Want to know the best Shirley Knight movies? How about the worst Shirley Knight movies? Curious about Shirley Knight box office grosses or which Shirley Knight movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Shirley Knight movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences? Well, you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.
Shirley Knight (1936-2020) was an Oscar® nominated English actress. Knight was nominated twice for the Academy Award® for Best Supporting Actress: for The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960) and Sweet Bird of Youth (1962). Her IMDb page shows over 184 acting credits from 1955 to 2018. This page will rank Shirley Knight 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.
Shirley Knight 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 |
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| 1997 | As Good as It Gets (1997) |  |
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| 1962 | Sweet Bird of Youth (1962) AA Best Supp Actress Nom |
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| 2009 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009) | |
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| 1960 | Ice Palace (1960) |  |
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| 2002 | Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002) | |
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| 1968 | Petulia (1968) | |
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| 1966 | The Group (1966) | |
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| 1960 | The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960) AA Best Supp Actress Nom |
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| 1995 | Indictment: The McMartin Trial (1995) HBO Movie |
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| 2011 | Our Idiot Brother (2011) |  |
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| 1969 | The Rain People (1969) | |
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| 1996 | If These Walls Could Talk (1996) HBO Movie |
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| 1981 | Endless Love (1981) | |
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| 1964 | Flight from Ashiya (1964) | |
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| 1996 | Somebody Is Waiting (1996) |  |
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| 2012 | Not Fade Away (2012) | |
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| 1996 | Diabolique (1996) | |
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| 2006 | Grandma's Boy (2006) | |
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| 1998 | Little Boy Blue (1998) | |
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| 1974 | Juggernaut (1974) |  |
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| 2001 | Angel Eyes (2001) | |
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| 2018 | Periphery (2018) | |
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| 2003 | A House on a Hill (2003) | |
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| 1982 | The Sender (1982) | |
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| 2009 | The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009) | |
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| 2006 | Open Window (2006) | |
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| 2002 | The Salton Sea (2002) |  |
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| 1971 | Secrets (1971) | |
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| 1994 | Color of Night (1994) | |
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| 1968 | The Counterfeit Killer (1968) |  |
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| 2015 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (2015) | |
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| 2002 | P.S. Your Cat Is Dead! (2002) |  |
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| 2004 | Sexual Life (2004) Film Festival Circuit Only |
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| 1979 | Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979) | |
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| 1995 | Stuart Saves His Family (1995) | |
Shirley Knight 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 Shirley Knight movies by her co-stars
- Sort Shirley Knight movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Shirley Knight movies by yearly domestic box office rank
- Sort Shirley Knight 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 Shirley Knight movie received.
- Sort Shirley Knight 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
As Good as It Gets (1997)
Jack Nicholson &
Helen Hunt148.50
348.7
737.90
6
73
07 / 02
97.5
2
Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)
AA Best Supp Actress NomEd Begley &
Geraldine Page &
Paul 7.70
110.9
110.90
31
74
03 / 01
88.9
3
Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009)
Kevin James
146.30
210.3
263.50
19
48
00 / 00
88.2
4
Ice Palace (1960)
Richard Burton
4.70
73.7
73.70
56
69
00 / 00
79.1
6
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)
Sandra Bullock &
James Garner69.60
129.4
137.20
38
51
00 / 00
78.8
5
Petulia (1968)
Julie Christie &
George C. Scott4.30
35.3
35.30
73
78
00 / 00
76.8
7
The Group (1966)
Candice Bergen &
Joan Hackett7.20
71.0
71.00
38
64
00 / 00
74.3
8
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960)
AA Best Supp Actress NomAngela Lansbury
1.80
27.9
27.90
104
75
01 / 00
72.5
9
Indictment: The McMartin Trial (1995)
HBO MovieJames Woods
0.10
0.1
0.10
256
83
00 / 00
70.8
10
Our Idiot Brother (2011)
Paul Rudd
24.80
33.7
35.20
109
67
00 / 00
64.2
11
The Rain People (1969)
James Caan &
Shirley Knight1.60
12.1
12.10
116
70
00 / 00
58.2
12
If These Walls Could Talk (1996)
HBO MovieDemi Moore &
Directed by Cher0.10
0.1
0.10
266
72
00 / 00
54.5
14
Endless Love (1981)
Brooke Shields &
Tom Cruise31.20
120.9
120.90
25
32
01 / 00
54.1
12
Flight from Ashiya (1964)
Richard Widmark &
Yul Brynner2.30
26.2
26.20
103
63
00 / 00
53.1
13
Somebody Is Waiting (1996)
Gabriel Byrne
0.00
0.1
0.10
305
69
00 / 00
48.3
15
Not Fade Away (2012)
John Magaro &
Jack Huston0.60
0.8
0.80
213
67
00 / 00
44.7
18
Diabolique (1996)
Sharon Stone &
Isabelle Adjani17.10
41.7
41.70
93
53
00 / 00
42.8
16
Grandma's Boy (2006)
David Spade &
Shirley Jones6.10
10.0
10.80
181
63
00 / 00
42.8
17
Little Boy Blue (1998)
Nastassja Kinski
0.00
0.1
0.10
319
65
00 / 00
40.1
21
Juggernaut (1974)
Anthony Hopkins &
Richard Harris4.50
26.2
26.20
66
56
00 / 00
39.4
21
Angel Eyes (2001)
Jennifer Lopez &
Jim Caviezel24.20
46.1
56.70
92
50
00 / 00
39.0
22
Periphery (2018)
Stacy Keach
0.10
0.1
0.10
416
64
00 / 00
37.8
21
A House on a Hill (2003)
Philip Baker Hall &
Laura San Giacomo0.00
0.0
0.00
375
64
00 / 00
37.5
24
The Sender (1982)
Kathryn Harrold &
Zeljko Ivanek1.10
3.9
3.90
130
62
00 / 00
36.1
25
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009)
Keanu Reeves
0.30
0.5
4.00
237
63
00 / 00
35.9
26
Open Window (2006)
Joel Edgerton
0.10
0.1
0.10
361
63
00 / 00
35.6
26
The Salton Sea (2002)
Val Kilmer &
Vincent D'Onofrio0.80
1.4
1.40
211
59
00 / 00
28.9
27
Secrets (1971)
Jacqueline Bisset
1.90
12.5
12.50
123
53
00 / 00
24.2
28
Color of Night (1994)
Bruce Willis
19.70
52.1
89.70
72
39
00 / 00
21.8
29
The Counterfeit Killer (1968)
Mercedes McCambridge
0.70
6.0
6.00
156
48
00 / 00
12.3
33
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (2015)
Kevin James
71.00
90.8
137.60
40
20
00 / 00
11.9
31
P.S. Your Cat Is Dead! (2002)
Steve Guttenberg
0.00
0.1
0.10
365
46
00 / 00
8.4
32
Sexual Life (2004)
Film Festival Circuit Only Kerry Washington
0.00
0.1
0.10
368
46
00 / 00
8.2
32
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)
Michael Caine &
Sally Field5.50
23.7
23.70
78
37
01 / 00
7.7
33
Stuart Saves His Family (1995)
Al Franken &
Directed by Harold Ramis0.90
2.3
2.30
195
40
00 / 00
4.2
Check out Shirley Knight’s career compared to current and classic actors. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.
Hi Mr. Cogerson,
Were you able to save the new 1944 box office data I sent just before the crash?
Please advise
Hey Mike…..they are safely on the 1944 page….I just have not started putting them in the database….but it is on my schedule. Thanks again for doing all that research.
Hey Mike…actually most of the 1944 are safely in the database….it was the 1943 ones that I put on the page for future database entry.
Have to confess I’m not familiar with this actress, but I have seen 4 of these films.
They are – Juggernaut, Paul Blart Mall Cop, Color of Night and As Good as it Gets.
Hey Steve….thanks for the thoughts on Shirley Knight. I have been aware of her for a very longtime. I discovered her in The Rain People when I was a teenager. That movie got on my radar because (a) It starred James Caan and Robert Duvall. (b) It was directed by Francis Ford Coppola. and (c) It seemed to be the connection that got Caan, Duvall and Coppola to The Godfather. I have actually seen 17 of her movies. She got to star with many of my favorite actors…Caan, Willis and Caine to just to name a few. Tally count….Cogerson 17, Flora 6 and you 4. Good stuff as always.
I posted this on April 22 when she passed. Shirley is # 585 on the 2020 Oracle of Bacon Top 1000. These are the other actors on the list she appeared with.
5 MICHAEL CAINE Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)
15 ANTHONY HOPKINS Juggernaut (1974)
40 ROBERT DUVALL The Rain People (1969)
41 MICHAEL HORDERN Juggernaut (1974)
45 OMAR SHARIFF Juggernaut (1974)
54 JACK NICHOLSON As Good as It Gets (1997)
56 ELLIOTT GOULD Open Window (2006)
62 JAMES CAAN The Rain People (1969)
66 BRUCE WILLIS Color of Night (1994)
69 ALAN ARKIN The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009)
77 CANDICE BERGEN The Group (1966)
81 JOHN SAVAGE Little Boy Blue (1997)
85 JACK WARDEN Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)
86 DANNY TREJO The Salton Sea (2002)
94 PAUL NEWMAN Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)
102 RIP TORN Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)
106 BRAD DOURIF Color of Night (1994)
111 RICHARD HARRIS Juggernaut (1974)
116 VAL KILMER The Salton Sea (2002)
133 IAN HOLM Juggernaut (1974)
154 KATHY BATES Diabolique (1996)
164 GABRIEL BYRNE Somebody Is Waiting (1996)
167 MAGGIE SMITH Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)
177 LANCE HENRIKSEN Color of Night (1994)
187 JULIE CHRISTIE Petulia (1968)
193 WILLIAM HOLDEN Picnic (1955)
198 ELLEN BURSTYN Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)
208 TELLY SAVALAS Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)
209 KEANU REEVES The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009)
220 PHILIP BAKER HALL A House on a Hill (2003)
224 JACQUELINE BISSET Secrets (1971)
230 JEFF COREY Color of Night (1994)
232 ANGELA LANSBURY The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960)
243 HAL HOLBROOK The Group (1966)
249 TOM CRUISE Endless Love (1981)
260 DAVID HEMMINGS Juggernaut (1974)
260 DAVID HEMMINGS Prisoners (1981)
261 PETER BOYLE Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)
261 PETER BOYLE The Group (1966)
264 JAMES GARNER Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)
278 AUSTIN PENDLETON Petulia (1968)
282 VINCENT D’ONOFRIO Stuart Saves His Family (1995)
282 VINCENT D’ONOFRIO The Salton Sea (2002)
284 JULIANNE MOORE The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009)
298 JULIAN GLOVER Juggernaut (1974)
299 RICHARD BURTON Ice Palace (1960)
305 JOSEPH COTTEN Petulia (1968)
311 SHARON STONE Diabolique (1996)
312 HARRIS YULIN 75 Degrees in July (2000)
312 HARRIS YULIN Stuart Saves His Family (1995)
322 ROSHAN SETH JUGGERNAUT (1974)
332 STEVE COOGAN OUR IDIOT BROTHER (2011)
346 MICHAEL MCKEAN The Man Who Counted (1998)
404 SCOTT WILSON Open Window (2006)
425 EMILY MORTIMER OUR IDIOT BROTHER (2011)
426 LUIS GUZMAN The Salton Sea (2002)
428 RICHARD WIDMARK Flight from Ashiya (1964)
476 YUL BRYNNER Flight from Ashiya (1964)
480 KEVIN CORRIGAN Sexual Life (2005)
485 ROY KINNEAR Juggernaut (1974)
488 ROB SCHNEIDER Grandma’s Boy (2006)
495 BO HOPKINS Open Window (2006)
510 ALLEN GARFIELD Diabolique (1996)
510 ALLEN GARFIELD Stuart Saves His Family (1995)
522 WINONA RYDER The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009)
556 JAMES SPADER ENDLESS LOVE (1981)
569 RICHARD RIEHLE Stuart Saves His Family (1995)
570 CLIFF ROBERTSON Picnic (1955)
580 CLIFTON JAMES Juggernaut (1974)
583 GEORGE TAKEI ICE PALACE (1960)
585 PAUL RUDD Our Idiot Brother (2011)
595 SLIM PICKENS Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)
599 NASTASSJA KINSKI Little Boy Blue (1997)
599 NASTASSJA KINSKI Somebody Is Waiting (1996)
616 SUSAN STRASBERG Picnic (1955)
651 CYRIL CUSACK Juggernaut (1974)
655 R. LEE ERMEY The Salton Sea (2002)
673 CARLA GUGINO The Center of the World (2001)
691 DUB TAYLOR Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)
717 ROBERT RYAN Ice Palace (1960)
736 FREDDIE JONES Juggernaut (1974)
737 PAUL FREEMAN THE SENDER (1982)
750 CUBA GOODING JR. As Good as It Gets (1997)
778 SANDRA BULLOCK Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)
800 KEVIN MICHAEL RICHARDSON STUART SAVES HIS FAMILY (1995)
812 GEORGE C. SCOTT Petulia (1968)
832 SALLY FIELD Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)
856 VICTOR ARGO Angel Eyes (2001)
876 ISABELLE ADJANI DIABOLIQUE (1996)
895 TIM GUINEE THE PRIVATE LIVES OF PIPPA LEE (2009)
913 MONICA BELLUCCI THE PRIVATE LIVES OF PIPPA LEE (2009)
949 DORIS ROBERTS GRANDMA’S BOY (2006)
951 GREG KINNEAR As Good as It Gets (1997)
966 JIM BACKUS Ice Palace (1960)
968 STEVE GUTTENBERG P.S. Your Cat Is Dead! (2002)
984 LESLEY ANNE WARREN Color of Night (1994)
994 DONAL LOGUE Diabolique (1996)
HM (872) JACK WATSON JUGGERNAUT (1974)
HM (976) BROOKE SHIELDS Endless Love (1981)
HM (996) BRIAN DOYLE-MURRAY As Good as It Gets (1997)
HM (999) BUCK HENRY The Man Who Counted (1998)
Shirley appeared with 22 Oscar winners.
ALAN ARKIN The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009)
ANTHONY HOPKINS Juggernaut (1974)
CLIFF ROBERTSON Picnic (1955)
CUBA GOODING JR. As Good as It Gets (1997)
ELLEN BURSTYN Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)
GEORGE C. SCOTT Petulia (1968)
GERALDINE PAGE Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)
HELEN HUNT AS GOOD AS IT GETS (1997)
JACK NICHOLSON As Good as It Gets (1997)
JULIANNE MOORE The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009)
JULIE CHRISTIE Petulia (1968)
KARL MALDEN Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)
KATHY BATES Diabolique (1996)
MAGGIE SMITH Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)
MICHAEL CAINE Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)
PAUL NEWMAN Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)
ROBERT DUVALL The Rain People (1969)
SALLY FIELD Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)
SANDRA BULLOCK Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)
SHIRLEY JONES Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)
SHIRLEY JONES Grandma’s Boy (2006)
WILLIAM HOLDEN Picnic (1955)
YUL BRYNNER Flight from Ashiya (1964)
Hey Dan…thanks for digging out the comment from her tribute when she passed….I actually researched the rest of her career that day but got sidetracked before making the UMR page. She had a very solid career…..just never became a household name. I think being ranked 585th is about where I would have guessed. Looking at the first list….lots of “2 timers” but nobody over 2 when looking at most frequent co-star. Surprised her total of Oscar winning co-stars is even lower than Piper Laurie’s total of 25. Good stuff as always.
I have seen 6 Shirley Knight movies.
The HIGHEST rated movie I have seen is As Good As It Gets.
The highest rated movie I have NOT seen is Paul Blart Mall Cop.
The LOWEST rated movie I have seen is Flight From Ashiya.
Favourite Shirley Knight Movies:
Flight From Ashiya
Other Shirley Knight Movies I Have Seen:
As Good As It Gets
Sweet Bird of Youth
Petulia
The Group
The Rain People
Hey Flora….thanks for checking out our Shirley Knight page. Tally count….Cogerson 17, Flora 6 and you 4. I have seen 4 of the six that you have seen…though I have not seen your favorite…Flight From Ashiya….I will have to check that one out. I am not thinking you would enjoy Paul Blart Mall Cop….so I think you are just fine with missing that one. Good stuff as always.
Great UMR Page
Thank you Mike.