Jack Nicholson

Jack Nicholson

Actor (b. 1937)
i How is this score calculated?

The ThumbScore for Jack Nicholson (75.5%) is the average audience approval rating across 44 films. Each movie's ThumbScore represents the percentage of real audiences who rated it positively. A higher score means more of Jack's films are well-received by everyday viewers.

44
Movies
75.5%
Avg ThumbScore
Drama
Top Genre

Audiences rate Jack Nicholson’s films higher than 79% of the 3,467 people with 10 or more films on ThumbScore. See the full ranking

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Frequent Collaborators

James L. Brooks (4)Scatman Crothers (3)Danny DeVito (3)Bob Rafelson (3)Shelley Duvall (2)

John Joseph "Jack" Nicholson (born April 22, 1937) is a retired American actor, film director, producer and writer. He is renowned for his often dark-themed portrayals of neurotic characters. Nicholson has been nominated for Academy Awards 12 times, winning Best Actor for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and for As Good as It Gets, and Best Supporting Actor for Terms of Endearment.

He is tied with Walter Brennan for most acting wins by a male actor (three), and second to Katharine Hepburn for most acting wins overall (four). He is also one of only two actors nominated for an Academy Award for acting (either lead or supporting) in every decade from the 1960s to 2000s (the other one being Michael Caine). He has won seven Golden Globe Awards, and received a Kennedy Center Honor in 2001. In 1994, he became one of the youngest actors to be awarded the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award. Notable films in which he has starred include, Easy Rider, Chinatown, The Shining, Reds, Batman, A Few Good Men, About Schmidt, Something's Gotta Give, and The Departed.

Born 1937-04-22 in Manhattan, New York, USA.

On ThumbScore, Jack Nicholson appears in 44 films with an average audience score of 75.5%, most frequently in the Drama genre.

Sources: TMDB

Every Jack Nicholson movie, ranked by audience score

The Departed
The Departed
2006
👍 91%
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975
👍 91%
The Shining
The Shining
1980
👍 88%
A Few Good Men
A Few Good Men
1992
👍 84%
The Passenger
The Passenger
1975
👍 84%
Anger Management
Anger Management
2003
👍 84%
Batman
Batman
1989
👍 83%
As Good as It Gets
As Good as It Gets
1997
👍 83%
The Little Shop of Horrors
The Little Shop of Horrors
1960
👍 83%
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
2001
👍 83%
Chinatown
Chinatown
1974
👍 81%
Wolf
Wolf
1994
👍 81%
The Last Detail
The Last Detail
1973
👍 81%
Something's Gotta Give
Something's Gotta Give
2003
👍 79%
About Schmidt
About Schmidt
2002
👍 79%
The Raven
The Raven
1963
👍 79%
The Bucket List
The Bucket List
2007
👍 78%
Reds
Reds
1981
👍 78%
Mars Attacks!
Mars Attacks!
1996
👍 77%
Carnal Knowledge
Carnal Knowledge
1971
👍 77%
Broadcast News
Broadcast News
1987
👍 76%
The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Postman Always Rings Twice
1981
👍 75%
Terms of Endearment
Terms of Endearment
1983
👍 74%
Five Easy Pieces
Five Easy Pieces
1970
👍 74%
Prizzi's Honor
Prizzi's Honor
1985
👍 74%
The Missouri Breaks
The Missouri Breaks
1976
👍 74%
The Last Tycoon
The Last Tycoon
1976
👍 73%
Hoffa
Hoffa
1992
👍 72%
The Shooting
The Shooting
1966
👍 72%
The Pledge
The Pledge
2001
👍 71%
The Terror
The Terror
1963
👍 71%
Goin' South
Goin' South
1978
👍 71%
Ride in the Whirlwind
Ride in the Whirlwind
1966
👍 71%
Easy Rider
Easy Rider
1969
👍 70%
Heartburn
Heartburn
1986
👍 70%
Ironweed
Ironweed
1987
👍 70%
The Witches of Eastwick
The Witches of Eastwick
1987
👍 69%
The Border
The Border
1982
👍 69%
The King of Marvin Gardens
The King of Marvin Gardens
1972
👍 68%
I'm Still Here
I'm Still Here
2010
👍 68%
The Two Jakes
The Two Jakes
1990
👍 67%
The Crossing Guard
The Crossing Guard
1995
👍 65%
Blood and Wine
Blood and Wine
1996
👍 63%
How Do You Know
How Do You Know
2010
👍 52%