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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
1940
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
AA Best Picture Nom
1967
The Jungle Book (1967)
1952
Ivanhoe (1952)
AA Best Picture Nom
1964
A Shot in the Dark (1964)
1942
The Black Swan (1942)
1944
The Lodger (1944)
1941
Man Hunt (1941)
1942
Tales of Manhattan (1942)
1949
Samson and Delilah (1949)
1962
In Search of the Castaways (1962)
1936
Lloyds of London (1936)
1937
Slave Ship (1937)
1937
Love is News (1937)
1953
Call Me Madam (1953)
1942
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942)
1959
Solomon and Sheba (1959)
1943
This Land Is Mine (1943)
1945
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
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)
1939
Allegheny Uprising (1939)
1947
Lured (1947)
1955
Jupiter's Darling (1955)
1954
Witness to Murder (1954)
1951
I Can Get It For You Wholesale (1951)
1956
Never Say Goodbye (1956)
1941
Sundown (1941)
1937
Lancer Spy (1937)
1947
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947)
1960
The Last Voyage (1960)
1954
Journey To Italy (1954)
1956
While The City Sleeps (1956)
1940
The Son Of Monte Cristo (1940)
1955
Moonfleet (1955)
1940
Green Hell (1940)
1939
Mr. Moto's Last Warning (1939)
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)
1965
The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965)
1966
The Quiller Memorandum (1966)
1952
Assignment: Paris (1952)
1954
King Richard and the Crusaders (1954)
1949
The Fan (1949)
1957
The Seventh Sin (1957)
1939
So This Is London (1939)
1946
A Scandal in Paris (1946)
1940
The Saint's Double Trouble (1940)
1967
Warning Shot (1967)
1950
Captain Blackjack (1950)
1970
The Kremlin Letter (1970)
1958
The Whole Truth (1958)
1943
They Came to Blow Up America (1943)
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 | 216.8 | 307.70 | 9 | 92 | 14 / 06 | 100.0 | |
| 1 | Rebecca (1940) AA Best Picture Win |
Laurence Olivier & Joan Fontaine |
8.60 | 359.7 | 359.70 | 5 | 87 | 11 / 02 | 99.9 | |
| 3 | Foreign Correspondent (1940) AA Best Picture Nom |
Joel McCrea & Directed by Alfred Hitchcock |
4.10 | 171.3 | 262.50 | 32 | 82 | 06 / 00 | 98.1 | |
| 5 | The Jungle Book (1967) | Disney Animated Movies | 89.10 | 865.4 | 865.40 | 2 | 82 | 01 / 00 | 97.8 | |
| 3 | Ivanhoe (1952) AA Best Picture Nom |
Elizabeth Taylor & Robert Taylor |
17.40 | 371.4 | 673.20 | 4 | 73 | 03 / 00 | 97.6 | |
| 6 | A Shot in the Dark (1964) | Peter Sellers & Elke Somner |
19.30 | 241.0 | 241.00 | 5 | 80 | 00 / 00 | 97.2 | |
| 7 | The Black Swan (1942) | Tyrone Power & Maureen O'Hara |
8.60 | 347.3 | 347.30 | 12 | 71 | 03 / 01 | 95.8 | |
| 10 | The Lodger (1944) | Laird Cregar & Merle Oberon |
6.50 | 236.9 | 236.90 | 43 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 95.7 | |
| 11 | Man Hunt (1941) | Walter Pidgeon & Roddy McDowall |
4.50 | 189.5 | 189.50 | 37 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 95.6 | |
| 8 | Tales of Manhattan (1942) | Henry Fonda & Ginger Rogers |
7.10 | 289.4 | 289.40 | 18 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 95.5 | |
| 9 | Samson and Delilah (1949) | Victor Mature & Hedy Lamarr |
28.30 | 774.2 | 774.20 | 1 | 63 | 05 / 02 | 94.6 | |
| 11 | In Search of the Castaways (1962) | Hayley Mills | 21.70 | 340.2 | 340.20 | 8 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 93.8 | |
| 12 | Lloyds of London (1936) | Tyrone Power | 6.70 | 313.3 | 313.30 | 5 | 64 | 02 / 00 | 93.4 | |
| 15 | Slave Ship (1937) | Wallace Beery & Mickey Rooney |
4.40 | 198.8 | 198.80 | 31 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 93.0 | |
| 17 | Love is News (1937) | Tyrone Power & Don Ameche |
4.00 | 180.8 | 180.80 | 46 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 92.8 | |
| 16 | Call Me Madam (1953) | Ethel Merman & Donald O'Connor |
8.60 | 169.1 | 169.10 | 25 | 70 | 02 / 01 | 92.6 | |
| 18 | Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942) | Tyrone Power | 4.60 | 185.2 | 185.20 | 55 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 92.3 | |
| 18 | Solomon and Sheba (1959) | You Brynner & Gina Lollobrigida |
14.90 | 291.0 | 291.00 | 14 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 92.0 | |
| 21 | This Land Is Mine (1943) | Charles Laughton & Maureen O'Hara |
4.00 | 156.7 | 156.70 | 79 | 73 | 01 / 01 | 92.0 | |
| 19 | The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) | Angela Lansbury & Donna Reed |
3.90 | 134.3 | 285.60 | 88 | 78 | 03 / 01 | 91.8 | |
| 21 | Forever Amber (1947) | Linda Darnell & Cornel Wilde |
13.50 | 429.1 | 429.10 | 5 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 89.8 | |
| 22 | The Strange Woman (1946) | Hedy Lamarr | 7.60 | 254.1 | 254.10 | 41 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 88.6 | |
| 23 | The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) | Gene Tierney & Natalie Wood |
2.80 | 90.1 | 90.10 | 118 | 84 | 01 / 00 | 87.9 | |
| 24 | The Moon and Sixpence (1942) | Herbert Marshall | 3.40 | 138.9 | 138.90 | 79 | 64 | 01 / 00 | 86.2 | |
| 26 | Four Men And a Prayer (1938) | Loretta Young & John Ford |
3.50 | 152.3 | 152.30 | 51 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 85.5 | |
| 25 | Hangover Square (1945) | Laird Cregar & Linda Darnell |
2.80 | 95.7 | 95.70 | 107 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 84.5 | |
| 27 | Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939) | Edward G. Robinson | 3.20 | 133.8 | 257.00 | 69 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 84.4 | |
| 29 | Summer Storm (1944) | Linda Darnell | 4.00 | 148.1 | 148.10 | 82 | 53 | 01 / 00 | 82.8 | |
| 30 | Bitter Sweet (1940) | Jeanette MacDonald & Nelson Eddy |
2.40 | 99.8 | 167.50 | 82 | 64 | 02 / 00 | 81.1 | |
| 30 | Village of the Damned (1960) | Barbara Shelley | 4.00 | 68.1 | 105.80 | 68 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 80.5 | |
| 32 | Allegheny Uprising (1939) | John Wayne | 2.60 | 110.8 | 125.90 | 90 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 78.3 | |
| 31 | Lured (1947) | Boris Katloff & Lucille Ball |
1.90 | 60.1 | 60.10 | 140 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 77.9 | |
| 34 | Jupiter's Darling (1955) | Esther Williams & Howard Keel |
4.30 | 96.4 | 167.20 | 81 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 76.8 | |
| 33 | Witness to Murder (1954) | Barbara Stanwyck | 2.90 | 73.0 | 73.00 | 106 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 76.6 | |
| 35 | I Can Get It For You Wholesale (1951) | Susan Hayward | 4.10 | 95.7 | 95.70 | 88 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 75.4 | |
| 36 | Never Say Goodbye (1956) | Rock Hudson | 4.60 | 97.7 | 97.70 | 65 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 74.1 | |
| 37 | Sundown (1941) | Gene Tierney | 2.80 | 118.3 | 174.10 | 90 | 46 | 03 / 00 | 72.7 | |
| 38 | Lancer Spy (1937) | Peter Lorre | 1.60 | 72.0 | 72.00 | 140 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 72.6 | |
| 39 | The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947) | Angela Lansbury | 2.10 | 65.7 | 65.70 | 135 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 71.6 | |
| 40 | The Last Voyage (1960) | Robert Stack | 3.00 | 51.9 | 100.50 | 74 | 67 | 01 / 00 | 70.4 | |
| 40 | Journey To Italy (1954) | Ingrid Bergman | 0.90 | 23.7 | 23.70 | 155 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 69.6 | |
| 41 | While The City Sleeps (1956) | Dana Andrews | 2.60 | 54.9 | 54.90 | 125 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 69.4 | |
| 44 | The Son Of Monte Cristo (1940) | Joan Bennett | 2.00 | 82.0 | 82.00 | 101 | 56 | 01 / 00 | 68.8 | |
| 42 | Moonfleet (1955) | Stewart Granger | 1.60 | 36.6 | 101.60 | 150 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 67.8 | |
| 47 | Green Hell (1940) | Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. | 2.00 | 83.3 | 83.30 | 98 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 67.7 | |
| 45 | Mr. Moto's Last Warning (1939) | Peter Lorre | 1.90 | 78.4 | 78.40 | 123 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 67.5 | |
| 46 | Her Cardboard Lover (1942) | Norma Shearer | 1.80 | 73.7 | 112.60 | 133 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 66.9 | |
| 48 | Rage in Heaven (1941) | Ingrid Bergman & Robert Montgomery |
2.00 | 84.6 | 84.60 | 116 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 66.9 | |
| 48 | Nurse Edith Cavell (1939) | Anna Neagle | 1.00 | 42.8 | 42.80 | 175 | 64 | 01 / 00 | 63.4 | |
| 50 | That Kind of Woman (1959) | Sophia Loren | 2.90 | 56.0 | 56.00 | 81 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 63.0 | |
| 51 | That Certain Feeling (1956) | Bob Hope | 2.90 | 61.0 | 61.00 | 116 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 62.6 | |
| 52 | The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965) | Angela Lansbury & Kim Novak |
5.40 | 62.3 | 62.30 | 52 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 60.2 | |
| 52 | The Quiller Memorandum (1966) | George Segal & Alec Guinness |
3.80 | 40.1 | 40.10 | 65 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 60.1 | |
| 56 | Assignment: Paris (1952) | Dana Andrews | 2.60 | 55.8 | 55.80 | 130 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 58.6 | |
| 55 | King Richard and the Crusaders (1954) | Rex Harrison & Virginia Mayo |
3.90 | 100.6 | 208.10 | 85 | 43 | 00 / 00 | 58.1 | |
| 54 | The Fan (1949) | Jeanne Crain | 1.10 | 29.3 | 29.30 | 180 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 56.8 | |
| 56 | The Seventh Sin (1957) | Eleanor Parker | 0.70 | 15.0 | 43.50 | 177 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 56.2 | |
| 57 | So This Is London (1939) | Stewart Granger | 0.90 | 37.2 | 37.20 | 186 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 54.5 | |
| 59 | A Scandal in Paris (1946) | Directed by Douglas Sirk | 0.70 | 22.8 | 22.80 | 151 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 49.8 | |
| 59 | The Saint's Double Trouble (1940) | Bela Lugosi | 0.50 | 22.3 | 22.30 | 205 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 44.3 | |
| 62 | Warning Shot (1967) | Walter Pidgeon & Lillian Gish |
2.50 | 24.3 | 24.30 | 86 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 40.7 | |
| 63 | Captain Blackjack (1950) | Agnes Moorehead | 1.00 | 25.5 | 25.50 | 181 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 40.7 | |
| 61 | The Kremlin Letter (1970) | Orson Wells & Directed by John Huston |
2.10 | 16.1 | 16.10 | 103 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 40.4 | |
| 65 | The Whole Truth (1958) | Donna Reed | 1.30 | 25.2 | 25.20 | 128 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 37.9 | |
| 64 | They Came to Blow Up America (1943) | Ward Bond | 0.30 | 12.1 | 12.10 | 178 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 37.5 | |
| 66 | The Scarlet Coat (1955) | Cornel Wilde & Directed by John Sturges |
1.30 | 29.0 | 75.40 | 159 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 35.3 | |
| 68 | The Light Touch (1951) | Stewart Granger & Pier Angeli |
1.30 | 29.4 | 86.00 | 184 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 29.0 | |
| 67 | Five Golden Hours (1961) | Cyd Charisse | 1.20 | 18.7 | 18.70 | 118 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 28.2 | |
| 69 | From the Earth to the Moon (1958) | Joseph Cotten | 2.10 | 42.0 | 42.00 | 105 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 28.0 | |
| 70 | The King's Thief (1955) | David Niven & Roger Moore |
1.40 | 30.9 | 30.90 | 155 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 23.5 | |
| 71 | A Touch of Larceny (1960) | James Mason | 1.60 | 26.8 | 26.80 | 110 | 43 | 00 / 00 | 14.5 | |
| 70 | Good Times (1967) | Sonny & Cher |
2.00 | 19.4 | 19.40 | 99 | 43 | 00 / 00 | 11.6 |
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.