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TopTenREVIEWS presents the film career and movie reviews of Ben Kingsley.

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Ben Kingsley
Birthdate: December 31, 1943

Ben Kingsley

ACTOR RANKINGS:

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CAREER SPAN

Decade
Movie Score
# Movies
1970s
0.4621
1
total ranking of 0.4621
1980s
2.1486
9
total ranking of 2.1486
1990s
2.5437
13
total ranking of 2.5437
2000s
2.5481
25
total ranking of 2.5481
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score: Ben Kingsley is ranked overall as 2.9192 of of 4 stars2.9192

Ben Kingsley Movie Rankings

1
Ben Kingsley starring in Gandhi
Gandhi (1982)
Ben Kingsley scores a combined 3.1777 out of 4 stars for Gandhi3.1777
A non-violent revolutionary that inspired India to win independence from Great Britain. ...more about Gandhi
Actor Awards
  • Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
  • BAFTA Awards - Best Actor
  • Evening Standard British Film Awards - Best Actor
  • Golden Globes, USA - Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
  • Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actor
  • Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actor
  • National Board of Review, USA - Best Actor
  • New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actor
2
Ben Kingsley starring in Schindler's List
Schindler's List (1993)
Ben Kingsley scores a combined 3.1589 out of 4 stars for Schindler's List3.1589
A German businessman turns his factory into a refuge during WWII by hiring Jewish employees. It is estimated Schindler saved more than 1000 Polish Jews that would have undoubtedly been sent to concentration camps. ...more about Schindler's List
Actor Awards
  • BAFTA Awards - Best Actor in a Supporting Role
  • Evening Standard British Film Awards - Best Actor
3
Ben Kingsley starring in Searching for Bobby Fischer
Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)
Ben Kingsley scores a combined 3.0015 out of 4 stars for Searching for Bobby Fischer3.0015
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
4
Sexy Beast (2000)
Sexy Beast (2000)
Ben Kingsley scores a combined 2.9828 out of 4 stars for Sexy Beast2.9828
Gal, a retired gangster, lives a happy life with his wife Deedee in a beatiful house in spain. Don Logan, a respected name with the mob and an old "friend" to Gal, suddenly shows up. ...more about Sexy Beast
Actor Awards
  • Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Supporting Role
  • Boston Society of Film Critics Awards - Best Supporting Actor
  • British Independent Film Awards - Best Actor
  • Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards - Best Supporting Actor
  • Chicago Film Critics Association Awards - Best Supporting Actor
  • Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards - Best Supporting Actor
  • European Film Awards - Best 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
  • San Diego Film Critics Society Awards - Best Supporting Actor
  • 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
  • Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards - Best Supporting Actor
5
House of Sand and Fog (2003)
House of Sand and Fog (2003)
Ben Kingsley scores a combined 2.9730 out of 4 stars for House of Sand and Fog2.9730
Massoud Amir Behrani, an Iranian immigrant, has spent most of his savings trying to enhance his daughter's chances of a good marriage. ...more about House of Sand and Fog
Actor Awards
  • Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
  • Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actor
  • Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
  • Online Film Critics Society Awards - Best Actor
  • Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
  • Screen Actors Guild Awards - Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
6
Sexy Beast (2001)
Sexy Beast (2001)
Ben Kingsley scores a combined 2.9143 out of 4 stars for Sexy Beast2.9143
The story of one man's dangerous journey from peace of mind to paranoid panic when he's lured out of an idyllic retirement back to the gangster life. ...more about Sexy Beast
  • Not Available on DVD
7
Bugsy (1991)
Bugsy (1991)
Ben Kingsley scores a combined 2.8330 out of 4 stars for Bugsy2.8330
New York gangster Ben 'Bugsy' Siegel takes a brief business trip to Los Angeles. A sharp-dressing womaniser with a foul temper, Siegel doesn't hesitate to kill or maim anyone crossing him. In L.A. ...more about Bugsy
Actor Awards
  • Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
8
Sneakers (1992)
Sneakers (1992)
Ben Kingsley scores a combined 2.8181 out of 4 stars for Sneakers2.8181
Martin Bishop is the head of a group of experts who specialise in testing security systems. When he is blackmailed by Government agents into stealing a top secret black box, the team find themselves embroiled in a game of danger and intrigue. ...more about Sneakers
9
Death and the Maiden (1994)
Death and the Maiden (1994)
Ben Kingsley scores a combined 2.8003 out of 4 stars for Death and the Maiden2.8003
Paulina Escobar is the housewife to a prominent lawyer in an unnamed third World country. One day a storm forces her husband to ride home with a neighbor. That chance encounter brings up demons from her past, as she is convinced that the neighbor (Dr. ...more about Death and the Maiden
10
Tuck Everlasting (2002)
Tuck Everlasting (2002)
Ben Kingsley scores a combined 2.7818 out of 4 stars for Tuck Everlasting2.7818
Tuck Everlasting is the story of a girl named Winnie and a family who she meets, the Tucks. The Tucks have a secret, they're immortal.They drank water from a spring that was actually a fountain of youth. Till the end of time, they will stay that way. ...more about Tuck Everlasting
11
Dave (1993)
Dave (1993)
Ben Kingsley scores a combined 2.7712 out of 4 stars for Dave2.7712
Bill Mitchell is the philandering and distant President of the United States. Dave Kovic is a sweet-natured and caring Temp Agency operator, who by a staggering coincidence looks exactly like the President. ...more about Dave
12
You Kill Me (2007)
You Kill Me (2007)
Ben Kingsley scores a combined 2.7536 out of 4 stars for You Kill Me2.7536
A hit-man has made some terrible mistakes and his mob needs to get him back on track. ...more about You Kill Me
Actor Awards
  • Satellite Awards - Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical
13
Lucky Number Slevin (2006)
Lucky Number Slevin (2006)
Ben Kingsley scores a combined 2.7304 out of 4 stars for Lucky Number Slevin2.7304
Set in New York City, a case of mistaken identity lands Slevin (Josh Hartnett) in the middle of a war being plotted by two of the city's most rival crime bosses: The Rabbi (Ben Kingsley) and The Boss (Morgan Freeman). ...more about Lucky Number Slevin
14
Oliver Twist (2005)
Oliver Twist (2005)
Ben Kingsley scores a combined 2.7246 out of 4 stars for Oliver Twist2.7246
Director Roman Polanski and writer Ronald Harwood re-imagine Charles Dickens' classic story of a young boy who gets involved with a gang of pickpockets in 19th Century London. ...more about Oliver Twist
15
Maurice (1987)
Maurice (1987)
Ben Kingsley scores a combined 2.6903 out of 4 stars for Maurice2.6903
Two male English school chums find themselves falling in love at Cambridge. To regain his place in society, Clive gives up his forbidden love, Maurice (pronounced "Morris") and marries. ...more about Maurice
16
Twelfth Night: Or What You Will (1996)
Twelfth Night: Or What You Will (1996)
Ben Kingsley scores a combined 2.6597 out of 4 stars for Twelfth Night: Or What You Will2.6597
Brother and sister Viola and Sebastian, who are not only very close but look a great deal alike, are in a shipwreck, and both think the other dead. ...more about Twelfth Night: Or What You Will
17
Rules of Engagement (2000)
Rules of Engagement (2000)
Ben Kingsley scores a combined 2.6479 out of 4 stars for Rules of Engagement2.6479
Hayes Hodges finds his career aspirations dashed when he's wounded in Vietnam combat. ...more about Rules of Engagement
18
Species (1995)
Species (1995)
Ben Kingsley scores a combined 2.6203 out of 4 stars for Species2.6203
A group of four specialists are given the task of tracking down Sil. "She"'s part human, part alien, beautiful, strong, very dangerous and desperate to mate with a human. ...more about Species
19
What Planet Are You From? (2000)
What Planet Are You From? (2000)
Ben Kingsley scores a combined 2.5726 out of 4 stars for What Planet Are You From?2.5726
A highly-evolved planet, whose denizens feel no emotion and reproduce by cloning, plans to take over Earth from the inside by sending an operative, fashioned with a humming, mechanical penis, to impregnate an earthling and stay until the birth. ...more about What Planet Are You From?
20
Elegy (2008)
Elegy (2008)
Ben Kingsley scores a combined 2.5524 out of 4 stars for Elegy2.5524
Charismatic professor David Kepesh (Ben Kingsley) glories in the pursuit of adventurous female students but never lets any woman get too close. When gorgeous Consuela Castillo (Penélope Cruz) enters his classroom, however, his protective veneer dissolves. ...more about Elegy
  • Not Available on DVD
21
Assignment, The (1997)
Assignment, The (1997)
Ben Kingsley scores a combined 2.5314 out of 4 stars for Assignment2.5314
An American naval officer is recruited by the government to impersonate the most vicious and cold-blooded terrorist there is in order to catch him. ...more about Assignment
22
Suspect Zero (2004)
Suspect Zero (2004)
Ben Kingsley scores a combined 2.4275 out of 4 stars for Suspect Zero2.4275
When Dallas FBI Agent Thomas Mackelway violates serial killer Raymond Starkey's civil rights during an unorthodox arrest, Starkey goes free and Mackelway is demoted to a remote branch of the agency in Albuquerque. ...more about Suspect Zero
23
Wackness, The (2008)
Wackness, The (2008)
Ben Kingsley scores a combined 2.4223 out of 4 stars for Wackness2.4223
Ben Kingsley, Famke Janssen, and Josh Peck (DRAKE & JOSH) star in this comedy that played to great acclaim at Sundance in 2008. ...more about Wackness
  • Not Available on DVD
24
Valiant (2005)
Valiant (2005)
Ben Kingsley scores a combined 2.3910 out of 4 stars for Valiant2.3910
The animated comedy tells the story of a lowly wood pigeon named Valiant, who overcomes his small size to become a hero in Great Britain's Royal Air Force Homing Pigeon Service during World War II. ...more about Valiant
25
Photographing Fairies (1997)
Photographing Fairies (1997)
Ben Kingsley scores a combined 2.2957 out of 4 stars for Photographing Fairies2.2957
Photographer Charles Castle is numbed with grief following the death of his beautiful bride. He goes off to war, working in the trenches as a photographer. Following the war and still in grief Charles is given some photographs purporting to be of fairies. ...more about Photographing Fairies
  • Not Available on DVD
26
Mrs. Harris (2005)
Mrs. Harris (2005)
Ben Kingsley scores a combined 2.2893 out of 4 stars for Mrs. Harris2.2893
Fact-based story about Jean Harris (Annette Bening), a woman who was accused of murdering famed Scarsdale Diet Dr. Herman (Hi) Tarnower (Ben Kingsley) after being in a relationship with him for 14 years. Depicted as a womanizer, Dr. ...more about Mrs. Harris
Actor Awards
  • Emmy Awards - Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
  • Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
  • Satellite Awards - Best Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television
27
Betrayal (1983)
Betrayal (1983)
Ben Kingsley scores a combined 2.2528 out of 4 stars for Betrayal2.2528
Pinter's semi-autobiographical play examining the surprise attraction, shy first steps, gradual flowering, and treasonous deception of a woman's extramarital affair with her husband's best friend; the entire story is told from the husband's point of ...more about Betrayal
Actor Awards
  • Evening Standard British Film Awards - Best Actor
  • Not Available on DVD
28
BloodRayne (2005)
BloodRayne (2005)
Ben Kingsley scores a combined 2.2338 out of 4 stars for BloodRayne2.2338
In eighteenth century Romania, Rayne, a dhampir (half-human, half-vampire), prone to fits of blind blood rage but saddled with a compunction for humans, strives to avenge her mother's rape by her father, Kagan, King of Vampires. ...more about BloodRayne
Actor Awards
  • Razzie Awards - Worst Supporting Actor
29
Sound of Thunder, A (2005)
Sound of Thunder, A (2005)
Ben Kingsley scores a combined 2.0719 out of 4 stars for Sound of Thunder2.0719
"A Sound of Thunder" is about a game hunter (Burns) who goes on a time-traveling safari owned and operated by Kingsley's character to hunt dinosaurs in the prehistoric era. ...more about Sound of Thunder
30
Thunderbirds (2004)
Thunderbirds (2004)
Ben Kingsley scores a combined 2.0501 out of 4 stars for Thunderbirds2.0501
Having narrowly averted a major disaster on an oil rig, the Thunderbirds have just returned home to their secret base when TB5, their space based station, is critically damaged in a suspected meteor strike. ...more about Thunderbirds
31
Triumph of Love, The (2002)
Triumph of Love, The (2002)
Ben Kingsley scores a combined 2.0220 out of 4 stars for Triumph of Love2.0220
In a sun-drenched Italian villa where the madness of love has long been forbidden, one woman's passion is about to upend reason, bend genders and take every heart in the house prisoner. ...more about Triumph of Love
  • Not Available on DVD
32
Turtle Diary (1985)
Turtle Diary (1985)
Ben Kingsley scores a combined 1.9313 out of 4 stars for Turtle Diary1.9313
Two separate people, a man and a woman, find something very stirring about the sea turtles in their tank at the London Zoo. They meet and form an odd, but sympathetic camaraderie as they plan to steal two of the turtles and free them into the ocean. ...more about Turtle Diary
  • Not Available on DVD
33
Fear Is the Key (1972)
Fear Is the Key (1972)
Ben Kingsley scores a combined 1.7496 out of 4 stars for Fear Is the Key1.7496
Following the death of his family in an aeroplane crash, a man plots an elaborate revenge scheme on those responsible. ...more about Fear Is the Key
  • Not Available on DVD
34
Last Legion, The (2007)
Last Legion, The (2007)
Ben Kingsley scores a combined 1.6904 out of 4 stars for Last Legion1.6904
As the Roman empire crumbles, young Romulus Augustus flees the city and embarks on a perilous voyage to Britain to track down a legion of supporters. ...more about Last Legion
35
Slipstream (1989)
Slipstream (1989)
Ben Kingsley scores a combined 1.6062 out of 4 stars for Slipstream1.6062
In the near future, where Earth has been devastated by man's pollution and giant winds rule the planet, bounty hunter Matt kidnaps a murderer out of the hands of two police officers, planning to get the bounty himself. ...more about Slipstream
36
Confession, The (1999)
Confession, The (1999)
Ben Kingsley scores a combined 1.5228 out of 4 stars for Confession1.5228
A High powered NY litigator, hired to defend a murderer who avenged his young son's death, struggles with his own desires for success versus the moral wishes of his client to choose the path of truth. ...more about Confession
37
Love Guru, The (2008)
Love Guru, The (2008)
Ben Kingsley scores a combined 1.4916 out of 4 stars for Love Guru1.4916
Pitka (Mike Myers) is an American who was left at the gates of an ashram in India as a child and raised by gurus. He moves back to the U.S. to seek fame and fortune in the world of self-help and spirituality. ...more about Love Guru
38
Without a Clue (1988)
Without a Clue (1988)
Ben Kingsley scores a combined 1.4839 out of 4 stars for Without a Clue1.4839
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
39
Pascali's Island (1988)
Pascali's Island (1988)
Ben Kingsley scores a combined 1.4656 out of 4 stars for Pascali's Island1.4656
1908: Pascali, a spy for the Sultan, sends reports to Istanbul that nobody reads. His suspicions are roused when a British archeologist appears, who may not be quite what he seems. ...more about Pascali's Island
  • Not Available on DVD
40
BloodRayne (2006)
BloodRayne (2006)
Ben Kingsley scores a combined 1.0912 out of 4 stars for BloodRayne1.0912
BloodRayne takes you to another place and time to experience a world where good and evil battle it out -- with mankind as the very prize. ...more about BloodRayne
41
Children, The (1990)
Children, The (1990)
Ben Kingsley scores a combined 0.9954 out of 4 stars for Children0.9954
  • Not Available on DVD
42
Testimony (1988)
Testimony (1988)
Ben Kingsley scores a combined 0.9496 out of 4 stars for Testimony0.9496
43
Parting Shots (1999)
Parting Shots (1999)
Ben Kingsley scores a combined 0.1324 out of 4 stars for Parting Shots0.1324
Harry Sterndale, a failed photographer, is told that he has only three months to live due to him getting cancer. ...more about Parting Shots
44
Gambit (2006)
Gambit (2006)
No Reviews Available
Harry Dean's plan to steal a statue from one of the world's richest men is missing one final component -- the participation of a beautiful woman to act as his gambit. ...more about Gambit
  • Not Available on DVD
45
Harem (1985)
Harem (1985)
No Reviews Available
A young American woman is kidnapped by an Arabian sheik and held captive in his harem. At first she frantically tries to escape, but as they slowly get to know and appreciate each other the difference between captor and captive dissolves. ...more about Harem
  • Not Available on DVD
46
Islam: Empire of Faith (2000)
Islam: Empire of Faith (2000)
No Reviews Available
47
Knights of Impossingworth Park (2005)
Knights of Impossingworth Park (2005)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
48
Spooky House (2000)
Spooky House (2000)
Ben Kingsley scores a combined zero out of 4 stars for Spooky House0.0001
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