Want to know the best Pam Grier movies? How about the worst Pam Grier movies? Curious about Pam Grier box office grosses or which Pam Grier movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Pam Grier movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences and which ones got the worst reviews? Well you have come to the right place…. because we have all of that information and much more.
Pam Grier (1949-) is a Golden Globe® nominated American actress. Grier has been appearing in movies for almost 50 years. She became well known in the early 1970s for starring in a string of successful blaxploitation films. Her IMDb page shows 101 acting credits since 1970. This page will rank 43 Pam Grier movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television appearances, shorts, and movies not released in North American theaters were not included in the rankings. This UMR page comes from a request by G. Vandross.
Pam Grier in Escape From L.A.
Pam Grier Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Pam Grier 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.
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*** Some of the attached trailers (especially her early movies) would probably be rated PG-13.
1. Pamela Suzette Grier was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in 1949.
2. Pam Grier moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1967, where she was initially hired as a receptionist at American International Pictures.
3. Pam Grier sang back-up for singer-composer Bobby Womack. Womack’s composition and 1972 recording of the song “Across 110th Street” was the theme song of the film Jackie Brown (1997), which marked a major comeback for Grier in the starring and title role. She was nominated for a Golden Globe® and an NAACP Image Award for her performance.
4. Pam Grier’s early films such as 1971’s Women in Cages and The Big Doll House were filmed in the Philippines. While there she contracted a deadly tropical disease and nearly died. She lost her hair and was temporarily blind for almost a month. It took nearly a year for her to recover.
5. Pam Grier and Quentin Tarantino Trivia Part 1: The character Alabama in 1993’s True Romance was named after Pam Grier’s character in 1971’s Women in Cages. In the original script, Clarence(Christian Slater’s character) even mentions that the name sounds like a Pam Grier Character. True Romance was written by Tarantino.
6. Pam Grier and Quentin Tarantino Trivia Part 2: Grier auditioned for two parts in Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction (1994) but didn’t land either role. When Tarantino decided to make Elmore Leonard’s novel, Rum Punch, into a movie he thought about Grier. He renamed the novel’s “Jackie Burke” to “Jackie Brown” as an homage to Greer’s Foxy Brown (1974) movie. He then cast Grier in the lead role.
7. Pam Grier is considered to be the first African-American female to headline an action film.
8. Pam Grier has never been married. She has been romantically linked to basketball Hall of Fame players Kareem Abdul-Jabaar & Wilt Chamberlain, actors Richard Pryor & Freddie Prinze and Soul Train’s Don Cornelius.
9. Pam Grier is working on turning her bestselling autobiography, Foxy: My Life in Three Acts, into a movie, and has some dream casting in mind: comedian Jay Pharoah as Richard Pryor and Roberto Benigni as Italian director Federico Fellini.
10. Pam Grier has a pretty active twitter account (@PamGrier)…..that offers up lots of positive messages and some hard to find photos. Check out Pam Grier’s career compared to current and classic actors. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.
20 thoughts on “Pam Grier Movies”
UMR demonstrating once again that it is a well rounded, diverse website. Very cool that Pam Grier follows you on Twitter. Interesting fact number 5 does not really make much sense, although I think I get the jest of what you are trying to say. Her early 1970s have a place in film history. Good to see UMR taking at look at those movies.
Hey SteinHoF17…gotta admit…I am not too aware of the early Grier films….so I had a good time researching these movies…plus had a fun time adding in all of the trailers. Wow….they do not make movies like that anymore….which is why I had to add in that disclaimer before opening those trailer links. I see your point about #5…have fixed it….so it makes more sense. Thanks for the kind words, the heads up and the visit.
I’ve seen 12 of the 43 films on the chart. Favorites include – Jackie Brown, Fort Apache The Bronx, Above the Law, Mars Attacks! and Something Wicked This Way Comes.
Tarantino’s Jackie Brown had good reviews but it wasn’t a big hit going by the adjusted box office, even Chevy Chase Snow Day did better.
Interesting trivia on Pam Grier. Nice work Bruce. Vote Up.
Hey Steve. I have also seen 12 of her movies. I have seen all of your favorites except for Something Wicked This Way Comes. Like most of Tarantino’s movies…..it was not a monster hit…but got some good reviews and has aged well. Funny that Snow Days made more at the box office than Jackie Brown. I figured Mars Attacks! would make your favorite list. Glad you liked the trivia. Thanks for the visit, comment and tally.
Been a fan of her for years. She is a cancer survivor. At one point things were not looking good for her, yet she overcame that horrible disease. I was so glad when Jackie Brown put her back in the limelight. I remember hoping she would get an Academy Award nomination. Glad to see my favorite Grier movie is well liked.
Hey Parsons. I read that she was also a cancer survivor….which is just another reason to really like Pam Grier. Jackie Brown did get her back in the limelight…..and since she has one of the main roles in the Tarantino role she will remain in that spotlight….as I think all of his movies will stand the test of time….just like Hitchcock’s movie resume has. I am pretty sure she was one of the main contenders for an Oscar nomination that year….shame she did not get one. Thanks for stopping by.
Pam Grier is a movie pioneer who does not get enough attention. Nobody did the things she accomplished, paving the road for others to follow. Thank you for writing about her.
Hey Shana R. More than happy to get this review of Pam Grier’s movie career on the world wide web. So glad G. Vandross requested a page on her. I agree she was indeed a pioneer. Thanks for stopping by and commenting.
Want to know the best Pam Grier movies? How about the worst Pam Grier movies? Curious about Pam Grier box office grosses or which Pam Grier movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Pam Grier movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences and which ones got the worst reviews? Well you have come to the right place…. because we have all of that information and much more.
Check out Pam Grier’s career compared to current and classic actors. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.
UMR demonstrating once again that it is a well rounded, diverse website. Very cool that Pam Grier follows you on Twitter. Interesting fact number 5 does not really make much sense, although I think I get the jest of what you are trying to say. Her early 1970s have a place in film history. Good to see UMR taking at look at those movies.
Hey SteinHoF17…gotta admit…I am not too aware of the early Grier films….so I had a good time researching these movies…plus had a fun time adding in all of the trailers. Wow….they do not make movies like that anymore….which is why I had to add in that disclaimer before opening those trailer links. I see your point about #5…have fixed it….so it makes more sense. Thanks for the kind words, the heads up and the visit.
I’ve seen 12 of the 43 films on the chart. Favorites include – Jackie Brown, Fort Apache The Bronx, Above the Law, Mars Attacks! and Something Wicked This Way Comes.
Tarantino’s Jackie Brown had good reviews but it wasn’t a big hit going by the adjusted box office, even Chevy Chase Snow Day did better.
Interesting trivia on Pam Grier. Nice work Bruce. Vote Up.
Hey Steve. I have also seen 12 of her movies. I have seen all of your favorites except for Something Wicked This Way Comes. Like most of Tarantino’s movies…..it was not a monster hit…but got some good reviews and has aged well. Funny that Snow Days made more at the box office than Jackie Brown. I figured Mars Attacks! would make your favorite list. Glad you liked the trivia. Thanks for the visit, comment and tally.
i did not mention that coffy is my favorite pam movie
Hey Parsons….yep Coffy got a Top 5 spot in our rankings….glad your favorite Grier ranked so high.
Been a fan of her for years. She is a cancer survivor. At one point things were not looking good for her, yet she overcame that horrible disease. I was so glad when Jackie Brown put her back in the limelight. I remember hoping she would get an Academy Award nomination. Glad to see my favorite Grier movie is well liked.
Hey Parsons. I read that she was also a cancer survivor….which is just another reason to really like Pam Grier. Jackie Brown did get her back in the limelight…..and since she has one of the main roles in the Tarantino role she will remain in that spotlight….as I think all of his movies will stand the test of time….just like Hitchcock’s movie resume has. I am pretty sure she was one of the main contenders for an Oscar nomination that year….shame she did not get one. Thanks for stopping by.
Pam Grier is a movie pioneer who does not get enough attention. Nobody did the things she accomplished, paving the road for others to follow. Thank you for writing about her.
Hey Shana R. More than happy to get this review of Pam Grier’s movie career on the world wide web. So glad G. Vandross requested a page on her. I agree she was indeed a pioneer. Thanks for stopping by and commenting.