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Ted Kotcheff Movies

Want to know the best Ted Kotcheff movies?  How about the worst Ted Kotcheff movies?  Curious about Ted Kotcheff box office grosses or which Ted Kotcheff movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Ted Kotcheff 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 and much more.

Ted Kotcheff (1931-2025) was a Canadian-Bulgarian director and producer of film and television. Kotcheff exceled in directing lots of different genres of movies. His IMDb page shows 52 directing and 5 credits from 1956 to 2019. This page will rank Ted Kotcheff 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. Many of his low budget, not seen in theaters, movies were excluded from the rankings.

Ted Kotcheff 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
1982 First Blood (1982)
1977 Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)
1979 North Dallas Forty (1979)
1983 Uncommon Valor (1983)
1989 Weekend at Bernie's (1989)
1974 The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974)
1978 Who Is Killing The Great Chefs of Europe? (1978)
2003 Shattered Glass (2003)
2010 Barney's Version (2010)
1971 Wake in Fright (2012)
1965 Life At The Top (1965)
1982 Split Image (1982)
Director
1985 Joshua Then and Now (1985)
Director
1988 Switching Channels (1988)
1969 Two Gentlemen Sharing (1969)
Limited Release
1989 Winter People (1989)
2017 Soul Of An Artist (2017)
Limited Release
1962 Tiara Tahiti (1962)
1992 Folks! (1992)
1974 Billy Two Hats (1974)
1995 The Shooter (1995)
Video On Demand
1986 The Check Is In The Mail (1986)
Limited Release

Ted Kotcheff 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 Ted Kotcheff movies by co-stars of his movies.
Sort Ted Kotcheff movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
Sort Ted Kotcheff movies by yearly domestic box office rank
Sort Ted Kotcheff 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 Ted Kotcheff movie received and how many Oscar® wins each Ted Kotcheff movie won.
Sort Ted Kotcheff 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 First Blood (1982) Sylvester Stallone &
Brian Dennehy
47.20 200.7 532.40 12 77 00 / 00 96.4
2 Fun with Dick and Jane (1977) Jane Fonda &
George Segal
36.80 206.3 206.30 21 61 00 / 00 91.5
3 North Dallas Forty (1979) Nick Nolte &
Charles Durning
26.10 129.9 129.90 38 77 00 / 00 89.2
4 Uncommon Valor (1983) Gene Hackman &
Patrick Swayze
30.50 121.0 121.00 22 53 00 / 00 76.3
5 Weekend at Bernie's (1989) Andrew McCarthy &
Jonathan Silverman
30.20 95.1 95.10 38 54 00 / 00 70.9
6 The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974) Richard Dreyfuss &
Micheline Lanctôt
5.20 34.4 34.40 63 71 01 / 00 69.2
7 Who Is Killing The Great Chefs of Europe? (1978) George Segal &
Jacqueline Bisset
11.10 59.4 59.40 54 64 00 / 00 68.9
8 Shattered Glass (2003) Hayden Christensen &
Chloë Sevigny
2.20 4.6 6.10 163 77 00 / 00 64.2
9 Barney's Version (2010) Paul Giamatti &
Dustin Hoffman
1.30 2.1 8.50 169 76 01 / 00 63.4
10 Wake in Fright (2012) Gary Bond 0.60 3.9 8.50 172 76 00 / 00 62.6
11 Life At The Top (1965) Laurence Harvey &
Jean Simmons
1.50 18.4 18.40 114 64 00 / 00 49.4
12 Split Image (1982)
Director
Brian Dennehy &
Peter Fonda
0.30 1.1 1.10 154 68 00 / 00 46.4
13 Joshua Then and Now (1985)
Director
James Woods &
Gabrielle Lazure
0.50 1.9 1.90 164 66 00 / 00 42.8
14 Switching Channels (1988) Burt Reynolds &
Kathleen Turner
9.10 27.8 27.80 94 57 00 / 00 42.6
15 Two Gentlemen Sharing (1969)
Limited Release
Judy Geeson 0.10 1.2 1.20 173 62 00 / 00 33.9
16 Winter People (1989) Kurt Russell &
Kelly McGillis
2.00 6.4 6.40 138 60 00 / 00 33.8
17 Soul Of An Artist (2017)
Limited Release
Documentary 0.00 0.1 0.10 485 54 00 / 00 18.4
18 Tiara Tahiti (1962) James Mason &
John Mills
1.90 31.0 31.00 102 43 00 / 00 17.1
19 Folks! (1992) Tom Selleck &
Don Ameche
6.10 18.5 18.50 113 46 00 / 00 14.7
20 Billy Two Hats (1974) Gregory Peck &
Desi Arnaz Jr.
1.20 8.0 8.00 129 49 00 / 00 14.5
21 The Shooter (1995)
Video On Demand
Dolph Lundren 0.00 0.1 0.10 261 47 00 / 00 9.3
22 The Check Is In The Mail (1986)
Limited Release
Brian Dennehy 0.20 0.5 0.50 210 39 00 / 00 3.6

Ted Kotcheff Adjusted World Wide Box Office Grosses
Movie (Year) UMR Co-Star Links World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil) S
Movie (Year) UMR Co-Star Links World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil) S
First Blood (1982) Sylvester Stallone &
Brian Dennehy
532.40
Wake in Fright (2012) Gary Bond 8.50
Barney's Version (2010) Paul Giamatti &
Dustin Hoffman
8.50
Shattered Glass (2003) Hayden Christensen &
Chloë Sevigny
6.10

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2 thoughts on “Ted Kotcheff Movies”

  1. Mike HoF 2020 says:
    April 13, 2025 at 10:01 pm

    May he rest in peace

    Reply
  2. Cogerson says:
    April 13, 2025 at 9:25 pm

    Rest in Peace Mr. Ted Kotcheff. While driving home from a weekend visit with SoC#2 (Son of Cogerson #2), WoC (Wife of Cogerson) told me about the passing of the actor Nicky Katt and the director Ted Kotcheff. As my mind worked on figuring out which Kotcheff movies I had seen….the only one that popped into my mind was Switching Channels. When we got home I immediately went to work on tribute pages to Katt and Kotcheff.

    I have to say, Kotcheff’s filmography, with a somewhat limited amount of movies is pretty impressive. He did well in lots of different genres. He had action movies covered with First Blood (it started a franchise that lasted decades), and Uncommon Valor (one of the best Vietnam rescue movies). He made one of the best sports movies (North Dallas Forty). He had comedy covered with Weekend at Bernies, Fun With Dick and Jane and Who is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe. Solid dramas like Winter People (an underrated Kurt Russell movie) and The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (one of the first Richard Dreyfuss leading man roles). He directed a cult classic, Wake in Fright (his only Top 10 movie I have not seen). He directed some legends like Gregory Peck, Dustin Hoffman, Burt Reynolds and Jean Simmons.

    This is a nice legacy. My personal Top 3? – North Dallas Forty, Winter People and First Blood. Rest in peace Mr. Kotcheff.

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