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Tatum O’Neal (1963-) is an Oscar® winning American actress. O’Neal is the youngest person ever to win a competitive Oscar®, which she won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar® in 1974 at age ten for her performance as in 1973’s Paper Moon opposite her father, Ryan O’Neal. Her IMDb page shows over 35 acting credits since 1973. This page will rank Tatum O’Neal 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.
Tatum O’Neal 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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| 1973 | Paper Moon (1973) |  |
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| 1976 | The Bad News Bears (1976) |  |
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| 1980 | Little Darlings (1980) |  |
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| 2012 | This Is 40 (2012) |  |
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| 1996 | Basquiat (1996) |  |
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| 2010 | The Runaways (2010) | |
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| 1991 | Little Noises (1991) |  |
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| 1976 | Nickelodeon (1976) | |
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| 1978 | International Velvet (1978) |  |
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| 2013 | Mr. Sophistication (2013) | |
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| 2002 | The Scoundrel's Wife (2002) |  |
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| 2009 | Saving Grace B. Jones (2009) |  |
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| 1980 | Obsession (1980) | |
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| 2014 | She's Funny That Way (2014) | |
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| 1985 | Certain Fury (1985) | |
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| 2015 | Sweet Lorraine (2015) | |
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| 2006 | My Brother (2006) |  |
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| 2018 | God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness (2018) | |
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| 2003 | The Technical Writer (2003) | |
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| 2018 | Rock, Paper, Scissors (2018) | |
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| 2019 | The Assent (2019) | |
Tatum O’Neal 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 Tatum O’Neal movies by her co-stars
- Sort Tatum O’Neal movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Tatum O’Neal movies by yearly domestic box office rank.
- Sort Tatum O’Neal 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 Tatum O’Neal movie received.
- Sort Tatum O’Neal 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 | Paper Moon (1973) | Madeline Kahn & Ryan O'Neal |
50.10 | 305.1 | 305.10 | 7 | 85 | 04 / 01 | 98.9 | |
| 2 | The Bad News Bears (1976) | Walter Matthau & Jackie Earle Haley |
32.20 | 163.0 | 163.00 | 18 | 87 | 00 / 00 | 96.4 | |
| 3 | Little Darlings (1980) | Matt Dillon | 38.80 | 161.0 | 161.00 | 21 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 89.2 | |
| 4 | This Is 40 (2012) | Paul Rudd & Wyatt Russell |
67.50 | 91.5 | 119.30 | 43 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 76.0 | |
| 5 | Basquiat (1996) | David Bowie & Dennis Hopper |
3.00 | 7.3 | 7.30 | 169 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 56.6 | |
| 6 | The Runaways (2010) | Kristen Stewart & Michael Shannon |
3.60 | 4.9 | 4.90 | 148 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 53.5 | |
| 7 | Little Noises (1991) | Crispen Glover | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 226 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 45.4 | |
| 8 | Nickelodeon (1976) | Burt Reynolds & Ryan O'Neal & Bria |
18.20 | 92.0 | 92.00 | 37 | 38 | 00 / 00 | 44.5 | |
| 9 | International Velvet (1978) | Anthony Hopkins & Christopher Plummer |
2.20 | 10.2 | 10.20 | 111 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 36.0 | |
| 10 | Mr. Sophistication (2013) | Robert Patrick | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 311 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 31.1 | |
| 11 | The Scoundrel's Wife (2002) | Julian Sands | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 308 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 25.2 | |
| 12 | Saving Grace B. Jones (2009) | Michael Biehn | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 351 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 19.5 | |
| 13 | Obsession (1980) | Richard Burton | 0.20 | 0.8 | 0.80 | 176 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 18.6 | |
| 14 | She's Funny That Way (2014) | Owen Wilson & Jennifer Aniston |
0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 219 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 18.1 | |
| 15 | Certain Fury (1985) | Peter Fonda | 1.40 | 4.2 | 4.20 | 148 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 17.1 | |
| 16 | Sweet Lorraine (2015) | Steven Bauer | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 347 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 12.5 | |
| 17 | My Brother (2006) | Vanessa Williams | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 319 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 8.8 | |
| 18 | God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness (2018) | David A.R. White & John Corbett |
5.70 | 6.8 | 7.70 | 150 | 37 | 00 / 00 | 3.8 | |
| 19 | The Technical Writer (2003) | William Forsythe | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 279 | 36 | 00 / 00 | 2.3 | |
| 20 | Rock, Paper, Scissors (2018) | Michael Madsen | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 414 | 36 | 00 / 00 | 2.1 | |
| 21 | The Assent (2019) | Peter Jason | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.60 | 339 | 31 | 00 / 00 | 1.0 |
Best IMDb Trivia On Tatum O’Neal
1. Tatum Beatrice O’Neal was born in the Westwood area of Los Angeles, California in 1963. Daughter of actors Ryan O’Neal and Joanna Moore.
2. Tatum O’Neal is the youngest person to ever win a competitive Oscar® (Best Supporting Actress, Paper Moon (1973))
3. Tatum O’Neal was married to tennis legend, John McEnroe, from 1986 to 1994. They have three children.
4. Tatum O’Neal was the highest-paid child star in history when she made The Bad News Bears (1976).
5. Tatum O’Neal is one of a very few performers to win an Oscar® for their debut performance.
Check out Tatum O’Neal’s career compared to current and classic actors. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.
“Tatum O’Neal was a true original when she first debuted in Paper Moon – a tough, independent kid who knew her way around better than most adults. She has since gone through that inevitable awkward phase encounterd by child actors in transition, but her talent is strong enough to see her through.”
Tatum O’Neal 4 Star Movie Performances by Rating The Movie Stars
1973’s Paper Moon
1975’s Bad News Bears
Back in 1983 Joel and his Rating The Movie Stars co-writers were guessing O’Neal was going to rebound to her glory years. Granted she still has time, but so far, they got this one wrong.
I saw the top 2. bad news bears a 9 , I probably overrated this since I knew one of the teammates . gary cavagnaro played the fat kid and went to elementary school with my brother. paper moon an 8 is worth watching but probably received too much Oscar attention because of the father daughter acting duo.
Hey bob cox….thanks for stopping by. Tally count: Cogerson 7, Flora 3, bob cox 2, Bob 0, Steve 0. Wow….I am impressed that you knew Engelberg…..fond memories of that movie as a kid. I think 9 is pretty good mark for that one. O’Neal and Matthau are fun to watch. Now the sequels are horrible…especially the one with Tony Curtis. I am not a fan of Paper Moon. Granted it has been years since I watched it. Good stuff.
I have seen three Tatum O’Neal movies. None of them are favourites. In order of preference, they are:
Paper Moon
Basquiat
The Bad News Bears
Hey Flora….thanks for checking out our Tatum O’Neal page. Tally count….me 7, you 3, bob cox 2 and Steve and Bob at 0. I liked Bad News Bears, found Tatum difficult to watch in Paper Moon and have not seen Basquiat. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on Ms. Tatum.
This is awkward, I haven’t seen any of Tatum O’Neal’s films on the chart. I’ve heard of her of course and have seen clips from some of her early films. Ironic that I’ve seen more ‘Harold Russell’ (who he?) films than Tatum O’Neal films. [snicker]
I think I must have groaned when I’d read in the papers that cute little Tatum married John McEnroe back in the 1980s “you cannot be serious!”. 🙂
Good stuff Bruce. Vote Up!
Hey Steve….so Oscar winner Harold tops Oscar winner Tatum in the Lensman tally contest. I bet if you lived in the United States you would have seen The Bad News Bears….that was a big movie here….spawing numerous bad sequels….but the first one is pretty good. Added trivia, Walter Matthau’s coach is based on Burt Lancaster. I have seen 7 of her movies…you and Bob got shut out. Flora is sitting at three. Good stuff as always.
As the above tables show Tatum had a glorious but brief career as a child/teenage star in the 1970s but then counted for little in terms of big screen stardom. On top of the films listed by Bruce she was in 16 TV productions between 1984 and 2018. In the pipeline for her currently is just one project – at post production stage a drama in which 7th billed Tatum has a supporting role as a doctor.
The Celebrity net worth site quotes Tatum’s net worth as half a million dollars as of 2015 [approx 530 thousand in today’s dollars] which is very low in today’s entertainment business where they seem to THROW money at both the high and the low; and Tatum joins Joel Hirschhorn as one of just 3 celebs whose net worths I have PERSONALLY seen quoted as under 1 million dollars in today’s money. The net worth of Tatum’s father Ryan was assessed as $15 million last year.
I have not seen even one of the 21 films listed above and have watched none of her TV work except for a TV movie 2018’s Runaway Romance which by coincidence I viewed just 10 days ago. It was routine but passable entertainment -as Steve knows I am a sentimental old cod! – if your expectations were not too ambitious and her own performance too was routine;
Hey Bob…..I agree….the start of her career was indeed glorious…but it faded quickly. She does get a mention in Joel’s book….so her dual status of Joel and Oscar winner got this page…she beat out Brooke Shields. Wow…that net worth is not too impressive. Strange timing that you saw one of her tv movies. I have seen 7 of her movies. Good stuff as always.