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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

Movies (72 total, ranked by score)

  1. Out to Sea

    1997 · ★ 5.8 (125 votes)

    Comedy, Romance

    31

  2. The Incident

    1990 · ★ 6.5 (14 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie

    32

  3. The Kentuckian

    1955 · ★ 5.8 (56 votes)

    Western

    33

  4. Candy

    1968 · ★ 5.1 (85 votes)

    Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

    34

  5. Slaughter on 10th Avenue

    1957 · ★ 5.4 (8 votes)

    Crime, Drama

    35

  6. How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

    1992 · ★ 7.3 (6 votes)

    Animation, Family, Fantasy

    36

  7. Awake and Sing!

    1972

    Drama

    37

  8. A Guide for the Married Man

    1967 · ★ 5.9 (43 votes)

    Comedy, Romance

    38

  9. The Lion Roars Again

    1975

    Documentary

    39

  10. Ensign Pulver

    1964 · ★ 6.6 (15 votes)

    Comedy, War

    40

  11. Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough

    1997 · ★ 6.5 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    41

  12. House Calls

    1978 · ★ 6.3 (19 votes)

    Comedy, Romance

    42

  13. 'Fail-Safe' and the Cold War

    2020

    Documentary

    43

  14. Gangster Story

    1959 · ★ 5.0 (10 votes)

    Crime, Drama

    44

  15. The Marriage Fool

    1998 · ★ 6.9 (5 votes)

    Comedy, Drama, Romance

    45

  16. Private Screenings: Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau

    1998

    Documentary

    46

  17. I Ought to Be in Pictures

    1982 · ★ 6.5 (10 votes)

    Drama, Comedy

    47

  18. Who's Got the Action?

    1962 · ★ 5.2 (13 votes)

    Comedy

    48

  19. The Survivors

    1983 · ★ 5.7 (114 votes)

    Drama, Comedy

    49

  20. Pete 'n' Tillie

    1972 · ★ 5.8 (21 votes)

    Drama, Comedy, Romance

    50

  21. I'm Not Rappaport

    1996 · ★ 5.7 (34 votes)

    Comedy

    51

  22. The Gentleman Tramp

    1976 · ★ 7.1 (5 votes)

    Documentary

    52

  23. The Stingiest Man in Town

    1978 · ★ 5.3 (16 votes)

    Animation, TV Movie, Fantasy

    53

  24. The Couch Trip

    1988 · ★ 5.5 (117 votes)

    Comedy

    54

  25. Island of Love

    1963 · ★ 5.8 (6 votes)

    Comedy

    55

  26. Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy

    1998 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    56

  27. Goodbye Charlie

    1964 · ★ 5.9 (28 votes)

    Comedy, Romance, Fantasy

    57

  28. Casey's Shadow

    1978 · ★ 6.3 (11 votes)

    Drama, Family

    58

  29. Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy Wilder

    1982 · ★ 6.7 (10 votes)

    Documentary, TV Movie

    59

  30. Actor

    1978

    TV Movie, Drama, Comedy

    60

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 31, 2026.