Rick Moranis Movies

Want to know the best Rick Moranis movies?  How about the worst Rick Moranis movies?  Curious about Rick Moranis box office grosses or which Rick Moranis movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Rick Moranis movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.

Rick Moranis (1953-) is a Canadian actor, comedian, screenwriter, and film director.  Moranis gained his first interiority from the television series Second City Television (SCTV).    After appearing in many high profile movies in the 1980s and 1990s, Moranis semi-retired to raise his children after his wife passed away.  His IMDb page shows over 42 acting credits since 1976.  This page will rank Rick Moranis movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, movies that were not released in North American theaters were not included in the rankings.  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.

1989’s Parenthood

Rick Moranis Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.

Rick Moranis as Billy Fish in 1984’s Streets of Fire. Does Billy Fish ring any bells for you? See the trivia section.

Rick Moranis 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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  • Sort Rick Moranis 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 Rick Moranis movie received.
  • Sort Rick Moranis movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score.  UMR puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
1986’s Little Shop Of Horrors

Best IMDb Trivia On Rick Moranis

1. Frederick Allan “Rick” Moranis was born  in Toronto, Ontario in 1953.  His career as an entertainer began as a radio disc jockey in the mid-1970s, using the on-air name “Rick Allan” at three Toronto radio stations.

2. Rick Moranis character in Ghostbusters (1984), Louis Tully, was originally written for John Candy. Moranis was brought in as a last-minute replacement when Candy dropped out. Moranis, Candy and Ghostbusters co-star Harold Ramis are all alumni of SCTV (1976).

3.  The name of Rick Moranis’ character, Billy Fish, in 1984’s Streets of Fire, is a reference to the translator/sidekick character Billy Fish in The Man Who Would Be King (1975).

4. Rick Moranis has appeared with Steve Martin in four films: Little Shop of Horrors (1986), Parenthood (1989), My Blue Heaven (1990), L.A. Story (1991).

5.Rick Moranis was cast as Phil in City Slickers (1991), but his wife became terminally ill before filming began and he chose to pull out. Daniel Stern replaced him in the role at the last minute.

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25 thoughts on “Rick Moranis Movies

  1. Apparently Rick Moranis was about to start shooting his first film in years, Disney’s reboot of Honey I Shrunk the Kids now called Shrunk. Josh Gad has top billing. The start of the filming has been delayed due to the Coronavirus panic. You’ve seen all the pulled films off the schedules too I presume.

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