Want to know the best John Garfield movies? How about the worst John Garfield movies? Curious about John Garfield’s box office grosses or which John Garfield movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which John Garfield movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences? Well you have come to the right place …. because we have all of that information.
Before Steve McQueen before Marlon Brando….the rebel of Hollywood was John Garfield. John Garfield (1913-1952) was a 2 time Oscar® nominated actor. During his Warner Brothers contract days, Garfield was suspended by the studio an amazing 11 times. His IMDb page shows 34 acting credits since from 1938-1951. This page will rank 31 of his movies from Best to Worst in 6 different columns of sortable information. The missing three movies were either shorts or uncredited roles.
John Garfield Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In The Table Below
The really cool thing about ther table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort John Garfield movies by Co-Star
- Sort John Garfield movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort John Garfield movies by adjusted worldwide box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions) *** If domestic and worldwide are the same then worldwide is unknown
- Sort John Garfield movies by critic reviews and audiences voting. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each John Garfield movie received.
- Sort John Garfield movies by Ultimate Movie Ranking (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 John Garfield Table
1. Fifteen John Garfield movies crossed the magical $100 million mark. That is a percentage of 48.38% of her movies listed. Hollywood Canteen (1944) was his biggest box office hit.
2. An average John Garfield movie grosses $120.40 million in adjusted box office gross.
3. Using RottenTomatoes.com’s 60% fresh meter. 27 John Garfield movies are rated as good movies…or 87.09% of his movies. Body and Soul (1947) was his highest rated movie while The Fallen Sparrow (1943) was his lowest rated movie.
4. Eleven John Garfield movies received at least one Oscar® nomination in any category…..or 35.48% of her movies.
5. Three John Garfield movies won at least one Oscar® in any category…..or 9.67% of his movies.
6. An average Ultimate Movie Ranking (UMR) Score is 40.00. 24 John Garfield movies scored higher that average….or 77.41% of his movies. Gentleman’s Agreement (1947) got the the highest UMR Score while Out of the Fog (1941) got the lowest UMR Score.
Possibly Interesting Facts About John Garfield
1. This page was suggested by a John Garfield fan ….remember we here at UMR are happy to take recommendations for the next UMR page. Coming soon….Bill Murray, Montgomery Clift, Seth Rogen and Bob Hope.
2. John Garfield was born and raised in New York City.
3. John Garfield received two Oscar® nominations for acting. He was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar® for 1938’s Four Daughters and a Best Actor Oscar nomination for 1947’s Body and Soul.
4. John Garfield was married to his childhood sweetheart, Roberta Seidman, from 1935 until his death in 1952. They had three children…..Katherine (1938-1945), David (1942-1995) and actress Julie (1946-).
5. Famous roles that almost went to John Garfield. William Holden’s role in Golden Boy, Gary Merrill’s role in All About Eve, Marlon Brando’s role in A Streetcar Named Desire, Marlon Brando’s role in On The Waterfront and Frank Sinatra’s role in The Man With The Golden Arm.
6. John Garfield said “No actor can really be good until he’s reached forty.” Sadly he died of a heart attack at age 39….so we will never know how good an actor John Garfield would have been.
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“Sure, sure, give everybody a break but me.”
@Michael….Have to admit not sure which movie that
It seemed to come from a LOT of movies with John Garfield! He always seemed to be complaining. But he was a good actor.
Dont know what you ae talking about…complaining….John Garfield was a stage trained actor. A method actor…Terrific actor. I have watched all his movies for ove 40 years, and I have never thopught of him complaining in his movies!!!
Hey Dennis….so do you know which movie that quote comes from? “Sure sure give everybody a break but me.
Not sure…and I have seen all his movies…maybe Body and Soul? Guessing?
What Garfield movie is this line from…very last line of the movie…”so long…sucker”?
I do not know. And I even cheated by looking at the internet. My best guess is 1939’s They Made Me A Criminal….is that correct?
It is The Made me a Criminal…good guess…I guess!
Thank you Dennis.
I did a couple of IMDb searches under quotes…and I did not see it.
Garfield was not complaining…dont get that comment! Great Actor!
One of my all time faves. “He Ran All The Way” is probably one of his best films , and sadly his final film.
@Pax….He Ran All The Way got some good reviews….Top 10 of all his movies…but it got ignored at the box office…..but it sounds like a movie I might like…so I am adding it to my list of movies to watch…thank you.
I liked him very much. Tough guy with a soft center
@Olin….When I was researching this page…..I came across a few of his movies that looked interesting. Between Two Worlds sounds like The Sixth Sense on a boat…..and Force of Evil…which might have been his last great role
i just don’t see what people see in him
I got a request to do a page on him. I have seen 4 of his movies. And he had supporting roles in two of those movies…Destination Tokyo and Gentleman’s Agreement. So I pretty much agree with you about him. He pretty much took over for Cagney at Warners.
I am replying late because I just found this page…If you dont see what people see in him then watch his movies. Garfield was a stage trained actor. The guy was just terrific. Warners miss used him puting him in inferior roles which is why he was on suspension so much. John Garfield was fantastic especially when he sould break away from Warnes.You have your opinion…but he is well thought og by many people!!! Including me!
Hey Dennis. I have seen 4 more Garfield movies since writing that comment…I really enjoyed Body and Soul and Nobody Lives Forever. I was disappointed in the John Huston movie We Were Strangers. So since writing this page I have doubled my Garfield movie watching output. I still have not tracked down Between Two Worlds. So basically the more Garfield movies I watch the more I can see why people enjoy his work so much.
Check out the Breaking Point…and He ran All the way….great Garfield performances…Body and Soul is one of the best boxing movies of all time!
Hey Dennis thanks for the recommendations…I will keep an eye out for those movies.
What is the name of your next page?
Working on Bill Murray…..then Montgomery Clift……Will Ferrell is fighting Seth Rogen for the third spot…..and Bob Hope is fighting Shirley Temple for the 4th spot.