TopTenREVIEWS presents the film career and movie reviews of Michael Caine.
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Birthdate: March 14, 1933
Michael Caine
ACTOR RANKINGS:
CAREER SPAN
Decade
Movie Score
# Movies
1950s
0.3343
4
1960s
2.7498
18
1970s
2.6197
21
1980s
2.5310
22
1990s
2.1955
15
2000s
3.1746
19
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score: 
3.6309
3.6309
Michael Caine Movie Rankings
1
3.5650With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to destroy organized crime in Gotham for good. ...more about Dark Knight
- Not Available on DVD
2
3.3973Hannah and her sisters are very close; they tell each other practically everything. Over the course of several years, their lives become very complicated each struggling with love and career. ...more about Hannah and Her Sisters
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 $4.86
(13 sellers)
3
3.3793Two Lieutenants, Chard of Engineers and Bromhead find that their 140 man contingent in Natal has been isolated by the destruction of the main British Army column and that 4,000 Zulu warriors will descend on them in hours. ...more about Zulu
DVD from $5.99
(12 sellers)
4
3.3475
In 2027, humans can no longer procreate. A British government agent agrees to transport a pregnant woman to safety. If he succeeds, the child's birth could save humankind. ...more about Children of Men
DVD from $4.95
(15 sellers)
5
3.2078
A new restart of the "Batman" franchise under the helm of "Memento" Director Chris Nolan and more in tone with the early "Batman: Year One" style comics. ...more about Batman Begins
DVD from $7.99
(15 sellers)
6
3.1888
Charlies' got a 'Job' to do. Having just left prison he finds one of friends has attempted a high risk job in Italy, right under the nose of the Mafia. Charlies friend doesn't get very far, so Charlie takes over the 'Job'. ...more about Italian Job
DVD from $3.90
(12 sellers)
7
3.1031
An American aid worker befriends a British newspaper correspondent while in Vietnam. When he introduces the young American to his Vietnamese girlfriend, a secret love triangle erupts into jealousy, rage and murder. ...more about Quiet American
Actor Awards
- Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
- BAFTA Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
- Bangkok International Film Festival - Best Actor
- Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
- San Francisco Film Critics Circle - Best Actor
- Satellite Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama
DVD from $7.02
(12 sellers)
8
3.0316
Caine plays the part of a psychiatrist to a woman who is murdered early in the film. He is initially reluctant to help the police. ...more about Dressed to Kill
Actor Awards
- Razzie Awards - Worst Actor
DVD from $5.75
(12 sellers)
9
3.0279
Bale and Jackman will play rival magicians in turn-of-the-century London who battle each other for trade secrets. The rivalry is so intense that it turns them into murderers. The title refers to the product of a successful trick. ...more about Prestige
DVD from $12.79
(16 sellers)
10
3.0252
This WWII film follows the perspectives of American, Polish and British soldiers attempting to capture key bridges behind German lines in a complicated parachute and armoured assault. ...more about Bridge Too Far
DVD from $6.62
(12 sellers)
11
3.0153
Jack Dodd was a London butcher who enjoyed a pint with his mates for over 50 years. When he died, he died as he lived, with a smile on his face watching a horse race on which he had bet, with borrowed money. ...more about Last Orders
Actor Awards
- European Film Awards - Best Actor
DVD from $15.99
(2 sellers)
12
2.9375
The pathetically shy LV ('Jane Horrocks' (qv)) lives the life of a recluse listening to her late fathers old records in her room and in the process driving her abusive, loud-mouthed mother, Mari Hoff ('Brenda Blethyn' (qv)), to distraction. ...more about Little Voice
Actor Awards
- BAFTA Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
- British Independent Film Awards - Best Actor
- Chicago Film Critics Association Awards - Best Supporting Actor
- Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical
- London Critics Circle Film Awards - British Supporting Actor of the Year
- Satellite Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
DVD from $7.02
(12 sellers)
13
2.9159
Milo Tindle and Andrew Wyke have something in common, Andrew's wife. In an attempt to find a way out of this without costing Andrew a fortune in alimony, he suggests Milo pretend to rob his house and let him claim the insurance on the stolen jewelry. ...more about Sleuth
Actor Awards
- Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
- Evening Standard British Film Awards - Best Actor
- Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama
- Not Available on DVD
14
2.9058
This is the story of a compassionate young man (Maguire), raised in an orphanage and trained to be a doctor by the abortionist (Caine) who runs the orphanage. ...more about Cider House Rules
Actor Awards
- Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- BAFTA Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
- Empire Awards, UK - Best British Actor
- Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
- Satellite Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, Drama
- Screen Actors Guild Awards - Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
DVD from $7.02
(13 sellers)
15
2.9030
A number of leading Western scientists have been kidnapped only to reappear a fews days later. Unfortunately, each scientist has been brain washed and is now completely useless. The British send their agent, Harry Palmer, to investigate. ...more about Ipcress File
Actor Awards
- BAFTA Awards - Best British Actor
- Not Available on DVD
16
2.9011
George, after getting out of prison, begins looking for a job, but his time in prison has reduced his stature in the criminal underworld. ...more about Mona Lisa
DVD from $5.07
(11 sellers)
17
2.8932
This film directed by Philip Kaufman, is about a French notorious writer who writes books about sexual situations. Geoffrey Rush plays the Marquis de Sade. Kate Winslet Madeline LeCrec, de Sade's laundress who smuggles his last writings out of the asylum. ...more about Quills
Actor Awards
- London Critics Circle Film Awards - British Supporting Actor of the Year
DVD from $6.33
(8 sellers)
18
2.8899
A retelling of the classic Dickens tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, miser extraordinaire. He is held accountable for his dastardly ways during night-time visitations by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and future. ...more about Muppet Christmas Carol
DVD from $12.79
(12 sellers)
19
2.8579
Killer bees from South America have been breeding with the gentler bees of more northern climes, slowly extending their territory northward decade after decade. ...more about Swarm
DVD from $5.98
(9 sellers)
20
2.8522
Lawrence and Freddie are con-men; big-time and small time respectively. They unsuccessfully attempt to work together only to find that this town (on the French Mediterranean coast) aint big enough for the two of them. They agree to a "loser leaves" bet. ...more about Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Actor Awards
- Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical
DVD from $5.69
(13 sellers)
21
2.8134
Alfie is the ultimate Ladykiller. He is wonderfully successful with women. He also rarely gets emotionally involved with them. ...more about Alfie
Actor Awards
- Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
- BAFTA Awards - Best British 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
DVD from $5.68
(12 sellers)
22
2.7905
A vicious London gangster, Jack Carter, travels to Newcastle for his brother's funeral. ...more about Get Carter
DVD from $13.41
(9 sellers)
23
2.7678
"Secondhand Lions" follows the comedic adventures of an introverted boy (Osment) left on the doorstep of a pair of reluctant, eccentric great-uncles (Caine and Duvall), whose exotic remembrances stir the boy's spirit and re-ignite the men's lives. ...more about Secondhand Lions
DVD from $5.59
(11 sellers)
24
2.7661
To make Sidney's slump all the more painful, Clifford Anderson, a student of one of Sidney's writing seminars, has recently sent his mentor a copy of his first attempt at playwrighting for Sidney's review and advice. ...more about Deathtrap
DVD from $3.59
(11 sellers)
25
2.7562
Dave Spritz is a local weatherman in his home town of Chicago, where his career is going well while his personal life -- his relationship with his perfectionist writer father, his neurotic ex-wife, and his now-separated children -- is spiraling downward. ...more about Weather Man
DVD from $4.94
(13 sellers)
26
2.7553
This adaptation of the famous short story by Rudyard Kipling tells the story of Daniel Dravot and Peachy Carnahan, two ex-soldiers in India when it was under British rule. ...more about Man Who Would Be King
DVD from $13.79
(8 sellers)
27
2.6782
When a serial killer indicates that his next target is the Miss United States beauty pageant, the F.B.I. decides that they must get an undercover agent as a participant in the contest. ...more about Miss Congeniality
DVD from $2.87
(16 sellers)
28
2.6777
Dr. Evil and Mini-Me escape from prison and travel in time to team up with Goldmember. Together they kidnap Austin's fatherand attempt to take over the world. Austin must travel to the 70's and join Foxxy Cleopatra to save his father and foil Dr. Evil's plans. ...more about Austin Powers in Goldmember
DVD from $1.99
(21 sellers)
29
2.6723
Historical reenactment of the air war in the early days of World War Two for control of the skies over Britain as the new Luftwaffa and the Royal Air Force determine whether or not an invasion can take place. ...more about Battle of Britain
DVD from $4.86
(14 sellers)
30
2.6531
Lloyd Fellowes is the director of a theatre company. He's desperately trying to get his production together, despite the best efforts of the cast, the crew, and Lady Luck. ...more about Noises Off...
DVD from $7.02
(11 sellers)
31
2.6444
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
Actor Awards
- San Sebastián International Film Festival - Best Actor
DVD from $5.99
(10 sellers)
32
2.6370
A young wife decides to complete her education and take her exams. She meets a professor who teaches her to value her own insights while still being able to beat the exams. The change in her status causes friction between her and her husband. ...more about Educating Rita
Actor Awards
- Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
- BAFTA Awards - Best Actor
- Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical
DVD from $3.95
(10 sellers)
33
2.6211
Harry Palmer has left the British Secret Service and become a private detective. ...more about Billion Dollar Brain
DVD from $5.99
(10 sellers)
34
2.5731
Colonel Stok, a Soviet intelligence officer responsible for security at the Berlin Wall, appears to want to defect but the evidence is contradictory. ...more about Funeral in Berlin
DVD from $26.99
(1 sellers)
35
2.5636
4 totally different and seperated stories of guests in a hotel. ...more about California Suite
DVD from $3.92
(11 sellers)
36
2.5586
Four generations of men who haven't seen each other in years are suddenly brought together by the chance to uncover the truth about their family's past. ...more about Around the Bend
DVD from $4.49
(11 sellers)
37
2.4126
Out in California's San Fernando Valley, Isabel is trying to reinvent herself. A naïve, good-natured witch, she is determined to disavow her supernatural powers and lead a normal life. ...more about Bewitched
DVD from $3.95
(15 sellers)
38
2.3990
This movie is a re-make of the 1971 film also named 'Get Carter' starring Michael Caine as Jack Carter. ...more about Get Carter
DVD from $5.99
(12 sellers)
39
2.3950
After "The Poseidon Adventure", in which the ship got flipped over by a tidal wave, the ship drifts bottom-up in the sea. ...more about Beyond the Poseidon Adventure
DVD from $8.63
(9 sellers)
40
2.3900
At the end of World War II, many of those involved were prosecuted for war crimes. Some got away. Until now. ...more about Statement
DVD from $7.97
(11 sellers)
41
2.3435
Ellen Brody still lives in the island resort town of Amity, and her sons Sean and Michael don't work at Sea World anymore, and some time ago, Ellen's husband Martin Brody died of a heart attack that happened because he was afraid of sharks. ...more about Jaws: The Revenge
Actor Awards
- Razzie Awards - Worst Supporting Actor
DVD from $3.92
(14 sellers)
42
2.3249
Oberst Steiner, a German parachute unit commander, is sent to England on a covert mission to kidnap Prime Minister Winston Churchill and bring him to Berlin. ...more about Eagle Has Landed
DVD from $3.99
(15 sellers)
43
2.3073
On his sprawling country estate, an aging writer (Caine) matches wits with the struggling actor (Law) who has stolen his wife's heart. ...more about Sleuth
- Not Available on DVD
44
2.2738
In World War II, a group of Nazi officers come up with a propiganda event in which an all star Nazi team will play a team composed of Allied Prisoners of War in a Soccer (Football) game. ...more about Victory
DVD from $4.49
(12 sellers)
45
2.2289
Billy Simpson is a shady boxing promoter in South London banned from legitimate fights. It's the biggest day of his life, though, because he has a champion on his hands, his 20-year-old son, Eddie. ...more about Shiner
DVD from $7.57
(6 sellers)
49
1.9905
Harry Dean has a plan to pull off a major robbery and needs Nicole as a gambit and windowdressing. He outlines his ideas about his perfect crime in a dream sequence and then meets Nicole, and nothing goes quite right again. ...more about Gambit
Actor Awards
- Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actor - Musical/Comedy
- Not Available on DVD
50
1.9806
Set in the south in the days just after World War II, a black and a white farmer team up to irrigate their fields and escape the crushing poverty that their families live under. ...more about Hurry Sundown
- Not Available on DVD
51
1.9706
People in a small German village in the last valley to remain untouched by the devastating Thirty Years' War try to exist in peace with a group of soldiers occupying the valley. ...more about Last Valley
DVD from $8.20
(11 sellers)
52
1.9619
A bachelor afraid of marriage angers his long-time girlfriend by buying a splendid townhouse just for himself, only to find it haunted by the ghosts of a famous theatrical couple, who teach him about love and commitment. ...more about Curtain Call
DVD from $7.14
(6 sellers)
53
1.9009
Dr. Lauren Slaughter, a research fellow at the Arab-Anglo Institute in London is utterly frustrated by her job. ...more about Half Moon Street
DVD from $6.41
(9 sellers)
54
1.8884
A WWII film set on a Pacific island. Japanese and allied forces occupy different parts of the island. When a group of British soldiers are sent on a mission behind enemy lines, things don't go exactly to plan. ...more about Too Late the Hero
DVD from $5.31
(10 sellers)
55
1.8674
KGB agent, Major Valeri Petrofsky has been reassigned at the request of the KGB Chairman for a secret mission, wherein he is sent to England to establish a residence near an American Military base and receive various items for couriers from the USSR. ...more about Fourth Protocol
- Not Available on DVD
56
1.8505
An English teacher arrives on a sleepy Greek island to take up a vacant teaching post. The last man to hold the post committed suicide under mysterious circumstances. ...more about Magus
DVD from $8.91
(13 sellers)
57
1.7921
David Warner leads a band of modern day pirates who raid yachts and sail boats of people on vacation out in the Caribbean. Michael Caine is a reporter who goes out there with his son to investagate the mystery of the disappearing boats. ...more about Island
Actor Awards
- Razzie Awards - Worst Actor
- Not Available on DVD
58
1.7729
Larry Burrows is unhappy and feels powerless over his life. He believes his entire life could have turned out differently had he not missed that shot in a baseball game when was a kid. ...more about Mr. Destiny
DVD from $6.39
(12 sellers)
59
1.7607
A tontine is established for a dozen children, a tontine being a kind of bet/insurance, money is put in for each to grow with interest and the last survivor is to get the lot. We watch the group dwindle until only two brothers are left. ...more about Wrong Box
- Not Available on DVD
60
1.7532
Caine plays a man on holiday in Rio with his best friend. Both men have teenage daughters with them. When Caine falls for the amorous daughter (played by Michelle Johnson) of his best friend, they embark on a secret, if slightly one-sided relationship. ...more about Blame It on Rio
DVD from $4.01
(12 sellers)
61
1.7314
Two hoplessly out of their class con-men attempt to pull off the largest bank heist of the l9th century. They gain the enmity of the most famous bank Robber in the world and the affection of a crusading newspaperwoman. ...more about Harry and Walter Go to New York
DVD from $24.99
(3 sellers)
62
1.7183
Graham Marshall already celebrates his anxiously awaited promotion in an advertising company, when he learns that Roger Benham, one of his subordinates, will be promoted instead of him. ...more about Shock to the System
DVD from $5.99
(8 sellers)
63
1.6918
Zee and Robert Blakeley are members of swinging London's upper crust whose unique love-hate marriage heads towards destruction when Robert falls in love with a beautiful young widow named Stella, and Zee goes through a series of scheming adventures to ...more about Zee and Co.
- Not Available on DVD
64
1.6712
Moore and Caine play dual rolls in this off-beat and highly silly caper - a pair of small time con-men and a partnership of nuclear physicists. ...more about Bullseye!
- Not Available on DVD
65
1.6370
When young David Balfour arrives at his uncle's bleak Scottish house to claim his inheritance his relative first tries to murder him then has him shipped off to be sold as a slave in the colonies. ...more about Kidnapped
- Not Available on DVD
66
1.6255
Harry Anders is a former MI6 agent who now owns a bar. When a beautiful woman literally runs into him, they fall in love (lust perhaps). When she finds out about his history, she asks him to help with a problem she has. ...more about Blue Ice
DVD from $1.96
(8 sellers)
67
1.6199
Michael has written a schollarly book on the revolutionary war. He has sold the film rights. ...more about Sweet Liberty
DVD from $4.49
(10 sellers)
68
1.6195
A British agent's son is kidnapped and held for a ransom of diamonds. The agent finds out that he can't even count on the people he thought were on his side to help him, so he decides to track down the kidnappers himself. ...more about Black Windmill
- Not Available on DVD
69
1.6150
World War II spy thriller based on true story. British secret agent (Jack Hawkins) successfully infiltrates Nazi military, achieves rank of general during WWII. ...more about Two-Headed Spy
- Not Available on DVD
70
1.5989
Dr. Anansa Linderby is kidnapped in a medical mission in Africa by a slave trader. From this moment, her husband will do anything to recover her and to punish the bad guys, but that will be not an easy task... ...more about Ashanti
DVD from $11.43
(8 sellers)
71
1.4839
This is a Sherlock Holmes story with a difference. Here Dr Watson is the ace detective and has been using an actor to play the part Holmes. Holmes is a drunken actor and gets on Watson's nerves. ...more about Without a Clue
DVD from $9.99
(7 sellers)
73
1.3295
"Doc" Fletcher (Michael Caine) is ordered by his boss Joe Fiore (Martin Balsam) to go to set up a fake bank in Monte Carlo. ...more about Silver Bears
- Not Available on DVD
75
1.3120
Former British secret agent Harry Palmer (Michael Caine) now runs a Private Investigation company in Russia. ...more about Midnight in Saint Petersburg
- Not Available on DVD
77
1.2989
Jon Lansdale is a comic book artist who loses his right hand in a car accident. The hand was not found at the scene of the accident, but it soon returns by itself to follow Jon around, and murder those who anger him. ...more about Hand
- Not Available on DVD
78
1.2784
Dr. Eduardo Plarr, despite the name is an Anglo working in a Latin American country. His work is a return home after several years. He begins to form and re-establish friendships and begins an affair. ...more about Honorary Consul
Actor Awards
- BAFTA Awards - Best Actor
- Not Available on DVD
79
1.0182
When long-time British agent Harry Palmer loses his job because the Cold War is over, he's promptly approached by a Russian bossman, Alex. In St. ...more about Bullet to Beijing
DVD from $12.45
(1 sellers)
80
1.0090
Philip Kimberly, the former head of the British Secret Service who defected to Russia, is given plastic surgery and sent back to Britain by the KGB to retrieve some vital documents. ...more about Jigsaw Man
- Not Available on DVD
81
0.9633
A man who was a confidant of Adolf Hitler dies and leaves a fortune to make amends for his Nazi past--but his son has to search the world to find it. ...more about Holcroft Covenant
DVD from $3.24
(8 sellers)
82
0.0411
Posing as an environmental story about a corrupt oil company owner called Jennings, who will stop at nothing to open a new refinery in Alaska, this is just an excuse for another action film. ...more about On Deadly Ground
DVD from $4.49
(14 sellers)
88
When a US intelligence agent (Anthony Quinn) is unable to bring a ruthless drug baron (James Mason) to justice, he resorts to hiring a contract killer. But the man he is put in contact with (Michael Caine) turns out to be an old friend. ...more about Marseille Contract
- Not Available on DVD
