- Films
- 46
- Avg rating
- 6.66
- Peak run
- 1961’63
- Oscar noms
- 1
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
James by the numbers
Average
6.66
40 rated films
Vote weighted
6.73
bigger films count more
Median
6.5
half are better
Consistency
±0.63
rating spread
Career
51y
1956 to 2006
Total votes
1.64M
across every film
Best
8.2
The Great Escape
Worst
5.7
Sunset
Newest first
Filmography
| 2006 |  The Ultimate Gift | Howard 'Red' Stevens | 7.3 | 23,555 |
| 2004 |  The Notebook | Duke | 7.8 | 704K |
| 2002 |  Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood | Shep Walker | 6.1 | 22,058 |
| 2001 |  Atlantis: The Lost Empire | Rourke | 6.9 | 151K |
| 2000 |  Space Cowboys | Tank Sullivan | 6.5 | 90,767 |
| 1998 |  Twilight | Raymond Hope | 6.2 | 14,207 |
| 1996 |  My Fellow Americans | President Matt Douglas | 6.5 | 16,729 |
| 1994 |  Maverick | Marshal Zane Cooper | 7.0 | 126K |
| 1993 |  Fire in the Sky | Frank Watters | 6.5 | 32,377 |
| 1988 | Sunset | Wyatt Earp | 5.7 | 5,117 |
| 1985 | Murphy's Romance | Murphy Jones | 7.0 | 8,103 |
| 1984 | Tank | Zack | 5.8 | 5,418 |
| 1982 |  Victor/Victoria | King Marchand | 7.6 | 25,942 |
| 1981 | The Fan | Jake Berman | 5.8 | 3,349 |
| 1980 | HealtH | Harry Wolff | 5.6 | 1,029 |
| 1974 | The Castaway Cowboy | Costain | 5.8 | 1,134 |
| 1973 | One Little Indian | Keyes | · | 834 |
| 1972 | They Only Kill Their Masters | Abel Marsh | 6.2 | 1,450 |
| 1971 | Skin Game | Quincy | 7.0 | 2,248 |
| 1971 | Support Your Local Gunfighter | Latigo Smith | 6.8 | 7,451 |
Better together?
James Garner's regulars
- John SturgesDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.40 avg▲+0.74
- Burt KennedyDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.10 avg▲+0.75
- Arthur HillerDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.90 avg▲+0.45
- Gordon DouglasDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.70 avg▲+0.24
- Michael GordonDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.70 avg●−0.04
- Paul BogartDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.70 avg●+0.03
- Blake EdwardsDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.65 avg▲+0.15
- Norman JewisonDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.50 avg▼−0.21
- Delbert MannDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.00 avg▼−0.70
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On James Garner
1 nominations, 0 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Actor · Academy Awards 1986James Garner
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