Want to know the best Ridley Scott movies? How about the worst Ridley Scott movies? Curious about Ridley Scott’s box office grosses or which Ridley Scott movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Ridley Scott movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences? Well you have come to the right place …. because we have all of that information.
Ridley Scott (1937-) is one of my favorite directors. Somehow it has taken me over three years to finally write a movie page on his movie career. Although he has only directed 22 movies since 1977…many of those movies are some of my personal favorite movies. Scott has been nominated thee times for a Best Director Oscar®.
His IMDb page shows 34 directing credits since 1977. This page will rank 23 Ridley Scott movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos and movies that were not released in theaters were not included in the rankings.
Ridley 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 by the star of Ridley Scott’s movies.
- Sort Ridley Scott movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost
- Sort Ridley Scott movies by adjusted worldwide box office grosses using current movie ticket cost
- Sort Ridley 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 and how many Oscar® wins each Ridley Scott movie received.
- Sort Ridley 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.
Stats and Possibly Interesting Things From The Above Ridley Scott Table
- Eight Ridley Scott movies crossed the magical $100 million domestic gross mark. That is a percentage of 34.78% of his movies listed. Alien (1979) is his biggest domestic box office hit while Gladiator (2000) is his biggest worldwide box office hit.
- An average Ridley Scott movie grosses $104.60 million in adjusted box office gross.
- Using RottenTomatoes.com’s 60% fresh meter. 15 of Ridley Scott’s movies are rated as good movies…or 65.21% of his movies. Alien (1979) is his highest rated movie while Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014) was his lowest rated movie.
- Ten Ridley Scott movies received at least one Oscar® nomination in any category…..or 43.47% of his movies.
- Four Ridley Scott movies won at least one Oscar® in any category…..or 18.18% of his movies.
- An average Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score is 39.86. 14 Ridley Scott movies scored higher that average….or 60.86% of his movies. Gladiator (2000) got the the highest UMR Score while The Counselor (2013) got the lowest UMR Score.
Possibly Interesting Facts About Ridley Scott Movies
1. Ridley Scott was born in South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England in 1937.
2. Ridley Scott’s path to success. He directed BBC television shows in the 1960s….directed popular commercials in the 1970s…..directed his first movie, The Duellists in 1977….and hit it big with only his second movie…1979’s Alien.
3. Ridley Scott directed the Superbowl TV ad “1984” for the launch of Apple’s Macintosh
4. Ridley Scott’s brother was Tony Scott. Tony Scott (Top Gun) was also a very successful director. You can check out his Cogerson Movie Score page here.
5. Ridley Scott has been married twice. He has three children. His children are in the movie business too. Jake and Luke Scott are directors and Jordan Scott is an actress and a director.
6. Ridley Scott has been nominated for three Best Director Oscars®….those movies were….Gladiator (2000), Black Hawk Down (2001) and Thelma and Louise (1991).
7. Ridley Scott is considered the father of “director’s cut“. Scott has repeatedly edited his movies after their original release. Blade Runner is probably the most famous of his director’s cuts. I strongly believe that his Director’s Cut of Kingdom of Heaven (2005) is one of the best movies in the last 10 years.
8. Ridley Scott has directed Russell Crowe in 5 movies. Those movies are Gladiator (2000), A Good Year (2006), American Gangster (2007), Body of Lies (2008) and Robin Hood (2010).
9. One of the possible upcoming Ridley Scott movies is a sequel to Blade Runner. Speaking of Blade Runner…Scott believes that Harrison Ford’s character in Blade Runner is a replicant…I am on the side that thinks Deckard is human.
10. Ridley Scott was knighted in 2003….his official title is Sir Ridley Scott.
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Hey, I do not know too many names of directors but the movies that he has directed are very good. Good to know the facts and the personal information as well. THANKS AGAIN!
@Bern 1960. Well he has been a very successful director for almost 40 years now. Thanks for the visit and the comment.
Hey Me…..Frank is now alive and well….as his movie page has finally been written.
When I think off Ridley Scott I immediately think of Kingdom of Heaven. That is easily my favorite Scott movie. So I am needless to say disappointed that you have the movie ranked 13th.
@Katie….I agree with you 100%….time has been kind to Kingdom of Heaven..especially as more people discover the Director’s Cut. I have watched as it’s IMDb rating has been climbing….it is now up to 7.2…it used to be in the mid 6 range. I am hoping that Kingdom of Heaven will be considered a classic in 20 years.
Now this is more like it. Sir Ridley’s a favorite of mine too Bruce. Alien and Blade Runner are in my top 50. I’ve written about them too. Okay looking at the 22 films you’ve listed, I’ve seen all of them except – Matchstick Men, A Good Year and Exodus. Kingdom of Heaven would have been better with a stronger lead, Crowe, Bale? But I really liked the dir.cut. I was disappointed in Prometheus maybe my expectations were too high. And I’d rather believe Rick Deckard is human too. Excellent work as usual.
@Steve….I figured after two straight 1930s pages…it was time to do a more current movie subject. I have seen 20 of the 22 movies listed. I have not seen his first movie…The Duellists…or his last movie…Exodus.
My Top 5 Scott movies would be Kingdom of Heaven, Alien, Blade Runner, Black Hawk Down, and A Good Year. My Cogerson Movie Score was not too kind to 3 of my favorites….but Blade Runner was a box office bomb…..the Kingdom of Heaven released in theaters was pretty average…and A Good Year is a sweet little film.
You are not missing much in Matchstick Men….but I think A Good Year is worth checking out….Marion Cotillard is very very sexy in that one…plus you get Albert Finney and Russell Crowe.
job well done
Thank you Michael G.
I am a huge Scott fan myself. I agree with Gladiator being number one. Enjoyable read.
@Darnell….I am right there with you. Thanks for stopping by.