Want to know the best Jerry Lewis movies? How about the worst Jerry Lewis movies? Curious about Jerry Lewis box office grosses or which Jerry Lewis movie picked up the most Oscar nominations? Need to know which Jerry Lewis 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.
“I get paid for what most kids get punished for.” – Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lewis Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Jerry Lewis 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 Jerry Lewis movies by co-stars of his movies.
- Sort Jerry Lewis movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost
- Sort Jerry Lewis movies by yearly domestic box office rank
- Sort Jerry Lewis 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 many Oscar® wins each Jerry Lewis movie received and
- Sort Jerry Lewis 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.
- Use the search and sort button to make this page very interactive. For example type “Martin” in the search box and up pop the 16 movies that Dean Martin and Lewis made together.
Possibly Interesting Facts About Jerry Lewis
1. Joseph Levitch was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1928. He started using the name Joey Lewis when he started performing. Dropped “Joey” and picked “Jerry” to avoid confusion with comedy Joe E. Brown and boxer Joe Lewis.
2. The big break of Jerry Lewis’ career was when he met singer, Dean Martin, in 1946. Their partnership went from night clubs to radio appearances to an Ed Sullivan television appearance to movies in about 2 and half years. They would make a total of 17 movies (that includes one cameo) together from 1949 to 1956. Everyone of their movies was a box office hit….16 for 16 …you can not get better than that.
3. Jerry Lewis was a Top Ten Box Office Star 12 years. With Dean Martin…they were ranked 2nd in 1951, 1st in 1952, 2nd in 1953, 2nd in 1954, 7th in 1955 and 6th in 1956. Without Martin he was ranked 9th in 1957, 3rd in 1958, 9th in 1959, 7th in 1961, 7th in 1962 and 10th in 1963.
4. Jerry Lewis was honored for his contribution and development of the first “Video Assist” for the motion picture camera in 1966. This allowed him to view his performance while directing himself in his films. This is used extensively today in filmmaking, known as “Video Village.”
5. Jerry Lewis is beloved in France. He was presented the French Legion of Honor in 1984. Twice voted Best Foreign Director by the French film critics. In 2009, Jerry Lewis received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. His honorary Oscar® speech is in a You Tube video at the bottom of the page.
6. Jerry Lewis taught a film directing class at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles for a number of years; his students included Steven Spielberg and George Lucas.
7. Jerry Lewis hosted the annual Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon, from 1966 to 2010. The telethon has raised over 2.6 billion dollars. Lewis was nominated for a Nobel Prize for his work with the telethon. When I was younger, you could not think about Labor Day without thinking about the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon.
8. Jerry Lewis has been married twice; first to Patti Lewis from 1944 to 1983..they had six children. Lewis’ oldest son, Gary, is the lead singer for Gary Lewis & The Playboys. They had several pop hits in the 1960s. His second marriage is to SanDee Pitnick. They have been married since 1983 and they have one child.
9. Some Adam Sandler/Jerry Lewis stuff I found interesting. (1) They both have specialized in “man-child” movies. (2) Those “man-child” movies have been very successful at the box office. (3) They both starred in a movie called That’s My Boy. The Lewis movie was in 1951 while Sandler’s movie was made in 2012. (4) Darren McGavin and Johnny Depp are two actors that appeared in movies with both actors.
10. Jerry Lewis starred and directed probably the most famous movie never to be released. 1972’s The Day The Clown Cried has been locked in a Lewis vault for over 40 years now and has been seen by very few people. That might be changing in the near future (2025?). Check out this link for further information.
Check out Jerry Lewis’s movie career compared to current and classic stars on our Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time page.
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Wow!!!!!!!
Hey Kim…..thank you.
Hello again.
Regarding the other “actor” mentioned at the top of the page, you couldn’t pay me to watch one of his movies.
Steve beats my total of Jerry Lewis movies easily. Basically, I watch Martin and Lewis films for Dean Martin and I have seen a lot of non-Lewis Martin films. I remember that when I answered your page on Dean Martin that most of the films I hadn’t seen were Jerry Lewis titles.
The only one of Jerry’s films without Dean Martin I have seen is The Nutty Professor.
I will have to keep in mind Jerry’s film as a straight man to Tony Curtis. I may enjoy that film.
I recently watched Hollywood or Bust to increase my Martin/Lewis total.
The films of Jerry Lewis I have seen are, alphabetically:
Hollywood or Bust
The Caddy
The Nutty Professor
So despite you having seen only 4 of his films only, you still come in second.
Flora
Hey Flora….wow 4 Lewis movies watched gets the silver. Steve doubles our combined output. The Tony Curtis movie interests me too. I guess you won’t being going to the Adam Sandler Film Tribute Festival anytime soon…..lol. You and my wife have the same actual thinking when it comes to Mr. Sandler. As always thanks for stopping by.
Big big hug Jerry from me. :-*
Thank you Vlatka for stopping by and commenting.
Visit a great Jerry Lewis fan page: http://www.behindthehiddennask.com and sign the Guest book
Thanks Rachel…..glad you like my Jerry Lewis page. I will checkout the Jerry page that you set the link to.
JERRY HAS BEEN A PART OF MY LIFE FOR ABOUT 60 YEARS , NO MATTER WHERE I AM OR WHAT SITUATION I’M IN , I CANNOT RESIST TAKING OFF JERRY JUST TO GET A LAUGH ! I BROUGHT MY CHILDREN UP ON JERRY ,BECAUSE LAUGHTER IS WHAT YOU ARE AND WHO YOU ARE I AM SURE JERRY WOULD AGREE ! MY FAVOURITE FILM IS FAMILY JEWELS ! THANK YOU MISTER JERRY LEWIS LOVE YOU FOREVER XXX
Hey Roy. Thanks for sharing you connection with Jerry. To me his MDA Telethon always seemed like a holiday event. I was always amazed that Jerry had stayed up all night doing the telethon. I remember telling myself when I was working overnight shifts in a grocery if Jerry can do it….then I can do it. Labor Days just are not the same anymore with Jerry and the Telethon. Good comment on the power on laughter. Glad to see your favorite near the top of the rankings….that had one of his best reviews. He might have two movies coming out in 2016….one with Nicolas Cage….and another that will star Debbie Reynolds, Mary Tyler Moore and Lewis…..the man just keeps going.