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Hume Cronyn (1911-2003) was an Oscar®-nominated Canadian actor. Cronyn often appearing professionally alongside Jessica Tandy, his wife of over fifty years. His IMDb page shows 89 acting credits from 1943 to 2004. This page will rank Hume Cronyn movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos, uncredited roles, and movies that were not released in North American were not included in the rankings.
Hume Cronyn 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
1946
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
1947
Brute Force (1947)
1944
The Seventh Cross (1944)
AA Best Supp Actor Nom
1985
Cocoon (1985)
1943
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
1943
Phantom of the Opera (1943)
1946
The Green Years (1946)
1963
Cleopatra (1963)
AA Best Picture Nom
1945
Ziegfeld Follies (1945)
1944
Lifeboat (1944)
1946
The Secret Heart (1946)
1948
The Bride Goes Wild (1948)
1993
The Pelican Brief (1993)
1949
Top o' the Morning (1949)
1951
People Will Talk (1951)
1945
The Sailor Takes a Wife (1945)
1982
The World According to Garp (1982)
1947
The Beginning or the End (1947)
1987
*batteries not included (1987)
1985
Brewster's Millions (1985)
1960
Sunrise at Campobello (1960)
1996
Marvin's Room (1996)
1946
A Letter For Evie (1946)
1974
The Parallax View (1974)
1974
Conrack (1974)
1970
There Was a Crooked Man... (1970)
1969
The Arrangement (1969)
1943
The Cross of Lorraine (1943)
1997
12 Angry Men (1997)
Showtime Movies
1969
Gaily, Gaily (1969)
1964
Hamlet (1964)
1988
Cocoon: The Return (1988)
1994
Camilla (1994)
1981
Rollover (1981)
1944
Blonde Fever (1944)
1945
Main Street After Dark (1945)
1956
Crowded Paradise (1956)
1981
Honky Tonk Freeway (1981)
1984
Impulse (1984)
Hume Cronyn 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 Hume Cronyn movies by his co-stars
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- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Hume Cronyn movie received.
- Sort Hume Cronyn movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR 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 | The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) | John Garfield | 10.20 | 365.4 | 495.20 | 19 | 85 | 00 / 00 | 98.1 | |
| 4 | Brute Force (1947) | Burt Lancaster & Charles Bickford |
5.90 | 200.9 | 200.90 | 53 | 84 | 00 / 00 | 97.9 | |
| 4 | The Seventh Cross (1944) AA Best Supp Actor Nom |
Spencer Tracy | 6.70 | 262.3 | 450.00 | 35 | 77 | 01 / 00 | 96.7 | |
| 3 | Cocoon (1985) | Don Ameche & Steve Guttenberg |
76.10 | 268.0 | 300.40 | 6 | 73 | 02 / 02 | 96.5 | |
| 9 | Shadow of a Doubt (1943) | Teresa Wright & Directed by Alfred Hitchcock |
3.40 | 142.9 | 142.90 | 90 | 90 | 01 / 00 | 95.3 | |
| 11 | Phantom of the Opera (1943) | Claude Rains & Nelson Eddy |
4.60 | 190.5 | 190.50 | 68 | 70 | 04 / 02 | 95.3 | |
| 5 | The Green Years (1946) | Charles Coburn & Dean Stockwell |
11.40 | 407.5 | 407.50 | 11 | 70 | 02 / 00 | 95.1 | |
| 5 | Cleopatra (1963) AA Best Picture Nom |
Elizabeth Taylor & Richard Burton |
57.80 | 839.8 | 1,462.70 | 1 | 52 | 09 / 04 | 94.8 | |
| 6 | Ziegfeld Follies (1945) | William Powell & Judy Garland |
9.90 | 364.5 | 545.80 | 14 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 94.6 | |
| 12 | Lifeboat (1944) | Tallulah Bankhead & Directed by Alfred Hitchcock |
3.20 | 126.0 | 126.00 | 98 | 86 | 03 / 00 | 92.9 | |
| 10 | The Secret Heart (1946) | Claudette Colbert & Walter Pidgeon |
7.00 | 250.1 | 376.40 | 49 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 92.6 | |
| 13 | The Bride Goes Wild (1948) | Van Johnson & Arlene Dahl |
7.10 | 222.6 | 309.70 | 31 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 92.0 | |
| 11 | The Pelican Brief (1993) | Denzel Washington & Julia Roberts |
100.80 | 304.3 | 589.60 | 8 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 91.7 | |
| 14 | Top o' the Morning (1949) | Bing Crosby | 7.20 | 209.9 | 209.90 | 24 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 91.5 | |
| 16 | People Will Talk (1951) | Cary Grant | 6.00 | 150.0 | 150.00 | 40 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 90.6 | |
| 15 | The Sailor Takes a Wife (1945) | Robert Walker & June Allyson |
6.30 | 231.7 | 261.30 | 47 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 89.5 | |
| 17 | The World According to Garp (1982) | Robin Williams & Glenn Close |
29.70 | 126.3 | 126.30 | 24 | 74 | 02 / 00 | 88.2 | |
| 18 | The Beginning or the End (1947) | Brian Donlevy & Norman Lloyd |
3.30 | 111.5 | 177.30 | 105 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 84.6 | |
| 19 | *batteries not included (1987) | Jessica Tandy | 32.90 | 105.3 | 208.10 | 35 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 80.7 | |
| 21 | Brewster's Millions (1985) | Richard Pryor & John Candy |
40.80 | 143.8 | 143.80 | 20 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 80.1 | |
| 20 | Sunrise at Campobello (1960) | Ralph Bellamy & Greer Garson |
2.90 | 51.8 | 51.80 | 78 | 73 | 04 / 00 | 78.0 | |
| 21 | Marvin's Room (1996) | Robert DeNiro & Leonardo DiCaprio |
12.80 | 36.2 | 56.00 | 110 | 76 | 01 / 00 | 74.2 | |
| 24 | A Letter For Evie (1946) | Marsha Hunt & Norman Lloyd |
1.80 | 63.4 | 63.40 | 123 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 74.0 | |
| 23 | The Parallax View (1974) | Warren Beatty & Paula Prentiss |
4.80 | 32.4 | 32.40 | 64 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 73.3 | |
| 26 | Conrack (1974) | Jon Voight & Teaching Movies |
6.10 | 40.5 | 40.50 | 60 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 72.0 | |
| 25 | There Was a Crooked Man... (1970) | Burgess Meredith & Henry Fonda |
3.00 | 24.2 | 24.20 | 83 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 70.7 | |
| 29 | The Arrangement (1969) | Kirk Douglas & Faye Dunaway |
11.40 | 100.6 | 100.60 | 28 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 70.0 | |
| 27 | The Cross of Lorraine (1943) | Gene Kelly & Peter Lorre |
1.70 | 69.6 | 148.60 | 125 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 68.3 | |
| 28 | 12 Angry Men (1997) Showtime Movies |
Jack Lemmon | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 341 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 61.7 | |
| 30 | Gaily, Gaily (1969) | Brian Keith & George Kennedy |
2.90 | 25.2 | 25.20 | 71 | 61 | 03 / 00 | 52.4 | |
| 31 | Hamlet (1964) | Richard Burton | 0.20 | 2.3 | 2.30 | 158 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 47.2 | |
| 33 | Cocoon: The Return (1988) | Don Ameche & Jessica Tandy |
18.90 | 57.6 | 57.60 | 53 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 41.4 | |
| 31 | Camilla (1994) | Jessica Tandy | 0.30 | 0.8 | 0.80 | 216 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 41.4 | |
| 34 | Rollover (1981) | Jane Fonda & Kris Kristofferson |
10.90 | 48.8 | 48.80 | 73 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 36.9 | |
| 35 | Blonde Fever (1944) | Gloria Grahame | 1.10 | 44.9 | 44.90 | 140 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 35.6 | |
| 36 | Main Street After Dark (1945) | Edward Arnold & Dan Duryea |
0.90 | 33.5 | 33.50 | 148 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 30.4 | |
| 36 | Crowded Paradise (1956) | Nancy Kelly | 0.10 | 3.1 | 3.10 | 213 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 23.2 | |
| 37 | Honky Tonk Freeway (1981) | Teri Garr & Geraldine Page |
2.00 | 9.0 | 9.00 | 117 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 17.9 | |
| 39 | Impulse (1984) | Bill Paxton | 2.80 | 10.3 | 10.30 | 127 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 12.4 |
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I have seen 19 Hume Cronyn movies, including 9 of the top 10.
The HIGHEST rated movie I have seen is The Postman Always Rings Twice.
The highest rated movie I have NOT seen is The Pelican Brief.
The LOWEST rated movie I have seen is The Arrangement.
Favourite Hume Cronyn Movies;
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Cocoon
Ziegfeld Follies
The Green Years
Brute Force
Shadow of a Doubt
Phantom of the Opera
Lifeboat
The Sailor Takes a Wife
A Letter For Evie
Other Hume Cronyn Movies I Have Seen:
Cleopatra
The Seventh Cross
The Secret Heart
Top o the Morning
People Will Talk
The Beginning or the End
Sunrise at Campobello
There Was a Crooked Man
The Arrangement
Hume Cronyn was # 555 back on the Oracle list in 2000 but fell off then and never looked back. These are the people on the 2020 list he appeared with.
7 ROBERT DE NIRO Marvin’s Room (1996)
18 JOHN GIELGUD Hamlet (1964/I)
39 RODDY MCDOWELL Cleopatra (1963)
45 GEORGE KENNEDY Gaily, Gaily (1969)
60 MICHAEL HORDERN Cleopatra (1963)
76 DEAN STOCKWELL The Green Years (1946)
80 MARTIN LANDAU Cleopatra (1963)
126 HENRY FONDA There Was a Crooked Man… (1970)
131 BURT LANCASTER Brute Force (1947)
133 MERYL STREEP Marvin’s Room (1996)
138 FAYE DUNAWAY The Arrangement (1969)
153 MAURY CHAYKIN Camilla (1994)
160 JULIA ROBERTS The Pelican Brief (1993)
163 CLINT HOWARD Cocoon (1985)
167 KRIS KRISTOFFERSON Rollover (1981)
170 JON VOIGHT Conrack (1974)
192 STANLEY TUCCI The Pelican Brief (1993)
193 KIRK DOUGLAS The Arrangement (1969)
193 KIRK DOUGLAS There Was a Crooked Man… (1970)
207 JEFF COREY Brute Force (1947)
214 ELIAS KOTEAS Camilla (1994)
232 SAM SHEPARD The Pelican Brief (1993)
239 BEAU BRIDGES Gaily, Gaily (1969)
239 BEAU BRIDGES Honky Tonk Freeway (1981)
253 RANCE HOWARD Cocoon (1985)
256 BILL PAXTON Impulse (1984)
262 KEENAN WYNN Ziegfeld Follies (1946)
268 BURGESS MEREDITH There Was a Crooked Man… (1970)
274 DAN HEDAYA Marvin’s Room (1996)
293 DENZEL WASHINGTON The Pelican Brief (1993)
294 RICHARD BURTON Cleopatra (1963)
294 RICHARD BURTON Hamlet (1964/I)
304 JOHN HEARD The Pelican Brief (1993)
313 AVA GARDNER Blonde Fever (1944)
323 BRIAN DENNEHY Cocoon (1985)
323 BRIAN DENNEHY Cocoon: The Return (1988)
334 PETER JASON Brewster’s Millions (1985)
334 PETER JASON Impulse (1984)
341 LEONARDO DICAPRIO Marvin’s Room (1996)
384 BEVERLY D’ANGELO Honky Tonk Freeway (1981)
408 BOB GUNTON Rollover (1981)
413 JOSEPH COTTEN Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
441 TERI GARR Honky Tonk Freeway (1981)
444 MICHAEL MURPHY The Arrangement (1969)
477 LIN SHAYE Brewster’s Millions (1985)
486 JOHN LITHGOW The Pelican Brief (1993)
492 JANE FONDA Rollover (1981)
501 RALPH BELLAMY Sunrise at Campobello (1960)
554 PAT HINGLE Brewster’s Millions (1985)
557 LUIS GUZMAN *batteries not included (1987)
562 WILFRID HYDE-WHITE Gaily, Gaily (1969)
566 STEVE GUTTENBERG Cocoon (1985)
566 STEVE GUTTENBERG Cocoon: The Return (1988)
610 ANTHONY ZERBE The Parallax View (1974)
612 DESMOND LLEWELYN Cleopatra (1963)
631 DIANE KEATON Marvin’s Room (1996)
658 JOSEF SOMMER Rollover (1981)
667 PETER LAWFORD Ziegfeld Follies (1946)
713 MARNE MAITLAND Cleopatra (1963)
761 WILFORD BRIMLEY COCOON (1985)
761 WILFORD BRIMLEY COCOON: THE RETURN (1988)
779 ELIZABETH TAYLOR Cleopatra (1963)
781 WARREN OATES There Was a Crooked Man… (1970)
810 JEAN-PIERRE AUMONT The Cross of Lorraine (1943)
815 REX HARRISON Cleopatra (1963)
840 ROBERT STEPHENS Cleopatra (1963)
841 VICTOR GARBER MARVIN’S ROOM (1996)
863 MARGOT KIDDER Gaily, Gaily (1969)
869 CAMERON MITCHELL A Letter for Evie (1946)
898 MARTIN BENSON CLEOPATRA (1963)
907 WALTER PIDGEON The Secret Heart (1946)
920 HOWARD HESSEMAN Honky Tonk Freeway (1981)
952 BRIAN KEITH Gaily, Gaily (1969)
956 LEE GRANT There Was a Crooked Man… (1970)
973 JOHN CANDY Brewster’s Millions (1985)
974 EDMOND O’BRIEN Brute Force (1947)
981 PAUL WINFIELD Conrack (1974)
Hume appeared with 33 Oscar winners.
BARRY FITZGERALD Top o’ the Morning (1949)
BING CROSBY Top o’ the Morning (1949)
BURT LANCASTER Brute Force (1947)
CHARLES COBURN The Green Years (1946)
CLAUDETTE COLBERT The Secret Heart (1946)
DENZEL WASHINGTON The Pelican Brief (1993)
DIANE KEATON Marvin’s Room (1996)
DON AMECHE Cocoon (1985)
DON AMECHE Cocoon: The Return (1988)
EDMOND O’BRIEN Brute Force (1947)
ELIZABETH TAYLOR Cleopatra (1963)
FAYE DUNAWAY The Arrangement (1969)
GEORGE KENNEDY Gaily, Gaily (1969)
GERALDINE PAGE Honky Tonk Freeway (1981)
GLORIA GRAHAME Blonde Fever (1944)
GREER GARSON Sunrise at Campobello (1960)
HENRY FONDA There Was a Crooked Man… (1970)
JANE FONDA Rollover (1981)
JESSICA TANDY *batteries not included (1987)
JESSICA TANDY Blonde Fever (1944)
JESSICA TANDY Camilla (1994)
JESSICA TANDY Cocoon (1985)
JESSICA TANDY Cocoon: The Return (1988)
JESSICA TANDY Honky Tonk Freeway (1981)
JESSICA TANDY The Green Years (1946)
JESSICA TANDY The Seventh Cross (1944)
JESSICA TANDY The World According to Garp (1982)
JOHN GIELGUD Hamlet (1964/I)
JON VOIGHT Conrack (1974)
JULIA ROBERTS The Pelican Brief (1993)
LEE GRANT There Was a Crooked Man… (1970)
LEONARDO DICAPRIO Marvin’s Room (1996)
LIONEL BARRYMORE The Secret Heart (1946)
MARTIN LANDAU Cleopatra (1963)
MARY ASTOR Blonde Fever (1944)
MAUREEN STAPLETON Cocoon (1985)
MAUREEN STAPLETON Cocoon: The Return (1988)
MERYL STREEP Marvin’s Room (1996)
REX HARRISON Cleopatra (1963)
ROBERT DE NIRO Marvin’s Room (1996)
ROBIN WILLIAMS The World According to Garp (1982)
SPENCER TRACY The Seventh Cross (1944)
TERESA WRIGHT Shadow of a Doubt (1943)