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Dolly Parton Movies

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

Dolly Parton (1946-) is an American actress, singer and songwriter.  Although Parton is known best known for her singing career, she has been appearing in movies since the early 1980s.  She appeared on the Quigley Top Movie Star poll twice.  Peaking in 4th place in 1981 and placing 6th in 1982.  Her IMDb page shows over 45 acting credits since 1976.  This page will rank Dolly Parton movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information.  To do well in our overall rankings a movie has to do well at the box office, get good reviews by critics, be liked by audiences, and get some award recognition.

Nine To Five (1980)

Dolly Parton 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
1980 9 to 5 (1980)
1989 Steel Magnolias (1989)
1982 The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982)
2011 Gnomeo & Juliet (2011)
Voice Only
1993 The Beverly Hillbillies (1993)
1992 Straight Talk (1992)
2005 Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (2005)
2020 Christmas on the Square (2020)
Netflix
2012 Joyful Noise (2012)
1984 Rhinestone (1984)
2002 Frank McKlusky, C.I. (2002)
1989’s Steel Magnolias

Dolly Parton 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 any way you want.

  • Sort Dolly Parton movies by her co-stars
  • Sort Dolly Parton movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
  • Sort Dolly Parton movies by yearly domestic box office rank
  • Sort Dolly Parton movies by 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 Dolly Parton movie received.
  • Sort Dolly Parton movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score.  UMR 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 9 to 5 (1980) Lily Tomlin &
Jane Fonda
137.40 660.8 660.80 2 68 01 / 00 94.4
2 Steel Magnolias (1989) Shirley MacLaine &
Olympia Dukakis
83.80 263.7 302.00 14 68 01 / 00 93.8
3 The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982) Charles Durning &
Burt Reynolds
69.70 296.4 296.40 9 57 01 / 00 90.3
4 Gnomeo & Juliet (2011)
Voice Only
Michael Caine &
Emily Blunt
100.00 157.6 305.70 31 57 00 / 00 84.8
5 The Beverly Hillbillies (1993) Cloris Leachman 44.00 132.9 173.30 33 49 00 / 00 76.5
6 Straight Talk (1992) James Woods 21.20 63.9 63.90 62 56 00 / 00 61.1
9 Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (2005) Sandra Bullock &
William Shatner
48.50 94.7 198.00 59 33 00 / 00 36.5
7 Christmas on the Square (2020)
Netflix
Jenifer Lewis 0.10 0.1 0.10 159 60 00 / 00 30.0
8 Joyful Noise (2012) Queen Latifah 30.90 48.6 48.90 95 45 00 / 00 29.2
10 Rhinestone (1984) Sylvester Stallone 21.40 79.7 79.70 48 21 00 / 00 8.1
11 Frank McKlusky, C.I. (2002) Randy Quaid 0.00 0.1 0.10 346 38 00 / 00 3.3
1984’s Rhinestone

Check out Dolly Parton‘s career compared to current and classic actors.  Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.

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8 thoughts on “Dolly Parton Movies”

  1. Pierre says:
    November 16, 2020 at 9:38 am

    Hello,
    Dolly Parton, for me without any questions, is country music, and I love that music.
    She is with Alison Krauss, Tammy Wynette and Sheryl crow one of the best for the Ladies.
    I love the two records Trio with the great Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris.
    I think she was good in Nine to five but she is smiling like Betty White….
    I did not remembered her in Steel Magnolias.
    I think she is a very beautiful personne.
    Portez vous bien et prenez soin de vous !
    Bye
    Pierre

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  2. Dan says:
    November 6, 2020 at 11:04 pm

    Dolly Parton has appeared in so few movies she has never appeared on the Oracle of Bacon Top 1000. She has been in the top 10 box office stars a couple of years as you say, up there with such short lived box office stars as Paul Hogan and Macaulay Culkin. These are the actors on the 2020 list she has appeared with.

    17 MICHAEL MADSEN Straight Talk (1992)
    33 SYLVESTER STALLONE Rhinestone (1984)
    61 BURT REYNOLDS The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982)
    105 JAMES WOODS Straight Talk (1992)
    106 SHIRLEY MACLAINE Steel Magnolias (1989)
    160 JULIA ROBERTS Steel Magnolias (1989)
    167 KRIS KRISTOFFERSON JOYFUL NOISE (2012)
    194 CHARLES DURNING The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982)
    196 CLORIS LEACHMAN The Beverly Hillbillies (1993)
    222 MAGGIE SMITH Gnomeo & Juliet (2011)
    232 SAM SHEPARD Steel Magnolias (1989)
    234 RANDY QUAID Frank McKlusky, C.I. (2002)
    249 TREAT WILLIAMS Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous (2005)
    260 STEPHEN TOBOLOWSKY Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous (2005)
    370 DARYL HANNAH Steel Magnolias (1989)
    393 OLYMPIA DUKAKIS Steel Magnolias (1989)
    424 TOM SKERRITT Steel Magnolias (1989)
    429 KEVIN POLLAK Frank McKlusky, C.I. (2002)
    492 JANE FONDA Nine to Five (1980)
    530 WILLIAM SHATNER Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous (2005)
    542 DYLAN MCDERMOTT STEEL MAGNOLIAS (1989)
    613 DABNEY COLEMAN Nine to Five (1980)
    613 DABNEY COLEMAN The Beverly Hillbillies (1993)
    614 ROB SCHNEIDER The Beverly Hillbillies (1993)
    675 DOM DELUISE The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982)
    708 ERNIE HUDSON Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous (2005)
    710 SALLY FIELD Steel Magnolias (1989)
    737 LILY TOMLIN Nine to Five (1980)
    737 LILY TOMLIN The Beverly Hillbillies (1993)
    755 JASON STATHAM Gnomeo & Juliet (2011)
    777 EMILY BLUNT GNOMEO & JULIET (2001)
    832 GRIFFIN DUNNE STRAIGHT TALK (1992)
    865 PHILIP BOSCO Straight Talk (1992)
    888 R. LEE ERMEY Frank McKlusky, C.I. (2002)
    901 JANE LYNCH STRAIGHT TALK (1992)
    915 STERLING HAYDEN Nine to Five (1980)
    988 BARRY CORBIN THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS (1982)
    989 KEVIN J. O’CONNOR STEEL MAGNOLIAS (1989)

    Dolly has appeared with 10 Oscar winners,

    CLORIS LEACHMAN The Beverly Hillbillies (1993)
    JANE FONDA Nine to Five (1980)
    JULIA ROBERTS Steel Magnolias (1989)
    MAGGIE SMITH Gnomeo & Juliet (2011)
    OCTAVIA SPENCER Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous (2005)
    OLYMPIA DUKAKIS Steel Magnolias (1989)
    REGINA KING MISS CONGENIALITY 2: ARMED & FABULOUS (2005)
    SALLY FIELD Steel Magnolias (1989)
    SANDRA BULLOCK Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous (2005)
    SHIRLEY MACLAINE Steel Magnolias (1989)

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    1. Cogerson says:
      November 15, 2020 at 1:16 pm

      Hey Dan….good connection with Paul Hogan and Macaulay Culkin. My database problems got this page done…..but back in the day she was one of the most popular people in the world. As for your lists…I am shocked…I tell you shocked that you have not included Maurice Micklewhite on your lists….as he belongs on both of them….you did include his frequent co-star Maggie Smith ….which he was in the movie that got her on the list. I am of course joking with you…..but you are indeed missing Sir Caine on these lists. Good information as always.

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      1. Dan says:
        November 16, 2020 at 12:00 pm

        I have had problems for the years 2011 – 2013 with people missing down the years. Sometimes when I’m filling in other films I find someone missing from a big film. It’s annoying but give Dolly Mr. Caine.

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  3. Flora Breen Robison says:
    November 6, 2020 at 1:19 pm

    I have seen the top 3 Dolly Parton movies.

    9 To 5 is a favourite.

    Steel Magnolias and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas are not favourites

    Reply
    1. Cogerson says:
      November 6, 2020 at 8:41 pm

      Hey Flora….thanks for the feedback on Dolly Parton. I think I have been sitting on these 10 movies for a few years now…all it took was for a complete database meltdown to get this page completed…lol. I have seen 6 of her movies. Her movie career started out pretty strong but did not really go too far….10 movies in 40 years is not an impressive movie total. I would say 9 to 5 is my favorite as well. As always thanks for sharing your movie thoughts.

      Reply
  4. Cogerson says:
    November 6, 2020 at 7:32 am

    Thank you Mike. Dolly was a page we researched a few years ago, but never got around to doing a page on her. Our current situation with the databasr finally got her a page.

    Reply
  5. Mike says:
    November 6, 2020 at 3:28 am

    Excellent UMR Page

    Reply

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