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Viggo Mortensen (1958-) is a three-time Oscar® nominated American actor. Mortensen received international attention in the early 2000s with his role as Aragorn in the film trilogy The Lord of the Rings. His IMDb page shows 58 acting credits since 1984. In the table below, Ultimate Movie Rankings ranks 37 of his movies in 6 different sortable columns. Television roles, cameos, shorts and straight to DVD movies were not included in the rankings on the table.
Drivel part of the page: Last night, WoC and I watched Green Book. Both of us were blown away by Viggo’s role. As I sat there watching the movie, I was thinking…”Why do I not have an UMR page on him?” By the end of the movie, I was thinking….”Let’s go do a Viggo page.” So here you go…a Viggo UMR page.
Viggo Mortensen 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
2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
AA Best Picture Win
2001
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
AA Best Picture Nom
2002
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
AA Best Picture Nom
1985
Witness (1985)
AA Best Picture Nom
2018
Green Book (2018)
AA Best Picture Win
AA Best Actor Nom
1995
Crimson Tide (1995)
1993
Carlito's Way (1993)
1998
A Perfect Murder (1998)
2005
A History of Violence (2005)
1997
G.I. Jane (1997)
2004
Hidalgo (2004)
2007
Eastern Promises (2007)
AA Best Actor Nom
2022
Thirteen Lives (2022)
Prime Video
2016
Captain Fantastic (2016)
AA Best Actor Nom
1990
Young Guns II (1990)
2008
Appaloosa (2008)
2011
A Dangerous Method (2011)
2009
The Road (2009)
1999
A Walk on the Moon (1999)
1991
The Indian Runner (1991)
2000
28 Days (2000)
2024
The Dead Don't Hurt (2024)
2014
Far From Men (2014)
2014
Jauja (2014)
2020
Falling (2020)
Director
1996
Daylight (1996)
2022
Crimes of the Future (2022)
1991
The Reflecting Skin (1991)
1998
Psycho (1998)
1996
The Portrait of a Lady (1996)
2014
The Two Faces of January (2014)
2012
Everybody Has A Plan (2012)
1993
Boiling Point (1993)
1995
The Passion of Darkly Noon (1995)
2012
On The Road (2012)
1987
Prison (1987)
1994
Floundering (1994)
1996
Albino Alligator (1996)
2008
Good (2008)
1988
Fresh Horses (1988)
1990
Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990)
1992
Deception/Ruby Cairo (1993)
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| CreditRank | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Review % | Oscar Nom / Win | S | UMR Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CreditRank | 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 | S | UMR Score |
| 1 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) AA Best Picture Win |
Orlando Bloom & Best Picture Winner Movies |
371.00 | 663.3 | 1,989.9 | 2 | 91 | 11 / 11 | 100.0 | |
| 3 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) AA Best Picture Nom |
Orlando Bloom & Cate Blanchett |
308.40 | 588.3 | 1,649.1 | 2 | 92 | 13 / 04 | 99.7 | |
| 4 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) AA Best Picture Nom |
Elijah Wood & Ian McKellen |
334.00 | 620.8 | 1,705.3 | 2 | 92 | 06 / 02 | 99.7 | |
| 2 | Witness (1985) AA Best Picture Nom |
Harrison Ford & Danny Glover |
68.70 | 208.6 | 208.6 | 8 | 85 | 08 / 02 | 99.5 | |
| 5 | Green Book (2018) AA Best Picture Win AA Best Actor Nom |
Mahershala Ali | 85.10 | 100.7 | 376.4 | 36 | 83 | 05 / 03 | 98.4 | |
| 6 | Crimson Tide (1995) | Gene Hackman & Denzel Washington |
91.40 | 226.5 | 390.0 | 11 | 80 | 03 / 00 | 97.9 | |
| 7 | Carlito's Way (1993) | Al Pacino & Sean Penn |
36.90 | 96.2 | 166.3 | 41 | 80 | 00 / 00 | 88.0 | |
| 8 | A Perfect Murder (1998) | Michael Douglas & Gwyneth Paltrow |
67.60 | 155.5 | 294.3 | 30 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 86.8 | |
| 9 | A History of Violence (2005) | Maria Bello & Ed Harris |
31.50 | 53.1 | 102.3 | 92 | 82 | 02 / 00 | 83.8 | |
| 11 | G.I. Jane (1997) | Anne Bancroft & Demi Moore |
48.20 | 113.1 | 228.2 | 41 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 81.9 | |
| 12 | Hidalgo (2004) | Omar Sharif | 67.30 | 116.8 | 187.7 | 42 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 80.7 | |
| 10 | Eastern Promises (2007) AA Best Actor Nom |
Naomi Watts | 17.30 | 27.1 | 87.9 | 116 | 85 | 01 / 00 | 80.4 | |
| 13 | Thirteen Lives (2022) Prime Video |
Colin Farrell & Directed by Ron Howard |
0.10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 318 | 87 | 00 / 00 | 75.3 | |
| 14 | Captain Fantastic (2016) AA Best Actor Nom |
George MacKay | 5.90 | 7.3 | 28.4 | 163 | 81 | 02 / 00 | 72.8 | |
| 17 | Young Guns II (1990) | Emilio Estevez & James Coburn |
44.10 | 112.5 | 112.5 | 29 | 48 | 01 / 00 | 71.6 | |
| 16 | Appaloosa (2008) | Jeremy Irons & Ed Harris |
20.20 | 30.3 | 41.5 | 116 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 68.4 | |
| 15 | A Dangerous Method (2011) | Keira Knightley & Michael Fassbender |
5.70 | 7.8 | 37.3 | 154 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 67.3 | |
| 18 | The Road (2009) | Charlize Theron | 8.10 | 11.7 | 39.7 | 148 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 63.9 | |
| 19 | A Walk on the Moon (1999) | Diane Lane & Bobby Boriello |
4.80 | 10.1 | 10.1 | 149 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 61.5 | |
| 20 | The Indian Runner (1991) | David Morse | 0.20 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 206 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 54.7 | |
| 22 | 28 Days (2000) | Sandra Bullock & Steve Buscemi |
37.20 | 74.3 | 124.4 | 64 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 51.9 | |
| 22 | The Dead Don't Hurt (2024) | Vicky Krieps | 0.80 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 119 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 50.0 | |
| 21 | Far From Men (2014) | Reda Kateb | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 342 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 45.4 | |
| 23 | Jauja (2014) | Ghita Nørby | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 351 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 41.4 | |
| 24 | Falling (2020) Director |
Viggo Mortensen & Lance Henriksen |
0.10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 202 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 39.9 | |
| 27 | Daylight (1996) | Sylvester Stallone | 33.00 | 80.5 | 388.3 | 48 | 38 | 01 / 00 | 38.6 | |
| 25 | Crimes of the Future (2022) | Léa Seydoux & Directed by David Cronenberg |
1.10 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 118 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 37.1 | |
| 26 | The Reflecting Skin (1991) | Lindsay Duncan | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 233 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 36.5 | |
| 30 | Psycho (1998) | Vince Vaughn & Julianne Moore |
21.50 | 49.3 | 85.4 | 80 | 44 | 00 / 00 | 30.4 | |
| 28 | The Portrait of a Lady (1996) | Nicole Kidman & Christian Bale |
3.70 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 164 | 55 | 02 / 00 | 28.8 | |
| 29 | The Two Faces of January (2014) | Oscar Isaac | 0.50 | 0.7 | 13.5 | 196 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 27.7 | |
| 31 | Everybody Has A Plan (2012) | Daniel Fanego | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 348 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 24.5 | |
| 32 | Boiling Point (1993) | Wesley Snipes & Dennis Hopper |
10.10 | 26.2 | 26.2 | 108 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 24.0 | |
| 32 | The Passion of Darkly Noon (1995) | Brendan Fraser | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 274 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 23.2 | |
| 33 | On The Road (2012) | Amy Adams & Steve Buscemi |
0.70 | 1.0 | 11.9 | 205 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 22.0 | |
| 34 | Prison (1987) | Lane Smith | 0.30 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 208 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 22.0 | |
| 36 | Floundering (1994) | John Cusack & Steve Buscemi |
0.00 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 276 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 21.5 | |
| 37 | Albino Alligator (1996) | Matt Dillon & Faye Dunaway |
0.30 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 226 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 19.2 | |
| 38 | Good (2008) | Jason Isaacs | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 443 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 17.3 | |
| 40 | Fresh Horses (1988) | Molly Ringwald & Andrew McCarthy |
6.60 | 17.4 | 17.4 | 112 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 17.0 | |
| 40 | Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990) | Kate Hodge & Horror |
5.80 | 14.7 | 14.7 | 114 | 43 | 00 / 00 | 10.1 | |
| 41 | Deception/Ruby Cairo (1993) | Liam Neeson & Andie MacDowell |
0.60 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 185 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 8.6 |
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Hello,
There is a mistake on your chart regarding Viggo’s movie Eastern Promises.You don’t show it as having received any Oscar nominations. Actually it DID receive one for Viggo as Best Actor. Additionally, although I know you aren’t listing every single film Viggo starred in, surely you could include The Prophecy, from 1995? Viggo’s role in that was more substantial than either Witness or Carlito’s Way…he plays the Devil, for cryin’ out loud! And does so memorably! Otherwise, awesome job on this.
Hi Bruce
Just got back after watching Green Book & I thought it was absolutely brilliant.
As always, good work Bruce.
Hey Soren. I am right there with you on Green Book.. I was so impressed that Viggio got this page. Glad you liked it as well. Good to hear from you. Good stuff.