James Mason - Top 35 Highest Rated Movies

[@pankajshah3422]

James Mason was the most versatile actor of England n Hollywood.Great depth in acting n performance.A Star is Born,Mayerling,North by North West are some example.Wonderful human being too.Thanx for sharing.💐💐💐

[@ike9854]

Mason is electric in THE DESERT FOX,it should be much higher!!!!!!!He was the greatest actor ever, in my mind.

[@lisamichelle8413]

The Reckless Moment and Odd Man Out, The Wicked Lady .. I love just watching and listening to him “what a man” 🥰

[@rubytuesday5412]

Oooh yes, you've just reminded me of The Wicked Lady. Thanks bunches..

[@rubytuesday5412]

I'll watch James in anything.

[@raylenenielsen5943]

I absolutely did not like the movie “Lolita”. I never watched the James Mason version, but the story is still the same.

[@karengreenfield552]

@@raylenenielsen5943 I got the DVD acting was superb James Mason and Peter Sellers all where good

[@karengreenfield552]

Same here can't get enough of him that voice

[@simonf8902]

James made a great number of movies. He was always good. North by North West is a consummate performance. The Upturned Glass is a great vehicle for him too.

[@keithnaylor1981]

Wonderful stylish star with a distinct stylish voice. His most intense role is the prosecutor in THE TRIALS OF OSCAR WILDE. Most stylish beautiful film: THE SHOOTING PARTY. Biggest media-inflated disappointment: LOLITA 1962. Biggest mistake ever of ‘The Academy’ was in not giving Judy Garland the Oscar for A STAR IS BORN. And the worst ever decision not to film in colour fell on: JULIUS CAESAR. Strangely there are 3 glaring omissions from the list: SPRING AND PORT WINE 1970 with Susan George as a rebellious late teen. A PLACE OF ONES OWN 1945, a brilliantly atmospheric tale of the supernatural, and FANNY BY GASLIGHT 1944, Victorian drama with Stewart Granger. All of which were very good movies.

[@columkenn]

I recall Spring and Port Wine. Must look it up

[@rubytuesday5412]

@@columkenn ~ Yes I love that movie, with Susan George and Diana Coupland. Another goodun is 'The Upturned Glass', a great psych thriller. His wife Pamela stars too.

[@harrihaffi2713]

Cool list. James Mason is a favorite actor of mine. Didn’t discover him until last year though…

[@50sVintage]

I'm surprised The Tenth Man didn't make this list of top 35. Anything with James Mason will get my attention!

[@NRTSean]

There is a brilliant British film he made called 'Spring and Port Wine'...

[@jarodcarnarvon5198]

Outstanding actor, loved his acting!!

[@cogersonmoviescore5648]

Top 10..#10 Cross of Fire.....Peckinpah at his best #8 Gregory Girl....is was ok....#7 The Verdict....at 7th...way too low...one of his great performances.....it is third at UMR. 5th Lolita...a good movie but not one to re-watch too often 4th 20,000 Leagues...his biggest hit...Julius Caesar....great performance by Mason...he out shines Brando...#3 Odd Man Out....saw this recently...it wa good but not great #2 A Star Is Born....should have won him an Oscar. #1 North by Northwest...hard to argue...as it is one of my favorites.. So I am at 18....just a little over half. Another fine addition to your library. Voted up.

[@Top10Charts3978]

Thanks Bruce, much appreciated. We have the same no.1 so that's cool. I've never seen The Verdict, I'm not much of a Paul Newman fan as you know but I should watch it for Mason. I haven't seen Odd Man Out either. 20,000 Leagues is a huge favorite of mine and my dads too, he loved Mason as Captain Nemo. And North By Northwest IMO the most enjoyable of all the Hitchcock thrillers, but not quite the masterpiece Psycho is. Cheers.

[@yvonneheald3616]

You never mentioned 'The Man Between' one of Mason's favourite films. Directed by Carol Reed a brilliant film set in Berlin just not long after WW2.

[@shawnkristoferu8303]

One of the greatest actors of all time. He was considered one of the top three best English actors of all time along with Lawrence Olivier & Alec Guiness. I remember him in Odd Man Out & Five Fingers. I think Odd Man Out is the best from above.

[@MartinCanada]

There's also the witty and ironical "A Touch of Larceny" (1960) directed by Guy Hamilton who subsequently directed a slew of James Bond films.

[@lefantomer]

He was in many fine movies. But "Leagues" actually changed lives. I have a number of friends whose career choices were influenced by that film and Mason's performance in particular.

[@raylenenielsen5943]

James Mason was such a great actor, but he seemed to get the “bad guy” parts an awful lot. He didn’t have the leading role near enough, and I would’ve like to see him “get the girl” far more than he did.

[@ellenthorne8222]

11 Harrow House was also a good film, to be honest I enjoyed more than the book

[@ccaammiinniiito2]

Has anyone else other than myself noticed the many movies Mason has starred in with simply brilliant endings? For example, the one in which a woman in love with him walks through streets where the police are looking for him for a murder committed in the commission of a robbery, only to direct him to a deserted place where she pulls out a gun, tells him of her love and that they're "leaving" together, then commits suicide by cop with both dying from a hale of bullets by the police? The brilliance is we hear two bullets fired, presumably from the gun carried by the woman who found Mason, but no, we hear other shots and wonder how was it possible for her to fire four shots? Finding out that it was the police returning fire from the two rounds were shot, explaining the mystery. I could only wish "The Sopranos" could've ended on such a high note as opposed to that lame ending with the camera going blank. Ben Mankiewicz can put on such memorable movies considering his youthfulness.

[@Top10Charts3978]

Thanks for commenting. That sounds interesting. Which movie was that?

[@jerridavis2522]

That was a great movie...Mason's best, "Odd Man Out".

[@ccaammiinniiito2]

All Mason's works were brilliant. However, "Five Fingers" really got to me. Such an ending. I wondered how many law enforcement career people watching the movies in civvies anticipated the ending? But on second thought, even a neophyte might've suspected that all couldn't have been that easy, given how cunning the noblewoman was.

[@calql8er]

I saw "Five Fingers" as a little kid. It was one of the first movies for grown-ups that I followed. Hadn't seen it in decades. Finally have my own copy. Two of them, in fact.

[@Roybatty066]

Really thought Lolita would have perched the 1st. Was he really in a movie called The Pumpkin Eater?

[@WilhelmHeiden]

I'd love to know the music score on this. My sound recognition software couldn't recognize the first song.

[@Top10Charts3978]

Hi there, I'm pretty sure all the tracks are by Jingle Punks which were available in youtubes audio library. The first track is titled 'Into the Depths' and the last 'Galactic Damages'.

[@richardscanlan3419]

Lolita was my favourite role.Funnily enough,my mother turned off him as an actor after this role,

[@c.a.savage5689]

How can you not include "They Were Sisters" ?

[@karengreenfield552]

That was good so awful to his wife under the thumb

[@christopherjeffery8691]

I Like James Mason Movies I Have On DVD In Alphabetical Order 20000 Leagues Under The Sea The Boys From Brazil Cross Of Iron The Desert Rats Lolita North By Northwest

[@mariocisneros911]

Odd Man Out should be #1

[@florarobison4508]

I have seen 26 of these movies. Like you, Steve, I enjoy the 5 movies you added. Glad to see North By Northwest and A Star is Born at 1 and 2. Mason had such a beautiful speaking voice and I love his roles all the time. I've seen The Verdict and Odd Man Out.

[@Top10Charts3978]

Hi Flora. 26 is impressive, I've seen 18 and so has Bruce, you're definitely a big fan. Great voice and an actor who can play villain and hero with ease. I want to see The Verdict and Odd Man Out and see why they're so highly rated. Thanks for checking these out!

[@bzfrancoise6201]

Odd man out

[@williamblakehall5566]

What, no 11 Harrowhouse? A shame. Still, a very solid list.

[@logofilm8644]

The only movies I saw Mason in are The Desert Fox: The Story Of Rommel (1951), The Desert Rats (1953), A Star Is Born (1954), Island In The Sky (1957), North By Northwest (1959), Lolita (1962) and The Blue Max (1966).

[@MichaelCarmichael]

One of the greatest actors in history, Mason's work will never be equalled. That said, this list seems rather odd.

[@brigittemaroillat1776]

And what about The Man Between?

[@Top10Charts3978]

A lot of films got left out, sorry about that. A top 30 wasn't enough for some actors. Thanks for posting.

[@Firebrand55]

The Shooting Party....the scene with John Geilgud.....perhaps his best ever scene?

[@Top10Charts3978]

I hope I've included the movie on the video. I can't remember what I have on there.

[@muddabber9925]

nice fun presentation and i know it's "movies", but, i loved him in salem's lot...

[@Top10Charts3978]

Agreed. He was great in Salem's Lot. One of the best TV movies and Stephen King adaptations.

[@MrResearcher122]

Great character actor, but ,surprisingly, he seems to have a lot of 6.5 in the ratings of film quality.

[@marcoantonioperez4250]

Gran video del gran actor inglés James Mason con una impresionante filmografía muy difícil de igualar con grandes actuaciones como protagonista y como villano. Entre otras grandes películas. The Seventh Vell 1945 Compton Bennett. Caught 1949 Max Ophuls. Muy interesante película con gran reparto. James Mason, Barbara Bel Geddes y Robert Ryan. Madame Bovary 1949 Vincente Minnelli . The Reckless Moment 1949 Max Ophuls. Participo en grandes películas bélicas. The Desert Rats 1953 Robert Wise. The Blue Max 1966 John Guillermin. Espectacular película bélica con gran reparto. George Peppard, James Mason y Ursula Andress. Cross of Iron 1977 Sam Peckinpah. Participó en un papel secundario en esta gran película bélica protagonizada por James Coburn con una gran actuación como el Sargento Steiner. Grandes películas de aventuras. Prince Valiant 1954 Henry Hathaway. 20.000 Leagues Under the Sea 1954 Richard Fleischer. Quizá para mi la mejor película de Walt Disney junto a Mary Poppins con personajes reales. Con un reparto de lujo. Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lucas y Peter Lorre. Journey to the Center of the Earth 1959 Henry Levin. Otra gran película sobre las obras de Julio Verne. Lord Jim 1965 Richard Brooks. Junto al gran Peter O'Toole. Genghis Khan 1965 Henry Levin. Otras grandes películas. A Stars is Born 1954 George Cukor. Gran drama musical junto a la gran Judy Garland. Bigger Than Life 1956 Nicholas Ray. The Trials of Oscar Wilde 1960 Ken Hughes. The Fall of the Roman Empire 1964. Una de las grandes peliculas de romanos del gran director Anthony Mann con un gran reparto. The Pumpkin Eater 1964 Jack Clayton. The Boys from Brazil 1978 Franklin J. Schaffner. Gran película con un reparto fuera de serie. Gregory Peck, Laurence Olivier y James Mason. Murder by Decree 1979 Bob Clark. Gran película sobre el gran detective Sherlock Holmes. Con gran reparto. Evil Under the Sun 1982 Guy Hamilton. Gran película sobre la novela de Agatha Christie. Con un gran reparto. Finalmente quería comentar mis ocho películas favoritas de este gran actor algunas de protagonista y otras como secundario. Odd Man Out 1947. Gran obra maestra del gran director Carol Reed. Película estrenada en España con el título de Larga es la noche. Con una impresionante actuación de James Mason realmente irrepetible, siempre fue una de las películas favoritas de mi padre. The Desert Fox 1951 Henry Hathaway. Gran drama bélico. Con otra gran actuación de mucha clase de James Mason como el Mariscal Erwin Rommel. 5 Fingers 1952 Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Gran thriller película realmente entretenida con una gran actuación de James Mason como espía. The Prisoner of Zenda 1952 Richard Thorpe. Gran película de aventuras un gran remake de la versión anterior de 1937. Reparto de lujo con grandes escenas como el duelo final a sable entre Stewart Granger y James Mason realmente antológico en la historia del cine. Julius Caesar 1953 Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Gran drama sobre la obra de Shakespeare. Con unas impresionantes actuaciones de Marlon Brando y James Mason y del resto del reparto. Película que incluso se suele poner en cursos de Empresas y hasta en universidades sobre todo el gran discurso fúnebre de la manera que se pueden manipular a las masas. North by Northwest 1959. Una de las más grandes películas del gran director Alfred Hitchcock. Con grandes actuaciones de Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint y James Mason. Lolita 1962. Mítica película del gran Stanley Kubrick. Con un gran reparto. James Mason, Shelley Winters, Sue Lyon y Peter Sellers. Finalmente la gran película The Verdict 1982 Sidney Lumet. Gran película sobre juicios creo que está entre las mejores. Con gran papel secundario de James Mason y sobre todo una impresionante actuación de Paul Newman como el abogado protagonista. James Mason ha sido uno de los más grandes actores de todos los tiempos.

[@Top10Charts3978]

Great post Marco, cheers. James Mason was another of dads favorites and one of mine too. As a kid I very much enjoyed watching him as Captain Nemo and Professor Lindenbrook, growing up I enjoyed his other performances in films like A Star is Born and North by Northwest. I watched him recently in The Boys from Brazil with Gregory Peck and Laurence Olivier. Thanks again for commenting.

[@johnwalters7066]

Where is Salem's Lot on the list?

[@Top10Charts3978]

Salems Lot was a 1979 TV movie. I wanted to concentrate on Mason's theatrical work and a top 30 wasn't enough for this great actor.

[@karengreenfield552]

Age of concent on the beautiful barrier reef great funny movie too

[@cogersonmoviescore5648]

Yeah! First....as I beat Flora to the comment box . So Mr. Mason gets 35 movies? He must be a favorite. #34 East Side West Side is good movie. #33 Boys of Peck has some moments. #32 Desert Rats and #31 Desert Fox...his Rummel movies did not get much love. #26 He plays a good bad guy in Lord Jim and #25 Prisoner of Zenda. #22 Madame Bovary...decent movie. #21 Heaven Can Wait seems low. It is 14th on my Mason page. #17 Murder by Decree...hey I just did a Plummer page #13 Last of Sheila...great movie...you need to see this one...unless you have seen it since our last Mason talk. #11 The Blue Max....good war movie. So that is 11 of the first 25

[@Top10Charts3978]

It was meant to be a top 30 but I decided to add a few bonus tracks, er I mean films. I wanted to get Desert Fox and Desert Rats in there too. More favorites here than in the Niven video. Blue Max is a war film I've watched many times over the years. Boys from Brazil is a guilty pleasure favorite. Murder by Decree is one of the better Sherlock Holmes films, Plummer and Mason are excellent.

[@axxellein]

The Verdict #1= By A Mile!!!!

[@columkenn]

Some of these were made during WW2. Seems a bit crass the industry making movies while the country was in turmoil sending so many to their deaths

[@katfinn9352]

Movies were considered essential for promoting propaganda and morale.