James Stewart

James Stewart

Actor (1908 - 1997)
i How is this score calculated?

The ThumbScore for James Stewart (82.1%) is the average audience approval rating across 37 films. Each movie's ThumbScore represents the percentage of real audiences who rated it positively. A higher score means more of James's films are well-received by everyday viewers.

37
Movies
82.1%
Avg ThumbScore
Comedy
Top Genre

Audiences rate James Stewart’s films higher than 96% of the 3,467 people with 10 or more films on ThumbScore. See the full ranking

Free to watch now (26 Oct): You Can't Take It with You (YouTube) · Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (Tubi) · It's a Wonderful Life (Roku Channel, Hoopla, Fawesome) · Anatomy of a Murder (Fawesome) · The Glenn Miller Story (Philo) · The Philadelphia Story (Plex, Tubi) and 9 more.

Frequent Collaborators

Alfred Hitchcock (5)Thomas Mitchell (2)Beulah Bondi (2)H.B. Warner (2)Frank Capra (2)

James Maitland "Jimmy" Stewart was an American film and stage actor, known for his distinctive voice and his everyman persona. Over the course of his career, he starred in many films widely considered classics and was nominated for five Academy Awards, winning one in competition and receiving one Lifetime Achievement award. He was a major MGM contract star. He also had a noted military career and was a World War II and Vietnam War veteran, who rose to the rank of Brigadier General in the United States Air Force Reserve. Throughout his seven decades in Hollywood, Stewart cultivated a versatile career and recognized screen image in such classics as Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, The Philadelphia Story, Harvey, It's a Wonderful Life, Shenandoah, Rear Window, Rope, The Man Who Knew Too Much, and Vertigo.

He is the most represented leading actor on the AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) and AFI's 10 Top 10 lists. He is also the most represented leading actor on the 100 Greatest Movies of All Time list presented by Entertainment Weekly. As of 2007, ten of his films have been inducted into the United States National Film Registry. Stewart left his mark on a wide range of film genres, including westerns, suspense thrillers, family films, biographies and screwball comedies. He worked for a number of renowned directors later in his career, most notably Alfred Hitchcock, John Ford, Billy Wilder, Frank Capra, George Cukor, and Anthony Mann. He won many of the industry's highest honors and earned Lifetime Achievement awards from every major film organization. He died at age 89, leaving behind a legacy of classic performances, and is considered one of the finest actors of the "Golden Age of Hollywood".

Born 1908-05-20 in Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA. Died 1997-07-02.

On ThumbScore, James Stewart appears in 37 films with an average audience score of 82.1%, most frequently in the Comedy genre.

Sources: TMDB

Every James Stewart movie, ranked by audience score

After the Thin Man
After the Thin Man
1936
👍 93%
Rear Window
Rear Window
1954
👍 91%
You Can't Take It with You
You Can't Take It with You
1938
👍 90%
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
👍 89%
The Shop Around the Corner
The Shop Around the Corner
1940
👍 89%
Bend of the River
Bend of the River
1952
👍 89%
It's a Wonderful Life
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
👍 88%
Winchester '73
Winchester '73
1950
👍 87%
Vertigo
Vertigo
1958
👍 83%
Anatomy of a Murder
Anatomy of a Murder
1959
👍 83%
Destry Rides Again
Destry Rides Again
1939
👍 83%
The Flight of the Phoenix
The Flight of the Phoenix
1965
👍 83%
The Naked Spur
The Naked Spur
1953
👍 83%
The Glenn Miller Story
The Glenn Miller Story
1954
👍 83%
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
1991
👍 82%
The Philadelphia Story
The Philadelphia Story
1940
👍 82%
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
1962
👍 82%
The Man from Laramie
The Man from Laramie
1955
👍 82%
The Mortal Storm
The Mortal Storm
1940
👍 82%
How the West Was Won
How the West Was Won
1962
👍 81%
Broken Arrow
Broken Arrow
1950
👍 81%
Call Northside 777
Call Northside 777
1948
👍 81%
The Far Country
The Far Country
1954
👍 81%
Rope
Rope
1948
👍 80%
Harvey
Harvey
1950
👍 80%
The Shootist
The Shootist
1976
👍 80%
The Greatest Show on Earth
The Greatest Show on Earth
1952
👍 80%
Bell, Book and Candle
Bell, Book and Candle
1958
👍 80%
The Spirit of St. Louis
The Spirit of St. Louis
1957
👍 80%
Shenandoah
Shenandoah
1965
👍 79%
Cheyenne Autumn
Cheyenne Autumn
1964
👍 78%
Bandolero!
Bandolero!
1968
👍 78%
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
👍 77%
The Big Sleep
The Big Sleep
1978
👍 77%
The Man Who Knew Too Much
The Man Who Knew Too Much
1956
👍 76%
Two Rode Together
Two Rode Together
1961
👍 76%
Airport '77
Airport '77
1977
👍 69%