Bing Crosby Movies

Even though Bing Crosby's record breaking singing career overshadowed his movie career....he had one of the best movie careers ever.
Even though Bing Crosby’s record breaking singing career overshadowed his movie career….he had one of the best movie careers ever.

Want to know the best Bing Crosby movies?  How about the worst Bing Crosby movies?  Curious about Bing Crosby’s box office grosses or which Bing Crosby movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Bing Crosby movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences and which got the worst reviews? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.

With his famous bass-baritone voice, Bing Crosby (1903-1977) was one of the best-selling recording artists of the 20th century. Although somewhat forgotten, his movie career is equally impressive. Bing Crosby’s film career started with the 1930 film The King of Jazz. His first big break came in 1932 when he appeared in The Big Broadcast, which was the sixth most successful movie of that year. He appeared on the annual top ten box office stars for the first time in 1934. He would appear on that list a total of fifteen times in his career. From 1944 to 1948, Crosby was the number one star, for a record five years in a row.

In 1940 Bing Crosby and Bob Hope starred in the very successful Road to Singapore. The comedy team of Crosby/Hope became very popular. They made six very successful sequels over the next twenty-two years. Having conquered singing and comedy, Crosby started concentrating on serious acting. He won the Academy Award® for Best Actor in 1944 for the blockbuster hit Going My Way. He received another nomination the next year for The Bells of St. Mary’s. In 1954, he received his final nomination for Best Actor The Country Girl co-starring Grace Kelly. She won the Oscar® playing Bing’s wife. In 1966 he appeared in his last movie, the remake of the classic western Stagecoach. There was talk of making Road to the Fountain of Youth, but Bing Crosby died in 1977 before he could make that movie.

His IMDb page shows 103 acting credits from 1930-1974. This page will rank 55 Bing Crosby movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos and movies that were not released in theaters were not included in the rankings.

Bing Crosby in 1944's Going My Way
Bing Crosby in 1944’s Going My Way

Bing Crosby Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.

Bing Crosby 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 Bing Crosby movies by co-stars of his movies.
  • Sort Bing Crosby movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
  • Sort Bing Crosby movies by yearly box office rank
  • Sort Bing Crosby 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 Oscar® wins each Bing Crosby movie received.
  • Sort Bing Crosby 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….for example if you want to see all the Bob Hope/Crosby movies….just type in Bob Hope in the search box and up they pop.

Check out Bing Crosby’s career compared to current and classic actors.  Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.

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52 thoughts on “Bing Crosby Movies”

  1. I’ve seen every one of Bing Crosby’s 55 movies, Cogerson, and I can tell you he was the greatest — as a singer, of course, but also as an actor. He was also a wonderful comic actor, beginning with the short subjects he did with Max Sennett and the seven road pictures with Bob Hope. Nice work.

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    1. Hey William….very impressive that you have seen all his movies….when I was doing my research on this movie page…my favorite story was at the beginning of his movie career …they kept trying to glue his ears back…and the glue would not keep them pinned back…..after the 10th time….he said “There out and they are staying out”….thanks for reading and commenting.

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  2. so…where are you getting your numbers for box office grosses?, I have been looking for some box office information from the 1940s and your site popped up, any help would be greatly appreciated

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  3. You are going way back here, the man has been gone close to 35 years and has not made a movie in close to 50 years. That being said, I used to watch some of his movies with my granddad in the 1970s. Thanks for positng.

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  4. Another great movie page! I think it’s interesting that two of Bing’s top movies are re-makes (sort of): ‘White Christmas’ has several elements in common with Bing’s other hit, ‘Holiday Inn’ (including re-using the titular song); and ‘High Society’ was a musical version of the classic American film, ‘Philadelphia Story.’

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    1. BoomerFlicks….great points….I know before I did this page…I was a little confused about Holiday Inn and White Christmas….there is about 10 years between the two movies….but both were very big hits…thanks for reading

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  5. I was never a Bing Crosby fan, but that in no way negates the excellent job you have once again done at compiling his contributions to entertainment. I would never have guessed him to be number 12 on a list of greatest actor/actresses, but then again, I wouldn’t have put John Wayne on that list at all, so what do I know. 🙂

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    1. Hey Faye….as always thanks for checking out my latest page…especially since you are not much of a Crosby fan.

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