Want to know the best Elizabeth Taylor movies? How about the worst Elizabeth Taylor movies? Curious about Ingrid Bergman’s box office grosses or which Elizabeth Taylor movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Elizabeth Taylor movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.
Elizabeth Taylor (1932-2011) was a two time Best Actress Oscar® winner. She is one of the few child stars to succeed as an adult actor as well. From 1944’s National Velvet to her death, she was one of the most famous people in the world…a pretty good run for 67 years. Her IMDb page shows 72 acting credits from 1942-2001. This page will rank 47 Elizabeth Taylor movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos and movies that were not released in North American theaters were not included in the rankings.
Elizabeth Taylor Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Elizabeth Taylor 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 Elizabeth Taylor movies by co-stars of her movies
- Sort Elizabeth Taylor movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Elizabeth Taylor movies by yearly box office rank
- Sort Elizabeth Taylor 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 Elizabeth Taylor movie received.
- Sort Elizabeth Taylor 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.
- Use the sort and search button to make this a very interactive page. For example type in *** to see all Oscar nominated Taylor performances….or type Burton in the search box to bring up all of the Richard Burton/Taylor movies.
Possibly Interesting Facts About Elizabeth Taylor
1. Elizabeth Taylor was born in London, England. Her famous double eyelashes and her violet eyes caused many people to suggest to her mother that Taylor should try out for the role of Bonnie Blue (Scarlet’s daughter) in Gone With The Wind. Her mother refused the idea.
2. In 1942, two studios (MGM and Universal Pictures) got in a bidding war for her services. Universal signed her to a 7 year contract but canceled the contract after her first movie 1942’s There’s One Born Every Second. MGM then signed her and she became a huge child star.
3. Elizabeth Taylor’s first hit was 1944’s National Velvet. She also appeared in the very first Lassie movie 1943’s Lassie Come Home. The first time she received top billing was in 1946’s The Courage of Lassie.
4. As an older teenager she became a young bride in the box office hits 1947’s Life With Father and 1950’s Father of the Bride. The success of these two movies paved the way for her success as an adult actress. From 1950 to 1966 she was the most successful actress working. During this time frame 7 of her movies were nominated for Oscars® for Best Picture….1950’s Father of the Bride, 1951’s A Place In The Sun, 1952’s Ivanhoe, 1956’s Giant, 1958’s Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, 1963’s Cleopatra and 1966’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolfe.
5. Elizabeth Taylor earned 5 Oscar® nominations for Best Actress winning 2 times. Her two wins were for 1960’s Butterfield 8 and 1966’s Whose Afraid of Virginia Wolfe. Her other three nominations were for 1957’s Raintree Country, 1958’s Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and 1959’s Suddenly, Last Summer.
6. Probably her most famous role was in 1963’s Cleopatra. Even though it is ranked on the all-time inflated box office chart in 40th place with over 546 million dollars, Cleopatra was considered a disappointment at the box office. This was due to the outrageous and out of control film’s budget.
7. Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton worked together in 12 projects. 10 are movies listed in this page the other two are 1972’s Divorce Hers-Divorce His(tv movie) and Anne of the Thousand Days(Taylor is uncredited).
8. Elizabeth Taylor was married 8 times including two times to Richard Burton. Her husbands…Conrad Hilton (from famous Hilton hotel family) Michael Widling (two boys came out of this marriage), Michael Todd (one daughter out of this marriage), Eddie Fisher (adopted daughter out of this marriage), Burton, John Warner (US Senator) and Larry Fortensky (met at Betty Ford clinic).
9. Elizabeth Taylor said she had three loves in her life….Michael Todd, Richard Burton and jewelry. Pieces of her jewelry collection were recently auctioned off for 115 million dollars. On the humanitarian side of things she was the co-founder of American Foundation of AIDS research and hosted the first ever AIDS fundraiser in 1984.
10. Check out Elizabeth Taylor‘s career compared to current and classic actors. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.
Adjusted Worldwide Box Office Grosses on 25 Elizabeth Taylor Movies
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I have been a huge Elizabeth fan for years, and this is one of the best pieces about her movie career that I have ever read. And I have read many many items on her. Not sure I agree 100% with your rankings but them seem in the ballpark.
Hey Thom….thanks for such a nice compliment…..I am very happy to hear how much you enjoyed my hub. As for my rankings….it is based strictly on numbers and some times I do not agree with them either….but they make great discussion points.
Love her in Little Women. She’s such a doll. I really wish I could have been alive during the golden days of Hollywood.
Hey Heather says. Thanks for the visit. I have not seen her version of Little Women. I have seen Katharine Hepburn and Susan Sarandon’s versions….so I will have to add Elizabeth Taylor’s version of my list of movies to watch. I think it would be very cool to live in the golden age of Hollywood with the knowledge of 2012…..you give warnings to some of the greats like….telling Bogart to give up cigarettes…..telling Monroe to stay away from the Kennedys……telling Gable to use a stuntman in The Misfits……the list goes on and on.
Hi, I didn’t realise that she had made so many films, she was certainly a legend. I always remember her remark, I can’t remember what film it was on, I think it may have been while making the Flintstones, she said ‘I am sorry if I keep messing up my lines I am still learning to be an actress!’ or something along those lines! great hub and really detailed, cheers nell
Hey Nell….I can see her saying that about the lines….and coming from a 2 time Oscar winner only shows how modest she could be. Her movie career spanned over 50 years and she made about one movie a year….so I think she was able to enjoy life and build an impressive movie career. Thanks for the visit and the comment.
Dear Elizabeth…Since you are no longer with us you won’t be able to read this letter, but since Cogerson enjoys my comments in the form of letters I’m going to go ahead and write this.
I hope you are resting peacefully in a better place. I have a feeling you and your BFF Michael Jackson are making heavenly music together. We could all use a great friend such as yourself at least part of a lifetime, but for a lifetime would be better.
My mom was a fan of yours. She always kept up with the latest Elizabeth Taylor gossip and if I remember correctly it was because of you and my mom that I became a celebrity buff. So thank you!
I really enjoyed your role as Pearl Slaghoople in The Flintstones. You really rocked your role in a Bedrock sorta way. FYI: The Flintstones always was and will always be my favorite cartoon.
I know you didn’t like being called Liz so I’ll continue to call you Elizabeth even though it takes longer to write. I’m cool with that. So how about we just scratch off husband #8 Larry from your list of mates. What a waste of time he was. Your true fans knew you were in a bad place and forgive you for that mishap.
I think Cogerson’s tribute to you is magnificent! I know you can’t respond. Well, if you did we would all be a bit shocked…can you?
Moving on…
On a final note, your fragrance line is a bit strong, but I do adore the bottles they are sold in! Simply beautiful just like I will always remember you and your generous, wonderful self. R.I.P. ET and MJ
Thanks Sunshine for such a wonderful comment. I do indeed love your letter to the celebrity comment. Very interesting that your mother’s interest in Elizabeth Taylor worked it’s way to you….I have the same scenario with my dad and baseball and movies. You are 100% correct about how great a friend she was….story after story proves that. Interesting about her perfume bottle…I will have to check those out in the future.
Usually when I am doing the 10 Possibly Interesting Facts about somebody, I have problems finding 10 facts…but with her I could have probably had another 40 with little problem….things like her friendship with Michael Jackson, the tradegy of Michael Todd’s death, her friendship with Roddy McDowall, the Eddie Fisher/Debbie Reynolds love triangle, being Carrie Fisher’s stepmom….and the list goes on and on. Thanks so much for your visit and comment.
Dear Elizabeth, I realize I had a slight typo in my letter above. Since you married Richard Burton twice I lost count of husbands so Larry would have been #7. Even though he’s irrelevant I wanted to make ammends with you, just in case you read this letter. One never knows. I bid you a farewell. Oh in case you see Elvis tell him Sunshine says “thank you, thank you very much” for his gifts that continue to give to many more generations. (I tend to ramble just in case you didn’t notice).
Thanks Cogerson for a outstanding tribute to Dame Elizabeth Rosemond “Liz” Taylor.
Hey Sunshine625….I am sure she forgives you confusion about her marriages…I am also sure that even she got confused about her marriages at least once in her life…lol. I am sure she is reading your letter sitting by Richard Burton…..thanks for the clarification….and enjoy your birthday…..
Nice to see a new Cogerson page make my e-mail, glad to see you are still writing these excellent pages. Liz Taylor was one of my mom’s and grandmother’s favorites. I used to watch many of these films many many times with them. Our favorites were Father of the Bride, National Velvet and Little Women.
Hey KellyE….yep I am back writing movie hubs. I actually have a notebook that is completely filled up with movie stuff, and I noticed I had researched all of her movies on paper but had not put them in the computer database…..so before the notebook disappeared I figured I should put the stats in the database….now the only person still in the notebook without a hub is Frank Sinatra.
Glad to hear that your mom and grandmother enjoyed the many movies of Elizabeth Taylor. I agree with you about Father of the Bride and National Velvet being her best, but I have not seen her version of Little Women….I actually was not even aware of her version before doing this page….thanks for the compliment and the comment.