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Woody Strode (1914-1994) was an American actor. Strode was a decathlete and football star who was one of the first Black American players in the National Football League in the postwar era. His IMDb page shows over 91 acting credits from 1941 to 1995. This page will rank Woody Strode movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. To do well in the rankings, a movie needed to do well at the box office, be liked by both critics and audiences and earn some award recognition. Some of his movies that do not appear to have been in North American theaters were not included. This page comes from a request by UMR Hall of Famer – Mike.
Woody Strode 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
1960
Spartacus (1960)
1956
The Ten Commandments (1956)
AA Best Picture Nom
1966
The Professionals (1966)
1962
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
1954
Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)
1942
Star Spangled Rhythm (1942)
1958
The Buccaneer (1958)
1968
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
1943
No Time For Love (1943)
1954
The Silver Chalice (1954)
1984
The Cotton Club (1984)
1960
Sergeant Rutledge (1960)
1959
Pork Chop Hill (1959)
1961
Two Rode Together (1961)
1960
The Last Voyage (1960)
1977
Kingdom of the Spiders (1977)
1952
Caribbean (1952)
1953
City Beneath The Sea (1953)
1952
Androcles and the Lion (1952)
1966
7 Women (1966)
1995
The Quick and the Dead (1995)
1965
Genghis Khan (1965)
1954
Jungle Man-Eaters (1954)
1963
Tarzan's Three Challenges (1963)
1970
The Devil's Backbone/The Deserter (1970)
1982
Vigilante (1982)
1972
The Revengers (1972)
1969
Che! (1969)
1968
Black Jesus (1968)
1983
The Black Stallion Returns (1983)
1993
Posse (1993)
1985
Lust in the Dust (1985)
1969
Boot Hill (1969)
1992
Storyville (1992)
1961
The Sins of Rachel Cade (1961)
1958
Tarzan's Fight for Life (1958)
1968
Shalako (1968)
1979
Ravagers (1979)
1971
The Gatling Gun (1971)
1951
Bride of the Gorilla (1951)
1979
Jaguar Lives! (1979)
1981
Scream (1981)
1971
The Last Rebel (1971)
Woody Strode 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 Woody Strode movies by co-stars of his movies.
- Sort Woody Strode movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Woody Strode movies by yearly domestic box office rank
- Sort Woody Strode 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 Woody Strode movie received and how many Oscar® wins each Woody Strode movie won.
- Sort Woody Strode 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Spartacus (1960) | Kirk Douglas & Directed by Stanley Kubrick |
31.70 | 495.5 | 495.50 | 2 | 91 | 06 / 04 | 99.6 | |
| 2 | The Ten Commandments (1956) AA Best Picture Nom |
Charlton Heston & Directed by Cecil B. DeMille |
72.00 | 1,412.0 | 3,423.10 | 1 | 85 | 07 / 01 | 99.4 | |
| 3 | The Professionals (1966) | Burt Lancaster & Lee Marvin & Rob |
22.00 | 215.6 | 215.60 | 10 | 83 | 03 / 00 | 98.3 | |
| 5 | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) | James Stewart & John Wayne |
10.10 | 145.8 | 287.50 | 22 | 84 | 01 / 00 | 94.6 | |
| 4 | Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954) | Victor Mature & Susan Hayward |
12.10 | 284.6 | 284.60 | 18 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 94.0 | |
| 6 | Star Spangled Rhythm (1942) | Betty Hutton & Alan Ladd |
8.30 | 308.0 | 308.00 | 13 | 55 | 02 / 00 | 91.4 | |
| 7 | The Buccaneer (1958) | Charlton Heston & Directed by Anthony Quinn |
9.10 | 164.3 | 164.30 | 20 | 65 | 01 / 00 | 90.6 | |
| 8 | Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) | Henry Fonda & Charles Bronson |
5.30 | 43.5 | 43.50 | 60 | 90 | 00 / 00 | 85.4 | |
| 9 | No Time For Love (1943) | Claudette Colbert & Fred MacMurray |
2.90 | 102.7 | 102.70 | 97 | 65 | 01 / 00 | 83.0 | |
| 11 | The Silver Chalice (1954) | Paul Newman & Jack Palance |
9.10 | 214.3 | 298.20 | 29 | 30 | 02 / 00 | 80.7 | |
| 10 | The Cotton Club (1984) | Richard Gere & Nicolas Cage |
25.90 | 90.7 | 90.70 | 39 | 65 | 02 / 00 | 79.6 | |
| 12 | Sergeant Rutledge (1960) | Jeffrey Hunter | 2.20 | 35.0 | 35.00 | 96 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 76.7 | |
| 13 | Pork Chop Hill (1959) | Gregory Peck & George Peppard |
5.60 | 100.1 | 100.10 | 44 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 74.6 | |
| 15 | Two Rode Together (1961) | James Stewart & Richard Widmark |
4.10 | 60.4 | 60.40 | 55 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 70.8 | |
| 14 | The Last Voyage (1960) | Robert Stack & Dorothy Malone |
3.00 | 47.6 | 92.20 | 74 | 67 | 01 / 00 | 70.4 | |
| 16 | Kingdom of the Spiders (1977) | William Shatner | 17.00 | 82.2 | 82.20 | 44 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 70.1 | |
| 17 | Caribbean (1952) | John Payne & Arlene Dahl |
3.90 | 76.2 | 76.20 | 89 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 66.7 | |
| 18 | City Beneath The Sea (1953) | Anthony Quinn & Robert Ryan |
3.80 | 68.1 | 68.10 | 96 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 66.1 | |
| 20 | Androcles and the Lion (1952) | Victor Mature & Jean Simmons |
3.10 | 61.0 | 61.00 | 114 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 60.9 | |
| 19 | 7 Women (1966) | Anne Bancroft & Directed by John Ford |
1.50 | 14.7 | 14.70 | 113 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 58.9 | |
| 21 | The Quick and the Dead (1995) | Gene Hackman & Leonardo DiCaprio |
18.60 | 46.2 | 115.60 | 84 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 55.9 | |
| 24 | Genghis Khan (1965) | James Mason & Omar Sharif |
4.90 | 51.4 | 51.40 | 55 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 54.7 | |
| 23 | Jungle Man-Eaters (1954) | Johnny Weissmuller | 1.10 | 26.0 | 26.00 | 149 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 53.8 | |
| 25 | Tarzan's Three Challenges (1963) | Jock Mahoney & Woody Strode |
2.90 | 35.8 | 35.80 | 69 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 53.0 | |
| 25 | The Devil's Backbone/The Deserter (1970) | John Huston & Ricardo Montalban |
1.50 | 10.5 | 10.50 | 122 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 53.0 | |
| 26 | Vigilante (1982) | Robert Forster & Carol Lynley |
5.10 | 18.7 | 18.70 | 95 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 49.2 | |
| 27 | The Revengers (1972) | William Holden & Ernest Borgnine |
4.50 | 28.8 | 28.80 | 68 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 46.5 | |
| 28 | Che! (1969) | Omar Sharif & Jack Palance |
7.10 | 54.2 | 54.20 | 39 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 45.3 | |
| 29 | Black Jesus (1968) | Franco Citti | 0.30 | 2.6 | 2.60 | 174 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 40.9 | |
| 30 | The Black Stallion Returns (1983) | Teri Garr | 12.00 | 41.2 | 41.20 | 55 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 40.8 | |
| 32 | Posse (1993) | Mario Van Peebles & Stephen Baldwin |
18.30 | 47.6 | 47.60 | 78 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 39.1 | |
| 31 | Lust in the Dust (1985) | Tab Hunter & Divine |
0.70 | 2.2 | 2.20 | 159 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 37.0 | |
| 33 | Boot Hill (1969) | Terence Hill & Bud Spencer |
0.90 | 6.8 | 6.80 | 142 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 31.2 | |
| 34 | Storyville (1992) | Jason Robards | 0.40 | 1.1 | 1.10 | 189 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 26.1 | |
| 35 | The Sins of Rachel Cade (1961) | Roger Moore & Angie Dickinson |
2.40 | 34.3 | 72.80 | 87 | 43 | 00 / 00 | 18.5 | |
| 36 | Tarzan's Fight for Life (1958) | Gordon Scott & Tarzan Movies |
2.10 | 37.0 | 37.00 | 107 | 41 | 00 / 00 | 16.1 | |
| 37 | Shalako (1968) | Sean Connery & Brigitte Bardot |
2.90 | 23.7 | 80.20 | 94 | 43 | 00 / 00 | 13.4 | |
| 39 | Ravagers (1979) | Ernest Borgnine & Richard Harris |
2.50 | 10.7 | 10.70 | 104 | 44 | 00 / 00 | 10.2 | |
| 38 | The Gatling Gun (1971) | Patrick Wayne | 0.30 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 177 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 9.8 | |
| 40 | Bride of the Gorilla (1951) | Lon Chaney, Jr. | 0.30 | 6.3 | 6.30 | 233 | 39 | 00 / 00 | 4.8 | |
| 41 | Jaguar Lives! (1979) | Christopher Lee | 0.10 | 0.6 | 0.60 | 170 | 38 | 00 / 00 | 3.1 | |
| 42 | Scream (1981) | Ethan Wayne | 1.00 | 4.0 | 4.00 | 139 | 29 | 00 / 00 | 0.8 | |
| 43 | The Last Rebel (1971) | Jack Elam | 1.00 | 6.3 | 6.30 | 160 | 27 | 00 / 00 | 0.7 |
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Woody Strode, is the # 95 most connected actor of the 1970’s.
I away liked his acting, he always played a strong role to look up to.