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David Niven

Actor · 80 credits · 47 in highly-rated films

Best known for A Matter of Life and Death (1946)

Frequent collaborators: Deborah Kerr, Flora Robson, Peter Sellers, C. Aubrey Smith, Roger Moore

Best David Niven movies by genre

Movies (80 total, ranked by score)

  1. A Matter of Life and Death

    1946 · ★ 7.8 (479 votes)

    Romance, Fantasy, Drama

    1

  2. The Guns of Navarone

    1961 · ★ 7.3 (900 votes)

    Adventure, Drama, War

    2

  3. Wuthering Heights

    1939 · ★ 7.2 (335 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    3

  4. The Pink Panther

    1963 · ★ 6.8 (1,209 votes)

    Comedy, Crime

    4

  5. Murder by Death

    1976 · ★ 7.2 (907 votes)

    Comedy, Crime, Mystery

    5

  6. Around the World in 80 Days

    1956 · ★ 6.7 (597 votes)

    Adventure, Comedy, Family

    6

  7. Dodsworth

    1936 · ★ 7.1 (148 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    7

  8. Separate Tables

    1958 · ★ 7.0 (136 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    8

  9. The Best of Enemies

    1961 · ★ 6.9 (38 votes)

    Comedy, War

    9

  10. 55 Days at Peking

    1963 · ★ 6.9 (186 votes)

    History, War, Drama

    10

  11. The Prisoner of Zenda

    1937 · ★ 7.5 (61 votes)

    Romance, Adventure, Drama

    11

  12. The Brain

    1969 · ★ 7.3 (302 votes)

    Crime, Comedy

    12

  13. Bachelor Mother

    1939 · ★ 7.2 (81 votes)

    Comedy, Romance

    13

  14. Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

    2024 · ★ 7.7 (29 votes)

    Documentary

    14

  15. Bluebeard's 8th Wife

    1938 · ★ 7.1 (107 votes)

    Comedy, Romance

    15

  16. Bonjour Tristesse

    1958 · ★ 6.7 (147 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    16

  17. The Charge of the Light Brigade

    1936 · ★ 6.5 (84 votes)

    Drama, Adventure, War

    17

  18. Candleshoe

    1977 · ★ 6.9 (122 votes)

    Family

    18

  19. Splendor

    1935 · ★ 6.3 (6 votes)

    Comedy, Romance

    19

  20. There Goes the Bride

    1932 · ★ 6.4 (5 votes)

    Romance, Comedy, Music

    20

  21. My Man Godfrey

    1957 · ★ 6.5 (26 votes)

    Comedy

    21

  22. Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

    1991 · ★ 7.7 (6 votes)

    Documentary

    22

  23. Palm Springs

    1936

    Comedy, Drama, Music

    23

  24. Eye of the Devil

    1966 · ★ 6.1 (63 votes)

    Horror, Mystery, Thriller

    24

  25. The Real Glory

    1939 · ★ 6.3 (21 votes)

    Drama, War

    25

  26. Bedtime Story

    1964 · ★ 6.3 (55 votes)

    Comedy

    26

  27. Casino Royale

    1967 · ★ 5.3 (837 votes)

    Adventure, Action, Comedy

    27

  28. Appointment with Venus

    1951 · ★ 5.1 (7 votes)

    Romance

    28

  29. The Moon Is Blue

    1953 · ★ 6.3 (52 votes)

    Comedy, Romance

    29

  30. Soldiers Three

    1951 · ★ 4.4 (5 votes)

    Adventure, Comedy, War

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.