TopTenREVIEWS presents the film career and movie reviews of Olympia Dukakis.
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Birthdate: June 20, 1931
Olympia Dukakis
ACTOR RANKINGS:
CAREER SPAN
Decade
Movie Score
# Movies
1960s
0.7933
2
1970s
1.3666
3
1980s
2.5549
8
1990s
2.0890
19
2000s
2.1841
16
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score: 
2.3091
2.3091
Olympia Dukakis Movie Rankings
1
3.2250Fiona and Grant are an Ontario couple who have been married for over 40 years. Now, in the oncoming twilight of their years, they are forced to face the fact that Fiona's "forgetfulness" actually is Alzheimer's Disease. ...more about Away from Her
DVD from $13.99
(17 sellers)
2
2.9995Loretta Castorini, a Brooklyn bookkeeper in her late 30s whose husband died several years earlier in a bus accident, decides it's time to get married again. So she accepts the proposal of a nice, middle-aged fellow named Johnny Cammareri. ...more about Moonstruck
Actor Awards
- Academy Awards, USA - Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- BAFTA Awards - Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
- Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Supporting Actress
- Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards - Best Supporting Actress
- National Board of Review, USA - Best Supporting Actress
DVD from $5.99
(13 sellers)
3
2.9225Tess McGill is a frustrated secretary, struggling to forge ahead in the world of big business in New York. She gets her chance when her boss breaks her leg on a skiing holiday. McGill takes advantage of her absence to push ahead with her career. ...more about Working Girl
DVD from $3.41
(15 sellers)
4
2.8820
Glenn Holland (Dreyfuss) is a musician and composer who takes a teaching job to pay the rent while, in his 'spare time', he can strive to achieve his true goal - compose one memorable piece of music to leave his mark on the world. ...more about Mr. Holland's Opus
DVD from $7.02
(12 sellers)
5
2.8489
Revolving around Truvy's Beauty Parlor in a small parish in modern-day Louisiana, STEEL MAGNOLIAS is the story of a close-knit circle of friends whose lives come together there. ...more about Steel Magnolias
DVD from $6.10
(13 sellers)
6
2.8167
Lenny adopts, convinced by his wife, a boy who becoming older surprises them with his intelectual qualities. Therefore both deceide to search for his real, biological mother. ...more about Mighty Aphrodite
DVD from $7.02
(11 sellers)
7
2.6485
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
DVD from $3.95
(9 sellers)
8
2.5850
Kate has just met a man that she likes very much. But in order to see if he really likes her and to make him jealous, she hires Nick, a actor, to play her boyfriend. Only Nick really falls for Kate... ...more about Picture Perfect
DVD from $4.25
(13 sellers)
9
2.5768
Jeffery, a young gay man in New York, decides that sex is too much and decided to become celibate. He immediately meets the man of his dreams and must decide whether or not love is worth the danger of a boyfriend dying. ...more about Jeffrey
DVD from $9.99
(8 sellers)
10
2.5224
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
DVD from $3.92
(11 sellers)
11
2.5181
This hilariously truthful look at family and marriage follows a father (Falk) and son (Reiser) who set out on an impromptu road trip. ...more about Thing About My Folks
DVD from $8.63
(10 sellers)
13
2.4970
Young Vincenzo Cortino, son of a Sicilian postman, delivers a package for his father and accidentally sees something he should not see. In a donkey's, well, he is smuggled out of town, where he tries to reach a ship headed for America. ...more about Jane Austen's Mafia!
DVD from $7.02
(11 sellers)
14
2.4603
In 1924, Sarah and Hamish travel from England deep in to the jungle to earn their fortune surveying an ivory trading post. Instead of an exotic retreat, the couple encounters an oppressively small community. ...more about Intended
DVD from $15.99
(7 sellers)
15
2.3278
She's green and eager. He's seasoned and jaded. They're reporters for rival Chicago newspapers assigned to cover the same story. He offers tips and advice; she scoops him. ...more about I Love Trouble
DVD from $7.02
(10 sellers)
16
2.3264
An intense relationship drama that takes the form of a mystery, The Event centers around a series of unexplained deaths that occur among the gay community in New York's fashionable Chelsea district. ...more about Event
Actor Awards
- Chlotrudis Awards - Best Supporting Actress
- Genie Awards - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
- L.A. Outfest - Outstanding Actress in a Feature Film
DVD from $6.99
(6 sellers)
17
2.1334
A busy, "always-on-the-run" executive learns during a meeting that his father may be dying and rushes home to his side. He ends up being his father's caretaker and becomes closer to him than ever before. ...more about Dad
DVD from $4.99
(10 sellers)
20
1.9475
3 NEEDLES follows three different people located in different parts of the globe, all of whom have important decisions to make in order to help people stricken with AIDS. ...more about 3 Needles
DVD from $15.97
(10 sellers)
23
1.5981
A woman (May) moves back to New York and hires a ditzy New Age woman (Thomas) to redecorate her apartment in this Odd Couple styled comedy. ...more about In the Spirit
- Not Available on DVD
24
1.5922
This comedy with much Jewish humor is about the widows Doris, Ester and Lucille, who's husbands died one after another in just a few years. The 3 friends in their 50s react quite differently on the deaths. ...more about Cemetery Club
DVD from $6.39
(10 sellers)
26
1.3995
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
(12 sellers)
29
1.3059
Weisser is a young college bound man who's future is threatened when his mother interferes with his love life and a pending scholarship. He also discovers that his mothers best friend wishes to get closer to him, even if it means murder. ...more about Mother
- Not Available on DVD
30
0.9680
An intimate, gripping look at well-meaning people who get hopelessly, dreadfully lost in their pursuit of happiness. In 1924, Sarah and Hamish travel from England deep in to the jungle to earn their fortune surveying an ivory trading post. ...more about Intended
- Not Available on DVD
31
0.7549
A comedy about families, the elements that bind them together, and about hope in the face of hardship. ...more about Better Living
- Not Available on DVD
34
Toil and trouble. Jimmy, an aspiring actor, wants out of South Brooklyn where hoods run the show. Since the death of his firefighter father, Jimmy's family has been the guys at the station house and Tommy, a mobster who owns a gym where Jimmy works. ...more about Brooklyn Sonnet
DVD from $9.59
(4 sellers)
35
Charlie's War is the story of Charlotte Lewis (Olympia Dukakis), a woman who is experiencing serious emotional and mental turmoil brought about by nightmares of increasing intensity. In the dreams, she is a young girl, and she runs from unknown terrors. ...more about Charlie's War
- Not Available on DVD
37
Policeman Dan Sampson (Brian Wimmer) happens to have the same badge # as deceased policeman Manny Torres, who died while on duty. The circumstances surrounding Torres' death, officially ruled a drug overdose, become Sampson's obsession. ...more about Dead Badge
- Not Available on DVD
40
When David drops out of medical school, he finds out what life isn't really like. He meets beautiful women, holds a box, helps make a movie, and takes care of 21 cows. ...more about Milk & Money
- Not Available on DVD
41
Alma can't stand to have one more birthday without seeing her estranged daughter, Elizabeth, who lives in Sydney, Australia. ...more about Over the Hill
- Not Available on DVD
43
Two ultra-precocious Upper West Side twelve-year-olds, Franny and Jamie, are best friends. Jamie, the "new boy" in town, has experienced his parents' divorce and guides his friend Franny in the art of surviving her own folks' imminent split. ...more about Rich Kids
- Not Available on DVD
44
Two retired women (Olympia Dukakis, Marion Ross) find their lives rejuvenated when they decide to train a street thug (David deLuise) to become a prize fighter. ...more about Ladies and the Champ
- Not Available on DVD
46
Aging New York cabbie Flanagan (Bosco) still has hopes of making it as a stage actor. He can recite any Shakespeare sonnet and is facile with accents, but he can't land an agent or a job. ...more about Walls of Glass
- Not Available on DVD
48
0.0001
Three grown daughters (Cathrine Corpeny, Wendy Hoopes, Deborah Hedwall) try to find their own personal ways to deal with their dysfunctional parents (Olympia Dukakis, Roy Scheider). ...more about Better Living
- Not Available on DVD
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