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Madonna (1958-) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Madonna is referred to as the “Queen of Pop”, she is regarded as one of the most significant figures in popular culture. She appeared in movies from the 1980s through the late 1990s. Her most recent movies are ones in which she directed. Her IMDb page shows over 113 acting credits since 1972. This page will rank Madonna movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. To do well in our overall rankings a movie has to do well at the box office, get good reviews by critics, be liked by audiences, and get some award recognition.
Madonna Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Madonna 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 any way you want.
- Sort Madonna movies by her co-stars
- Sort Madonna movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Madonna movies by adjusted worldwide box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Madonna movies by 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 Madonna movie received.
- Sort Madonna movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
Possibly Interesting Facts About Madonna
1. Madonna Louise Ciccone was born in Bay City, Michigan in 1958.
2. Madonna’s first film, A Certain Sacrifice (1979), was released in 1985, after she became a star, but was actually shot in two parts, the first in 1979, and the other, in 1981.
3. Madonna has sold over 300 million records worldwide. The Guinness World Records acknowledged her as the best-selling female music artist of all time.
4. Along with Pia Zadora, Sylvester Stallone, Pauly Shore and Demi Moore, Madonna is one of the few people who have “won” back to back awards at the Razzies® in successive years. She “won” Worst Actress of 1987 for her performance in the film Shanghai Surprise (1986) and, then again, the next year she “won” Worst Actress of 1988 for her performance in the film Who’s That Girl (1987). In total, she has won five Razzie® awards, more than any other “actress”, and been nominated for six.
5. Madonna’s favorite movie stars such are Carole Lombard, Judy Garland, Jean Harlow, Judy Holliday, Marilyn Monroe, Marlene Dietrich, Bette Davis, Clara Bow, Louise Brooks, Rita Hayworth, and Dita Parlo.
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I have seen the top 5 Madonna movies. I don’t remember her cameo in Die Another Day. Of course, I know her song well. Her music was big part of my teen years.
Favourite Madonna Movies:
A League of Their Own
Die Another Day
Other Madonna Movies I Have Seen;
Dick Tracy
Evita
Desperately Seeking Susan
Hey Flora. I am really surprised you have seen so many of her movies. Your 5 seen is right behind Steve’s 6. I have seen 16 of her movies….and I am not a fan at all. Interesting that she was a big influence on the young Flora. Your teenage years when be at the height of her popularity. I have seen 4 of the 5 movies you have seen…the only one I have missed is Evita. I guess A League Of Their Own would be my favorite. Good stuff!
HI BRUCE: Thanks for the comprehensive response. You know that I always value and enjoy your feedback; particularly as Steve has deserted me this week so that if I were a gal and he and I were lovers instead of ‘pen-pals’ I would be crying out
“O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo!”
(Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene II, Lines 33–36).
Thanks for reminding me of Guy Ritchie and Sean Penn as MADONNA’s lovers. Continuing such Dan-like links Sean and Brando were friends and mutual-admirers both being perceived as political “Lefties”.
By the way, the amount that Brando’s estate was suing Madonna for was $300,000. I can’t do an inflation adjustment as I don’t know what year it was in or what the eventual settlement was. However it was after Marlon’s death and it does seem like chicken-feed compared with the vast sums those two earned in their time.
Anyway keep safe and my best wishes to all of Clan Cogerson.
Hey Bob
1. Madonna was actually married to Sean Penn and Guy Ritchie.
2. The Madonna/Penn marriage lite up the tabloids for a few years.
3. The Madonna/Ritchie marriage was tame compared to her Penn marriage.
4. 300,000 is good amount of money for the Brando estate.
5. You stay safe as well.
6. School is down to less than 20 days….not being around 135 students everyday should make staying safe a lot easier for me…lol.
“School is down to less than 20 days….not being around 135 students everyday should make staying safe a lot easier for me…lol.” – from Cogerson today.
Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way,
With blossomed furze unprofitably gay,
There, in his noisy mansion, skilled to rule,
The village master taught his little school; ———-
And still we gazed, and still the wonder grew
That one small head could carry all he knew.
[The Village Schoolmaster by Oliver Goldsmith from The Deserted Village Published 1770]
IN Madonna’s song Vogue homage is paid to the following 15 movie Legends in the order I have listed:
Greta Garbo
Marilyn Monroe
Marlene Dietrich
Marlon Brando
James Dean
Grace Kelly
Jean Harlow
Gene Kelly
Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers
Rita Hayworth
Lauren Bacall
Katharine Hepburn
Lana Turner
Bette Davis
Here are Madonna’s lyrics to that famous section of the song:
Greta Garbo, and Monroe
Dietrich and DiMaggio
Marlon Brando, Jimmy Dean
On the cover of a magazine
Grace Kelly; Harlow, Jean
Picture of a beauty queen
Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers, dance on air
They had style, they had grace
Rita Hayworth gave good face
Lauren, Katharine, Lana too
Bette Davis, we love you
Ladies with an attitude
Fellows that were in the mood
Don’t just stand there, let’s get to it
Strike a pose, there’s nothing to it
Hey Bob…good information on her Vogue song. I am happy to say I have UMR pages on all of them. I know I am equally shocked that Loy, Grant and Gable did not make the song. Good stuff.
Madonna definitely deserves her Cogerson page in my view; but as Bruce’s lead-in above suggests whilst she is perceived as one of the greatest entertainment icons of all time that is on the strength of her “Queen of Pop” image rather than as a movie star.
Nevertheless as WH’s tables show her movies CV is quite respectable and her affinity with top stars in movies include as well as the female Legends mentioned in 5 of WH,s Interesting Facts above: homage to Brando and other movie Legends in one or two of her songs***; but more significantly her past personal platonic association with Kevin Costner and her romance with Warren Beatty – join the queue! – in whose Dick Tracy she had a supporting role as illustrated in Bruce’s tables.
He could often be seen hanging around her dressing room in the old days. Warren I mean – Not The Work Horse!
To be honest her music was never my cup-of-tea and to my eternal shame in earlier days silly ole Bob would -despite the feminine spelling of her name – confuse her in his mind with the iconic footballing Legend the late Diego Maradona who sadly died somewhat prematurely just before Christmas last.
Anyway Madonna, Maradona are along with Brando usually fixtures on any broad icons/legends list so this new page is “Voted Up”
***ADDITIONAL TRIVIA: On the negative side Madonna was obliged to resolve litigation with Marlon Brando‘s estate over using the actor’s image when she performs the song “Vogue” in concert.
Hey Bob. Thanks for checking our latest page. G. Vandross from work was giving me a hard time for not having a Madonna page…..well…we now have a Madonna page. Her movie career was much larger than I would have guessed.
I agree….the Queen of Pop is indeed a singer first and an actress second. Interesting about her previous relationships…almost a Hall of Fame of famous men. Four of which have their very own UMR page…you mentioned Costner and Beatty……you can add 2 time Oscar winner Sean Penn and director Guy Ritchie to that list.
As for her music….I liked some of early songs…..but my friends went crazy for her. I even saw her in concert during her peak days…..I remember within a month I saw her and Bruce Springstein in concert….both were major major events.
Interesting about the Brando estate and Vogue….I have not heard that song in ages. Probably means I will her it before the end of the day. Good stuff as always.
Great UMR Page
Hey Mike. Thank you. Boy did I have a crush on her during the 1980s.