Discovering Film (2014)

Biography · Documentary · History

Leading movie experts celebrate the lives and work of some of the most prolific and iconic Hollywood stars.

Ratings refreshed Aug 19, 2026 · 12 seasons indexed

Seasons

7.42 avg 13 episodes 7.3 → 7.2 42 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Marlene Dietrich	7.3	14
2	Grace Kelly	7.3	14
3	Lauren Bacall	7.4	10
4	Deborah Kerr	7.5	13
5	Ingrid Bergman	7.9	15
6	Ginger Rogers	7.7	13
7	Ava Gardner	7.0	11
8	Cary Grant	7.4	16
9	Robert Mitchum	7.4	13
10	Fred Astaire	7.2	17
11	Humphrey Bogart	7.7	15
12	Burt Lancaster	7.4	12
13	Henry Fonda	7.2	10

7.09 avg 13 episodes 8.0 → 7.3 47 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Charlie Chaplin	8.0	12
2	Greta Garbo	6.5	11
3	Bing Crosby	7.5	14
4	Vivien Leigh	7.4	11
5	James Cagney	7.3	13
6	John Wayne	7.4	14
7	Charlton Heston	6.8	12
8	Judy Garland	6.5	12
9	David Niven	6.8	14
10	Gary Cooper	6.7	10
11	Natalie Wood	7.1	13
12	Spencer Tracy	6.9	13
13	James Mason	7.3	11

7.21 avg 13 episodes 7.0 → 6.8 43 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Marilyn Monroe	7.0	13
2	Frank Sinatra	7.3	12
3	Elizabeth Taylor	7.6	10
4	Marlon Brando	7.5	12
5	Audrey Hepburn	7.5	8
6	Gene Kelly	7.7	10
7	Rita Hayworth	7.1	9
8	Sophia Loren	6.4	10
9	Kirk Douglas	7.6	11
10	Bette Davis	7.0	8
11	Clark Gable	7.0	8
12	James Stewart	7.2	11
13	Katharine Hepburn	6.8	8

7.25 avg 13 episodes 7.2 → 7.7 43 min avg

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Paul Newman	7.2	19
2	Lana Turner	6.9	10
3	Tony Curtis	7.2	7
4	Doris Day	7.4	11
5	Errol Flynn	7.3	9
6	Sidney Poitier	7.5	15
7	Steve McQueen	7.2	13
8	Maureen O'Hara	7.4	9
9	Edward G. Robinson	7.2	6
10	Jack Lemmon	7.3	6
11	Claudette Colbert	7.0	7
12	Rock Hudson	6.9	8
13	Groucho Marx	7.7	6

7.23 avg 13 episodes 6.9 → 7.9 44 min avg

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Jean Harlow	6.9	12
2	Lee Marvin	7.4	12
3	Anthony Quinn	7.1	10
4	Joan Crawford	7.3	11
5	Buster Keaton	7.5	16
6	Olivia de Havilland	7.4	15
7	William Holden	6.9	9
8	Barbara Stanwyck	7.1	10
9	Gregory Peck	7.3	10
10	Claudia Cardinale	7.0	11
11	Walter Matthau	7.0	8
12	Shirley MacLaine	7.2	8
13	Charles Bronson	7.9	15

7.03 avg 13 episodes 6.7 → 6.8 43 min avg

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Peter O'Toole	6.7	9
2	Joan Fontaine	7.0	6
3	Richard Harris	6.8	8
4	James Coburn	6.8	9
5	Dean Martin	7.4	8
6	Peter Sellers	6.9	9
7	Robert Shaw	7.6	11
8	Rex Harrison	7.1	8
9	Yul Brynner	6.9	10
10	Claude Rains	7.2	6
11	Janet Leigh	7.3	12
12	Rod Steiger	6.9	8
13	Gina Lollobrigida	6.8	8

7.18 avg 13 episodes 7.6 → 7.7 43 min avg

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Orson Welles	7.6	8
2	Laurence Olivier	7.3	6
3	Ernest Borgnine	7.0	5
4	Albert Finney	6.6	5
5	Gene Hackman	7.6	8
6	Omar Sharif	7.2	6
7	Telly Savalas	7.2	5
8	Leslie Howard	7.4	5
9	Eli Wallach	7.0	5
10	Richard Widmark	7.6	5
11	Terence Stamp	7.0	5
12	Max von Sydow	6.2	9
13	Julie Andrews	7.7	6

7.17 avg 9 episodes 7.5 → 7.3 44 min avg

Season 8 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Robert Redford	7.5	12
2	Leslie Caron	7.0	5
3	Alec Guinness	7.1	9
4	Peter Lorre	7.1	7
8	Warren Beatty	7.0	5
9	Jack Palance	7.2	5
10	George C. Scott	7.3	6
12	Carole Lombard	7.0	6
13	Robert Duvall	7.3	8

7.38 avg 12 episodes 7.6 → 7.7 43 min avg

Season 9 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Jack Nicholson	7.6	12
2	Jane Fonda	6.5	10
4	Gene Wilder	7.5	11
5	Laurence Harvey	7.2	5
6	Donald Sutherland	7.2	6
7	Dirk Bogarde	7.2	6
8	Charles Laughton	7.2	6
9	Karl Malden	7.8	5
10	Anthony Hopkins	7.5	10
11	Faye Dunaway	7.4	7
12	Vincent Price	7.8	11
13	Judi Dench	7.7	16

7.39 avg 13 episodes 8.1 → 7.8 42 min avg

Season 10 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Al Pacino	8.1	11
2	Bill Murray	7.0	7
3	Clint Eastwood	8.0	7
4	Michael Caine	7.7	7
5	Jean Simmons	7.4	5
6	Susan Sarandon	6.9	7
7	Christopher Plummer	7.0	6
8	Jeff Bridges	7.1	9
9	Sean Connery	7.5	11
10	Robin Williams	6.9	9
11	Robert De Niro	7.5	13
12	Alain Delon	7.2	7
13	Maggie Smith	7.8	10

7.01 avg 10 episodes 6.9 → 7.3

Season 11 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Ben Kingsley	6.9	7
2	Helen Mirren	6.7	7
3	Vanessa Redgrave	7.0	5
6	Basil Rathbone	7.0	5
7	Jon Voight	6.7	6
8	Dustin Hoffman	7.3	8
9	Julia Roberts	7.6	5
10	Richard Gere	6.3	7
12	Sissy Spacek	7.3	6
13	Alan Rickman	7.3	7

7.12 avg 13 episodes 7.3 → 7.3

Season 12 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Harrison Ford	7.3	10
2	Meryl Streep	7.9	8
3	Diane Keaton	7.0	9
4	Morgan Freeman	7.0	10
5	Tommy Lee Jones	7.2	9
6	Michael Douglas	6.7	7
7	Roy Scheider	6.8	6
8	Joseph Cotten	7.0	7
9	Daniel Day-Lewis	6.9	8
10	Robert Donat	7.0	6
11	Ronald Colman	7.5	6
12	Harvey Keitel	7.0	5
13	Sally Field	7.3	7