Jane Fonda Movies

Jane Fonda in 1971's Klute

Jane Fonda in 1971’s Klute

Want to know the best Jane Fonda movies?  How about the worst Jane Fonda movies?  Curious about Jane Fonda box office grosses or which Jane Fonda movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Jane Fonda movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.

Jane Fonda (1937-) is a two-time Academy Award® winning actress. Fonda has been starring in movies for over 55 years.   Her most recent movie, Youth, has people thinking an 8th acting Oscar® nomination is very possible…..that will be decided in the upcoming months. So since Fonda is getting some good press, and the fact that Wayne and Chris requested a Jane Fonda movie page….we figured we would take a closer look at the impressive movie career of Jane Fonda.

Her IMDb page shows 53 acting credits from 1960-2016. This page will rank 42 Jane Fonda 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.  To do well in our 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.

Jane Fonda in 1980's 9 To 5...her biggest box office hit.

Jane Fonda in 1980’s 9 To 5…her biggest box office hit.

Jane Fonda Movies Ranked In Chronological Order with Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews, and awards.

Jane Fonda 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 Jane Fonda movies by her co-stars
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  • Sort Jane Fonda movies by yearly domestic box office rank
  • Sort Jane Fonda 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 Jane Fonda movie received.
  • Sort Jane Fonda movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score.  UMR puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.

 Adjusted Jane Fonda Adjusted Worldwide Box Office Grosses 

Jane Fonda and Jason Bateman in 2014's This Is Where I Leave You

Jane Fonda and Jason Bateman in 2014’s This Is Where I Leave You

Possibly Interesting Facts About Jane Fonda

1.  Jane Seymour Fonda was born in New York City in 1937.

2.  Jane Fonda was born on the same day Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) premiered.  Her birth was the cause of some interruptions during her father’s filming of Jezebel (1938) with Bette Davis.

3.  Jane Fonda was the oldest child of legendary actor Henry Fonda.  Her brother is Peter “Easy Rider” Fonda.  Her niece is Bridget “The Godfather Part III” Fonda.

4.  Jane Fonda has been nominated for seven acting Oscars®:  They Shoot Horses Don’t They? (1969), Klute (1971), Julia (1977), Coming Home (1978), China Syndrome, The (1979), On Golden Pond (1981) and The Morning After (1986).  She won for Klute and Coming Home.

5. Jane Fonda has been nominated for nine Golden Globes®. She won for Klute (1971), Julia (1977) and Coming Home (1978).  She also won 3 Henrietta Awards (World Film Favorite) in 1973, 1979 and 1980.

6. Jane Fonda was voted the 51st Greatest Movie Star of all time by Entertainment Weekly.

7. Jane Fonda has been married 3 times.  Her first marriage was to director, Roger Vadim from 1965 to 1973…they had one child.  Her second marriage was to activist, Tom Hayden from 1973 to 1990…..they had two children.  Her third marriage was to cable mogul, Ted Turner from 1991 to 2001.

8. Jane Fonda turned or seriously considered for the following roles: Julie Christie role in Doctor Zhivago (1965), Faye Dunaway roles in 1967’s Bonnie and Clyde and 1974’s Chinatown, Nurse Ratched role in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975), Sally Field role in Norma Rae (1979), Mary Tyler Moore role in Ordinary People (1980) and Goldie Hawn role in Swing Shift (1984).

9. Jane Fonda went skinny dipping with Michael Jackson.  Jane Fonda and Jodie Foster are the only Best Actress Oscar winners with the initials J.F.  1968’s Barbarella is the only science fiction movie Fonda has appeared in.  Her 42 movies have grossed over $3 BILLION when looking at adjusted domestic box office grosses.

10  Check out Jane Fonda‘s career compared to current and classic actors.  Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.

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Just for you…Mr. Steve Lensman…..figured this is the movie that immediately jumped into your mind when you saw the title of the page. Jane Fonda in 1968’s Barbarella.

 

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30 thoughts on “Jane Fonda Movies

  1. At the movies today, on Jane’s 85th they showed trailers for Eighty for Brady and also Book Club: The Next Chapter, both starring Jane.

    1. Hey Dan….that is cool that she had not one, but two trailers playing today. I will see both of those movies, but not until I see them at home. So my big question, what did you see in theaters today? Avatar 2 or Puss n Boots. Hope you have an awesome holiday. Today was the last school day of the year…looking forward to the next few days off. I think I read that New York was going to school through Friday….I am sorry if that is the case for your wife. Good stuff.

      1. My wife is off from today December 22 and returns to school January 17th.

        I saw Puss in Boots yesterday and Avatar on Sunday. Avatar was passable, nothing worth talking about compared to the first when it came out. Some special effects left a little to be desired.

    1. Happy belated birthday to Jane. I actually just watched her in The Book Club….she was pretty good in that one….we can all hope to look so nice at the age of 81. Thanks for the birthday shout out.

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