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Robert Donat Movies

Want to know the best Robert Donat movies?  How about the worst Robert Donat movies?  Curious about Robert Donat box office grosses or which Robert Donat movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Robert Donat 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.

Robert Donat (1905-1958) was an Oscar® winning English actor.  Donat is best remembered for his roles in Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps (1935) and his Oscar® winning role in 1939’s Goodbye, Mr. Chips.  He suffered from chronic asthma, which affected his career and limited him to appearing in only 20 films..   His IMDb page shows 21 acting credits from 1932 to 1958.  This page will rank 17 Robert Donat movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos and movies that were not released in North American and a handful of his movies that we could not find box office on, were not included in the rankings.

Robert Donat in 1939’s Goodbye Mr. Chips

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

Year Movie (Year) Rating S
Year Movie (Year) Rating S
1939 Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
AA Best Picture Nom
AA Best Actor Win
1938 The Citadel (1938)
AA Best Picture Nom
AA Best Actor Nom
1958 The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958)
1933 The Private Life of Henry VIII. (1933)
AA Best Picture Nom
1935 The Ghost Goes West (1935)
1934 The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)
1935 The 39 Steps (1935)
1945 Vacation From Marriage (1945)
1948 The Winslow Boy (1948)
1943 The Adventures of Tartu (1943)
1942 The Young Mr. Pitt (1942)
1947 Captain Boycott (1947)
1932 Men Of Tomorrow (1932)
1937 Knight Without Armor (1937)
1951 The Magic Box (1951)
1954 Lease of Life (1954)
1933 For Love Or Money (1933)
1937’s Knight Without Armour

Robert Donat 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 Robert Donat movies by his co-stars
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Sort Robert Donat 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 Robert Donat movie received.
Sort Robert Donat 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.

R Movie (Year) UMR Co-Star Links Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) Review Oscar Nom / Win UMR Score
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
1 Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
AA Best Picture Nom
AA Best Actor Win
Greer Garson &
Paul Henreid
6.90 306.6 580.70 12 79 07 / 01 99.0
2 The Citadel (1938)
AA Best Picture Nom
AA Best Actor Nom
Rosalind Russell 3.90 182.8 481.10 40 79 04 / 00 97.7
3 The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958) Ingrid Bergman 12.60 261.9 261.90 10 77 01 / 00 96.6
4 The Private Life of Henry VIII. (1933)
AA Best Picture Nom
Charles Laughton &
Merle Oberon
2.40 132.0 132.00 23 79 02 / 01 93.4
5 The Ghost Goes West (1935) Elsa Lanchester 2.40 122.8 122.80 54 71 00 / 00 86.2
6 The Count of Monte Cristo (1934) Sidney Blackmer 1.60 87.3 87.30 71 76 00 / 00 83.6
7 The 39 Steps (1935) Madeleine Carroll &
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
0.70 35.0 35.00 171 78 00 / 00 74.9
8 Vacation From Marriage (1945) Deborah Kerr 1.40 52.3 52.30 129 67 01 / 01 71.7
9 The Winslow Boy (1948) Cedric Hardwicke 1.10 35.0 35.00 168 72 00 / 00 69.1
10 The Adventures of Tartu (1943) Valerie Hobson 1.00 43.6 43.60 145 67 00 / 00 67.0
11 The Young Mr. Pitt (1942) Robert Morley 1.10 46.6 46.60 172 63 00 / 00 62.6
14 Captain Boycott (1947) Stewart Granger 1.20 38.9 38.90 155 63 00 / 00 59.1
12 Men Of Tomorrow (1932) Merle Oberon 0.60 33.0 33.00 155 65 00 / 00 59.0
13 Knight Without Armor (1937) Marlene Dietrich 0.80 37.5 37.50 183 63 00 / 00 59.0
14 The Magic Box (1951) Peter Ustinov 0.40 8.9 8.90 234 70 00 / 00 54.9
15 Lease of Life (1954) Kay Walsh 0.90 23.2 23.20 158 64 00 / 00 52.4
17 For Love Or Money (1933) Edmund Gwenn 0.60 31.3 31.30 161 60 00 / 00 49.4

Check out Robert Donat’s career compared to current and classic actors.  Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.

Be aware.  Normally we have some great resources for classic box office grosses.  In this case we had to rely on the Harrison Reports for many of our estimated grosses.   We like the Harrison Reports, but they are not our favorite source.  Usually we feel pretty good in our calculations.  That is not the case on this page.   After years of looking, we have determined Robert Donat grosses are nowhere to be found.  So going with the “something is better than nothing” approach, we decided to finally show our estimated Robert Donat box office grosses.   But we freely admit…we are standing on thin ice on this page.

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  1. bob cox says:
    October 14, 2019 at 3:12 pm

    I saw 4 including 3 of top 4. 10 and favorite the inn of the 6th happiness. 9 the private life of henry the eigth. I have some catching up to do

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  2. Cogerson says:
    September 30, 2019 at 6:37 am

    Hey Bob….thanks for explaining the conversation between you and Steve. It at least make a little more sense to me. I freely admit I do not know much about Cthulhu and Lovecraft. More good points about Donat. Off to work…going to be a long day….as tonight is open house at school. Good stuff as always.

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