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Ned Beatty (1937-2021) was an Oscar®-nominated American actor. Beatty’s first role was in 1972’s Deliverance. Over the next 40 years, he was one of the most respected characters working. His IMDb page shows 167 acting credits from 1972 to 2013. This page will rank Ned Beatty movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos, uncredited roles, and movies that were not released in North American were not included in the rankings.
Ned Beatty 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
1976
Network (1976)
AA Best Picture Nom
AA Best Supp Actor Nom
1976
All the President's Men (1976)
AA Best Picture Nom
2010
Toy Story 3 (2010)
AA Best Picture Nom
Voice Only
1972
Deliverance (1972)
AA Best Picture Nom
1980
Superman II (1980)
1978
Superman (1978)
1976
Silver Streak (1976)
2011
Rango (2011)
Voice Only
1986
Back to School (1986)
1975
Nashville (1975)
AA Best Picture Nom
1972
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
2007
Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
1973
White Lightning (1973)
1999
Life (1999)
1982
The Toy (1982)
1980
Hopscotch (1980)
1993
Rudy (1993)
1986
The Big Easy (1986)
1998
He Got Game (1998)
1977
Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)
1979
1941 (1979)
1975
W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings (1975)
1999
Cookie's Fortune (1999)
1979
Wise Blood (1979)
2007
Shooter (2007)
1976
Mikey and Nicky (1976)
1999
Spring Forward (1999)
2005
Sweet Land (2005)
1991
Hear My Song (1991)
1981
The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981)
1978
Gray Lady Down (1978)
1992
Prelude to a Kiss (1992)
1987
The Fourth Protocol (1987)
1995
Just Cause (1995)
2011
Rampart (2011)
1976
The Big Bus (1976)
1973
The Thief Who Came To Dinner (1973)
1982
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (1982)
1976
Gator (1976)
1973
The Last American Hero (1973)
1979
Promises in the Dark (1979)
1988
Switching Channels (1988)
1990
The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story (1990)
HBO Movie
1985
Restless Natives (1985)
2003
Where the Red Fern Grows (2003)
2010
The Killer Inside Me (2010)
1980
The American Success Company (1980)
2007
The Walker (2007)
2009
In The Electric Mist (2009)
1990
A Cry in the Wild (1990)
1988
The Unholy (1988)
1994
Radioland Murders (1994)
1990
Big Bad John (1990)
1993
Ed and His Dead Mother (1993)
1988
Midnight Crossing (1988)
1990
Repossessed (1990)
1983
Stroker Ace (1983)
1988
People Purple Eater (1988)
Limited Release
2013
Baggage Claim (2013)
1989
Chattahoochee (1989)
1989
Physical Evidence (1989)
1990
Captain America (1990)
Direct To Video Release
1987
The Trouble with Spies (1987)
Ned Beatty 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 any way you want.
- Sort Ned Beatty movies by his co-stars
- Sort Ned Beatty movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Ned Beatty movies by yearly domestic box office rank
- Sort Ned Beatty movies 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 Ned Beatty movie received.
- Sort Ned Beatty 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2 | Network (1976) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Supp Actor Nom |
Faye Dunaway & William Holden |
42.20 | 213.5 | 213.50 | 13 | 91 | 10 / 04 | 99.7 | |
| 3 | All the President's Men (1976) AA Best Picture Nom |
Dustin Hoffman & Robert Redford |
90.90 | 460.1 | 460.10 | 4 | 83 | 08 / 04 | 99.5 | |
| 3 | Toy Story 3 (2010) AA Best Picture Nom Voice Only |
Tom Hanks & Tim Allen |
420.00 | 573.8 | 1,459.40 | 1 | 88 | 05 / 02 | 99.5 | |
| 4 | Deliverance (1972) AA Best Picture Nom |
Burt Reynolds & Jon Voight |
68.50 | 434.3 | 434.30 | 4 | 85 | 03 / 00 | 99.1 | |
| 6 | Superman II (1980) | Gene Hackman & Christopher Reeve |
111.20 | 461.1 | 965.00 | 3 | 86 | 00 / 00 | 98.4 | |
| 5 | Superman (1978) | Christopher Reeve & Gene Hackman |
134.30 | 618.7 | 1,383.40 | 3 | 83 | 03 / 00 | 98.4 | |
| 7 | Silver Streak (1976) | Gene Wilder & Richard Pryor |
51.10 | 258.5 | 258.50 | 11 | 78 | 01 / 00 | 97.3 | |
| 9 | Rango (2011) Voice Only |
Johnny Depp | 123.50 | 167.9 | 334.00 | 22 | 83 | 01 / 01 | 96.5 | |
| 8 | Back to School (1986) | Rodney Dangerfield & Written by Harold Ramis |
91.30 | 265.2 | 265.20 | 7 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 96.5 | |
| 9 | Nashville (1975) AA Best Picture Nom |
Jeff Goldblum & Directed by Robert Altman |
26.50 | 139.3 | 139.30 | 24 | 76 | 05 / 01 | 94.6 | |
| 11 | The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972) | Paul Newman & Ava Gardner |
24.50 | 155.6 | 155.60 | 14 | 70 | 01 / 00 | 91.2 | |
| 12 | Charlie Wilson's War (2007) | Tom Hanks & Julia Roberts |
66.70 | 104.4 | 186.50 | 40 | 77 | 01 / 00 | 88.0 | |
| 13 | White Lightning (1973) | Burt Reynolds & Bo Hopkins |
18.50 | 112.7 | 112.70 | 20 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 87.3 | |
| 14 | Life (1999) | Eddie Murphy & Martin Lawrence |
63.90 | 136.1 | 156.30 | 36 | 61 | 01 / 00 | 86.2 | |
| 15 | The Toy (1982) | Richard Pryor & Jackie Gleason |
47.10 | 172.8 | 172.80 | 13 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 85.3 | |
| 17 | Hopscotch (1980) | Walter Matthau & Glenda Jackson |
17.40 | 72.3 | 72.30 | 43 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 81.6 | |
| 16 | Rudy (1993) | Vince Vaughn & Sean Astin |
22.80 | 59.2 | 59.20 | 68 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 81.4 | |
| 18 | The Big Easy (1986) | Dennis Quaid & Ellen Barkin |
17.70 | 51.4 | 51.40 | 49 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 80.3 | |
| 19 | He Got Game (1998) | Denzel Washington | 21.60 | 49.6 | 51.50 | 79 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 77.9 | |
| 20 | Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) | Richard Burton & Linda Blair |
37.60 | 181.6 | 181.60 | 20 | 32 | 00 / 00 | 77.1 | |
| 22 | 1941 (1979) | John Belushi & Directed by Steven Spielberg |
31.80 | 136.4 | 397.10 | 27 | 43 | 03 / 00 | 75.7 | |
| 23 | W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings (1975) | Burt Reynolds & Art Carney |
23.60 | 124.1 | 124.10 | 29 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 75.0 | |
| 23 | Cookie's Fortune (1999) | Glenn Close & Julianne Moore |
10.90 | 23.3 | 23.30 | 118 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 74.0 | |
| 24 | Wise Blood (1979) | Harry Dean Stanton & Directed by John Huston |
2.60 | 11.3 | 11.30 | 97 | 80 | 00 / 00 | 71.7 | |
| 27 | Shooter (2007) | Mark Wahlberg & Danny Glover |
47.00 | 73.6 | 149.90 | 59 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 70.8 | |
| 26 | Mikey and Nicky (1976) | Peter Falk & John Cassavetes |
2.70 | 13.8 | 13.80 | 109 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 69.8 | |
| 27 | Spring Forward (1999) | Campbell Scott | 0.10 | 0.3 | 0.30 | 254 | 82 | 00 / 00 | 69.6 | |
| 28 | Sweet Land (2005) | Elizabeth Reaser & Lois Smith |
1.70 | 2.9 | 2.90 | 192 | 79 | 00 / 00 | 66.6 | |
| 29 | Hear My Song (1991) | Ned Beatty & Adrian Dunbar |
4.30 | 11.0 | 11.00 | 128 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 60.3 | |
| 32 | The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981) | Lily Tomlin & Charles Grodin |
20.30 | 78.6 | 78.60 | 42 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 59.9 | |
| 30 | Gray Lady Down (1978) | Charlton Heston & David Carradine |
10.40 | 47.7 | 47.70 | 57 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 59.6 | |
| 31 | Prelude to a Kiss (1992) | Meg Ryan & Alec Baldwin |
20.00 | 52.0 | 59.00 | 66 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 58.5 | |
| 33 | The Fourth Protocol (1987) | Michael Caine & Pierce Brosnan |
12.40 | 34.3 | 34.30 | 77 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 54.7 | |
| 36 | Just Cause (1995) | Sean Connery & Laurence Fishburne |
36.90 | 91.3 | 155.80 | 47 | 42 | 00 / 00 | 53.2 | |
| 34 | Rampart (2011) | Woody Harrelson & Sigourney Weaver |
1.00 | 1.3 | 2.10 | 196 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 52.3 | |
| 35 | The Big Bus (1976) | Joseph Bologna & Stockard Channing |
5.40 | 27.5 | 27.50 | 78 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 50.6 | |
| 38 | The Thief Who Came To Dinner (1973) | Jacqueline Bisset & Ryan O'Neal |
5.30 | 32.3 | 32.30 | 62 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 47.9 | |
| 38 | The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (1982) | Edward James Olmos | 0.80 | 3.0 | 3.00 | 136 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 45.9 | |
| 40 | Gator (1976) | Burt Reynolds & Jack Weston |
16.70 | 84.4 | 84.40 | 40 | 40 | 00 / 00 | 43.7 | |
| 39 | The Last American Hero (1973) | Racing Movies & Jeff Bridges |
3.80 | 23.1 | 23.10 | 79 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 42.8 | |
| 40 | Promises in the Dark (1979) | Marsha Mason | 0.70 | 2.8 | 2.80 | 151 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 41.0 | |
| 41 | Switching Channels (1988) | Burt Reynolds & Kathleen Turner |
9.10 | 23.9 | 23.90 | 94 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 40.7 | |
| 42 | The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story (1990) HBO Movie |
Peter Boyle | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 273 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 37.6 | |
| 44 | Restless Natives (1985) | Vincent Friell | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 234 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 31.8 | |
| 45 | Where the Red Fern Grows (2003) | Kris Kristofferson | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 282 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 30.6 | |
| 46 | The Killer Inside Me (2010) | Casey Affleck & Kate Hudson |
0.20 | 0.3 | 0.30 | 231 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 30.0 | |
| 47 | The American Success Company (1980) | Jeff Bridges | 1.80 | 7.5 | 7.50 | 146 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 27.8 | |
| 48 | The Walker (2007) | Woody Harrelson & Kristin Scott Thomas |
0.10 | 0.1 | 0.90 | 297 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 26.1 | |
| 49 | In The Electric Mist (2009) | Tommy Lee Jones | 0.10 | 0.1 | 11.60 | 333 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 23.4 | |
| 50 | A Cry in the Wild (1990) | Jared Rushton & Ned Beatty |
1.50 | 3.8 | 3.80 | 166 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 20.3 | |
| 51 | The Unholy (1988) | Ben Cross & Hal Holbrook |
6.30 | 16.6 | 16.60 | 115 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 18.4 | |
| 52 | Radioland Murders (1994) | Brian Benben & Mary Stuart Masterson |
1.30 | 3.5 | 3.50 | 185 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 15.9 | |
| 53 | Big Bad John (1990) | Jack Elam | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 229 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 15.2 | |
| 53 | Ed and His Dead Mother (1993) | Steve Buscemi | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 253 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 13.9 | |
| 55 | Midnight Crossing (1988) | Faye Dunaway & Daniel J. Travanti |
1.30 | 3.5 | 3.50 | 174 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 12.2 | |
| 56 | Repossessed (1990) | Leslie Nielsen & Linda Blair |
1.40 | 3.5 | 3.50 | 172 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 11.6 | |
| 57 | Stroker Ace (1983) | Burt Reynolds & Loni Anderson |
13.00 | 44.5 | 44.50 | 54 | 30 | 00 / 00 | 6.3 | |
| 58 | People Purple Eater (1988) Limited Release |
Shelley Winters | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 304 | 43 | 00 / 00 | 5.8 | |
| 58 | Baggage Claim (2013) | Paula Patton & Taye Diggs |
21.60 | 28.6 | 30.30 | 105 | 30 | 00 / 00 | 3.8 | |
| 58 | Chattahoochee (1989) | Gary Oldman & Dennis Hopper |
0.30 | 0.7 | 0.70 | 191 | 39 | 00 / 00 | 3.7 | |
| 60 | Physical Evidence (1989) | Burt Reynolds & Theresa Russell |
3.60 | 9.7 | 9.70 | 124 | 31 | 01 / 00 | 1.9 | |
| 61 | Captain America (1990) Direct To Video Release |
Melinda Dillon | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 256 | 34 | 00 / 00 | 1.5 | |
| 61 | The Trouble with Spies (1987) | Donald Sutherland | 0.20 | 0.6 | 0.60 | 221 | 31 | 00 / 00 | 0.9 |
Ned Beatty, is the # 46 most connected actor of the 1980’s.
Yup, Ned Beatty’s turn to die after a UMR page turned up recently. tsk tsk
Richard Roundtree must be worried.
RIP Ned Beatty. Might watch Superman the Movie as tribute.
This is the second one you profiled this year who died shortly after, Charles Grodin being the first.