John Travolta Movie Rankings
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John Travolta scores a combined 3.6975 out of 4 stars for Pulp Fiction
3.6975
Pulp Fiction is a mix of crime fiction and dark satire. The film follows two professional hit men on the hunt for a briefcase. The story then tells the tale of several individuals and their relationship to crime boss Marsellus. ... more about Pulp Fiction
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
BAFTA Awards - Best Actor
David di Donatello Awards - Best Foreign Actor (Migliore Attore Straniero)
Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actor
Screen Actors Guild Awards - Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
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2
John Travolta scores a combined 3.2578 out of 4 stars for Grease
3.2578
After a world wind summer fling, bad boy Greaser, Danny, spends his senior year trying to impress the Australian girl-next-door, Sandy, Danny must walk a fine line to get the girl without ruining his reputation. ... more about Grease
Actor Awards
Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actor - Musical/Comedy
DVD from $8.26 
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3
John Travolta scores a combined 3.2210 out of 4 stars for Saturday Night Fever
3.2210
The highlight of Tony's week is going to the local discotheque where he truly feels at home dancing the night away. He enters a dance competition with Stephanie, a girl that continues to ignore Tony's romantic advances. ... more about Saturday Night Fever
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actor - Musical/Comedy
National Board of Review, USA - Best Actor
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4
John Travolta scores a combined 3.1646 out of 4 stars for Hairspray
3.1646
Pleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad teaches 1962 Baltimore a thing or two about integration after landing a spot on a local TV dance show. ... more about Hairspray
Actor Awards
Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
DVD from $2.22 
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5
John Travolta scores a combined 3.0695 out of 4 stars for Get Shorty
3.0695
Some guys get all the luck, whether they like it or not. Chili Palmer (John Travolta) happens to be in Hollywood collecting a gambling debt when he's struck by lightning (not literally). ... more about Get Shorty
Actor Awards
American Comedy Awards, USA - Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture (Leading Role)
Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actor
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6
John Travolta scores a combined 3.0504 out of 4 stars for Blow Out
3.0504
This stylish Brian DePalma thriller plays off the theme of the unsuspecting witness who discovers a crime and is thereby put in grave danger, but with a novel twist. Jack is a sound-man who works on "Grade-B" horror movies. ... more about Blow Out
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7
John Travolta scores a combined 3.0194 out of 4 stars for Face/Off
3.0194
Travolta plays an undercover agent who takes the physical appearance of an assumed dead terrorist (Cage). The terrorist was only in a coma, and he takes the form of Travolta. ... more about Face/Off
Actor Awards
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA - Best Actor
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards - Favorite Actor - Action/Adventure
DVD from $3.00 
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8
John Travolta scores a combined 3.0104 out of 4 stars for Thin Red Line
3.0104
An American Army unit is stationed in Japan fighting the Battle of Guadalcanal Island in WWII. The film explores how the men form a close family-like bond and go from fighting for their country to fighting for their lives and the life of the man next to them. ... more about Thin Red Line
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9
John Travolta scores a combined 3.0050 out of 4 stars for Carrie
3.0050
Carrie White is a shy young girl who doesn't make friends easily. ... more about Carrie
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10
John Travolta scores a combined 2.9679 out of 4 stars for Primary Colors
2.9679
Jack Stanton is running for president. The election is seen through the eyes of young Henry Burton. Along the way Stanton must deal with a sex scandal. ... more about Primary Colors
Actor Awards
Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical
DVD from $2.42 
(7 sellers)
11
John Travolta scores a combined 2.8748 out of 4 stars for Bolt
2.8748
From Walt Disney Animation Studios comes Bolt, a tale of a superstar TV pup (voiced by John Travolta) who gets plopped in the middle of America with seemingly no way back to the glam and glitz of Hollywood. ... more about Bolt
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12
John Travolta scores a combined 2.8743 out of 4 stars for Civil Action
2.8743
A tenacious young lawyer (Travolta) is confronted with the case of a lifetime in this unbelievable real-life story. ... more about Civil Action
Actor Awards
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards - Favorite Actor - Drama
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13
John Travolta scores a combined 2.7553 out of 4 stars for Broken Arrow
2.7553
"Broken Arrow" is the term used to describe a nuclear device that has been lost. In this movie, two nuclear missiles are stolen by rogue US pilot Deakins, but hot on his trail is his co-pilot Hale and a Park Ranger, Terry. ... more about Broken Arrow
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14
John Travolta scores a combined 2.7336 out of 4 stars for Phenomenon
2.7336
The main character (John Travolta) observes a strange light on his birthday at a bar. The following days he becomes very intell-i-gent and puts the intell-i-gence to good use in his community. ... more about Phenomenon
Actor Awards
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards - Favorite Actor - Drama
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15
John Travolta scores a combined 2.7156 out of 4 stars for Mad City
2.7156
Sam Baily, upset over losing his job, takes a natural history museum hostage. Max Brackett, journalist, is in the museum when this occurs, and gets the scoop. The story spreads nation wide, and soon it is all anyone talks about. ... more about Mad City
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16
John Travolta scores a combined 2.6820 out of 4 stars for Austin Powers in Goldmember
2.6820
Dr. Evil and Mini-Me escape from prison and travel in time to team up with Goldmember. Together they kidnap Austin's fatherand attempt to take over the world. Austin must travel to the 70's and join Foxxy Cleopatra to save his father and foil Dr. Evil's plans. ... more about Austin Powers in Goldmember
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17
John Travolta scores a combined 2.6616 out of 4 stars for Ladder 49
2.6616
Under the watchful eye of his mentor Captain Mike Kennedy (Travolta), probationary firefighter Jack Morrison (Phoenix) matures into a seasoned veteran at a Baltimore fire station. ... more about Ladder 49
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18
John Travolta scores a combined 2.6559 out of 4 stars for General's Daughter
2.6559
The naked corpse of Captain Elisabeth Campbell, daughter of Lieutenant General "Fighting Joe" Campbell, is found staked out on the urban warfare range of Fort MacCallum. ... more about General's Daughter
Actor Awards
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards - Favorite Actor - Suspense
DVD from $3.00 
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19
John Travolta scores a combined 2.6534 out of 4 stars for Devil's Rain
2.6534
A bunch of Satanists in the American rural landscape have terrible powers which enable them to melt their victims. However one of the children of an earlier victim vows to destroy them. ... more about Devil's Rain
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20
John Travolta scores a combined 2.6530 out of 4 stars for Look Who's Talking
2.6530
Mollie is a single mum who's on the lookout for a reliable and normal boyfriend. Her son Mikey, (unbeknownst to her) seems to have a better idea of which of the men she dates would make a good father figure! If only she could understand him... ... more about Look Who's Talking
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21
John Travolta scores a combined 2.6144 out of 4 stars for Michael
2.6144
Frank Quinlan and Huey Driscoll, two reporters from a Chicago-based tabloid, along with Dorothy Winters, an 'angel expert', are asked to travel to rural Iowa to investigate a claim from an old woman that she shares her house with a real, live archangel ... more about Michael
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22
John Travolta scores a combined 2.6106 out of 4 stars for Urban Cowboy
2.6106
Bud Davis is a country boy who moves to the city to visit his uncle. He starts hanging out at Gilley's, owned by Mickey Gilley himself. He takes a job at the refinery where his uncle works. ... more about Urban Cowboy
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23
John Travolta scores a combined 2.5827 out of 4 stars for Love Song for Bobby Long
2.5827
Upon hearing of her mother's death, jaded teenage loner Purslane Hominy Will returns to New Orleans for the first time in years, ready to reclaim her childhood home. ... more about Love Song for Bobby Long
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24
John Travolta scores a combined 2.5632 out of 4 stars for Swordfish
2.5632
When the DEA shut down its dummy corporation operation codenamed SWORDFISH in 1986, they had generated $400 million which they let sit around; fifteen years of compound interest has swelled it to $9.5 billion. ... more about Swordfish
Actor Awards
Razzie Awards - Worst Actor
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25
John Travolta scores a combined 2.4936 out of 4 stars for She's So Lovely
2.4936
Maureen is pregnant and her husband Eddie is missing. Nervous, Maureen shares a couple of drinks with neighbor Kiefer, who tries to rape her and then beats her. ... more about She's So Lovely
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John Travolta scores a combined 2.4822 out of 4 stars for Look Who's Talking Too
2.4822
This time, a new baby is on the way, and it's a girl. Wrapped together with the standard conflict between mother and father, Mikey engages in a bit of sibling rivalry with his new sister, voiced by Roseanne. ... more about Look Who's Talking Too
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27
John Travolta scores a combined 2.4690 out of 4 stars for Punisher
2.4690
Marvel's unstoppable vigilante hits the big screen. After losing his family in to mob violence, undercover FBI agent and former Marine Frank Castle (Jane) decides to dedicate himself fully to the eradication of crime from America. ... more about Punisher
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28
John Travolta scores a combined 2.4130 out of 4 stars for Be Cool
2.4130
Streetwise mobster-turned-movie producer Chili Palmer is back, but this time Chili has abandoned the fickle movie industry and veered into the music business, tangling with Russian mobsters and gangsta rappers and taking a talented, feisty young singer ... more about Be Cool
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29
John Travolta scores a combined 2.4045 out of 4 stars for Domestic Disturbance
2.4045
Susan Morrison is getting married to wealthy industrialist Rick Barnes. Danny, her teenage son with ex-husband Frank, isn't happy about this; he stows away in Rick's car one night, planning to go to Frank's house. ... more about Domestic Disturbance
Actor Awards
Razzie Awards - Worst Actor
DVD from $1.89 
(5 sellers)
30
John Travolta scores a combined 2.3435 out of 4 stars for Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
2.3435
It's just another day for New York City subway dispatcher Walter Garber, until Ryder, a bitter ex-con, hijacks one of the trains. Unless the city pays Ryder one million dollars within the hour for each hostage on the train, he and his four armed accomplices will execute them all. ... more about Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
DVD from $15.99 
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31
John Travolta scores a combined 2.3265 out of 4 stars for Basic
2.3265
Tom Hardy, an ex-Army Ranger turned DEA agent, is drawn into an ever-widening mystery surrounding the disappearance of the feared and often hated Sgt. ... more about Basic
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32
John Travolta scores a combined 2.3152 out of 4 stars for Lucky Numbers
2.3152
Winter, 1988: Harrisburg PA's celebrity weatherman, Russ Richards, is broke: he's borrowed heavily to open a snowmobile dealership, and it's still unseasonably warm. ... more about Lucky Numbers
Actor Awards
Razzie Awards - Worst Actor
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(0 sellers)
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John Travolta scores a combined 2.2342 out of 4 stars for Moment by Moment
2.2342
One year after "Saturday Night Fever," John Travolta starred in this love story between a young drifter and an older woman - Lily Tomlin. ... more about Moment by Moment
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34
John Travolta scores a combined 2.1740 out of 4 stars for Lonely Hearts
2.1740
In the late 1940's, Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez were America's notorious "Lonely Hearts Killers". ... more about Lonely Hearts
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(3 sellers)
35
John Travolta scores a combined 2.1281 out of 4 stars for Wild Hogs
2.1281
Four middle-aged friends decide to hit the open road in search of one last adventure. Leaving behind their families and stressful jobs the friends find there is a lot more in the world than cell phones and suburbia. ... more about Wild Hogs
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36
John Travolta scores a combined 2.1238 out of 4 stars for Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000
2.1238
In the year 3000, man is no match for the Psychlos, a manipulative race of aliens on a quest for global domination. ... more about Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000
Actor Awards
Razzie Awards - Worst Actor
DVD from $3.00 
(5 sellers)
37
John Travolta scores a combined 2.0377 out of 4 stars for White Man's Burden
2.0377
The story takes place in alternative America where the blacks are members of social elite, and whites are inhabitants of inner city ghettos. Louis Pinnock is a white worker in a chocolate factory, loving husband and father of two children. ... more about White Man's Burden
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John Travolta scores a combined 1.9839 out of 4 stars for Welcome to Hollywood
1.9839
A film director (Adam Rifkin) decides to chart the course of a young actor (Tony Markes) as he tries to make it in Hollywood. Attempts to get him noticed and placed in roles meet with failure. ... more about Welcome to Hollywood
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(2 sellers)
39
John Travolta scores a combined 1.8976 out of 4 stars for Experts
1.8976
When Travis (John Travolta) and Wendell (Arye Gross) are kidnapped while on their way to opening a nightclub in rural Nebraska. The KGB spy Cameron Smith (Charles Martin Smith) takes them to the U.S.S.R. ... more about Experts
Not Available on DVD
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John Travolta scores a combined 1.7944 out of 4 stars for Boris and Natasha
1.7944
Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale are still spies for the mean little country of Pottsylvania, where, sandwiched between the nations Wrestlemania and Yoursovania, the Cold War is still frigid. ... more about Boris and Natasha
Not Available on DVD
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John Travolta scores a combined 1.7302 out of 4 stars for Staying Alive
1.7302
Tony Manero tries to make it as a professional dancer on Broadway in this sequel to Saturday Night Fever. Stallone makes a cameo appearance. ... more about Staying Alive
Actor Awards
Razzie Awards - Worst Actor
DVD from $3.90 
(5 sellers)
42
John Travolta scores a combined 1.4319 out of 4 stars for Perfect
1.4319
Actor Awards
Razzie Awards - Worst Actor
DVD from $3.00 
(6 sellers)
43
John Travolta scores a combined 1.4040 out of 4 stars for Look Who's Talking Now
1.4040
In this, the third film, it's the pets who do the talking. The Ubriacco's find themselves the owners of two dogs, Rocks, a street wise cross breed, and Daphne, a spoilled pedegree poodle. James has a new job, pilot to the sexy and lonely Samantha. ... more about Look Who's Talking Now
DVD from $3.92 
(7 sellers)
44
John Travolta scores a combined 1.3387 out of 4 stars for Two of a Kind
1.3387
God has had just about enough of the human's attitude so he will destroy the planet very soon. It is up to a struggling inventor and a bank teller, both with very amateur criminal minds, to save the world... ... more about Two of a Kind
Actor Awards
Razzie Awards - Worst Actor
DVD from $4.11 
(6 sellers)
45
John Travolta scores a combined 1.2913 out of 4 stars for Shout
1.2913
Actor Awards
Razzie Awards - Worst Supporting Actor
DVD from $38.94 
(0 sellers)
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John Travolta scores a combined 1.0913 out of 4 stars for Eyes of an Angel
1.0913
John Travolta is a downtrodden single father raising his daughter under difficult circumstances in Chicago. The young girl comes upon and then nurses a wounded Doberman used for fighting, back to health. ... more about Eyes of an Angel
DVD from $63.85 
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John Travolta scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Junket Whore
0.0001
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Birthdate:
February 18, 1954

John Travolta

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Career Span:

Decade
# Movies
Movie Score
1970s
5
total ranking of 3.0220  3.0220
1980s
7
total ranking of 2.4019  2.4019
1990s
20
total ranking of 2.9314  2.9314
2000s
16
total ranking of 2.8852  2.8852
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score:
3.4124
John Travolta is ranked overall as 3.4124 of of 4 stars
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