James Stewart Movie Rankings
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3.8968
In this Alfred Hitchcock Thriller, James Stewart plays L.B. Jefferies who is homebound after breaking his leg. To pass time, he begins spying on his neighbors with binoculars out his window. Soon the seemingly harmless activity gets Jefferies into trouble when he believes he has witnessed a murder. ... more about Rear Window
2
3.7176
Retired police detective Scottie Fergusson is asked by an old college friend to follow his wife, whom believes she is possessed by a dead ancestor. Scottie seems to foil her suicide attempt and begins falling in love with his friend's wife. ... more about Vertigo
Actor Awards
San Sebastián International Film Festival - Best Actor
3
3.6738
George Bailey is a selfless man in turmoil. When he misplaces $8000 he feels it's the end and contemplates ending his life. When his guardian angel, Clarence, shows George what his town and family would have been like without him George reconsiders. ... more about It's a Wonderful Life
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
4
3.4769
Just before Tracy is about to marry, her ex-husband shows up at the wedding with a reporter from a local magazine, but while he is there Tracy begins to reconsider her engagement and starts falling for her ex. ... more about Philadelphia Story
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
5
3.4155
An idealistic, small-town senator heads to Washington and suddenly finds himself single-handedly battling ruthless politicians out to destroy him. ... more about Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actor
6
3.3081
"Matuschek's" is the gift shop around the corner. Among the staff is Alfred Kralik, a likeable young man who's in love with a woman he has never met and whose name he doesn't even know (their "romance" has been conducted through a post office box). ... more about Shop Around the Corner
7
3.1346
Since being voted out of office as local prosecutor, Paul Biegler spends more time fishing than keeping up his law practice. But he does take on the defence of a lieutenant from the local army camp charged with murdering a bar-owner who raped his wife. ... more about Anatomy of a Murder
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
BAFTA Awards - Best Foreign Actor
New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actor
Venice Film Festival - Best Actor
8
3.0483
Although Destry hates guns and gun play, he takes the position as town deputy promising to clean up the town when the sheriff goes missing. Despite the fact he has sniper accuracy, Destry prefers to keep the law without violence. ... more about Destry Rides Again
9
3.0387
Going into flashback, a US Senator tells the story of how years ago, as a young lawyer, he came to a small town in which a gang of outlaws terrorized and robbed him. He seeks revenge and finds it in the help of a local cowboy. ... more about Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
10
3.0355
In this documentary-style drama based on a true story, a reporter tries to prove that a man in prison for murder has been wrongly convicted. A great performance by Stewart as the persistent journalist. ... more about Call Northside 777
11
3.0284
Alice Sycamore has to introduce the family of her fiance, Tony Kirby, to her own family. The Kirby's are wealthy, stuffy family of great self- importance, while the Sycamore's are a collection of good-hearted lunatics. ... more about You Can't Take It with You
12
3.0144
An aging gunfighter discovers he has cancer. Over the course of two months, he attempts to mend old wounds and make amends with those around him. However, he is not willing to let the cancer take him quietly and instead insists on going out with a bang in the "line of duty. ... more about Shootist
13
2.9947
Brandon and Philip are two young men who share a New York apartment. They consider themselves intellectually superior to their friend David Kentley and as a consequence decide to murder him. ... more about Rope
14
2.9554
When their plane crashes in the Sahara desert, the survivors - some businessmen and some British military officers - must find a way to survive the sun, the lack of water, and marauding Arabs. ... more about Flight of the Phoenix
15
2.9165
Dr. Ben McKenna, his wife Jo and their son Hank are on a touring holiday of Africa when they meet the mysterious Louis Bernard on a bus. ... more about Man Who Knew Too Much
16
2.9090
In a marksmanship contest, Lin McAdam (Stewart) wins a prized Winchester rifle, which is immediately stolen by the runner-up, Dutch Henry Brown (McNally. ... more about Winchester '73
17
2.8684
Discovery by Flo Ziegfeld changes a girl's life but not necessarily for the better, as three beautiful women find out when they join the spectacle on Broadway: Susan, the singer who must leave behind her ageing vaudevillian father; vulnerable Sheila, the ... more about Ziegfeld Girl
18
2.8469
Biography of Charles Lindburgh from his days of precarious mail runs in aviation's infancy to his design of a small transatlantic plane and the vicissitudes of its takeoff and epochal flight from New York to Paris in 1927. ... more about Spirit of St. Louis
19
2.8465
Mysterious Will Lockhart delivers supplies to storekeeper Barbara Waggoman at Coronado, an isolated town in Apache country. Before long, he's tangled with Dave Waggoman, vicious son of autocratic rancher Alec and cousin of sweet Barbara. ... more about Man from Laramie
20
2.8436
Elissa asks Nick to find her missing husband. He had been seeing a bit on the side, and blackmailing a local criminal. David Graham claims he paid the missing husband to get rid of a former girlfriend. ... more about After the Thin Man
21
2.8372
Two men with questionable pasts, Glyn McLyntock and his friend Cole, lead a wagon-train load of homesteaders from Missouri to the Oregon territory. ... more about Bend of the River
22
2.8358
A middle aged drunk has been driving his sister and niece wild by introducing everyone he meets to his pal Harvey. ... more about Harvey
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama
23
2.7743
The biography of the Bandleader Glenn Miller from his beginnings to his death over the English Channel in December 1944, with a lot of his arangements, partly in an authentic cast. ... more about Glenn Miller Story
Actor Awards
BAFTA Awards - Best Foreign Actor
24
2.7670
Terry is the chief car tester for Emery Motors and Frank is an Engineer. Jane has just been hired to work in publicity. Frank and Terry both want Jane to be their girl. ... more about Speed
Not Available on DVD
25
2.7595
Set in England, rather than California, the story follows Raymond Chandler's book fairly closely otherwise. Philip Marlowe is asked by the elderly (and near death) General Sternwood to investigate an attempt at blackmail on one of his daughters. ... more about Big Sleep
26
2.7195
By 1870, there has been 10 years of cruel war between settlers and Cochise's Apaches. ... more about Broken Arrow
Not Available on DVD
27
2.6985
During WWI Bill Pettigrew, a naive young Texan soldier is sent to New York for basic training. He meets worldly wise actress Daisy Heath when her car nearly runs him over. ... more about Shopworn Angel
Not Available on DVD
28
2.6757
A young married couple's relationship becomes strained when he is assigned overseas as a foreign correspondent and she becomes a major stage star. ... more about Next Time We Love
Not Available on DVD
29
2.6745
The Roth family lead a quiet life in a small village in the German Alps during the early 1930's. When the Nazi's come to power, the family is divided and Martin Brietner, a family friend is caught up in the turmoil. ... more about Mortal Storm
Not Available on DVD
30
2.6687
Roger Hobbs (James Stewart) is a harried city dweller who longs to take his family to the seashore for a vacation. ... more about Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
Actor Awards
Berlin International Film Festival - Best Actor
31
2.6455
Charlie Anderson is a farmer in Shenandoah, Virginia and finds himself (and his family) in the middle of the Civil War. He decides not to get involved in the war because he believes that this is not "his" war. ... more about Shenandoah
32
2.6234
A bitter Howard Kemp heads westward to the Rockies from Abilene, Kansas on the trail of murderer Ben Vandergroat and the $5000 reward on Vandergroat's head, money after which Kemp lusts in order to re-purchase the ranch that his absconding fiancée had ... more about Naked Spur
33
2.6159
MGM musical numbers from the introduction of sound in the late '20s through to the 1950s, possibly with Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, and Judy Garland getting the most coverage. ... more about That's Entertainment!
34
2.6140
Linda Stanhope isn't jealous of beautiful Whitey Wilson, secretary to her magazine publisher husband Van ... until his mother plants the seed of doubt. ... more about Wife vs. Secretary
35
2.5897
Theodore Honey is an aeronautical engineer being sent to Labrador from London to examine the wreckage of a new passenger plane designed by his company. ... more about No Highway
Not Available on DVD
36
2.5668
Gillian Holroyd is just your average, modern-day, witch, living in a New York apartment with her Siamese familiar, Pyewacket. ... more about Bell Book and Candle
37
2.5227
Sailor Ted meets at the Lonely Hearts Club of his friend Gunny's wife, Jenny, a girl, Nora Paige, and falls in love. Nora wants to become a dancer on Broadway. ... more about Born to Dance
Not Available on DVD
38
2.5093
The US Army is under pressure from the desperate relatives of white prisoners of the Comanches to secure their rescue. A cynical and corrupt marshal, Guthrie McCabe, is persuaded by an army lieutenant to assist in the negotiations with the Comanches. ... more about Two Rode Together
Actor Awards
Laurel Awards - Top Action Performance
Not Available on DVD
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40
2.4792
Posing as a hangman, Mace Bishop arrives in town with the intention of freeing a gang of outlaws, including his brother, from the gallows. Mace urges his younger brother to give up crime. The sheriff chases the brothers to Mexico. ... more about Bandolero!
41
2.4777
To ensure a full profitable season, circus manager Brad Braden engages The Great Sebastian, though this moves his girlfriend Holly from her hard-won center trapeze spot. ... more about Greatest Show on Earth
42
2.4519
Playwright Gaylord Esterbrook scores a hit with his first Broadway play, both with the critics and with leading lady Linda Paige. ... more about No Time for Comedy
Not Available on DVD
43
2.4291
Jimmy, the owner of a failed music shop, goes to work with his uncle, the owner of a food factory. ... more about Pot o' Gold
44
2.4223
In 1896, Jeff Webster sees the start of the Klondike gold rush as a golden opportunity to make a fortune in beef... ... more about Far Country
45
2.3743
Gangster Joe Krozac is in prison for ten years. Reporter Paul North is fired by his newspaper for writing articles sympathetic to Krozac's wife and young son. She divorces Krozac and marries North. ... more about Last Gangster
Not Available on DVD
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47
2.3515
Kay is a girl living in a small rural town whose life is just too dull and repetitious to bear. One night, she meets young, handsome, and rich Bob Dakin, who asks her for directions while drunk and then proceeds to take her out on a night on the town. ... more about Small Town Girl
Not Available on DVD
48
2.3347
Illegal immigrant and showgirl Johnny Jones is due to be deported from the USA, her only hope is to get married, but her rich publisher boyfriend Barton Kendrick is already married! She meets down-on-his-luck author, Bill Smith, and proposes a marriage ... more about Come Live with Me
Not Available on DVD
49
2.3347
Rip Smith's opinion-poll business is a failure...until he discovers that the small town of Grandview is statistically identical to the entire country. ... more about Magic Town
Not Available on DVD
50
2.2869
The story of the FBI unfolds through the eyes of one of its agents. During his career he investigates gangsters, swindlers, the klu klux klan, Nazi agents and cold war spies. ... more about FBI Story
51
2.2739
Detective Guy Johnson's client, Willie Heywood is framed for murder and while Guy hides him so he can catch the real killer, both of them are nabbed by the police, tried, convicted and sentenced to jail -- Guy for a year, Willie to be executed. ... more about It's a Wonderful World
Not Available on DVD
52
2.2602
Steve Grey, reporter for the Daily Star, has a habit of scooping all the other papers in town. ... more about Murder Man
Not Available on DVD
53
2.2130
On a quick trip to the city, young university professor Peter Morgan falls in love with nightclub performer Francey Brent and marries her after a whirlwind romance. ... more about Vivacious Lady
Not Available on DVD
54
2.2099
This is a story about family relationships, set in the time before and during the American Civil War. Ethan Wilkins is a poor and honest man who ministers to the human soul, while his son Jason yearns to be a doctor, helping people in the earthly realm. ... more about Of Human Hearts
Not Available on DVD
55
2.1825
Young lawyer meets and marries girl after knowing her one day. Takes bride home to meet his mother who disapproves of the marriage. Lawyer thinks everything will be fine as he moves up the ladder of the law firm. He doesn't and things get tough. ... more about Made for Each Other
56
2.1380
John is working as a cow poke for very little money with his friend Harley when he gets word his brother, DJ, has left him The Cheyenne Social Club. ... more about Cheyenne Social Club
57
2.1230
The history of Western expansion in the United States as told by the story of one pioneer family's history. Zebulon Prescott takes his family from New York, heading West in the early 1800s. ... more about How the West Was Won
58
2.1163
The movie is about Chicago White Sox pitcher Monty Stratton (Jimmy Stewart), who in the 1930s, compiled a 37-19 won-loss record in three seasons. ... more about Stratton Story
59
2.0966
In 1946, ex-Navy engineer Steve Martin comes to a Louisiana town with a dream: to build a safe platform for offshore oil drilling. Having finessed financing from a big oil company, formerly penniless Steve and his partner Johnny are in business... ... more about Thunder Bay
Not Available on DVD
60
2.0213
The workers on the railroad haven't been paid in months --- that's because Whitey and his gang, including fast-shooting, dangerous, but likeable Utica Kid, keep holding up the train for its payroll. ... more about Night Passage
61
1.9054
The folk of small western town Firecreek stand up for their rights after gunmen abuse them, leading to an extravagant final battle between good-guy Jimmy Stewart and bad-guy Henry Fonda. ... more about Firecreek
62
1.7703
A luxury 747 carrying valuable art work is hijacked and lands in the ocean, submerged in shallow water. ... more about Airport '77
63
1.7176
This is the story of David Marshall 'Marsh' Williams, the real life inventor of the world famous M-1 Carbine automatic riffle used in WWII. ... more about Carbine Williams
Not Available on DVD
64
1.7168
Indecisive heiress Dee Dee Dillwood is pushed into marrying her sixth fiancée, but unable to face the wedding night, she flees into the adjacent hotel room of commercial pilot Marvin Payne, who just wants to sleep. ... more about You Gotta Stay Happy
Not Available on DVD
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66
0.8126
When her husband dies en route to America, Martha Price and her daughter Hilary are left to carry out his dream: the introduction of Hereford cattle into the American West. ... more about Rare Breed
67
0.4930
Professor Leaf, an absent-minded poet with a prejudice against the sciences, is forced to face the fact that his son is a math prodigy with little artistic talent of his own. ... more about Dear Brigitte
Not Available on DVD
68
69
0.0001
When a trio of ex-convicts led by Mattie Appleyard is released from prison, they hope to open a general store using money Mattie has saved during his 40-year sentence. ... more about Fools' Parade
Not Available on DVD
70
0.0001
President Andrew Jackson's friendship with an innkeeper's daughter spells trouble for them both. ... more about Gorgeous Hussy
Not Available on DVD
71
0.0001
Mary and Larry are are a modestly successful skating team. Shortly after their marriage, Marry gets a picture contract, while Larry is sitting at home, out of work. ... more about Ice Follies of 1939
Not Available on DVD
72
0.0001
Bill Lawrence wins a slew of prizes on a radio quiz program. His happiness is short-lived when he discovers he'll have to sell the prizes in order to pay the taxes on them. ... more about Jackpot
Not Available on DVD
73
74
0.0001
Newspaperman Royer convinces government officials of a plan to obtain rubber by stealing it out from under the Japanese. Carnahan is let out of prison to help. While taking out the last load Royer is killed and Carnahan, wounded, must finish the job. ... more about Malaya
Not Available on DVD
75
76
0.0001
Oliver Pease gets a dose of courage from his wife Martha and tricks the editor of the paper (where he writes lost pet notices) into assigning him the day's roving question. ... more about On Our Merry Way
77
0.0001
Opera singer (Marie de Flor) seeks out fugitive brother in the Canadian wilderness. During her trek, she meets a Canadian mountie (Sgt. Bruce) who is also searching for her brother. Romance ensues, resulting in several love duets between the two. ... more about Rose-Marie
Not Available on DVD
78
0.0001
A Parisian sewer worker (Stewart) longs for a rise in status and a beautiful wife. He rescues a girl (Simone Simon) from the police, lives with her in a barren flat on the seventh floor, and then marches away to war. ... more about Seventh Heaven
Not Available on DVD
79
0.0001
Jimmy Stewart plays a cautious father to Sandra Dee, who is going off to college. He gets so worried that she is doing things that she's not supposed to be doing, that he tracks her down at her school, and then tracks her down in Europe. ... more about Take Her
Not Available on DVD
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