Alec Guinness (1914-2000) was an Oscar® winning English actor. Most of his professional life, he was known for his six collaborations with director David Lean. To current audiences he is best known for playing Obi-Wan “Ben” Kenobi in the original Star Wars movies. His IMDb page shows 63 acting credits from 1934 to 2011. This page ranks 44 Alec Guinness movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, some of his early British movies and his movies not released in North America theaters are not included in the rankings.
From Joel Hirschhorn’s Rating The Movie Stars Book…..”Guinness was once asked if he enjoyed acting and he replied, “Yes I do, It’s happy agony”. Watching him, one should only be glad he feels that the agony is worth it. Few, if any, actors have given so many dazzling performances in such a wide variety of roles.” This page comes from requests by many different people.
Alec Guinness Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews, and awards.
Alec Guinness Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort Alec Guinness movies by co-stars of his movies.
- Sort Alec Guinness movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Alec Guinness movies by yearly domestic box office rank
- Sort Alec Guinness movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations each Alec Guinness movie received and how many Oscar® wins each Alec Guinness movie won.
- Sort Alec Guinness movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
- Use the search and sort button to make this page very interactive.
Alec Guinness or John Mahoney
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