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Oliver Reed (1938-1999) was an English actor. Reed was known for his upper-middle-class, macho image and “hellraiser” lifestyle. Notable films include Oliver! (1968), Women in Love (1969), The Devils (1971), The Three Musketeers (1973), Tommy (1975), The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988), and Gladiator (2000).. His IMDb page shows 121 acting credits from 1955 to 1999. This page will rank Oliver Reed movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, and movies that were not released in North American were not included in the rankings.
Oliver Reed 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
2000
Gladiator (2000)
AA Best Picture Win
1968
Oliver! (1968)
AA Best Picture Win
1973
The Three Musketeers (1973)
1975
Tommy (1975)
1974
The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge (1974)
1969
Women in Love (1969)
1980
Lion of the Desert (1980)
1988
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
1971
The Devils (1971)
1976
The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday (1976)
1979
The Brood (1979)
1967
The Jokers (1967)
1961
The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)
1969
The Assassination Bureau (1969)
1962
The Damned (1962)
1969
Hannibal Brooks (1969)
1975
Royal Flash (1975)
1967
I'll Never Forget What's'isname (1967)
1973
Revolver (1973)
1972
Sitting Target (1972)
1965
The Party's Over (1965)
1966
The Trap (1966)
1981
Venom (1981)
1995
Funny Bones (1995)
1978
The Class of Miss MacMichael (1978)
1989
The Return of the Musketeers (1989)
1965
The Brigand of Kandahar (1965)
1987
The Misfit Brigade (1987)
1970
The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun (1970)
1977
Crossed Swords (1977)
1981
Condorman (1981)
1970
Take a Girl Like You (1970)
1962
The Pirates of Blood River (1962)
1971
The Hunting Party (1971)
1967
The Shuttered Room (1967)
1986
Castaway (1986)
1991
The Pit and the Pendulum (1991)
1977
Assault in Paradise/The Ransom (1977)
1976
Burnt Offerings (1976)
1974
Ten Little Indians (1974)
1978
The Big Sleep (1978)
1963
The Crimson Blade/The Scarlet Blade (1963)
1976
The Sell-Out (1976)
1983
Two of a Kind (1983)
1983
Spasms (1983)
1986
Captive (1986)
1980
Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype (1980)
1972
Z.P.G. (1972)
1987
Dragonard (1987)
1989
The House of Usher (1989)
1987
Gor (1987)
Oliver Reed 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.
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- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Oliver Reed movie received.
- Sort Oliver Reed 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 |
| 1 | Gladiator (2000) AA Best Picture Win |
Russell Crowe & Joaquin Phoenix |
187.70 | 375.4 | 915.30 | 4 | 80 | 12 / 05 | 99.9 | |
| 2 | Oliver! (1968) AA Best Picture Win |
Mark Lester & Ron Moody |
48.00 | 395.0 | 395.00 | 5 | 71 | 11 / 05 | 99.8 | |
| 3 | The Three Musketeers (1973) | Charlton Heston & Faye Dunaway |
34.60 | 211.0 | 211.00 | 10 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 97.0 | |
| 4 | Tommy (1975) | Ann-Margret & Jack Nicholson |
47.80 | 251.6 | 251.60 | 9 | 65 | 02 / 00 | 94.3 | |
| 5 | The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge (1974) | Michael York & Raquel Welch |
26.60 | 153.1 | 153.10 | 24 | 74 | 01 / 00 | 92.3 | |
| 6 | Women in Love (1969) | Glenda Jackson & Alan Bates |
8.40 | 63.4 | 63.40 | 34 | 81 | 04 / 01 | 86.3 | |
| 7 | Lion of the Desert (1980) | Anthony Quinn & Rod Steiger |
3.50 | 14.5 | 14.50 | 117 | 85 | 00 / 00 | 77.1 | |
| 8 | The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) | Robin Williams & Directed by Terry Gilliam |
8.10 | 21.2 | 21.20 | 103 | 79 | 04 / 00 | 76.6 | |
| 9 | The Devils (1971) | Vanessa Redgrave | 6.10 | 39.6 | 39.60 | 52 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 76.2 | |
| 10 | The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday (1976) | Lee Marvin | 10.90 | 55.2 | 55.20 | 58 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 60.2 | |
| 11 | The Brood (1979) | Samantha Eggar | 5.00 | 21.5 | 21.50 | 83 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 60.1 | |
| 10 | The Jokers (1967) | Michael Crawford | 1.60 | 14.6 | 14.60 | 109 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 59.5 | |
| 12 | The Curse of the Werewolf (1961) | Clifford Evans | 0.70 | 10.4 | 10.40 | 127 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 58.3 | |
| 14 | The Assassination Bureau (1969) | Telly Salavas | 1.80 | 13.6 | 13.60 | 110 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 54.8 | |
| 15 | The Damned (1962) | Macdonald Carey | 0.80 | 11.3 | 11.30 | 125 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 53.5 | |
| 16 | Hannibal Brooks (1969) | Michael J. Pollard | 0.90 | 6.8 | 6.80 | 141 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 52.7 | |
| 17 | Royal Flash (1975) | Malcolm McDowell | 1.60 | 8.4 | 8.40 | 125 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 51.7 | |
| 19 | I'll Never Forget What's'isname (1967) | Orson Welles | 0.40 | 3.4 | 3.40 | 167 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 47.6 | |
| 18 | Revolver (1973) | Fabio Testi | 0.40 | 2.1 | 2.10 | 173 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 47.6 | |
| 20 | Sitting Target (1972) | Ian McShane | 0.20 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 175 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 46.9 | |
| 22 | The Party's Over (1965) | Clifford David | 0.40 | 4.3 | 4.30 | 145 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 44.8 | |
| 21 | The Trap (1966) | Rita Tushingham | 0.10 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 159 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 44.8 | |
| 24 | Venom (1981) | Klaus Kinski | 5.20 | 20.3 | 20.30 | 91 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 41.1 | |
| 23 | Funny Bones (1995) | Jerry Lewis & Leslie Caron |
0.50 | 1.3 | 1.30 | 206 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 40.9 | |
| 25 | The Class of Miss MacMichael (1978) | Glenda Jackson | 0.90 | 4.2 | 4.20 | 132 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 38.4 | |
| 26 | The Return of the Musketeers (1989) | Richard Chamberlain | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 234 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 37.5 | |
| 29 | The Brigand of Kandahar (1965) | Ronald Lewis | 0.90 | 10.0 | 10.00 | 130 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 32.3 | |
| 27 | The Misfit Brigade (1987) | Bruce Davison | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 282 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 31.8 | |
| 28 | The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun (1970) | Samantha Eggar | 0.20 | 1.3 | 1.30 | 172 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 31.7 | |
| 32 | Crossed Swords (1977) | Raquel Welch | 7.30 | 35.3 | 35.30 | 72 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 31.3 | |
| 30 | Condorman (1981) | Barbara Carrera | 2.60 | 9.9 | 9.90 | 107 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 31.1 | |
| 31 | Take a Girl Like You (1970) | Hayley Mills | 1.10 | 7.4 | 7.40 | 144 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 29.5 | |
| 32 | The Pirates of Blood River (1962) | Christopher Lee | 1.00 | 14.8 | 14.80 | 119 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 29.3 | |
| 35 | The Hunting Party (1971) | Gene Hackman & Candice Bergen |
2.70 | 17.8 | 17.80 | 95 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 28.4 | |
| 33 | The Shuttered Room (1967) | Gig Young & Carol Lynley |
0.80 | 7.3 | 7.30 | 148 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 27.7 | |
| 35 | Castaway (1986) | Directed by Nicolas Roeg | 0.40 | 1.3 | 1.30 | 191 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 26.0 | |
| 36 | The Pit and the Pendulum (1991) | Lance Henriksen | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 246 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 24.4 | |
| 37 | Assault in Paradise/The Ransom (1977) | Deborah Raffin | 1.00 | 4.6 | 4.60 | 135 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 22.4 | |
| 38 | Burnt Offerings (1976) | Karen Black & Burgess Meredith |
4.70 | 23.9 | 23.90 | 85 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 22.3 | |
| 39 | Ten Little Indians (1974) | Charles Aznavour & Maria Rohm |
0.80 | 4.6 | 4.60 | 135 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 18.7 | |
| 41 | The Big Sleep (1978) | Robert Mitchum & James Stewart |
2.20 | 10.2 | 10.20 | 112 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 17.0 | |
| 41 | The Crimson Blade/The Scarlet Blade (1963) | Lionel Jeffries | 0.30 | 4.0 | 4.00 | 130 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 15.5 | |
| 43 | The Sell-Out (1976) | Richard Widmark | 2.10 | 10.7 | 10.70 | 121 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 14.7 | |
| 44 | Two of a Kind (1983) | John Travolta & Scatman Crothers |
23.60 | 80.9 | 80.90 | 29 | 22 | 00 / 00 | 9.8 | |
| 44 | Spasms (1983) | Peter Fonda | 0.10 | 0.2 | 0.20 | 168 | 43 | 00 / 00 | 5.8 | |
| 45 | Captive (1986) | Irina Brook | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 253 | 42 | 00 / 00 | 5.4 | |
| 46 | Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype (1980) | Sunny Johnson | 0.40 | 1.5 | 1.50 | 170 | 41 | 00 / 00 | 4.8 | |
| 48 | Z.P.G. (1972) | Science Fiction Movies | 1.20 | 7.7 | 7.70 | 133 | 38 | 00 / 00 | 4.0 | |
| 48 | Dragonard (1987) | Eartha Kitt | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 276 | 40 | 00 / 00 | 3.9 | |
| 49 | The House of Usher (1989) | Donald Pleasence | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 247 | 36 | 00 / 00 | 2.3 | |
| 50 | Gor (1987) | Jack Palance | 0.20 | 0.4 | 0.40 | 231 | 33 | 00 / 00 | 1.3 |
Possibly Interesting Facts About Oliver Reed
1. Robert Oliver Reed was born in Wimbledon, England in 1938. His uncle was director Carol Reed.
2. Oliver Reed needed 36 stitches to repair cuts on his face after a bar fight in 1963. The incident left him with a permanent scar, which he initially feared would put an end to his screen career.
3. For a brief period in the late 1960s Oliver Reed was the highest-paid actor in Europe, but by the early 1980s he was reduced to starring in dire European films.
4. Oliver Reed made seven films with Christopher Lee: The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960), Wild for Kicks (1960), The Pirates of Blood River (1962), The Three Musketeers (1973), The Four Musketeers: Milady’s Revenge (1974), The Return of the Musketeers (1989), and Treasure Island (1990).
5. Oliver Reed agreed to appear in the small but vital role of casino boss Eddie Mars in The Big Sleep (1978) just because he admired the film’s star Robert Mitchum so much.
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Oliver Reed, is the # 12 most connected actor of the 1980’s, and the # 22 most connected of the 1970’s.
Oliver Reed claimed to be the descendent of Peter the Great of Russia via an illegitimate branch of the Tsar’s family tree. Be that as it may Ollie did definitely come from an acclaimed artistic family as he was not just the nephew of the great director Sir Carol Reed but Oliver was also the grandson of the famous theatrical manager and thespian Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree and his mistress Beatrice May Pinney.
Marlon Brando and James Cahn were fond of “mooning” each other on the set of 1972’s Godpop. So Oliver Reed appeared intoxicated on a television show and was discussing mimicking other celebrities when he said to the interviewer “Here’s my Brando impersonation.”
Whereupon Ollie jumped up and pulled his trousers and underwear down and pranced about before the cameras mooning the audience. He and the television channel were criticised for the lewdness of the exhibition.
He had a habit of bad-mouthing/mocking fellow celebs with for example in a Sunday newspaper over here referring to Jack Nicholson as a balding midget. Good actor and quite charismatic on screen was Ollie himself though. “Voted Up!”