Rodney Dangerfield Movies

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

Rodney Dangerfield (1921-2004) was an American actor and stand-up comedian.  Dangerfield’s breakout film role came in 1980’s Caddyshack, which was followed by two more successful films in which he starred: 1983’s Easy Money and 1986’s Back to School.  His IMDb page shows 42 acting credits from 1956 to 2008. This page will rank Rodney Dangerfield movies from Best to Worst in six different  sortable columns of information. To do well in the rankings, a movie needed to do well at the box office, be liked by both critics and audiences and earn some award recognition.  Some of his movies that do not appear to have been in North American theaters were not included.

1980’s Caddyshack

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

Easy Money (1983)

Rodney Dangerfield 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 Rodney Dangerfield movies by co-stars of his movies.
  • Sort Rodney Dangerfield movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
  • Sort Rodney Dangerfield movies by yearly domestic box office rank
  • Sort Rodney Dangerfield 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 Rodney Dangerfield movie received and how many Oscar® wins each Rodney Dangerfield movie won.
  • Sort Rodney Dangerfield 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.
1986’s Back To School
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2 thoughts on “Rodney Dangerfield Movies

  1. The Projectionist was a favorite of mine when I was young. They used a lot of footage from old movies in it. Back to School made my 10 best of 1986.

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