Lon Chaney Movies

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

Lon Chaney (1883-1930) was an American actor, director, and screenwriter.  Chaney was nicknamed “The Man of a Thousand Faces”.  He got this nickname for his groundbreaking artistry with makeup that allowed him to bring characters like the Hunchback of Notre Dame and the Phantom of the Opera to movie screens. His IMDb page show shows 162 acting credits from 1912 to 1930. This page will rank Lon Chaney movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. FYI – This is not all of his movies. Not sure we will ever be able to unlock his 1910s box office numbers, but decided to go ahead and include the Chaney movies we have in our UMR database.

Lon Chaney 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
1925	The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
1923	The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)
1919	The Miracle Man (1919)
1920	The Penalty (1920)
1920	Treasure Island (1920)
1930	The Unholy Three (1930)
1927	The Unknown (1927)
1924	He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
1927	London After Midnight (1927)
1929	Thunder (1929)
1926	Tell It To The Marines (1926)
1928	Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928)
1928	West Of Zanzibar (1928)
1922	Oliver Twist (1922)
1927	Mockery (1927)
1925	The Unholy Three (1925)
1927	Mr. Wu (1927)
1925	The Tower of Lies (1925)
1928	The Big City (1928)
1926	The Blackbird (1926)
1929	Where East Is East (1929)
1922	The Trap (1922)
1922	A Blind Bargain (1922)
1922	Shadows (1922)
1922	Quincy Adams Sawyer (1922)
1923	All The Brothers Were Valiant (1923)
1924	The Next Corner (1924)

Lon Chaney 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 Lon Chaney movies by the stars of his movies
• Sort Lon Chaney movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
• Sort Lon Chaney movies by yearly domestic box office rank
• Sort Lon Chaney 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 Lon Chaney movie received.
• Sort Lon Chaney 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
3	The Phantom of the Opera (1925)	Mary Philbin	4.20	193.6	193.60	8	77	00 / 00	95.8
1	The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)	Patsy Ruth Miller	6.30	328.3	765.90	3	73	00 / 00	95.4
2	The Miracle Man (1919)	Thomas Meighan	5.30	328.9	328.90	3	70	00 / 00	94.9
4	The Penalty (1920)	Charles Clary	3.10	180.1	180.10	12	71	00 / 00	93.2
5	Treasure Island (1920)	Jackie Coogan	2.60	151.3	151.30	15	68	00 / 00	89.1
6	The Unholy Three (1930)	Lila Lee	2.20	137.7	137.70	51	70	00 / 00	87.7
7	The Unknown (1927)	Joan Crawford & Lon Chaney	2.00	78.4	114.90	25	84	00 / 00	85.7
8	He Who Gets Slapped (1924)	Norma Shearer	1.50	73.8	73.80	17	80	00 / 00	83.7
9	London After Midnight (1927)	Marceline Day	2.50	97.8	97.80	18	72	00 / 00	83.3
12	Thunder (1929)	Phyliss Haver	3.30	116.2	116.20	25	65	00 / 00	82.6
10	Tell It To The Marines (1926)	William Haines	2.50	98.7	98.70	18	68	00 / 00	82.3
11	Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928)	Loretta Young	2.20	82.1	82.10	44	73	00 / 00	81.4
13	West Of Zanzibar (1928)	Lionel Barrymore	2.30	78.5	78.50	42	70	00 / 00	80.0
14	Oliver Twist (1922)	Jackie Coogan & James A. Marcus	1.50	85.2	85.20	9	68	00 / 00	79.2
16	Mockery (1927)	Ricardo Cortez	1.80	70.1	70.10	28	70	00 / 00	77.6
15	The Unholy Three (1925)	Matt Moore	1.30	57.1	57.10	28	73	00 / 00	77.6
18	Mr. Wu (1927)	Gertrude Olmstead	2.10	82.3	82.30	23	65	00 / 00	76.5
17	The Tower of Lies (1925)	Norma Shearer	0.80	37.9	37.90	54	77	00 / 00	75.3
19	The Big City (1928)	Marceline Day	2.10	71.9	71.90	46	62	00 / 00	72.4
19	The Blackbird (1926)	Owen Moore	1.20	47.3	47.30	33	70	00 / 00	72.1
20	Where East Is East (1929)	Lupe Velez	2.20	73.7	73.70	59	61	00 / 00	71.5
21	The Trap (1922)	Alan Hale	0.20	11.2	11.20	43	63	00 / 00	44.7
23	A Blind Bargain (1922)	Wallace Beery	0.20	9.9	9.90	45	58	00 / 00	32.5
24	Shadows (1922)	Marguerite De La Motte	0.10	7.0	7.00	51	57	00 / 00	27.9
25	Quincy Adams Sawyer (1922)	John Bowers	0.40	22.2	22.20	25	51	00 / 00	26.4
26	All The Brothers Were Valiant (1923)	Malcolm McGregor	0.10	6.1	6.10	52	56	00 / 00	25.2
27	The Next Corner (1924)	Directed by Sam Wood	0.40	20.8	20.80	53	51	00 / 00	24.6

Lon Chaney 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
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)	Patsy Ruth Miller	765.90
The Unknown (1927)	Joan Crawford & Lon Chaney	114.90

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