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John McTiernan Movies

Want to know the best John McTiernan movies?  How about the worst John McTiernan movies?  Curious about John McTiernan box office grosses or which John McTiernan movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which John McTiernan 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 and much more.

John McTiernan (1951-) is an American director.  Although McTiernan has only directed 11 movies, he is considered one of the best action movie directors. His IMDb page shows over 12 IMDb directing credits since 1986. This page will rank John McTiernan movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. To do well in the rankings, a movie needed to do well at the box office, be liked by both critics and audiences and earn some award recognition.

John McTiernan 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
1988 Die Hard (1988)
Director
1990 The Hunt for Red October (1990)
Director
1987 Predator (1987)
Director
1995 Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)
Director
1999 The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
Director
1993 Last Action Hero (1993)
Director
1992 Medicine Man (1992)
Director
1999 The 13th Warrior (1999)
Director
2003 Basic (2003)
Director
1986 Nomads (1986)
Director
2002 Rollerball (2002)
Director

John McTiernan 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 John McTiernan movies by co-stars of his movies.
  • Sort John McTiernan movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
  • Sort John McTiernan movies by yearly domestic box office rank
  • Sort John McTiernan movies how they were received by critics and audiences.  60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
  • Sort by how many Oscar® nominations each John McTiernan movie received and how many Oscar® wins each John McTiernan movie won.
  • Sort John McTiernan 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.

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 Die Hard (1988)
Director
Bruce Willis &
Alan Rickman
83.00 252.5 428.10 7 89 04 / 00 98.9
2 The Hunt for Red October (1990)
Director
Sean Connery &
Alec Baldwin
122.00 360.6 592.50 6 79 03 / 01 97.7
3 Predator (1987)
Director
Arnold Schwarzenegger &
Carl Weathers
75.90 242.7 365.80 7 74 01 / 00 96.0
4 Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)
Director
Bruce Willis &
Jeremy Irons
100.00 287.4 1,052.00 10 63 00 / 00 92.3
5 The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
Director
Pierce Brosnan &
Rene Russo
69.30 171.2 307.10 30 72 00 / 00 92.2
6 Last Action Hero (1993)
Director
Arnold Schwarzenegger &
F. Murray Abraham
50.00 151.0 414.50 26 49 00 / 00 79.9
8 Medicine Man (1992)
Director
Sean Connery &
Lorraine Bracco
45.50 137.1 137.10 35 39 00 / 00 69.7
7 The 13th Warrior (1999)
Director
Antonio Banderas 32.70 80.8 152.40 62 57 00 / 00 68.4
9 Basic (2003)
Director
John Travolta &
Samuel L. Jackson
26.80 55.5 88.70 95 41 00 / 00 26.0
10 Nomads (1986)
Director
Lesley-Anne Down &
Pierce Brosnan
2.30 7.7 7.70 145 45 00 / 00 10.4
11 Rollerball (2002)
Director
Jean Reno 19.00 40.9 40.90 112 15 00 / 00 0.6

John McTiernan Adjusted World Wide Box Office Grosses 

Movie (Year) UMR Co-Star Links World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil) S
Movie (Year) UMR Co-Star Links World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil) S
Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)
Director
Bruce Willis &
Jeremy Irons
1,052.00
The Hunt for Red October (1990)
Director
Sean Connery &
Alec Baldwin
592.50
Die Hard (1988)
Director
Bruce Willis &
Alan Rickman
428.10
Last Action Hero (1993)
Director
Arnold Schwarzenegger &
F. Murray Abraham
414.50
Predator (1987)
Director
Arnold Schwarzenegger &
Carl Weathers
365.80
The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
Director
Pierce Brosnan &
Rene Russo
307.10
The 13th Warrior (1999)
Director
Antonio Banderas 152.40
Basic (2003)
Director
John Travolta &
Samuel L. Jackson
88.70
 

Check out John McTiernan’s career compared to current and classic actors.  Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time

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  1. Dan says:
    January 4, 2023 at 7:28 pm

    Seen all 11 of his films. We try to forget Nomads exists.

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  2. BOB to BRUCE 2 of 2 says:
    January 4, 2023 at 10:55 am

    HI BIG! Thanks for the multiple replies to my own posts. It’s always good to know what you are thinking.

    In the interview with Willis that I read he claimed that when they were shooting Die Hard 1988 there was no talk or concept of it being a Christmas movie; but then the publicity boys and the money men at the studio hijacked it and the Christmas-sell hype began.

    So if what Brucie says is correct – and heck HE was there: you and Steve were not – John would not have regarded as a Christmas one the movie that he was making

    As you know from the gaslighting that politicians get away with there are many people who will believe almost anything that ‘authority figures’ and the media tell them; so that influential guys like you and Steve telling fans of your respective sites that DH 88 is a Xmas movie is bound to have duped a lot of additional people into believing that fable –

    for example those poor souls who think that Myrna Loy could open a movie at the box office on the strength of her own name,

    But as Lee J Cobb or – was it Ed Begley? – said in 12 Angry Men when Fonda kept resisting the lynch-mob mentality of the other 11 jurors “Boy oh boy there’s always ONE!!” and in this case there is ONE wise owl on your site who doesn’t buy the Die Hard 88 Christmas gaslighting. Modesty forbids me to name that ONE!

    Anyway have a good New Year and my best wishes for more success in 2023 for the entire Team Cogerson and family connections. All of you have well-earned it.

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