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Nehemiah Persoff (1919-) is an American retired actor and painter. Persoff appeared in more than 200 television series, films and plays in a 52-year career. His IMDb page shows 203 acting credits from 1948 to 2003. This page will rank Nehemiah Persoff movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. To do well in the rankings, a movie needed to do well at the box office, be liked by both critics and audiences and earn some award recognition. Some of his movies that do not appear to have been in North American theaters were not included.
Nehemiah Persoff 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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| 1954 | On the Waterfront (1954) AA Best Picture Win |
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| 1959 | Some Like It Hot (1959) | |
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| 1983 | Yentl (1983) |  |
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| 1986 | An American Tail (1986) | |
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| 1965 | The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) | |
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| 1988 | Twins (1988) |  |
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| 1956 | The Harder They Fall (1956) | |
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| 1959 | Al Capone (1959) | |
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| 1961 | The Comancheros (1961) | |
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| 1957 | Men in War (1957) | |
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| 1956 | The Wrong Man (1956) | |
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| 1988 | The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) |  |
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| 1964 | Fate Is The Hunter (1964) | |
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| 1959 | Day of the Outlaw (1959) | |
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| 1976 | Voyage of the Damned (1976) | |
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| 1971 | Red Sky At Morning (1971) |  |
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| 1956 | The Wild Party (1956) | |
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| 1959 | Never Steal Anything Small (1959) | |
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| 1958 | The Badlanders (1958) | |
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| 1963 | The Hook (1963) | |
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| 1991 | An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991) | |
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| 1957 | This Angry Age/The Sea Wall (1957) | |
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| 1970 | The People Next Door (1970) |  |
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| 1961 | The Big Show (1961) | |
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| 1959 | Green Mansions (1959) |  |
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| 2001 | 4 Faces (2001) |  |
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| 1981 | St. Helens (1981) | |
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| 1977 | Deadly Harvest (1977) |  |
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| 1964 | A Global Affair (1964) | |
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| 1971 | Mrs. Pollifax-Spy (1971) | |
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| 1982 | O'Hara's Wife (1982) |  |
Nehemiah Persoff 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 Nehemiah Persoff movies by co-stars of his movies.
- Sort Nehemiah Persoff movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Nehemiah Persoff movies by yearly domestic box office rank
- Sort Nehemiah Persoff movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations each Nehemiah Persoff movie received and how many Oscar® wins each Nehemiah Persoff movie won.
- Sort Nehemiah Persoff 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.
| 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 | On the Waterfront (1954) AA Best Picture Win |
Marlon Brando & Karl Malden |
12.00 | 281.2 | 281.20 | 20 | 92 | 12 / 08 | 100.0 | |
| 2 | Some Like It Hot (1959) | Tony Curtis & Jack Lemmon |
23.20 | 417.2 | 417.20 | 5 | 93 | 06 / 01 | 99.5 | |
| 3 | Yentl (1983) | Barbra Streisand | 56.20 | 192.4 | 192.40 | 15 | 67 | 05 / 01 | 94.9 | |
| 4 | An American Tail (1986) | Christopher Plummer & Dom Deluise |
72.40 | 210.3 | 210.30 | 9 | 60 | 01 / 00 | 92.5 | |
| 6 | The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) | Charlton Heston & Claude Rains |
18.80 | 198.9 | 287.50 | 11 | 50 | 05 / 00 | 90.2 | |
| 5 | Twins (1988) | Arnold Schwarzenegger & Danny DeVito |
111.90 | 293.6 | 568.20 | 5 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 89.1 | |
| 7 | The Harder They Fall (1956) | Humphrey Bogart & Boxing Movies |
3.90 | 75.6 | 75.60 | 90 | 81 | 01 / 00 | 86.4 | |
| 8 | Al Capone (1959) | Rod Steiger & Martin Balsam |
7.10 | 128.3 | 128.30 | 34 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 86.1 | |
| 10 | The Comancheros (1961) | John Wayne & Lee Marvin |
7.00 | 102.0 | 102.00 | 32 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 85.1 | |
| 9 | Men in War (1957) | Robert Ryan & Aldo Ray |
4.30 | 82.5 | 82.50 | 57 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 84.8 | |
| 11 | The Wrong Man (1956) | Henry Fonda & Directed by Alfred Hitchcock |
3.30 | 65.2 | 119.50 | 102 | 79 | 00 / 00 | 83.4 | |
| 12 | The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) | Willem Dafoe & Directed by Martin Scorsese |
8.40 | 22.0 | 22.00 | 100 | 83 | 01 / 00 | 78.2 | |
| 14 | Fate Is The Hunter (1964) | Glenn Ford & Jane Russell |
5.70 | 65.5 | 65.50 | 48 | 67 | 01 / 00 | 76.2 | |
| 13 | Day of the Outlaw (1959) | Robert Ryan & Burl Ives |
2.40 | 42.4 | 42.40 | 97 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 75.7 | |
| 15 | Voyage of the Damned (1976) | James Mason & Faye Dunaway |
5.30 | 26.8 | 26.80 | 79 | 74 | 03 / 00 | 73.3 | |
| 16 | Red Sky At Morning (1971) | Richard Crenna | 3.60 | 23.8 | 23.80 | 76 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 63.4 | |
| 17 | The Wild Party (1956) | Anthony Quinn & Carol Ohmart |
2.00 | 39.2 | 39.20 | 139 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 62.5 | |
| 18 | Never Steal Anything Small (1959) | James Cagney & Shirley Jones |
2.60 | 47.5 | 47.50 | 90 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 57.8 | |
| 21 | The Badlanders (1958) | Alan Ladd & Ernest Borgnine |
2.80 | 49.8 | 108.10 | 84 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 52.9 | |
| 19 | The Hook (1963) | Kirk Douglas & Robert Walker Jr. |
2.00 | 25.1 | 25.10 | 90 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 52.3 | |
| 23 | An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991) | James Stewart & John Cleese |
22.20 | 56.8 | 104.40 | 59 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 51.6 | |
| 22 | This Angry Age/The Sea Wall (1957) | Anthony Perkins | 1.30 | 24.7 | 24.70 | 142 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 50.9 | |
| 23 | The People Next Door (1970) | Cloris Leachman & Eli Wallach |
1.30 | 9.0 | 9.00 | 130 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 49.9 | |
| 24 | The Big Show (1961) | Esther Williams & Cliff Robertson |
2.30 | 33.3 | 33.30 | 89 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 42.5 | |
| 25 | Green Mansions (1959) | Audrey Hepburn & Anthony Perkins |
3.40 | 60.3 | 60.30 | 72 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 37.4 | |
| 26 | 4 Faces (2001) | Peter Mark Richmond | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 338 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 29.1 | |
| 27 | St. Helens (1981) | Art Carney | 0.10 | 0.2 | 0.20 | 178 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 23.6 | |
| 28 | Deadly Harvest (1977) | Clint Walker | 1.90 | 9.0 | 9.00 | 118 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 12.3 | |
| 30 | A Global Affair (1964) | Bob Hope & Elga Andersen |
2.90 | 32.7 | 32.70 | 87 | 39 | 00 / 00 | 11.8 | |
| 29 | Mrs. Pollifax-Spy (1971) | Rosalind Russell | 0.40 | 2.5 | 2.50 | 176 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 11.1 | |
| 31 | O'Hara's Wife (1982) | Jodie Foster | 0.10 | 0.2 | 0.20 | 168 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 9.5 |
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