Want to know the best Holly Hunter movies? How about the worst Holly Hunter movies? Curious about Holly Hunter box office grosses or which Holly Hunter movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Holly Hunter movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.
Holly Hunter (1958-) is an Oscar® winning American actress. She won her Oscar® for 1993’s The Piano. She was also nominated for the Academy Award® for Best Actress for 1987’s Broadcast News, and the Academy Award® for Best Supporting Actress for 1993’s The Firm and 2003’s Thirteen. Holly Hunter’s IMDb page shows over 60 acting credits since 1981. This page will rank Holly Hunter movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, movies that were not released in North American theaters were not included in the rankings. 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.
Holly Hunter 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
2004
The Incredibles (2004)
Voice Only
1987
Broadcast News (1987)
AA Best Picture Nom
2018
Incredibles 2 (2018)
Voice Only
1993
The Piano (1993)
AA Best Picture Nom
AA Best Actress Win
1993
The Firm (1993)
AA Best Supp Actress Nom
2016
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
2000
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
2017
The Big Sick (2017)
1989
Always (1989)
1987
Raising Arizona (1987)
1995
Copycat (1995)
1984
Swing Shift (1984)
1991
Once Around (1991)
1995
Home for the Holidays (1995)
1998
Living Out Loud (1998)
2003
Thirteen (2003)
AA Best Supp Actress Nom
1999
Jesus' Son (1999)
2002
Moonlight Mile (2002)
1993
The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (1993)
HBO Movie
2005
Nine Lives (2005)
1989
Miss Firecracker (1989)
1996
Crash (1996)
2005
The Big White (2005)
2000
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (2000)
Film Festival Circuit Only
2004
Little Black Book (2004)
2017
Song to Song (2017)
2014
Manglehorn (2014)
1987
End of the Line (1987)
2016
Strange Weather (2016)
1997
A Life Less Ordinary (1997)
2003
Levity (2003)
2013
Paradise (2013)
Limited Release
2012
Won't Back Down (2012)
1989
Animal Behavior (1989)
Holly Hunter 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 Holly Hunter movies by co-stars of her movies
- Sort Holly Hunter movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Holly Hunter movies by yearly domestic box office grosses rank
- Sort Holly Hunter movies by how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort Holly Hunter movies by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each movie received.
- Sort Holly Hunter movies by Ultimate Movie Ranking (UMR) Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
- Blue link in Co-star column takes you to that star’s UMR movie page
| 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 Incredibles (2004) Voice Only |
Craig T. Nelson & Samuel L. Jackson |
261.40 | 526.3 | 1,271.00 | 5 | 92 | 04 / 02 | 99.4 | |
| 3 | Broadcast News (1987) AA Best Picture Nom |
William Hurt & Albert Brooks |
51.20 | 163.8 | 215.30 | 18 | 85 | 07 / 00 | 98.1 | |
| 2 | Incredibles 2 (2018) Voice Only |
Craig T. Nelson & Samuel L. Jackson |
608.60 | 830.5 | 1,694.10 | 3 | 83 | 01 / 00 | 98.0 | |
| 4 | The Piano (1993) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Actress Win |
Sam Neill & Harvey Keitel |
40.20 | 121.2 | 121.40 | 37 | 88 | 08 / 03 | 96.8 | |
| 5 | The Firm (1993) AA Best Supp Actress Nom |
Tom Cruise & Gene Hackman |
158.30 | 478.1 | 816.00 | 4 | 69 | 02 / 00 | 95.0 | |
| 6 | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) | Ben Affleck & Henry Cavill |
330.40 | 477.4 | 1,261.90 | 8 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 89.3 | |
| 7 | O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) | George Clooney | 45.50 | 105.5 | 166.70 | 54 | 80 | 02 / 00 | 87.8 | |
| 8 | The Big Sick (2017) | Kumail Nanjiani & Ray Romano |
42.90 | 59.7 | 73.80 | 64 | 88 | 01 / 00 | 85.4 | |
| 10 | Always (1989) | Richard Dreyfuss & Brad Johnson |
43.90 | 138.1 | 233.40 | 29 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 83.2 | |
| 9 | Raising Arizona (1987) | Nicolas Cage & John Goodman |
22.80 | 73.0 | 93.30 | 49 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 81.5 | |
| 11 | Copycat (1995) | Sigourney Weaver | 32.10 | 92.1 | 226.60 | 56 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 78.4 | |
| 12 | Swing Shift (1984) | Goldie Hawn & Kurt Russell |
6.70 | 24.7 | 24.70 | 98 | 75 | 01 / 00 | 70.2 | |
| 13 | Once Around (1991) | Richard Dreyfuss | 14.90 | 44.1 | 44.10 | 78 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 67.2 | |
| 16 | Home for the Holidays (1995) | Anne Bancroft | 17.50 | 50.3 | 50.30 | 87 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 65.2 | |
| 15 | Living Out Loud (1998) | Danny DeVito | 12.90 | 34.4 | 34.40 | 105 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 64.5 | |
| 14 | Thirteen (2003) AA Best Supp Actress Nom |
Vanessa Hudgens | 4.60 | 9.5 | 9.50 | 148 | 74 | 01 / 00 | 62.8 | |
| 17 | Jesus' Son (1999) | Billy Crudup & Robert Michael Kelly |
1.30 | 3.2 | 3.20 | 188 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 59.6 | |
| 18 | Moonlight Mile (2002) | Jake Gyllenhaal & Dustin Hoffman |
6.80 | 14.7 | 21.60 | 152 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 49.6 | |
| 19 | The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (1993) HBO Movie |
Beau Bridges | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 289 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 48.4 | |
| 19 | Nine Lives (2005) | Sissy Spacek & Glenn Close |
0.50 | 0.9 | 3.10 | 238 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 46.4 | |
| 20 | Miss Firecracker (1989) | Tim Robbins | 1.90 | 5.8 | 5.80 | 143 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 34.3 | |
| 22 | Crash (1996) | James Spader | 2.00 | 5.8 | 5.80 | 181 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 33.3 | |
| 21 | The Big White (2005) | Robin Williams | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 342 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 32.6 | |
| 23 | Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (2000) Film Festival Circuit Only |
Glenn Close | 0.00 | 0.1 | 3.20 | 357 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 30.8 | |
| 23 | Little Black Book (2004) | Brittany Murphy & Ron Livingston |
20.70 | 41.7 | 44.40 | 104 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 29.0 | |
| 26 | Song to Song (2017) | Ryan Gosling & Michael Fassbender |
0.40 | 0.6 | 0.60 | 202 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 24.2 | |
| 27 | Manglehorn (2014) | Al Pacino | 0.10 | 0.2 | 0.20 | 217 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 24.1 | |
| 26 | End of the Line (1987) | Kevin Bacon | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 279 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 23.5 | |
| 28 | Strange Weather (2016) | Carrie Coon | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 302 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 23.1 | |
| 30 | A Life Less Ordinary (1997) | Cameron Diaz & Ewan McGregor |
4.40 | 11.9 | 40.10 | 146 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 14.6 | |
| 31 | Levity (2003) | Billy Bob Thornton & Morgan Freeman |
0.20 | 0.4 | 0.40 | 233 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 13.3 | |
| 32 | Paradise (2013) Limited Release |
Octavia Spencer | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 302 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 9.4 | |
| 33 | Won't Back Down (2012) | Viola Davis & Maggie Gyllenhaal |
5.30 | 8.3 | 9.00 | 147 | 43 | 00 / 00 | 8.5 | |
| 34 | Animal Behavior (1989) | Karen Allen & Armand Assante |
0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 234 | 36 | 00 / 00 | 2.1 |
The Best of IMDb Trivia on Holly Hunter
1. Holly Hunter made her Broadway debut in 1982 in “Crimes of the Heart.”
2. Holly Hunter turned down the lead role in Blood Simple (1984), but introduced the Coen Brothers to her roommate Frances McDormand, who got the role and ended up marrying one of the brothers. Hunter’s voice can be heard on an answering machine message in the film.
3. Holly Hunter has 7 Golden Globe® acting nominations (winning once) and 7 Primetime Emmy® nominations (winning twice).
4. Holly Hunter is unable to hear with her left ear due to a childhood case of the mumps. The condition sometimes leads to complications at work. Some scenes have to be altered from the script for her to use her right ear.[
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Hey Pierre….yep that was Holly Hunter in Copycat….that was pretty much the end of her leading lady in a big budget movie days. Now she either offers support in big budgets or is the lead in low budget movies….but she is still bringing solid performances to the table. Thanks for the return visit to this page.
Hello
I was writing about the série « succession « and I saw a few days ago some episodes
And one of the players was simply Holly Hunter, so I have to write that I did not recognise her at the first time but I was thinking I know that face and this voice and I was asking me is it her??
So I read the générique at the end and I saw her name but I was not sure because Copycat is so far away……..
Hélas …..for us…..
Pierre
Hello Bruce,
Come back from holidays
Holly Hunter for me just one film
Copycat and I love that film it was very good and I think I saw more films but not the Piano, so I remembered just that film with Sigourney Weaver and I saw it several times but not so much like American Graffity.
Anyway Holly Hunter after the piano she has all the world at her feet
What happens,,,?,,
It is always good time in France and I drink a very good Chardonnay
So Cheers everybody
Pierre
Hello Woc, Hello Bruce,
I made this comment on the Holly Hunter page on the 12 September 2019, because I think she deserves it and I love that film Copycat but I have to write that this day I drink a lot of Chardonnay so I forgot it so when I was on the site last night to write a comment on the Newest page I read it again and it was not so bad even if I really drunk to much but I did not found your return.
Is it possible that it was lost or may be on a other page.
Could you sent me again please
Bye
Pierre
Only 31 films for Holly Hunter? I was expecting more.
I’ve seen 11 of the 31, which is about what I expected. Favorites are – Incredibles 1-2, Batman v Superman, Always, The Firm, Raising Arizona and A Life Less Ordinary.
I haven’t seen The Piano but I still remember 11 year old Anna Paquin’s priceless reaction when she won the Supporting Oscar for that film. The poor little girl was almost hyperventilating and speechless when she got to the podium. Check out the youtube video and see her reaction. 🙂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xElXtoO_WmA
Nice work Bruce. Vote Up!
Hey Steve
1. Thanks for the visit, comment and tally count.
2. Tally counts. Me 20, bob cox 13, you 11 and Flora 3
3. I agree her total of 31 movies seems on the low side …especially for a career that is approaching 40 years.
4. Glad to see A Life Less Ordinary on your favorites list…as that is one of my favorites as well.
5. As for The Piano….a one and done movie for me.
6. Thanks for attaching Paquin’s Oscar moment….I remember it very well.
Good stuff.