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Walter Matthau

Actor · 73 credits · 48 in highly-rated films

Best known for Charade (1963)

Frequent collaborators: Jack Lemmon, Billy Wilder, Charles Durning, Harry Morgan, Ron Rifkin

Best Walter Matthau movies by genre

Movies (72 total, ranked by score)

  1. Charade

    1963 · ★ 7.7 (1,575 votes)

    Comedy, Mystery, Romance

    1

  2. A Face in the Crowd

    1957 · ★ 7.6 (279 votes)

    Drama

    2

  3. The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

    1974 · ★ 7.5 (644 votes)

    Crime, Thriller, Action

    3

  4. The Front Page

    1974 · ★ 7.3 (388 votes)

    Comedy

    4

  5. Charley Varrick

    1973 · ★ 7.4 (294 votes)

    Crime, Thriller, Drama

    5

  6. Hello, Dolly!

    1969 · ★ 7.0 (402 votes)

    Comedy, Romance

    6

  7. The Bad News Bears

    1976 · ★ 6.9 (350 votes)

    Family, Comedy, Drama

    7

  8. The Fortune Cookie

    1966 · ★ 7.2 (357 votes)

    Comedy, Drama, Crime

    8

  9. The Odd Couple

    1968 · ★ 7.4 (656 votes)

    Comedy

    9

  10. A New Leaf

    1971 · ★ 7.3 (207 votes)

    Comedy, Romance

    10

  11. Cactus Flower

    1969 · ★ 7.2 (247 votes)

    Comedy, Romance

    11

  12. Bigger Than Life

    1956 · ★ 7.2 (186 votes)

    Drama

    12

  13. Grumpy Old Men

    1993 · ★ 6.7 (747 votes)

    Comedy, Romance

    13

  14. Hopscotch

    1980 · ★ 7.0 (185 votes)

    Comedy, Adventure

    14

  15. Dennis the Menace

    1993 · ★ 5.9 (1,631 votes)

    Family, Comedy

    15

  16. The Sunshine Boys

    1975 · ★ 6.9 (111 votes)

    Comedy

    16

  17. Pirates

    1986 · ★ 6.3 (308 votes)

    Adventure, Comedy

    17

  18. King Creole

    1958 · ★ 6.4 (113 votes)

    Drama, Music, Crime

    18

  19. Little Miss Marker

    1980 · ★ 6.6 (51 votes)

    Comedy, Romance

    19

  20. Incident in a Small Town

    1994 · ★ 6.6 (5 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie

    20

  21. I.Q.

    1994 · ★ 6.0 (505 votes)

    Comedy, Drama, Romance

    21

  22. The Odd Couple II

    1998 · ★ 6.3 (151 votes)

    Adventure, Comedy

    22

  23. Strangers When We Meet

    1960 · ★ 6.4 (45 votes)

    Romance, Drama

    23

  24. California Suite

    1978 · ★ 5.9 (126 votes)

    Comedy, Drama, Romance

    24

  25. Funny Business

    1978

    Documentary, Comedy

    25

  26. The Indian Fighter

    1955 · ★ 6.4 (84 votes)

    Western

    26

  27. The Laughing Policeman

    1973 · ★ 6.2 (79 votes)

    Crime, Drama, Thriller

    27

  28. Plaza Suite

    1971 · ★ 6.2 (55 votes)

    Comedy, Drama, Romance

    28

  29. Ride a Crooked Trail

    1958 · ★ 6.5 (26 votes)

    Romance, Western

    29

  30. Kotch

    1971 · ★ 6.6 (34 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 30, 2026.