Jack Nicholson Movie Rankings
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Jack Nicholson scores a combined 3.8626 out of 4 stars for Chinatown
3.8626
When smooth P.I. Jake Gittes is tricked into taking a case tailing an unfaithful husband he finds he may have bitten off more than he can chew. The more he investigates the case the more corruption, greed and violence he finds. ... more about Chinatown
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
BAFTA Awards - Best Actor
Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actor
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA - Best Actor
New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actor
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Jack Nicholson scores a combined 3.8136 out of 4 stars for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
3.8136
In order to avoid jail McMurphy convinces a judge he is insane and belongs in a hospital not prison. While in the asylum he rallies many of the inmates to resist the conformity that Nurse Ratched represents and to live freely. ... more about One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
BAFTA Awards - Best Actor
David di Donatello Awards - Best Foreign Actor (Migliore Attore Straniero)
Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama
National Board of Review, USA - Best Actor
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA - Best Actor
New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actor
Sant Jordi Awards - Best Foreign Actor (Mejor Actor Extranjero)
DVD from $5.20 
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3
Jack Nicholson scores a combined 3.4893 out of 4 stars for Departed
3.4893
Irish-American mafia boss, Frank Costello, enrolled some of his most promising youngsters in the police academy. Meanwhile, the police have infiltrated the gang with one of their own. Neither organization knows there is a spy among them. ... more about Departed
Actor Awards
BAFTA Awards - Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards - Best Supporting Actor
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Supporting Actor
Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Online Film Critics Society Awards - Best Supporting Actor
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Satellite Awards - Best Actor in a Supporting Role
DVD from $2.49 
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Jack Nicholson scores a combined 3.3171 out of 4 stars for Shining
3.3171
Jack becomes the caretaker of a large summer resort hotel. Snowed in for the winter, he feels this will be the perfect oppertunity to finish his book. While there, his son begins to see gory visions of the hotel's hunted past and Jack becomes possessed by the evil presences. ... more about Shining
DVD from $4.48 
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Jack Nicholson scores a combined 3.1527 out of 4 stars for About Schmidt
3.1527
Warren 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 Actor in a Leading Role
BAFTA Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actor
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actor
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actor
Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actor
Online Film Critics Society Awards - Best Actor
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards - Best Actor in a Leading Role
Satellite Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama
Screen Actors Guild Awards - Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actor
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Jack Nicholson scores a combined 3.0723 out of 4 stars for Batman
3.0723
Adventures of the caped crusader, stressing the relationship between Batman and his adversary The Joker. ... more about Batman
Actor Awards
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA - Best Actor
BAFTA Awards - Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical
DVD from $2.95 
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Jack Nicholson scores a combined 3.0373 out of 4 stars for As Good As It Gets
3.0373
New York City. Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer, finds his life turned upside down when neighboring gay artist Simon is hospitalized and his dog is entrusted to Melvin. ... more about As Good As It Gets
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
American Comedy Awards, USA - Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture (Leading Role)
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards - Favorite Actor - Video
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actor
Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical
National Board of Review, USA - Best Actor
Online Film Critics Society Awards - Best Actor
Satellite Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
Screen Actors Guild Awards - Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
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Jack Nicholson scores a combined 3.0106 out of 4 stars for Five Easy Pieces
3.0106
FIVE EASY PIECES is one of the most notable collaborations between Jack Nicholson and director Bob Rafelson, with Nicholson in an outstanding performance as Bobby Dupea. In the film, Rafelson and... ... more about Five Easy Pieces
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama
DVD from $3.95 
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Jack Nicholson scores a combined 2.9835 out of 4 stars for Broadcast News
2.9835
Basket-case network news producer Jane Craig falls for new reporter Tom Grunnick, a pretty boy who represents the trend towards entertainment news she despises. Aaron Altman, a talented but plain correspondent, carries an unrequited torch for Jane. ... more about Broadcast News
Actor Awards
New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actor
DVD from $4.24 
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10
Jack Nicholson scores a combined 2.9115 out of 4 stars for Terms of Endearment
2.9115
Aurora and Emma are mother and daughter who march to different drummers. Beginning with Emma's marriage, Aurora shows how difficult and loving she can be. ... more about Terms of Endearment
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards - Best Supporting Actor
Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Supporting Actor
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards - Best Supporting Actor
National Board of Review, USA - Best Supporting Actor
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA - Best Supporting Actor
New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Supporting Actor
DVD from $2.10 
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11
Jack Nicholson scores a combined 2.8984 out of 4 stars for Something's Gotta Give
2.8984
Harry Langer (Nicholson) is an aged music industry exec with a fondness for younger women like Marin (Peet), his latest trophy girlfriend. Things get a little awkward when Harry suffers a heart attack at the home of Marin's mother Erica (Keaton). ... more about Something's Gotta Give
Actor Awards
Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
DVD from $3.00 
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12
Jack Nicholson scores a combined 2.8918 out of 4 stars for Pledge
2.8918
The night he retires as a Nevada sheriff, Jerry Black pledges to the mother of a murdered girl that he will find the killer. ... more about Pledge
DVD from $1.91 
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Jack Nicholson scores a combined 2.8899 out of 4 stars for Prizzi's Honor
2.8899
The Prizzis are a powerful family of mobsters, as devoted to their code of honor as they are to bending laws and breaking skulls. ... more about Prizzi's Honor
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards - Best Actor
Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA - Best Actor
New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actor
DVD from $3.50 
(6 sellers)
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Jack Nicholson scores a combined 2.8529 out of 4 stars for Tommy
2.8529
Tommy is blind, deaf and dumb, but there is nothing wrong with him. As a small child, he accidentally witnessed the murder of his father by his stepfather. ... more about Tommy
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Jack Nicholson scores a combined 2.8465 out of 4 stars for Mars Attacks!
2.8465
The Martians decide to attack our planet and devastate everything. ... more about Mars Attacks!
Actor Awards
Satellite Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
DVD from $3.00 
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Jack Nicholson scores a combined 2.8188 out of 4 stars for Few Good Men
2.8188
One man is dead. Two are accused of murder. The entire Marine Corps is on trial. ... more about Few Good Men
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
National Board of Review, USA - Best Supporting Actor
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards - Best Supporting Actor
DVD from $3.95 
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Jack Nicholson scores a combined 2.7749 out of 4 stars for Psych-Out
2.7749
A deaf girl comes to California in the height of the Flower Power era, looking for her brother, who sent her a post-card that said "God is alive and well and living in a sugar cube". ... more about Psych-Out
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Jack Nicholson scores a combined 2.6992 out of 4 stars for Wolf
2.6992
Worn down and out of luck, aging publisher Will Randall (Jack Nicholson) is at the end of his rope when a younger co-worker snatches both his job and wife out from under his nose. ... more about Wolf
Actor Awards
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA - Best Actor
DVD from $3.92 
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Jack Nicholson scores a combined 2.6804 out of 4 stars for Stuck On You
2.6804
The very essence of the relationship between co-joined twins Bob (Damon) and Walt (Kinear) is tested when Walt convinces them to move to L.A. so he can become an actor. ... more about Stuck On You
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Jack Nicholson scores a combined 2.6776 out of 4 stars for On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
2.6776
Daisy Gamble, an unusual woman who hears phones before they ring, and does wonders with her flowers, wants to quit smoking, to please her finacee, Warren. She goes to a doctor of hypnosis to do it. ... more about On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
DVD from $7.02 
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Jack Nicholson scores a combined 2.6731 out of 4 stars for Witches of Eastwick
2.6731
Alex, Jane, and Suki are three bored New England woman left to live without their husbands. They innocently conjure up a mystery man, who could satisfy all their desires. A new man moves into town - and he fits the bill perfectly. ... more about Witches of Eastwick
Actor Awards
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA - Best Actor
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actor
New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actor
DVD from $2.13 
(6 sellers)
23
Jack Nicholson scores a combined 2.6521 out of 4 stars for Blood and Wine
2.6521
Bob Rafelson has stated that this is the final part of an informal trilogy he started with "Five Easy Pieces" and continued with "The King Of Marvin Gardens". In the three, Nicholson has now played son, brother and father. ... more about Blood and Wine
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Jack Nicholson scores a combined 2.6388 out of 4 stars for Carnal Knowledge
2.6388
Sandy and Jonathan are roomates in college whose experiences with women offer a contrast. Both of them go from one dysfunctional relationship to another in this Jules Feiffer script. ... more about Carnal Knowledge
Actor Awards
Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama
Sant Jordi Awards - Best Foreign Actor (Mejor Actor Extranjero)
DVD from $5.47 
(5 sellers)
25
Jack Nicholson scores a combined 2.6296 out of 4 stars for King of Marvin Gardens
2.6296
'It's Monopoly out there'. Jason Staebler, The King of Marvin Gardens, has gone directly to jail, lives on the Boardwalk and fronts for the local mob in Atlantic City. ... more about King of Marvin Gardens
DVD from $9.99 
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Jack Nicholson scores a combined 2.6130 out of 4 stars for Little Shop of Horrors
2.6130
Classic black comedy about young schnook who develops a bloodthirsty plant and is forced to kill in order to feed it. Directed by Roger Corman, the film was the basis for the later hit stage musical. ... more about Little Shop of Horrors
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Jack Nicholson scores a combined 2.6126 out of 4 stars for Missouri Breaks
2.6126
Tom Logan is a horse thief. Rancher David Braxton has horses, and a daughter, worth stealing. But Braxton has just hired Lee Clayton, an infamous "regulator", to hunt down the horse thieves; one at a time. ... more about Missouri Breaks
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Jack Nicholson scores a combined 2.5999 out of 4 stars for Decade Under the Influence
2.5999
The 1970s was an extraordinary time of rebellion, of questioning every accepted idea: political activism, hedonism, protests, the sexual revolution, the women's movement, the civil rights movement, the music revolution, rage and liberation. ... more about Decade Under the Influence
DVD from $6.00 
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Jack Nicholson scores a combined 2.5936 out of 4 stars for Last Detail
2.5936
Returning back to the U.S. with a criminal in tow, navy lifers turn their prison escort of a kleptomaniac into a profane and raucous government paid vacation. ... more about Last Detail
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
BAFTA Awards - Best Actor
Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA - Best Actor
New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actor
DVD from $7.49 
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Jack Nicholson scores a combined 2.5791 out of 4 stars for Anger Management
2.5791
After a misunderstanding aboard an airplane that escalates out of control, the mild-mannered Dave Buznik is ordered by Judge Daniels to attend anger management sessions run by Doctor Buddy Rydell, which are filled with highly eccentric and volatile men ... more about Anger Management
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Jack Nicholson scores a combined 2.5378 out of 4 stars for Hoffa
2.5378
Danny DeVito's portrait of Union leader James R. Hoffa, as seen through the eyes of his friend, Bobby Ciaro. ... more about Hoffa
Actor Awards
Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Razzie Awards - Worst Actor
DVD from $3.33 
(5 sellers)
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Jack Nicholson scores a combined 2.4983 out of 4 stars for Shooting
2.4983
A hired gun seeks to enact revenge on a group of bounty hunters in the Old West. ... more about Shooting
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Jack Nicholson scores a combined 2.4700 out of 4 stars for Evening Star
2.4700
Continuing the story of Aurora Greenway in her latter years. After the death of her daughter, Aurora struggled to keep her family together, but has one grandson in jail, a rebellious granddaughter, and another grandson living just above the poverty line. ... more about Evening Star
DVD from $10.59 
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Jack Nicholson scores a combined 2.4679 out of 4 stars for Postman Always Rings Twice
2.4679
This remake of the 1946 movie of the same name accounts an affair between a seedy drifter and a seductive wife of a roadside cafe owner. This begins a chain of events that culminates in murder. Based on a novel by James M. Cain. ... more about Postman Always Rings Twice
DVD from $3.62 
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Jack Nicholson scores a combined 2.3522 out of 4 stars for Crossing Guard
2.3522
The Crossing Guard is a suspenseful action thriller about one man's unquenchable thirst for revenge. For six agonizing years, Freddy Gale(Nicholson) has waited for John Booth(Morse), the man jailed for a crime that destroyed Freddy's life. ... more about Crossing Guard
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Jack Nicholson scores a combined 2.3276 out of 4 stars for Goin' South
2.3276
Henry Moon is captured for a capital offense by a posse when his horse quits while trying to escape to Mexico. He finds that there is a post-Civil War law in the small town that any single or widowed woman can save him from the gallows by marrying him. ... more about Goin' South
DVD from $3.66 
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Jack Nicholson scores a combined 2.3113 out of 4 stars for Two Jakes
2.3113
Los Angeles 1948: private eye Jake Gittes shall convict the client Jake Berman's wife of adultery. ... more about Two Jakes
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Jack Nicholson scores a combined 2.2737 out of 4 stars for Bucket List
2.2737
Corprate billionaire Edward Cole and working class mechanic Carter Chambers have nothing in common except for their terminal illnesses. While sharing a hospital room together, they decide to leave it and do all the things they have ever wanted to do before they die according to their bucket list. ... more about Bucket List
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Jack Nicholson scores a combined 2.2657 out of 4 stars for Hells Angels on Wheels
2.2657
At first gas station attendant Bobby is happy when the rockers gang "Hell's Angels" finally accepts him. But he's shocked when he learns how brutal they are - not even murder is a taboo to them. ... more about Hells Angels on Wheels
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Jack Nicholson scores a combined 2.1707 out of 4 stars for Heartburn
2.1707
Rachel and Mark are both Washington journalists. They meet at a wedding and not long after they get married themselves. Very soon they have a daughter, Annie. But one day Rachel learns that Mark was having an affair during her pregnancy. ... more about Heartburn
DVD from $3.90 
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Jack Nicholson scores a combined 1.7940 out of 4 stars for Passenger
1.7940
A reporter arrives at a desert hotel, in a North African country, to report on the guerrilla freedom-fighters there. ... more about Passenger
Actor Awards
Sant Jordi Awards - Best Foreign Actor (Mejor Actor Extranjero)
DVD from $5.99 
(6 sellers)
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Jack Nicholson scores a combined 1.5867 out of 4 stars for Man Trouble
1.5867
Jack Nicholson stars as a guard dog trainer who gets involved with one of his clients (Ellen Barkin). Beverly D'Angelo plays Barkin's sister, a classic airhead, who is spilling all she knows about her gangster boyfriend (Harry Dean Stanton). ... more about Man Trouble
Actor Awards
Razzie Awards - Worst Actor
DVD from $2.41 
(5 sellers)
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Jack Nicholson scores a combined 1.5201 out of 4 stars for Fortune
1.5201
The early 1900's with its Mann-Act (disallowing women to be transported across State lines for immoral reasons) brings a married man to devise a scheme for taking his upper-class girlfriend away with him... he simply has her marry his unmarried buddy. ... more about Fortune
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Jack Nicholson scores a combined 1.3557 out of 4 stars for Safe Place
1.3557
Noah vive da sola a New York e ricorda la sua infanzia e le persone che ha conosciuto durante la sua vita, mentre cercava il proprio "safe place". ... more about Safe Place
Not Available on DVD
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Jack Nicholson scores a combined 0.6766 out of 4 stars for Cry Baby Killer
0.6766
17-year-old Jimmy Walker (Jack Nicholson, in his screen debut) is brutally beaten by Manny Cole (Brett Halsey) and two of his teen-age punk friends, Joey (Ralph Reed) and Al (James Fillmore), because Manny wants to move in on Jimmy's girl, Carole Fields ... more about Cry Baby Killer
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Jack Nicholson scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Ensign Pulver
0.0001
1945, on an old cargo ship somewhere deep in the Pacific ocean: Captain Morton strives to become commander, so he demands the maximum quality of work from his crew, without granting them any freedom or favors - ignoring that they're thousand of miles ... more about Ensign Pulver
Not Available on DVD
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Jack Nicholson scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Rebel Rousers
0.0001
In a small, US costal town with many Spanish speakers, a motorcycle gang arrives on holiday. Also in town to try to reconnect with his pregnant girlfriend, Karen, is businessman Paul Collier. Paul and a leader of the cyclists, J.J. ... more about Rebel Rousers
DVD from $1.43 
(2 sellers)
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Jack Nicholson scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Wild Ride
0.0001
A rebellious punk of the beat generation, who spends his days as an amateur dirt track driver in-between partying and troublemaking. He eventually kidnaps his buddy's girlfriend, kills a few police officers and finally sees his own life end in tregedy. ... more about Wild Ride
DVD from $0.01 
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Birthdate:
April 22, 1937

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Career Span:

Decade
# Movies
Movie Score
1950s
1
total ranking of 0.0001  0.0001
1960s
10
total ranking of 2.3099  2.3099
1970s
15
total ranking of 2.7251  2.7251
1980s
9
total ranking of 2.7449  2.7449
1990s
10
total ranking of 2.5978  2.5978
2000s
8
total ranking of 2.9755  2.9755
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score:
3.5474
Jack Nicholson is ranked overall as 3.5474 of of 4 stars
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