Want to know the best Robert Duvall movies? How about the worst Robert Duvall movies? Curious about Robert Duvall’s box office grosses or which Robert Duvall movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Robert Duvall movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.
Robert Duvall (1931-) has been nominated 7 times for an acting Oscar®. He won the Oscar® for Best Actor in Tender Mercies in 1983. His most famous roles have been directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Those roles would include The Godfather Part I & Part II, and Apocalypse Now.
First big break was when he was cast as Arthur “Boo” Radley in the classic film To Kill A Mockingbird. Duvall has appeared many acting roles since To Kill A Mockingbird…..many are all time classics. I think it is safe to say that Robert Duvall is one of the greatest character actors to appear on movie screens.
His IMDB page shows 142 acting credits from 1956-2017. This page will rank 73 Robert Duvall movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos and movies that were not released in theaters were not included in the rankings.
Robert Duvall 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 Robert Duvall 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 Robert Duvall movie received.
- Sort Robert Duvall 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 | The Godfather (1972) AA Best Picture Win AA Best Supp Actor Nom |
Marlon Brando & Al Pacino |
134.10 | 850.3 | 1,548.50 | 1 | 97 | 11 / 03 | 100.0 | |
| 2 | The Godfather: Part II (1974) AA Best Picture Win |
Al Pacino & Directed by Francis Ford Coppola |
47.50 | 274.1 | 541.00 | 9 | 94 | 11 / 06 | 100.0 | |
| 3 | Network (1976) AA Best Picture Nom |
William Holden & Faye Dunaway |
42.20 | 213.5 | 213.50 | 13 | 91 | 10 / 04 | 99.7 | |
| 4 | To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) AA Best Picture Nom |
Gregory Peck | 22.90 | 328.6 | 328.60 | 7 | 90 | 08 / 03 | 99.7 | |
| 5 | Apocalypse Now (1979) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Supp Actor Nom |
Martin Sheen & Marlon Brando |
99.90 | 429.0 | 903.70 | 3 | 88 | 08 / 02 | 99.6 | |
| 6 | MASH (1970) AA Best Picture Nom |
Donald Sutherland & Elliott Gould |
82.90 | 576.6 | 576.60 | 3 | 84 | 05 / 01 | 99.2 | |
| 7 | Bullitt (1968) | Steve McQueen | 54.30 | 446.7 | 446.70 | 2 | 87 | 02 / 01 | 98.9 | |
| 8 | True Grit (1969) | John Wayne | 40.70 | 309.1 | 309.10 | 7 | 81 | 02 / 01 | 98.1 | |
| 9 | The Natural (1984) | Robert Redford & Glenn Close |
48.00 | 153.8 | 153.80 | 15 | 74 | 04 / 00 | 93.4 | |
| 11 | Captain Newman, M.D. (1963) | Gregory Peck & Tony Curtis |
11.40 | 143.3 | 143.30 | 24 | 71 | 03 / 00 | 91.0 | |
| 10 | Days of Thunder (1990) | Tom Cruise | 82.70 | 210.7 | 402.50 | 13 | 54 | 01 / 00 | 90.7 | |
| 11 | Phenomenon (1996) | John Travolta | 104.60 | 255.2 | 255.20 | 12 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 89.8 | |
| 12 | Deep Impact (1998) | Morgan Freeman | 140.50 | 322.9 | 803.20 | 7 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 89.1 | |
| 14 | Colors (1988) | Sean Penn | 46.60 | 122.3 | 122.30 | 21 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 89.0 | |
| 16 | Sling Blade (1996) | Billy Bob Thornton | 24.40 | 59.6 | 59.60 | 67 | 90 | 02 / 01 | 88.3 | |
| 16 | A Civil Action (1998) AA Best Supp Actor Nom |
John Travolta | 56.70 | 130.3 | 130.30 | 37 | 67 | 02 / 00 | 88.0 | |
| 17 | Open Range (2003) | Kevin Costner & Annette Bening |
58.30 | 104.3 | 122.10 | 51 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 87.5 | |
| 18 | Crazy Heart (2009) | Jeff Bridges | 39.50 | 56.7 | 68.10 | 73 | 86 | 03 / 02 | 87.4 | |
| 21 | The Paper (1994) | Michael Keaton & Directed by Ron Howard |
38.80 | 102.6 | 127.90 | 36 | 75 | 01 / 00 | 87.2 | |
| 19 | The Conversation (1974) AA Best Picture Nom |
Gene Hackman & Harrison Ford |
4.40 | 25.5 | 25.50 | 69 | 91 | 03 / 00 | 87.0 | |
| 23 | The Detective (1968) | Frank Sinatra | 18.60 | 152.8 | 152.80 | 16 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 86.7 | |
| 22 | Falling Down (1993) | Michael Douglas | 40.90 | 106.5 | 106.50 | 36 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 86.4 | |
| 25 | Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000) | Nicolas Cage & Angelina Jolie |
101.60 | 203.3 | 474.40 | 22 | 41 | 00 / 00 | 85.8 | |
| 23 | Tender Mercies (1983) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Actor Win |
Tess Harper | 8.40 | 28.9 | 28.90 | 70 | 79 | 05 / 02 | 84.2 | |
| 24 | The Apostle (1997) AA Best Actor Nom |
Brett Brock | 19.90 | 46.7 | 46.70 | 88 | 85 | 01 / 00 | 83.9 | |
| 28 | Four Christmases (2008) | Reese Witherspoon & Vince Vaughn |
120.10 | 180.4 | 245.80 | 22 | 43 | 00 / 00 | 83.8 | |
| 27 | Jack Reacher (2012) | Tom Cruise | 80.10 | 108.4 | 293.30 | 38 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 82.7 | |
| 29 | Joe Kidd (1972) | Clint Eastwood & Robert Duvall |
17.20 | 109.0 | 109.00 | 24 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 82.4 | |
| 29 | Secondhand Lions (2003) | Michael Caine | 42.10 | 75.2 | 85.60 | 69 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 82.0 | |
| 30 | Thank You for Smoking (2005) | Aaron Eckhart | 24.80 | 41.8 | 67.40 | 105 | 81 | 00 / 00 | 80.6 | |
| 31 | The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976) | Laurence Olivier & Alan Arkin |
11.80 | 59.8 | 59.80 | 56 | 71 | 02 / 00 | 78.6 | |
| 34 | The Chase (1966) | Marlon Brando & Robert Redford |
5.50 | 53.9 | 53.90 | 53 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 77.7 | |
| 32 | The Great Santini (1979) AA Best Actor Nom |
Michael O'Keefe | 9.20 | 39.6 | 39.60 | 68 | 76 | 02 / 00 | 77.5 | |
| 32 | Rambling Rose (1991) | Laura Dern | 6.30 | 16.0 | 16.00 | 116 | 83 | 02 / 00 | 77.3 | |
| 37 | Breakout (1975) | Charles Bronson | 22.80 | 120.0 | 120.00 | 30 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 76.7 | |
| 35 | Widows (2018) | Viola Davis & Liam Neeson |
42.40 | 50.2 | 89.90 | 71 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 75.7 | |
| 39 | Something to Talk About (1995) | Julia Roberts & Dennis Quaid |
50.90 | 126.1 | 172.90 | 34 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 73.4 | |
| 36 | Get Low (2009) | Bill Murray | 9.20 | 13.2 | 13.90 | 144 | 81 | 00 / 00 | 73.2 | |
| 37 | Hustle (2022) Netflix |
Adam Sandler & Sports Movies |
0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 321 | 84 | 00 / 00 | 72.3 | |
| 40 | John Q (2002) | Denzel Washington | 71.80 | 133.4 | 190.00 | 37 | 41 | 00 / 00 | 71.8 | |
| 41 | THX 1138 (1971) | Directed by George Lucas | 2.40 | 15.9 | 15.90 | 103 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 71.5 | |
| 41 | The Eagle Has Landed (1976) | Michael Caine | 13.60 | 69.0 | 69.00 | 49 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 69.9 | |
| 42 | True Confessions (1981) | Robert DeNiro | 12.90 | 49.8 | 49.80 | 62 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 69.0 | |
| 43 | A Family Thing (1996) | James Earl Jones | 10.10 | 24.7 | 24.70 | 124 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 68.9 | |
| 44 | Lawman (1971) | Burt Lancaster & Robert Ryan |
8.20 | 53.5 | 53.50 | 43 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 68.4 | |
| 45 | The Judge (2014) AA Best Supp Actor Nom |
Robert Downey Jr. | 47.10 | 62.2 | 111.40 | 73 | 60 | 01 / 00 | 67.7 | |
| 47 | We Own the Night (2007) | Mark Wahlberg | 28.60 | 44.8 | 86.10 | 87 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 65.0 | |
| 46 | The Road (2009) | Charlize Theron | 8.10 | 11.7 | 39.70 | 148 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 63.9 | |
| 51 | Kicking & Screaming (2005) | Will Ferrell | 52.80 | 89.0 | 94.40 | 52 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 63.0 | |
| 49 | The Rain People (1969) | James Caan | 1.60 | 12.1 | 12.10 | 116 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 58.2 | |
| 53 | Geronimo: An American Legend (1993) | Matt Damon & Robert Duvall |
18.60 | 48.5 | 48.50 | 77 | 58 | 01 / 00 | 58.1 | |
| 50 | The Stone Boy (1984) | Glenn Close | 0.30 | 0.8 | 0.80 | 178 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 57.4 | |
| 53 | The Killer Elite (1975) | James Caan | 12.40 | 65.3 | 65.30 | 46 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 56.6 | |
| 54 | 12 Mighty Orphans (2021) | Luke Wilson & Martin Sheen |
2.30 | 2.4 | 2.40 | 92 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 56.4 | |
| 54 | Stalin (1992) HBO Movie |
Maximilian Schell | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 247 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 56.2 | |
| 56 | The 6th Day (2000) | Arnold Schwarzenegger | 34.60 | 69.2 | 192.20 | 70 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 55.9 | |
| 57 | The Greatest (1977) | Muhammad Ali | 10.30 | 49.6 | 49.60 | 59 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 55.4 | |
| 58 | The Betsy (1978) | Laurence Olivier & Kathrine Ross |
17.40 | 80.4 | 80.40 | 40 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 54.6 | |
| 59 | The Outfit (1973) | Robert Ryan | 1.90 | 11.6 | 11.60 | 123 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 52.4 | |
| 60 | The Pale Blue Eye (2022) Netflix |
Christian Bale | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 317 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 51.3 | |
| 59 | The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid (1972) | Cliff Robertson | 2.30 | 14.6 | 14.60 | 114 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 44.8 | |
| 60 | The Gingerbread Man (1998) | Robert Downey Jr. | 1.70 | 3.9 | 3.90 | 180 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 39.6 | |
| 61 | A Shot at Glory (2002) | Michael Keaton | 0.10 | 0.2 | 0.20 | 267 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 39.0 | |
| 62 | Wrestling Ernest Hemingway (1993) | Sandra Bullock | 0.30 | 0.7 | 0.70 | 211 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 36.9 | |
| 63 | Newsies (1992) | Christian Bale | 2.80 | 7.3 | 7.30 | 141 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 30.6 | |
| 64 | Countdown (1967) | James Caan | 1.90 | 16.6 | 16.60 | 104 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 30.5 | |
| 65 | Badge 373 (1973) | Verna Bloom | 3.30 | 20.3 | 20.30 | 83 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 28.0 | |
| 67 | The Revolutionary (1970) | Jon Voight | 1.70 | 11.8 | 11.80 | 115 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 26.9 | |
| 67 | Assassination Tango (2002) | Ruben Blades | 1.00 | 1.9 | 1.90 | 202 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 20.3 | |
| 69 | Jayne Mansfield's Car (2012) | Billy Bob Thornton | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 292 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 13.9 | |
| 71 | In Dubious Battle (2016) | Nat Wolff & James Franco |
0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 382 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 13.8 | |
| 72 | Lucky You (2007) | Drew Barrymore | 5.80 | 9.0 | 13.10 | 165 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 13.7 | |
| 73 | The Stars Fell on Henrietta (1995) | Aidan Quinn | 0.10 | 0.2 | 0.20 | 238 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 12.6 | |
| 73 | The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper (1981) | Treat Williams | 3.70 | 14.4 | 14.40 | 100 | 44 | 00 / 00 | 11.0 | |
| 75 | Convicts (1991) | James Earl Jones | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 265 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 10.3 | |
| 76 | Let's Get Harry (1986) | Mark Harmon | 0.10 | 0.4 | 0.40 | 210 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 8.5 | |
| 77 | The Handmaid's Tale (1990) | Faye Dunaway | 5.00 | 12.6 | 12.60 | 121 | 41 | 00 / 00 | 7.8 | |
| 78 | Wild Horses (2015) | James Franco | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.20 | 245 | 42 | 00 / 00 | 5.3 | |
| 79 | Gods and Generals (2003) | Jeff Daniels | 12.90 | 23.0 | 23.00 | 122 | 34 | 00 / 00 | 4.7 | |
| 79 | Seven Days in Utopia (2011) | Lucas Black | 4.40 | 5.9 | 5.90 | 160 | 37 | 00 / 00 | 3.4 | |
| 80 | The Scarlet Letter (1995) | Demi Moore & Gary Oldman |
10.40 | 25.7 | 25.70 | 113 | 30 | 00 / 00 | 3.2 | |
| 82 | A Show of Force (1990) | Andy Garcia | 0.10 | 0.2 | 0.20 | 217 | 37 | 00 / 00 | 2.6 | |
| 82 | Hotel Colonial (1987) | Rachel Ward | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 288 | 35 | 00 / 00 | 1.8 |
Stats and Possibly Interesting Things From The Above Robert Duvall Table
- Eighteen Robert Duvall movies crossed the magical $100 million domestic gross mark. That is a percentage of 24.66% of his movies listed. The Godfather (1972) is his biggest box office hit.
- An average Robert Duvall movie grosses $80.70 million in adjusted box office gross.
- Using RottenTomatoes.com’s 60% fresh meter. 43 of Robert Duvall’s movies are rated as good movies…or 58.90% of his movies. The Godfather (1972) is his highest rated movie while The Scarlet Letter (1995) is his lowest rated movie.
- Twenty-three Robert Duvall movies received at least one Oscar® nomination in any category…..or 31.50% of his movies.
- Eleven Robert Duvall movies won at least one Oscar® in any category…..or 15.06% of his movies.
- An average Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score is 40.00. 34 Robert Duvall movies scored higher that average….or 46.57% of his movies. The Godfather (1972) got the the highest UMR Score while Hotel Colonial (1987) got the lowest UMR Score.
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Hi Bob, hope you enjoyed your holiday, thanks for checking out my Robert Duvall video, appreciate the comment and review.
Glad you liked the posters and stills.
40 films seemed about right for Duvall, there was 50 on my master list. Lots of crowd pleasers here. Plenty of favorites even among the low scorers.
I didn’t include The Conversation because Duvall had a short unbilled cameo in it, done as a favour to Coppola. I watched the film again recently. The funny thing is Bruce wagged his finger at me recently for including James Caan’s extended cameo in Godfather II on my chart and that wasn’t included in his. But here included The Conversation on Duvalls chart. It’s a funny old world. 😉
If I had included The Conversation it would have tied with MASH in 5th position.
Duvall has 6 films scoring 10 out of 10 from my sources – Network, To Kill a Mockingbird, MASH, Apocalypse Now and Godfather 1 and 2. Two topped out at 9 and aren’t even in the top 10 – Countdown and A Civil Action (which isn’t even in the top 20). Twelve films scored 8 out of 10.
The highest rated at IMDB is The Godfather, followed by Godfather II and Apocalypse Now. Bruce’s critics chart has similar results.
HI STEVE
1 Yes Bruce can be very inconsistent at times and his greatest contradiction that I personally have noticed is his exclusion of Superman Returns from the Mumbles chart but the inclusion of Ginny’s almost non-existent Up in Arms part in Mayo’s grosses.
2 However we should bear in mind one philosopher’s caution that idolatry can confuse the mind and often even rob the idolater of the ability to think for himself. Therefore it is possible that when poor ole WH takes these decisions he is feverishly trying to find out or work out “What did/would Joel do?” Certainly the unfortunate Mr Mumbles would have been on a hiding to nothing in those kinds of deliberations!
3 Yes I did enjoy my holiday thanks but missed the banter of this site and thrilling though parts of the holiday were they weren’t as dynamic as I see this site is now becoming!
1 Hi STEVE In the opening quote in your video Duvall describes himself as a character actor and so successful has he been in that respect that as well as earning many awards/nominations he is ranked 17th in IMDB’s “Ultimate” List of the 100 Greatest Actors of All Time. Apart from the Coppola movies my own favourite Duvall flicks are The Natural, Tender Mercies, Days of Thunder, True Confessions and Open Range.
2. Your 40 selections have yielded another glut of fascinating posters and I chose as the very best The 6th Day, Killer Elite, The Outfit, Gods and Generals, We Own the Night, Rain People, True Grit and The Apostle, though out on its own in my opinion is the 1st of the two for Apocalypse Now as for this movie that poster is the most original one in my experience. Most interesting stills for me were those from The Judge, Colors, 7Per Cent Solution, TX 1138, Open Range and Tender Mercies.
3 Bruce and you agree on 4 of Duvall’s Top 5 movies and in the exact same order. For your 5th you picked MASH whereas he has The Conversation. On this occasion I would tend to support his choice as I have never been one of the multitude of cinemagoers who obviously adored MASH. Great video profile of a fine actor well worth 97% rating. I see that you have also now done profiles of a further two of the Godpop Guys and I will let you have my comments on those videos over the next few days.