The Best Lee Grant Movies

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List of the best Lee Grant movies, ranked best to worst with movie trailers when available. Lee Grant'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 Lee Grant movies is decided by how many votes they receive, so only highly rated Lee Grant movies will be at the top of the list. Lee Grant has been in a lot of films, so people often debate each other over what the greatest Lee Grant movie of all time is. If you and a friend are arguing about this then use this list of the most entertaining Lee Grant films to end the squabble once and for all.

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A list made up of films like Night Slaves and Mussolini: The Untold Story.

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  • Pie in the Sky
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    Pie in the Sky

    Lee Grant, Robert (Tex) Allen, Michael Higgins
    6 votes
    • Released: 1964
    • Directed by: Allen Baron
    Pie in the Sky is a 1964 American film drama written and directed by Allen Baron and starring Lee Grant. Although filmed in 1962, financial and distribution problems delayed release until 1964. Shortly after the initial release, it was retitled Terror in the City.
  • Shampoo
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    Shampoo

    Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Goldie Hawn
    14 votes
    • Released: 1975
    • Directed by: Hal Ashby
    Against the backdrop of Nixon's election to office, Beverly Hills hairdresser and notorious rake George Roundy (Warren Beatty) runs into trouble when his lascivious habits begin to clash with his more responsible business ambitions. Things get even more complex when Roundy asks his wealthy mistress, Felicia Karpf (Lee Grant), for a business loan, unaware that his best friend and ex-girlfriend, Jackie (Julie Christie), is sleeping with Karpf's husband, Lester (Jack Warden).

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  • In the Heat of the Night
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    In the Heat of the Night

    Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates
    18 votes
    • Released: 1967
    • Directed by: Norman Jewison
    In the 1967 drama In the Heat of the Night, Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier), a black police detective from Philadelphia, becomes embroiled in a murder investigation in a racially hostile southern town. He reluctantly teams up with Bill Gillespie (Rod Steiger), the local bigoted sheriff, to solve the case. The film, directed by Norman Jewison, expertly blends elements of mystery and social commentary. It won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Steiger. Its exploration of racial tension remains relevant even today.

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  • Voyage of the Damned
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    Voyage of the Damned

    Faye Dunaway, Max von Sydow, Oskar Werner
    7 votes
    • Released: 1976
    • Directed by: Stuart Rosenberg
    Based on the true story of a ship carrying German-Jewish refugees which was sent to Havana in 1939 by the Nazis but was denied permission to land anywhere. The ship was eventually obliged to return to Germany, where certain death awaited its passengers. This terrible outcome had been cynically anticipated by the Nazis when granting permission for the voyage in the first place.

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  • Detective Story
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    Detective Story

    Kirk Douglas, Eleanor Parker, William Bendix
    12 votes
    • Released: 1951
    • Directed by: William Wyler
    James McLeod (Kirk Douglas) is a stern police detective who has no tolerance for crime. At home, however, he is a loving husband to his wife, Mary (Eleanor Parker). The police are ready to conclude the case of abortionist Karl Schneider (George Macready), who is responsible for the death of at least one patient, but McLeod's hatred for the doctor prolongs the investigation. The detective soon uncovers a dark secret that threatens to destroy his sanity and ruin his life.

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  • Damien: Omen II
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    Damien: Omen II

    William Holden, Lee Grant, Jonathan Scott-Taylor
    11 votes
    • Released: 1978
    • Directed by: Don Taylor
    Richard (William Holden) and Ann Thorn (Lee Grant) have taken their 13-year-old nephew, Damien (Jonathan Scott-Taylor), into their Chicago home following the death of Richard's brother seven years earlier. The Thorns love the child, whom they are sending to military school, but not everyone is so sanguine about his presence. Soon after Great Aunt Marion (Sylvia Sidney) expresses concerns about the boy, she dies suddenly and unexpectedly. And she is certainly not the last.

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