I saw 11 including 7 of top 16. one 10 not a favorite: nobodys fool (I am a sucker for all things bruce willis). no 9s, 2 eights: drowning pool and milagro beanfield war both hidden gems.
I have not seen a movie she has made better than it would be without her..nice rack flaunted regularly.
Back in the heyday of video stores either the New York Daily News or the New York Post did a story on DVD’s/tapes that had never been rented. One store had Melanie’s Cherry 2000 as theirs.
Melanie is # 294 on the Oracle of Bacon Top 1000 Center of the Hollywood Universe list (amazing isn’t it). These are the other actors on the list she has appeared with..
7 HARRISON FORD Working Girl (1988)
18 JOHN GIELGUD Shining Through (1992)
19 DENNIS HOPPER The Night We Called It a Day (2003)
20 SYLVESTER STALLONE SHADE (2003)
25 MALCOLM MCDOWELL Milk Money (1994)
25 MALCOLM MCDOWELL Tempo (2003)
26 MICHAEL MADSEN Mulholland Falls (1996)
33 MORGAN FREEMAN The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
36 ROD STEIGER Crazy in Alabama (1999)
43 CHRISTOPHER WALKEN The Milagro Beanfield War (1988)
59 ANTONIO BANDERAS AUTOMATA (2014)
59 ANTONIO BANDERAS Two Much (1995)
63 ED HARRIS Milk Money (1994)
66 BRUCE WILLIS Nobody’s Fool (1994)
66 BRUCE WILLIS The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
74 GENE HACKMAN Night Moves (1975)
79 BRUCE DERN Mulholland Falls (1996)
79 BRUCE DERN Smile (1975)
80 JOHN MALKOVICH Mulholland Falls (1996)
82 LIAM NEESON Shining Through (1992)
94 PAUL NEWMAN Nobody’s Fool (1994)
94 PAUL NEWMAN The Drowning Pool (1975)
98 JOHN GOODMAN Born Yesterday (1993)
100 ELI WALLACH Two Much (1995)
108 M. EMMET WALSH The Milagro Beanfield War (1988)
129 TOMMY LEE JONES Stormy Monday (1988)
134 ALEC BALDWIN Working Girl (1988)
143 F. MURRAY ABRAHAM The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
152 JEREMY IRONS Lolita (1997)
153 ROBERT FORSTER AUTOMATA (2014)
154 KATHY BATES Have Mercy (2006)
158 JAMES WOODS Night Moves (1975)
158 JAMES WOODS Stuart Little 2 (2002)
164 GABRIEL BYRNE SHADE (2003)
168 ROBERT WAGNER Crazy in Alabama (1999)
173 TOM HANKS The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
186 MICHAEL DOUGLAS Shining Through (1992)
195 NICK NOLTE Mulholland Falls (1996)
197 OLIVER PLATT Working Girl (1988)
202 ERIC ROBERTS Cecil B. DeMented (2000)
205 PETER FALK In the Spirit (1990)
221 GEOFFREY LEWIS Smile (1975)
227 KEENAN WYNN Smith! (1969)
231 TREAT WILLIAMS Mulholland Falls (1996)
234 TOM BERENGER Fear City (1984)
234 TOM BERENGER Shadow of Doubt (1998)
243 HAL HOLBROOK SHADE (2003)
254 FRANK LANGELLA Lolita (1997)
255 EDWARD HERRMANN Born Yesterday (1993)
260 DAVID HEMMINGS The Night We Called It a Day (2003)
263 DANNY AIELLO Two Much (1995)
278 AUSTIN PENDLETON Two Much (1995)
281 CLORIS LEACHMAN Now and Then (1995)
286 SIGOURNEY WEAVER Working Girl (1988)
293 ALLISON JANNEY CELEBRITY (1998)
307 DAN HEDAYA Pacific Heights (1990)
308 GLENN FORD Smith! (1969)
310 TOM KENNY DINO TIME (2012)
311 SHARON STONE THE DISASTER ARTIST (2017)
312 HARRIS YULIN Night Moves (1975)
327 DARYL HANNAH Two Much (1995)
329 JOHN HEARD The Milagro Beanfield War (1988)
335 KEVIN DUNN The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
344 MAKO Pacific Heights (1990)
349 OLYMPIA DUKAKIS In the Spirit (1990)
349 OLYMPIA DUKAKIS Working Girl (1988)
351 BRENDAN FRASER Now and Then (1995)
360 VINCENT SCHIAVELLI Two Much (1995)
363 PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN Nobody’s Fool (1994)
364 RAY LIOTTA Something Wild (1986)
370 THOMAS KRETSCHMANN Shining Through (1992)
377 JEFF DANIELS Something Wild (1986)
385 LAURENCE FISHBURNE Cherry 2000 (1987)
394 ED LAUTER Mulholland Falls (1996)
398 MICHAEL SHANNON Cecil B. DeMented (2000)
400 KIM CATTRALL The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
405 ERNIE HUDSON Underground Aces (1981)
409 MICHAEL LERNER Celebrity (1998)
421 SEAN BEAN STORMY MONDAY (1988)
448 DEMI MOORE Now and Then (1995)
449 CHARLES NAPIER Something Wild (1986)
453 ART MALIK TEMPO (2003)
454 JAMES GAMMON The Milagro Beanfield War (1988)
473 MICHAEL MURPHY Tart (2001)
477 TRACEY WALTER Pacific Heights (1990)
477 TRACEY WALTER Something Wild (1986)
484 BEVERLY D’ANGELO Pacific Heights (1990)
488 ROB SCHNEIDER DINO TIME (2012)
492 DYLAN BAKER Celebrity (1998)
494 STEPHEN DORFF Cecil B. DeMented (2000)
495 BO HOPKINS SHADE (2003)
505 ELIJAH WOOD Paradise (1991)
514 BRYAN CRANSTON THE DISASTER ARTIST (2017)
515 JOE MANTEGNA Celebrity (1998)
519 KIRSTEN DUNST The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
522 WINONA RYDER Celebrity (1998)
530 CHARLIZE THERON Celebrity (1998)
560 TARA STRONG DINO TIME (2012)
569 RICHARD RIEHLE Joyride (1977)
572 CHRISTINA RICCI Now and Then (1995)
573 RICHARD SCHIFF Crazy in Alabama (1999)
573 RICHARD SCHIFF Forever Lulu (2000)
576 JOAN CUSACK TWO MUCH (1995)
576 JOAN CUSACK WORKING GIRL (1988)
578 MATTHEW MODINE Pacific Heights (1990)
580 CLIFTON JAMES The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
587 CHRIS PENN Mulholland Falls (1996)
602 KEVIN SPACEY Working Girl (1988)
603 JEFFREY WRIGHT CELEBRITY (1998)
606 WOLF KAHLER SHINING THROUGH (1992)
611 BRAD GARRETT STUART LITTLE 2 (2002)
612 LEONARDO DICAPRIO Celebrity (1998)
618 SID HAIG UNDERGROUND ACES (1981)
620 HANK AZARIA CELEBRITY (1998)
620 HANK AZARIA NOW AND THEN (1995)
621 BEN JOHNSON Cherry 2000 (1987)
630 MIRIAM MARGOLYES Pacific Heights (1990)
648 THANDIE NEWTON SHADE (2003)
654 MARSHALL BELL Cherry 2000 (1987)
660 JUDY DAVIS CELEBRITY (1998)
669 PATRICK SWAYZE Forever Lulu (2000)
686 SAM ROCKWELL Celebrity (1998)
706 RICHARD PORTNOW Shadow of Doubt (1998)
709 SAUL RUBINEK The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
714 MICHAEL J. POLLARD Forever Lulu (2000)
723 DYLAN MCDERMOTT AUTOMATA (2014)
729 PATRICK BAUCHAU SHADE (2003)
730 LOUISE FLETCHER Mulholland Falls (1996)
734 JAMES WHITMORE The Harrad Experiment (1973)
752 FAMKE JANSSEN Celebrity (1998)
761 JAMES FRANCO THE DISASTER ARTIST (2017)
762 FRED TATASCIORE DINO TIME (2012)
773 PRUITT TAYLOR VANCE Nobody’s Fool (1994)
797 TONY PLANA Shadow of Doubt (1998)
802 ROBERT STEPHENS The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
808 RICHARD JAECKEL The Drowning Pool (1975)
811 WARREN OATES Smith! (1969)
813 DAVID MORSE CRAZY IN ALABAMA (1999)
831 COLLEEN CAMP Smile (1975)
833 LOU DIAMOND PHILLIPS ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE (1998)
836 JOSEF SOMMER Nobody’s Fool (1994)
845 FRED WILLARD THE HARRAD EXPERIMENT (1973)
848 DONALD MOFFAT The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
857 JOHN CRAWFORD Night Moves (1975)
870 DEE BRADLEY BAKER DINO TIME (2012)
873 MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL Cecil B. DeMented (2000)
903 JANE LYNCH DINO TIME (2012)
908 JAMES COSMO STORMY MONDAY (1988)
930 DANIEL STERN The Milagro Beanfield War (1988)
932 MICHAEL KEATON Pacific Heights (1990)
940 SYLVIA SIMS Shining Through (1992)
969 BRION JAMES Cherry 2000 (1987)
993 NINA FOCH Shadow of Doubt (1998)
997 NATHAN LANE STUART LITTLE 2 (2002)
HM (665) J. K. SIMMONS Celebrity (1998)
HM (746) ROSSANO BRAZZI Fear City (1984)
HM (886) DAVID ANDREWS CHERRY 2000 (1987)
HM (895) RONALD PICKUP LOLITA (1997)
Melanie appeared with 30 Oscar winners.
ALLISON JANNEY CELEBRITY (1998)
BEN JOHNSON Cherry 2000 (1987)
CHARLIZE THERON Celebrity (1998)
CHRISTOPHER WALKEN The Milagro Beanfield War (1988)
CLORIS LEACHMAN Now and Then (1995)
DEAN JAGGER Smith! (1969)
F. MURRAY ABRAHAM The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
GEENA DAVIS STUART LITTLE 2 (2002)
GENE HACKMAN Night Moves (1975)
J. K. SIMMONS Celebrity (1998)
JAMIE FOXX SHADE (2003)
JAVIER BARDEM AUTOMATA (2014)
JENNIFER CONNELLY Mulholland Falls (1996)
JEREMY IRONS Lolita (1997)
JESSICA TANDY Nobody’s Fool (1994)
JOANNE WOODWARD The Drowning Pool (1975)
JOHN GIELGUD Shining Through (1992)
KATHY BATES Have Mercy (2006)
KEVIN SPACEY Working Girl (1988)
LEONARDO DICAPRIO Celebrity (1998)
LOUISE FLETCHER Mulholland Falls (1996)
MICHAEL DOUGLAS Shining Through (1992)
MORGAN FREEMAN The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
OLYMPIA DUKAKIS In the Spirit (1990)
OLYMPIA DUKAKIS Working Girl (1988)
PAUL NEWMAN Nobody’s Fool (1994)
PAUL NEWMAN The Drowning Pool (1975)
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN Nobody’s Fool (1994)
ROD STEIGER Crazy in Alabama (1999)
SAM ROCKWELL Celebrity (1998)
TOM HANKS The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
TOMMY LEE JONES Stormy Monday (1988)
Hey Dan
1. As always….thanks for putting these lists together….they are always appreciated.
2. Funny about Cherry 2000 not being rented. That is one of my guilty pleasures….I proudly own it the DVD…and watch it pretty regularly…..but I realize it is far from being a good movie.
3. Still speaking about Cherry 2000 (hey you brought it up)….there is a scene involving a big magnet and a crane…as many times as I have seen the movie…I have never even come close to understanding the logic of the situation….but Ben Johnson is always at the end of the scene waiting on our heroes ……like it was the original plan.
4. So she has a good spot on the Oracle list……41 movies on my table is not too bad…so I can see the ranking being that high.
5. 30 Oscar winning co-stars is a good total….and above average when looking at other actresses.
Good stuff as always.
Angry Melanie Griffith shouting at Tom Hanks in gulty pleasure favorite Bonfire of the Vanities – “I hope they hang you in the electric chair.”
I’ve seen 9 of the 41 films on the chart. Favorites are – Body Double, Pacific Heights and Bonfire of the Vanities.
I haven’t seen Nobody’s Fool or Night Moves, the latter is a movie I’ve wanted to see and never got round to it, it rarely gets shown on TV.
Looking at the trivia – Demi Moore and Melanie Griffith, Razzie worst actress legends. 🙂
Good stuff Bruce. Vote Up!
Did they have The Razzies in the Thin Woman’s day?
Hey Bob…no Razzies…but there were the Golden Turkeys and Harvard’s Bad Movie Awards before the Razzies. To my recollection the great M. Loy (the greatest female box office star of all-time) did not win any of those awards. Good stuff.
HI BRUCE
Thanks for the lowdown on even more awards that Myrna didn’t win. I suppose if that list was to be ever completed even IMDB would run out of pages!
Actually whilst iMDB does includes the Razzies in a star’s list of awards/noms I always thought that a bit of a misnomer at least within the spirit of things: an award/nom is usually regarded as a positive achievement and not a put-down.
Mind you if Razzies had been positive instead of negative The Thin Woman probably would still not have won one!
Hope your wedding etc are going well.
myrna the memorable. to be forever remembered by bob roy. LOL
Hey Steve. Thanks for stopping by. Good quote from Bonfire of the Vanities. I actually think that movie is aging pretty well. I like Hanks in the movie…Griffith is fun as the rich lady who only cares about herself. Bruce is actually the weak link in that one. Tally count…20 for me 9 for you. I have seen and like all your favorites. Body Double was most watch when it played on HBO when I was a teenager. I was so in love with her after Body Double, Cherry 2000 and Something Wild. I would recommend Nobody’s Fool…a fun movie with a great performance from Paul Newman. Bruce, Melaine, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Jessica Tandy give great support. My favorite line in the movie is a judge talking about Hoffman’s character who is a power hungry deputy….”You know my thoughts on letting idiots have guns.” Moore, Griffith and Madonna Razzie Hall Of Famers. Good stuff as always.
Despite what I have said in Part One ,Wikipedia credits Melanie with a net personal worth of $30 million though the Celebrity Net Worth site says the figure is actually $40 million. Those substantial figures, whichever one is correct, can probably be explained by the fact that on top of her big screen career she has worked extensively in television appearing in 32 productions between 1976 and this year and has also done some stage work, for example playing Roxie Hart on Broadway in 2003. Her TV appearance this year has been in an episode of the comedy series SMILF called “Sex makes it Less Formal.” The series stars, and was created and is written and directed by Frankie Shaw
Accordingly despite her big screen disappointments she may well regard herself as a reasonably successful actress overall. I actually last saw her in a TV documentary in which she and her mother Tippi Hendren complained bitterly about the way Alfred Hitchcock had allegedly mistreated Tippi during her own heyday as a movie star. That means of course that if either mother or daughter ever makes a big screen comeback Steve Lensman won’t watch their films!
Ironically though Melanie appeared in a 1985 episode of TV’s “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” series. Although Hitch died in 1980 the Master of Suspense was posthumously able to present the crime, horror etc episodes in the new series via use of footage from his series of the same name which ran from 1955-62. Both series were successful
Anyway who would begrudge her a Cogerson page? – so “Voted Up!”
Hey Bob….thanks for the comments on Melanie Griffith. She had a good run…amazingly Working Girl was the peak. Not sure many people saw that back then. Before Working Girl, she got great reviews for Something Wild and Body Double (though the movie got destroyed). I first noticed her in Something Wild….as well as the first time I noticed Ray Liotta…both are very memorable in that movie. Body Double was a DePalma Hitchcock rip off…..as it combined Vertigo and Rear Window. Good stats on her other movies….those are not great numbers for sure. I think it is safe to say she is more of celebrity than a movie star these days. But she had a good run.
Hey Bob….I have heard the tales of filming The Birds…..not sure Melanie would have the best memory of that movie filming. Certainly, Tippi’s memory would be the more accurate of those two. Seems unfair to rip Hitch decades after his death..as he can not defend himself. That being said, there are many stories of how he was difficult to work with….so I guess we will never know. Thanks for the vote up.
HI BRUCE
Thanks for your thoughts on Melanie and Hitch and your general feed back on my own post.
When I make comparisons on the career of stars I tend to compare any artist with the very great. For example I was contrasting Melanie’s career as a star with Joan, Liz, Doris etc and not of course with The Thin Woman. After all as I’ve said before THIS is Cogerson where the raison detre is to separate the chaff from the wheat.
If Hitch’s treatment was as bad as Tippi claimed it could have affected her is a way tha impacted on Melanie so she too would have a legitimate grievance,
Give my New Year greetings to your wider family
Of all of the big screen career declines that I have seen Melanie’s has been one of the swiftest, most complete and, given the high promise held out by Working Girl, one of the saddest. Bruce’s tables above faithfully record the woeful tale-
1/In terms of movie stardom she can be described as what the record industry call a “one hit wonder”. Only 3 of her movies crashed the Cogerson $100 million barrier and in two of them she had just supporting roles, one of which [Joel Little 2] was voice only.
2/Since that voice role way back in 2002 she is credited above with just 9 movies whose adjusted overall domestic gross is about $22 million– a paltry average of merely $2.4 million per movie.
3/The overall adjusted domestic gross of her 38 movies outside the 100 million plus bracket is approx $685 million –a paltry $18 million per movie.