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George C. Scott (1927-1999) was an American Oscar®-winning actor. He was best known for his Oscar®-winning portrayal of General George S. Patton in 1970’s Patton. His IMDb page shows 96 acting credits from 1951-1999. This page ranks George C. Scott movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. This page comes from a request from GreatScott!, Wayne S. and Lyle.
George C. Scott Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Year
Movie (Year)
Rating
S
Year Movie (Year) Rating S
1970
Patton (1970)
AA Best Picture Win
AA Best Actor Win
1964
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
AA Best Picture Nom
1961
The Hustler (1961)
AA Best Picture Nom
AA Best Supp Actor Nom
1959
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
AA Best Picture Nom
AA Best Supp Actor Nom
1971
The Hospital (1971)
AA Best Actor Nom
1966
The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966)
1975
The Hindenburg (1975)
1972
The New Centurions (1972)
1981
Taps (1981)
1959
The Hanging Tree (1959)
1964
The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964)
1993
Malice (1993)
1979
Hardcore (1979)
1980
The Changeling (1980)
1990
The Rescuers Down Under (1990)
1968
Petulia (1968)
1963
The List of Adrian Messenger (1963)
1990
The Exorcist III (1990)
1977
Islands in the Stream (1977)
1967
The Flim-Flam Man (1967)
1997
12 Angry Men (1997)
Showtime Movies
1999
Inherit the Wind (1999)
Showtime Movies
1984
Firestarter (1984)
1971
They Might Be Giants (1971)
1971
The Last Run (1971)
1978
Movie Movie (1978)
1973
Oklahoma Crude (1973)
1995
Tyson (1995)
HBO Movie
1966
Not with My Wife, You Don't! (1966)
1972
Rage (1972)
Director
1977
Crossed Swords (1977)
1973
The Day of the Dolphin (1973)
1995
Angus (1995)
1974
The Bank Shot (1974)
1974
The Savage Is Loose (1974)
Director
1990
Descending Angels (1990)
HBO Movie
1980
The Formula (1980)
1999
Gloria (1999)
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| 1970 | Patton (1970) AA Best Picture Win AA Best Actor Win |
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| 1964 | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1961 | The Hustler (1961) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Supp Actor Nom |
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| 1959 | Anatomy of a Murder (1959) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Supp Actor Nom |
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| 1971 | The Hospital (1971) AA Best Actor Nom |
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| 1966 | The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966) | |
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| 1975 | The Hindenburg (1975) | |
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| 1972 | The New Centurions (1972) | |
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| 1981 | Taps (1981) | |
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| 1959 | The Hanging Tree (1959) | |
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| 1964 | The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964) | |
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| 1993 | Malice (1993) | |
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| 1979 | Hardcore (1979) | |
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| 1980 | The Changeling (1980) | |
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| 1990 | The Rescuers Down Under (1990) | |
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| 1968 | Petulia (1968) | |
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| 1963 | The List of Adrian Messenger (1963) | |
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| 1990 | The Exorcist III (1990) | |
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| 1977 | Islands in the Stream (1977) | |
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| 1967 | The Flim-Flam Man (1967) | |
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| 1997 | 12 Angry Men (1997) Showtime Movies |
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| 1999 | Inherit the Wind (1999) Showtime Movies |
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| 1984 | Firestarter (1984) | |
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| 1971 | They Might Be Giants (1971) | |
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| 1971 | The Last Run (1971) | |
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| 1978 | Movie Movie (1978) | |
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| 1973 | Oklahoma Crude (1973) | |
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| 1995 | Tyson (1995) HBO Movie |
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| 1966 | Not with My Wife, You Don't! (1966) | |
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| 1972 | Rage (1972) Director |
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| 1977 | Crossed Swords (1977) | |
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| 1973 | The Day of the Dolphin (1973) | |
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| 1995 | Angus (1995) | |
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| 1974 | The Bank Shot (1974) | |
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| 1974 | The Savage Is Loose (1974) Director |
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| 1990 | Descending Angels (1990) HBO Movie |
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| 1980 | The Formula (1980) | |
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| 1999 | Gloria (1999) | |
George C. Scott 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 George C. Scott movies by co-stars of his movies
- Sort George C. Scott movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort George C. Scott movies by domestic yearly box office rank
- Sort George C. Scott movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each George C. Scott movie received.
- Sort George C. Scott 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.
| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | ||||
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| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | S |
| 1 | Patton (1970) AA Best Picture Win AA Best Actor Win |
Karl Malden | 61.70 | 498.0 | 498.00 | 4 | 90 | 10 / 07 | 100.0 | |
| 3 | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) AA Best Picture Nom |
Peter Sellers & Directed by Stanley Kubrick |
14.30 | 190.0 | 190.00 | 11 | 94 | 04 / 00 | 99.5 | |
| 4 | The Hustler (1961) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Supp Actor Nom |
Paul Newman & Jackie Gleason |
10.90 | 183.4 | 183.40 | 20 | 88 | 09 / 02 | 99.4 | |
| 2 | Anatomy of a Murder (1959) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Supp Actor Nom |
James Stewart | 15.70 | 327.4 | 327.40 | 13 | 86 | 07 / 00 | 99.3 | |
| 6 | The Hospital (1971) AA Best Actor Nom |
Diana Rigg | 27.30 | 207.2 | 207.20 | 12 | 76 | 02 / 01 | 96.9 | |
| 6 | The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966) | Ava Gardner & Peter O'Toole |
37.50 | 426.1 | 426.10 | 2 | 61 | 01 / 00 | 91.8 | |
| 7 | The Hindenburg (1975) | Anne Bancroft | 45.80 | 279.0 | 279.00 | 11 | 54 | 03 / 00 | 89.8 | |
| 8 | The New Centurions (1972) | Stacy Keach & Jane Alexander |
21.60 | 158.5 | 158.50 | 17 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 89.8 | |
| 9 | Taps (1981) | Tom Cruise & Sean Penn |
35.90 | 161.2 | 161.20 | 16 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 88.8 | |
| 10 | The Hanging Tree (1959) | Gary Cooper | 6.30 | 131.0 | 131.00 | 40 | 71 | 01 / 00 | 87.5 | |
| 11 | The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964) | Ingrid Bergman & Shirley MacLaine |
13.30 | 177.4 | 190.00 | 14 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 87.2 | |
| 12 | Malice (1993) | Alec Baldwin & Nicole Kidman |
46.40 | 140.1 | 140.10 | 30 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 84.2 | |
| 13 | Hardcore (1979) | Peter Boyle & Season Hubley |
18.50 | 92.1 | 92.10 | 49 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 82.4 | |
| 14 | The Changeling (1980) | Trish Van Devere & Melvyn Douglas |
12.80 | 61.5 | 61.50 | 61 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 78.9 | |
| 16 | The Rescuers Down Under (1990) | Bob Newhart & John Candy |
27.90 | 82.5 | 82.50 | 41 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 77.2 | |
| 15 | Petulia (1968) | Julie Christie & Richard Chamberlain |
4.30 | 40.9 | 40.90 | 73 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 76.4 | |
| 17 | The List of Adrian Messenger (1963) | Kirk Douglas & Directed by John Huston |
4.60 | 66.4 | 66.40 | 56 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 76.2 | |
| 18 | The Exorcist III (1990) | Samuel L. Jackson | 26.10 | 77.1 | 115.30 | 47 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 73.1 | |
| 18 | Islands in the Stream (1977) | Susan Tyrrell & David Hemmings |
8.50 | 47.8 | 47.80 | 64 | 69 | 01 / 00 | 71.1 | |
| 20 | The Flim-Flam Man (1967) | Harry Morgan | 3.00 | 31.0 | 31.00 | 77 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 65.1 | |
| 21 | 12 Angry Men (1997) Showtime Movies |
Jack Lemmon | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 341 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 61.7 | |
| 22 | Inherit the Wind (1999) Showtime Movies |
Jack Lemmon | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 370 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 58.6 | |
| 24 | Firestarter (1984) | Drew Barrymore & Martin Sheen |
17.10 | 63.5 | 63.50 | 59 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 53.8 | |
| 24 | They Might Be Giants (1971) | Joanne Woodward | 2.20 | 16.4 | 16.40 | 116 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 51.8 | |
| 24 | The Last Run (1971) | Trish Van Devere & Colleen Dewhurst |
4.20 | 32.1 | 32.10 | 68 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 49.2 | |
| 24 | Movie Movie (1978) | Trish Van Devere & Eli Wallach |
1.90 | 10.1 | 10.10 | 117 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 48.2 | |
| 29 | Oklahoma Crude (1973) | Faye Dunaway & John Mills |
7.60 | 53.5 | 53.50 | 45 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 45.6 | |
| 26 | Tyson (1995) HBO Movie |
Paul Winfield | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 278 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 44.4 | |
| 28 | Not with My Wife, You Don't! (1966) | Tony Curtis | 2.00 | 22.7 | 22.70 | 101 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 44.3 | |
| 30 | Rage (1972) Director |
George C. Scott & Richard Basehart |
2.10 | 15.6 | 15.60 | 117 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 36.2 | |
| 33 | Crossed Swords (1977) | Charlton Heston & Ernest Borgnine |
7.30 | 40.9 | 40.90 | 72 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 34.4 | |
| 32 | The Day of the Dolphin (1973) | Trish Van Devere & Paul Sorvino |
2.30 | 16.2 | 16.20 | 116 | 54 | 02 / 00 | 31.2 | |
| 33 | Angus (1995) | Kathy Bates | 4.80 | 13.9 | 13.90 | 144 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 24.8 | |
| 35 | The Bank Shot (1974) | Joanna Cassidy | 3.00 | 20.3 | 20.30 | 84 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 21.8 | |
| 36 | The Savage Is Loose (1974) Director |
George C. Scott & Trish Van Devere |
2.00 | 13.2 | 13.20 | 107 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 17.8 | |
| 36 | Descending Angels (1990) HBO Movie |
Diane Lane | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 269 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 16.9 | |
| 38 | The Formula (1980) | Marlon Brando | 9.60 | 46.1 | 46.10 | 76 | 37 | 01 / 00 | 15.6 | |
| 38 | Gloria (1999) | Sharon Stone | 4.20 | 10.4 | 10.40 | 155 | 38 | 00 / 00 | 4.9 |
George C. Scott Adjusted World Wide Box Office Grosses
Movie (Year)
UMR Co-Star Links
World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil)
S
Movie (Year) UMR Co-Star Links World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil) S
The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964)
Ingrid Bergman &
Shirley MacLaine
190.00
The Exorcist III (1990)
Samuel L. Jackson
115.30
| Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil) | S |
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| Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil) | S |
| The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964) | Ingrid Bergman & Shirley MacLaine |
190.00 | |
| The Exorcist III (1990) | Samuel L. Jackson | 115.30 |
Possibly Interesting Facts About George C. Scott
1. George Campbell Scott was born in Wise, Virginia in 1927.
2. George C. Scott was a U.S. Marine from 1945 to 1949. One of his duties was as an honor guard for military funerals at Arlington National Cemetery.
3. In 1958 George C. Scott won an Obie Award for his stage appearance in Children of Darkness. In 1959 he appeared in his first movie….Gary Cooper’s The Hanging Tree.
4. George C. Scott earned Best Supporting Actor Oscar® nominations for his 2nd and 3rd movies: 1959’s Anatomy Of A Murder and 1961’s The Hustler. He later would earn two Best Actor Oscar® nominations: He won for 1970’s Patton….his 4th and final nomination came for 1971’s The Hospital.
5. George C. Scott was the first actor to refuse the Oscar® when he won for 1970’s Patton. Scott also refused his Oscar® nomination in the Best Supporting Actor category in 1961, because he didn’t believe in actors competing against each other unless they were playing the exact same role. Marlon Brando would follow Scott’s lead and also refused his Oscar® when he won for his role in 1972’s The Godfather.
6. George C. Scott directed two movies: 1972’s Rage and 1974’s The Savage Is Loose. He was also the producer and distributor for The Savage Is Loose.
7. George C. Scott was married 5 times and had 6 children. His youngest child is actor and director Campbell Scott. Campbell is quickly closing in on his dad’s 96 IMDb acting credits.
8. George C. Scott starred in 4 movies that earned Best Picture Oscar® nominations: 1959’s Anatomy Of A Murder, 1961’s The Hustler, 1964’s Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb and 1970’s Patton…..Patton was the only one to win.
9. George C. Scott and Patton trivia. Rod Steiger, Lee Marvin, Robert Mitchum and Burt Lancaster all turned down the lead role. Meanwhile…John Wayne really wanted the role but was turned by the producers.
10. Check out George C. Scott ‘s career compared to current and classic actors. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.
George C. Scott early listing in the IMDB. He had appeared with 1058 other credited actors and was ranked 471 at the time. The TV credits don’t count on the Oracle of Bacon.
201,990
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
51,207
Patton (1970)
34,510
The Hustler (1961)
23,695
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
12,301
Firestarter (1984)
12,167
The Changeling (1980)
11,762
The Rescuers Down Under (1990)
11,547
Malice (1993)
10,635
The Exorcist III (1990)
7,730
Taps (1981)
6,583
12 Angry Men (1997) (TV)
4,554
A Christmas Carol (1984) (TV)
4,318
Angus (1995)
3,109
Gloria (1999)
3,062
Hardcore (1979)
2,823
The Hospital (1971)
2,801
Titanic (1996) (TV)
2,141
The List of Adrian Messenger (1963)
2,035
The Hindenburg (1975)
1,865
The Bible: In the Beginning… (1966)
1,364
The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964)
1,317
Petulia (1968)
1,315
The Day of the Dolphin (1973)
1,309
The Hanging Tree (1959)
1,301
They Might Be Giants (1971)
1,220
The Formula (1980)
1,113
The Flim-Flam Man (1967)
962
Tyson (1995) (TV)
880
Inherit the Wind (1999) (TV)
741
The New Centurions (1972)
672
Islands in the Stream (1977)
628
Crossed Swords (1977)
615
Rocky Marciano (1999) (TV)
608
The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1986) (TV)
576
“Columbo: Make Me a Perfect Murder (#7.3)” (1978)
533
Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue (1990) (TV)
527
The Last Run (1971)
515
Jane Eyre (1970) (TV)
481
Movie Movie (1978)
443
The Last Days of Patton (1986) (TV)
431
Bank Shot (1974)
411
Oklahoma Crude (1973)
307
Rage (1972)
302
The Ryan White Story (1989) (TV)
279
Not with My Wife, You Don’t! (1966)
235
Beauty and the Beast (1976) (TV)
216
Oliver Twist (1982/I) (TV)
208
Country Justice (1997) (TV)
192
Descending Angel (1990) (TV)
184
“Mussolini: The Untold Story” (1985)
175
The Whipping Boy (1994) (TV)
157
Curacao (1993) (TV)
130
The Savage Is Loose (1974)
99
China Rose (1983) (TV)
96
Choices (1986) (TV)
67
Fear on Trial (1975) (TV)
56
Pals (1987) (TV)
55
“In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice (#8.1)” (1994)
53
Finding the Way Home (1991) (TV)
37
The Crucible (1967) (TV)
26
The Power and the Glory (1961) (TV)
26
This Savage Land (1969) (TV)
17
“The Virginian: The Brazen Bell (#1.5)” (1962)
9
“ITV Saturday Night Theatre: The Price (#3.16)” (1971)
8
Don Juan in Hell (1960) (TV)
8
The Price (1971) (TV)
7
“East Side/West Side: Who Do You Kill? (#1.7)” (1963)
6
Casey Stengel (1981) (TV)
6
“Brute Force” (1991)
5
“The DuPont Show of the Month: A Tale of Two Cities (#1.7)” (1958)
5
The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1958) (TV)
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He was on Columbo!
Hey Dan. This makes me wonder how many people you were keeping track off. Lots and lots of people…or just your personal favorites? How long ago did you discover IMDb? George C. Scott had a wonderful career. His appearance on Columbo was an event. Just like when John Wayne would appear on Laugh In. Good stuff.
I started the database in 2010 with the top 1000 from whatever the most recent Oracle of Bacon list was at the time. At that time Excel would only take about 54,000 lines, now it’s over a million. I actually had a lot of people I had to eliminate back then taken from Quigley’s book of leading stars. Later I added character actors based on a serial/western site, stars of Pablem pictures who were 10 or more of them (Pablem is like Hercules movies or any costume adventure from Europe). Also added were all the original nominees from the AFI classic actors list (400 in each male and female narrowed down to 25 in the final presentation) and everyone I found who appeared with at least 4000 other actors. I even added a few producers and composers.
Hey Dan. Very interesting. Thanks for sharing this information. So next year will mark the 10th anniversary. Our movie database started in 2011….so both of the databases are about the same age. Sounds like it is a massive database. Good thing Excel expanded their number of lines….lol. I was actually teaching Excel in class the other day….and I told the students the columns and the rows would go forever……one kid tried to test this theory…as he was holding the “down” button for about 10 minutes before he gave up. Glad he did not reach a million…lol. Good feedback.