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John Travolta Movies

Want to know the best John Travolta movies?  How about the worst John Travolta movies?  Curious about John Travolta’s box office grosses or which John Travolta movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which John Travolta movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.

John Travolta (1954-) is a two-time Academy Award® nominated actor. His career has been one serious roller coaster ride filled some serious peaks and serious lows.  A movie career can not start off any better than how Travolta’s did after the mega success of 1977’s Saturday Night Fever and 1978’s Grease.  After 1983’s Staying Alive was destroyed by critics, his career took a turn for the worse.  From 1983-1993 the only success he had was 1989’s Look Who’s Talking.  Then came 1994’s Pulp Fiction….which turned Travolta back into a huge box office draw.  From 1994 to 2009 he appeared in many box office successes with Get Shorty, The General’s Daughter, Face-Off, Wild Hogs and Michael being some of the bigger box office hits.  Since 2009 things have slowed down for Travolta….can he reach the summit for the third time?….we hope so.

His IMDb page shows over 90 acting credits since 1972. This page will rank John Travolta movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos and movies that were not released in theaters were not included in the rankings.

John Travolta in 1994's Pulp Fiction
John Travolta in 1994’s Pulp Fiction

John Travolta 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
1994 Pulp Fiction (1994)
AA Best Picture Nom
AA Best Actor Nom
1976 Carrie (1976)
2007 Hairspray (2007)
1997 Face/Off (1997)
1977 Saturday Night Fever (1977)
AA Best Actor Nom
1995 Get Shorty (1995)
2008 Bolt (2008)
1978 Grease (1978)
1980 Urban Cowboy (1980)
1996 Broken Arrow (1996)
1998 The Thin Red Line (1998)
AA Best Picture Nom
1989 Look Who's Talking (1989)
1998 A Civil Action (1998)
1996 Phenomenon (1996)
1998 Primary Colors (1998)
1999 The General's Daughter (1999)
1996 Michael (1996)
1981 Blow Out (1981)
2004 Ladder 49 (2004)
2007 Wild Hogs (2007)
2009 The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009)
2001 Swordfish (2001)
2012 Savages (2012)
1983 Staying Alive (1983)
2005 Be Cool (2005)
1990 Look Who's Talking Too (1990)
2016 In a Valley of Violence (2016)
1997 She's So Lovely (1997)
2004 The Punisher (2004)
2001 Domestic Disturbance (2001)
2015 Criminal Activities (2015)
2010 From Paris with Love (2010)
2006 Lonely Hearts (2006)
1997 Mad City (1997)
2015 Life on the Line (2015)
2003 Basic (2003)
2004 A Love Song for Bobby Long (2004)
1983 Two of a Kind (1983)
1985 Perfect (1985)
1990 Chains of Gold (1990)
2023 Die Hart (2023)
Amazon
2009 Old Dogs (2009)
1978 Moment by Moment (1978)
1991 Shout (1991)
2018 Gotti (2018)
2019 The Poison Rose (2019)
Limited Release
2000 Lucky Numbers (2000)
1995 White Man's Burden (1995)
2022 Paradise City (2022)
2018 Speed Kills (2018)
Limited Release
1989 The Experts (1989)
1993 Look Who's Talking Now (1993)
1975 The Devil's Rain (1975)
2013 Killing Season (2013)
2000 Battlefield Earth (2000)

John Travolta 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 John Travolta movies by co-stars of his movies.
  • Sort John Travolta movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
  • Sort John Travolta movies by yearly domestic box office rank
  • Sort John Travolta 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 John Travolta movie received.
  • Sort John Travolta 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 Pulp Fiction (1994)
AA Best Picture Nom
AA Best Actor Nom
Bruce Willis &
Samuel L. Jackson
107.90 330.7 655.40 10 94 07 / 01 99.7
2 Carrie (1976) Sissy Spacek 33.80 198.4 198.40 17 87 02 / 00 98.6
3 Hairspray (2007) Christopher Walken 118.90 216.0 368.00 23 85 00 / 00 97.8
4 Face/Off (1997) Nicolas Cage &
Joan Allen
112.30 305.8 669.10 10 83 00 / 00 97.7
3 Saturday Night Fever (1977)
AA Best Actor Nom
Karen Lynn Gorney 90.20 505.7 1,306.70 5 82 01 / 00 97.7
8 Get Shorty (1995) Gene Hackman 72.10 207.2 330.80 19 80 00 / 00 97.2
9 Bolt (2008) Miley Cyrus 114.10 198.6 539.70 23 79 01 / 00 96.8
7 Grease (1978) Olivia Newton-John 179.90 960.9 2,062.40 1 77 01 / 00 96.5
10 Urban Cowboy (1980) Debra Winger 46.90 225.6 225.60 16 68 00 / 00 94.0
13 Broken Arrow (1996) Christian Slater 70.80 200.1 425.00 20 60 00 / 00 91.4
12 The Thin Red Line (1998)
AA Best Picture Nom
Nick Nolte 36.40 97.0 261.50 57 81 07 / 00 91.0
11 Look Who's Talking (1989) Bruce Willis 140.10 441.1 935.10 5 56 00 / 00 89.9
15 A Civil Action (1998) Robert Duvall 56.70 151.1 151.10 37 67 02 / 00 88.9
12 Phenomenon (1996) Robert Duvall 104.60 295.9 295.90 12 54 00 / 00 88.5
17 Primary Colors (1998) Emma Thompson 39.00 103.9 138.80 52 75 00 / 00 85.6
16 The General's Daughter (1999) Madeleine Stowe 102.70 253.7 253.70 19 45 00 / 00 85.3
14 Michael (1996) William Hurt 95.30 269.6 338.60 16 44 00 / 00 85.3
18 Blow Out (1981) John Lithgow 12.00 54.0 54.00 65 86 00 / 00 83.4
20 Ladder 49 (2004) Joaquin Phoenix 74.50 150.0 202.40 38 53 00 / 00 81.9
19 Wild Hogs (2007) Tim Allen 168.30 305.7 460.80 12 35 00 / 00 81.1
21 The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009) Denzel Washington 65.50 109.1 250.30 49 59 00 / 00 77.9
24 Swordfish (2001) Hugh Jackman 69.80 154.4 325.40 35 41 00 / 00 76.4
23 Savages (2012) Directed by Oliver Stone 47.40 74.4 130.30 70 62 00 / 00 72.1
22 Staying Alive (1983) Directed by Sylvester Stallone 64.90 257.5 506.30 9 22 00 / 00 71.4
27 Be Cool (2005) Dwayne Johnson &
Vince Vaughn
56.00 109.5 186.00 49 39 00 / 00 56.2
26 Look Who's Talking Too (1990) Bruce Willis 47.80 141.2 246.00 24 28 00 / 00 53.9
25 In a Valley of Violence (2016) Ethan Hawke 0.10 0.1 0.10 291 68 00 / 00 47.4
26 She's So Lovely (1997) Sean Penn 7.30 19.8 19.80 126 60 00 / 00 43.2
31 The Punisher (2004) Thomas Jane 33.80 68.1 110.10 83 43 00 / 00 40.9
30 Domestic Disturbance (2001) Vince Vaughn 45.20 100.1 120.00 54 33 00 / 00 38.7
31 Criminal Activities (2015) Dan Stevens 0.10 0.1 0.60 322 62 00 / 00 33.8
32 From Paris with Love (2010) Jonathan Rhys Meyers 24.10 38.1 38.10 107 50 00 / 00 33.4
33 Lonely Hearts (2006) Salma Hayek 0.20 0.4 0.40 289 60 00 / 00 29.9
34 Mad City (1997) Dustin Hoffman 10.50 28.7 28.70 114 50 00 / 00 27.4
33 Life on the Line (2015) Sharon Stone 0.10 0.1 0.10 327 58 00 / 00 26.3
36 Basic (2003) Samuel L. Jackson 26.80 55.5 88.70 95 41 00 / 00 26.0
37 A Love Song for Bobby Long (2004) Scarlett Johansson 0.20 0.3 3.70 262 52 00 / 00 16.1
40 Two of a Kind (1983) Olivia Newton-John 23.60 93.8 93.80 29 22 00 / 00 14.3
39 Perfect (1985) Jamie Lee Curtis 12.90 45.5 45.50 69 36 00 / 00 13.7
38 Chains of Gold (1990) Hector Elizondo 0.00 0.1 0.10 268 49 00 / 00 11.9
41 Die Hart (2023)
Amazon
Kevin Hart &
Josh Hartnett
0.10 0.1 0.10 228 46 00 / 00 8.9
45 Old Dogs (2009) Robin Williams 49.50 82.5 161.30 60 20 00 / 00 8.9
44 Moment by Moment (1978) Lily Tomlin 11.00 58.6 58.60 55 28 00 / 00 8.7
40 Shout (1991) Heather Graham 3.50 10.5 10.50 134 42 00 / 00 8.1
45 Gotti (2018) Stacy Keach 4.30 5.8 8.10 163 43 00 / 00 7.2
46 The Poison Rose (2019)
Limited Release
Morgan Freeman &
Brendan Fraser
0.10 0.1 0.50 324 44 00 / 00 6.5
46 Lucky Numbers (2000) Lisa Kudrow 10.00 23.3 23.30 125 35 00 / 00 5.6
50 White Man's Burden (1995) Harry Belafonte 3.70 10.7 10.70 154 38 00 / 00 4.7
48 Paradise City (2022) Bruce Willis 0.10 0.1 0.20 164 41 00 / 00 4.5
48 Speed Kills (2018)
Limited Release
Matthew Modine 0.10 0.1 0.20 268 41 00 / 00 4.5
49 The Experts (1989) Arye Gross 0.20 0.5 0.50 196 34 00 / 00 1.7
51 Look Who's Talking Now (1993) Kirstie Alley &
Diane Keaton
10.30 31.2 31.20 107 24 00 / 00 1.6
53 The Devil's Rain (1975) Ernest Borgnine 1.50 9.2 9.20 129 30 00 / 00 1.3
52 Killing Season (2013) Robert DeNiro 0.10 0.1 0.10 250 30 00 / 00 0.8
53 Battlefield Earth (2000) Forest Whitaker 21.50 49.8 49.80 94 12 00 / 00 0.5

Adjusted John Travolta Adjusted Worldwide 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
Grease (1978) Olivia Newton-John 2,062.40
Saturday Night Fever (1977)
AA Best Actor Nom
Karen Lynn Gorney 1,306.70
Look Who's Talking (1989) Bruce Willis 935.10
Face/Off (1997) Nicolas Cage &
Joan Allen
669.10
Pulp Fiction (1994)
AA Best Picture Nom
AA Best Actor Nom
Bruce Willis &
Samuel L. Jackson
655.40
Bolt (2008) Miley Cyrus 539.70
Staying Alive (1983) Directed by Sylvester Stallone 506.30
Wild Hogs (2007) Tim Allen 460.80
Broken Arrow (1996) Christian Slater 425.00
Hairspray (2007) Christopher Walken 368.00
Michael (1996) William Hurt 338.60
Get Shorty (1995) Gene Hackman 330.80
Swordfish (2001) Hugh Jackman 325.40
The Thin Red Line (1998)
AA Best Picture Nom
Nick Nolte 261.50
The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009) Denzel Washington 250.30
Look Who's Talking Too (1990) Bruce Willis 246.00
Ladder 49 (2004) Joaquin Phoenix 202.40
Be Cool (2005) Dwayne Johnson &
Vince Vaughn
186.00
Old Dogs (2009) Robin Williams 161.30
Primary Colors (1998) Emma Thompson 138.80
Savages (2012) Directed by Oliver Stone 130.30
Domestic Disturbance (2001) Vince Vaughn 120.00
The Punisher (2004) Thomas Jane 110.10
Basic (2003) Samuel L. Jackson 88.70
Gotti (2018) Stacy Keach 8.10
A Love Song for Bobby Long (2004) Scarlett Johansson 3.70
Criminal Activities (2015) Dan Stevens 0.60
The Poison Rose (2019)
Limited Release
Morgan Freeman &
Brendan Fraser
0.50
Paradise City (2022) Bruce Willis 0.20
Speed Kills (2018)
Limited Release
Matthew Modine 0.20
John Travolta in 1977's Saturday Night Fever
John Travolta in 1977’s Saturday Night Fever

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

Pulp Fiction in Chronological Order

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  1. hinton says:
    June 8, 2015 at 7:42 am

    I think he needs another Pulp Fiction to jump start his career again. Although I was glad to see that he has another baby, maybe that will help him rebound

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    1. Cogerson says:
      June 8, 2015 at 7:44 am

      hinton1966…..I think another Pulp Fiction film is indeed needed for Travolta

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  2. mr.daydream says:
    June 8, 2015 at 7:42 am

    Travolta plays great villains: (Broken Arrow, Face/Off, Swordfish, The Punisher, The Taking Of Pelham 123). Travolta plays good heroes/good guys: (A Civil Action, The General’s Daughter, Domestic Disturbance, and again, Face/Off) and everything in-between. A great hub on a great actor.

    Basic+WhiteMan’sBurden=GARBAGE. Hated Battlefield Earth.

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    1. Cogerson says:
      June 8, 2015 at 7:44 am

      Mr. Daydreamer….thanks for the compliment

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  3. BryRog57 says:
    June 8, 2015 at 7:41 am

    Chili Palmer and Vincent Vega.

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    1. Cogerson says:
      June 8, 2015 at 7:45 am

      Two classic movie characters!

      Reply
  4. Katie says:
    June 8, 2015 at 7:41 am

    John Travolta looked like a Wookie in Battefield Earth…

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    1. Cogerson says:
      June 8, 2015 at 7:45 am

      Yes he did.

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  5. BERN1960 says:
    June 8, 2015 at 7:40 am

    Good job on Travolta. He is a good actor as well. I have enjoyed quite a few of his movies. There is no personal information on him. I believe that his son must now be over a year old. Thanks again.

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    1. BERN1960 says:
      June 8, 2015 at 7:41 am

      Broken Arrow was a good movie with John Travolta – lots of violence but good plot.

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      1. Cogerson says:
        June 8, 2015 at 7:41 am

        Broken Arrow came in at #14.

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