Richard Fleischer Movies

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

Richard Fleischer (1916-2006) was an Oscar®-winning American director. Fleischer is best known for 1954’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, 1958’s The Vikings, 1961’s Barabbas, 1966’s Fantastic Voyage 1970’s Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) and 1973’s Soylent Green. His IMDb page shows 62 directing credits from 1943 to 1989. This page will rank Richard Fleischer movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information.  FYI – We could not find box office grosses on some of his early low budget movies.

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)

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

Fantastic Voyage (1966)

Richard Fleischer 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 Richard Fleischer movies by the stars of his movies
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  • Sort Richard Fleischer movies 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 Richard Fleischer movie received.
  • Sort Richard Fleischer 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.

Conan the Destroyer (1984)

Possibly Interesting Facts About Richard Fleischer

1. Richard O. Fleischer was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1916.  He was the son of Max Fleischer.  Max was a legendary pioneer in the development of the animated cartoon.

2. Richard Fleischer’s father’s animation studios was one of the biggest competitors to Walt Disney’s studio. Ironically, Disney ended up hiring Richard to direct this feature, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954).

3. Richard Fleischer had a pool in the shape of Mickey Mouse’s head.

4. Richard Fleischer worked with many of the top Hollywood stars of his time, including Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum, James Mason, Robert Wagner, Tony Curtis, Louis Jourdan, Jean Hagen, Victor Mature, Richard Egan, Ray Milland, Farley Granger, Orson Welles, Diane Varsi, Anthony Quinn, Stephen Boyd, Rex Harrison, Anthony Newley, Mia Farrow, George C. Scott, Richard Attenborough, Charlton Heston, Lee Marvin, Glenda Jackson, Eddie Deezen, and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

5. Richard Fleischer was never nominated for a Best Director Oscar®. He did win an Oscar for Best Documentary for 1947’s Design for Death.

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4 thoughts on “Richard Fleischer Movies”

  1. I have seen 14 Richard Fleisher movies. He directed a lot of film noir

    The HIGHEST rated movie I have seen is 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.

    The highest rated movie I have NOT seen is The New Centurions.

    The LOWEST rated movie I have seen is Trapped.

    Favourite Richard Fleisher Movies:

    20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
    Fantastic Voyage
    Compulsion
    His Kind of Woman
    Violent Saturday
    The Narrow Margin
    Armored Car Robbery
    Trapped

    Other Richard Fleisher Movies I Have Seen:

    Tora! Tora! Tora!
    The Vikings
    The Boston Strangler
    Barabbas
    Doctor Doolittle
    10 Rillington Place

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    1. Hey Flora
      1. Thanks as always for checking out our latest page.
      2. I will fix the name “Anonymous” to “Flora” tonight.
      3. Tally counts: Steve 16, Cogerson 15 and Flora at 14.
      4. I have only seen 2 of your favorites…the top two you mentioned….20,000 Leagues and Fantastic Voyage.
      5. I have seen 5 of the 6 “other” ones you have seen.
      6. I really liked Tora, Tora, Tora…..my dad really loved The Vikings.
      Good stuff as always.

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  2. Richard Fleischer has directed some of my top favorites.

    I’ve seen 16 of the 41 films on the chart. My favorites are – 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, The Vikings, Fantastic Voyage, Soylent Green, Mr. Majestyk, Tora! Tora! Tora! and two guilty favorites – Conan the Destroyer and Red Sonja.

    Looking at the charts – Captain Nemo wins at the box office and UMR chart but is beaten by a narrow margin by The Narrow Margin on the critics chart.

    Enjoyed the trivia – yep Disney hired the son of his greatest competitor to direct 20,000 Leagues, one of the biggest hits of the 1950s.

    Good work Bruce. Vote Up!

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    1. Hey Steve. Thanks for checking out our Richard Fleischer page. Tally counts: Steve 16, Cogerson 15 and Flora at 14. Interesting…16-15-14. That does not happen much. I figured he would be interesting to you. I actually listened to his DVD commentary on Soylent Green the other day and looked up his career. I was surprised he had such a wonderful career. I actually talk about his dad in my Technology class (Max was the real genius in animation…versus Walt…at least with innovations)…..no idea of that connection until doing this page. I have seen all of your favorites….with Soylent Green, Tora Tora Tora and The Vikings on my favorites as well. 20,000 Leagues Under A Fantastic Voyage are classics as well. I did not realize The Narrow Margin was rated so high…maybe I should check that one out. Good stuff as always.

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