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Kathryn Bigelow Movies

Want to know the best Kathryn Bigelow movies?  How about the worst Kathryn Bigelow movies?  Curious about Kathryn Bigelow box office grosses or which Kathryn Bigelow movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Kathryn Bigelowh 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.

Kathryn Bigelow (1951-) is an Oscar® winning American film director, producer, and screenwriter.  Bigelow was the first woman to win the Academy Award® for Best Director  Bigelow’s IMDb page shows 20 directing credits since 1978.  This page will rank Kathryn Bigelow movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information.  This page comes from a request by UMR Hall of Famer, Mike.

https://www.cinemadailies.com/ranking-all-of-director-kathryn-bigelows-movies/

Kathryn Bigelow 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
2012 Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
AA Best Picture Nom
2008 The Hurt Locker (2008)
AA Best Picture Win
AA Best Director Win
1991 Point Break (1991)
2017 Detroit (2017)
2002 K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)
1987 Near Dark (1987)
1995 Strange Days (1995)
1981 The Loveless (1981)
1989 Blue Steel (1989)
Director
2000 The Weight of Water (2002)
1991’s Point Break

Kathryn Bigelow 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 Kathryn Bigelow movies by the stars of her movies
  • Sort Kathryn Bigelow movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
  • Sort Kathryn Bigelow movies by adjusted worldwide box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
  • Sort Kathryn Bigelow 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 Kathryn Bigelow movie received.
  • Sort Kathryn Bigelow 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.

CreditRank Movie (Year) UMR Co-Star Links Review % Oscar Nom / Win S UMR Score
CreditRank 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 S UMR Score
1 Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
AA Best Picture Nom
Jessica Chastain &
Joel Edgerton
95.70 150.3 208.6 32 90 05 / 01 98.3
2 The Hurt Locker (2008)
AA Best Picture Win
AA Best Director Win
Jeremy Renner &
Anthony Mackie
17.00 29.6 85.7 124 90 09 / 06 96.2
3 Point Break (1991) Keanu Reeves &
Patrick Swayze
43.20 128.3 248.0 28 68 00 / 00 85.6
4 Detroit (2017) John Boyega &
Anthony Mackie
16.80 23.4 36.3 111 81 00 / 00 74.6
5 K-19: The Widowmaker (2002) Harrison Ford &
Liam Neeson
35.20 75.8 141.6 76 64 00 / 00 73.8
6 Near Dark (1987) Bill Paxton &
Lance Henriksen
3.40 10.8 10.8 122 74 00 / 00 62.2
7 Strange Days (1995) Ralph Fiennes &
Angela Bassett
8.00 22.9 22.9 122 67 00 / 00 58.1
8 The Loveless (1981) Willem Dafoe 0.10 0.2 0.2 176 69 00 / 00 48.0
9 Blue Steel (1989)
Director
Jamie Lee Curtis &
Ron Silver
8.20 25.9 25.9 88 56 00 / 00 37.1
10 The Weight of Water (2002) Sean Penn 0.10 0.3 0.3 255 48 00 / 00 10.7

1995’s Strange Days

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

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8 thoughts on “Kathryn Bigelow Movies”

  1. Dan says:
    July 14, 2021 at 10:57 am

    I’ve seen 8.

    Reply
    1. Cogerson says:
      July 15, 2021 at 7:57 am

      Hey Dan…thanks for the tally count. Let’s see….8 for you, 7 for Steve and 8 for me. I think all 8 of the ones I have seen are good….the only turkey for me at least is #10 The Weight of Water. Good feedback.

      Reply
  2. Steve Lensman says:
    July 14, 2021 at 9:03 am

    Kathryn Bigelow, good director.

    I’ve seen 7 of the 10 films on the chart, favorites are – Point Break, Strange Days, Near Dark, Zero Dark Thirty and The Hurt Locker.

    I’ve also seen Blue Steel and K20 The Windowmaker.

    hmm Zero Dark Thirty tops all the charts, I thought Hurt Locker was better.

    Nice work Bruce. Vote Up!

    Reply
    1. Cogerson says:
      July 15, 2021 at 7:59 am

      Hey Steve. Thanks for checking out our latest page. Tally count: Dan and Cogerson at 8….Steve at 7. I have seen all of your favorites. I have not seen Blue Steel. I agree with you about The Hurt Locker…..Zero Dark Thirty is a good movie, but got a higher score for a much better box office run. The Hurt Locker had already been released to home entertainment when it found it’s following and Oscar glory. Good stuff as always.

      Reply
  3. BOB ROY says:
    July 14, 2021 at 7:59 am

    Katie Bigelow has a current net worth of $40 million and IMDB credits her with 85 acting awards and 64 nominations. I have seen 3 of the movies listed above -The Hurt Locker which is regarded as her classic [along with Zero Dark 30] Point Break and Blue Steel.

    Oddly enough I was indifferent to Hurt Locker but loved both Point Break and Blue Steel even though WH gives the latter a less-than-good 56% rating and credits it with just an adjusted domestic gross of $19 million.

    HE of course doesn’t get EVERYTHING right even when the general public seems to agree with him. I do my own thing or as The Duke would have expressed it “I ride my own horse!” [No pun intended].

    Katie was a trailblazer for women as Bruce mentions in his lead-in above so this new page deserves a “Vote Up” in my view. She has no projects in the pipeline at present. She did though in 2014, announce plans to direct two movies: an adaptation of Anand Giridharadas’s non-fiction book The True American starring Tom Hardy and a feature based on the life of Bowe Bergdahl written by Mark Boal but as yet those projects are unrealized.

    Bowe is a US soldier who was held captive from 2009-14 by the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan. A reception was held for him in May 2014 in the Obama White House Rose Garden and President Trump in a tweet later referred to his case

    Reply
    1. Cogerson says:
      July 15, 2021 at 8:18 am

      Hey Bob. Thanks for checking out our latest UMR page. Wow….tally counts from both you and Dan….not sure that has ever happened before. Tally Count: Dan, Cogerson at 8, Steve at 7 and you at 3. I have not seen Blue Steel….I have been aware of that one for a longtime. I am right there with you on Point Break….what a fun movie…and a movie that can be rewatched many times. Good information on her net worth and awards. As she gets close to 70 not sure if The True American will see the light of day….especially since IMDb does not even list it all. Interesting about Mark Boal….I have not heard about his story at all.

      Reply
  4. Mike says:
    July 14, 2021 at 5:05 am

    Great UMR Page

    Reply
    1. Cogerson says:
      July 15, 2021 at 8:00 am

      Thank you Mike.

      Reply

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