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  • About ActorRating
  • Membership
  • General use
  • Ratings
  • Film data

About ActorRating

What is ActorRating?

ActorRating is a community for rating acting performances — individual turns in specific films, not overall movies.

Browse hundreds of thousands of performances, score the ones you've seen, and see how your take compares with everyone else. Think of it as a home for people who care more about the craft than the poster.

Why rate acting instead of movies?

A great performance can live in a mediocre film. A weak one can hide inside a classic. Rating the movie as a whole buries craft under writing, design, and marketing.

Scoring the performance lets you compare actors across roles and careers, and surface work that deserved more attention.

Membership

Do I need an account?

No. You can browse performances, actors, and lists freely. Create a free account when you want to submit ratings and keep a history of what you've scored.

Does it cost anything?

No. ActorRating is free to use — and will stay that way. We're building around craft, not a paywall.

Who can submit ratings?

Anyone with an account. Ratings are community-driven, with shared criteria so scores stay comparable across performances.

General use

How should I use ActorRating?

However you like. Rate as you watch, back-fill career-defining turns, hunt for underrated work, or keep a personal record of the performances that floored you.

How do I rate a performance?

Find an actor's role in a film — from Discover, search, or the homepage — then score it with a quick 0–10 slider, or open the five optional dimensions for a fuller take. Most ratings take a couple of minutes.

Can I change a rating later?

Yes. Updating your score replaces the previous one, so the community average always reflects each member's current take.

Ratings

Are ratings for movies or performances?

Performances only. One film can have many ratings — one per actor in a significant role — so a brilliant turn can stand out even when the film doesn't.

How does scoring work?

Use a single 0–10 slider, or score five criteria (0–100 each). Multi-criteria scores are averaged into a 0–10 performance score, then combined with the community.

What are the five dimensions?

Optional, Oscar-inspired criteria when you want a more deliberate read:

Emotional Impact
How convincingly the actor portrays different emotions and the complexity they bring to emotional moments
Character Depth
How completely the actor transforms into and embodies the character - do you forget you're watching an actor?
Technical Skill
Voice work, physicality, timing, dialogue delivery, and overall craft/technique
Screen Presence
Charisma, magnetism, and ability to command attention when on screen
Originality
How well they connect with other actors, react authentically, and work within scenes

How is bias reduced?

Shared criteria, community aggregation, and judging the performance — not the actor's fame — so overlooked work can still rise.

Film data

Where does film and cast data come from?

Metadata, cast, posters, and photos come from The Movie Database (TMDB). Ratings on ActorRating are ours — created by members — and are separate from TMDB scores.

The Movie Database (TMDB)

This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.

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