Want to know the best Harold Lloyd movies? How about the worst Harold Lloyd movies? Curious about Harold Lloyd box office grosses or which Harold Lloyd movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Harold Lloyd 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.
Harold Lloyd (1893-1971) was an American actor, comedian, and stunt performer who appeared in many short films in 1910s to full length movies starting in 1921. Considered, along with Charlie Chaplin, one of the most influential film comedians of the silent film era. His IMDb page show shows 213 acting credits from 1913 to 1947. This page will rank Harold Lloyd movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. FYI – The following tables do not show his many “shorts”. This page comes from a long time request by Søren and Me…not to mention a recent request by Jeff.
Harold Lloyd 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 |
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| Year | Movie (Year) | Rating | S |
| 1924 | Hot Water (1924) |  |
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| 1925 | The Freshman (1925) | |
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| 1936 | The Milky Way (1936) | |
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| 1929 | Welcome Danger (1929) | |
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| 1930 | Feet First (1930) | |
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| 1924 | Girl Shy (1924) |  |
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| 1923 | Safety Last! (1923) | |
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| 1928 | Speedy (1928) | |
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| 1927 | The Kid Brother (1927) | |
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| 1926 | For Heaven's Sake (1926) | |
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| 1932 | Movie Crazy (1932) | |
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| 1923 | Why Worry? (1923) | |
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| 1922 | Grandma's Boy (1922) |  |
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| 1934 | The Cat's-Paw (1934) |  |
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| 1919 | Bumping Into Broadway (1919) | |
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| 1947 | The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947) | |
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| 1922 | Dr. Jack (1922) | |
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| 1938 | Professor Beware (1938) | |
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| 1921 | A Sailor-Made Man (1921) | |
Harold Lloyd 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 Harold Lloyd movies by the stars of his movies
- Sort Harold Lloyd movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Harold Lloyd movies by yearly domestic box office rank
- Sort Harold Lloyd 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 Harold Lloyd movie received.
- Sort Harold Lloyd 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
Hot Water (1924)
Jobyna Ralston &
Josephine Crowell5.60
280.0
280.00
3
73
00 / 00
95.4
2
The Freshman (1925)
Brooks Benedict
4.90
213.8
213.80
7
72
00 / 00
95.4
5
The Milky Way (1936)
Adolphe Menjou
3.90
195.0
195.00
32
68
00 / 00
93.4
4
Welcome Danger (1929)
Barbara Kent
6.70
239.6
239.60
5
62
00 / 00
91.8
3
Feet First (1930)
Barbara Kent
4.00
250.0
250.00
8
61
00 / 00
91.5
7
Girl Shy (1924)
Jobyna Ralston
2.70
127.2
127.20
12
73
00 / 00
88.3
6
Safety Last! (1923)
Mildred Davis
2.00
102.3
102.30
11
82
00 / 00
87.9
8
Speedy (1928)
Ted Wilde
3.20
118.3
118.30
17
76
01 / 00
87.8
9
The Kid Brother (1927)
Leo Willis
3.00
110.4
110.40
14
72
00 / 00
85.9
10
For Heaven's Sake (1926)
Jobyna Ralston
3.00
118.7
118.70
12
69
00 / 00
85.7
12
Movie Crazy (1932)
Constance Cummings
1.90
102.4
102.40
42
66
00 / 00
82.2
11
Why Worry? (1923)
Jobyna Ralston
1.80
89.7
89.70
13
70
00 / 00
81.9
13
Grandma's Boy (1922)
Mildred Davis
1.00
54.7
54.70
14
71
00 / 00
74.3
14
The Cat's-Paw (1934)
Una Merkel
0.70
37.6
37.60
153
69
00 / 00
67.2
16
Bumping Into Broadway (1919)
Bebe Daniels
0.60
39.7
39.70
9
68
00 / 00
66.1
17
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947)
Directed by Preston Sturges
1.50
50.2
91.30
146
64
00 / 00
65.8
15
Dr. Jack (1922)
Mildred Davis
0.40
22.7
22.70
27
72
00 / 00
64.5
19
Professor Beware (1938)
Ward Bond
1.10
49.3
49.30
160
58
00 / 00
57.9
18
A Sailor-Made Man (1921)
Noah Young
0.10
5.3
5.30
20
71
00 / 00
56.1
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I have seen all the Harold Lloyd films on your list except for Bumping Into Broadway. I’ve seen a number of his shorts too.
Obviously Harold has never been on the Oracle of Bacon top 1000. Harold was the # 466 most connected actor of the 1910’s.
These are the only 2 people on the 2021 list Harold appeared with.
42 ANTHONY QUINN The Milky Way (1936)
474 LIONEL STANDER Professor Beware (1938)
474 LIONEL STANDER The Milky Way (1936)
474 LIONEL STANDER The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947)
Harold appeared with 7 Oscar winners, 6 from 1 film.
ANTHONY QUINN The Milky Way (1936)
CLARK GABLE Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
GARY COOPER Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
JANET GAYNOR Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
JOAN CRAWFORD Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
LIONEL BARRYMORE Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
MARY PICKFORD Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
Both Bebe Daniels and Snub Pollard appeared with Harold in 148 films.
Sammy Brooks was in 123 films with him.
Charles Stevenson was in 94 films with Harold.
Bud Jamieson was in 81 films with him.
Billy Fay was in 78 films with him.
Gus Leonard was in 75 films with him,
Fred C. Newmeyer was in 70 films with him.
These type of stats hurt Harold in the long run working with the same people over and over.
Harold Lloyd made the annual top 10 box office stars 7 times.
1922 – 8
1923 – 8
1924 – 9
1925 – 7
1926 – 4
1927 – 8
1928 – 6
Bebe Daniels who made 148 films with Harold, made the annual box office stars list 4 times but never in the top 10.
1926 – 18
1927 – 11
1928 – 11
1929 – 20
By this time Bebe was no longer appearing with him.
I tried leaving a comment here and had to edit it and it was marked as spam. I will try it a different way.
I love all 12 of the Harold Lloyd movies I have seen, half of which are not on the table. Here are the Lloyd movies I have seen in no order ;
Safety Last
The Freshman
The Sin of Harold Diddleback
I Do
Movie Crazy
Speedy
The Kid Brother
Girl Shy
Never Weaken
Number Please!
Among the Present
Ben-Hur