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Karen Allen Movies

Want to know the best Karen Allen movies?  How about the worst Karen Allen movies?  Curious about Karen Allen box office grosses or which Karen Allen movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Karen Allen 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 and much more.

Karen Allen (1951-) is an American actress.  Allen has appeared in some of the biggest box office hits of all-time.  She is probably best known for role as Marion in the Indiana Jones movie franchise. Her IMDb page shows over 68 acting credits since 1979. This page will rank Karen Allen movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. To do well in the rankings, a movie needed to do well at the box office, be liked by both critics and audiences and earn some award recognition.

Karen Allen 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
1981 Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
AA Best Picture Nom
1979 Manhattan (1979)
1978 Animal House (1978)
2008 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
2023 Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)
1992 Malcolm X (1992)
2000 The Perfect Storm (2000)
2001 In the Bedroom (2001)
AA Best Picture Nom
1988 Scrooged (1988)
1984 Starman (1984)
1993 The Sandlot (1993)
1982 Shoot the Moon (1982)
1993 King of the Hill (1993)
1980 Cruising (1980)
1979 The Wanderers (1979)
1987 The Glass Menagerie (1987)
1982 Split Image (1982)
2022 A Stage Of Twilight (2022)
Film Festival Circuit Only
2010 White Irish Drinkers (2010)
Limited Release
1984 Until September (1984)
2009 A Dog Year (2009)
HBO Movie
Voice Only
1991 Sweet Talker (1991)
2019 Colewell (2019)
Film Festival Circuit Only
2004 Posterboy (2004)
Limited Release
1980 A Small Circle of Friends (1980)
1999 The Basket (1999)
2001 My Horrible Year! (2001)
Showtime Movies
2015 Bad Hurt (2015)
Film Festival Circuit Only
1987 Backfire (1987)
Limited Release
2016 Year By The Sea (2016)
Film Festival Circuit Only
2002 Briar Patch (2002)
Film Festival Circuit Only
1993 Ghost in the Machine (1993)
2004 When Will I Be Loved (2004)
2001 World Traveler (2001)
2021 Things Heard & Seen (2021)
Netflix
1992 The Turning (1992)
Film Festival Circuit Only
1989 Animal Behavior (1989)
1997 'Til There Was You (1997)

Karen Allen 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 Karen Allen movies by co-stars of her movies.
  • Sort Karen Allen movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
  • Sort Karen Allen movies by yearly domestic box office rank
  • Sort Karen Allen movies how they were received by critics and audiences.  60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
  • Sort by how many Oscar® nominations each Karen Allen movie received and how many Oscar® wins each Karen Allen movie won.
  • Sort Karen Allen 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 Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
AA Best Picture Nom
Harrison Ford &
Directed by Steven Spielberg
246.20 1,040.4 1,639.60 1 92 08 / 04 99.7
3 Manhattan (1979) Woody Allen 39.90 187.0 187.00 22 91 02 / 00 98.6
2 Animal House (1978) John Belushi &
Donald Sutherland
139.80 702.2 702.20 2 84 00 / 00 97.9
4 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) Harrison Ford &
Cate Blanchett
317.10 518.9 1,287.30 3 68 00 / 00 94.5
5 Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023) Harrison Ford &
Antonio Banderas
174.50 190.2 415.80 12 68 01 / 00 93.5
6 Malcolm X (1992) Denzel Washington &
Directed by Spike Lee
48.20 136.4 136.40 32 83 02 / 00 92.9
5 The Perfect Storm (2000) George Clooney &
Mark Wahlberg
182.60 398.1 716.60 6 58 02 / 00 91.8
7 In the Bedroom (2001)
AA Best Picture Nom
Tom Wilkinson &
Sissy Spacek
35.90 74.7 74.70 68 88 05 / 00 91.4
8 Scrooged (1988) Robert Mitchum &
Bill Murray
60.30 172.5 172.50 13 59 01 / 00 88.8
9 Starman (1984) Jeff Bridges 28.70 100.5 100.50 32 76 01 / 00 86.4
10 The Sandlot (1993) James Earl Jones &
Baseball Movies
32.40 92.1 92.10 49 68 00 / 00 81.3
13 Shoot the Moon (1982) Albert Finney &
Diane Keaton
9.20 36.8 36.80 63 76 00 / 00 75.1
12 King of the Hill (1993) Elizabeth McGovern 1.20 3.4 3.40 181 87 00 / 00 74.9
15 Cruising (1980) Al Pacino &
Paul Sorvino
16.30 73.5 73.50 48 60 00 / 00 70.3
14 The Wanderers (1979) Ken Wahl &
Karen Allen
5.30 24.6 24.60 79 74 00 / 00 68.6
16 The Glass Menagerie (1987) Joanne Woodward &
John Malkovich
0.90 2.7 2.70 182 67 00 / 00 47.1
17 Split Image (1982) Brian Dennehy &
Peter Fonda
0.30 1.1 1.10 154 68 00 / 00 46.9
18 A Stage Of Twilight (2022)
Film Festival Circuit Only
William Sadler 0.10 0.1 0.10 177 65 00 / 00 40.1
19 White Irish Drinkers (2010)
Limited Release
Nick Thurston 0.10 0.1 0.10 274 64 00 / 00 38.9
21 Until September (1984) Thierry Lhermitte 4.20 14.8 14.80 119 59 00 / 00 36.9
20 A Dog Year (2009)
HBO Movie
Voice Only
Jeff Bridges 0.10 0.1 0.10 308 63 00 / 00 36.8
22 Sweet Talker (1991) Bryan Brown 0.40 1.1 1.10 198 61 00 / 00 31.8
24 Colewell (2019)
Film Festival Circuit Only
Hannah Gross 0.10 0.1 0.10 220 61 00 / 00 31.3
23 Posterboy (2004)
Limited Release
Michael Lerner 0.10 0.1 0.10 293 61 00 / 00 31.0
25 A Small Circle of Friends (1980) Brad Davis &
Jameson Parker
0.80 3.5 3.50 160 59 00 / 00 29.3
26 The Basket (1999) Peter Coyote 0.40 0.9 0.90 219 55 00 / 00 22.0
26 My Horrible Year! (2001)
Showtime Movies
Directed by Eric Stoltz 0.00 0.1 0.10 330 56 00 / 00 21.9
27 Bad Hurt (2015)
Film Festival Circuit Only
Ashley Williams 0.10 0.1 0.10 232 55 00 / 00 20.4
28 Backfire (1987)
Limited Release
Keith Carradine 0.00 0.1 0.10 281 52 00 / 00 15.5
29 Year By The Sea (2016)
Film Festival Circuit Only
Celia Imrie 0.10 0.1 0.10 277 52 00 / 00 15.1
30 Briar Patch (2002)
Film Festival Circuit Only
Henry Thomas 0.10 0.1 0.10 295 50 00 / 00 12.7
31 Ghost in the Machine (1993) Chris Mulkey 5.10 14.4 14.40 141 44 00 / 00 11.3
33 When Will I Be Loved (2004) Neve Campbell &
Frederick Weller
0.20 0.3 0.30 264 44 00 / 00 7.2
32 World Traveler (2001) Julianne Moore &
Billy Crudup
0.10 0.2 0.20 274 44 00 / 00 7.1
34 Things Heard & Seen (2021)
Netflix
Amanda Seyfried 0.10 0.1 0.10 211 43 00 / 00 6.3
35 The Turning (1992)
Film Festival Circuit Only
Gillian Anderson 0.00 0.1 0.10 261 39 00 / 00 3.5
36 Animal Behavior (1989) Armand Assante &
Josh Mostel
0.00 0.1 0.10 234 36 00 / 00 2.1
37 'Til There Was You (1997) Jennifer Aniston 3.50 9.0 9.00 153 25 00 / 00 0.5

Karen Allen Adjusted World Wide 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
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
AA Best Picture Nom
Harrison Ford &
Directed by Steven Spielberg
1,639.60
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) Harrison Ford &
Cate Blanchett
1,287.30
The Perfect Storm (2000) George Clooney &
Mark Wahlberg
716.60
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023) Harrison Ford &
Antonio Banderas
415.80

Check out Karen Allen‘s career compared to current and classic actors.  Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time

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