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James Stewart is one of the most famous and decorated actors to ever work in Hollywood. After making his feature film debut in the 1935 release of The Murder Man, Stewart amassed 100 big and small screen credits over a six-decade career. In 1941, Stewart won an Oscar for Best Leading Performance in The Philadelphia Story. In 1985, Stewart received an honorary Academy Award for his 50-year contribution to cinema.
Stewart's most famous titles include Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, It's a Wonderful Life, Rear Window, Vertigo, Rope, Anatomy of a Murder, and many others. For more, here are James Stewart's 10 best movies, according to Rotten Tomatoes.
10 The Far Country (1954) 100%
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In Anthony Mann's western The Far Country, Stewart plays a cattle driver headed west during the gold rush at the turn of the 20th century.
When Jeff Webster (Stewart) hears of the gold prospects in the American west, he uses the opportunity to transport cattle from Wyoming to Washington state with plans to make money by selling beef. Through difficult travels, Webster contends with the thieving Gannon (John McIntire) while denying the advances of two women who fall in love with him.
9 The Naked Spur (1953) 100%
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As Howard Kemp in The Naked Spur, Stewart plays a wily bounty hunter out to capture a longtime criminal named Ben Vandergroat (Robert Ryan). Janet Leigh, Ralph Meeker, and Millard Mitchell costar.
In hot pursuit of Vandergroat and the $5,000 bounty put on him, Kemp reluctantly accepts the help of two men along the way. Jesse (Mitchell) is a veteran prospector, while Roy (Meeker) is a disgraced former soldier. As the two men near the reward money, greed drives a wedge between them.
8 After The Thin Man (1936) 100%
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The oldest movie of Stewart's to be ranked among his top 10, according to Rotten Tomatoes, belongs to After the Thin Man. The film costars Thin Man mainstay, Myrna Loy.
Plot-wise, the mystery concerns Nick's (William Powell) investigation of a new murder in San Francisco. When Nick visits Nora's family for New Year's Eve, they learn a cousin named Robert (Alan Marshall) has gone missing for three days. When Robert is found shot, his wife Selma (Elissa Landi) is accused of killing him.
7 Winchester '73 (1950) 100%
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The third Anthony Mann western to be included on this list so far belongs to Winchester '73, a movie about a stolen rifle that changes several hands throughout the story. Stewart plays Lin McAdam, a sharpshooter who wins the titular rifle in a shooting contest.
When the rifle is pilfered by the contest's runner-up, Dutch Henry Brown (Stephen McNally), Lin sets out to retrieve it. As the rifle moves from one owner to another, a violent showdown ensues in the end.