The Best Jack Palance Movies, Ranked
101 credits from 1951 to 2004, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. The biggest box office hit is City Slickers (1991) with $179M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Jack Palance Box Office Hits
Jack Palance's films have made $313M worldwide in total. City Slickers (1991) is the biggest hit at $179M, ahead of Tango & Cash (1989) ($63.4M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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City Slickers 1991 · Comedy $179M $124M dom. - 2
Tango & Cash 1989 · Action $63.4M $63.4M dom. - 3
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold 1994 · Comedy $43.6M $43.6M dom. - 4
I’ll Be Home For Christmas 1997 · Comedy $12.2M $12.2M dom. - 5
The Swan Princess 1994 · Adventure $9.77M $9.77M dom. - 6
Bagdad Cafe 1988 · Drama $3.73M $3.59M dom. - 7
Contempt 1963 · Drama $1.28M $1.15M dom. - 8
Gor 1987 · Action $160K $160K dom. - 9
Sudden Fear 1952 · Thriller $24.8K $24.5K dom. - 10
Shane 1953 · Drama $21.4K
The Best Jack Palance Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Jack Palance has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 16 films, and Bagdad Cafe (1988) is the pick of them.
The Best Jack Palance Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Jack Palance's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1950s to 1990s.
The Latest Jack Palance Movies
The most recent films Jack Palance is credited on, newest first — starting with Back When We Were Grownups (2004). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
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Back When We Were Grownups 2004 · Paul 'Poppy' Davitch -
Prancer Returns 2001 · Family -
Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter’s End 1999 · John Witting -
Ebenezer 1998 · Ebenezer Scrooge -
The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo 1998 · Beelzebub - I’ll Be Home For Christmas 1997 · Bob Greiser
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Monster Mania 1997 · Host -
Buffalo Girls 1995 · Bartle Bone - The Swan Princess 1994 · Adventure
- City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold 1994 · Comedy
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The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling’s Lost Classics 1994 · Dr. Jeremy Wheaton (segment "Where the Dead Are") -
Cyborg 2 1993 · Mercy
The Best Jack Palance Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Jack Palance films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the highest-grossing Jack Palance movie?
City Slickers (1991) made the most at the box office, with $179M worldwide, followed by Tango & Cash (1989) with $63.4M. Together, Jack Palance's films with box office figures have made $313M.
Which Jack Palance movie won the most awards?
City Slickers (1991) is the most decorated Jack Palance film, with 2 wins from 4 nominations across the Oscars, Golden Globes, BAFTA and the other ceremonies in the awards database.
What is the best Jack Palance drama movie?
Bagdad Cafe (1988) is the best-rated of Jack Palance's drama films. In other genres: Tango & Cash (action), City Slickers (comedy) and The Swan Princess (adventure).
What is the newest Jack Palance movie?
The newest film on Jack Palance's filmography is Back When We Were Grownups (2004), with Jack Palance as Paul 'Poppy' Davitch.
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