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Sterling Hayden

Actor · 61 credits · 35 in highly-rated films

Best known for The Godfather (1972)

Frequent collaborators: Frank Ferguson, Joan Crawford, Ted de Corsia, Byron Foulger

Best Sterling Hayden movies by genre

Movies (61 total, ranked by score)

  1. The Godfather

    1972 · ★ 8.7 (23,428 votes)

    Drama, Crime

    1

  2. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

    1964 · ★ 8.1 (6,269 votes)

    Comedy, War

    2

  3. The Killing

    1956 · ★ 7.6 (1,750 votes)

    Crime, Thriller, Drama

    3

  4. Nine to Five

    1980 · ★ 6.9 (567 votes)

    Comedy

    4

  5. The Asphalt Jungle

    1950 · ★ 7.5 (548 votes)

    Crime, Drama

    5

  6. The Long Goodbye

    1973 · ★ 7.4 (798 votes)

    Mystery, Drama, Crime

    6

  7. Johnny Guitar

    1954 · ★ 7.4 (482 votes)

    Western

    7

  8. The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959

    2016 · ★ 9.0 (11 votes)

    Crime, Drama

    8

  9. Kubrick by Kubrick

    2020 · ★ 7.3 (51 votes)

    Documentary, History

    9

  10. Crime Wave

    1953 · ★ 7.1 (84 votes)

    Crime, Thriller

    10

  11. Manhandled

    1949 · ★ 4.9 (18 votes)

    Crime, Drama

    11

  12. Terror in a Texas Town

    1958 · ★ 6.7 (48 votes)

    Western

    12

  13. Requiem for a Heavyweight

    1956 · ★ 7.5 (2 votes)

    TV Movie, Drama

    13

  14. Denver and Rio Grande

    1952 · ★ 5.5 (15 votes)

    Western

    14

  15. Prince Valiant

    1954 · ★ 6.1 (68 votes)

    Adventure, Action, Romance

    15

  16. Loving

    1970 · ★ 6.0 (17 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    16

  17. Hellgate

    1952 · ★ 6.7 (9 votes)

    Western

    17

  18. Suddenly

    1954 · ★ 6.4 (119 votes)

    Crime, Thriller

    18

  19. Zero Hour!

    1957 · ★ 6.7 (54 votes)

    Drama, Thriller

    19

  20. The Golden Hawk

    1952 · ★ 5.1 (8 votes)

    Adventure

    20

  21. Gun Battle at Monterey

    1957 · ★ 4.6 (5 votes)

    Romance, Western

    21

  22. The Outsider

    1979 · ★ 5.2 (9 votes)

    Drama, History

    22

  23. The Cinema According to Bertolucci

    1976 · ★ 6.5 (2 votes)

    Documentary, TV Movie

    23

  24. Timberjack

    1955 · ★ 3.2 (4 votes)

    Music, Action, Western

    24

  25. The Iron Sheriff

    1957 · ★ 6.2 (6 votes)

    Western

    25

  26. So Big

    1953 · ★ 5.6 (11 votes)

    Drama, Romance, Western

    26

  27. Sweet Hunters

    1970 · ★ 6.3 (6 votes)

    Drama

    27

  28. Crime of Passion

    1956 · ★ 6.1 (55 votes)

    Drama, Crime, Thriller

    28

  29. The Last Command

    1955 · ★ 6.7 (10 votes)

    History, Western, War

    29

  30. The Big Departure

    1972 · ★ 4.7 (3 votes)

    Drama, Fantasy

    30

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