Jeanine Basinger - Actor Profile

Jeanine Basinger

23Movies
7.6 Best Rating

Biography

American film historian who was the Corwin-Fuller professor of film studies at Wesleyan University and the founder and curator of the university's cinematic archives.

Top Rated Movies

★7.6
Dean Martin: King of Cool (2021) movie poster
★7.6

Dean Martin: King of Cool — Dean Martin had a laid-back charm that made him successful in everything from big-screen comedies to television variety

Dean Martin: King of Cool

2021•Documentary
★7.6
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer (2002) movie poster
★7.6

Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer — American Masters Series. Documentary on Gene Kelly that gives insight into his dancing, how he formed a style (first "bl

Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer

2002•Documentary
★7.5
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009) movie poster
★7.5

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year — This documentary focuses on 1939, considered to be Hollywood's greatest year, with film clips and insight into what made

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

2009•Documentary
★7.1
Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words (2015) movie poster
★7.1

Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words — A personal and captivating account of the extraordinary life and work of Ingrid Bergman (1915-82), a young Swedish woman

Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words

2015•Documentary
★7.0
Frank Capra, Jr. Remembers... 'American Madness' (2006) movie poster
★7.0

Frank Capra, Jr. Remembers... 'American Madness' — In this documentary short, Frank Capra, Jr. discusses the real-life San Francisco banker on which 'American Madness' (19

Frank Capra, Jr. Remembers... 'American Madness'

2006•Documentary

Complete Filmography & Verdicts

YearMovieCharacterRatingVerdict
2025 William Wyler: Forty Takes Willy Self ★ 0.0 Flop
2023 Frank Capra: Mr. America Self ★ 6.0 Average
2021 Dean Martin: King of Cool Self ★ 7.6 Super Hit
2019 An American Named Kazan Self ★ 6.0 Average
2018 Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story Self ★ 6.9 Hit
2015 Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words Self ★ 7.1 Hit
2012 Casting By Self ★ 6.9 Hit
2009 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year Self ★ 7.5 Super Hit
2008 Murnau, Borzage and Fox Self ★ 7.0 Hit
2008 Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It With You Self ★ 0.0 Flop
2007 Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema Self ★ 4.3 Flop
2006 Frank Capra, Jr. Remembers... 'American Madness' Self ★ 7.0 Hit
2006 Wanderlust Herself ★ 5.0 Flop
2006 Jezebel: Legend of the South Self ★ 7.0 Hit
2006 The Man Who Came to Dinner: Inside a Classic Comedy Self ★ 6.0 Average
2006 Old Acquaintance: A Classic Woman's Picture Self ★ 6.0 Average
2004 Cary Grant: A Class Apart Self ★ 7.0 Hit
2003 Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin Self ★ 6.9 Hit
2002 Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer Self ★ 7.6 Super Hit
2001 A Better Way to Die Sexton's Wife ★ 5.6 Average
2001 Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies Self ★ 4.0 Flop
2000 On Cukor Self ★ 0.0 Flop
1997 Frank Capra's American Dream Self ★ 6.3 Average