The Best Ray Milland Movies, Ranked
127 credits from 1929 to 2004, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. The biggest box office hit is Escape to Witch Mountain (1975) with $20M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Ray Milland Box Office Hits
Ray Milland's films have made $40.3M worldwide in total. Escape to Witch Mountain (1975) is the biggest hit at $20M, ahead of Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982) ($18.2M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Escape to Witch Mountain 1975 · Adventure $20M $20M dom. - 2
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid 1982 · Mystery $18.2M $18.2M dom. - 3
The Last Tycoon 1976 · Drama $1.82M $1.82M dom. - 4
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey 1993 · Music $253K $253K dom. - 5
Dial M for Murder 1954 · Mystery $45.3K $24.8K dom. - 6
Sullivan’s Travels 1941 · Comedy $10.4K - 7
The Lost Weekend 1945 · Drama $813 - 8
The Major and the Minor 1942 · Comedy $184 - 9
Ministry of Fear 1944 · Mystery $25 - 10
The Uninvited 1944 · Horror $6
The Best Ray Milland Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Ray Milland has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 33 films, and The Last Tycoon (1976) is the pick of them.
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Drama 33 films The Last Tycoon 1976 -
Comedy 23 films Sullivan’s Travels 1941 · as Near-Collision Man (uncredited) -
Horror 10 films The Uninvited 1944 · as Roderick Fitzgerald -
Mystery 6 films Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid 1982 -
Music 5 films Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey 1993 · as Don Birnam (archive footage) (uncredited) -
Adventure 3 films Escape to Witch Mountain 1975
The Best Ray Milland Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Ray Milland's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1940s to 1990s.
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1990s 1 film Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey 1993 · as Don Birnam (archive footage) (uncredited) -
1980s 7 films Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid 1982 -
1970s 24 films Escape to Witch Mountain 1975 -
1950s 20 films Dial M for Murder 1954 -
1940s 27 films Sullivan’s Travels 1941 · as Near-Collision Man (uncredited)
The Latest Ray Milland Movies
The most recent films Ray Milland is credited on, newest first — starting with Piccadilly [re-release] (2004). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
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Piccadilly [re-release] 2004 · Crime -
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey 1993 · Don Birnam (archive footage) (uncredited) -
The Sea Serpent 1985 · Professor Timothy Wallace -
The Masks of Death 1984 · Home Secretary -
Cave-In! 1983 · Prof. Harrison Soames -
Starflight: The Plane That Couldn’t Land 1983 · Q. T. Thornwell -
The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana 1982 · Mr. Griffiths -
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid 1982 · Mystery -
The Attic 1980 · Wendell -
Game for Vultures 1979 · Colonal Brettle -
Survival Run 1979 · Professor -
The Darker Side of Terror 1979 · Prof. Meredith
The Best Ray Milland Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Ray Milland films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the highest-grossing Ray Milland movie?
Escape to Witch Mountain (1975) made the most at the box office, with $20M worldwide, followed by Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982) with $18.2M. Together, Ray Milland's films with box office figures have made $40.3M.
What is the best Ray Milland drama movie?
The Last Tycoon (1976) is the best-rated of Ray Milland's drama films. In other genres: Sullivan’s Travels (comedy), The Uninvited (horror) and Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (mystery).
What is the newest Ray Milland movie?
The newest film on Ray Milland's filmography is Piccadilly [re-release] (2004).
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