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Top Films by Actor (B)

Christian Bale

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 The Dark Knight 2008 Christopher Nolan 47
2 Batman Begins 2005 Christopher Nolan 414
3 The Prestige 2006 Christopher Nolan 555
4 Howl's Moving Castle 2004 Hayao Miyazaki 573
5 The Dark Knight Rises 2012 Christopher Nolan 614
6 Empire of the Sun 1987 Steven Spielberg 812
7 American Psycho 2000 Mary Harron 855
8 3:10 to Yuma 2007 James Mangold 1059
9 The Fighter 2010 David O. Russell 1063
10 Henry V 1989 Kenneth Branagh 1397
11 The New World 2005 Terrence Malick 1494
12 Little Women 1994 Gillian Armstrong 1786
13 I'm Not There. 2007 Todd Haynes 2008
14 Equilibrium 2002 Kurt Wimmer 2091
15 Velvet Goldmine 1998 Todd Haynes 2307
16 The Machinist 2004 Brad Anderson 2332
17 Pocahontas 1995 Mike Gabriel and Eric Goldberg 2758

Martin Balsam

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Psycho 1960 Alfred Hitchcock 2
2 On the Waterfront 1954 Elia Kazan 64
3 12 Angry Men 1957 Sidney Lumet 73
4 All the President's Men 1976 Alan J. Pakula 290
5 Breakfast at Tiffany's 1961 Blake Edwards 359
6 Little Big Man 1970 Arthur Penn 620
7 The Taking of Pelham One Two Three 1974 Joseph Sargent 761
8 Cape Fear 1991 Martin Scorsese 1179
9 Cape Fear 1962 J. Lee Thompson 1237
10 Catch-22 1970 Mike Nichols 1796
11 Seven Days in May 1964 John Frankenheimer 2018
12 Hombre 1967 Martin Ritt 2205
13 Murder on the Orient Express 1974 Sidney Lumet 2597

Anne Bancroft

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 The Graduate 1967 Mike Nichols 59
2 Blazing Saddles 1974 Mel Brooks 192
3 The Elephant Man 1980 David Lynch 368
4 The Miracle Worker 1962 Arthur Penn 1368
5 Antz 1998 Eric Darnell and Tim Johnson 2155
6 Torch Song Trilogy 1988 Paul Bogart 2665

Drew Barrymore

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982 Steven Spielberg 27
2 Donnie Darko 2001 Richard Kelly 176
3 Scream 1996 Wes Craven 527
4 The Wedding Singer 1998 Frank Coraci 1284
5 Altered States 1980 Ken Russell 1626

Warren Beatty

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Bonnie and Clyde 1967 Arthur Penn 97
2 McCabe & Mrs. Miller 1971 Robert Altman 288
3 Reds 1981 Warren Beatty 1204
4 Splendor in the Grass 1961 Elia Kazan 1233
5 Heaven Can Wait 1978 Warren Beatty and Buck Henry 1262
6 The Parallax View 1974 Alan J. Pakula 1411
7 Shampoo 1975 Hal Ashby 1871

Jean-Paul Belmondo

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Breathless 1960 Jean-Luc Godard 65
2 Pierrot le Fou 1965 Jean-Luc Godard 422
3 Two Women 1960 Vittorio De Sica 1986
4 Le Doulos 1962 Jean-Pierre Melville 2248
5 A Woman Is a Woman 1961 Jean-Luc Godard 2766

Ingrid Bergman

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Casablanca 1942 Michael Curtiz 5
2 Notorious 1946 Alfred Hitchcock 126
3 Voyage in Italy 1954 Roberto Rossellini 937
4 Gaslight 1944 George Cukor 1380
5 Autumn Sonata 1978 Ingmar Bergman 1409
6 Spellbound 1945 Alfred Hitchcock 1987
7 Stromboli 1950 Roberto Rossellini 2132
8 Europa '51 1952 Roberto Rossellini 2582
9 Murder on the Orient Express 1974 Sidney Lumet 2597

Xander Berkeley

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991 James Cameron 66
2 Heat 1995 Michael Mann 157
3 Apollo 13 1995 Ron Howard 776
4 Gattaca 1997 Andrew Niccol 782
5 The Rock 1996 Michael Bay 927
6 Safe 1995 Todd Haynes 1021
7 Taken 2008 Pierre Morel 1166
8 The Grifters 1990 Stephen Frears 1261
9 Leaving Las Vegas 1995 Mike Figgis 1308
10 A Few Good Men 1992 Rob Reiner 1335
11 Kick-Ass 2010 Matthew Vaughn 1341
12 Candyman 1992 Bernard Rose 1705
13 Sid and Nancy 1986 Alex Cox 1889
14 The Fabulous Baker Boys 1989 Steven Kloves 2177
15 Air Force One 1997 Wolfgang Petersen 2347
16 Mommie Dearest 1981 Frank Perry 2702

Michael Biehn

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Aliens 1986 James Cameron 61
2 The Terminator 1984 James Cameron 101
3 Grease 1978 Randal Kleiser 365
4 The Rock 1996 Michael Bay 927
5 The Abyss 1989 James Cameron 952
6 Tombstone 1993 George P. Cosmatos 1023

Juliette Binoche

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Three Colors: Red 1994 Krzysztof Kieslowski 282
2 Three Colors: Blue 1993 Krzysztof Kieslowski 324
3 Hidden 2005 Michael Haneke 409
4 The English Patient 1996 Anthony Minghella 510
5 Three Colors: White 1994 Krzysztof Kieslowski 635
6 Histoire(s) du cinéma Jean-Luc Godard 1184
7 The Unbearable Lightness of Being 1988 Philip Kaufman 1601
8 The Lovers on the Bridge 1991 Leos Carax 1810
9 Chocolat 2000 Lasse Hallström 2077

Humphrey Bogart

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Casablanca 1942 Michael Curtiz 5
2 The Maltese Falcon 1941 John Huston 68
3 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1948 John Huston 134
4 The Big Sleep 1946 Howard Hawks 177
5 The African Queen 1951 John Huston 286
6 In a Lonely Place 1950 Nicholas Ray 361
7 To Have and Have Not 1944 Howard Hawks 683
8 Key Largo 1948 John Huston 1337
9 Angels with Dirty Faces 1938 Michael Curtiz 1382
10 Sabrina 1954 Billy Wilder 1394
11 The Roaring Twenties 1939 Raoul Walsh 1456
12 The Caine Mutiny 1954 Edward Dmytryk 1508
13 High Sierra 1941 Raoul Walsh 1888
14 Dark Victory 1939 Edmund Goulding 2100
15 Deep End 1970 Jerzy Skolimowski 2247
16 The Barefoot Contessa 1954 Joseph L. Mankiewicz 2375
17 The Petrified Forest 1936 Archie Mayo 2765

Ray Bolger

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 The Wizard of Oz 1939 Victor Fleming 15
2 Annie 1982 John Huston 2097
3 The Harvey Girls 1946 George Sidney 2691

Ward Bond

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Gone with the Wind 1939 Victor Fleming 32
2 It's a Wonderful Life 1946 Frank Capra 33
3 The Searchers 1956 John Ford 37
4 The Maltese Falcon 1941 John Huston 68
5 Bringing Up Baby 1938 Howard Hawks 91
6 It Happened One Night 1934 Frank Capra 92
7 Rio Bravo 1959 Howard Hawks 175
8 The Grapes of Wrath 1940 John Ford 209
9 My Darling Clementine 1946 John Ford 363
10 Johnny Guitar 1954 Nicholas Ray 419
11 The Quiet Man 1952 John Ford 619
12 Fort Apache 1948 John Ford 951
13 Young Mr. Lincoln 1939 John Ford 975
14 Sergeant York 1941 Howard Hawks 1133
15 Fury 1936 Fritz Lang 1385
16 Mister Roberts 1955 John Ford and Mervyn LeRoy 1627
17 You Can't Take It with You 1938 Frank Capra 1644
18 Wagon Master 1950 John Ford 1890
19 They Were Expendable 1945 John Ford 1911
20 Dead End 1937 William Wyler 2470
21 Dodge City 1939 Michael Curtiz 2540
22 You Only Live Once 1937 Fritz Lang 2802

Ernest Borgnine

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 The Wild Bunch 1969 Sam Peckinpah 63
2 From Here to Eternity 1953 Fred Zinnemann 372
3 Johnny Guitar 1954 Nicholas Ray 419
4 The Dirty Dozen 1967 Robert Aldrich 566
5 Escape from New York 1981 John Carpenter 624
6 Bad Day at Black Rock 1955 John Sturges 710
7 Gattaca 1997 Andrew Niccol 782
8 Marty 1955 Delbert Mann 1150
9 The Poseidon Adventure 1972 Ronald Neame 2402

Marlon Brando

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 The Godfather 1972 Francis Ford Coppola 1
2 Apocalypse Now 1979 Francis Ford Coppola 8
3 On the Waterfront 1954 Elia Kazan 64
4 A Streetcar Named Desire 1951 Elia Kazan 196
5 Superman 1978 Richard Donner 275
6 Last Tango in Paris 1972 Bernardo Bertolucci 451
7 Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse 1991 Fax Bahr, Eleanor Coppola, and George Hickenlooper 1062
8 One-Eyed Jacks 1961 Marlon Brando 1319
9 In the Name of the Father 1993 Jim Sheridan 1333
10 Guys and Dolls 1955 Joseph L. Mankiewicz 1470
11 The Wild One 1953 László Benedek 2382

Walter Brennan

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Bride of Frankenstein 1935 James Whale 155
2 Rio Bravo 1959 Howard Hawks 175
3 Red River 1948 Howard Hawks 271
4 My Darling Clementine 1946 John Ford 363
5 To Have and Have Not 1944 Howard Hawks 683
6 Bad Day at Black Rock 1955 John Sturges 710
7 The Invisible Man 1933 James Whale 743
8 The Pride of the Yankees 1942 Sam Wood 1014
9 Sergeant York 1941 Howard Hawks 1133
10 Fury 1936 Fritz Lang 1385
11 How the West Was Won 1962 John Ford, Henry Hathaway, and George Marshall 1530
12 The Westerner 1940 William Wyler 2724

Jeff Bridges

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 The Big Lebowski 1998 Joel Coen 108
2 The Last Picture Show 1971 Peter Bogdanovich 287
3 Iron Man 2008 Jon Favreau 537
4 Tron 1982 Steven Lisberger 874
5 Heaven's Gate 1980 Michael Cimino 910
6 True Grit 2010 Ethan and Joel Coen 934
7 Fat City 1972 John Huston 964
8 Seabiscuit 2003 Gary Ross 1474
9 Starman 1984 John Carpenter 2074
10 The Fabulous Baker Boys 1989 Steven Kloves 2177
11 Cutter's Way 1981 Ivan Passer 2436
12 Arlington Road 1999 Mark Pellington 2449
13 Hell or High Water 2016 David Mackenzie 2457
14 The Fisher King 1991 Terry Gilliam 2497
15 Thunderbolt and Lightfoot 1974 Michael Cimino 2734

Matthew Broderick

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 The Lion King 1994 Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff 138
2 Ferris Bueller's Day Off 1986 John Hughes 334
3 Election 1999 Alexander Payne 546
4 Glory 1989 Edward Zwick 625
5 Manchester by the Sea 2016 Kenneth Lonergan 1740
6 You Can Count on Me 2000 Kenneth Lonergan 2339
7 Ladyhawke 1985 Richard Donner 2614
8 Torch Song Trilogy 1988 Paul Bogart 2665
9 Margaret 2011 Kenneth Lonergan 2782

Josh Brolin

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 No Country for Old Men 2007 Ethan and Joel Coen 189
2 The Goonies 1985 Richard Donner 444
3 Guardians of the Galaxy 2014 James Gunn 648
4 Milk 2008 Gus Van Sant 886
5 True Grit 2010 Ethan and Joel Coen 934
6 Avengers: Infinity War 2018 Anthony and Joe Russo 1384
7 Avengers: Endgame 2019 Anthony and Joe Russo 1454
8 American Gangster 2007 Ridley Scott 1692
9 Avengers: Age of Ultron 2015 Joss Whedon 2249
10 Flirting with Disaster 1996 David O. Russell 2398

Albert Brooks

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Taxi Driver 1976 Martin Scorsese 14
2 Finding Nemo 2003 Andrew Stanton 168
3 Drive 2011 Nicolas Winding Refn 659
4 Out of Sight 1998 Steven Soderbergh 860
5 Terms of Endearment 1983 James L. Brooks 905
6 Broadcast News 1987 James L. Brooks 972
7 Lost in America 1985 Albert Brooks 1365
8 Defending Your Life 1991 Albert Brooks 2539
9 The Simpsons Movie 2007 David Silverman 2711

Ellen Burstyn

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 The Exorcist 1973 William Friedkin 88
2 Requiem for a Dream 2000 Darren Aronofsky 259
3 The Last Picture Show 1971 Peter Bogdanovich 287
4 Interstellar 2014 Christopher Nolan 638
5 Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore 1974 Martin Scorsese 1792
6 The Fountain 2006 Darren Aronofsky 1801

Steve Buscemi

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Pulp Fiction 1994 Quentin Tarantino 9
2 Fargo 1996 Joel Coen 75
3 Reservoir Dogs 1992 Quentin Tarantino 80
4 The Big Lebowski 1998 Joel Coen 108
5 Monsters, Inc. 2001 Pete Docter 397
6 Miller's Crossing 1990 Joel Coen 466
7 Dead Man 1995 Jim Jarmusch 541
8 Big Fish 2003 Tim Burton 711
9 Barton Fink 1991 Joel Coen 733
10 Ghost World 2001 Terry Zwigoff 797
11 King of New York 1990 Abel Ferrara 1255
12 The Grifters 1990 Stephen Frears 1261
13 The Wedding Singer 1998 Frank Coraci 1284
14 Con Air 1997 Simon West 1507
15 Desperado 1995 Robert Rodriguez 1613
16 Armageddon 1998 Michael Bay 1748
17 Mystery Train 1989 Jim Jarmusch 1997
18 Parting Glances 1986 Bill Sherwood 2233
19 Billy Madison 1995 Tamra Davis 2543
20 Living in Oblivion 1995 Tom DiCillo 2571
21 The Hudsucker Proxy 1994 Joel Coen 2605
22 Lonesome Dove 1989 Simon Wincer 2658
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