The Best Lee Van Cleef Movies, Ranked
74 credits from 1952 to 2000, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. The biggest box office hit is Escape from New York (1981) with $25.3M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Lee Van Cleef Box Office Hits
Lee Van Cleef's films have made $73.2M worldwide in total. Escape from New York (1981) is the biggest hit at $25.3M, ahead of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1967) ($25.3M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Escape from New York 1981 · Action $25.3M $25.2M dom. - 2
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 1967 · Adventure $25.3M $25.1M dom. - 3
The Octagon 1980 · Action $19M $19M dom. - 4
Speed Zone 1989 · Action $3.08M $3.08M dom. - 5
Code Name: Wild Geese 1984 · Action $600K $600K dom. - 6
The Conqueror 1956 · Romance $15.4K - 7
The Young Lions 1958 · Action $9.36K
The Best Lee Van Cleef Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Lee Van Cleef has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Action leads with 17 films, and Escape from New York (1981) is the pick of them.
The Best Lee Van Cleef Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Lee Van Cleef's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1950s to 1980s.
The Latest Lee Van Cleef Movies
The most recent films Lee Van Cleef is credited on, newest first — starting with Thieves of Fortune (1990). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
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Thieves of Fortune 1990 · Sergio Danielo Christophero - Speed Zone 1989 · Grandfather
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The Commander 1988 · Col. Mazzarini -
Armed Response 1986 · Burt Roth -
Jungle Raiders 1985 · Warren -
The Master Ninja 5 1985 · John Peter McAllister - Code Name: Wild Geese 1984 · Archie 'China' Travers
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Killing Machine 1984 · Julot -
Master Ninja 1984 · John Peter McAllister -
Master Ninja II 1984 · John Peter McAllister - Escape from New York 1981 · Action
- The Octagon 1980 · Action
The Best Lee Van Cleef Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Lee Van Cleef films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the highest-grossing Lee Van Cleef movie?
Escape from New York (1981) made the most at the box office, with $25.3M worldwide, followed by The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1967) with $25.3M. Together, Lee Van Cleef's films with box office figures have made $73.2M.
What is the best Lee Van Cleef action movie?
Escape from New York (1981) is the best-rated of Lee Van Cleef's action films. In other genres: The Conqueror (romance) and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (adventure).
What is the newest Lee Van Cleef movie?
The newest film on Lee Van Cleef's filmography is Klaus Kinski: I’m not an actor (2000), with Lee Van Cleef as Col. Douglas Mortimer (archive footage).
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