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.
Love him. I like his Top 5 in your table. But for some other great performances of his people should check out the Flim-Flam Man, Petulia, They Might Be Giants. The Last Run, Hardcore and Islands in the Stream. Good Scott page.
Hey Simpson67. Thanks for stopping by and commenting. Of your recommendations…I have seen Petulia and Hardcore….I will have to check out the other three. Actually The Last Run and They Might Be Giants have been getting lots of solid comments about how good the movies are….that has me very curious to check them out.
George C. Scott is one my favorites. I have seen 23 of the listed films, as well as several TV movies. I read his biography last year, and he had a turbulent, violent life. It wasn’t pleasant to be around him, but he made an impression on screen.
Thanks for spotlighting him.
Hey Hunsecker….glad you found this George C. Scott page….especially since he is one of your favorites. 23 is pretty good…..good enough for a silver medal.
Lyle – 33 George C. Scott movies watched
Hunsecker – 23 George C. Scott movies watched
Cogerson – 15 George C. Scott movies watched
Bern1960 – 14 George C. Scott movies watched
Steve – 13 George C. Scott movies watched
Laurent – 9 George C. Scott movies watched
It sounds like his biography was an interesting read for sure. I read more than a few stories about his drinking and the problems it caused…but I agree he left an huge impression on screen.
How was he not nominated for his performance in Doctor Strangelove? He was the best thing about that movie…though Sellers was not far behind.
Hey Cindi….I agree he was one of the best parts in Strangelove…but I think Peter Sellers multiple roles took away some of the glory of Scott’s performance. Not to mention Sterling Hayden as Colonel Jack D. Ripper. Thanks for the visit and the comment.
My Top 5 George C. Scott Movies.
1. Hardcore – gritty and dirty but he gives an outstanding performance
2. They Might Be Giants – he and Woodward make a great screen team
3. Patton – his signature role
4. The Hospital – good drama
5. Firestarter – he got Drew and me to believe he was a good guy
Hey Ryan….let’s see…I have seen 3 of your favorites. I liked Firestarter (actually watched it a few days ago….it has aged pretty well)….and Patton is a classic. Hardcore was a guilty pleasure for me when it used to play on HBO all the time. I have not seen They Might Be Giants or The Hospital…but I would like to see both of those movies. Thanks for taking the time to read my page and to comment.
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A terrific actor. I think my favourite performance was Anatomy of Murder. You could see then that he was something special. I think he refused the Oscar for genuine artistic reasons. He didn’t believe in that type of competition. I don’t think he was making any political point.
Another great performance was in Taps. The guy had real presence in anything he did. Thanks for the page.
Ps. Went to see Finding Dory, it was really good. Maybe not quite as good as Nemo but up there anyway. Worth watching.
Hey Chris.
1. Thanks for stopping by.
2. His career got off to an incredible start…..with The Hanging Tree (he played a crazed minister), Anatomy of a Murder (Oscar nomination), The Hustler (Oscar nomination), List of Adrian Messenger and then Dr. Strangely enough.
3. I agree he thought the awards were not fair…..his thought about every body playing the same part would be fun….imagine all the stars playing Patton…and picking the best Patton performance.
4. I saw Taps in the theater…an enjoyable movie with Sean Penn and Tom Cruise looking like babies in that one.
5. Glad you like Finding Dory…I thought it was good….but not worth seeing twice in theaters…though I did like Hank….hope the sequel is called Finding Hank.
As always thanks for sharing your movie thoughts.