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George Sanders (1906-1972) was an Oscar® winning English actor who appeared in movies for 40 movies. His IMDb page shows 135 acting credits from 1934-1973. In the table below, Ultimate Movie Rankings ranks 63 of his movies in 6 different sortable columns. Television roles, cameos, shorts and some of his early British movies were not included in the rankings. This partial page comes from a request by Yerby.
George Sanders 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
1950
All About Eve (1950)
AA Best Picture Win
AA Best Supp Actor Win
1940
Rebecca (1940)
AA Best Picture Win
1967
The Jungle Book (1967)
1952
Ivanhoe (1952)
AA Best Picture Nom
1964
A Shot in the Dark (1964)
1940
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
AA Best Picture Nom
1942
The Black Swan (1942)
1944
The Lodger (1944)
1942
Tales of Manhattan (1942)
1949
Samson and Delilah (1949)
1941
Man Hunt (1941)
1962
In Search of the Castaways (1962)
1936
Lloyds of London (1936)
1959
Solomon and Sheba (1959)
1937
Slave Ship (1937)
1937
Love is News (1937)
1953
Call Me Madam (1953)
1942
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942)
1945
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
1943
This Land Is Mine (1943)
1947
Forever Amber (1947)
1946
The Strange Woman (1946)
1947
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
1942
The Moon and Sixpence (1942)
1938
Four Men And a Prayer (1938)
1945
Hangover Square (1945)
1939
Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)
1944
Summer Storm (1944)
1940
Bitter Sweet (1940)
1960
Village of the Damned (1960)
1947
Lured (1947)
1939
Allegheny Uprising (1939)
1954
Witness to Murder (1954)
1955
Jupiter's Darling (1955)
1951
I Can Get It For You Wholesale (1951)
1956
Never Say Goodbye (1956)
1937
Lancer Spy (1937)
1947
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947)
1941
Sundown (1941)
1954
Journey To Italy (1954)
1960
The Last Voyage (1960)
1956
While The City Sleeps (1956)
1955
Moonfleet (1955)
1940
The Son Of Monte Cristo (1940)
1939
Mr. Moto's Last Warning (1939)
1940
Green Hell (1940)
1942
Her Cardboard Lover (1942)
1941
Rage in Heaven (1941)
1939
Nurse Edith Cavell (1939)
1959
That Kind of Woman (1959)
1956
That Certain Feeling (1956)
1966
The Quiller Memorandum (1966)
1965
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965)
1952
Assignment: Paris (1952)
1949
The Fan (1949)
1957
The Seventh Sin (1957)
1954
King Richard and the Crusaders (1954)
1939
So This Is London (1939)
1946
A Scandal in Paris (1946)
1940
The Saint's Double Trouble (1940)
1970
The Kremlin Letter (1970)
1967
Warning Shot (1967)
1950
Captain Blackjack (1950)
1943
They Came to Blow Up America (1943)
1958
The Whole Truth (1958)
1955
The Scarlet Coat (1955)
1951
The Light Touch (1951)
1961
Five Golden Hours (1961)
1958
From the Earth to the Moon (1958)
1955
The King's Thief (1955)
1960
A Touch of Larceny (1960)
1967
Good Times (1967)
George Sanders Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
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| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2 | All About Eve (1950) AA Best Picture Win AA Best Supp Actor Win |
Bette Davis & Marilyn Monroe |
8.90 | 198.9 | 282.30 | 9 | 92 | 14 / 06 | 100.0 | |
| 1 | Rebecca (1940) AA Best Picture Win |
Laurence Olivier & Joan Fontaine |
8.60 | 330.0 | 330.00 | 5 | 87 | 11 / 02 | 99.9 | |
| 5 | The Jungle Book (1967) | Disney Animated Movies | 89.10 | 794.0 | 794.00 | 2 | 82 | 01 / 00 | 98.0 | |
| 3 | Ivanhoe (1952) AA Best Picture Nom |
Elizabeth Taylor & Robert Taylor |
17.40 | 340.7 | 617.60 | 4 | 73 | 03 / 00 | 97.8 | |
| 6 | A Shot in the Dark (1964) | Peter Sellers & Elke Somner |
19.30 | 221.1 | 221.10 | 5 | 80 | 00 / 00 | 97.5 | |
| 8 | Foreign Correspondent (1940) AA Best Picture Nom |
Joel McCrea & Directed by Alfred Hitchcock |
4.10 | 157.1 | 240.80 | 32 | 82 | 06 / 00 | 97.4 | |
| 7 | The Black Swan (1942) | Tyrone Power & Maureen O'Hara |
8.60 | 318.6 | 318.60 | 12 | 71 | 03 / 01 | 96.2 | |
| 10 | The Lodger (1944) | Laird Cregar & Merle Oberon |
6.50 | 217.3 | 217.30 | 43 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 96.1 | |
| 8 | Tales of Manhattan (1942) | Henry Fonda & Ginger Rogers |
7.10 | 265.5 | 265.50 | 18 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 95.8 | |
| 9 | Samson and Delilah (1949) | Victor Mature & Hedy Lamarr |
28.30 | 710.3 | 710.30 | 1 | 63 | 05 / 02 | 95.1 | |
| 11 | Man Hunt (1941) | Walter Pidgeon & Roddy McDowall |
4.50 | 173.9 | 173.90 | 37 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 94.7 | |
| 11 | In Search of the Castaways (1962) | Hayley Mills | 21.70 | 312.1 | 312.10 | 8 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 94.3 | |
| 12 | Lloyds of London (1936) | Tyrone Power | 6.70 | 287.5 | 287.50 | 5 | 64 | 02 / 00 | 93.9 | |
| 13 | Solomon and Sheba (1959) | You Brynner & Gina Lollobrigida |
14.90 | 266.9 | 266.90 | 14 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 92.7 | |
| 15 | Slave Ship (1937) | Wallace Beery & Mickey Rooney |
4.40 | 182.4 | 182.40 | 31 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 92.0 | |
| 17 | Love is News (1937) | Tyrone Power & Don Ameche |
4.00 | 165.8 | 165.80 | 46 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 92.0 | |
| 19 | Call Me Madam (1953) | Ethel Merman & Donald O'Connor |
8.60 | 155.2 | 155.20 | 25 | 70 | 02 / 01 | 91.9 | |
| 18 | Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942) | Tyrone Power | 4.60 | 169.9 | 169.90 | 55 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 91.5 | |
| 19 | The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) | Angela Lansbury & Donna Reed |
3.90 | 123.2 | 262.00 | 88 | 78 | 03 / 01 | 91.4 | |
| 21 | This Land Is Mine (1943) | Charles Laughton & Maureen O'Hara |
4.00 | 143.7 | 143.70 | 79 | 73 | 01 / 01 | 91.4 | |
| 21 | Forever Amber (1947) | Linda Darnell & Cornel Wilde |
13.50 | 393.7 | 393.70 | 5 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 90.8 | |
| 22 | The Strange Woman (1946) | Hedy Lamarr | 7.60 | 233.1 | 233.10 | 41 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 89.6 | |
| 23 | The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) | Gene Tierney & Natalie Wood |
2.80 | 82.7 | 82.70 | 118 | 84 | 01 / 00 | 88.1 | |
| 24 | The Moon and Sixpence (1942) | Herbert Marshall | 3.40 | 127.4 | 127.40 | 79 | 64 | 01 / 00 | 85.9 | |
| 26 | Four Men And a Prayer (1938) | Loretta Young & John Ford |
3.50 | 139.7 | 139.70 | 51 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 85.0 | |
| 25 | Hangover Square (1945) | Laird Cregar & Linda Darnell |
2.80 | 87.8 | 87.80 | 107 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 84.6 | |
| 27 | Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939) | Edward G. Robinson | 3.20 | 122.7 | 235.80 | 69 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 84.0 | |
| 29 | Summer Storm (1944) | Linda Darnell | 4.00 | 135.8 | 135.80 | 82 | 53 | 01 / 00 | 82.1 | |
| 30 | Bitter Sweet (1940) | Jeanette MacDonald & Nelson Eddy |
2.40 | 91.5 | 153.60 | 82 | 64 | 02 / 00 | 80.8 | |
| 30 | Village of the Damned (1960) | Barbara Shelley | 4.00 | 62.5 | 97.10 | 68 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 80.7 | |
| 31 | Lured (1947) | Boris Katloff & Lucille Ball |
1.90 | 55.1 | 55.10 | 140 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 78.2 | |
| 32 | Allegheny Uprising (1939) | John Wayne | 2.60 | 101.6 | 115.50 | 90 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 77.6 | |
| 33 | Witness to Murder (1954) | Barbara Stanwyck | 2.90 | 67.0 | 67.00 | 106 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 76.4 | |
| 34 | Jupiter's Darling (1955) | Esther Williams & Howard Keel |
4.30 | 88.4 | 153.40 | 81 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 76.1 | |
| 35 | I Can Get It For You Wholesale (1951) | Susan Hayward | 4.10 | 87.8 | 87.80 | 88 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 74.5 | |
| 36 | Never Say Goodbye (1956) | Rock Hudson | 4.60 | 89.6 | 89.60 | 65 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 73.2 | |
| 38 | Lancer Spy (1937) | Peter Lorre | 1.60 | 66.1 | 66.10 | 140 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 72.1 | |
| 39 | The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947) | Angela Lansbury | 2.10 | 60.2 | 60.20 | 135 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 71.2 | |
| 40 | Sundown (1941) | Gene Tierney | 2.80 | 108.5 | 159.70 | 90 | 46 | 03 / 00 | 71.0 | |
| 40 | Journey To Italy (1954) | Ingrid Bergman | 0.90 | 21.8 | 21.80 | 155 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 70.5 | |
| 40 | The Last Voyage (1960) | Robert Stack | 3.00 | 47.6 | 92.20 | 74 | 67 | 01 / 00 | 70.4 | |
| 41 | While The City Sleeps (1956) | Dana Andrews | 2.60 | 50.4 | 50.40 | 125 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 69.2 | |
| 42 | Moonfleet (1955) | Stewart Granger | 1.60 | 33.6 | 93.20 | 150 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 68.1 | |
| 44 | The Son Of Monte Cristo (1940) | Joan Bennett | 2.00 | 75.3 | 75.30 | 101 | 56 | 01 / 00 | 67.5 | |
| 45 | Mr. Moto's Last Warning (1939) | Peter Lorre | 1.90 | 71.9 | 71.90 | 123 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 66.3 | |
| 47 | Green Hell (1940) | Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. | 2.00 | 76.4 | 76.40 | 98 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 66.2 | |
| 46 | Her Cardboard Lover (1942) | Norma Shearer | 1.80 | 67.7 | 103.30 | 133 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 65.9 | |
| 48 | Rage in Heaven (1941) | Ingrid Bergman & Robert Montgomery |
2.00 | 77.6 | 77.60 | 116 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 65.5 | |
| 48 | Nurse Edith Cavell (1939) | Anna Neagle | 1.00 | 39.3 | 39.30 | 175 | 64 | 01 / 00 | 63.2 | |
| 50 | That Kind of Woman (1959) | Sophia Loren | 2.90 | 51.3 | 51.30 | 81 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 62.1 | |
| 51 | That Certain Feeling (1956) | Bob Hope | 2.90 | 56.0 | 56.00 | 116 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 61.5 | |
| 52 | The Quiller Memorandum (1966) | George Segal & Alec Guinness |
3.80 | 36.8 | 36.80 | 65 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 59.6 | |
| 55 | The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965) | Angela Lansbury & Kim Novak |
5.40 | 57.1 | 57.10 | 52 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 58.9 | |
| 56 | Assignment: Paris (1952) | Dana Andrews | 2.60 | 51.2 | 51.20 | 130 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 57.4 | |
| 54 | The Fan (1949) | Jeanne Crain | 1.10 | 26.8 | 26.80 | 180 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 56.7 | |
| 56 | The Seventh Sin (1957) | Eleanor Parker | 0.70 | 13.8 | 39.90 | 177 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 56.6 | |
| 58 | King Richard and the Crusaders (1954) | Rex Harrison & Virginia Mayo |
3.90 | 92.3 | 190.90 | 85 | 43 | 00 / 00 | 54.9 | |
| 57 | So This Is London (1939) | Stewart Granger | 0.90 | 34.1 | 34.10 | 186 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 54.0 | |
| 59 | A Scandal in Paris (1946) | Directed by Douglas Sirk | 0.70 | 20.9 | 20.90 | 151 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 49.7 | |
| 59 | The Saint's Double Trouble (1940) | Bela Lugosi | 0.50 | 20.5 | 20.50 | 205 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 43.9 | |
| 61 | The Kremlin Letter (1970) | Orson Wells & Directed by John Huston |
2.10 | 14.8 | 14.80 | 103 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 40.5 | |
| 62 | Warning Shot (1967) | Walter Pidgeon & Lillian Gish |
2.50 | 22.3 | 22.30 | 86 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 40.4 | |
| 63 | Captain Blackjack (1950) | Agnes Moorehead | 1.00 | 23.4 | 23.40 | 181 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 40.2 | |
| 64 | They Came to Blow Up America (1943) | Ward Bond | 0.30 | 11.1 | 11.10 | 178 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 37.3 | |
| 65 | The Whole Truth (1958) | Donna Reed | 1.30 | 23.2 | 23.20 | 128 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 37.2 | |
| 66 | The Scarlet Coat (1955) | Cornel Wilde & Directed by John Sturges |
1.30 | 26.6 | 69.20 | 159 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 33.9 | |
| 68 | The Light Touch (1951) | Stewart Granger & Pier Angeli |
1.30 | 27.0 | 78.90 | 184 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 28.1 | |
| 67 | Five Golden Hours (1961) | Cyd Charisse | 1.20 | 17.2 | 17.20 | 118 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 28.1 | |
| 69 | From the Earth to the Moon (1958) | Joseph Cotten | 2.10 | 38.5 | 38.50 | 105 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 26.7 | |
| 70 | The King's Thief (1955) | David Niven & Roger Moore |
1.40 | 28.3 | 28.30 | 155 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 22.3 | |
| 71 | A Touch of Larceny (1960) | James Mason | 1.60 | 24.6 | 24.60 | 110 | 43 | 00 / 00 | 14.1 | |
| 70 | Good Times (1967) | Sonny & Cher |
2.00 | 17.8 | 17.80 | 99 | 43 | 00 / 00 | 11.1 |
George Sanders is the # 77 most connectible actor of the 1960’s, the # 85 most connectible of the 1950’s, and the # 85 most connectible of the 1940’s (3 decades).
Missing; Call Me Madam which was ranked no. 23 in 1953.
Hey Anonymous….Call Me Madam is now on the page…cracking our Top 20….and sitting in 19th place. Chronological table is now on this page too. Thanks for the heads up.