- Acting films
- 19
- Acting avg
- 6.19
- Peak run
- 1960’69
Acting films, by TMDB rating
The career
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 25+ votes
Sammy by the numbers
Average
6.19
9 rated films
Vote weighted
6.18
bigger films count more
Median
6.3
half are better
Consistency
±0.52
rating spread
Career
35y
1955 to 1989
Total votes
1.97K
across every film
Best
6.4
Ocean's Eleven
Worst
5.4
Cannonball Run II
Newest first
Filmography
| 2026 |  EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert | Self (archive footage) | 8.2 | 112 |
| 2025 |  Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | · | 23 |
| 2024 |  BRATS | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 6.1 | 61 |
| 2022 | Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues | Self (archive footage) | 6.7 | 31 |
| 2021 | Dean Martin: King of Cool | Self (archive footage) | · | 16 |
| 2020 | Out of Shadows | Self (archive) | · | 11 |
| 2017 |  Mansfield 66/67 | · | · | 13 |
| 2017 | Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me | Self (archive footage) | · | 9 |
| 2017 |  The Fabulous Allan Carr | Self (archive footage) | · | 7 |
| 2008 |  The Wrecking Crew | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 7.3 | 86 |
| 1989 |  Tap | Little Mo | 6.6 | 31 |
| 1988 |  Moon Over Parador | Self | 5.9 | 91 |
| 1985 |  That's Dancing! | Self - Host | · | 22 |
| 1984 |  Cannonball Run II | Fenderbaum | 5.4 | 363 |
| 1983 |  Koyaanisqatsi | Self (archive footage) | 7.9 | 806 |
| 1983 |  Smorgasbord | Himself | · | 22 |
| 1982 |  Heidi's Song | Head Ratte (voice) | · | 7 |
| 1981 |  The Cannonball Run | Fenderbaum | 6.2 | 732 |
| 1981 |  This Is Elvis | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1975 |  Gone with the West | Kid Dandy | · | 11 |
Better together?
Sammy Davis Jr.'s regulars
- Dean MartinCo-star · 4 films · 6.00 avg▼−0.24
- Peter LawfordCo-star · 4 films · 5.85 avg▼−0.42
- Frank SinatraCo-star · 3 films · 6.30 avg●−0.01
- Hal NeedhamDirector and actor · 2 films · 5.78 avg▼−0.15
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. movies · Sammy Davis Jr. and Peter Lawford movies · Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr. movies · Hal Needham and Sammy Davis Jr. movies
Takes