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Birthdate: August 8, 1937
Dustin Hoffman
ACTOR RANKINGS:
CAREER SPAN
Decade
Movie Score
# Movies
1960s
2.5534
5
1970s
3.0224
11
1980s
2.7307
4
1990s
2.7373
12
2000s
2.8368
14
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score: 
3.5278
3.5278
Dustin Hoffman Movie Rankings
1
3.4996To avoid the Vietnam-era chaos, mathematician David Sumner (Dustin Hoffman) and his wife, Amy Summer, (Susan George) move to rural England. While there, they are constantly harassed and Amy is raped by town bullies. David takes matters in to his own hands, and goes on a violent rampage. ...more about Straw Dogs
DVD from $7.59
(12 sellers)
2
3.4551Shortly after graduating from college, Benjamin begins a secret affair with an older woman. Meanwhile, he begins to fall in love with her daughter and has to stop the affair before anyone finds out. ...more about Graduate
Actor Awards
- Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
- Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actor - Musical/Comedy
DVD from $4.86
(12 sellers)
3
3.1776A "cowboy," Joe Buck, moves to New York City from Texas to make his fortune as a hustler servicing rich Park Avenue women. Shortly after arriving, he is hustled by homeless con man Ratzo Rizzo, who had said he would manage him for a $20 fee. ...more about Midnight Cowboy
Actor Awards
- Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
- BAFTA Awards - Best Actor
- David di Donatello Awards - Best Foreign Actor (Migliore Attore Straniero)
- Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama
DVD from $9.59
(12 sellers)
4
3.1323
When Charlie Babbitt's father dies, he leaves a large fortune to Raymond, an Autistic brother he didn't know he had. In an attempt to disinherit Raymond, Charlie takes him out of the hospital and tries to use him as a barging chip. ...more about Rain Man
Actor Awards
- Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
- BAFTA Awards - Best Actor
- David di Donatello Awards - Best Foreign Actor (Migliore Attore Straniero)
- Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
- Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actor
DVD from $4.86
(15 sellers)
5
3.1119
In the run-up to the 1972 elections, Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward covers what seems to be a minor break-in at the Democratic Party National headquarters. ...more about All the President's Men
Actor Awards
- BAFTA Awards - Best Actor
DVD from $12.84
(15 sellers)
6
3.0909
Afflicted with a case of writers block, author J.M. Barrie finds inspiration in a small family of boys. Providing him with the material to write "Peter Pan," one of his most beloved plays. ...more about Finding Neverland
DVD from $7.02
(19 sellers)
7
3.0847
Michael Dorsey is desperate; he can't find a job. That is, until he gets a female role in a soap opera and becomes very famous. Of course, nobody knows that this new television star is a man... ...more about Tootsie
Actor Awards
- Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
- BAFTA Awards - Best Actor
- Boston Society of Film Critics Awards - Best Actor
- Golden Globes, USA - Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical
- National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA - Best Actor
DVD from $7.99
(2 sellers)
8
3.0236
Harold Crick is the real life character of a fictional book, unbeknownst to Harold or the author. He begins to hear the sound of the author narrating his every move and thought as she writes her novel, including Harold's eventual death. ...more about Stranger Than Fiction
DVD from $4.95
(17 sellers)
9
3.0189
In New York City, the brother of an infamous Nazi war criminal is killed in a head on collision car accident. Shortly thereafter, members of a covert US government group called "The Division" begin to be murdered one by one. ...more about Marathon Man
Actor Awards
- BAFTA Awards - Best Actor
- David di Donatello Awards - Best Foreign Actor (Migliore Attore Straniero)
- Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama
DVD from $3.90
(11 sellers)
10
3.0062
At 120 years old, Jack Crabb tells his life story about being adopted by Indians, "saved" by a Christian minister, reuniting with his sister, marrying a Russian woman, marrying an Indian woman and leading Custer into his last battle at Little Big Horn. ...more about Little Big Man
Actor Awards
- BAFTA Awards - Best Actor
DVD from $8.97
(12 sellers)
11
3.0046
After being caught in a scandalous situation days before the election, the president does not seem to have much of a chance of being re-elected. ...more about Wag the Dog
Actor Awards
- Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
- Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical
- Satellite Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
- Screen Actors Guild Awards - Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
DVD from $9.48
(11 sellers)
12
3.0020
Interview-style biography of controversial and pioneering stand-up comedian Lenny Bruce. ...more about Lenny
Actor Awards
- Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
- BAFTA Awards - Best Actor
- Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama
DVD from $5.50
(10 sellers)
13
2.9860
"Kung Fu Panda" features Jack Black as Po the Panda, a lowly waiter in a noodle restaurant, who is a kung fu fanatic but whose shape doesn't exactly lend itself to kung fu fighting. In fact, Po's defining characteristic appears to be that he is the laziest of all the animals in ancient China. ...more about Kung Fu Panda
- Not Available on DVD
14
2.9079
Based on the true story of Henri Charriere, also known as Papillon, which is French for 'butterfly' (the character even sports a large tattoo of a butterfly. ...more about Papillon
DVD from $13.79
(17 sellers)
15
2.8920
Wendell Rohr is a torts lawyer taking on the gun lobby. Rankin Fitch is the jury consultant for the Defendants and between them the battle is for the hearts and minds of the jury. But there is someone on the inside. ...more about Runaway Jury
DVD from $2.75
(15 sellers)
16
2.8754
Four boys growing up in Hell's Kitchen play a prank that leads to an old man getting hurt. ...more about Sleepers
DVD from $4.60
(14 sellers)
17
2.8278
Determined to solve the coincidence of seeing the same conspicuous stranger three times in a day, Albert hires a pair of existentialist detectives, who insist on spying on his everyday life while sharing their views on life and the nature of the universe. ...more about I Heart Huckabees
DVD from $5.91
(15 sellers)
18
2.8209
A young man lingers in the family home of his fiancee, after her accidental death. ...more about Moonlight Mile
DVD from $10.98
(9 sellers)
19
2.7709
From the play by David Mamet, AMERICAN BUFFALO is another story of mens interminable struggle toward the top of the heap, a goal which ultimately and inevitably eludes most of us. ...more about American Buffalo
DVD from $6.52
(9 sellers)
20
2.7682
What Jake Vig doesn't know just might get him killed. ...more about Confidence
DVD from $5.49
(2 sellers)
21
2.7360
A gifted French perfume maker is consumed with the need to capture the scent of love. In his quest he resorts to murderess activities to find his key ingredients and satisfy his obsession. ...more about Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
DVD from $9.87
(9 sellers)
22
2.7110
Sam Baily, upset over losing his job, takes a natural history museum hostage. Max Brackett, journalist, is in the museum when this occurs, and gets the scoop. The story spreads nation wide, and soon it is all anyone talks about. ...more about Mad City
DVD from $4.49
(10 sellers)
23
2.6317
Having given permission to male nurse Greg Focker to marry his daughter, ex-CIA man Jack Byrnes and his wife travel to Miami to Greg's parents, who this time around are Mr. and Mrs. Focker, who are as different from them as can be. ...more about Meet the Fockers
DVD from $1.87
(18 sellers)
24
2.6180
All Tess Trueheart wants is to settle down to a quiet life with her boyfriend, detective Dick Tracy. ...more about Dick Tracy
DVD from $7.42
(10 sellers)
25
2.5786
Jessie is an ageing career criminal who has been in more jails, fights, schemes, and lineups than just about anyone else. His son Vito, while currently on the straight and narrow, has had a fairly shady past and is indeed no stranger to illegal activity. ...more about Family Business
DVD from $3.92
(10 sellers)
26
2.5239
Ted Kramer is a career man for whom his work comes before his family. His wife Joanna cannot take this anymore, so she decides to leave him. Ted is now faced with the tasks of housekeeping and taking care of himself and their young son Billy. ...more about Kramer vs. Kramer
Actor Awards
- Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
- BAFTA Awards - Best Actor
- David di Donatello Awards - Best Foreign Actor (Migliore Attore Straniero)
- Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama
- Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actor
- Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actor
- National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA - Best Actor
- New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actor
DVD from $10.23
(10 sellers)
27
2.5169
Peter Pan (Williams) has grown up to be a cut-throat merger and acquisitions lawyer, and is married to Wendy's granddaughter. Captain Hook (Hoffman) kidnaps his children, and Peter returns to Never Land with Tinkerbell (Roberts). ...more about Hook
Actor Awards
- Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical
DVD from $8.98
(11 sellers)
28
2.5119
As young girl in the 15th century, Joan (Jovovich) receives a vision that drives her to rid France of its oppressors. ...more about Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
DVD from $2.12
(12 sellers)
29
2.4853
1000 feet below the ocean, navy divers discover an object half-a-mile long. A crack team of scientists are deployed to the site in Deepsea Habitats. What they find boggles the mind as they discover a perfect metal sphere. ...more about Sphere
DVD from $4.49
(12 sellers)
30
2.3369
A deadly airborne virus finds its way into the USA and starts killing off people at an epidemic rate. Col Sam Daniels' job is to stop the virus spreading from a small town, which must be quarantined, and to prevent an over reaction by the White House. ...more about Outbreak
DVD from $4.49
(12 sellers)
31
2.2078
Set in a magical toy shop which affords adults the opportunity to retain a child's sense of magic and wonder in their lives, a clerk must decide whether she wants to run the store after its current owner Mr. Magorium passes away. ...more about Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
DVD from $7.82
(15 sellers)
32
2.1241
In Havana, Cuba in the late 1950's, a wealthy family, one of whose sons is a prominent nightclub owner, is caught in the violent transition from the oppressive regime of Batista to the Marxist government of Fidel Castro. ...more about Lost City
DVD from $9.46
(11 sellers)
33
2.1167
After being released on parole, a burglar attempts to go straight, get a regular job, and just go by the rules. He soon finds himself back in jail at the hands of a power-hungry parole officer. ...more about Straight Time
- Not Available on DVD
34
2.0799
Actor Awards
- National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA - Best Actor
- Not Available on DVD
35
2.0795
Two terrible lounge singers get booked to play the Ishtar Hilton. Somehow they become pawns in an international power play between the CIA, the Emir of Ishtar, and the rebels trying to overthrow his regime. ...more about Ishtar
- Not Available on DVD
36
1.9403
Actor Awards
- BAFTA Awards - Best Actor
- Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actor - Musical/Comedy
DVD from $11.23
(9 sellers)
37
1.8492
The documentary explores the enigmatic life and music of Harry Nilsson in an attempt to answer the question, "Who is Harry Nilsson?" The film includes new and archive audio and film including interviews with Robin Williams, Yoko Ono, Van Dyke Parks, ...more about Who Is Harry Nilsson
- Not Available on DVD
38
1.7223
Based loosely on the organized crime syndicates of the 20's and 30's, Billy Bathgate is the story of a young man's rise from gopher to right hand man in Dutch Schultz' gang. Having been impressed by the youth, Schultz takes him under his wing so to speak. ...more about Billy Bathgate
DVD from $5.97
(11 sellers)
39
1.6537
Alfredo, a timid young Italian, lusts after and woos the beautiful Maria Rosa. But when he manages to marry her, he discovers life is not nearly so blissful as he expected. ...more about Alfredo
- Not Available on DVD
40
1.6035
Georgie Soloway, a pop hit love song writer who cannot love, himself, or others. He spends his days with various women flying his plane, and dropping in to the world around him. ...more about Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?
- Not Available on DVD
41
1.1689
Bernie Laplante is having a rough time. He's divorced, his ex-wife hates him and has custody of their son, the cops are setting a trap for him, then to top it all, he loses a shoe whilst rescuing passengers of a crashed jet. ...more about Hero
DVD from $3.92
(12 sellers)
44
When a deported gangster dies in Italy, the U.S. treasury dept. is very interested in the $1,000,000.00 Madigan owed the government, but managed to take to Italy with him. They send agent Jason Phister over to Italy to nose out the million. ...more about Madigan's Millions
DVD from $4.49
(7 sellers)
46
Ben Harris, an embittered, middle-aged New York City postal worker living in a Greenwich Village basement, becomes obsessed with the idea of kidnapping and enslaving the first beautiful young woman he can get his hands on. ...more about Tiger Makes Out
- Not Available on DVD
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