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Harry Dean Stanton (1926-2017) was an American actor, musician, and singer. Stanton was a beloved character actor (by audiences and his fellow thespians) whose career lasted 6 decades. During his long career he appeared in many classic movies: 1967’s Cool Hand Luke, 1974’s The Godfather: Part II, 1979’s Alien, 1981’s Escape From New York, 1999’s The Green Mile and 2012’s The Avengers. His IMDb page shows 203 acting credits from 1954 to 2018. This page will rank Harry Dean Stanton movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos, uncredited roles and movies that were not released in North American were not included in the rankings.
Harry Dean Stanton 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
1974
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
AA Best Picture Win
1979
Alien (1979)
1967
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
1962
How the West Was Won (1962)
AA Best Picture Nom
1999
The Green Mile (1999)
AA Best Picture Nom
2012
The Avengers (2012)
2011
Rango (2011)
Voice Only
1980
Private Benjamin (1980)
1979
The Rose (1979)
1970
Kelly's Heroes (1970)
2003
Anger Management (2003)
1998
A Civil Action (1998)
1981
Escape From New York (1981)
1986
Pretty in Pink (1986)
1984
Red Dawn (1984)
1956
The Wrong Man (1956)
1982
Young Doctors in Love (1982)
1978
Straight Time (1978)
1976
The Missouri Breaks (1976)
1973
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)
1999
The Straight Story (1999)
1983
Christine (1983)
1988
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
1959
Pork Chop Hill (1959)
1958
The Proud Rebel (1958)
2001
The Pledge (2001)
2001
The Animal (2001)
1960
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960)
2006
You, Me and Dupree (2006)
1973
Dillinger (1973)
2012
Seven Psychopaths (2012)
1971
Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
1974
Cockfighter (1974)
1975
Farewell, My Lovely (1975)
1979
Wise Blood (1979)
1984
Paris, Texas (1984)
1984
Repo Man (1984)
1985
One Magic Christmas (1985)
1959
The Jayhawkers! (1959)
1974
Where the Lilies Bloom (1974)
1990
Wild at Heart (1990)
2006
Inland Empire (2006)
1998
The Mighty (1998)
1958
Voice in the Mirror (1958)
2018
Lucky (2018)
1996
Down Periscope (1996)
1975
92 in the Shade (1975)
1975
Rancho Delux (1975)
2006
Alpha Dog (2006)
2004
Chrystal (2004)
2007
The Good Life (2007)
2011
This Must Be the Place (2011)
1980
The Black Marble (1980)
1997
She's So Lovely (1997)
1984
UFOria (1984)
Limited Release
1975
The Fortune (1975)
1998
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
1971
Cisco Pike (1971)
1968
Day Of The Evil Gun (1968)
1981
One from the Heart (1981)
1989
Dream a Little Dream (1989)
1980
Death Watch (1980)
Film Festival Circuit Only
1985
Fool for Love (1985)
1984
The Bear (1984)
1978
Renaldo and Clara (1978)
1959
A Dog's Best Friend (1959)
1963
The Man From The Diners' Club (1963)
1990
The Fourth War (1990)
1995
Never Talk to Strangers (1995)
1990
Twister (1990)
1967
A Time for Killing (1967)
1968
The Mini-Skirt Mob (1968)
1997
Fire Down Below (1997)
1992
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)
1962
Hero's Island (1962)
1987
Slam Dance (1987)
1970
The Rebel Rousers (1970)
1988
Mr. North (1988)
2005
The Wendell Baker Story (2005)
2000
The Man Who Cried (2000)
1974
Zandy's Bride (1974)
2002
Sonny (2002)
2009
The Open Road (2009)
1988
Stars And Bars (1988)
2004
The Big Bounce (2004)
2018
Frank and Ava (2018)
1992
Man Trouble (1992)
Harry Dean Stanton 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 Harry Dean Stanton movies by his co-stars
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- Sort Harry Dean Stanton movies by yearly domestic box office rank
- Sort Harry Dean Stanton 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 Harry Dean Stanton movie received.
- Sort Harry Dean Stanton 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 | The Godfather: Part II (1974) AA Best Picture Win |
Al Pacino & Diane Keaton |
47.50 | 317.8 | 627.30 | 9 | 94 | 11 / 06 | 100.0 | |
| 4 | Alien (1979) | Sigourney Weaver & John Hurt |
106.10 | 528.2 | 528.20 | 2 | 92 | 02 / 01 | 99.1 | |
| 6 | Cool Hand Luke (1967) | Paul Newman & George Kennedy |
18.20 | 188.5 | 188.50 | 15 | 93 | 04 / 01 | 99.0 | |
| 2 | How the West Was Won (1962) AA Best Picture Nom |
John Wayne & James Stewart |
36.10 | 601.5 | 1,434.90 | 2 | 76 | 08 / 03 | 99.0 | |
| 3 | The Green Mile (1999) AA Best Picture Nom |
Tom Hanks & Sam Rockwell |
136.80 | 337.9 | 708.50 | 12 | 81 | 04 / 00 | 98.8 | |
| 5 | The Avengers (2012) | Robert Downey Jr. & Chris Evans |
623.40 | 978.9 | 2,374.00 | 1 | 86 | 01 / 00 | 98.4 | |
| 7 | Rango (2011) Voice Only |
Johnny Depp & Timothy Olyphant |
123.50 | 194.6 | 387.30 | 22 | 83 | 01 / 01 | 97.9 | |
| 7 | Private Benjamin (1980) | Goldie Hawn & Albert Brooks |
80.00 | 384.6 | 384.60 | 7 | 65 | 03 / 00 | 93.7 | |
| 11 | The Rose (1979) | Bette Midler & Alan Bates |
29.20 | 145.3 | 145.30 | 31 | 75 | 04 / 00 | 91.5 | |
| 10 | Kelly's Heroes (1970) | Clint Eastwood & Donald Sutherland |
16.20 | 130.7 | 130.70 | 21 | 82 | 00 / 00 | 91.1 | |
| 9 | Anger Management (2003) | Jack Nicholson & Adam Sandler |
135.60 | 281.2 | 405.80 | 12 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 89.0 | |
| 13 | A Civil Action (1998) | John Travolta & Robert Duvall |
56.70 | 151.1 | 151.10 | 37 | 67 | 02 / 00 | 88.9 | |
| 12 | Escape From New York (1981) | Kurt Russell & Ernest Borgnine |
25.20 | 113.5 | 113.50 | 35 | 79 | 00 / 00 | 88.3 | |
| 14 | Pretty in Pink (1986) | Molly Ringwald & Jon Cryer |
40.50 | 136.4 | 136.40 | 24 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 87.2 | |
| 16 | Red Dawn (1984) | Charlie Sheen & Patrick Swayze |
38.40 | 142.8 | 142.80 | 22 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 84.1 | |
| 15 | The Wrong Man (1956) | Henry Fonda & Directed by Alfred Hitchcock |
3.30 | 75.6 | 138.60 | 102 | 79 | 00 / 00 | 83.3 | |
| 22 | Young Doctors in Love (1982) | Michael McKean & Directed by Garry Marshall |
38.50 | 163.5 | 163.50 | 18 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 81.0 | |
| 17 | Straight Time (1978) | Dustin Hoffman & Kathy Bates |
9.30 | 49.9 | 49.90 | 62 | 82 | 00 / 00 | 80.8 | |
| 20 | The Missouri Breaks (1976) | Marlon Brando & Jack Nicholson |
15.40 | 90.4 | 90.40 | 43 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 80.6 | |
| 19 | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973) | James Coburn & Kris Kristofferson |
8.20 | 57.8 | 57.80 | 44 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 80.3 | |
| 21 | The Straight Story (1999) | Richard Farnsworth & Sissy Spacek |
6.20 | 15.3 | 15.30 | 141 | 89 | 01 / 00 | 78.9 | |
| 23 | Christine (1983) | Stephen King & Directed by John Carpenter |
21.00 | 83.4 | 83.40 | 35 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 77.4 | |
| 21 | The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) | Willem Dafoe & Directed by Martin Scorsese |
8.40 | 25.5 | 27.00 | 100 | 83 | 01 / 00 | 77.1 | |
| 24 | Pork Chop Hill (1959) | Gregory Peck & George Peppard |
5.60 | 116.1 | 116.10 | 44 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 77.1 | |
| 26 | The Proud Rebel (1958) | Olivia de Havilland & Alan Ladd |
4.30 | 89.3 | 89.30 | 55 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 76.3 | |
| 26 | The Pledge (2001) | Jack Nicholson & Directed by Sean Penn |
19.70 | 43.7 | 65.10 | 101 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 75.3 | |
| 29 | The Animal (2001) | Rob Schneider & Colleen Haskell |
57.70 | 127.8 | 127.80 | 42 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 74.9 | |
| 32 | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960) | Buster Keaton & Tony Randall |
5.60 | 100.9 | 142.30 | 51 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 74.4 | |
| 33 | You, Me and Dupree (2006) | Owen Wilson & Kate Hudson |
75.60 | 143.7 | 247.80 | 31 | 43 | 00 / 00 | 73.7 | |
| 28 | Dillinger (1973) | Warren Oates & Richard Dreyfuss |
6.10 | 42.8 | 42.80 | 56 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 73.6 | |
| 25 | Seven Psychopaths (2012) | Sam Rockwell & Woody Harrelson |
15.00 | 23.6 | 30.50 | 121 | 80 | 00 / 00 | 73.5 | |
| 29 | Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) | Warren Oates & James Taylor |
3.00 | 23.0 | 23.00 | 81 | 79 | 00 / 00 | 72.4 | |
| 30 | Cockfighter (1974) | Warren Oates | 3.00 | 20.3 | 20.30 | 88 | 79 | 00 / 00 | 72.2 | |
| 34 | Farewell, My Lovely (1975) | Sylvester Stallone & Robert Mitchum |
6.10 | 37.0 | 37.00 | 62 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 71.1 | |
| 34 | Wise Blood (1979) | Directed by John Huston | 2.60 | 13.1 | 13.10 | 95 | 80 | 00 / 00 | 70.7 | |
| 36 | Paris, Texas (1984) | Nastassja Kinski | 2.20 | 8.1 | 8.10 | 137 | 81 | 00 / 00 | 69.7 | |
| 36 | Repo Man (1984) | Emilio Estevez | 0.10 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 191 | 83 | 00 / 00 | 69.6 | |
| 37 | One Magic Christmas (1985) | Mary Steenburgen & Gary Basaraba |
13.70 | 48.2 | 48.20 | 65 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 68.0 | |
| 40 | The Jayhawkers! (1959) | Jeff Chandler & Fess Parker |
2.90 | 59.5 | 59.50 | 82 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 66.9 | |
| 38 | Where the Lilies Bloom (1974) | Julie Gholson & Jan Smithers |
3.60 | 24.3 | 24.30 | 75 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 64.4 | |
| 41 | Wild at Heart (1990) | Nicolas Cage & Willem Dafoe |
14.60 | 43.0 | 43.00 | 85 | 65 | 01 / 00 | 64.3 | |
| 42 | Inland Empire (2006) | Jeremy Irons & Laura Dern |
0.90 | 1.6 | 1.60 | 236 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 59.5 | |
| 43 | The Mighty (1998) | Kieran Culkin & Sharon Stone |
2.70 | 7.1 | 16.30 | 163 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 59.0 | |
| 45 | Voice in the Mirror (1958) | Walter Matthau & Richard Egan |
1.20 | 25.3 | 25.30 | 129 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 58.3 | |
| 44 | Lucky (2018) | David Lynch & Tom Skerrit |
0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 373 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 57.1 | |
| 48 | Down Periscope (1996) | Kelsey Grammer & Bruce Dern |
25.80 | 72.9 | 72.90 | 61 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 53.5 | |
| 47 | 92 in the Shade (1975) | Warren Oates & Peter Fonda |
3.00 | 18.5 | 18.50 | 87 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 52.3 | |
| 46 | Rancho Delux (1975) | Jeff Bridges | 2.70 | 16.6 | 16.60 | 97 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 51.9 | |
| 49 | Alpha Dog (2006) | Bruce Willis & Justin Timberlake |
15.30 | 29.1 | 61.10 | 132 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 50.7 | |
| 48 | Chrystal (2004) | Lisa Blount & Billy Bob Thornton |
0.10 | 0.2 | 0.20 | 286 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 49.0 | |
| 50 | The Good Life (2007) | Zooey Deschanel | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 371 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 46.3 | |
| 51 | This Must Be the Place (2011) | Sean Penn & Frances McDormand |
0.10 | 0.2 | 18.60 | 231 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 44.7 | |
| 52 | The Black Marble (1980) | Robert Foxworth & Paula Prentiss |
2.50 | 12.0 | 12.00 | 130 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 43.4 | |
| 54 | She's So Lovely (1997) | John Travolta & Sean Penn |
7.30 | 19.8 | 19.80 | 126 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 43.2 | |
| 55 | UFOria (1984) Limited Release |
Fred Ward | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 210 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 42.3 | |
| 61 | The Fortune (1975) | Jack Nicholson & Warren Beatty |
9.10 | 55.4 | 55.40 | 51 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 42.2 | |
| 58 | Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) | Johnny Depp & Directed by Terry Gilliam |
10.70 | 28.5 | 36.50 | 113 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 41.4 | |
| 57 | Cisco Pike (1971) | Gene Hackman & Kris Kristofferson |
2.60 | 19.5 | 19.50 | 101 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 41.4 | |
| 56 | Day Of The Evil Gun (1968) | Glenn Ford & Arthur Kennedy |
1.70 | 16.7 | 16.70 | 138 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 41.3 | |
| 58 | One from the Heart (1981) | Teri Garr & Directed by Francis Ford Coppola |
0.60 | 2.9 | 2.90 | 149 | 63 | 01 / 00 | 39.0 | |
| 60 | Dream a Little Dream (1989) | Corey Feldman & Jason Robards |
5.60 | 17.5 | 17.50 | 106 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 38.3 | |
| 61 | Death Watch (1980) Film Festival Circuit Only |
Harvey Keitel | 0.10 | 0.3 | 0.30 | 189 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 38.3 | |
| 63 | Fool for Love (1985) | Sam Shepard & Kim Basinger |
0.80 | 2.9 | 2.90 | 157 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 33.4 | |
| 63 | The Bear (1984) | Football Movies & Gary Busey |
2.70 | 10.0 | 10.00 | 128 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 32.1 | |
| 63 | Renaldo and Clara (1978) | Bob Dylan | 0.10 | 0.7 | 0.70 | 152 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 31.2 | |
| 66 | A Dog's Best Friend (1959) | Bill Williams | 1.20 | 25.7 | 25.70 | 134 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 27.5 | |
| 67 | The Man From The Diners' Club (1963) | Danny Kaye & Telly Savalas |
2.20 | 31.3 | 31.30 | 86 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 26.0 | |
| 67 | The Fourth War (1990) | Roy Scheider & Jürgen Prochnow |
1.30 | 3.9 | 3.90 | 176 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 24.7 | |
| 70 | Never Talk to Strangers (1995) | Rebecca De Mornay & Antonio Banderas |
6.90 | 19.7 | 19.70 | 132 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 23.9 | |
| 70 | Twister (1990) | Suzy Amis | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 255 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 22.8 | |
| 69 | A Time for Killing (1967) | Glenn Ford & Harrison Ford |
1.10 | 11.0 | 11.00 | 140 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 22.3 | |
| 73 | The Mini-Skirt Mob (1968) | Jeremy Slate | 4.30 | 40.9 | 40.90 | 71 | 43 | 00 / 00 | 22.2 | |
| 73 | Fire Down Below (1997) | Steven Seagal & Kris Kristofferson |
16.20 | 44.2 | 44.20 | 93 | 40 | 00 / 00 | 20.9 | |
| 73 | Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992) | David Bowie & Sheryl Lee |
4.20 | 12.5 | 12.50 | 128 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 20.3 | |
| 76 | Hero's Island (1962) | James Mason & Warren Oates |
2.00 | 33.3 | 33.30 | 98 | 43 | 00 / 00 | 17.6 | |
| 75 | Slam Dance (1987) | Tom Hulce & Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio |
0.40 | 1.3 | 1.30 | 204 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 17.3 | |
| 76 | The Rebel Rousers (1970) | Cameron Mitchell & Bruce Dern |
1.90 | 15.3 | 15.30 | 110 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 16.2 | |
| 77 | Mr. North (1988) | Robert Mitchum & Lauren Bacall |
1.20 | 3.7 | 3.70 | 178 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 15.5 | |
| 77 | The Wendell Baker Story (2005) | Owen Wilson & Luke Wilson |
0.10 | 0.2 | 0.30 | 290 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 10.3 | |
| 78 | The Man Who Cried (2000) | Johnny Depp & Cate Blanchett |
0.70 | 1.7 | 1.70 | 197 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 9.8 | |
| 82 | Zandy's Bride (1974) | Gene Hackman & Liv Ullmann |
2.90 | 19.2 | 19.20 | 93 | 40 | 00 / 00 | 8.6 | |
| 79 | Sonny (2002) | James Franco & Directed by Nicholas Cage |
0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 354 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 8.2 | |
| 83 | The Open Road (2009) | Justin Timberlake & Ted Danson |
0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 467 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 7.7 | |
| 84 | Stars And Bars (1988) | Daniel Day-Lewis | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 307 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 7.3 | |
| 83 | The Big Bounce (2004) | Owen Wilson & Morgan Freeman |
6.50 | 13.1 | 13.70 | 156 | 37 | 00 / 00 | 4.8 | |
| 84 | Frank and Ava (2018) | Rico Simonini | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 450 | 39 | 00 / 00 | 3.5 | |
| 87 | Man Trouble (1992) | Jack Nicholson & Ellen Barkin |
4.10 | 12.3 | 12.30 | 129 | 32 | 00 / 00 | 2.0 |
Best IMDb trivia on Harry Dean Stanton
- Harry Dean Stanton was born in West Irvine, Kentucky in 1926.
2. Harry Dean Stanton was drafted into the Navy, he served as a cook in the U.S. Navy during World War II, and was on board an LST during the Battle of Okinawa.
3. Critic Roger Ebert so admires him that he created the “Stanton-Walsh Rule,” which states that “no movie featuring either Harry Dean Stanton or M. Emmet Walsh in a supporting role can be altogether bad.” Ebert later admitted that Dream a Little Dream (1989), in which Stanton appeared, was a “clear violation” of this rule.
4. Harry Dean Stanton occasionally toured nightclubs as a singer and guitarist, playing mostly country-inflected cover tunes.
5.Harry Dean Stanton appeared in three films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar®: How the West Was Won (1962), The Godfather: Part II (1974) and The Green Mile (1999). Of those, only The Godfather: Part II (1974) won in the category.
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