Want to know the best Randolph Scott movies? How about the worst Randolph Scott movies? Curious about Randolph Scott’s box office grosses or which Randolph Scott movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Randolph Scott 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.
Randolph Scott (1898-1987) was one of the icons of the cinema’s West. Scott’s rise to fame had some interesting crossroads. After graduating from the University of North Carolina with a degree in textile engineering and manufacturing, Scott had chance encounter with mogul Howard Hughes. Hughes got him some work as an extra in Hollywood in the late 1920s. This got Scott interested in acting. After taking some acting classes, Scott signed a movie contract with Paramount. Slowly Scott began appearing in better movies with bigger roles. His pinnacle was from 1950 to 1953 when he was a Top Ten Box Office Star every year during that four year stint.
His IMDb page shows 106 acting credits from 1928-1962. This page ranks Randolph Scott movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos, and movies not released in North America and many of his movies that barely made a dent at the box office were not included in the rankings.
Randolph Scott Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Randolph Scott 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 Randolph Scott movies by co-stars of his movies.
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- Sort Randolph Scott movies by domestic yearly box office rank
- Sort Randolph Scott 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 Randolph Scott movie received and how many Oscar® wins each Randolph Scott movie won.
- Sort Randolph Scott 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.
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Adjusted Randolph Scott Adjusted Worldwide Box Office Grosses
Possibly Interesting Facts About Randolph Scott
2. At 19 Randolph Scott served in France as an artillery observer during World War I.
3. Randolph Scott played college football for Georgia Tech……but his football career was cut short due to injury.
4. Randolph Scott was best friends with Cary Grant and Fred Astaire. For many years he and Grant shared a house in Hollywood.
5. Randolph Scott was married twice. First first marriage was to Mariana duPont Somerville from 1936 to 1939. His second marriage was to Patrica Stillman from 1944 until his death in 1987….they had two children.
6. Randolph Scott formed Ranown Productions with producer Harry Joe Brown and produced several films.
7. Randolph Scott was reportedly worth around $100 million when he passed away….this was due to the fact that he was a great businessman who made many shrewd financial investments.
8. Randolph Scott was among Hollywood’s Top 10 box office stars from 1950 to 1953: He ranked 10th in 1950, 7th in 1951, 10th in 1952 and 10th in 1953.
9. Randolph Scott was inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 1975.
10. Randolph Scott was Margaret Mitchell’s choice to play Ashley Wilkes in the movie version of her novel Gone with the Wind….Leslie Howard got the part.
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Hi, Bruce.
Yes, the tables are easier to read.
I have seen a lot of Scott’s films multiple times as such making me believe I have seen a larger number of his films than I have
Regarding Steve’s comment, I have seen all of the westerns he made with Boetticher. I love them. I prefer Randolph Scott over other movie cowboys. At some point in both his and Joel McCrea’s careers, they decided that playing the romantic lead was no longer for them, but they were not ready for retirement, so they decided to make westerns for the rest of their careers. Their roles in Ride the High Country were originally reversed as what was offered to each of them, but luckily both wanted to portray the opposite role offered.
Regarding the movies listed:
There are some titles which are unfamiliar to me among the movies I have not yet seen.
The highest ranked movie I have seen is Jesse James at Number 1.
The highest ranked movie I have not seen is To the Shores of Tripoli at number 2.
The lowest ranked film I have seen is Man in the Saddle-which also happens to be the Scott film I have seen most recently for the first time. Captain Kidd was on SSC the other day, but I didn’t catch it.
I have seen 4 of the top 5.
I have seen 7 of the top 10
I have seen 8 of the top 15
I have seen 11 of the top 20
I have seen 16 of the top 30
I have seen 19 movies listed overall.
Doesn’t sound like a high percentage, but like Steve I have seen some for which you have no box office. But I am glad that there are still so many Scott films I have waiting for me to see for the very first time.
My top 5 Randolph Scott movies listed are;
My Favourite Wife
Ride the High Country
Seven Men From Now
Jesse James
Follow the Fleet
Any Scott film I have not seen is on my to-see list.
Cheers, Flora
Hey Flora.
1. Glad the tables are easier to read.
2. Since your comment….Westbound, Buchanan Rides Alone, Shoot-Out At Medicine and Thunder Over The Plains have been added to the page.
3. Tally count: Steve 30, you 19 and me 10…so sad always being in last place.
4. I agree with you about how Scott went to westerns…from 1947 to 1962 he only made one non-western movie.
5. Ride The High Country has lots of great stories from behind the scenes….McCrea changed his mind about playing the bad guy…..Scott had no problem playing the bad guy….then again…both roles were pretty much anti-hero roles.
6. Your %….80% , 70%, 53%, 55% and then 29.6% of the bottom 27….but those % are off now that I have added in 4 more movies
7. I have only seen 10 Scott movies….but I have seen all of your Top 5….and I liked them all. Seven Men From Now is awesome…with one of Lee Marvin’s best roles. My Favorite Wife is the Scott movie I re-watch the most.
8. Thanks for stopping by and sharing your Scott thoughts.
I have seen two more than my original total -21. But the generally decreasing percentage still remains.
cheers,
Flora
Riding Shotgun has been added as well. I think I underestimated the power of his westerns of the 1950s….I quickly gave up the search on many of those movies…when my first set of movie box office sources came up empty. Thinking I should have done more research before publishing that page. I am still at 10 even with 5 more movies added to the table. I imagine Steve is close to 35 now.
Hi, Bruce.
I have seen two more than my original total -21. Still in second place to Steve Lensman.
Till later,
Flora
Not thinking you are going to catch Steve.
One of the great cowboy stars, only John Wayne was bigger in Hollywood’s golden age.
Lots of facts and stats I didn’t know about Randolph Scott, well done Bruce. There are some missing films from your list however. The westerns Scott made with director Budd Boetticher in the 1950’s are revered among western fans and you’re missing a few here.
I’ve seen 30 of the 47 films you’ve listed here and I have 41 Randolph Scott films in my collection, so you’re missing 11. I’ll send you an email of the missing films, if you want to add any to your page is totally up to you.
Your list did come in useful for updating my database. I had forgotten to include Scott’s name to films like Follow the Fleet, Roberta and My Favorite Wife.
Jesse James tops the UMR chart, one of my favorites. Seven Men from Now tops the critics chart and it is one of the best Scott/Boetticher films along with The Tall T and Buchanan Rides Alone, which isn’t on the chart.
Ride the High Country is another great western, sadly Scott’s last.
Movies I haven’t seen include Rebecca of the Mounties and Susannah of Sunnybrook Farm. 🙂
Voted Up.
Hey Steve.
1. Thanks for stopping by and for the comment.
2. Glad you liked the trivia….when I did not know the box office rank…I went with the trivia.
3. Thanks for the e-mail list….I went and found 4 more movies to add to the list. Those movies were Westbound, Buchanan Rides Alone, Shoot-Out At Medicine (that one was actually already done in the database) and Thunder Over The Plains.
4. So you are at 30 (not counting the just added 4)…I am at 10 (pretty weak I know)….and Flora is at 19 (not counting the just added 4)….so you get the gold medal this time.
5. Glad my list helped your database.
6. Not surprised you have not seen the Scott/Temple movies…I have seen one of them….just not sure which one….I guess I need to watch both and figure out which one I saw….a Shirley Temple collection…is currently sitting right next to my DVD player.
7. Glad you like the Top Movie according to my Movie Score equation…that does not happen very often…lol
8. Ride The High Country was a great way to go out when it comes to the end of Scott’s movie career.
Very nice. He was one of my granddad’s favorites. He loved his westerns. Interesting stuff.
Hey Finney….very cool. thanks for sharing the fact that Randolph Scott was your grandfather’s favorite actor.
YES !! THANKS ! The year begins very well. You said the box office of “Ride the high countr” was huge in Europe. Do you know it ?
Again, thanks a lot.
Hey laurent…..glad you like this page. Sorry “huge” was the only description for Ride The High Country when it comes to international box office numbers. I found that in two different places…but neither source gave the international totals. Hope your New Year went well.
Hi, Bruce.
I see you have a new look to the site with no right hand scroll section.
I just checked your site before going to bed to see if you had done anyone else and I am indeed a Randolph Scott fan. I will make a proper comment on what I have seen of his movies tomorrow. But I will say now that I have seen a lot more of his westerns than his other genres, my viewings are all over the ranking after the top 10, and so are my top five favourites.
Cheers, Flora
Hey Flora….look forward to your Scott comment. The wife put in some code that made the header move down as you scan through the movies…..that way when you are looking at the movies at the bottom of the table you can still see what each column is. Hopefully it makes reading the table easier.