Fifty Most Handsome Men in Hollywood

Charlene showed me how to look at the browsing history of my blog and I discovered, not surprisingly, that the most visited page, by far, was my post on The 50 Most Beautiful Woman in Film. So, in order to promote gender equality on Armchair Audience, I offer up The 50 Most Handsome Men in Film, as chosen by me.

Some criteria:

The actors must be in movies and not just in television.

They must be film stars, meaning they've starred in a film and not just appeared in one. Idris Elba is pushing this particular envelope because he is still primarily a television actor, but he's Idris Elba so I'll make an exception.

This is no reflection on acting ability.

Lastly (and obviously) this is a subjective list (except for the top six or so, all scientifically proven to be handsome). I'm not trying to provide anything definitive. Just offering up my list of the men in film most likely to cause me to switch sides. Enjoy.

50. Joseph Gordon-Levitt

49. Ricardo Montalban

48. Jude Law

47. Andy Garcia

46. David Niven

45. Rex Harrison

44. Hugh Grant

43. Marlon Brando

42. Gabriel Byrne

41. Clint Eastwood

40. Linus Roache

39. Herbert Marshall

38. Timothy Olyphant

37. Colin Farrell

36. Roger Livesey

35. Bill Nighy

34. James Mason

33. Damien Lewis

32. Harrison Ford

31. Gene Kelly

30. Chow Yun Fat

29. Colin Firth

28. Clark Gable

27. Brad Pitt

26. Ewan MacGregor

25. James Garner

24. Jean Luc Picard Patrick Stewart

23. Clive Owen

22. Joel McCrea

21. Yul Brynner

20. Robert Redford

19. Laurence Olivier

18. William Holden

17. Denzel Washington

16. Hugh Jackman

15. Alain Delon

14. Peter O'Toole

13. Idris Elba

12. Montgomery Clift

11. Daniel Craig

10. Gary Cooper

9. Steve McQueen

8. Errol Flynn

7. Michael Fassbender

6. Rock Hudson

5. George Clooney

4. Gregory Peck

3. Sean Connery

2. Paul Newman

1. Cary Grant