TopTenREVIEWS presents the film career and movie reviews of Ernest Borgnine.
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Birthdate: January 24, 1917
Ernest Borgnine
ACTOR RANKINGS:
CAREER SPAN
Decade
Movie Score
# Movies
1950s
2.5534
24
1960s
2.6562
15
1970s
2.2793
23
1980s
1.5572
12
1990s
1.6422
16
2000s
0.4718
14
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score: 
2.6009
2.6009
Ernest Borgnine Movie Rankings
1
3.5099A band of aging outlaws plan for one last bank heist, but when their plan goes wrong the group is forced to flee to Mexico before the law can catch up with them. ...more about Wild Bunch
DVD from $8.68
(16 sellers)
2
3.2187It's 1941. Robert E. Lee Prewitt has requested Army transfer and has ended up at Schofield in Hawaii. His new captain, Dana Holmes, has heard of his boxing prowess and is keen to get him to represent the company. ...more about From Here to Eternity
DVD from $3.95
(13 sellers)
3
3.1418Marty is a lonely butcher approaching middle-age. His Italian mother is incessantly hounding him to get married, but Marty insists, "whatever it is women like, I ain't got it. ...more about Marty
Actor Awards
- Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
- BAFTA Awards - Best Foreign Actor
- Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama
- National Board of Review, USA - Best Actor
- New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actor
DVD from $6.20
(11 sellers)
4
3.1396
Einar and Eric are two Viking half-brothers. The former is a great warrior whilst the other is an ex-slave, but neither knows the true identity of the other. ...more about Vikings
DVD from $4.49
(11 sellers)
5
3.0614
In 1997 the island of Manhattan has been converted into a maximum security prison. When Air Force One crashes on the island convict Snake Plissken is strong armed into saving the kidnapped President. ...more about Escape from New York
DVD from $9.59
(13 sellers)
6
3.0248
In 1945 a train pulls into Black Rock, hardly even a whistlestop, and lets Macreedy off. He wants to give a local Japanese farmer his son's war medal, but the townsfolk will have nothing to do with him. ...more about Bad Day at Black Rock
DVD from $8.68
(14 sellers)
7
3.0164
A passenger ship, on her way to the scrap yard is pushed to her limits by the new owners to save on the dismantling fees. A tidal wave hits her, flipping her over so that all the internal rooms are upside down. ...more about Poseidon Adventure
DVD from $12.79
(8 sellers)
8
2.9508
A Major with an attitude problem and a history of getting things done is told to interview military prisoners with death sentences or long terms for a dangerous mission; To parachute behind enemy lines and cause havoc for the German Generals at a rest ...more about Dirty Dozen
DVD from $5.07
(17 sellers)
9
2.9388
Gattaca Corp. is an aerospace firm in the future. During this time society analyzes your DNA and determines where you belong in life. ...more about Gattaca
DVD from $9.99
(12 sellers)
10
2.9196
A cargo plane goes down in a sandstorm in the Sahara with less than a dozen men on board. ...more about Flight of the Phoenix
DVD from $4.91
(11 sellers)
11
2.9011
The crew of the spaceship Palamino stumbles across the "lost" ship U.S.S. Cygnus, hovering on the edge of an immense black hole. Once aboard, they find the ship is manned by robots - it's only human inhabitant, one Dr. ...more about Black Hole
DVD from $7.02
(12 sellers)
12
2.8835
The story picks up at the point where "The Robe" ends, following the martyrdom of Diana and Marcellus. Christ's robe is conveyed to Peter for safe-keeping, but the emperor Caligula wants it back to benefit from its powers. ...more about Demetrius and the Gladiators
DVD from $7.04
(10 sellers)
13
2.7879
It is during the great depression in the US, and the land is full of people who are now homeless. ...more about Emperor of the North Pole
DVD from $6.88
(16 sellers)
14
2.7314
Vienna has built a saloon oustide of town, and she hopes to build her own town once the railroad is put through, but the townsfolk want her gone. ...more about Johnny Guitar
- Not Available on DVD
15
2.7193
Reynolds stars as Phil Gaines, a bitter, cynical cop who investigates the case of a dead stripper/porno actress found on the beach. ...more about Hustle
DVD from $6.99
(9 sellers)
16
2.7120
Alan, son of a Toy Store owner, tries out some new action figures: The Commando Elite vs. The Gorgonites. What he does not know, is that both sets of toys were designed to move, talk and play back. ...more about Small Soldiers
DVD from $8.17
(9 sellers)
17
2.6926
A number of otherwise insignificant small-town stories erupt into drama when a gang of hoodlums decides to rob the local bank. ...more about Violent Saturday
- Not Available on DVD
18
2.6817
A movie in the same genre of "sparatus" but much more intense. This is the story of the man that was supposed to be crucified, but the people cried out that the Romans should execute Jesus instead. ...more about Barabbas
DVD from $3.92
(12 sellers)
19
2.6535
A bunch of Satanists in the American rural landscape have terrible powers which enable them to melt their victims. However one of the children of an earlier victim vows to destroy them. ...more about Devil's Rain
DVD from $6.98
(8 sellers)
20
2.5650
Commander James Ferraday, USN, has new orders: get David Jones, a British civilian, Captain Anders, a tough Marine with a platoon of troops, Boris Vasilov, a friendly Russian, and the crew of the nuclear sub USS Tigerfish to the North Pole to rescue the ...more about Ice Station Zebra
DVD from $8.63
(9 sellers)
21
2.4940
Two losers from Milwaukee, Coop & Remer (Parker & Stone), invent a new game playing basketball, using baseball rules. ...more about Baseketball
DVD from $5.95
(11 sellers)
22
2.4558
When Gabriel's Horn falls from heaven, Annabelle entrusts Charlie and Itchy to recover it. But once on Earth, Charlie falls in love with an Irish Setter named Sasha, and finds out about collars that can make him and Itchy solid again. ...more about All Dogs Go to Heaven 2
DVD from $4.61
(13 sellers)
24
2.3555
A former Hittite (a member of an Amish-like sect) dies in a mysterious tractor "accident", and his widow is left to face the frightening Hittites who view her as "the incubus" and may have sinister designs on her. ...more about Deadly Blessing
Actor Awards
- Razzie Awards - Worst Supporting Actor
- Not Available on DVD
26
2.3354
A social misfit, Willard is made fun of by his co-workers, and squeezed out of the company started by his deceased father by his boss. His only friends are a couple of rats he raised at home, Ben and Socrates. ...more about Willard
- Not Available on DVD
27
2.2040
Odd little Western that gets off to a snappy start when a man (James Cagney) is mistaken as a train robber. After the town's sheriff shoots the kid he's riding with (John Derek) Cagney clears his name and ends up as the new sheriff. ...more about Run for Cover
- Not Available on DVD
28
2.1885
Found injured by rancher Shep Horgan, Jubal Troop is offered a job as cowhand and soon gains Shep's trust. ...more about Jubal
DVD from $3.95
(9 sellers)
29
2.1751
At breakfast, Jane announces that she and Ralph are getting married the next week. All Jane and Ralph want is a small wedding with the immediate family and no reception. ...more about Catered Affair
- Not Available on DVD
30
2.1538
Ray Henderson joins Buddy De Sylva and Lew Brown to form a successful 1920s musical show writing team. They soon have several hits on Broadway but De Sylva's personal ambition leads to friction as the other two increasingly feel left out of things. ...more about Best Things in Life Are Free
- Not Available on DVD
31
2.0688
In the 1870's, U.S Marshal Mike S. Blueberry tries to stop Wally Blount, the man who killed his girlfriend, from getting to a stockpile of gold hidden in Indian territory. ...more about Blueberry
DVD from $8.68
(11 sellers)
32
2.0651
Frankie Fane has clawed his way to the top of the Hollywood heap. Now, as he's preparing to win his Oscar, his friend Hymie Kelly reminisces over their life together, and Frankie's ruthless struggle to the top and the people he's stepped on (i.e. ...more about Oscar
- Not Available on DVD
33
2.0198
Two men are released from the Arizona Territorial Prison at Yuma in 1898. One, the Dutchman, is out to get both gold and revenge from the people of a small mining town who had him imprisoned unjustly. ...more about Badlanders
- Not Available on DVD
34
1.9118
Having been a spy for Quantrill's raiders during the Civil War, Jeff Travis thinking himself a wanted man, flees to Prescott Arizona where he runs into Jules Mourret who knows of his past. ...more about Stranger Wore a Gun
DVD from $3.95
(11 sellers)
35
1.8733
An unknown actress is hired for a movie being made about Lylah Clare, a famous actress who died mysteriously. When shooting starts, she seems to become possessed by the spirit of the dead actress. ...more about Legend of Lylah Clare
- Not Available on DVD
36
1.8354
Tourists are surprised by a volcanic eruption in a lonesome hotel in the Caribic. The hotel owner ignores all warnings and advises his guests to wait for a rescue team. Only a small group follows expert Hank to reach higher regions. ...more about When Time Ran Out...
- Not Available on DVD
37
1.8342
Ben Trane and Joe Erin, two rival soldiers of fortune who team to fight for the highest bidder. ...more about Vera Cruz
DVD from $3.91
(11 sellers)
38
1.7844
A comedy about a screenwriter (Wuhl) who's old movie script is read by a producer (Landau) and the search for financial backers begins. But it seems that each money source (Aiello, DeNiro, Wallach) has their own mistress that they want put into the film. ...more about Mistress
- Not Available on DVD
39
1.7672
The commander of an American submarine during World War II sets out to destroy the Japanese Aircraft carrier which launched the attack on Pearl Harbour. ...more about Torpedo Run
- Not Available on DVD
40
1.7246
Police detective Damico, outwitted by mob killer Blackie Clay, is nominally suspended; actually he goes undercover (as Tim Flynn, ex-con longshoreman) to find Clay and expose the waterfront rackets. ...more about Mob
- Not Available on DVD
41
1.7181
Thieves fall out when over a half million dollars goes missing after the daring and carefully planned robbery of the Los Angeles Coliseum during a football game, each one accusing the other of having the money. ...more about Split
- Not Available on DVD
42
1.6263
When boredom, pride and a mad second of misjudgement leaves a hunter shot dead by one of five combat veterans also hunting in the Canadian hills, it is expected a police investigation will follow, but when the veterans discover the incident has not been ...more about Shoot
- Not Available on DVD
44
1.6133
Retired Lieutenant Commander Quinton McHale spends his days puttering around the Caribbean in the old PT-73 selling homebrew, ice cream, and swimsuit calendars. ...more about McHale's Navy
DVD from $6.39
(12 sellers)
48
1.4574
Hannie enlists the aid of bounty hunter Tom Price to teach her how to be a gunfighter so she can hunt down the 3 men who killed her husband and raped her. ...more about Hannie Caulder
- Not Available on DVD
49
1.4300
Three vicious thugs are on the run in rural America after robbing a local bank. They seek refuge at the home of a reclusive farmer (Ernest Borgnine), but he is prepared for their arrival and holds them at gunpoint. ...more about Vengeance Is Mine
- Not Available on DVD
50
1.3743
Spike Fumo is an Italian kid apsiring to be a boxer. He falls in love with a rich girl, who turns out to be the daughter of a Mafia boss. ...more about Spike of Bensonhurst
- Not Available on DVD
51
1.2611
Some school kids stumble across a briefcase full of money, when they go back for it, they find a body instead. When they bring the police, neither is there, and the police refuses to believe them. ...more about Double McGuffin
DVD from $7.21
(5 sellers)
52
1.2519
Aboard the R/V Triton, the Project Neptune team is doing oceanographic research. Director Andrews is trying to keep the research going in spite of opposition from Foundation Head Sheppard. ...more about Neptune Factor
- Not Available on DVD
53
1.2373
An elderly American soldier arrives in Angola, where he has organised an audacious mission to spring his son, an imprisoned CIA agent, out of a heavily fortified stronghold. ...more about Skeleton Coast
DVD from $9.10
(4 sellers)
54
1.1642
A young woman is gang raped and murdered in a California college town, sparking her brother Kevin to take up arms by night with a gang of like-minded vigilantes from his fraternity, brutally punishing any miscreants they catch in a criminal act. ...more about Young Warriors
- Not Available on DVD
55
1.0867
Somewhere on an island in the Caribean a girl is imprisoned for owning drugs. ...more about Ultima partita
- Not Available on DVD
56
1.0312
The wealthy playboy son of an assassinated South American diplomat discovers that his father was really murdered on orders of the corrupt president of the country--a man who was his father's friend and who, in fact, his father had helped put into power. ...more about Adventurers
DVD from $3.42
(9 sellers)
57
1.0204
Four American friends, badly needing money, decide to make a commando-like raid into a South American country and steal $5 million from the hacienda of an American-born drug dealer who lives there. ...more about High Risk
DVD from $3.95
(6 sellers)
58
0.8194
With the ratings dropping for a wilderness-themed TV show, two animal fans go to the Andes in search of Bigfoot. ...more about Strange Wilderness
- Not Available on DVD
59
0.7442
A young man buys two horses at an Arizona race track but fails to get a receipt. Later, when riding across the land of a rancher named Robeson, he's accused of stealing the two horses. ...more about Manhunt
- Not Available on DVD
61
0.6278
This is a movie within a TV movie within a made-for-video movie. A boy is watching TV when a power outage forces him to talk to his grandpa for entertainment. ...more about Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders
- Not Available on DVD
62
0.3408
The policeman Dave Speed is assigned in a mission in an ex-indian reserve near a military shooting range. Casually, while Dave is doing an on the spot investigation, a nuclear missile explode, the radiation gave him superpowers. ...more about Super Fuzz
DVD from $9.59
(10 sellers)
63
Two young boys are faced with their father's brutal abuse of their mother. One picks up a gun and their lives are forever changed. ...more about 12 Bucks
DVD from $2.15
(2 sellers)
64
Academy Award winner Ernest Borgnine, star of the classic train movie "Emperor of the North", hosts this remarkable examination of the uniquely America Hobo. ...more about American Hobo
- Not Available on DVD
69
A year after a violent train robbery the Pinkerton detective agency hires a bounty hunter to find the three remaining killers. He tracks them to Twin Forks but has no clue to their identity. ...more about Bounty Hunter
- Not Available on DVD
73
The story of a Chinese immigrant who comes to America to work on the railroad, like his brother, to chase the American dream in the untamed 1870's. ...more about Chinaman's Chance
- Not Available on DVD
74
Tom Canty is a poor English boy who bears a remarkable resemblance to Edward, Prince of Wales and son of King Henry VIII. ...more about Crossed Swords
- Not Available on DVD
77
It's a Saturday, on a snowy midwestern winter landscape, and Tony Norgard (Joey Albright; Escanaba in da Moonlight, Barn Red) really wants to go ice fishing. But he is pressured to attend his mother-in-law's birthday party on the same day. ...more about Frozen Stupid
- Not Available on DVD
78
Una possente e misteriosa voce echeggia nel cielo di Napoli : annuncia l'inizio del Giudizio Universale, alle sei di quella sera. Cosė una folla di personaggi si muove eccitata sotto l'influenza di quella implacabile voce. ...more about The Last Judgement
- Not Available on DVD
87
The crew of PT-73 get into trouble when they back the wrong horse in a race. Now they have to come up with a way to raise the money to pay off the winners. ...more about McHale's Navy
DVD from $6.39
(12 sellers)
91
PASSION & POETRY - THE BALLAD OF SAM PECKINPAH is the portrayal of a talented, influential and troubled artist: A film maker who fought his own demons and seemed to live his own legend like no other director. ...more about Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah
- Not Available on DVD
92
Movie deals with organized crime "protection" rackets. Small shopkeepers are forced to pay for protection or else be brutalized or killed. ...more about Pay or Die
Actor Awards
- Laurel Awards - Top Action Performance
- Not Available on DVD
93
Actor Awards
- Locarno International Film Festival - Best Actor
- Not Available on DVD
96
The life of peaceful rancher John Benedict (William Holden) is torn apart when his family is massacred by a gang of marauding outlaws and his farm is destroyed. ...more about Revengers
- Not Available on DVD
97
Grocery clerk Eddie Quaid, in danger of losing his father to alcoholism and his girl Julie through lack of career prospects, goes into boxing. His cop friend McBride finances him; ex-con Bernie Browne trains him. ...more about Square Jungle
- Not Available on DVD
