We decided to name these movies….YELMEBM. YELMEBM Movies? What the heck are YELMEBM movies? That is our acronym for our latest Ultimate Movie Ranking (UMR) Page. It stands for Yes, Even Legends Make Extremely Bad Movies. The following table takes the worst ranked UMR movie of 75 Movie Legends and puts them in one massive table…..basically The Worst From The Best!
YELMEBM Movies Ranked By Combination of Box Office, Reviews and Awards (UMR Score) *Classic UMR Table (the one with all the stats is the second table)
YELMEBM 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 anyway you want.
- Sort YELMEBM movies by movie title and movie trailers.
- Sort YELMEBM movies by co-stars of his movies.
- Sort YELMEBM movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost
- Sort YELMEBM movies by yearly domestic box office rank
- Sort YELMEBM movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations each YELMEBM movie received and how many Oscar® wins each YELMEBM movie won.
- Sort YELMEBM movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR Score 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 | Honeymoon (1947) | Shirley Temple | 4.10 | 118.1 | 147.60 | 86 | 39 | 00 / 00 | 62.6 | |
| 2 | But Not For Me (1959) | Clark Gable | 5.40 | 97.5 | 136.00 | 45 | 43 | 00 / 00 | 57.6 | |
| 3 | No Sad Songs For Me (1950) | Margaret Sullavan | 2.40 | 52.9 | 52.90 | 132 | 54 | 01 / 00 | 53.7 | |
| 4 | Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968) | Doris Day | 10.00 | 82.3 | 82.30 | 37 | 41 | 00 / 00 | 45.6 | |
| 5 | These Wilder Years (1956) | James Cagney | 1.60 | 32.0 | 49.10 | 151 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 40.7 | |
| 6 | Up in Central Park (1948) | Deanna Durbin | 1.20 | 33.6 | 33.60 | 164 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 34.4 | |
| 7 | Up the River (1930) | Spencer Tracy | 0.90 | 50.4 | 50.40 | 128 | 44 | 00 / 00 | 28.8 | |
| 9 | Count Your Blessings (1959) | Deborah Kerr | 2.30 | 41.6 | 87.80 | 99 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 25.6 | |
| 8 | The Maverick Queen (1956) | Barbara Stanwyck | 1.30 | 25.2 | 25.20 | 163 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 25.1 | |
| 10 | Man on Fire (1957) | Bing Crosby | 3.10 | 60.5 | 77.80 | 78 | 38 | 00 / 00 | 24.7 | |
| 13 | The Return of Doctor X (1939) | Humphrey Bogart | 1.40 | 54.1 | 78.80 | 151 | 40 | 00 / 00 | 24.3 | |
| 12 | Born To Be Bad (1934) | Cary Grant | 1.00 | 44.6 | 56.10 | 114 | 43 | 00 / 00 | 23.9 | |
| 13 | From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (1973) | Ingrid Bergman | 1.50 | 9.2 | 9.20 | 138 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 23.6 | |
| 12 | The Mark of the Hawk (1957) | Sidney Poitier | 1.90 | 36.3 | 36.30 | 118 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 23.6 | |
| 15 | Executive Action (1973) | Burt Lancaster | 2.20 | 13.2 | 13.20 | 118 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 22.7 | |
| 17 | One Foot in Hell (1960) | Alan Ladd | 2.40 | 37.0 | 37.00 | 94 | 44 | 00 / 00 | 21.9 | |
| 16 | It's a Big Country (1951) | Gary Cooper | 1.50 | 32.4 | 40.30 | 171 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 21.8 | |
| 18 | The First Deadly Sin (1980) | Frank Sinatra | 3.50 | 14.5 | 14.50 | 120 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 19.3 | |
| 19 | Just Tell Me What You Want (1980) | Myrna Loy | 2.10 | 8.7 | 8.70 | 137 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 19.2 | |
| 20 | The Big Sleep (1978) | James Stewart | 2.20 | 10.2 | 10.20 | 112 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 17.0 | |
| 21 | Before and After (1996) | Meryl Streep | 8.80 | 21.5 | 21.50 | 133 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 16.1 | |
| 22 | Brannigan (1975) | John Wayne | 6.10 | 31.9 | 31.90 | 61 | 42 | 00 / 00 | 15.3 | |
| 23 | Terror On A Train/Time Bomb (1953) | Glenn Ford | 1.00 | 18.8 | 40.60 | 211 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 14.2 | |
| 24 | Home Town Story (1951) | Marilyn Monroe | 0.70 | 15.0 | 20.60 | 217 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 12.7 | |
| 25 | The Amazing Dobermans (1976) | Fred Astaire | 1.80 | 9.2 | 9.20 | 127 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 12.3 | |
| 27 | Never Love a Stranger (1958) | Steve McQueen | 1.20 | 21.3 | 21.30 | 131 | 43 | 00 / 00 | 12.3 | |
| 26 | They All Laughed (1981) | Audrey Hepburn | 1.80 | 7.0 | 7.00 | 119 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 12.2 | |
| 28 | Havana (1990) | Robert Redford | 9.20 | 23.6 | 23.60 | 100 | 41 | 01 / 00 | 11.8 | |
| 30 | All Night Long (1981) | Barbra Streisand | 4.50 | 17.3 | 17.30 | 97 | 43 | 00 / 00 | 10.8 | |
| 29 | The Story of Mankind (1957) | Marx Brothers | 0.60 | 12.2 | 23.40 | 185 | 44 | 00 / 00 | 10.7 | |
| 31 | Just a Gigolo (1978) | Marlene Dietrich | 1.10 | 5.1 | 5.10 | 127 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 9.8 | |
| 32 | The Groom Wore Spurs (1951) | Ginger Rogers | 1.10 | 23.1 | 23.10 | 202 | 40 | 00 / 00 | 9.7 | |
| 33 | Battle at Bloody Beach (1961) | Audie Murphy | 1.20 | 17.5 | 17.50 | 115 | 40 | 00 / 00 | 7.8 | |
| 34 | The Biggest Bundle of Them All (1968) | Edward G. Robinson | 1.10 | 8.9 | 8.90 | 145 | 42 | 00 / 00 | 7.2 | |
| 35 | The Klansman (1974) | Lee Marvin | 2.40 | 14.0 | 14.00 | 99 | 40 | 00 / 00 | 7.1 | |
| 35 | Pope Joan (1972) | Olivia de Havilland | 2.10 | 13.5 | 13.50 | 119 | 40 | 00 / 00 | 6.7 | |
| 36 | The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969) | Katharine Hepburn | 1.90 | 14.2 | 14.20 | 102 | 39 | 00 / 00 | 6.4 | |
| 39 | Mrs. Winterbourne (1996) | Shirley MacLaine | 10.10 | 24.6 | 24.60 | 125 | 36 | 00 / 00 | 6.3 | |
| 37 | Firepower (1979) | Sophia Loren | 2.40 | 10.2 | 10.20 | 109 | 40 | 00 / 00 | 6.2 | |
| 38 | Butterfly (1981) | Orson Welles | 0.30 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 162 | 43 | 00 / 00 | 6.0 | |
| 41 | Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954) | Claudette Colbert | 0.20 | 5.1 | 5.10 | 190 | 41 | 00 / 00 | 5.5 | |
| 42 | Pink Cadillac (1989) | Clint Eastwood | 12.10 | 33.0 | 33.00 | 71 | 32 | 00 / 00 | 5.4 | |
| 43 | Doctor Faustus (1967) | Richard Burton | 2.50 | 22.3 | 22.30 | 83 | 35 | 00 / 00 | 5.2 | |
| 45 | Matilda (1978) | Robert Mitchum | 1.40 | 6.4 | 6.40 | 120 | 39 | 00 / 00 | 4.3 | |
| 44 | Death Rage (1976) | Yul Brynner | 0.30 | 1.5 | 1.50 | 157 | 40 | 00 / 00 | 4.3 | |
| 47 | Ash Wednesday (1973) | Elizabeth Taylor | 4.90 | 29.9 | 29.90 | 64 | 31 | 00 / 00 | 4.3 | |
| 46 | When Time Ran Out... (1980) | William Holden | 4.00 | 16.4 | 16.40 | 115 | 32 | 01 / 00 | 4.0 | |
| 49 | He Knows You're Alone (1980) | Tom Hanks | 4.10 | 16.9 | 16.90 | 112 | 34 | 00 / 00 | 3.8 | |
| 48 | Diamonds (1999) | Kirk Douglas | 0.10 | 0.2 | 0.20 | 259 | 39 | 00 / 00 | 3.7 | |
| 50 | Amazing Grace and Chuck (1987) | Gregory Peck | 4.00 | 11.0 | 11.00 | 115 | 34 | 00 / 00 | 3.1 | |
| 52 | Viva Knievel! (1977) | Gene Kelly | 6.50 | 31.4 | 31.40 | 78 | 27 | 00 / 00 | 2.7 | |
| 51 | Kinjite (1989) | Charles Bronson | 3.40 | 9.3 | 9.30 | 127 | 34 | 00 / 00 | 2.7 | |
| 54 | Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) | Gene Hackman | 15.70 | 43.2 | 82.10 | 65 | 23 | 00 / 00 | 2.4 | |
| 53 | Town & Country (2001) | Charlton Heston | 6.70 | 12.8 | 19.80 | 141 | 32 | 00 / 00 | 2.2 | |
| 55 | Man Trouble (1992) | Jack Nicholson | 4.10 | 10.6 | 10.60 | 129 | 32 | 00 / 00 | 1.9 | |
| 56 | The Naked Zoo (1970) | Rita Hayworth | 0.80 | 5.3 | 5.30 | 153 | 33 | 00 / 00 | 1.7 | |
| 57 | Quintet (1979) | Paul Newman | 2.40 | 10.2 | 10.20 | 110 | 31 | 00 / 00 | 1.5 | |
| 58 | Just Getting Started (2017) | Morgan Freeman | 6.10 | 7.3 | 9.20 | 133 | 31 | 00 / 00 | 1.4 | |
| 59 | Madigan's Millions (1968) | Dustin Hoffman | 0.50 | 4.1 | 4.10 | 165 | 32 | 00 / 00 | 1.4 | |
| 60 | Getting Away with Murder (1996) | Jack Lemmon | 0.20 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 241 | 33 | 00 / 00 | 1.4 | |
| 61 | The Hand (1981) | Michael Caine | 2.40 | 9.5 | 9.50 | 109 | 30 | 00 / 00 | 1.3 | |
| 63 | Heart Condition (1990) | Denzel Washington | 4.10 | 10.5 | 10.50 | 127 | 29 | 00 / 00 | 1.2 | |
| 62 | A Good Man in Africa (1994) | Sean Connery | 2.30 | 6.1 | 6.10 | 169 | 31 | 00 / 00 | 1.2 | |
| 66 | Inchon (1981) | Laurence Olivier | 5.20 | 20.2 | 20.20 | 92 | 24 | 00 / 00 | 0.9 | |
| 64 | Paranoia (2013) | Harrison Ford | 7.40 | 9.8 | 18.30 | 139 | 28 | 00 / 00 | 0.9 | |
| 67 | Trog (1970) | Joan Crawford | 2.30 | 15.9 | 15.90 | 101 | 26 | 00 / 00 | 0.8 | |
| 65 | Cuban Rebel Girls (1959) | Errol Flynn | 0.10 | 2.6 | 2.60 | 176 | 30 | 00 / 00 | 0.8 | |
| 66 | Killing Season (2013) | Robert DeNiro | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 246 | 30 | 00 / 00 | 0.8 | |
| 69 | Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992) | Marlon Brando | 8.30 | 21.4 | 21.40 | 104 | 23 | 00 / 00 | 0.8 | |
| 71 | City on Fire (1979) | Henry Fonda | 1.20 | 5.2 | 5.20 | 137 | 26 | 00 / 00 | 0.5 | |
| 70 | Extraction (2015) | Bruce Willis | 0.10 | 0.1 | 1.40 | 244 | 28 | 00 / 00 | 0.5 | |
| 72 | Wicked Stepmother (1989) | Bette Davis | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 231 | 27 | 00 / 00 | 0.4 | |
| 73 | National Lampoon's Movie Madness (1982) | Richard Widmark | 0.10 | 0.2 | 0.20 | 161 | 24 | 00 / 00 | 0.3 | |
| 74 | Gigli (2003) | Al Pacino | 6.10 | 10.9 | 13.00 | 139 | 15 | 00 / 00 | 0.0 | |
| 75 | Ghosts Can't Do It (1990) | Anthony Quinn | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 225 | 16 | 00 / 00 | 0.0 |
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I’m lucky, I’ve only seen 12 of the 75 stinkers on the chart.
My favorite of the 12 I’ve seen is Brannigan, which I don’t think is bad at all and actually quite enjoyable. Saw it at the cinema on a double bill with Burnt Offerings in June 1977. I have it on DVD.
The Conqueror should represent John Wayne on that chart not poor old Brannigan.
Interesting. Vote Up!
Hey Steve…tally count winners, or in this case is losers? Me 15, you 12, and Flora 9. Well.. Brannigan is actually pretty high on the list. As bad as The Conqueror is…..it actually was a financial success. Brannigan and Burnt Offerings on a double bill…..now that is interesting combo of movies. Thanks for checking out this different type of UMR page…your efforts are greatly appreciated.
So the legend that made the worst movie was Anthony Quinn? I have not seen Ghosts Can’t Do It, but I have seen the ones above it. Trog, Inchon and The Hand were pretty bad. That makes me curious to check out Quinn’s Ghosts. Nicely done.
Hey R. Hinders. Yep…Mr. Anthony Quinn’s Ghosts Can’t Do It is inded the lowest rated movies on this page. I have not seen Inchon or Trog….but their badness is legendary. I have seen The Hand a couple of times…and it is clearly not the movies Michael Caine and Oliver Stone want to be remembered by….good feedback.
thanks for adding all the trailers, some of the ones look horrible and yet some look interesting
Hey Taylor….you are welcome….it was fun adding in all of these bad movie trailers. Thanks for the nice words.
Fun read. Does this mean a Best from the Best is coming? Cuban Rebel Girls? Never heard of that one before. Nice change of pace. This is still Steve.
Hey Steve…..that might be a good idea….we will see how this one goes….I like seeing all of these movies together….glad you like this change of pace. Gotta admit…..some of the new subjects we do…are somewhat hard to get real excited about. Good feedback.
I have seen 9 movies. In order they are:
These Wilder Years
The Return of Dr. X
Born to Be Bad
First Deadly Sin
The Big Sleep
Terror on a Train – I enjoyed this one a lot
Brannigan
The Story of Mankind
Pink Cadillac
Hey Flora….I have seen 15 of these movies. Of your 9….I have seen Born To Be Bad (not too bad…especially for an early Cary Grant movie), First Deadly Sin (barely remember this one), The Big Sleep (seeing Stewart in this one is sad), Brannigan (Wayne as a modern cop is pretty brutal to watch….McQ is the better of those two “Dirty Harry” cop movies he made) and Pink Cadillac…a complete misfire by Clint….saw in theaters…I realized it was a clunker about a quarter of the way in…and yet it still managed to keep getting worse!