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Paul Newman

Actor · 107 credits · 59 in highly-rated films

Best known for The Sting (1973)

Frequent collaborators: Joanne Woodward, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross, Strother Martin, Robert Wagner

Best Paul Newman movies by genre

Movies (100 total, ranked by score)

  1. The Sting

    1973 · ★ 8.0 (3,067 votes)

    Comedy, Crime, Drama

    1

  2. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

    1969 · ★ 7.6 (2,528 votes)

    Western

    2

  3. Cool Hand Luke

    1967 · ★ 7.7 (1,657 votes)

    Drama, Crime

    3

  4. Cars

    2006 · ★ 7.0 (15,420 votes)

    Animation, Adventure, Comedy

    4

  5. The Hustler

    1961 · ★ 7.7 (1,120 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    5

  6. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

    1958 · ★ 7.6 (859 votes)

    Drama

    6

  7. The Verdict

    1982 · ★ 7.5 (756 votes)

    Drama

    7

  8. Road to Perdition

    2002 · ★ 7.4 (4,004 votes)

    Crime, Drama, Thriller

    8

  9. The Towering Inferno

    1974 · ★ 7.0 (1,067 votes)

    Action, Drama, Thriller

    9

  10. Hud

    1963 · ★ 7.3 (367 votes)

    Drama, Western

    10

  11. The Color of Money

    1986 · ★ 6.9 (1,564 votes)

    Drama

    11

  12. Hombre

    1967 · ★ 7.1 (249 votes)

    Western

    12

  13. The Hudsucker Proxy

    1994 · ★ 7.1 (1,205 votes)

    Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

    13

  14. Nobody's Fool

    1994 · ★ 6.9 (354 votes)

    Drama, Comedy

    14

  15. The Long, Hot Summer

    1958 · ★ 7.0 (232 votes)

    Drama

    15

  16. Slap Shot

    1977 · ★ 6.8 (460 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    16

  17. Somebody Up There Likes Me

    1956 · ★ 7.2 (185 votes)

    Drama

    17

  18. Message in a Bottle

    1999 · ★ 6.3 (847 votes)

    Romance, Drama

    18

  19. Harper

    1966 · ★ 6.7 (197 votes)

    Mystery, Crime, Thriller

    19

  20. Torn Curtain

    1966 · ★ 6.6 (671 votes)

    Thriller

    20

  21. Exodus

    1960 · ★ 6.7 (236 votes)

    Drama, War

    21

  22. What a Way to Go!

    1964 · ★ 7.1 (108 votes)

    Comedy, Romance

    22

  23. Fort Apache, the Bronx

    1981 · ★ 6.5 (130 votes)

    Crime, Drama, Action

    23

  24. Mater and the Ghostlight

    2006 · ★ 6.3 (491 votes)

    Animation, Comedy, Family

    24

  25. Best of Enemies

    2015 · ★ 7.2 (144 votes)

    Documentary, History

    25

  26. The Young Philadelphians

    1959 · ★ 7.4 (57 votes)

    Drama

    26

  27. Roving Mars

    2006 · ★ 7.2 (36 votes)

    Documentary

    27

  28. Absence of Malice

    1981 · ★ 6.6 (252 votes)

    Drama, Romance, Crime

    28

  29. Paris Blues

    1961 · ★ 6.5 (76 votes)

    Romance, Drama, Music

    29

  30. Sometimes a Great Notion

    1971 · ★ 6.9 (105 votes)

    Action, Adventure, Drama

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 28, 2026.