Dustin Hoffman Movies

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

Dustin Hoffman (1937-) has been a movie star longer than I have been alive. That is a pretty impressive accomplishment especially when you consider that I was born in the 1960s. Over his close to fifty year movie career he has had great success both at the box office and critical acclaim.

His IMDb page shows 76 acting credits since 1961.  This page will rank 52 of his movies from Best to Worst in four different sortable columns of information. Cameos, television appearances, straight to DVD movies and shorts were not included in the rankings.

Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft in 1967's The Graduate
Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft in 1967’s The Graduate

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

Dustin Hoffman 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 Dustin Hoffman movies by co-stars of his movies
  • Sort Dustin Hoffman movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
  • Sort Dustin Hoffman movies by domestic yearly box office rank
  • Sort Dustin Hoffman 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 Dustin Hoffman movie received.
  • Sort Dustin Hoffman 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.

Stats and Possibly Interesting Things From The Above Dustin Hoffman Table

  1. Twenty of Dustin Hoffman’s movies crossed the magical $100 million mark.  That is a percentage of 38.46% of his movies listed.
  2. An average Dustin Hoffman movie grosses $126.90 million in adjusted box office gross….his voice roles were excluded from the averages.
  3. Using RottenTomatoes.com’s 60% fresh meter.  35 of Dustin Hoffman’s movies are rated as good movies…or 67.30% of his movies.
  4. 21 of Dustin Hoffman’s movies received at least one Oscar® nomination in any category…..or 40.38% of his movies.
  5. 9 of Dustin Hoffman’s movies won at least one Oscar® in any category…..or 17.30% of his movies.
  6. A “good movie” Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score is 60.00.  26 of Dustin Hoffman’s movies scored higher that average….or 50.00% of his movies.
  7. Dustin Hoffman has starred in 8 movies that have been nominated for a Best Picture Oscar®…including 3 that wo n the Best Picture Oscar®: 1967’s The Graduate, 1969’s Midnight Cowboy it won, 1974’s Lenny, 1976’s All the President’s Men, 1979’s Kramer vs Kramer it won, 1982’s Tootsie, and 1988’s Rain Man it won.
Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise in 1988's Rain Man
Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise in 1988’s Rain Man

Possibly Interesting Facts About Dustin Hoffman

1. I am sure you know that Dustin Hoffman’s star making role was 1967’s The Graduate. But did you know he was already 30 years old when he played that part, and Anne Bancroft who played Mrs. Robinson was only 36?

2. Over his 45 year carerr, Dustin Hoffman has received 7 Academy Award® nominations (2 wins)….Kramer vs Kramer (1979) and Rain Man (1988). He has 9 Golden Globe® nominations (4 wins) for acting in movies.

3. In the 1980s, Dustin Hoffman only appeared in 4 movies. In 1982 he appeared in one of the biggest comedies ever…Tootsie. Then appeared in one of the biggest box office bombs ever….1987’s Ishtar. He rebounded in 1988 with his second Academy Award® for Best Actor in Rain Man. And finally he appeared in 1989’s Family Business.

4. Dustin Hoffman has been married twice. His first marriage was to Anne Byrne, it lasted from 1969 to 1980 and produced daughters Karina and Jenna. His second marriage is to Lisa Gottsegen, they were married in 1980 – they have four children, sons Jacob and Maxwell and daughters, Rebecca and Alexandra.

5. Dustin Hoffman is the only actor to have leading roles in three Academy Award® Best Picture winning movies Those movies are 1969’s Midnight Cowboy, 1979’s Kramer vs Kramer and 1988’s Rain Man.

6. When Dustin Hoffman was a struggling actor, his roommate was none other than two time Oscar® winner Gene Hackman. It took them almost 40 years but they finally appeared together in one of Hackman’s last movies….2003’s Runaway Jury.

7. Roles Dustin Hoffman either turned down or was seriously considered for…..Blade Runner, Batman Returns(Penguin part), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Gandhi, Get Shorty, The Godfather, Dog Day Afternoon, Jaws, Blade Runner, Misery, Superman (Lex Luther role) and Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

8. In the 1960s Dustin Hoffman used to “chase women” with Ben Affleck’s father, Tim Affleck.

9. Dustin Hoffman directed his first movie in 2013…..Quartet.

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

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83 thoughts on “Dustin Hoffman Movies”

  1. justmesuzanne-he has moved into lead roles lately, but Tucci started out as a supporting actor, which I think is what Cogerson meant as these hubs look at entire careers to date.

    mckbirdbks-well, you mention Roy Sheider, for one, which you have just done. Then you hope other people suggest him so that he appears on the next poll of dead actors. 🙂

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    1. So Flora…since Bergman is the winner of the poll….who should be next?…my mother in law wants Sidney Poitier , Steve Lensman wants William Holden, mckbirdbks wants Roy Scheider and William Holden and Justmesuzanne wants Stanley Tucci. So many possibilities and so little time to accomplish everything.

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    1. Hey mckbirdbks….consider Mr. Scheider on the list of pages to do….Jaws and All That Jazz not to mention The French Connection are some of my favorite movies. As for your previous suggestion of William Holden….he finished twice in the polls, then I thought he had this one won…but falls to third place as Hope and Bergman got late support. Thanks for your suggestions…they are greatly appreciated.

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  3. I don’t think of Stanley Tucci as a character actor. I think of him as a leading man. He had the lead male role in Julie and Julia and in The Lovely Bones and probably others that I am not thinking of right now.

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    1. Hey justmesuzanne….I have always liked Stanley Tucci in his movies…..I especially liked him in Lucky Number Slevin, The Terminal, The Devil Wears Prada, Big Night(which he also co-directed)and A Life Less Ordinary….looking at these quality movies the man deserves a movie page. Thanks for the input.

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  4. Hoffman is one of the finest living actors. I’d put him in the top five living legends category, along with Hackman, Nicholson, Pacino and De Niro. My favorite film of his was “All the President’s Men”. He’s made a few stinkers, like “Ishtar” and “Dick Tracy” but that’s bound to happen in a 40-plus year career. He’s been around so long, I can’t remember a time when I didn’t know his name.

    Another well done page.

    Rob

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    1. Hey Rob….I am in the same boat as you….I can not remember a time when I was not aware of Mr. Dustin Hoffman. He is one of nine actors in the history of actors to win two Oscars for Best Actor…that has to put him in the living legend category.

      We agree that All The President’s Men is his best movie…I get hooked into that movie every time I see it on tv….almost like I do not know how it well end. Thanks for stopping by.

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  5. Great info! Of course, I adore Dustin Hoffman. Last year I did a movie watching and discussion lesson with one of my Chinese students in which we watched The Graduate and Last Chance Harvey. Very interesting discussion. Even though we had talked about it, she didn’t realize he was the same actor in both movies! Of course, that’s partly because of age and partly because he’s such a great actor. When I pointed out to her that he had done the same thing with “Kate” that he did with “Elaine” (followed the ladies onto public transportation to pursue them) she said, “Wait! That was the same actor? Now I have to watch both movies again! ” LOL!

    And I LOVED Last Chance Harvey! So great to see a romance between mature people. I have my own copy of it – also Little Big Man and Kramer vs. Kramer and Rain Man, too, now that I think of it! I will definitely go through your lists and choose some more Dustin Hoffman movies to watch!

    Do Stanley Tucci next! Every time I see him in a movie, I think, “Who is that fine actor?” because he is so capable of being completely different from one role to the next. Then I see his name in the credits and say, “OH! Stanley Tucci! I love Stanley Tucci!”

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    1. Hey justmesuzanne….thanks for the compliment ….interesting points about The Graduate and Last Chance Harvey…..I liked Last Chance Harvey….it might end up being Hoffman’s last leading role….and he does great in his role.

      Your collection of Hoffman movies is impressive…as the three movies you mention are all great movies.

      I will add Stanley Tucci to the list of actors to do….I have only really done one character actor(Christopher Walken) so far….but Tucci would be a good one to do. Thanks for checking out my Hoffman page.

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