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Richard Lester (1932-) is an American director. Born Richard Lester Liebman, he is known for his work with the Beatles in the 1960s, his 1970s Musketeer movies and his work on the Superman movie franchise. His IMDB page shows 33 directing credits from 1954 to 1991. This page will rank Richard Lester movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos, uncredited roles, and movies that were not released in North American were not included in the rankings.
Richard Lester Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews, and awards.
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| 1964 | A Hard Day's Night (1964) Director |
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| 1980 | Superman II (1980) | |
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| 1965 | Help! (1965) |  |
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| 1973 | The Three Musketeers (1973) | |
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| 1974 | The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge (1974) | |
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| 1966 | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966) |  |
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| 1983 | Superman III (1983) | |
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| 1968 | Petulia (1968) |  |
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| 1965 | The Knack... and How to Get It (1965) |  |
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| 1976 | Robin and Marian (1976) | |
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| 1976 | The Ritz (1976) | |
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| 1975 | Royal Flash (1975) | |
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| 1974 | Juggernaut (1974) |  |
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| 1963 | The Mouse on the Moon (1963) |  |
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| 1989 | The Return of the Musketeers (1989) | |
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| 1979 | Butch and Sundance: The Early Days (1979) | |
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| 1969 | The Bed Sitting Room (1969) | |
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| 1962 | Ring-A-Ding Rhythm!/It's A Trad Dad (1962) | |
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| 1967 | How I Won the War (1967) |  |
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| 1984 | Finders Keepers (1984) | |
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| 1979 | Cuba (1979) |  |
Richard Lester 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 Richard Lester movies by his co-stars
- Sort Richard Lester movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Richard Lester movies by yearly domestic box office rank
- Sort Richard Lester 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 Richard Lester movie received.
- Sort Richard Lester movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR 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 | ||||
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| 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 |
| 2 | A Hard Day's Night (1964) Director |
The Beatles | 16.20 | 214.9 | 214.90 | 9 | 89 | 02 / 00 | 98.9 | |
| 1 | Superman II (1980) | Gene Hackman & Christopher Reeve |
111.20 | 534.6 | 1,119.00 | 3 | 86 | 00 / 00 | 98.3 | |
| 4 | Help! (1965) | The Beatles | 16.20 | 198.7 | 198.70 | 14 | 79 | 00 / 00 | 96.8 | |
| 3 | The Three Musketeers (1973) | Charlton Heston & Faye Dunaway |
34.60 | 244.7 | 244.70 | 10 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 96.6 | |
| 5 | The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge (1974) | Michael York & Raquel Welch |
26.60 | 177.6 | 177.60 | 24 | 74 | 01 / 00 | 93.9 | |
| 6 | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966) | Zero Mostel & Phil Silvers |
8.50 | 96.6 | 96.60 | 36 | 74 | 01 / 01 | 85.0 | |
| 7 | Superman III (1983) | Christopher Reeve & Richard Pryor |
60.00 | 237.9 | 440.20 | 13 | 39 | 00 / 00 | 83.3 | |
| 8 | Petulia (1968) | Julie Christie & George C. Scott |
4.30 | 40.9 | 40.90 | 73 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 76.4 | |
| 9 | The Knack... and How to Get It (1965) | Rita Tushingham | 4.20 | 51.3 | 51.30 | 63 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 69.2 | |
| 10 | Robin and Marian (1976) | Sean Connery & Audrey Hepburn |
8.80 | 51.6 | 51.60 | 63 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 61.1 | |
| 12 | The Ritz (1976) | Jack Weston & Rita Moreno |
7.60 | 44.5 | 44.50 | 68 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 54.7 | |
| 11 | Royal Flash (1975) | Malcolm McDowell & Oliver Reed |
1.60 | 9.7 | 9.70 | 125 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 51.5 | |
| 14 | Juggernaut (1974) | Richard Harris & Omar Sharif |
4.50 | 30.4 | 30.40 | 67 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 42.3 | |
| 15 | The Mouse on the Moon (1963) | Margaret Rutherford | 0.40 | 5.9 | 5.90 | 130 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 37.4 | |
| 13 | The Return of the Musketeers (1989) | Oliver Reed & Christopher Lee |
0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 235 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 37.3 | |
| 17 | Butch and Sundance: The Early Days (1979) | William Katt & Tom Berenger |
5.10 | 25.6 | 25.60 | 81 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 37.0 | |
| 16 | The Bed Sitting Room (1969) | Ralph Richardson & Dudley Moore |
0.70 | 5.8 | 5.80 | 152 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 34.3 | |
| 18 | Ring-A-Ding Rhythm!/It's A Trad Dad (1962) | John Leyton | 0.30 | 5.4 | 5.40 | 136 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 30.4 | |
| 19 | How I Won the War (1967) | John Lennon | 1.20 | 12.1 | 12.10 | 131 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 28.1 | |
| 20 | Finders Keepers (1984) | Louis Gossett Jr. | 1.50 | 5.5 | 5.50 | 148 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 24.6 | |
| 21 | Cuba (1979) | Sean Connery & Brooke Adams |
5.30 | 26.2 | 26.20 | 80 | 43 | 00 / 00 | 14.2 |
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I’ve seen all 21.
Hey Dan…well…after some close tally counts….I am not even close to your 21 seen….as I am only at 8 of his movies seen. Good to know you are a Richard Lester completist. Thanks for sharing your Lester movie history.