Carl Reiner (1922-2020) was an American comedian, actor, director producer, and writer. His career has spanned over seven decades. He has been appearing in movies since 1959. His IMDb page shows over 150 acting, directing, producing and writing credits. In the table below, Ultimate Movie Rankings ranks 34 of his movies in 6 different sortable columns. Television roles, cameos, shorts, and straight to DVD movies were not included in the rankings on the table.
Carl Reiner Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
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Possibly Interesting Facts About Carl Reiner
1. Carl Reiner was born in The Bronx, New York on March 19, 1922
2. In 1943, Carl Reiner was drafted into the Army Air Forces and served during World War II.
3. While in the services, Carl Reiner auditioned for some acting roles and was assigned to Special Services. He would eventually perform around the Pacific theater, entertaining troops in Hawaii, Guam, Saipan, Tinian and Iwo Jima.
4. After the war, Carl Reiner started appearing on Broadway. This helped him getting cast on Sid Caesar’s television show Your Show of Shows. He appearing on air in skits while also working alongside writers, such as Mel Brooks and Neil Simon.
5. Carl Reiner made a best-selling album with Mel Brooks called “2000 Years with Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks” which earned a Grammy® nomination and ignited Carl’s writing career.
6. Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks meet each other in 1950. They became lifelong friends. Later in laugh, both widowers,would hang out and watch movies together every night.
7. Carl Reiner won 9 primetime Emmys®. Five of those Emmys® came from his work on the classic television show, The Dick Van Dyke Show. His first Emmy® nomination was in 1954. His most recent Emmy® nomination was in 2018.
8. Carl Reiner was married one time. He was married to Estelle Reiner from 1943 to 2008. Estelle Reiner’s “I’ll have what she’s having.” line in 1989’s When Harry Met Sally is one of the best one-liners in film history. They had three children. One of his children is director/actor, Rob Reiner.
9. Carl Reiner was one of the two last surviving cast members of 1963’s It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. The other is Barrie Chase.
10. Carl Reiner has directed 4 Steve Martin movies: 1979’s The Jerk, 1982’s Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid 1983’s 1983’s The Man with Two Brains and 1984’s All of Me.
Check out Carl Reiner’s movie career compared to current and classic stars on our Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time page.
Sad sad news. Rest in Peace Carl Reiner. I was really hoping he would reach 100.
In the 1960s Carl was best known for his intense and diverse work on the Dick Van Dyke Show [1961-66] where he combined the skills of creator, producer, writer and actor. Dick is one of my all time fave TV performers but I barely watched that show and warmed to Van Dyke only when he made the TV detective series Diagnosis Murder in the 1993-01 period.
I have seen only 3 of the movies listed on the above table – Mad Mad World, Russians are Coming and The Majestic and of those 3 I liked only the Majestic and Mad Mad World. However I cannot remember Carl in any of them. Indeed when I saw Carl’s name flagged up on yoiur site I thought that you had turned your attentions to the Continental cinema and were profiling the Austrian actor Carl MOHNER who starred in the 1955 French classic Rififi and the Brit war schocker the 1958 Camp on Blood Island.
None of that need reflect on Mr Reiner because he has in his own right 21 acting awards and 18 nominations and amassed $70 million in net worth, Accordingly he has earned this Cogerson page and a “VoteUp!”
Hey Bob…..thanks for the feedback on Carl Reiner. I agree to us older people he is best known for his work on The DVD Show. I bet younger people know him from his work in the Ocean’s Eleven movies….he is probably known as the “really old guy”….with Elliott Gould getting the “old guy” title. 3 Carl Reiner movies seen……thanks for the tally count.
I would say almost all of his famous work has been behind the scenes….when looking at the movie side…his better movies are the ones he directed…especially the Steve Martin movies….though he does Hitchcock almost all of his movies…..even playing the bad guy in Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid.
Interesting about Carl Mohner. I was not aware of him at all. $70 million?….now that is a pretty good golden nugget. Carl with son Rob….are now one of the few parent and children to have their own UMR pages….joining Jamie Lee Curtis with Janet Leigh & Tony Curtis, Michael and Kirk Douglas….and probably one or two more. Good stuff as always.
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I saw 13 including 9 of top 10. 10s and favorites : its a mad , mad , mad, mad world (overrated for sentimental reasons, some of the shtick has not aged well, I saw it with my maternal grandfather as a first run wearing coat and tie at age 7or 8), oceans 11 and oceans 13. 9s and favorites: the Russians are coming (I saw it 4 times in one day as a first run at age of 10,mother used it as a babysitter) , summer school (a hidden gem, an adolescent comedy), oceans 12.
I have seen 11 Carl Reiner movies. I am a fan of The Dick Van Dyke Show and Your Show of Shows.
The HIGHEST rated movie I have seen is The Russians are Coming, The Russians Are Coming.
The highest rated movie I have NOT seen is Oceans Eleven. I haven’t seen any of these reboot versions. I only watch the original with Sinatra and friends.
The LOWEST rated movie I have seen is The Majestic.
Favourite Carl Reiner Movies:
Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid
The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming
It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
The Thrill of It All
The Gazebo
A Guide For the Married Man
The Jerk
All of Me
Other Carl Reiner Movies I Have Seen:
Oh, God!
Happy Anniversary
The Majestic
Hey Flora…thanks for checking out our Carl Reiner page. I have seen 18 of his movies….but not many before the late 1970s. I grew up watching The Dick Van Dyke Show….but have never watched a single episode of Your Show Of Shows. I have seen most of your favorites…missing The Gazebo and A Guide For The Married Man. The Jerk has some funny moments…..but it also has some truly awful moments as well. Thanks for the visit, the comment and the tally count.
Carl Reiner is nearly 97 years old, whoa!
I’ve seen 10 of the 34 films on the chart, my favorites are – The Jerk, The Man With Two Brains, Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid, The Russkies are Coming!, It’s a Mad World and Ocean’s 11.
I don’t think I’ve watched any of the Oh God series, not sure why I avoided them.
Looking at the trivia, I didn’t know the old lady in the diner scene in When Sally Met Harry was Rob Reiner’s mother. Nice.
Trivia #10 Did Reiner direct 3 or was it 4 Steve Martin films? 😉
Good stuff. Vote Up!
Hey Steve. Thanks for the visit. Tally counts: Me 18, Flora 11 and you 10. So 3 of the 4 Steve Martin movies made your favorties list….but no love for All Of Me? I love Dean Men Don’t Wear Plaid….probably the one Carl Reiner movie I re-watch the most. The first Oh God! is a pretty funny movie….with George Burns having a blast. The second one, I saw in theaters..was ok at best….and the third one was simply a money grab. Glad you liked our When Harry Met Sally trivia….Rob Reiner gave his mom one helluva a line. And finally….Carl Reiner directed Steve Martin 4 times. Good feedback.