Want to know the best George C. Scott movies? How about the worst George C. Scott movies? Curious about George C. Scott box office grosses or which George C. Scott movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which George C. Scott 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.
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 34 George C. Scott movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. His 62 television appearances were not included in the rankings. This page comes from a request from GreatScott!, Wayne S. and Lyle.
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.
Stats and Possibly Interesting Things From The Above George C. Scott Table
- Ten George C. Scott movies crossed the magical $100 million domestic gross mark. That is a percentage of 29.41% of his movies listed. Patton (1970) was his biggest box office hit.
- An average George C. Scott movie grossed $74.50 million in adjusted domestic box office gross.
- That translates to a career adjusted box office of $2.53 billion.
- Using RottenTomatoes.com’s 60% fresh meter. 21 George C. Scott movies are rated as good movies…or 52.63% of his movies. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) is his highest rated movie while The Formula (1980) is his lowest rated movie.
- Ten George C. Scott movies received at least one Oscar® nomination in any category…..or 19.73% of his movies.
- Three George C. Scott movies won at least one Oscar® in any category…..or 8.82% of his movies.
- An average Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score is 40.00. 15 George C. Scott movies scored higher that average….or 44.11% of his movies. Patton (1970) got the the highest UMR Score while Gloria (1999) got the lowest UMR Score.
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.
Hello Bruce. Thanks for this page. This is great. I’ve seen all of George C. Scott’s early films except “The Savage Is Loose”. I just saw “The Bank Shot” last night for the first time. I’d had it for awhile on DVD with “The Hospital” but was reluctant to watch it and now I know why. My favorite Scott films are Patton (1970), Dr. Strangelove (1964), The Hospital (1971), Petulia (1968), Anatomy of a Murder (1959), They Might Be Giants (1971), The Hustler (1961) and Oklahoma Crude (1973). Scott was good in nearly every film he did but I didn’t like him in The Bank Shot. He spoke with a lisp that was very distracting. Thanks again for this page.
Hey Lyle….we do a tally count contest……and I feel safe to say you will be the winner…..you 33, me 15, Bern1960 14, Steve 13 and Laurent 9. I almost bought Bank Shot at a thrift store a couple of weekends ago….based on your mini-review….I made the right decision to not buy it.
Poor The Savage is Loose……it seems that was a pet project for him. As he starred, directed, produced and distributed the movie….yet not many people have seen it…and even less even remotely liked it. Glad you enjoyed your requested page.
He was a favourite actor of mine, he did great movies. Too bad his television work is not included. His roles in 12 Angry men and Inherit the wind are some of my favourites. Petulia and Patton are some of my others I really enjoy.
Hey Kenny…glad you found this page on one of your favorites. I agree his television career was impressive…..but to do my rankings I need box office numbers….so I could not include that part of his career. I do want to see his Titanic mini-series….as he played the captain in that one. Thanks for stopping by.
Hello Bruce, I’ve seen 9 movies. He was a very good actor, and I think the four first of the list are really good. That are essentials films. However they were all bombs in france !!! What a shame.
Hey Laurent…..9 is pretty good amount. Wow all four of his great films flopped in France. Seems one of those should have done something over there. Maybe he did better with The Bible. Thanks for your comment.
In fact The Bible did little better than the others, with 1.1 millions of admissions.
I guess France did not take much of a shine to Mr. Scott….thanks for the view from France on him.
Great actor. Scott as George S. Patton has to count as one of the greatest performances on film. A shame he refused the Oscar.
Fewer films than I expected, I’ve seen just 13 of the 34 films listed. My favorites include Dr. Strangelove, Patton, The Hustler, Adrian Messenger and The Changeling.
The Bible was a gigantic bore and Exorcist II a very poor sequel to Friedkin’s classic (my favorite modern horror movie).
The Hindenburg was okay, I liked the visuals of the doomed airship. It’s been years since I last saw Firestarter, if it was made now Professor Xavier would have turned up to recruit her. 🙂
I remember reading the novel of The Day of the Dolphin, can’t remember what I thought of the film. I need to see it again.
The Hospital is a film I’ve wanted to see for some time now, supposed to be one of Scott’s best films. I don’t think I’ve seen Anatomy of a Murder, I can’t remember it.
“Mr. President, I’m not saying we wouldn’t get our hair mussed. But I do say no more than ten to twenty million killed, tops.” Dr. Strangelove tops the critics charts, and Patton the UMR, my two favorites, nice.
Good work as always Bruce. Voted Up!
My mistake I thought I saw Exorcist II on the chart, Scott was of course in Exorcist III, which was a better film than number 2 but still no where as good as the first film.
Yep Exorcist 2 was a Richard Burton disaster. I barely remember part 3 coming out…that is not one of the ones that I have seen.
Hey Steve.
1. Thanks for checking out the latest UMR page.
2. Tally counts…..Lyle 33, Cogerson 15, Bern1960 14, Steve 13, Laurent 9.
3. I give Scott credit….he was fussing about Oscar nominations being unimportant as early as 1961…..the only thing I can’t figure out is why he accepted his Emmy for his tv work the same year he won the Oscar.
4. I have seen and liked all of your Top 5.
5. Anatomy of a Murder is pretty good and worth checking out….great performances all around in that one.
6. I think I have seen a little bit of The Hospital…but it did not keep my interest…I might like it now…especially since I am older and wiser.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts on Mr. Scott.
Very nice. He was a good actor. Of the ones listed I really enjoyed The List of Adrian Messenger. I have seen 14 of these movies. Thanks for another wonderful page.
Hey Bern1960….thanks for the tally count and the comment. I also enjoyed The List of Adrian Messenger….it has some great hidden cameos. 14 is pretty good amount of GCS movies watched.