Acting · Directing · Writing · 1925 to 2008

Paul Newman

Best rated: The Sting (8.2)

Every film, by IMDb rating

The career

Paul Newman, acting career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run

Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.

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195458 films2008

Current formLast 5: 6.96 vs career 6.68 (+0.28)

As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes

Average

6.68

56 rated films

Vote weighted

6.78

bigger films count more

Median

6.7

half are better

Consistency

±0.82

rating spread

Career

55y

1954 to 2008

Total votes

2.46M

across every film

Best

8.2

The Sting

Worst

6.1

Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson

Newest first

Acting filmography

2008	The Meerkats	Teller	7.3	1,769
2006	Cars	Doc Hudson	7.3	551K
2002	Road to Perdition	John Rooney	7.6	303K
2000	Where the Money Is	Henry	6.3	6,856
1999	Message in a Bottle	Dodge	6.3	42,837
1998	Twilight	Harry Ross	6.2	14,207
1994	The Hudsucker Proxy	Sidney J. Mussburger	7.2	91,056
1994	Nobody's Fool	Donald 'Sully' Sullivan	7.3	25,024
1990	Mr. & Mrs. Bridge	Walter Bridge	6.6	3,965
1989	Blaze	Earl Long	6.0	4,490
1989	Fat Man and Little Boy	General Leslie R. Groves	6.5	9,949
1986	The Color of Money	Eddie	7.0	103K
1984	Harry & Son	Harry	5.8	2,680
1982	The Verdict	Frank Galvin	7.7	51,492
1981	Absence of Malice	Michael Colin Gallagher	6.9	16,832
1981	Fort Apache the Bronx	Murphy	6.7	7,911
1980	When Time Ran Out...	Hank Anderson	4.6	3,622
1979	Quintet	Essex	5.0	4,011
1977	Slap Shot	Reggie	7.2	45,782
1976	Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson	William F. Cody	6.1	5,936