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Frank McRae Movies

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

Frank McRae (1944-2021) was an American character actor.  After a brief NFL career (Chicago Bear defensive tackle), McRae turned to acting.   His IMDb page shows 66 acting credits from 1972 to 2016. This page will rank Frank McRae 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.

Frank McRae 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 48 HRS. (1982)
1983 National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
1979 Norma Rae (1979)
AA Best Picture Nom
1979 Rocky II (1979)
1978 The End (1978)
1975 Hard Times (1975)
1975 Walking Tall Part II (1975)
1984 Red Dawn (1984)
1989 Licence to Kill (1989)
1987 *batteries not included (1987)
1990 Another 48 HRS. (1990)
1993 Last Action Hero (1993)
1979 1941 (1979)
1978 F.I.S.T. (1978)
1980 Used Cars (1980)
1973 Dillinger (1973)
1982 Cannery Row (1982)
1978 Big Wednesday (1978)
2006 Love's Abiding Joy (2006)
1998 Mr. P's Dancing Sushi Bar (1998)
1994 Lightning Jack (1994)
1989 Lock Up (1989)
1973 Shaft in Africa (1973)
1989 The Wizard (1989)
1989 Farewell to the King (1989)
1993 Loaded Weapon 1 (1993)
1972 Cool Breeze (1972)
1978 Paradise Alley (1978)
1974 The Bank Shot (1974)
1976 Tracks (1976)
1976 Pipe Dreams (1976)
2000 G-Men From Hell (2000)
Film Festival Circuit Only
1998 One Hell Of A Guy (1998)
Video On Demand

Frank McRae 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 Frank McRae movies by co-stars of his movies.
Sort Frank McRae movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
Sort Frank McRae movies by yearly domestic box office rank
Sort Frank McRae 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 Frank McRae movie received and how many Oscar® wins each Frank McRae movie won.
Sort Frank McRae 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 48 HRS. (1982) Nick Nolte &
Eddie Murphy
78.90 335.3 335.30 7 81 00 / 00 97.1
2 National Lampoon's Vacation (1983) Chevy Chase 61.40 243.6 243.60 12 79 00 / 00 96.9
4 Norma Rae (1979)
AA Best Picture Nom
Sally Field 30.00 149.6 149.60 30 76 04 / 02 95.3
3 Rocky II (1979) Sylvester Stallone &
Carl Weathers
85.20 424.2 996.90 5 71 00 / 00 95.0
5 The End (1978) Burt Reynolds &
Sally Field
44.90 239.9 239.90 11 68 00 / 00 93.9
6 Hard Times (1975) Charles Bronson &
James Coburn
17.10 104.4 104.40 40 78 00 / 00 86.6
7 Walking Tall Part II (1975) Richard Jaeckel 24.20 147.8 147.80 27 59 00 / 00 84.9
8 Red Dawn (1984) Charlie Sheen &
Patrick Swayze
38.40 142.8 142.80 22 58 00 / 00 84.1
10 Licence to Kill (1989) James Bond Movies 34.70 109.2 491.70 36 64 00 / 00 81.1
11 *batteries not included (1987) Hume Cronyn &
Jessica Tandy
32.90 105.3 208.10 35 64 00 / 00 80.7
9 Another 48 HRS. (1990) Nick Nolte &
Eddie Murphy
80.80 238.8 453.70 14 33 00 / 00 80.1
12 Last Action Hero (1993) Arnold Schwarzenegger 50.00 151.0 414.50 26 49 00 / 00 79.9
13 1941 (1979) John Belushi &
Directed by Steven Spielberg
31.80 158.1 460.40 27 43 03 / 00 78.9
14 F.I.S.T. (1978) Sylvester Stallone 21.10 112.8 112.80 32 57 00 / 00 77.6
15 Used Cars (1980) Kurt Russell 11.70 56.3 56.30 65 73 00 / 00 76.4
16 Dillinger (1973) Warren Oates &
Ben Johnson
6.10 42.8 42.80 56 74 00 / 00 73.6
17 Cannery Row (1982) Nick Nolte &
Debra Winger
5.30 22.5 22.50 92 66 00 / 00 55.2
18 Big Wednesday (1978) Jan-Michael Vincent &
William Katt
3.10 16.6 16.60 95 67 00 / 00 53.8
19 Love's Abiding Joy (2006) Erin Cottrell &
Dale Midkiff
0.30 0.5 0.50 272 71 00 / 00 52.0
20 Mr. P's Dancing Sushi Bar (1998) Nancy Kwan 0.00 0.1 0.10 333 70 00 / 00 50.5
21 Lightning Jack (1994) Paul Hogan &
Cuba Gooding Jr.
16.80 51.5 51.50 85 54 00 / 00 50.4
23 Lock Up (1989) Sylvester Stallone &
Donald Sutherland
22.10 69.6 69.60 47 45 00 / 00 44.6
22 Shaft in Africa (1973) Richard Roundtree 4.20 29.9 29.90 75 57 00 / 00 44.0
25 The Wizard (1989) Christian Slater &
Tobey Maguire
14.30 45.0 45.00 68 51 00 / 00 41.2
24 Farewell to the King (1989) Nick Nolte &
Nigel Havers
2.40 7.6 7.60 133 63 00 / 00 40.8
26 Loaded Weapon 1 (1993) Emilio Estevez &
Samuel L. Jackson
28.00 84.5 84.50 55 36 00 / 00 36.7
27 Cool Breeze (1972) Pam Grier 3.20 23.5 23.50 82 52 00 / 00 28.5
29 Paradise Alley (1978) Sylvester Stallone &
Lee Canalito
7.20 38.4 38.40 71 44 00 / 00 22.0
28 The Bank Shot (1974) George C. Scott &
Joanna Cassidy
3.00 20.3 20.30 84 49 00 / 00 21.8
30 Tracks (1976) Dennis Hopper &
Dean Stockwell
0.10 0.7 0.70 173 53 00 / 00 17.7
31 Pipe Dreams (1976) Gladys Knight 1.30 7.0 7.00 137 51 00 / 00 17.3
32 G-Men From Hell (2000)
Film Festival Circuit Only
Gary Busey 0.00 0.1 0.10 320 43 00 / 00 6.0
33 One Hell Of A Guy (1998)
Video On Demand
Rob Lowe 0.00 0.1 0.10 330 40 00 / 00 4.0

Frank McRae 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
Rocky II (1979) Sylvester Stallone &
Carl Weathers
996.90
Licence to Kill (1989) James Bond Movies 491.70
1941 (1979) John Belushi &
Directed by Steven Spielberg
460.40
Another 48 HRS. (1990) Nick Nolte &
Eddie Murphy
453.70
Last Action Hero (1993) Arnold Schwarzenegger 414.50
*batteries not included (1987) Hume Cronyn &
Jessica Tandy
208.10

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

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1 thought on “Frank McRae Movies”

  1. Cogerson says:
    June 25, 2025 at 8:24 am

    When Frank McRae passed away, my mind immediately flashed back to my youth—a time when it felt like he showed up in almost every movie I watched. He was the teacher who went down in the opening minutes of Red Dawn. He was the guy who broke Nick Nolte’s arm in Cannery Row, a film I must’ve watched a thousand times on HBO. He was the other security guard in National Lampoon’s Vacation. He was the shouting police chief in 48 Hrs., laying into Eddie Murphy and Nolte, a role he later spoofed brilliantly in The Last Action Hero.

    When he died, I thought, “I’ve gotta make a page for him.” But life and work got in the way, and it slipped through the cracks. Still, the thought kept coming back: “I gotta do a McRae page. Gotta do a McRae page.”

    Then, just the other day, I was watching The Bank Shot, a lesser-known George C. Scott bank heist movie—not a great film—and there he was again. That was the moment. I said, “I’m doing this.”

    And that’s when it hit me—four years had already gone by. Four years!

    While researching, I found out a lot of cool stuff. I’ve seen over 21 of his movies. He even played in the NFL for the Chicago Bears. And for the last 20 years of his life, he pretty much stopped acting. I haven’t figured out why yet, but it really made me stop and reflect.

    So here it is—our long-overdue Frank McRae page. Plenty of great films, and a presence that deserves to be remembered. I just wish I had put this together back when he first passed.

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