TopTenREVIEWS presents the film career and movie reviews of Fred Astaire.
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Birthdate: May 10, 1899
Death date: June 22, 1987
Fred Astaire
ACTOR RANKINGS:
CAREER SPAN
Decade
Movie Score
# Movies
1930s
3.2163
11
1940s
3.0235
11
1950s
2.8957
9
1960s
1.2413
4
1970s
2.0361
6
1980s
1.5196
3
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score: 
3.0449
3.0449
Fred Astaire Movie Rankings
1
3.5523Showman Jerry Travers is working for producer Horace Hardwick in London. Jerry demonstrates his new dance steps late one night in Horace's hotel, much to the annoyance of sleeping Dale Tremont below. ...more about Top Hat
DVD from $12.71
(13 sellers)
2
3.1839One half of a night club duo decides to open an inn in the country that is only open on holidays. The two discover a beautiful woman with raw talent and they conspire to feature her and the inn in a major motion picture, but soon the men begin to fight over their new ingenue. ...more about Holiday Inn
DVD from $4.99
(13 sellers)
3
3.0462Tony Hunter, a famous singer/dancer movie star, is feeling washed up and old hat (old top hat, tie and tails to be exact). The reporters are out for Ava Gardner, not him. ...more about Band Wagon
DVD from $15.71
(12 sellers)
4
3.0398
Lucky is tricked into missing his wedding to Margaret by the other members of Pop's magic and dance act, and has to make $25000 to be allowed to marry her. He and Pop go to New York where they run into Penny, a dancing instructor. ...more about Swing Time
DVD from $8.68
(14 sellers)
5
2.9826
In 1964, nuclear war wipes out humanity in the northern hemisphere; one American submarine finds temporary safe haven in Australia, where life-as-usual covers growing despair. ...more about On the Beach
Actor Awards
- Golden Globes, USA - Best Supporting Actor
DVD from $5.80
(11 sellers)
6
2.9056
Doug Roberts, Architect, returns from a long vacation to find work nearly completed on his skyscraper. ...more about Towering Inferno
Actor Awards
- Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- BAFTA Awards - Best Supporting Actor
- Golden Globes, USA - Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture
DVD from $7.03
(12 sellers)
7
2.8675
Jo Stockton can only get to Paris to meet with the beatnik founder of "empathicalism" (a idea that implores you to "put yourself into others shoes" in order to 'empathize' with them) if she agrees to model a line of ultra-chic fashions for photographer ...more about Funny Face
DVD from $7.63
(6 sellers)
8
2.8606
Dr. Tony Flagg's friend, Steven, has problems in the relationship with his fiancee, Amanda, so he persuades her to visit Dr. Flagg. After some minor misunderstandings, she falls in love with Dr. Flagg. ...more about Carefree
DVD from $11.99
(14 sellers)
9
2.8405
When the fleet puts in at San Francisco, sailor Bake Baker tries to rekindle the flame with his old dancing partner, Sherry Martin, while Bake's buddy Bilge Smith romances Sherry's sister Connie. ...more about Follow the Fleet
DVD from $12.71
(13 sellers)
10
2.8169
The late, great impresario Florenz Ziegfeld looks down from heaven and ordains a new revue in his grand old style. ...more about Ziegfeld Follies
DVD from $8.68
(13 sellers)
11
2.7980
Don Hewes and Nadine Hale are a dancing team, but she decides to start a career on her own. So he takes the next dancer he meets, Hannah Brown, as a new partner. ...more about Easter Parade
DVD from $17.27
(11 sellers)
12
2.7695
On a trip to France, millionaire Jervis Pendelton sees an 18 year old girl in an orphanage. Enchanted with her, but mindful of the difference in their ages, he sponsors her to college in New England. She writes him letters, which he doesn't read. ...more about Daddy Long Legs
DVD from $9.90
(11 sellers)
13
2.7479
Johnny Brett and King Shaw are an unsuccessful dance team in New York. A producer discovers Brent as the new partner for Clare Bennett, but Brett, who thinks he is one of the people they lent money to gives him the name of his partner. ...more about Broadway Melody of 1940
DVD from $13.79
(10 sellers)
14
2.7404
After his wife discovers a telltale diamond bracelet, impresario Martin Cortland tries to show he's not chasing after showgirl Sheila Winthrop. Choreographer Robert Curtis gets caught in the middle of the boss's scheme. ...more about You'll Never Get Rich
DVD from $9.89
(11 sellers)
15
2.7264
The Acunas, a rich Argentine family, have the tradition that the daughters have to get married in order, oldest first. When sister #1 gets married, sisters #3 and #4 put pressure on Maria, sister #2, because they have their husbands picked out already. ...more about You Were Never Lovelier
DVD from $10.23
(10 sellers)
16
2.6937
A mysterious Irishman, Finian, and his beautiful daughter Sharon arrive one day in a small Southern town of sharecroppers. ...more about Finian's Rainbow
Actor Awards
- Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actor - Musical/Comedy
DVD from $12.71
(12 sellers)
17
2.6836
Josh and Dinah Barkley are a successful (though argumentative) musical-comedy team, yet Dinah chafes as Galatea to her husband's Pygmalion. When serious playwright Jacques Barredout envisions her as a great dramatic actress, Dinah is not hard to persuade. ...more about Barkleys of Broadway
DVD from $11.89
(14 sellers)
18
2.6560
Tom and Ellen Bowen are a brother and sister dance act whose show closes in New York. Their agent books them in London for the same period as the Royal Wedding. They travel by cruise ship where Ellen meets and becomes involved with Lord John Brindale. ...more about Royal Wedding
DVD from $2.49
(11 sellers)
19
2.6172
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!
DVD from $4.05
(15 sellers)
20
2.5040
Jed Potter looks back on a love triangle conducted over the course of years and between musical numbers. Dancer Jed loves showgirl Mary, who loves compulsive nightclub-opener Johnny, who can't stay committed to anything in life for very long. ...more about Blue Skies
DVD from $9.18
(8 sellers)
21
2.4839
Lady Alyce Marshmorton must marry soon, and the staff of Tottney Castle have laid bets on who she'll choose, with young Albert wagering on "Mr. X. ...more about Damsel in Distress
- Not Available on DVD
22
2.4756
Four successful elderly gentlemen, members of the Chowder Society, share a gruesome, 50-year old secret. When one of Edward Wanderley's twin sons dies in a bizarre accident, the group begins to see a pattern of frightening events developing. ...more about Ghost Story
DVD from $7.17
(10 sellers)
23
2.4748
Flying Tiger fred Atwell sneaks away from his famous squadron's personal appearance tour and goes incognito for several days of leave. He quickly falls for photographer Joan Manion, pursuing her in the guise of a carefree drifter. ...more about Sky's the Limit
- Not Available on DVD
24
2.4382
Aviator and band leader Roger Bond is forever getting his group fired for flirting with the lady guests. When he falls for Brazilian beauty Belinha de Rezende it appears to be for real, even though she is already engaged. ...more about Flying Down to Rio
DVD from $12.71
(13 sellers)
25
2.3621
In 1911, Vernon Castle, minor comic in a stage revue, pursues the leading lady to a New Jersey beach...where, instead, he meets stage-struck Irene Foote. ...more about Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
DVD from $12.71
(13 sellers)
26
2.3561
Johnny Riggs (Fred Astaire), a con man on the lam, finds himself in a Latin-American country named Patria. There, he overhears a convent-bred rich girl (Lucille Bremer) praying to her guardian angel for help in managing her tangled business affairs. ...more about Yolanda and the Thief
- Not Available on DVD
27
2.3150
Mimi Glossop wants a divorce so her Aunt Hortense hires a professional to play the correspondent in apparent infidelity. American dancer Guy Holden meets Mimi while visiting Brightbourne (Brighton) and she thinks he is the correspondent. ...more about Gay Divorcee
DVD from $12.71
(13 sellers)
28
2.2816
Song-and-dance man Bert Kalmar can't continue his stage career after an injury for while, so he has to earn his money as a lyricst. Per chance he meets composer Harry Ruby and their first song is a hit. ...more about Three Little Words
Actor Awards
- Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actor - Musical/Comedy
DVD from $12.71
(12 sellers)
29
2.2474
Ballet star Pete "Petrov" Peters arranges to cross the Atlantic aboard the same ship as the dancer he's fallen for but barely knows, musical star Linda Keene. ...more about Shall We Dance
DVD from $12.71
(16 sellers)
30
2.0670
In squeaky-clean New York at the turn of the century, playboy Charlie Hill falls so much in love that he can walk on air. The object of his affections is beautiful Angela Bonfils, a mission house worker in the Bowery. ...more about Belle of New York
- Not Available on DVD
31
2.0628
Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical numbers. ...more about That's Entertainment
DVD from $12.71
(13 sellers)
32
2.0547
Janie lives to dance and will dance anywhere, even stripping in a burlesque house. Tod Newton, the rich playboy, discovers her there and helps her get a job in a real Broadway musical being directed by Patch. ...more about Dancing Lady
DVD from $6.49
(13 sellers)
33
1.9054
Biography of director George Stevens by his son. It includes clips from many of his films with commentary by the actors and by directors such as Frank Capra, John Huston and Alan Pakula, among others. ...more about George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
DVD from $12.78
(8 sellers)
34
1.7976
A musical remake of Ninotchka: After three bumbling Soviet agents fail in their mission to retrieve a straying Soviet composer from Paris, the beautiful, ultra-serious Ninotchka is sent to complete their mission and to retrieve them. ...more about Silk Stockings
DVD from $13.79
(11 sellers)
35
1.7807
Football player John Kent tags along as Huck Haines and the Wabash Indianians travel to an engagement in Paris, only to lose it immediately. John and company visit his aunt, owner of a posh fashion house run by her assistant, Stephanie. ...more about Roberta
DVD from $8.68
(14 sellers)
37
0.8597
When William Gridley arrives from the US in London, he rents part of Carly Hardwicke's house from her and promptly begins to fall in love. ...more about Notorious Landlady
- Not Available on DVD
41
Donald Elwood meets after the war his former USO partner, Kitty McNeil, who is now a rich widow with a little child. She tries to evade her paternal grandmother, who wants her to live in a way according to the customs of her dead husband's class. ...more about Let's Dance
- Not Available on DVD
42
San Francisco debutante, Jessica Poole, is marrying Napa Valley cattle rancher, Roger Henderson, and hopes her peripatetic father, "Pogo" Poole, whom she hasn't seen for years, comes to the wedding. ...more about Pleasure of His Company
- Not Available on DVD
43
Danny and Hank are surprised when Artie Shaw hires competent manager Ellen away from their college band. The two trumpet players scheme to get into Shaw's outfit themselves, each trying to trump the other's plays. ...more about Second Chorus
DVD from $1.99
(10 sellers)
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