Best Actor by IMDB ratings

[FilmDog]

@don_t_ask

Terribly arbitrary I know but here is the game I was playing. I was watching Crimson Tide and mention was made of Run Silent Run Deep and as a lover of sub movies I went to IMDB to see if I had rated it. I then clicked on Burt Lancaster and chose filmographies by ratings to see if I had missed rating any of his movies.

I was amazed to find he had appeared in 35 movies rating 7.00 or better which generally means a pretty good movie. Looking through the list there are a lot of fine movies. It does include two TV movies but they are both award winners.

I then wondered who had been in more: DeNiro? No only 26. Pacino? A mere 28. Well obviously Charlie Chaplin. Nope, 22. A woman maybe, Meryl Streep? Ha ha, 13. Katherine Hepburn then? No, just 21. Oh, of course, the greatest film actor of all time, Jimmy Stewart. Bingo 36!

Any other ideas for who has the most?

I think it’s Jimmy! Claudia Cardinale has 34 and might lead all actresses (5 are TV movies and many are foreign art films). Surprise!

[Mahaloth]

I did not realize this was a zombie until someone pointed out Philip Seymour Hoffman has plenty of years left in his career.

[don_t_ask]

@Mahaloth

I did not realize this was a zombie until someone pointed out Philip Seymour Hoffman has plenty of years left in his career.

You shouldn’t use Philip Seymour Hoffman and zombie in the same sentence.

[keeganst94]

Morgan Freeman has 40 if you count documentaries, 27 if you don’t.

[Lamia]

@Mahaloth

I did not realize this was a zombie until someone pointed out Philip Seymour Hoffman has plenty of years left in his career.

I was about to post the same thing.

I was also surprised to see Amy Adams described as being just 24. Not only is she older than that now, she was older than that when Spoke made his post in 2009. But “24” may have been a typo for “34”, her actual age at the time. Adams will turn 40 this year, although IMHO she looks much younger and if I didn’t know better I could believe she really was ten years younger.

[Exapno_Mapcase]

Opening this up to Supporting Actors and Actresses will probably get some high level hits.

I count three-time winner Walter Brennan as being in 65 7 or better movies, not counting a handful of tv movies or animated films.