David Paymer Movie Rankings
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David Paymer scores a combined 3.2655 out of 4 stars for Quiz Show
3.2655
An idealistic young lawyer (Rob Morrow) working for a Congressional subcommittee in the late 1950s discovers that TV quiz shows are being fixed. ... more about Quiz Show
DVD from $3.00 
(6 sellers)
2
David Paymer scores a combined 3.0695 out of 4 stars for Get Shorty
3.0695
Some guys get all the luck, whether they like it or not. Chili Palmer (John Travolta) happens to be in Hollywood collecting a gambling debt when he's struck by lightning (not literally). ... more about Get Shorty
DVD from $2.50 
(7 sellers)
3
David Paymer scores a combined 3.0376 out of 4 stars for American President
3.0376
The world's most powerful man has met his match! Michael Douglas is the widower President wooing environmental lobbyist Annette Bening in this romantic hit by Rob Reiner. ... more about American President
DVD from $2.34 
(6 sellers)
4
David Paymer scores a combined 3.0300 out of 4 stars for State and Main
3.0300
Having left New Hampshire over excessive demands by the locals, the cast and crew of "The Old Mill" moves their movie shoot to a small town in Vermont. ... more about State and Main
DVD from $2.38 
(3 sellers)
5
David Paymer scores a combined 3.0148 out of 4 stars for Hurricane
3.0148
In 1966, a promising middleweight boxer, Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, was wrongfully accused of murdering three men in New Jersey. Sentenced to three life terms Carter wrote a book about his life and incarceration. In 1985, after strong support from activists, Carter's conviction was overturned. ... more about Hurricane
DVD from $2.00 
(6 sellers)
6
David Paymer scores a combined 3.0061 out of 4 stars for Searching for Bobby Fischer
3.0061
Josh Waitzkin is just a typical American boy interested in baseball when one day he challenges his father at chess and wins. ... more about Searching for Bobby Fischer
DVD from $7.18 
(3 sellers)
7
David Paymer scores a combined 2.9781 out of 4 stars for In Good Company
2.9781
Dan Foreman is headed for a shakeup. He is demoted from head of ad sales for a major magazine when the company he works for is acquired in a corporate takeover. ... more about In Good Company
DVD from $0.85 
(6 sellers)
8
David Paymer scores a combined 2.9449 out of 4 stars for Amistad
2.9449
AMISTAD is about a 1839 mutiny onboard a slave ship that is traveling towards the Northeast Coast of America. Much of the story involves a court-room drama about the slave who led the revolt. ... more about Amistad
DVD from $4.19 
(6 sellers)
9
David Paymer scores a combined 2.9019 out of 4 stars for Nixon
2.9019
The film chronicles the story of former President Richard Nixon from childhood, through his political career and his Presidential resignation in 1974. ... more about Nixon
DVD from $6.00 
(0 sellers)
10
David Paymer scores a combined 2.7829 out of 4 stars for Focus
2.7829
In the waning months of World War II, a man and his wife are mistakenly identified as Jews by their anti-Semitic Brooklyn neighbors. ... more about Focus
DVD from $14.99 
(1 sellers)
11
David Paymer scores a combined 2.7766 out of 4 stars for Mumford
2.7766
A man gives up his job with the IRS and relocates to a small town named Mumford of which he takes the name and passes it off as his own by being a psychologist. ... more about Mumford
DVD from $3.00 
(5 sellers)
12
David Paymer scores a combined 2.7753 out of 4 stars for Payback
2.7753
A thief plots revenge when he is betrayed by his wife and best friend. ... more about Payback
DVD from $2.00 
(5 sellers)
13
David Paymer scores a combined 2.7467 out of 4 stars for City Hall
2.7467
A young boy dies from a stray bullet during a shootout between a cop and mob family member who had previously been supiciously given probabtion, only to break its terms. New York's Deputy Mayor, Kevin Calhoun starts digging for information. ... more about City Hall
DVD from $1.99 
(5 sellers)
14
David Paymer scores a combined 2.6964 out of 4 stars for Night of the Creeps
2.6964
In 1959, an alien experiment crashes to earth and infects a fraternity member. ... more about Night of the Creeps
Not Available on DVD
15
David Paymer scores a combined 2.6823 out of 4 stars for City Slickers
2.6823
Mitch is a middle aged big-city radio ads salesman. He and his friends Ed and Phil are having mid-life crisis. They decide the best birthday gift is to go on a two week holiday in the wild west driving cattle from New Mexico to Colorado. ... more about City Slickers
DVD from $4.49 
(5 sellers)
16
David Paymer scores a combined 2.6706 out of 4 stars for Mr. Saturday Night
2.6706
Buddy Young was the comic's comic, beloved by everyone. Now, playing to miniscule crowds in nursing homes, it seems like everybody but Buddy realizes that he should retire. ... more about Mr. Saturday Night
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
DVD from $1.98 
(3 sellers)
17
David Paymer scores a combined 2.6228 out of 4 stars for Resurrecting the Champ
2.6228
When a struggling reporter encounters a former boxing champion living on the streets, his journey to uncover the truth becomes an opportunity to reexamine his own life. ... more about Resurrecting the Champ
Not Available on DVD
18
David Paymer scores a combined 2.6107 out of 4 stars for Mighty Joe Young
2.6107
The movie opens with poachers attacking a group of gorillas. Animal preservationists fight the poachers, which ends with one gorilla and a young girl's mother dead. ... more about Mighty Joe Young
DVD from $5.18 
(6 sellers)
19
David Paymer scores a combined 2.6036 out of 4 stars for Heart and Souls
2.6036
This movie is about four people who die in a bus crash and have to take care of some stuff they didn't before they died. At the same moment they died, a baby is born. They are stuck to him forever. ... more about Heart and Souls
DVD from $3.64 
(6 sellers)
20
David Paymer scores a combined 2.5923 out of 4 stars for Airplane II: The Sequel
2.5923
The hero of an unlikely airplane disaster must overcome his own inadequacies, improbable accidents and his former girlfriend in order to save a space shuttle from destruction in this spoof sequel of the disaster parody ... more about Airplane II: The Sequel
DVD from $4.74 
(5 sellers)
21
David Paymer scores a combined 2.5617 out of 4 stars for Gang Related
2.5617
Two cops kill an undercover DEA agent by mistake, and frantically try to cover their tracks by framing a homeless man for the crime. That involves juggling evidence, coaching witnesses, and improvising to keep their desperate scheme from unraveling. ... more about Gang Related
DVD from $5.49 
(0 sellers)
22
David Paymer scores a combined 2.5577 out of 4 stars for Crazy People
2.5577
Emory works in advertising, and is beginning to crack-up. His latest idea is honesty, e.g. "Volvos, Yes they are boxy, but they're safe". This doesn't go down too well with the boss, so Emory is sent to a psychiatric hospital to 'recover'. ... more about Crazy People
DVD from $8.55 
(0 sellers)
23
David Paymer scores a combined 2.3907 out of 4 stars for Bait
2.3907
Alvin Sanders, a fast-talking street punk, is on his way to prison when he's stuck in a holding cell with a dying guy who has a $43 million secret: where stolen gold is hidden. ... more about Bait
DVD from $0.50 
(5 sellers)
24
David Paymer scores a combined 2.3577 out of 4 stars for City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
2.3577
The second part of City Slickers begins after the death of Curly. ... more about City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
DVD from $3.42 
(6 sellers)
25
David Paymer scores a combined 2.3498 out of 4 stars for Bartleby
2.3498
At a public records office, a seemingly normal boss has hired a new employee named Bartleby. Bartleby however, is eccentric and with each passing day, he begins to refuse his boss' orders which only gets worse. ... more about Bartleby
DVD from $11.66 
(0 sellers)
27
David Paymer scores a combined 2.2000 out of 4 stars for Alex & Emma
2.2000
'Loosely Based on a True Love Story' is a romantic comedy starring Kate Hudson as Emma and Luke Wilson as Alex. Alex is an author whose writer's block and gambling debts have landed him in a jam. ... more about Alex & Emma
DVD from $0.01 
(5 sellers)
28
David Paymer scores a combined 2.1935 out of 4 stars for Burial Society
2.1935
In The Burial Society, Sheldon Kasner, an unlikely criminal who works as a bank loan manager, infiltrates the mysterious world of the Chevrah Kadisha (the Jewish society that prepares bodies for burial according to ancient ritual) in order to steal a ... more about Burial Society
Not Available on DVD
29
David Paymer scores a combined 2.1782 out of 4 stars for Chill Factor
2.1782
If a new biological chemical weapon is exposed to temperatures over 50 degrees Fahrenheit, it'll do something very bad. Two men (Skeet Ulrich, Cuba Gooding Jr.) try to make sure that doesn't happen, and that it doesn't get stolen by a terrorist. ... more about Chill Factor
DVD from $2.99 
(2 sellers)
30
David Paymer scores a combined 2.1717 out of 4 stars for Focus
2.1717
Set during the last days of World War II, this is the story of a Brooklyn man and his wife (Macy, Dern) who are mistaken for Jews by their anti-Semitic neighbors. ... more about Focus
Not Available on DVD
31
David Paymer scores a combined 2.1543 out of 4 stars for Sixth Man
2.1543
Just as college basketball star Antoine Tyler is about to realize his dream of making it to the NCAA Championships, he dies, leaving his brother Kenny to lead the perenially last place Washington Huskies to victory. ... more about Sixth Man
DVD from $4.50 
(5 sellers)
32
David Paymer scores a combined 2.0323 out of 4 stars for Irreconcilable Differences
2.0323
Albert and Lucy fall in love, get married, and have a daughter Casey. Everything is wonderful, till success in business distract Albert and Lucy from each other and Casey. ... more about Irreconcilable Differences
Not Available on DVD
33
David Paymer scores a combined 2.0028 out of 4 stars for Unforgettable
2.0028
Unsuccessfully framed for his wife's murder, Dr. David Krane attempts to find the real culprit by utilizing a new drug that allows him to experience the memories of other people first-hand. ... more about Unforgettable
DVD from $2.31 
(4 sellers)
35
David Paymer scores a combined 1.9707 out of 4 stars for No Way Out
1.9707
Tom Farrell is a navy officer who gets posted at the Pentagon and is to report to the secretary of defence David Brice. He starts an affair with Susan Atwell not knowing that she is Brice's mistress. ... more about No Way Out
DVD from $1.99 
(1 sellers)
36
David Paymer scores a combined 1.9018 out of 4 stars for Bartleby
1.9018
A modern adaptation of Herman Melville's "Bartleby the ... more about Bartleby
Not Available on DVD
37
David Paymer scores a combined 1.8165 out of 4 stars for Carpool
1.8165
A man (Paymer) with an important business meeting finds himself having to take care of the carpool for the neighborhood school children when his wife gets sick. ... more about Carpool
DVD from $5.12 
(0 sellers)
38
David Paymer scores a combined 1.6734 out of 4 stars for Outside Ozona
1.6734
A serial killer is on the prowl in the badlands of Ozona, Oklahoma, and the travelers who intersect at a roadside cafeteria somewhere between Texas and New Mexico are destined to cross his path. ... more about Outside Ozona
Not Available on DVD
39
David Paymer scores a combined 1.5186 out of 4 stars for Best Defense
1.5186
Wylie is a lazy engineer. Landry is a Sergeant specialising in Armour. They have never met but their lives become entangled when Landry must take the tank Wylie designed into combat. ... more about Best Defense
DVD from $2.42 
(1 sellers)
41
David Paymer scores a combined 1.4038 out of 4 stars for Howard the Duck
1.4038
A scientific experiment unknowingly brings extraterrestrial life forms to the Earth through a laser beam. First is the cigar smoking drake Howard from the duck's planet. ... more about Howard the Duck
Not Available on DVD
42
David Paymer scores a combined 1.1278 out of 4 stars for Lesser Evil
1.1278
When four young boys decide to go over-board with dealing with two bullies, they believe they can get away with their crime. Years later, new evidence appears and the cops are back on the trail to solve the murders. ... more about Lesser Evil
Not Available on DVD
43
David Paymer scores a combined 1.0821 out of 4 stars for Burial Society
1.0821
An unlikely criminal is drawn into the underworld of money laundering in a desperate attempt to overcome his mediocre existence, and attempts to hide from his crime in a Jewish Burial Society. ... more about Burial Society
Not Available on DVD
44
David Paymer scores a combined 0.8493 out of 4 stars for Enemies of Laughter
0.8493
Paul Halpern (Paymer) is a cynical, middle-aged comedy writer whose professional and personal lives collide when a woman he is interested in wants to stage a play that he would like to forget. ... more about Enemies of Laughter
Not Available on DVD
45
David Paymer scores a combined 0.8292 out of 4 stars for No Holds Barred
0.8292
Rip is the World Wrestling Federation champion who is faithful to his fans and the network he wrestles for. Brell, the new head of the World Television Network, wants Rip to wrestle for his network. Rip refuses and goes back to his normal life. ... more about No Holds Barred
Not Available on DVD
47
David Paymer scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Fix
0.0001
Shay Riley, once a heavyweight contender, lost his career years ago by throwing a fight for money. Now Shay coaches his son Benny in the ring. ... more about Fix
Not Available on DVD
 
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David Paymer
Birthdate:
August 30, 1954

David Paymer

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Career Span:

Decade
# Movies
Movie Score
1980s
8
total ranking of 1.7489  1.7489
1990s
23
total ranking of 2.6901  2.6901
2000s
17
total ranking of 2.0412  2.0412
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score:
2.3852
David Paymer is ranked overall as 2.3852 of of 4 stars
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