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Birthdate: June 28, 1948
Kathy Bates
ACTOR RANKINGS:
CAREER SPAN
Decade
Movie Score
# Movies
1970s
0.9609
1
1980s
1.7169
7
1990s
2.9019
24
2000s
2.2703
20
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score: 
2.8163
2.8163
Kathy Bates Movie Rankings
1
3.5551An aging Rose tells the story about how she fell in love with a poor artist on the ill-fated ship - Titanic. At the height of their romance, the ship hits an iceberg and proceeds to sink into the freezing artic waters, losing the true love of her life. ...more about Titanic
Actor Awards
- Blockbuster Entertainment Awards - Favorite Supporting Actress - Drama
DVD from $4.87
(19 sellers)
2
3.1481Warren Schmidt (Nicholson) is forced to deal with an ambiguous future as he enters retirement. Soon after, his wife passes away and he must come to terms with his daughter's marriage to a man he does not care for and the failure that his life has become. ...more about About Schmidt
Actor Awards
- Academy Awards, USA - Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards - Best Supporting Actress
- Chicago Film Critics Association Awards - Best Supporting Actress
- Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards - Best Supporting Actress
- Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
- National Board of Review, USA - Best Supporting Actress
- Online Film Critics Society Awards - Best Supporting Actress
- Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards - Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- Satellite Awards - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, Drama
- Screen Actors Guild Awards - Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
- Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards - Best Supporting Actress
DVD from $1.99
(15 sellers)
3
2.9974Based on E.B. White's story of the same name, Charlotte's Web is the story of a spider named Charlotte, who saves a young pig, Wilber, by displaying clever sayings in her web and creating a town sensation. ...more about Charlotte's Web
DVD from $4.95
(24 sellers)
4
2.9633
Jack Stanton is running for president. The election is seen through the eyes of young Henry Burton. Along the way Stanton must deal with a sex scandal. ...more about Primary Colors
Actor Awards
- Academy Awards, USA - Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- American Comedy Awards, USA - Funniest Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
- BAFTA Awards - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
- Blockbuster Entertainment Awards - Favorite Supporting Actress - Drama
- Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards - Best Supporting Actress
- Chicago Film Critics Association Awards - Best Supporting Actress
- Chlotrudis Awards - Best Supporting Actress
- Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
- Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards - Best Supporting Actress
- Online Film Critics Society Awards - Best Supporting Actress
- San Diego Film Critics Society Awards - Best Supporting Actress
- Satellite Awards - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
- Screen Actors Guild Awards - Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
DVD from $4.52
(15 sellers)
5
2.9179
Novelist Paul Sheldon crashes his car on a snowy Colorado road. He is found by Annie Wilkes, the "number one fan" of Paul's heroine Misery Chastaine. Annie is also somewhat unstable, and Paul finds himself crippled, drugged and at her mercy. ...more about Misery
Actor Awards
- Academy Awards, USA - Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA - Best Actress
- Chicago Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actress
- Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
DVD from $5.42
(13 sellers)
6
2.8144
Dolores Claiborne works as a maid for a wealthy woman in remote Maine. When she is indicted for the elderly woman's murder, Dolores' daughter Selena returns from New York, where she has become a big-shot reporter. ...more about Dolores Claiborne
Actor Awards
- Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA - Best Actress
- Chlotrudis Awards - Best Actress
DVD from $5.24
(10 sellers)
7
2.7539
Evelyn Couch is having trouble in her marriage, and no one seems to take her seriously. ...more about Fried Green Tomatoes
Actor Awards
- BAFTA Awards - Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical
DVD from $5.26
(14 sellers)
8
2.6912
A couple fall in love despite the girl's pessimistic outlook. As they struggle to come to terms with their relationship, something supernatural happens that tests it. ...more about Prelude to a Kiss
DVD from $4.11
(11 sellers)
9
2.6687
This version of the classic novel set in 1872 focuses on Passepartout (Chan), a Chinese thief who steals a valuable jade Buddha and then seeks refuge in the traveling companionship of an eccentric London inventor and adventurer, Phileas Fogg (Coogan), ...more about Around the World in 80 Days
DVD from $7.02
(13 sellers)
10
2.6454
Wilson Joel is a man in trouble. There's a searing pain in his gut that he can't tolerate and a dazed quietness to his struggle as he tries to maintain his equilibrium. Wilson is attempting to move on from the sudden and inexplicable suicide of his wife. ...more about Love Liza
DVD from $19.99
(6 sellers)
11
2.6180
All Tess Trueheart wants is to settle down to a quiet life with her boyfriend, detective Dick Tracy. ...more about Dick Tracy
DVD from $7.42
(10 sellers)
12
2.5828
Max Baron (James Spader) is a 27-year-old high flying advertising executive still recovering from the death of his wife. One night he is in a bar when he meets Nora Baker (Susan Sarandon) a 43-year-old waitress with a fixation on Marilyn Monroe. ...more about White Palace
DVD from $6.39
(11 sellers)
13
2.5710
Barry B. Benson (Seinfeld), a bee who has just graduated from college, is disillusioned at his lone career choice: making honey. On a special trip outside the hive, Barry's life is saved by Vanessa (Zellweger), a florist in New York City. ...more about Bee Movie
DVD from $10.00
(16 sellers)
14
2.5360
The wife and mistress of a cruel school master collaborate in a carefully planned and executed attempt to murder him. The plan goes well until the body, which has been strategically dumped, disappears. ...more about Diabolique
DVD from $5.00
(9 sellers)
15
2.5139
When a Midwest town learns that a corrupt railroad baron has captured the deeds to their homesteads without their knowledge, a group of young ranchers join forces to take back what is rightfully theirs. ...more about American Outlaws
DVD from $8.63
(11 sellers)
16
2.4893
Angus is a large, pathetic 14 year old whose thoughts are most often filled with the image of one Melissa Lefevre. Angus is shy and thinks that he has no chance of ever 'getting' her. ...more about Angus
- Not Available on DVD
18
2.4410
Based on author Philip Pullman's novel, 'The Golden Compass' is an exciting fantasy adventure, set in an alternative world where people's souls manifest themselves as animals, talking bears fight wars, and Gyptians and witches co-exist. ...more about Golden Compass
DVD from $10.99
(5 sellers)
19
2.4332
Adam Sandler is the lowly water boy for a college football team, until the coach (Henry Winkler) discovers his amazing talent for tackling people much bigger than him. He signs the Water Boy as the new star player. ...more about Waterboy
Actor Awards
- Blockbuster Entertainment Awards - Favorite Supporting Actress - Comedy
DVD from $7.02
(12 sellers)
20
2.4026
A small and insignificant bookkeeper, Kleinman, is awoken one night by his neighbours who wants him to help them track down a strangler who has been killing people all over town. ...more about Shadows and Fog
DVD from $5.91
(14 sellers)
21
2.3153
Stacy Holt, an associate producer for a daytime talk show, is confounded by her boyfriend Derek's unwillingness to talk about his previous relationships. ...more about Little Black Book
DVD from $3.95
(12 sellers)
22
2.2882
The film tells the story of Russian emigree and the only survivor from ship crash Yanko Goorall and servant Amy Foster in the end of 19th century. ...more about Swept from the Sea
DVD from $3.95
(10 sellers)
23
2.2624
Joe Darrow (Kevin Costner) lost his wife, Emily (Susanna Thompson), in a bus accident in South America. It's hard for him to accept her death, but when it seems that he could move on with his life, at least, something weird happen. ...more about Dragonfly
DVD from $5.95
(11 sellers)
24
2.1181
Martin and Hazel Quarrier are small-town fundamentalist missionaries sent to the jungles of South America to convert the Indians. Their remote mission was previously run by the Catholics, before the natives murdered them all. ...more about At Play in the Fields of the Lord
- Not Available on DVD
25
2.1167
After being released on parole, a burglar attempts to go straight, get a regular job, and just go by the rules. He soon finds himself back in jail at the hands of a power-hungry parole officer. ...more about Straight Time
- Not Available on DVD
26
2.0576
Alex Sternberg wakes up with a hangover and no memory of how she ended up in bed with a dead man. She flees, convinced that she has had another blackout and stabbed someone. ...more about Morning After
DVD from $12.71
(10 sellers)
27
1.9988
Eleven-year-old North has had it with his parents. They are always busy with their careers and don't give North the attention he needs, so he files a lawsuit against them. ...more about North
Actor Awards
- Razzie Awards - Worst Supporting Actress
- Not Available on DVD
28
1.9303
A mother of two sons finds life considerably difficult on her own after the death of her beloved husband. Due to debt she must move them to Baltimore, and deal with the hardships and all that comes with the city life. ...more about Men Don't Leave
- Not Available on DVD
29
1.8918
Jeremy Collier is a Vietnam veteran who has returned home and is struggling to cope with the war experiences that haunt him. He is also at odds with his family, who cannot begin to understand what he has been through. ...more about War at Home
DVD from $7.35
(6 sellers)
30
1.8269
The story is located in Los Angeles in the sixties. A energetic widow, Frances Lacey, with her six children tries to make a dream of her and her children come true: to have a home of their own. ...more about Home of Our Own
DVD from $4.50
(11 sellers)
31
1.8172
The Disciples of James Dean meet up on the anniversary of his death and mull over their lives in the present and in flashback, revealing the truth behind their complicated lives. ...more about Come Back to the Five and Dime
- Not Available on DVD
32
1.7441
In this sequel to the 1981 hit movie, Arthur manages to lose his entire $750 million fortune. ...more about Arthur 2: On the Rocks
DVD from $4.12
(10 sellers)
33
1.7399
Five people are killed in a freak accident when a lofty rope bridge collapses. The film details a priest's journey to discover if there was a divine reason for the bloody disaster. Set in Lima, Peru, during the 18th century. ...more about Bridge of San Luis Rey
DVD from $15.99
(9 sellers)
34
1.7396
After her husband (Aykroyd) leaves her, a woman (Bates) travels to London for the funeral of the pop star, Victor Fox (Pryce), she's adored all her life. ...more about Unconditional Love
DVD from $9.99
(12 sellers)
35
1.7237
Bruno is the story of a unique young boy genius, Bruno (Alex D. Linz), whose expression of his own individuality leads his family and community along an emotional journey. ...more about Bruno
- Not Available on DVD
36
1.6372
At her husband's funeral, Pearl (Shirley Maclean), Jewish mother of two divorced and antagonistic daughters, meets an old Italian friend (Marcello Mastroianni) of her husband, whose advice years previously had stopped the husband leaving home. ...more about Used People
- Not Available on DVD
37
1.3359
God has had just about enough of the human's attitude so he will destroy the planet very soon. It is up to a struggling inventor and a bank teller, both with very amateur criminal minds, to save the world... ...more about Two of a Kind
DVD from $4.11
(12 sellers)
39
1.1586
Three women take a road trip to Santa Barbara in order to deliver the ashes of one of their dead husbands to his resentful daughter. ...more about Bonneville
DVD from $17.99
(4 sellers)
40
0.7123
Based on Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize winning novel, this timeless story is set in early 18th century Peru. ...more about Bridge of San Luis Rey
DVD from $15.99
(8 sellers)
44
Sam Shepard's coming of age drama about a dirt-poor 1920's-era farm family. Dad's a foul talking drunk and Mom is desperately trying to save what's left of their family life. ...more about Curse of the Starving Class
- Not Available on DVD
45
"The effects of magic begin with misdirection, the rest is in the hands of the magician." Roody, son of a great and absentee magician, runs a costume company with his slightly eccentric mother. ...more about Effects of Magic
- Not Available on DVD
49
Feeling lonely and neglected by her overworked husband, Roxy, a Depression-era farm wife, is drawn into an ill-advised affair with Jack, their hired hand. ...more about Summer Heat
- Not Available on DVD
50
TUPPERWARE! follows the rise of reclusive inventor Earl Tupper's plastic bowls to icon status more than 40 years ago, thanks to the savvy marketing skills of a single young mother, Brownie Wise. ...more about Tupperware!
- Not Available on DVD
51
As seen on "The Wonderful World of Disney", this new production of the classic musical features an all-star cast belting out the beloved songs. Original Broadway Annie Andrea McArdle makes and appearance, too! Fun for the whole family. ...more about Annie
DVD from $7.02
(13 sellers)
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