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Lee Grant

Actor · 100 credits · 31 in highly-rated films

Best known for In the Heat of the Night (1967)

Frequent collaborators: Patty Duke, Sidney Poitier

Best Lee Grant movies by genre

Movies (75 total, ranked by score)

  1. In the Heat of the Night

    1967 · ★ 7.7 (1,261 votes)

    Crime, Drama, Mystery

    1

  2. Detective Story

    1951 · ★ 7.1 (168 votes)

    Crime, Drama

    2

  3. Defending Your Life

    1991 · ★ 6.9 (310 votes)

    Romance, Fantasy, Comedy

    3

  4. Damien - Omen II

    1978 · ★ 6.4 (841 votes)

    Horror, Thriller

    4

  5. Ransom for a Dead Man

    1972 · ★ 7.4 (61 votes)

    Drama, Mystery, TV Movie

    5

  6. Arriving Tuesday

    1986 · ★ 6.5 (1 votes)

    Comedy, Drama, Romance

    6

  7. Middle of the Night

    1959 · ★ 7.0 (37 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    7

  8. Little Miss Marker

    1980 · ★ 6.6 (51 votes)

    Comedy, Romance

    8

  9. Shampoo

    1975 · ★ 6.0 (245 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    9

  10. Truth and Lies: The Family Manson

    2017 · ★ 7.0 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    10

  11. Voyage of the Damned

    1976 · ★ 6.0 (75 votes)

    Drama, War

    11

  12. Valley of the Dolls

    1967 · ★ 6.0 (150 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    12

  13. Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret

    1990

    Documentary, TV Movie

    13

  14. Down and Out in America

    1986 · ★ 6.6 (10 votes)

    Documentary, History

    14

  15. The Iceman Tapes: Conversations with a Killer

    1992 · ★ 7.3 (25 votes)

    Documentary, Crime, Thriller

    15

  16. The World of Sholom Aleichem

    1959

    Drama, TV Movie

    16

  17. Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light

    2000 · ★ 6.0 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    17

  18. Plaza Suite

    1971 · ★ 6.2 (55 votes)

    Comedy, Drama, Romance

    18

  19. Airport '77

    1977 · ★ 5.6 (339 votes)

    Action, Drama, Thriller

    19

  20. Marooned

    1969 · ★ 6.0 (114 votes)

    Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction

    20

  21. Night Slaves

    1970 · ★ 6.3 (10 votes)

    TV Movie, Horror, Science Fiction

    21

  22. Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster

    2021 · ★ 7.0 (6 votes)

    Documentary

    22

  23. Thou Shalt Not Kill

    1982 · ★ 6.5 (2 votes)

    TV Movie, Drama

    23

  24. What Are Best Friends For?

    1973

    Comedy, Romance, TV Movie

    24

  25. Citizen Cohn

    1992 · ★ 6.1 (25 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie, History

    25

  26. Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell

    1968 · ★ 5.8 (27 votes)

    Comedy, Romance

    26

  27. Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor

    2018 · ★ 6.5 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    27

  28. The Mafu Cage

    1978 · ★ 5.9 (29 votes)

    Thriller, Horror

    28

  29. Tell Me a Riddle

    1980 · ★ 6.8 (5 votes)

    Drama

    29

  30. The Neon Ceiling

    1971 · ★ 7.7 (3 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.