David Mamet Movies

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

David Mamet (1947-) is a 2-time Oscar nominated American director, writer and producer.  Mamet  won a Pulitzer Prize for his plays Glengarry Glen Ross (1984) and Speed-the-Plow (1988). His IMDb page shows over 75 assorted credits since 1976. This page will rank David Mamet 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.

FYI – I was re-reading Mamet’s excellent book, Bambi vs Godzilla, when I realized that there was not an UMR page on Mr. Mamet.  Well, that is no longer true.  Can’t believe it took this long to take a look at this career.

David Mamet 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
1982	The Verdict (1982) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Writing Nom
1987	The Untouchables (1987) Writer
2001	Hannibal (2001) Writer
1986	About Last Night... (1986) Writer
1997	Wag the Dog (1997) AA Best Writing Nom
1998	Ronin (1998) Writer
1992	Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) Writer
2014	About Last Night (2014) Writer
1981	The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981) Writer
1997	The Spanish Prisoner (1997) Director
1987	Black Widow (1987) Cameo
1997	The Edge (1997) Writer
1991	Homicide (1991) Director
1999	The Winslow Boy (1999) Director
2001	Heist (2001) Director
1987	House of Games (1987) Director
1992	Hoffa (1992) Writer
2000	State and Main (2000) Director
1994	Vanya on 42nd St. (1994) Writer
1988	Things Change (1988) Director
2023	Beau Is Afraid (2023) Cameo
2008	Redbelt (2008) Director
2004	Spartan (2004) Director
1989	We're No Angels (1989) Writer
1996	American Buffalo (1996) Writer
1994	Oleanna (1994) Director
2005	Edmond (2005) Writer
2012	Phil Spector (2012) HBO Movie Director
2023	The Penitent (2023) Film Festival Circuit Only Writer

David Mamet 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 David Mamet movies by co-stars of his movies.
• Sort David Mamet movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
• Sort David Mamet movies by yearly domestic box office rank
• Sort David Mamet 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 David Mamet movie received and how many Oscar® wins each David Mamet movie won.
• Sort David Mamet 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.

David Mamet Adjusted World Wide Box Office Grosses 

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