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Steve Guttenberg (1958-) is an American actor. Guttenberg is known for his lead roles in films of the 1980s and 1990s, including Cocoon, Police Academy, Three Men and a Baby, Diner, The Bedroom Window, Three Men and a Little Lady, and Short Circuit. His IMDb page shows over 103 acting credits since 1977. This page will rank Steve Guttenberg 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.
Steve Guttenberg 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
1985
Cocoon (1985)
1987
3 Men and a Baby (1987)
1984
Police Academy (1984)
1985
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985)
1990
3 Men and a Little Lady (1990)
1982
Diner (1982)
1986
Short Circuit (1986)
1978
The Boys from Brazil (1978)
1986
Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986)
1995
Home for the Holidays (1995)
1987
The Bedroom Window (1987)
1995
It Takes Two (1995)
1988
Cocoon: The Return (1988)
2018
Bigger (2018)
1987
Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
1988
High Spirits (1988)
1977
The Chicken Chronicles (1977)
1990
Don't Tell Her It's Me (1990)
1997
Zeus and Roxanne (1997)
2009
Shannon's Rainbow (2009)
1979
Players (1979)
1987
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987)
1995
The Big Green (1995)
1985
Bad Medicine (1985)
2002
P.S. Your Cat Is Dead! (2002)
2014
Affluenza (2014)
2018
Lez Bomb (2018)
2008
Private Valentine: Blonde & Dangerous (2008)
2019
Trauma Center (2019)
2009
Cornered! (2009)
1983
The Man Who Wasn't There (1983)
1987
Surrender (1987)
2005
Son of the Mask (2005)
1980
Can't Stop The Music (1980)
Steve Guttenberg Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
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| 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 | Cocoon (1985) | Don Ameche | 76.10 | 231.1 | 259.10 | 6 | 73 | 02 / 02 | 96.8 | |
| 2 | 3 Men and a Baby (1987) | Tom Selleck & Ted Danson |
162.80 | 448.8 | 448.80 | 1 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 94.0 | |
| 3 | Police Academy (1984) | G.W. Bailey | 81.20 | 260.5 | 260.50 | 6 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 92.4 | |
| 4 | Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985) | Bubba Smith | 55.60 | 168.8 | 168.80 | 11 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 86.3 | |
| 6 | 3 Men and a Little Lady (1990) | Tom Selleck & Ted Danson |
71.60 | 182.5 | 182.50 | 15 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 85.5 | |
| 5 | Diner (1982) | Kevin Bacon & Daniel Stern & Mickey Rourke |
14.10 | 51.7 | 51.70 | 49 | 85 | 00 / 00 | 84.1 | |
| 7 | Short Circuit (1986) | Ally Sheedy | 40.70 | 118.3 | 118.30 | 23 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 82.8 | |
| 8 | The Boys from Brazil (1978) | Laurence Olivier & Gregory Peck |
22.60 | 104.1 | 104.10 | 27 | 62 | 03 / 00 | 82.2 | |
| 9 | Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986) | Bubba Smith | 43.60 | 126.6 | 126.60 | 18 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 78.9 | |
| 10 | Home for the Holidays (1995) | Holly Hunter & Anne Bancroft |
17.50 | 43.4 | 43.40 | 87 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 63.7 | |
| 11 | The Bedroom Window (1987) | Elizabeth McGovern | 12.60 | 34.8 | 34.80 | 76 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 59.6 | |
| 12 | It Takes Two (1995) | Kirstie Alley | 19.50 | 48.3 | 48.30 | 82 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 52.3 | |
| 13 | Cocoon: The Return (1988) | Don Ameche | 18.90 | 49.6 | 49.60 | 53 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 36.0 | |
| 14 | Bigger (2018) | Julianne Hough | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 355 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 31.1 | |
| 15 | Amazon Women on the Moon (1987) | Rosanna Arquette & Michelle Pfeiffer |
0.50 | 1.5 | 1.50 | 198 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 30.4 | |
| 16 | High Spirits (1988) | Liam Neeson & Peter O'Toole |
8.60 | 22.5 | 22.50 | 98 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 30.3 | |
| 17 | The Chicken Chronicles (1977) | Phil Silvers | 3.60 | 17.6 | 17.60 | 94 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 27.4 | |
| 18 | Don't Tell Her It's Me (1990) | Shelley Long | 1.20 | 3.0 | 3.00 | 183 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 25.0 | |
| 19 | Zeus and Roxanne (1997) | Kathleen Quinlan | 7.20 | 17.0 | 17.00 | 128 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 24.9 | |
| 20 | Shannon's Rainbow (2009) | Sally Kellerman | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 337 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 16.5 | |
| 20 | Players (1979) | Ali MacGraw | 4.90 | 21.0 | 21.00 | 84 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 15.3 | |
| 22 | Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987) | Sharon Stone | 28.10 | 77.4 | 77.40 | 42 | 26 | 00 / 00 | 13.5 | |
| 23 | The Big Green (1995) | Soccer Movies | 17.70 | 44.0 | 44.00 | 85 | 36 | 00 / 00 | 12.3 | |
| 23 | Bad Medicine (1985) | Alan Arkin | 2.70 | 8.2 | 8.20 | 132 | 44 | 00 / 00 | 8.9 | |
| 24 | P.S. Your Cat Is Dead! (2002) | Shirley Knight | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 365 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 8.4 | |
| 25 | Affluenza (2014) | Ben Rosenfield | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 281 | 44 | 00 / 00 | 6.9 | |
| 28 | Lez Bomb (2018) | Bruce Dern | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 412 | 44 | 00 / 00 | 6.7 | |
| 27 | Private Valentine: Blonde & Dangerous (2008) | Jessica Simpson | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.20 | 416 | 44 | 00 / 00 | 6.4 | |
| 29 | Trauma Center (2019) | Bruce Willis | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 282 | 42 | 00 / 00 | 5.0 | |
| 28 | Cornered! (2009) | James Duval | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 329 | 38 | 00 / 00 | 3.3 | |
| 29 | The Man Who Wasn't There (1983) | Jeffrey Tambor | 2.40 | 8.4 | 8.40 | 107 | 36 | 00 / 00 | 3.2 | |
| 32 | Surrender (1987) | Michael Caine & Sally Field |
5.70 | 15.7 | 15.70 | 100 | 32 | 00 / 00 | 2.8 | |
| 31 | Son of the Mask (2005) | Jamie Kennedy & Traylor Howard |
17.00 | 28.7 | 100.90 | 128 | 22 | 00 / 00 | 1.0 | |
| 32 | Can't Stop The Music (1980) | Ray Simpson & David Hodo |
4.70 | 19.3 | 19.30 | 104 | 22 | 00 / 00 | 0.6 |
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Surprised it took you so long to do a Steve Guttenberg page Bruce, I thought he was an 80s favorite of yours.
I’ve seen 11 of the 32 films on the chart, less than I thought. Favorites are – Cocoon 1 & 2, Short Circuit, the first Police Academy and The Boys from Brazil.
I watched The Boys from Brazil again recently, it’s an old favorite, watched it many times. Guttenberg is killed by the evil Gregory Peck, whaaat? Say it ain’t so! More accurately one of Josef Mengele’s henchmen.
Good work Bruce. Vote Up!
Hey Steve….thanks for the thoughts on Steve Guttenberg. I agree…I liked him in the 1980s…I really liked him in Diner. The main reason for the delay were all the low budget unheard of movies he made from 1990 to today. It is tiring going through unknown movie after unknown movie trying to find ones that even briefly saw the light of an American theater. Tally count. 18 for me, 11 for you. Looking at your favorites list….seen them all except for Cocoon 2. I am beginning to wonder if I will ever watch that sequel…so far…32 years …and I have not seen it. Now…if Ron Howard would have directed it…I would have seen it as soon as possible. Boys From Brazil was early Guttenberg….I first noticed him in the musical classic Can’t Stop The Music……which I saw in theaters….why I do not know. That might be why I do not like musicals too much….maybe that movie scarred me for life….lol. Good stuff as always.
Not one of my favorite actors back in the 80’s, like C. Thomas Howell or his co-star Ted Danson.
Steve is # 566 on the 2020 Oracle of Bacon Top 1000. These are the other actors on the list he is connected to.
4 MICHAEL CAINE Surrender (1987)
17 MICHAEL MADSEN Shannon’s Rainbow (2009)
21 GERALDINE CHAPLIN Home for the Holidays (1995)
30 PETER O’TOOLE High Spirits (1988)
50 ALAN ARKIN Bad Medicine (1985)
75 LIAM NEESON High Spirits (1988)
108 JAMES MASON The Boys from Brazil (1978)
124 ROBERT WAGNER Overdrive (1997)
126 HENRY FONDA Rollercoaster (1977)
127 DENHOLM ELLIOTT The Boys from Brazil (1978)
134 ERIC ROBERTS Shannon’s Rainbow (2009)
140 MICKEY ROURKE Diner (1982)
148 MICHELLE PFEIFFER Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
153 MAURY CHAYKIN The Bedroom Window (1987)
161 ROBERT LOGGIA Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
163 CLINT HOWARD Cocoon (1985)
173 MAXIMILIAN SCHELL Players (1979)
175 GEORGE SEGAL Rollercoaster (1977)
186 DAVID STRAITHAIRN Home for the Holidays (1995)
194 CHARLES DURNING Home for the Holidays (1995)
194 CHARLES DURNING Shannon’s Rainbow (2009)
205 MICHAEL GOUGH The Boys from Brazil (1978)
209 ROSANNA ARQUETTE Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
212 SHARON STONE Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987)
217 WALLACE SHAWN The Bedroom Window (1987)
244 ED LAUTER The Chicken Chronicles (1977)
248 ANGELA LANSBURY HEIDI 4 PAWS (2009)
251 XANDER BERKELEY The Stranger (2003)
253 RANCE HOWARD Cocoon (1985)
280 AUSTIN PENDLETON Home for the Holidays (1995)
280 AUSTIN PENDLETON Short Circuit (1986)
284 WALTER GOTELL The Boys from Brazil (1978)
289 JULIAN SANDS HEIDI 4 PAWS (2009)
290 GREGORY PECK The Boys from Brazil (1978)
300 JOE PANTOLIANO Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
308 ED BEGLEY JR. Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
312 MARK MARGOLIS The Bedroom Window (1987)
321 LAURENCE OLIVIER The Boys from Brazil (1978)
323 BRIAN DENNEHY Cocoon (1985)
323 BRIAN DENNEHY Cocoon: The Return (1988)
325 ANNE BANCROFT Home for the Holidays (1995)
330 ISABELLE HUPPERT The Bedroom Window (1987)
343 PETER BOYLE Surrender (1987)
345 ROBERT DOWNEY JR. Home for the Holidays (1995)
362 DAVID ALAN GRIER Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
370 DARYL HANNAH High Spirits (1988)
370 DARYL HANNAH Shannon’s Rainbow (2009)
384 BEVERLY D’ANGELO High Spirits (1988)
386 PAUL GUILFOYLE (II) 3 Men and a Baby (1987)
411 JENNIFER TILLY High Spirits (1988)
437 SEAN BEAN AIRBORNE (1998)
460 KIM CATTRALL Police Academy (1984)
461 JEFFREY TAMBOR The Man Who Wasn’t There (1983)
474 BRUNO GANZ THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL (1978)
485 DICK MILLER Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
493 HOLLY HUNTER HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS (1995)
495 JACK THOMPSON SHORT CIRCUIT (1986)
500 WILLIAM FORSYTHE The Man Who Wasn’t There (1983)
501 RALPH BELLAMY Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
502 RICHARD WIDMARK Rollercoaster (1977)
503 BRYAN CRANSTON AMAZON WOMEN ON THE MOON (1987)
517 WOLFGANG PREISS The Boys from Brazil (1978)
521 NATALIE PORTMAN Domino One (2005)
524 COLM FEORE AIRBORNE (1998)
542 DYLAN MCDERMOTT HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS (1995)
546 KEVIN BACON Diner (1982)
585 SHIRLEY KNIGHT P.S. Your Cat Is Dead! (2002)
607 ELIZABETH MCGOVERN THE BEDROOM WINDOW (1987)
621 COLLEEN CAMP Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985)
621 COLLEEN CAMP Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987)
639 STEPHEN REA HEIDI 4 PAWS (2009)
676 JAY O. SANDERS The Big Green (1995)
710 SALLY FIELD Surrender (1987)
750 LIZ SMITH HIGH SPIRITS (1988)
752 SUSAN STRASBERG Rollercoaster (1977)
761 WILFORD BRIMLEY COCOON (1985)
761 WILFORD BRIMLEY COCOON: THE RETURN (1988)
780 JOHN DEHNER The Boys from Brazil (1978)
786 CARRIE FISHER Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
801 RICHARD KIND HEIDI 4 PAWS (2009)
801 RICHARD KIND Help Me, Help You (2009)
819 JON GRIES THE CHICKEN CHRONICLES (1977)
832 GRIFFIN DUNNE AMAZON WOMEN ON THE MOON (1987)
844 ELLEN BARKIN Diner (1982)
860 MIKE MAZURKI Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
865 PHILIP BOSCO 3 Men and a Baby (1987)
865 PHILIP BOSCO It Takes Two (1995)
866 JON LOVITZ CHASING THE BLUES (2018)
875 HELEN HUNT ROLLERCOASTER (1977)
894 JENNY AGUTTER AMAZON WOMEN ON THE MOON (1987)
906 PRUNELLA SCALES THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL (1978)
920 HOWARD HESSEMAN Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
920 HOWARD HESSEMAN Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985)
921 KATHLEEN QUINLAN Zeus and Roxanne (1997)
933 WOLF KAHLER THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL (1978)
946 MARSHALL BELL HEIDI 4 PAWS (2009)
982 LIV ULLMANN Players (1979)
991 LILLI PALMER The Boys from Brazil (1978)
Steve appeared with 16 Oscar winners.
ALAN ARKIN Bad Medicine (1985)
ANNE BANCROFT Home for the Holidays (1995)
CELESTE HOLM 3 Men and a Baby (1987)
DON AMECHE Cocoon (1985)
DON AMECHE Cocoon: The Return (1988)
GREGORY PECK The Boys from Brazil (1978)
HELEN HUNT ROLLERCOASTER (1977)
HENRY FONDA Rollercoaster (1977)
HOLLY HUNTER HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS (1995)
JESSICA TANDY Cocoon (1985)
JESSICA TANDY Cocoon: The Return (1988)
LAURENCE OLIVIER The Boys from Brazil (1978)
LOUIS GOSSETT JR. Shannon’s Rainbow (2009)
MAUREEN STAPLETON Cocoon (1985)
MAUREEN STAPLETON Cocoon: The Return (1988)
MAXIMILIAN SCHELL Players (1979)
MICHAEL CAINE Surrender (1987)
NATALIE PORTMAN Domino One (2005)
SALLY FIELD Surrender (1987)
Hey Dan….thanks for the comment, feedback and trivia lists on Mr. Steve Guttenberg. So you arte not a fan of Mr. Guttenberg. He was pretty popular in the early 1980s…but by the 1990s his career stalled….and the last 30 years have been pretty forgetful…..but….his 1980s makes him have a spot in movie history. Looking at the first list…..lots of people tied with two movies with Guttenberg…so in the event of a tie….we give the win to Michael Caine…lol. I saw Surrender in theaters back in the day…..not many people can make that claim. 16 Oscar winning co-stars is more than I would have guessed. Surrender getting some love on that list too. Good stuff as always.
I went to Surrender in the cinema.
Hey Dan…..there are not many of us that bought a ticket to Surrender…..according to our stats…it sold 1.5 million tickets or 1.5 million people saw it in theaters. I actually thought it was ok…with some funny parts. I rewatched a while ago and thought it was decent…though Caine thinks it is among his worst movies.
Great UMR Page
Thank you Mike.
I have seen 18 of the movies listed here….I actually saw his worst ranked movie (Can’t Stop The Music) and 3rd worst ranked movie (Surrender) in theaters. Favorites would include Police Academy 1, Diner and Cocoon. I recently watched Trauma Center (because I am a Bruce Willis fan) and did not even realize that Guttenberg was in the movie until I saw the end credits.