Want to know the best Shelley Duvall movies? How about the worst Shelley Duvall movies? Curious about Shelley Duvall box office grosses or which Shelley Duvall movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Shelley 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.
Shelley Duvall (1949-2024) was an American actress and singer. Duvall was one of Robert Altman‘s favorite actresses. She appeared in 7 Altman movies. Her most famous role was opposite Jack Nicholson in Stanley Kubrick‘s The Shining (1980). Her IMDb page shows 51 acting credits from 1970 to 2002. This page will rank Shelley Duvall movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. To do well in our overall rankings a movie has to do well at the box office, get good reviews by critics, be liked by audiences, and get some award recognition.
Shelley Duvall 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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| 1977 | Annie Hall (1977) AA Best Picture Win |
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| 1980 | The Shining (1980) |  |
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| 1981 | Time Bandits (1981) | |
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| 1975 | Nashville (1975) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1980 | Popeye (1980) | |
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| 1987 | Roxanne (1987) |  |
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| 1971 | McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) | |
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| 1977 | Three Women (1977) |  |
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| 1970 | Brewster McCloud (1970) | |
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| 1974 | Thieves Like Us (1974) |  |
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| 1976 | Buffalo Bill and The Indians (1976) | |
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| 1997 | RocketMan (1997) | |
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| 1995 | The Underneath (1995) | |
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| 1996 | The Portrait of a Lady (1996) |  |
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| 1998 | Home Fries (1998) | |
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| 2002 | Manna from Heaven (2002) | |
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| 1999 | The 4th Floor (1999) Video On Demand |
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| 1997 | Twilight of the Ice Nymphs (1997) | |
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| 1991 | Suburban Commando (1991) | |
Shelley 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 any way you want.
- Sort Shelley Duvall movies by her co-stars
- Sort Shelley Duvall movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Shelley Duvall movies by yearly domestic box office rank
- Sort Shelley Duvall movies by 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 Shelley Duvall movie received.
- Sort Shelley Duvall 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 | ||||
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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 | Annie Hall (1977) AA Best Picture Win |
Woody Allen & Diane Keaton |
48.90 | 236.4 | 236.40 | 11 | 92 | 05 / 04 | 99.9 | |
| 3 | The Shining (1980) | Jack Nicholson & Directed by Stanley Kubrick |
44.00 | 182.5 | 182.50 | 18 | 83 | 00 / 00 | 96.9 | |
| 4 | Time Bandits (1981) | Sean Connery & Ralph Richardson |
42.40 | 164.3 | 164.30 | 11 | 82 | 00 / 00 | 95.3 | |
| 2 | Nashville (1975) AA Best Picture Nom |
Julie Christie & Elliott Gould |
26.50 | 139.3 | 139.30 | 24 | 76 | 05 / 01 | 94.6 | |
| 5 | Popeye (1980) | Robin Williams | 49.80 | 206.6 | 248.90 | 14 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 92.2 | |
| 6 | Roxanne (1987) | Steve Martin & Daryl Hannah |
40.10 | 110.4 | 110.40 | 28 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 88.1 | |
| 7 | McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) | Warren Beatty & Julie Christie |
12.40 | 81.2 | 81.20 | 25 | 81 | 01 / 00 | 87.0 | |
| 8 | Three Women (1977) | Sissy Spacek & Directed by Robert Altman |
2.20 | 10.5 | 10.50 | 112 | 82 | 00 / 00 | 73.4 | |
| 9 | Brewster McCloud (1970) | Bud Cort & Directed by Robert Altman |
3.90 | 27.4 | 27.40 | 66 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 72.4 | |
| 10 | Thieves Like Us (1974) | Keith Carradine & Directed by Robert Altman |
2.40 | 14.0 | 14.00 | 100 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 64.8 | |
| 11 | Buffalo Bill and The Indians (1976) | Paul Newman & Burt Lancaster |
3.90 | 19.7 | 19.70 | 91 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 56.4 | |
| 13 | RocketMan (1997) | Harland Williams & Jessica Lundy |
15.40 | 36.3 | 36.30 | 95 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 51.4 | |
| 12 | The Underneath (1995) | Peter Gallagher & Elisabeth Shue |
0.50 | 1.3 | 1.30 | 205 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 51.2 | |
| 14 | The Portrait of a Lady (1996) | Nicole Kidman & Christian Bale |
3.70 | 9.0 | 9.00 | 164 | 55 | 02 / 00 | 28.8 | |
| 16 | Home Fries (1998) | Drew Barrymore & Luke Wilson |
10.50 | 24.0 | 24.00 | 114 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 21.4 | |
| 15 | Manna from Heaven (2002) | Shirley Jones & Cloris Leachman |
0.50 | 0.9 | 0.90 | 222 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 21.1 | |
| 17 | The 4th Floor (1999) Video On Demand |
William Hurt | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 335 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 19.6 | |
| 17 | Twilight of the Ice Nymphs (1997) | Pascale Bussières | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 316 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 18.0 | |
| 18 | Suburban Commando (1991) | Christopher Lloyd | 6.90 | 17.8 | 17.80 | 113 | 42 | 00 / 00 | 10.1 |
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i saw 6 of top 7, missed time bandits. 10 and favorite roxanne (i love to laugh , a hidden gem). 10 not favorite annie hall. 9 not favorite the shining. i enjoyed UMR page top 622 horror flicks though i did not care for “get out” and having it ranked above psycho is disagreeable, has steve done a slide show on his top horror flicks? i am not a nashville fan,
HI BIG BOY: Thanks for the feedback on my own Duvall posts. There was an actress called Barbara Colby [1939-1975] who tragically died young; whom I saw in a 1971 episode of Columbo called Murder by the Book; and who was almost the image of Shelley especially as both actresses had greatly protruding teeth. See photos of Barbara on her Wiki and IMDB pages.
A morbid coincidence of Columbo’s Murder by the book is that in it Barbara had a considerable number of scenes with – and was savagely killed by – guest murderer Jack Cassidy [real-life husband of Shirley Jones and father of singer David Cassidy].
Off-screen Barbara was gunned down at the age of 36 while leaving acting classes in 1975. The following year Jack’s life was cut short at the age of 47 when after heavy drinking he fell asleep while smoking in his apartment and died in the flames that engulfed the accommodation. In the 3 Columbo episodes in which he appeared – all as the guest murderer – he and Peter Falk had great chemistry in their cat-and-mouse games together.
I found Jack hugely entertaining. With a tall and athletic physique; very handsome looks; and blonde hair he was a particularly striking example of the dashing male thespian.
The above paragraphs [as in the case of Betty Garrett] again illustrate the domino effect that the Cogerson new pages can have in invoking memories of matters relating to other stars and other productions.
As Bruce’s chronological table would suggest she retired in 2002 and has kept under the radar since then. Sadly In November 2016, USA Today reported that she appeared to be suffering from mental illness.
On the bright side I should add that the great Roger Ebert wrote of her
“Shelley Duvall is like a precious piece of china with a tinkling personality. She looks and sounds like almost nobody else, and if it is true that she was born to play the character Olive Oyl (and does so in Altman’s new musical Popeye), it is also true that she has possibly played more really different kinds of characters than almost any other young actress of the 1970s”
Off-screen Shelley was the romantic partner of Paul Simon of Simon and Garfunkel from 1976 until 1978. Celebrity Net Worth puts her current net worth at just $2 million and IMDB credits her with 12 acting awards and 14 nominations. Viewers such as I who have seen her in The Shining will welcome this Cogerson new page. “Voted Up!”
Hey Bob…thanks for the further information on Shelley Duvall. That is sad news of her personal struggles. Good trivia on her awards, net worth and television roles. Good information.
The iconic image on posters all over the place way back in 1980 of Nicholson hacking his way through the door with an axe and Shelley on the other side of it screaming her head off will always come to mind when I think of Shelley; and indeed even at times when I think of Jack despite the many other great things he has done.
I don’t think Shelley ever enjoyed that degree of exposure again from her big screen work [though she got a lot of publicity as Olive Oyl] and certainly I have seen her in just 2 other movies: Annie Hall and Portrait of a Lady. The tagline of The Shining posters over here read “The tide of terror that swept America is here!”
Bruce’s tables above illustrate that after The Shining Shelley had just 3 more hits: Popeye in the same year as The Shining; The Time Bandits; and the more modest one Roxanne.
After The Shining and In the years from 1982 until 1999 she is credited in Wikipedia on top of her film work with 27 television productions though in 5 of those she didn’t appear but was in technical roles such as executive producer. As well she got into writing and singing.
Hey Bob. Thanks for checking out our Shelley Duvall page. This was one of Joel’s subjects…not thinking I would have gotten to her page for a very longtime if not for that fact. I have seen 9 of her movies. Her Portrait of a Lady is one of the few Christian Bale movies that I have not seen….one day I will see it. As for The Shining….Kubrick and Nicholson…made a good combo. Good stuff.
Good UMR page
Thank you Mike.