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Sam Elliott (1944-) is an Oscar®-nominated American actor. Elliott is known for his distinctive lanky physique, full mustache, and deep, resonant voice. He is best known for his roles in Tombstone, The Big Lebowski, Road House and the latest version of A Star Is Born. His IMDb page shows over 100 acting credits since 1967. This page will rank Sam Elliott 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.
Sam Elliott 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
2018
A Star Is Born (2018)
AA Best Picture Nom
AA Best Supp Actor Nom
2009
Up in the Air (2009)
AA Best Picture Nom
1993
Tombstone (1993)
1985
Mask (1985)
2015
The Good Dinosaur (2015)
Voice Only
2003
Hulk (2003)
2002
We Were Soldiers (2002)
1998
The Big Lebowski (1998)
2007
Ghost Rider (2007)
2005
Thank You for Smoking (2005)
2007
The Golden Compass (2007)
1993
Gettysburg (1993)
2015
Grandma (2015)
2015
I'll See You in My Dreams (2015)
1989
Road House (1989)
2000
The Contender (2000)
1976
Lifeguard (1976)
2006
Barnyard (2006)
1989
Prancer (1989)
2014
Draft Day (2014)
1991
Rush (1991)
1970
The Games (1970)
1978
The Legacy (1978)
2003
Off the Map (2005)
2017
The Hero (2017)
1988
Shakedown (1988)
2015
Digging For Fire (2015)
2006
Lies and Alibis (2006)
2019
Lady and the Tramp (2019)
Disney Plus
2012
The Company You Keep (2012)
2018
The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot (2018)
1998
The Hi-Lo Country (1998)
2016
Rock Dog (2016)
Voice Only
1987
Fatal Beauty (1987)
2009
Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009)
1990
Sibling Rivalry (1990)
1972
Frogs (1972)
2010
The Big Bang (2010)
2010
Marmaduke (2010)
Voice Only
Sam Elliott 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 Sam Elliott movies by his co-stars
- Sort Sam Elliott movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Sam Elliott movies by yearly domestic box office rank
- Sort Sam Elliott 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 Sam Elliott movie received.
- Sort Sam Elliott 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 | A Star Is Born (2018) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Supp Actor Nom |
Bradley Cooper & Lady Gaga |
215.30 | 254.8 | 513.40 | 11 | 81 | 06 / 01 | 99.1 | |
| 2 | Up in the Air (2009) AA Best Picture Nom |
George Clooney & Jason Bateman |
83.80 | 120.5 | 239.80 | 36 | 87 | 06 / 00 | 95.6 | |
| 4 | Tombstone (1993) | Kurt Russell & Val Kilmer |
56.50 | 147.1 | 190.60 | 20 | 80 | 00 / 00 | 93.1 | |
| 4 | Mask (1985) | Cher & Eric Stoltz |
48.20 | 146.5 | 146.50 | 15 | 77 | 01 / 01 | 93.0 | |
| 6 | The Good Dinosaur (2015) Voice Only |
Frances McDormand & Anna Paquin |
123.10 | 157.4 | 424.80 | 25 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 91.4 | |
| 6 | Hulk (2003) | Eric Bana & Jennifer Connelly & |
132.20 | 236.3 | 438.60 | 14 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 89.7 | |
| 7 | We Were Soldiers (2002) | Mel Gibson & Madeleine Stowe & |
78.10 | 145.2 | 213.10 | 33 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 89.6 | |
| 9 | The Big Lebowski (1998) | Jeff Bridges & John Goodman |
17.50 | 40.1 | 90.70 | 91 | 84 | 00 / 00 | 82.1 | |
| 10 | Ghost Rider (2007) | Nicolas Cage & Eva Mendes & Peter Fonda |
115.80 | 181.4 | 358.40 | 25 | 39 | 00 / 00 | 82.0 | |
| 8 | Thank You for Smoking (2005) | Aaron Eckhart & J.K. Simmons |
24.80 | 41.8 | 67.40 | 105 | 81 | 00 / 00 | 80.6 | |
| 12 | The Golden Compass (2007) | Nicole Kidman & Daniel Craig |
70.10 | 109.8 | 583.20 | 39 | 54 | 02 / 01 | 78.7 | |
| 11 | Gettysburg (1993) | Martin Sheen & Jeff Daniels |
10.80 | 28.0 | 28.00 | 104 | 82 | 00 / 00 | 78.2 | |
| 13 | Grandma (2015) | Lily Tomlin & Julia Garner |
7.00 | 8.9 | 9.10 | 132 | 83 | 00 / 00 | 74.4 | |
| 14 | I'll See You in My Dreams (2015) | Blythe Danner | 7.40 | 9.5 | 9.50 | 130 | 83 | 00 / 00 | 74.0 | |
| 16 | Road House (1989) | Patrick Swayze & Kelly Lynch & Ben Gazzara |
30.10 | 81.6 | 81.60 | 39 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 71.5 | |
| 15 | The Contender (2000) | Jeff Bridges & Gary Oldman |
17.90 | 35.7 | 44.70 | 99 | 70 | 02 / 00 | 71.3 | |
| 17 | Lifeguard (1976) | Sam Elliott & Anne Archer |
7.80 | 39.6 | 39.60 | 66 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 69.5 | |
| 20 | Barnyard (2006) | Kevin James & Courteney Cox |
72.60 | 119.0 | 190.80 | 35 | 42 | 00 / 00 | 66.0 | |
| 18 | Prancer (1989) | Sam Elliott & Cloris Leachman |
18.60 | 50.5 | 50.50 | 56 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 65.5 | |
| 19 | Draft Day (2014) | Kevin Costner & Denis Leary |
28.80 | 38.1 | 38.90 | 100 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 64.3 | |
| 21 | Rush (1991) | Jason Patric & Jennifer Jason Leigh |
7.20 | 18.5 | 18.50 | 112 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 55.7 | |
| 22 | The Games (1970) | 2.70 | 19.0 | 19.00 | 89 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 54.1 | ||
| 24 | The Legacy (1978) | Katharine Ross | 11.40 | 52.4 | 52.40 | 52 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 53.7 | |
| 23 | Off the Map (2005) | 1.30 | 2.4 | 2.40 | 175 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 52.0 | ||
| 25 | The Hero (2017) | Sam Elliott & Laura Prepon |
4.10 | 4.9 | 4.90 | 140 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 48.7 | |
| 27 | Shakedown (1988) | Peter Weller | 10.10 | 26.4 | 26.40 | 88 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 44.9 | |
| 26 | Digging For Fire (2015) | Anna Kendrick & Orlando Bloom |
0.10 | 0.2 | 0.20 | 208 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 43.8 | |
| 28 | Lies and Alibis (2006) | John Leguizamo | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.20 | 355 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 42.2 | |
| 29 | Lady and the Tramp (2019) Disney Plus |
Tessa Thompson | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 310 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 37.8 | |
| 30 | The Company You Keep (2012) | Robert Redford & Shia LaBeouf |
5.10 | 7.0 | 26.60 | 148 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 36.1 | |
| 31 | The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot (2018) | Aidan Turner | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 329 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 29.6 | |
| 32 | The Hi-Lo Country (1998) | Woody Harrelson & Penélope Cruz |
0.20 | 0.4 | 0.40 | 231 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 26.8 | |
| 33 | Rock Dog (2016) Voice Only |
Luke Wilson & J.K. Simmons |
9.40 | 11.7 | 25.90 | 144 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 22.1 | |
| 34 | Fatal Beauty (1987) | Whoopi Goldberg & Rubén Blades |
12.00 | 33.2 | 33.20 | 79 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 21.7 | |
| 35 | Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009) | Hugh Grant & Sarah Jessica Parker |
29.60 | 42.5 | 42.50 | 90 | 39 | 00 / 00 | 16.3 | |
| 36 | Sibling Rivalry (1990) | Carrie Fisher & Bill Pullman |
17.90 | 45.5 | 45.50 | 66 | 37 | 00 / 00 | 14.7 | |
| 37 | Frogs (1972) | Ray Milland & Sam Elliott |
6.10 | 38.4 | 38.40 | 58 | 38 | 00 / 00 | 13.3 | |
| 38 | The Big Bang (2010) | Antonio Banderas | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 354 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 11.3 | |
| 39 | Marmaduke (2010) Voice Only |
Owen Wilson & Emma Stone |
33.60 | 46.0 | 114.40 | 86 | 25 | 00 / 00 | 3.8 |
Possibly Interesting Facts About Sam Elliott
1. Samuel Pack Elliott was born in Sacramento, California in 1944.
2. While attending Clark College in Vancouver, Washington, Sam Elliott’s played Big Jule from the stage play Guys and Dolls. The Vancouver Columbian newspaper reviewed the play and suggested that Elliott should be a professional actor.
3. Sam Elliott has appeared in 3 films that were Oscar® nominated for Best Picture: *Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), Up in the Air (2009), and A Star Is Born (2018). *He briefly appears at the beginning of the movie. Don’t blink or you will miss him in that great western.
3A. Although Katherine Ross and Sam Elliott were both in 1969’s Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, they never met until they filmed 1978’s The Legacy. They have been married since 1984.
4. In The Big Lebowski (1998), Sam Elliott’s strange cowboy character admonishes The Dude (played by Jeff Bridges) for using “cusswords.” When recalling anecdotes for the book “I’m a Lebowski, You’re a Lebowski: Life, The Big Lebowski, and What Have You” from that film, Elliott used by far the most profanities of any cast member.
5. Sam Elliott’s great-great-great-uncle, Edward F. Mitchusson, was a doctor who died at the Alamo in 1836.
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Sam is the man. The ultimate cowboy. Favorites include The Hero and Tombstone.
i saw 11, including 10 of top 12. 10 and favorite: we were soldiers. 10s not favorites: butch cassidy and the sundance kid, a star is born. 9 and favorite tombstone. 9 gettysburg. hidden gems mask 8, big lebowski 8.