Joan Crawford Movies Vs Barbara Stanwyck Movies

Joan Crawford and Barbara Stanwyck are two of the greatest actresses ever.  Both are listed in AFI’s Top 15 of Classic Screen Legends….Crawford sits in 10th place and Stanwyck is right behind in 11th place.  Their greatness can not be argued.  Still we felt it would be fun to look at their entire careers and see who has the statistical edge.  So…we looked at all of their movies and put them in this massive table.  Below the table is our breakdown of their stats in 6 different categories.  Not sure this proves anything…but it is cool to see their movies listed together.

Joan Crawford Movies vs Barbara Stanwyck Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table

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    RankMovie (Year)Stanwyck or CrawfordUMR Co-Star LinksAdj. B.O. Domestic (mil)Critic Audience RatingOscar Nom / WinUMR Score
    Double Indemnity (1944)Barbara StanwyckFred MacMurray & Edward G. Robinson$220.9092.00%07 / 0083.79
    Mildred Pierce (1945)Joan CrawfordEve Arden & Ann Blyth$239.9082.00%06 / 0182.29
    Ball of Fire (1941)Barbara StanwyckGary Cooper & Directed by Howard Hawks$180.3086.50%04 / 0076.21
    Stella Dallas (1937)Barbara StanwyckAnne Shirley$194.5077.50%02 / 0073.37
    Women, The (1939)Joan CrawfordNorma Shearer & Joan Fontaine$203.6083.50%00 / 0070.24
    Strange Love of Martha Ivers, The (1946)Barbara StanwyckKirk Douglas$214.8080.00%01 / 0069.00
    Christmas in Connecticut (1945)Barbara StanwyckDennis Morgan$225.4080.50%00 / 0068.84
    Sorry Wrong Number (1948)Barbara StanwyckBurt Lancaster$158.1080.50%01 / 0067.25
    Grand Hotel (1932)Joan CrawfordGreta Garbo & Lionel Barrymore$135.2081.50%01 / 0165.26
    Meet John Doe (1941)Barbara StanwyckGary Cooper & Directed by Frank Capra$158.4082.50%01 / 0063.73
    Lady Eve, The (1941)Barbara StanwyckHenry Fonda$136.0087.50%01 / 0062.60
    Executive Suite (1954)Barbara StanwyckWilliam Holden & Shelley Winters$140.4080.50%04 / 0061.20
    Possessed (1947)Joan CrawfordVan Heflin$122.4078.50%01 / 0060.76
    Johnny Guitar (1954)Joan CrawfordErnest Borgnine & Sterling Hayden$130.9086.00%00 / 0060.71
    What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)Joan CrawfordBette Davis$115.2084.50%05 / 0160.17
    California (1946)Barbara StanwyckRay Milland & Anthony Quinn$253.9061.00%00 / 0059.67
    My Reputation (1946)Barbara StanwyckGeorge Brent$180.6065.50%00 / 0058.77
    Possessed (1931)Joan CrawfordClark Gable$122.3082.00%00 / 0057.50
    Union Pacific (1939)Barbara StanwyckJoel McCrea$165.6066.50%01 / 0057.33
    Sudden Fear (1952)Joan CrawfordJack Palance$70.2082.50%04 / 0055.76
    Dancing Lady (1933)Joan CrawfordClark Gable & Fred Astaire$156.0067.00%00 / 0055.67
    Chained (1934)Joan CrawfordClark Gable$136.2072.50%00 / 0055.18
    Humoresque (1946)Joan CrawfordJohn Garfield$148.5067.00%01 / 0054.91
    Woman's Face, A (1941)Joan CrawfordMelvyn Douglas$104.6082.00%00 / 0054.75
    Two Mrs. Carrolls, The (1947)Barbara StanwyckHumphrey Bogart$141.1066.00%00 / 0052.89
    Remember the Night (1940)Barbara StanwyckFred MacMurray & Written by Preston Sturges$86.1084.00%00 / 0052.83
    This Is My Affair (1937)Barbara StanwyckRobert Taylor$129.7069.50%00 / 0052.76
    Love on the Run (1936)Joan CrawfordClark Gable$128.2069.50%00 / 0052.53
    Titanic (1953)Barbara StanwyckClifton Webb$95.8077.00%02 / 0152.44
    Gay Sisters, The (1942)Barbara StanwyckGeorge Brent & Donald Crisp$143.5064.00%00 / 0052.32
    Flamingo Road (1949)Joan CrawfordSydney Greenstreet$123.2070.50%00 / 0052.24
    Lady of Burlesque (1943)Barbara StanwyckIris Adrian$146.5062.50%00 / 0052.09
    Ladies of Leisure (1930)Barbara StanwyckRalph Graves$131.0067.50%00 / 0052.02
    Flesh and Fantasy (1943)Barbara StanwyckEdward G. Robinson$144.5063.00%00 / 0052.01
    Best of Everything, The (1959)Joan CrawfordStephen Boyd & Hope Lange$140.5062.50%02 / 0051.96
    Strange Cargo (1940)Joan CrawfordClark Gable & Peter Lorre$112.8072.00%00 / 0051.32
    Forsaking All Others (1934)Joan CrawfordClark Gable$146.5059.00%00 / 0050.44
    Violent Men, The (1954)Barbara StanwyckGlenn Ford$102.1073.00%00 / 0050.14
    Hollywood Revue (1929)Joan CrawfordNorma Shearer & Buster Keaton$117.5059.00%01 / 0049.34
    Bitter Tea Of General Yen, The (1933)Barbara StanwyckDirected by Frank Capra$88.5075.50%00 / 0049.20
    Furies, The (1950)Barbara StanwyckWalter Huston$80.3077.00%01 / 0049.04
    Mannequin (1937)Joan CrawfordSpencer Tracy$138.3057.50%01 / 0048.86
    Gorgeous Hussy, The (1936)Joan CrawfordJames Stewart$163.9048.00%02 / 0048.76
    Forbidden (1932)Barbara StanwyckDirected by Frank Capra$89.2074.00%00 / 0048.61
    His Brother's Wife (1936)Barbara StanwyckRobert Taylor$134.4058.00%00 / 0048.09
    Sadie McKee (1934)Joan CrawfordFranchot Tone$87.8073.00%00 / 0047.92
    Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937)Joan CrawfordWilliam Powell$143.6054.50%00 / 0047.88
    Miracle Woman, The (1931)Barbara StanwyckDirected by Frank Capra$62.4081.00%00 / 0047.74
    Unknown, The (1927)Joan CrawfordLon Chaney Sr.$52.9084.00%00 / 0047.68
    Breakfast for Two (1937)Barbara StanwyckHerbert Marshall$94.0069.50%00 / 0047.23
    Daisy Kenyon (1947)Joan CrawfordHenry Fonda$107.8064.00%00 / 0046.79
    Other Love, The (1947)Barbara StanwyckDavid Niven$113.9061.00%00 / 0046.32
    Damned Don't Cry, The (1950)Joan CrawfordDavid Brian$77.3072.50%00 / 0046.05
    No More Ladies (1935)Joan CrawfordJoan Fontaine$112.1060.00%00 / 0045.58
    Clash by Night (1952)Barbara StanwyckRobert Ryan & Marilyn Monroe$63.9075.67%00 / 0045.46
    Paid (1930)Joan CrawfordRobert Armstrong$119.3056.50%00 / 0045.05
    Shining Hour, The (1938)Joan CrawfordRobert Young$117.6057.00%00 / 0045.02
    All I Desire (1953)Barbara StanwyckMaureen O'Sullivan$51.7078.50%00 / 0044.90
    Harriet Craig (1950)Joan CrawfordWendell Corey$55.2077.00%00 / 0044.75
    Mad Miss Manton, The (1938)Barbara StanwyckHenry Fonda$61.9074.50%00 / 0044.61
    Rain (1932)Joan CrawfordWalter Huston$58.9075.50%00 / 0044.61
    Night Nurse (1931)Barbara StanwyckClark Gable$70.8071.50%00 / 0044.57
    Internes Can't Take Money (1937)Barbara StanwyckJoel McCrea$105.7059.50%00 / 0044.34
    Walk on the Wild Side (1962)Barbara StanwyckJane Fonda$96.3061.50%01 / 0044.23
    Message to Garcia, A (1936)Barbara StanwyckWallace Beery$112.4057.00%00 / 0044.21
    Our Dancing Daughters (1928)Joan CrawfordJohnny Mack Brown$62.6071.50%02 / 0044.10
    East Side, West Side (1949)Barbara StanwyckJames Mason & Ava Gardner$82.7066.50%00 / 0044.08
    Dance, Fools, Dance (1931)Joan CrawfordClark Gable$100.7060.00%00 / 0043.81
    When Ladies Meet (1941)Joan CrawfordGreer Garson & Robert Taylor$112.9055.00%01 / 0043.75
    Autumn Leaves (1956)Joan CrawfordCliff Robertson$48.2076.50%00 / 0043.43
    Bride Wore Red, The (1937)Joan CrawfordFranchot Tone & Robert Young$84.3064.50%00 / 0043.39
    Strait-Jacket (1964)Joan CrawfordLee Majors$56.2073.50%00 / 0043.25
    Always Goodbye (1938)Barbara StanwyckHerbert Marshall$81.8064.50%00 / 0043.00
    You Belong To Me (1941)Barbara StanwyckHenry Fonda$116.5053.00%00 / 0042.97
    Our Blushing Brides (1930)Joan CrawfordRobert Montgomery$113.4053.00%00 / 0042.49
    Letty Lynton (1932)Joan CrawfordRobert Montgomery$82.5062.50%00 / 0042.17
    Shopworn (1932)Barbara StanwyckRegis Toomey$98.5057.00%00 / 0042.06
    Forty Guns (1957)Barbara StanwyckBarry Sullivan & Dean Jagger$38.7076.50%00 / 0041.96
    File of Thelma Jordan, The (1950)Barbara StanwyckPaul Kelly$47.7072.50%00 / 0041.46
    There's Always Tomorrow (1956)Barbara StanwyckFred MacMurray$43.8073.50%00 / 0041.33
    BF's Daughter (1948)Barbara StanwyckVan Heflin & Charles Coburn$80.4060.00%01 / 0041.06
    Golden Boy, The (1939)Barbara StanwyckWilliam Holden$90.9056.50%01 / 0041.05
    They All Kissed The Bride (1942)Joan CrawfordMelvyn Douglas$83.1059.50%00 / 0040.84
    Roustabout (1964)Barbara StanwyckElvis Presley$80.7060.00%00 / 0040.71
    Great Man's Lady, The (1942)Barbara StanwyckJoel McCrea$91.4056.00%00 / 0040.49
    I Live My Life (1935)Joan CrawfordFrank Morgan$92.4055.00%00 / 0040.17
    Witness to Murder (1954)Barbara StanwyckGeorge Sanders$52.4067.50%00 / 0039.84
    Baby Face (1933)Barbara StanwyckJohn Wayne$32.3074.00%00 / 0039.79
    Gambling Lady (1934)Barbara StanwyckJoel McCrea$51.8066.50%00 / 0039.29
    Susan and God (1940)Joan CrawfordFredric March & Rita Hayworth$70.3060.00%00 / 0039.10
    This Modern Age (1931)Joan CrawfordNeil Hamilton$84.1055.00%00 / 0038.89
    Banjo On My Knee (1936)Barbara StanwyckJoel McCrea & Walter Brennan$101.2048.00%01 / 0038.65
    West Point (1927)Joan CrawfordWilliam Haines$45.9067.00%00 / 0038.60
    Reunion in France (1942)Joan CrawfordJohn Wayne$86.9052.50%00 / 0038.14
    Montana Moon (1930)Joan CrawfordJohnny Mack Brown$97.4049.00%00 / 0038.13
    Queen Bee (1955)Joan CrawfordFay Wray$45.2064.50%02 / 0038.13
    No Man of Her Own (1950)Barbara StanwyckJohn Lund$28.4071.00%00 / 0037.77
    Ice Follies of 1939, The (1939)Joan CrawfordJames Stewart$87.3051.00%00 / 0037.50
    Illicit (1931)Barbara StanwyckJoan Blondell$59.3060.00%00 / 0037.39
    Across to Singapore (1928)Joan CrawfordRamon Novarro$45.3064.50%00 / 0037.34
    Cry Wolf (1947)Barbara StanwyckErrol Flynn$113.4042.00%00 / 0037.32
    Lady Gambles, The (1949)Barbara StanwyckRobert Preston$59.9059.00%00 / 0037.01
    To Please A Lady (1950)Barbara StanwyckClark Gable$103.4043.50%00 / 0036.47
    Annie Oakley (1935)Barbara StanwyckMelvyn Douglas & Directed by George Stevens$43.7062.50%00 / 0036.15
    Story of Esther Costello, The (1957)Joan CrawfordHeather Sears$50.5060.00%00 / 0036.03
    Laughing Sinners (1931)Joan CrawfordClark Gable$74.1052.00%00 / 0035.93
    Jeopardy (1953)Barbara StanwyckBarry Sullivan & Ralph Meeker$51.3058.50%00 / 0035.44
    Goodbye, My Fancy (1951)Joan CrawfordRobert Young$62.6054.50%00 / 0035.32
    Our Modern Maidens (1929)Joan CrawfordDouglas Fairbanks Jr.$51.9058.00%00 / 0035.30
    Ladies They Talk About (1933)Barbara StanwyckPreston Foster$28.9064.50%00 / 0034.80
    Four Walls (1928)Joan CrawfordJohn Gilbert$50.0057.50%00 / 0034.77
    Trooper Hook (1957)Barbara StanwyckJoel McCrea$30.1063.00%00 / 0034.28
    Plough and the Stars, The (1936)Barbara StanwyckBarry Fitzgerald & Directed by John Ford$35.5060.50%00 / 0033.94
    Female on the Beach (1955)Joan CrawfordJeff Chandler$35.9060.00%00 / 0033.76
    Torch Song (1953)Joan CrawfordMarjorie Rambeau & Gig Young$51.1052.50%02 / 0033.39
    Ten Cents A Dance (1931)Barbara StanwyckRicardo Cortez$25.3062.00%00 / 0033.06
    Blowing Wild (1953)Barbara StanwyckGary Cooper & Anthony Quinn$81.1043.50%00 / 0033.01
    So Big! (1932)Barbara StanwyckBette Davis$43.1056.00%00 / 0033.00
    Above Suspicion (1943)Joan CrawfordFred MacMurray$72.7046.00%00 / 0032.89
    Spring Fever (1927)Joan CrawfordWilliam Haines$35.3058.00%00 / 0032.73
    Crime of Passion (1957)Barbara StanwyckSterling Hayden$21.5062.50%00 / 0032.71
    Today We Live (1933)Joan CrawfordGary Cooper$61.8049.00%00 / 0032.61
    Untamed (1929)Joan CrawfordRobert Montgomery$54.9051.00%00 / 0032.48
    Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (1926)Joan CrawfordHarry Langdon$20.6061.50%00 / 0032.09
    Ever in My Heart (1933)Barbara StanwyckRalph Bellamy$28.6058.50%00 / 0031.92
    Night Walker, The (1964)Barbara StanwyckRobert Taylor$24.3059.50%00 / 0031.73
    Woman in Red, The (1935)Barbara StanwyckGene Raymond$30.4057.50%00 / 0031.73
    Escape to Burma (1955)Barbara StanwyckRobert Ryan$40.4053.50%00 / 0031.40
    Lost Lady, A (1934)Barbara StanwyckFrank Morgan$28.5057.00%00 / 0031.21
    Twelve Miles Out (1927)Joan CrawfordJohn Gilbert$59.9045.50%00 / 0030.66
    Bride Wore Boots, The (1946)Barbara StanwyckRobert Cummings & Natalie Wood$71.7041.50%00 / 0030.61
    I Saw What You Did (1965)Joan CrawfordJohn Ireland$22.3057.50%00 / 0030.48
    Purchase Price, The (1932)Barbara StanwyckGeorge Brent$32.7053.00%00 / 0029.98
    This Woman Is Dangerous (1952)Joan CrawfordDennis Morgan$36.2051.50%00 / 0029.81
    Secret Bride, The (1934)Barbara StanwyckWarren William$22.4056.00%00 / 0029.79
    These Wilder Years (1956)Barbara StanwyckJames Cagney & Walter Pidgeon$25.0055.00%00 / 0029.73
    Man With The Cloak, The (1951)Barbara StanwyckJoseph Cotten$21.2055.00%00 / 0029.14
    Moonlighter, The (1953)Barbara StanwyckFred MacMurray$32.5050.50%00 / 0028.78
    Red Salute (1935)Barbara StanwyckRobert Young$21.6053.00%00 / 0028.26
    Cattle Queen of Montana, The (1954)Barbara StanwyckRonald Reagan$35.4046.50%00 / 0027.35
    Bride Walks Out, The (1936)Barbara StanwyckRobert Young$56.4038.00%00 / 0026.60
    Maverick Queen, The (1956)Barbara StanwyckBarry Sullivan$19.7050.00%00 / 0026.55
    Rose-Marie (1928)Joan CrawfordJames Murray$56.1037.00%00 / 0026.09
    Caretakers, The (1963)Joan CrawfordRobert Stack$44.1038.00%01 / 0025.10
    Sally, Irene & Mary (1925)Joan CrawfordConstance Bennett$44.3038.50%00 / 0024.97
    Duke Steps Out, The (1929)Joan CrawfordWilliam Haines$54.9033.00%00 / 0024.02
    Berserk! (1967)Joan CrawfordTy Hardin$19.2042.00%00 / 0022.72
    Della (1964)Joan CrawfordCharles Bickford$10.9043.00%00 / 0021.90
    Dream of Love (1928)Joan CrawfordNils Asther$28.0036.50%00 / 0021.49
    Pretty Ladies (1925)Joan CrawfordZasu Pitts$38.0032.00%00 / 0020.93
    Winners of the Wilderness (1927)Joan CrawfordTim McCoy$14.5039.50%00 / 0020.81
    Boob, The (1926)Joan CrawfordGertrude Olmstead$14.5039.00%00 / 0020.58
    Paris (1926)Joan CrawfordCharles Ray$28.1032.00%00 / 0019.40
    Understanding Heart, The (1927)Joan CrawfordRalph Bushman$39.1028.00%00 / 0019.22
    Taxi Dancer, The (1927)Joan CrawfordOwen Moore$24.1031.50%00 / 0018.54
    Law of the Range, The (1928)Joan CrawfordTim McCoy$11.5026.50%00 / 0014.24
    Trog (1970)Joan CrawfordMichael Gough$12.4026.00%00 / 0014.14
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