Bob Fosse Movies

Want to know the best Bob Fosse movies?  How about the worst Bob Fosse movies?  Curious about Bob Fosse box office grosses or which Bob Fosse movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Bob Fosse 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.

Bob Fosse (1927-1987) was an Oscar®-winning American director. Fosse was also was an dancer, musical-theatre choreographer, actor, and theater director. He directed and choreographed musical works on stage and screen. His IMDb page shows 17 different acting and directing credits. This page will rank Bob Fosse movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information.  FYI – Fosse only directed five movies.  Those five movies started with 1969’s Sweet Charity and ended with 1983’s Star 80.  In between those two movies he earned Best Director Oscar® nominations for Caberet (he won), Lenny and All That Jazz.

1979’s All That Jazz

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

Cabaret (1972)

Bob Fosse 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 Bob Fosse movies by the stars of his movies
  • Sort Bob Fosse movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
  • Sort Bob Fosse movies by yearly domestic box office rank
  • Sort Bob Fosse 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 Bob Fosse movie received.
  • Sort Bob Fosse 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.

Kiss Me, Kate (1953)

Possibly Interesting Facts About Bob Fosse

1. Robert Louis Fosse was born in Chicago, Illinois, on June 23, 1927.

2. In most of his choreographed pieces, Bob Fosse (or those dancing his choreography) usually wore a hat and gloves. Fosse always wore hats because he started going bald at the age of 17; he used gloves a lot because he didn’t like his hands.

3. Bob Fosse was portrayed by Sam Rockwell in the 2019 FX original series, “Fosse/Verdon“.

4. Bob Fosse directed five actors in Oscar®-nominated performances: Liza Minnelli, Joel Grey, Dustin Hoffman, Valerie Perrine and Roy Scheider. Minnelli and Grey won for their performances in Cabaret (1972).

5. Bob Fosse is the only person ever to have won Oscar®, Emmy®, and Tony® awards in the same year (1973).

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

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2 thoughts on “Bob Fosse Movies

  1. I have seen 8 Bob Fosse movies.

    The HIGHEST rated movie I have seen is Cabaret.

    The highest rated movie I have NOT seen is Lenny.

    The LOWEST rated movie I have seen is The Little Prince.

    Favourite Bob Fosse Movies:

    Cabaret
    All That Jazz
    DamnYankees
    My Sister Eileen
    The Little Prince

    Other Bob Fosse Movies I Have Seen:

    Sweet Charity
    Give a Girl a Break

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