| Actors are ranked according to overall movie critic score |
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| 1 |  | Ingrid Bergman |  3.4739
| 48 |
- 1930s - 11
- 1940s - 16
- 1950s - 10
- 1960s - 5
- 1970s - 6
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- 1. Casablanca (1942)
- 2. Notorious (1946)
- 3. Bells of St. Mary's, The (1945)
- 4. Gaslight (1944)
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| 2 |  | Cary Grant |  3.3773
| 72 |
- 1930s - 34
- 1940s - 20
- 1950s - 13
- 1960s - 5
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- 1. Notorious (1946)
- 2. Philadelphia Story, The (1940)
- 3. His Girl Friday (1940)
- 4. Suspicion (1941)
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| 3 |  | Lauren Bacall |  3.3552
| 50 |
- 1940s - 6
- 1950s - 10
- 1960s - 3
- 1970s - 2
- 1980s - 6
- 1990s - 14
- 2000s - 9
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- 1. Big Sleep, The (1946)
- 2. To Have and Have Not (1944)
- 3. Key Largo (1948)
- 4. Dark Passage (1947)
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| 4 |  | Irene Dunne |  3.3446
| 45 |
- 1930s - 29
- 1940s - 12
- 1950s - 4
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- 1. Penny Serenade (1941)
- 2. Anna and the King of Siam (1946)
- 3. Life with Father (1947)
- 4. My Favorite Wife (1940)
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| 5 |  | Jean Arthur |  3.3294
| 78 |
- 1920s - 37
- 1930s - 32
- 1940s - 8
- 1950s - 1
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- 1. Talk of the Town, The (1942)
- 2. Lady Takes a Chance, A (1943)
- 3. More the Merrier, The (1943)
- 4. Devil and Miss Jones, The (1941)
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| 6 |  | Humphrey Bogart |  3.2885
| 79 |
- 1920s - 1
- 1930s - 35
- 1940s - 27
- 1950s - 16
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- 1. Casablanca (1942)
- 2. Maltese Falcon, The (1941)
- 3. Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (1948)
- 4. Big Sleep, The (1946)
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| 7 |  | Teresa Wright |  3.2752
| 27 |
- 1940s - 10
- 1950s - 11
- 1960s - 2
- 1970s - 1
- 1980s - 2
- 1990s - 1
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- 1. Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
- 2. Best Years of Our Lives, The (1946)
- 3. Pride of the Yankees, The (1942)
- 4. Mrs. Miniver (1942)
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| 8 |  | Myrna Loy |  3.2712
| 113 |
- 1920s - 32
- 1930s - 58
- 1940s - 13
- 1950s - 4
- 1960s - 3
- 1970s - 2
- 1980s - 1
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- 1. Best Years of Our Lives, The (1946)
- 2. Love Crazy (1941)
- 3. Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)
- 4. Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
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| 9 |  | Dorothy McGuire |  3.2434
| 27 |
- 1940s - 8
- 1950s - 13
- 1960s - 5
- 1970s - 1
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- 1. Tree Grows in Brooklyn, A (1945)
- 2. Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
- 3. Spiral Staircase, The (1946)
- 4. Enchanted Cottage, The (1945)
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| 10 |  | Judy Garland |  3.2018
| 39 |
- 1930s - 9
- 1940s - 22
- 1950s - 3
- 1960s - 5
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- 1. Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
- 2. Clock, The (1945)
- 3. Ziegfeld Girl (1941)
- 4. Ziegfeld Follies (1946)
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| 11 |  | Rex Harrison |  3.1911
| 45 |
- 1930s - 11
- 1940s - 12
- 1950s - 6
- 1960s - 10
- 1970s - 4
- 1980s - 1
- 1990s - 1
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- 1. Unfaithfully Yours (1948)
- 2. Major Barbara (1941)
- 3. Anna and the King of Siam (1946)
- 4. Blithe Spirit (1945)
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| 12 |  | Barbara Stanwyck |  3.1731
| 88 |
- 1920s - 3
- 1930s - 34
- 1940s - 26
- 1950s - 22
- 1960s - 3
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- 1. Double Indemnity (1944)
- 2. Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
- 3. Lady Eve, The (1941)
- 4. Strange Love of Martha Ivers, The (1946)
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| 13 |  | James Stewart |  3.1704
| 81 |
- 1930s - 21
- 1940s - 16
- 1950s - 22
- 1960s - 13
- 1970s - 7
- 1980s - 1
- 1990s - 1
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- 1. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
- 2. Philadelphia Story, The (1940)
- 3. Shop Around the Corner, The (1940)
- 4. Call Northside 777 (1948)
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| 14 |  | John Wayne |  3.1491
| 145 |
- 1920s - 1
- 1930s - 63
- 1940s - 33
- 1950s - 18
- 1960s - 20
- 1970s - 10
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- 1. Red River (1948)
- 2. Angel and the Badman (1947)
- 3. 3 Godfathers (1948)
- 4. They Were Expendable (1945)
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| 15 |  | Edward G. Robinson |  3.1249
| 93 |
- 1910s - 1
- 1920s - 1
- 1930s - 32
- 1940s - 23
- 1950s - 15
- 1960s - 18
- 1970s - 3
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- 1. Double Indemnity (1944)
- 2. Key Largo (1948)
- 3. Scarlet Street (1945)
- 4. Woman in the Window, The (1945)
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| 16 |  | Rita Hayworth |  3.1157
| 67 |
- 1920s - 1
- 1930s - 25
- 1940s - 22
- 1950s - 9
- 1960s - 7
- 1970s - 3
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- 1. Gilda (1946)
- 2. Lady from Shanghai, The (1947)
- 3. Tales of Manhattan (1942)
- 4. You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
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| 17 |  | Joseph Cotten |  3.0969
| 74 |
- 1930s - 1
- 1940s - 15
- 1950s - 19
- 1960s - 15
- 1970s - 20
- 1980s - 4
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- 1. Citizen Kane (1941)
- 2. Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
- 3. Magnificent Ambersons, The (1942)
- 4. Portrait of Jennie (1948)
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| 18 |  | Laurence Olivier |  3.0962
| 59 |
- 1930s - 13
- 1940s - 9
- 1950s - 6
- 1960s - 11
- 1970s - 12
- 1980s - 8
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- 1. Rebecca (1940)
- 2. Pride and Prejudice (1940)
- 3. Chronicle History of King Henry the Fift with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France, The (1944)
- 4. Hamlet (1948)
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| 19 |  | Henry Fonda |  3.0956
| 87 |
- 1930s - 20
- 1940s - 20
- 1950s - 9
- 1960s - 19
- 1970s - 18
- 1980s - 1
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- 1. Grapes of Wrath, The (1940)
- 2. Lady Eve, The (1941)
- 3. Ox-Bow Incident, The (1943)
- 4. Fort Apache (1948)
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| 20 |  | Gary Cooper |  3.0936
| 93 |
- 1920s - 19
- 1930s - 36
- 1940s - 17
- 1950s - 20
- 1960s - 1
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- 1. Sergeant York (1941)
- 2. Pride of the Yankees, The (1942)
- 3. Westerner, The (1940)
- 4. Meet John Doe (1941)
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| 21 |  | Gregory Peck |  3.0556
| 54 |
- 1940s - 12
- 1950s - 18
- 1960s - 12
- 1970s - 6
- 1980s - 3
- 1990s - 3
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- 1. Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
- 2. Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
- 3. Yearling, The (1946)
- 4. Days of Glory (1944)
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| 22 |  | Barbara Lawrence |  3.0466
| 21 |
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- 1. Unfaithfully Yours (1948)
- 2. Letter to Three Wives, A (1949)
- 3. The Thieves' Market (1949)
- 4. Street with No Name, The (1948)
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| 23 |  | Spencer Tracy |  3.0342
| 73 |
- 1930s - 37
- 1940s - 19
- 1950s - 12
- 1960s - 5
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- 1. Northwest Passage (1940)
- 2. Woman of the Year (1942)
- 3. Boom Town (1940)
- 4. Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
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| 24 |  | Claude Rains |  3.0323
| 57 |
- 1920s - 1
- 1930s - 21
- 1940s - 24
- 1950s - 6
- 1960s - 5
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- 1. Casablanca (1942)
- 2. Notorious (1946)
- 3. Sea Hawk, The (1940)
- 4. Wolf Man, The (1941)
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| 25 |  | Ginger Rogers |  3.0301
| 77 |
- 1930s - 44
- 1940s - 17
- 1950s - 13
- 1960s - 2
- 1980s - 1
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- 1. Major and the Minor, The (1942)
- 2. Tales of Manhattan (1942)
- 3. Kitty Foyle: The Natural History of a Woman (1940)
- 4. Barkleys of Broadway, The (1949)
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| 26 |  | Ann Sheridan |  3.0256
| 58 |
- 1930s - 27
- 1940s - 22
- 1950s - 9
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- 1. Kings Row (1942)
- 2. They Drive by Night (1940)
- 3. Man Who Came to Dinner, The (1942)
- 4. City for Conquest (1940)
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| 27 |  | Bette Davis |  3.0251
| 95 |
- 1930s - 43
- 1940s - 21
- 1950s - 10
- 1960s - 9
- 1970s - 7
- 1980s - 4
- 1990s - 1
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- 1. Now, Voyager (1942)
- 2. Man Who Came to Dinner, The (1942)
- 3. Letter, The (1940)
- 4. Mr. Skeffington (1944)
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| 28 |  | Fred Astaire |  3.0235
| 44 |
- 1930s - 11
- 1940s - 11
- 1950s - 9
- 1960s - 4
- 1970s - 6
- 1980s - 3
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- 1. Holiday Inn (1942)
- 2. Ziegfeld Follies (1946)
- 3. Easter Parade (1948)
- 4. Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
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| 29 |  | Joan Crawford |  3.0107
| 82 |
- 1920s - 24
- 1930s - 26
- 1940s - 13
- 1950s - 12
- 1960s - 6
- 1970s - 1
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- 1. Mildred Pierce (1945)
- 2. Possessed (1947)
- 3. Humoresque (1946)
- 4. Susan and God (1940)
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| 30 |  | Gene Tierney |  3.0075
| 36 |
- 1940s - 20
- 1950s - 13
- 1960s - 3
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- 1. Laura (1944)
- 2. Shanghai Gesture, The (1941)
- 3. Ghost and Mrs. Muir, The (1947)
- 4. Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
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| 31 |  | Lucille Bremer |  3.0062
| 9 |
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- 1. Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
- 2. Ziegfeld Follies (1946)
- 3. Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)
- 4. Yolanda and the Thief (1945)
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| 32 |  | Bing Crosby |  3.0026
| 95 |
- 1930s - 36
- 1940s - 33
- 1950s - 19
- 1960s - 5
- 1970s - 2
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- 1. Bells of St. Mary's, The (1945)
- 2. Road to Morocco (1942)
- 3. Road to Utopia (1946)
- 4. Holiday Inn (1942)
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| 33 |  | Linda Darnell |  3.0013
| 44 |
- 1930s - 2
- 1940s - 27
- 1950s - 14
- 1960s - 1
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- 1. Unfaithfully Yours (1948)
- 2. Anna and the King of Siam (1946)
- 3. Letter to Three Wives, A (1949)
- 4. My Darling Clementine (1946)
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| 34 |  | Maureen O'Hara |  2.9991
| 56 |
- 1930s - 4
- 1940s - 23
- 1950s - 18
- 1960s - 7
- 1970s - 2
- 1990s - 2
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- 1. Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
- 2. How Green Was My Valley (1941)
- 3. Black Swan, The (1942)
- 4. To the Shores of Tripoli (1942)
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| 35 |  | Jeanne Crain |  2.9960
| 38 |
- 1940s - 13
- 1950s - 16
- 1960s - 7
- 1970s - 2
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- 1. Letter to Three Wives, A (1949)
- 2. Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
- 3. Pinky (1949)
- 4. State Fair (1945)
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| 36 |  | Luana Patten |  2.9925
| 20 |
- 1940s - 6
- 1950s - 5
- 1960s - 8
- 1980s - 1
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- 1. Melody Time (1948)
- 2. Song of the South (1946)
- 3. So Dear to My Heart (1948)
- 4. Pecos Bill (1948)
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| 37 |  | Olivia de Havilland |  2.9886
| 47 |
- 1930s - 17
- 1940s - 16
- 1950s - 6
- 1960s - 3
- 1970s - 5
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- 1. Heiress, The (1949)
- 2. They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
- 3. Snake Pit, The (1948)
- 4. Male Animal, The (1942)
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| 38 |  | Tyrone Power |  2.9820
| 50 |
- 1920s - 1
- 1930s - 16
- 1940s - 17
- 1950s - 16
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- 1. Black Swan, The (1942)
- 2. Nightmare Alley (1947)
- 3. Crash Dive (1943)
- 4. Razor's Edge, The (1946)
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| 39 |  | Veronica Lake |  2.9820
| 27 |
- 1930s - 2
- 1940s - 22
- 1950s - 1
- 1960s - 1
- 1970s - 1
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- 1. This Gun for Hire (1942)
- 2. I Married a Witch (1942)
- 3. Sullivan's Travels (1941)
- 4. Blue Dahlia, The (1946)
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| 40 |  | Joan Fontaine |  2.9712
| 46 |
- 1930s - 12
- 1940s - 13
- 1950s - 15
- 1960s - 3
- 1970s - 1
- 1980s - 2
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- 1. Rebecca (1940)
- 2. Suspicion (1941)
- 3. Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
- 4. Jane Eyre (1944)
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| 41 |  | Rosalind Russell |  2.9711
| 57 |
- 1930s - 22
- 1940s - 22
- 1950s - 5
- 1960s - 7
- 1970s - 1
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- 1. His Girl Friday (1940)
- 2. Velvet Touch, The (1948)
- 3. Sister Kenny (1946)
- 4. No Time for Comedy (1940)
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| 42 |  | Bela Lugosi |  2.9598
| 84 |
- 1910s - 1
- 1920s - 14
- 1930s - 35
- 1940s - 27
- 1950s - 6
- 2000s - 1
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- 1. You'll Find Out (1940)
- 2. Wolf Man, The (1941)
- 3. Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
- 4. Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
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| 43 |  | Bob Hope |  2.9554
| 82 |
- 1930s - 12
- 1940s - 29
- 1950s - 21
- 1960s - 12
- 1970s - 3
- 1980s - 1
- 1990s - 2
- 2000s - 1
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- 1. Road to Morocco (1942)
- 2. Road to Utopia (1946)
- 3. My Favorite Blonde (1942)
- 4. My Favorite Brunette (1947)
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| 44 |  | Anne Baxter |  2.9542
| 51 |
- 1930s - 1
- 1940s - 23
- 1950s - 17
- 1960s - 6
- 1970s - 2
- 1980s - 2
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- 1. Magnificent Ambersons, The (1942)
- 2. Sullivans, The (1944)
- 3. Yellow Sky (1948)
- 4. Crash Dive (1943)
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| 45 |  | Anton Walbrook |  2.9475
| 16 |
- 1930s - 5
- 1940s - 6
- 1950s - 5
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- 1. Red Shoes, The (1948)
- 2. Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, The (1943)
- 3. Gaslight (1940)
- 4. Queen of Spades, The (1949)
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| 46 |  | Gene Kelly |  2.9352
| 44 |
- 1930s - 2
- 1940s - 15
- 1950s - 16
- 1960s - 3
- 1970s - 4
- 1980s - 3
- 1990s - 1
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- 1. On the Town (1949)
- 2. Anchors Aweigh (1945)
- 3. Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)
- 4. Ziegfeld Follies (1946)
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| 47 |  | James Cagney |  2.9217
| 62 |
- 1930s - 32
- 1940s - 12
- 1950s - 15
- 1960s - 2
- 1980s - 1
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- 1. White Heat (1949)
- 2. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
- 3. City for Conquest (1940)
- 4. Strawberry Blonde, The (1941)
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| 48 |  | Orson Welles |  2.9138
| 95 |
- 1930s - 2
- 1940s - 15
- 1950s - 19
- 1960s - 26
- 1970s - 19
- 1980s - 10
- 1990s - 2
- 2000s - 1
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- 1. Citizen Kane (1941)
- 2. Lady from Shanghai, The (1947)
- 3. Stranger, The (1946)
- 4. Duel in the Sun (1946)
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| 49 |  | Burt Lancaster |  2.9085
| 76 |
- 1940s - 10
- 1950s - 21
- 1960s - 16
- 1970s - 17
- 1980s - 11
- 1990s - 1
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- 1. Killers, The (1946)
- 2. Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
- 3. Brute Force (1947)
- 4. Criss Cross (1949)
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| 50 |  | Boris Karloff |  2.9053
| 149 |
- 1910s - 1
- 1920s - 47
- 1930s - 48
- 1940s - 22
- 1950s - 11
- 1960s - 16
- 1970s - 4
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- 1. You'll Find Out (1940)
- 2. Body Snatcher, The (1945)
- 3. Lured (1947)
- 4. Bedlam (1946)
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