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The Best Cloris Leachman Movies
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List of the best Cloris Leachman movies, ranked best to worst with movie trailers when available. Cloris Leachman's highest grossing movies have received a lot of accolades over the years, earning millions upon millions around the world. The order of these top Cloris Leachman movies is decided by how many votes they receive, so only highly rated Cloris Leachman movies will be at the top of the list. Cloris Leachman has been in a lot of films, so people often debate each other over what the greatest Cloris Leachman movie of all time is. If you and a friend are arguing about this then use this list of the most entertaining Cloris Leachman films to end the squabble once and for all.
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This list is made up of films like The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure and Music of the Heart.
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1Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Cloris Leachman- Released: 1974
- Directed by: Mel Brooks
Respected medical lecturer Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (Gene Wilder) learns that he has inherited his infamous grandfather's estate in Transylvania. Arriving at the castle, Dr. Frankenstein soon ...more- 2Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross
- Released: 1969
- Directed by: George Roy Hill
The true story of fast-draws and wild rides, battles with posses, train and bank robberies, a torrid love affair and a new lease on outlaw life in far away Bolivia. It is also a character study of a ...more ![Sky High]()
3Michael Angarano, Kurt Russell, Kelly Preston- Released: 2005
- Directed by: Mike Mitchell
At a school in the sky where teens learn how to be superheroes, Will Stronghold (Michael Angarano) lands in a class for students who show special promise. Classmate Gwen (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) ...more![The Muppet Movie]()
4Charles Durning, Austin Pendleton, Steve Martin- Released: 1979
- Directed by: James Frawley
After Kermit the Frog decides to pursue a movie career, he starts his cross-country trip from Florida to California. Along the way, he meets and befriends Fozzie Bear, Miss Piggy, Gonzo and rock ...more![High Anxiety]()
5Mel Brooks, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman- Released: 1977
- Directed by: Mel Brooks
Just after becoming the director of the Psychoneurotic Institute for the Very, Very Nervous, Dr. Richard H. Thorndyke (Mel Brooks) is greeted by a series of mysterious events. When his colleagues -- ...more![Kiss Me Deadly]()
6Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Paul Stewart- Released: 1955
- Directed by: Robert Aldrich
One evening, private detective Mike Hammer (Ralph Meeker) picks up a strange woman, Christina (Cloris Leachman), who's standing on the highway wearing only a trench coat. They're stopped farther on ...more![History of the World, Part I]()
7Mel Brooks, Dom DeLuise, Madeline Kahn- Released: 1981
- Directed by: Mel Brooks
Human history is traced through a series of vignettes, beginning with cavemen awestruck by their own magnificence. Then Moses (Mel Brooks) receives the tablets containing the "15" commandments, and ...more![Prancer]()
8Sam Elliott, Rebecca Harrell Tickell, Cloris Leachman- Released: 1989
- Directed by: John D. Hancock
Refusing to give up her belief in Santa Claus, a child, Jessica Riggs (Rebecca Harrell), discovers a hurt reindeer in the woods, which she believes to be Prancer. With the help of a sympathetic ...more![The Last Picture Show]()
9Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd- Released: 1971
- Directed by: Peter Bogdanovich
High school seniors and best friends, Sonny (Timothy Bottoms) and Duane (Jeff Bridges), live in a dying Texas town. The handsome Duane is dating local beauty, Jacy (Cybill Shepherd), while Sonny is ...more![Spanglish]()
10Adam Sandler, Téa Leoni, Paz Vega- Released: 2004
- Directed by: James L. Brooks
Mexican immigrant and single mother Flor Moreno (Paz Vega) finds housekeeping work with Deborah (Téa Leoni) and John Clasky (Adam Sandler), a well-off couple with two children of their own. When Flor ...more![The North Avenue Irregulars]()
11Edward Herrmann, Barbara Harris, Karen Valentine- Released: 1979
- Directed by: Bruce Bilson
Treasury agents help a minister (Edward Herrmann) and his ladies auxiliary go under cover against organized crime.![The Iron Giant]()
12Jennifer Aniston, Eli Marienthal, Harry Connick- Released: 1999
- Directed by: Brad Bird
In this animated adaptation of Ted Hughes' Cold War fable, a giant alien robot (Vin Diesel) crash-lands near the small town of Rockwell, Maine, in 1957. Exploring the area, a local 9-year-old boy, ...more![Walk Like a Man]()
13Howie Mandel, Christopher Lloyd, Cloris Leachman- Released: 1987
- Directed by: Melvin Frank
A young man who has been raised by dogs in the wild after going missing as a boy, Bobo Shand (Howie Mandel) is found when Penny (Amy Steel), an animal behaviorist, stumbles across him far from ...more![Beavis and Butt-head Do America]()
14Mike Judge, Bruce Willis, Demi Moore- Released: 1996
- Directed by: Mike Judge, Yvette Kaplan
Two of the biggest animated slackers around, Beavis (Mike Judge) and Butt-head (also Judge) get a kick-start when two crooks steal their TV. On their mission to find a replacement, Beavis and ...more![The Longest Yard]()
15Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Burt Reynolds- Released: 2005
- Directed by: Peter Segal
Disgraced pro football quarterback Paul Crewe (Adam Sandler) lands in jail, where manipulative Warden Hazen (James Cromwell) recruits him to advise the institution's team. This turns into a lead role ...more![The Beverly Hillbillies]()
16Jim Varney, Cloris Leachman, Lily Tomlin- Released: 1993
- Directed by: Penelope Spheeris
Backwoods farmer Jed Clampett (Jim Varney) strikes oil on his land, and soon he and his clan have moved to the posh surroundings of Beverly Hills, Calif. As Jed, Granny (Cloris Leachman), Elly May ...more![A Girl Named Sooner]()
17Lee Remick, Richard Crenna, Cloris Leachman- Released: 1975
- Directed by: Delbert Mann
Sooner (Susan Deer) is a young girl being raised by an eccentric and slovenly bootlegger (Cloris Leachman) in the backwoods of Indiana. It's only after she's taken away by the authorities and given ...more![Never Too Late]()
18Corey Haim, Cloris Leachman, Olympia Dukakis- Released: 1997
- Directed by: Giles Walker
Never Too Late is a 1997 Canadian comedy-drama film, starring Olympia Dukakis, Jean Lapointe and Corey Haim. It was filmed in Montreal, Quebec.![Charley and the Angel]()
19Fred MacMurray, Cloris Leachman, Harry Morgan- Released: 1973
- Directed by: Vincent McEveety
A 1930s storekeeper (Fred MacMurray) neglects his wife (Cloris Leachman) and family until an angel (Harry Morgan) informs him his time is up.![It Happened One Christmas]()
20Orson Welles, Cloris Leachman, Christopher Guest- Released: 1977
- Directed by: Donald Wrye
It Happened One Christmas is a 1977 made-for-television film starring Marlo Thomas and Wayne Rogers.![Daisy Miller]()
21Cybill Shepherd, Cloris Leachman, Eileen Brennan- Released: 1974
- Directed by: Peter Bogdanovich
Daisy Miller is a 1974 American drama film produced & directed by Peter Bogdanovich, and starring then-girlfriend Cybill Shepherd in the title role. The screenplay by Frederic Raphael is based on the ...more![Alex & Emma]()
22Kate Hudson, Luke Wilson, Sophie Marceau- Released: 2003
- Directed by: Rob Reiner
Writer Alex Sheldon (Luke Wilson) must finish his novel within a month. If he doesn't, he won't get paid. And, if that happens, angry Mafia types to whom he owes money will come looking for him. In ...more![Texasville]()
23Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Cloris Leachman- Released: 1990
- Directed by: Peter Bogdanovich
Texasville is a 1990 American drama film directed by Peter Bogdanovich. It is a sequel to The Last Picture Show, and based on the novel Texasville by Larry McMurtry. Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, ...more![Beerfest]()
24Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Erik Stolhanske- Released: 2006
- Directed by: Jay Chandrasekhar
Two brothers (Erik Stolhanske, Paul Soter) from America happen upon a secret and centuries-old beer-games competition during a visit to Germany's Oktoberfest. After losing badly, they return to ...more![Now and Then]()
25Christina Ricci, Thora Birch, Gaby Hoffmann- Released: 1995
- Directed by: Lesli Linka Glatter
Three strong women -- Roberta Martin (Rosie O'Donnell), Samantha Albertson (Demi Moore) and Tina "Teeny" Tercell (Melanie Griffith) -- return home to reunite with their childhood friend Chrissy ...more
