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Shelley Winters Movies

winters 11111Want to know the best Shelley Winters movies?  How about the worst Shelley Winters movies?  Curious about Shelley Winters box office grosses or which Shelley Winters movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Shelley Winters movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.

Shelley Winters (1920-2006) was a two-time Oscar® winning American actress. Her acting career span over six decades and included movies, theater and television.  Shelley Winters’s IMDb page shows 162 acting credits from 1943-1999. This page will rank 60 Shelley Winters movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, movies that were not released in North American theaters and movies that did not reach at least $1 million in box office rentals were not included in the rankings.  To do well in our overall 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.

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Shelley Winters 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
1951 A Place in the Sun (1951)
AA Best Picture Nom
AA Best Actress Nom
1965 A Patch of Blue (1965)
AA Best Supp Actress Win
1966 Alfie (1966)
AA Best Picture Nom
1962 Lolita (1962)
1954 Executive Suite (1954)
1972 The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
AA Best Supp Actress Nom
1950 Winchester '73 (1950)
1959 The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
AA Best Picture Nom
AA Best Supp Actress Win
1966 Harper (1966)
1947 A Double Life (1947)
1977 Pete's Dragon (1977)
1954 O'Rourke of the Royal Mounted (1954)
1949 The Great Gatsby (1949)
1948 Cry of The City (1948)
1951 He Ran All The Way (1951)
1955 The Night of the Hunter (1955)
1962 The Chapman Report (1962)
1952 Phone Call From a Stranger (1952)
1968 The Scalphunters (1968)
1950 Frenchie (1950)
1968 Wild in The Streets (1968)
1981 S.O.B. (1981)
1968 Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (1968)
1959 Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
1955 The Big Knife (1955)
1961 The Young Savages (1961)
1976 The Tenant (1976)
1952 Untamed Frontier (1952)
1952 Meet Danny Wilson (1952)
1973 Blume in Love (1973)
1973 Cleopatra Jones (1973)
1948 Larceny (1948)
1978 King of the Gypsies (1978)
1955 The Treasure of Pancho Villa (1955)
1995 Heavy (1995)
1964 A House Is Not a Home (1964)
1976 Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976)
1955 I Died A Thousand Times (1955)
1986 The Delta Force (1986)
1960 Let No Man Write My Epitaph (1960)
1951 Behave Yourself! (1951)
1963 The Balcony (1963)
1971 What's the Matter with Helen? (1971)
1954 Playgirl (1954)
1991 Stepping Out (1991)
1954 Tennessee Champ (1954)
1972 Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972)
1967 Enter Laughing (1967)
1944 Knickerbocker Holiday (1944)
1975 Diamonds (1975)
1955 I Am a Camera (1955)
1970 Flap (1970)
1996 The Portrait of a Lady (1996)
1970 Bloody Mama (1970)
1963 Wives and Lovers (1963)
1984 Over the Brooklyn Bridge (1984)
1970 How Do I Love Thee? (1970)
1975 Journey Into Fear (1975)
1952 My Man And I (1952)
1979 The Magician of Lublin (1979)
1972 Something To Hide (1972)
1995 Jury Duty (1995)
1977 Tentacles (1977)
1988 People Purple Eater (1988)
Limited Release
1993 The Pickle (1993)
1975 That Lucky Touch (1975)
1979 City on Fire (1979)

Shelley Winters 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 Shelley Winters movies by co-stars of her movies
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  • Sort Shelley Winters movies by domestic yearly box office rank
  • Sort Shelley Winters 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 Shelley Winters movie received.
  • Sort Shelley Winters movies by Ultimate Movie Ranking (UMR) Score.  UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
  • Blue link in Co-star column takes you to that star’s UMR movie page
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 A Place in the Sun (1951)
AA Best Picture Nom
AA Best Actress Nom
Montgomery Clift &
Elizabeth Taylor
10.00 250.0 492.90 10 76 09 / 06 99.2
4 A Patch of Blue (1965)
AA Best Supp Actress Win
Sidney Poitier 17.00 208.7 208.70 12 87 05 / 01 98.9
2 Alfie (1966)
AA Best Picture Nom
Michael Caine 21.20 241.5 241.50 11 79 05 / 00 98.7
5 Lolita (1962) James Mason &
Directed by Stanley Kubrick
12.90 214.3 214.30 14 87 01 / 00 98.6
7 Executive Suite (1954) William Holden &
Barbara Stanwyck
7.70 208.2 278.30 36 80 04 / 00 97.9
3 The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
AA Best Supp Actress Nom
Gene Hackman &
Ernest Borgnine
92.70 681.8 681.80 2 75 08 / 01 97.7
8 Winchester '73 (1950) James Stewart 6.40 167.4 167.40 32 87 00 / 00 96.4
6 The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
AA Best Picture Nom
AA Best Supp Actress Win
Directed by George Stevens 6.60 136.9 189.00 38 74 08 / 03 94.7
10 Harper (1966) Paul Newman 13.30 151.5 222.60 24 77 00 / 00 91.7
11 A Double Life (1947) Ronald Colman 4.60 155.2 155.20 77 69 04 / 02 91.5
9 Pete's Dragon (1977) Mickey Rooney 43.50 243.9 243.90 16 57 02 / 00 90.8
12 O'Rourke of the Royal Mounted (1954) Alan Ladd 6.40 174.7 174.70 50 63 00 / 00 89.5
15 The Great Gatsby (1949) Alan Ladd 5.60 161.5 161.50 45 58 00 / 00 85.8
13 Cry of The City (1948) Victor Mature 2.60 82.2 82.20 115 78 00 / 00 84.1
16 He Ran All The Way (1951) John Garfield 2.90 71.4 71.40 132 77 00 / 00 81.9
14 The Night of the Hunter (1955) Robert Mitchum &
Directed by Charles Laughton
0.90 20.6 20.60 181 93 00 / 00 81.8
19 The Chapman Report (1962) Jane Fonda &
Directed by George Cukor
10.00 166.7 166.70 24 46 00 / 00 81.2
20 Phone Call From a Stranger (1952) Bette Davis 3.80 85.2 85.20 92 69 00 / 00 79.8
19 The Scalphunters (1968) Burt Lancaster 8.00 76.3 76.30 48 71 00 / 00 79.6
21 Frenchie (1950) Joel McCrea 4.00 104.2 104.20 80 62 00 / 00 79.5
23 Wild in The Streets (1968) Christopher Jones 11.40 109.1 109.10 35 59 01 / 00 79.2
21 S.O.B. (1981) Julie Andrews &
William Holden
14.90 66.8 66.80 58 70 00 / 00 76.9
25 Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (1968) Gina Lollobrigida &
Telly Salvalas
7.10 68.2 68.20 52 68 00 / 00 75.8
23 Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) Robert Ryan &
Harry Belafonte
1.80 37.2 37.20 121 77 00 / 00 75.2
26 The Big Knife (1955) Jack Palance 2.30 55.8 55.80 126 69 00 / 00 73.3
27 The Young Savages (1961) Burt Lancaster 5.00 84.5 84.50 47 59 00 / 00 72.5
24 The Tenant (1976) Roman Polanski 2.30 13.5 13.50 115 82 00 / 00 72.4
28 Untamed Frontier (1952) Joseph Cotten 4.20 94.7 94.70 74 55 00 / 00 71.6
28 Meet Danny Wilson (1952) Frank Sinatra 2.10 47.8 47.80 148 68 00 / 00 69.1
30 Blume in Love (1973) George Segal 8.50 59.9 59.90 41 64 00 / 00 69.0
32 Cleopatra Jones (1973) Bernie Casey 9.40 66.3 66.30 37 62 00 / 00 69.0
32 Larceny (1948) Dan Duryea 1.30 41.0 41.00 161 69 00 / 00 67.7
34 King of the Gypsies (1978) Eric Roberts &
Susan Sarandon
7.30 39.2 39.20 69 67 00 / 00 65.3
36 The Treasure of Pancho Villa (1955) Rory Calhoun 3.30 79.0 79.00 97 54 00 / 00 64.3
33 Heavy (1995) Liv Tyler 0.90 2.7 2.70 193 77 00 / 00 63.3
37 A House Is Not a Home (1964) Robert Taylor 2.40 32.3 32.30 98 64 01 / 00 58.6
34 Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976) Lenny Baker 3.20 18.9 18.90 99 69 00 / 00 58.4
38 I Died A Thousand Times (1955) Jack Palance &
Shelley Winters
1.10 25.8 25.80 169 66 00 / 00 56.9
40 The Delta Force (1986) Chuck Norris &
Lee Marvin
17.80 59.9 59.90 48 55 00 / 00 56.9
38 Let No Man Write My Epitaph (1960) Burl Ives 1.10 19.4 19.40 125 67 00 / 00 56.3
42 Behave Yourself! (1951) Farley Granger 2.90 71.4 71.40 128 50 00 / 00 54.6
42 The Balcony (1963) Peter Falk 3.40 49.8 49.80 63 54 01 / 00 51.6
44 What's the Matter with Helen? (1971) Debbie Reynolds 6.10 45.9 45.90 54 55 01 / 00 50.5
43 Playgirl (1954) Barry Sullivan 1.40 39.2 39.20 139 56 00 / 00 47.6
43 Stepping Out (1991) Liza Minnelli 0.20 0.7 0.70 204 68 00 / 00 47.4
46 Tennessee Champ (1954) Keenan Wynn 1.60 43.1 43.10 136 54 00 / 00 45.3
45 Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972) Mark Lester 1.90 13.9 13.90 123 60 00 / 00 38.9
47 Enter Laughing (1967) José Ferrer 1.30 13.3 13.30 129 59 00 / 00 36.7
48 Knickerbocker Holiday (1944) 0.50 19.7 19.70 165 56 01 / 00 34.4
50 Diamonds (1975) Robert Shaw 2.40 14.8 14.80 105 57 00 / 00 31.9
51 I Am a Camera (1955) Julie Harris 0.50 12.0 12.00 191 57 00 / 00 31.4
53 Flap (1970) Anthony Quinn 1.80 14.7 14.70 112 56 00 / 00 29.9
52 The Portrait of a Lady (1996) Nicole Kidman &
Christian Bale
3.70 10.4 10.40 164 55 02 / 00 29.5
54 Bloody Mama (1970) Robert DeNiro 3.40 27.4 27.40 76 50 00 / 00 26.4
55 Wives and Lovers (1963) Janet Leigh &
Costumes by Edith Head
2.10 31.1 31.10 87 47 01 / 00 25.6
55 Over the Brooklyn Bridge (1984) Elliott Gould 0.80 3.1 3.10 163 55 00 / 00 21.9
57 How Do I Love Thee? (1970) Jackie Gleason &
Maureen O'Hara
0.50 3.7 3.70 167 52 00 / 00 17.6
58 Journey Into Fear (1975) Vincent Price &
Zero Mostel
1.70 10.2 10.20 124 49 00 / 00 16.2
60 My Man And I (1952) Ricardo Montalban 1.30 29.6 29.60 184 41 00 / 00 13.4
57 The Magician of Lublin (1979) Alan Arkin 1.00 4.8 4.80 143 49 00 / 00 13.1
59 Something To Hide (1972) Peter Finch 0.20 1.1 1.10 172 49 00 / 00 12.0
62 Jury Duty (1995) Pauly Shore &
Stanley Tucci
17.00 48.9 48.90 89 32 00 / 00 10.3
63 Tentacles (1977) John Huston &
Henry Fonda
8.10 45.4 45.40 68 30 00 / 00 6.8
63 People Purple Eater (1988)
Limited Release
Ned Beatty 0.00 0.1 0.10 310 43 00 / 00 5.7
64 The Pickle (1993) Danny Aiello &
Dyan Cannon
0.10 0.3 0.30 230 36 00 / 00 2.3
65 That Lucky Touch (1975) Roger Moore 1.00 6.1 6.10 136 34 00 / 00 2.2
66 City on Fire (1979) Henry Fonda &
Ava Gardner
1.20 6.1 6.10 138 26 00 / 00 0.5
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Shelley Winters in 1972’s The Poseidon Adventure

Possibly Interesting Facts About Shelley Winters

1. Shirley Schrift was born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1920.

2. When Shirley Schrift reached Broadway in 1941….she picked the name Shelley Winter (her mother’s maiden name) as her stage name.  Later she added the final “s”.

3.  Shelley Winters early acting training was under the tutelage of actor Charles Laughton.  Laughton would eventually direct Winters in 1955’s The Night Of The Hunter.

4.  Shelley Winters was nominated for 4 Oscars®.  She won Best Supporting Actress for 1959’s Diary of Anne Frank and 1965’s A Patch of Blue.  Her other nominations were for The Poseidon Adventure and A Place In The Sun.

5.  Along with Dianne Wiest, Shelley Winters is one of only two actresses to have won the Academy Award® for Best Supporting Actress on two occasions: Winters won for The Diary of Anne Frank and A Patch of Blue and Wiest won for 1986’s Hannah and Her Sisters and 1994’s Bullets Over Broadway.

6.  Shelley Winters donated her Oscar® for 1959’s The Diary of Anne Frank to the Anne Frank museum.

7.  Shelley Winters character was murdered in some of her most famous roles: Montgomery Clift killed her in 1951’s A Place in the Sun, Robert Mitchum killed her in 1955’s The Night of the Hunter, James Mason killed her in 1962’s Lolita , Ronald Colman killed her in 1947’s A Double Life and Nazis got her in 1959’s The Diary of Anne Frank.  She dies of a heart attack in 1972’s The Poseidon Adventure.

8.  Shelley Winters has been married four times.  She had one child.

9.  Shelley Winters’s cumulative movie totals:  Adjusted domestic box office:  $3.59 billion.  Her movies received 53 Oscar® nominations….winning 13 times.

10.  Quick facts:  Winters was Laura Dern’s godmother.  Winters and Frank Sinatra fought bitterly while making 1951’s Meet Danny Wilson. Winters and Marilyn Monroe were roommates when they both started their movie careers.  Her Hollywood Star is located at 1752 Vine Street.

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

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  1. Norma White says:
    July 20, 2025 at 1:20 pm

    Was Shelly Winters in the original Titanic film

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    1. Cogerson says:
      July 22, 2025 at 7:30 am

      Hey Norma White. Shelley Winters was not in any Titanic movies. She was in The Poseidon Adventure. It that movie a ocean liner got flipped over and she was one of the initial survivors….though she does not make it to the end of the movie. Thanks for stopping by.

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  2. Dan says:
    October 10, 2021 at 6:40 pm

    Shelley Winters, is the # 59 most connected actor of the 1970’s,

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