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Top Films by Actor (I-K)

Jeremy Irons

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 The Lion King 1994 Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff 138
2 Dead Ringers 1988 David Cronenberg 674
3 Inland Empire 2006 David Lynch 1361
4 Die Hard with a Vengeance 1995 John McTiernan 1390
5 The Mission 1986 Roland Joffé 1451
6 Reversal of Fortune 1990 Barbet Schroeder 2538

Hugh Jackman

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 The Prestige 2006 Christopher Nolan 555
2 X2 2003 Bryan Singer 736
3 X-Men 2000 Bryan Singer 1167
4 X-Men: First Class 2011 Matthew Vaughn 1449
5 Logan 2017 James Mangold 1505
6 Prisoners 2013 Denis Villeneuve 1562
7 X-Men: Days of Future Past 2014 Bryan Singer 1575
8 The Fountain 2006 Darren Aronofsky 1801
9 Les Misérables 2012 Tom Hooper 2067
10 Happy Feet 2006 George Miller 2192

Samuel L. Jackson

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Pulp Fiction 1994 Quentin Tarantino 9
2 Goodfellas 1990 Martin Scorsese 17
3 Do the Right Thing 1989 Spike Lee 89
4 Jurassic Park 1993 Steven Spielberg 132
5 The Incredibles 2004 Brad Bird 205
6 Inglourious Basterds 2009 Quentin Tarantino 272
7 Kill Bill: Vol. 2 2004 Quentin Tarantino 439
8 Iron Man 2008 Jon Favreau 537
9 The Avengers 2012 Joss Whedon 540
10 Django Unchained 2012 Quentin Tarantino 579
11 Jackie Brown 1997 Quentin Tarantino 722
12 True Romance 1993 Tony Scott 768
13 Out of Sight 1998 Steven Soderbergh 860
14 Coming to America 1988 John Landis 1042
15 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith 2005 George Lucas 1139
16 Avengers: Infinity War 2018 Anthony and Joe Russo 1384
17 Die Hard with a Vengeance 1995 John McTiernan 1390
18 Avengers: Endgame 2019 Anthony and Joe Russo 1454
19 Captain America: The Winter Soldier 2014 Anthony and Joe Russo 1475
20 Menace II Society 1993 Albert and Allen Hughes 1586
21 The Hateful Eight 2015 Quentin Tarantino 1707
22 Unbreakable 2000 M. Night Shyamalan 1735
23 Thor 2011 Kenneth Branagh 1864
24 The Long Kiss Goodnight 1996 Renny Harlin 2130
25 Avengers: Age of Ultron 2015 Joss Whedon 2249
26 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 1999 George Lucas 2263
27 Eve's Bayou 1997 Kasi Lemmons 2289
28 Coach Carter 2005 Thomas Carter 2407
29 A Time to Kill 1996 Joel Schumacher 2488
30 Incredibles 2 2018 Brad Bird 2505
31 Captain America: The First Avenger 2011 Joe Johnston 2620

Scarlett Johansson

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Lost in Translation 2003 Sofia Coppola 161
2 The Avengers 2012 Joss Whedon 540
3 The Prestige 2006 Christopher Nolan 555
4 Ghost World 2001 Terry Zwigoff 797
5 Her 2013 Spike Jonze 840
6 Captain America: Civil War 2016 Anthony and Joe Russo 1289
7 Under the Skin 2013 Jonathan Glazer 1338
8 Avengers: Infinity War 2018 Anthony and Joe Russo 1384
9 Avengers: Endgame 2019 Anthony and Joe Russo 1454
10 Captain America: The Winter Soldier 2014 Anthony and Joe Russo 1475
11 Match Point 2005 Woody Allen 1831
12 Avengers: Age of Ultron 2015 Joss Whedon 2249
13 The Man Who Wasn't There 2001 Joel Coen 2272
14 The Jungle Book 2016 Jon Favreau 2631
15 Isle of Dogs 2018 Wes Anderson 2757

Boris Karloff

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Frankenstein 1931 James Whale 152
2 Bride of Frankenstein 1935 James Whale 155
3 Scarface 1932 Howard Hawks 534
4 The Black Cat 1934 Edgar G. Ulmer 1518
5 The Mummy 1932 Karl Freund 1527
6 The Old Dark House 1932 James Whale 1797
7 Targets 1968 Peter Bogdanovich 2188
8 Black Sabbath 1963 Mario Bava and Salvatore Billitteri 2564

Buster Keaton

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Sunset Blvd. 1950 Billy Wilder 25
2 The General 1926 Clyde Bruckman and Buster Keaton 49
3 Sherlock, Jr. 1924 Buster Keaton 198
4 Steamboat Bill, Jr. 1928 Charles Reisner 781
5 The Cameraman 1928 Edward Sedgwick 1041
6 Our Hospitality 1923 John G. Blystone and Buster Keaton 1117
7 It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World 1963 Stanley Kramer 1476
8 Limelight 1952 Charles Chaplin 1485
9 Seven Chances 1925 Buster Keaton 1840
10 The Navigator 1924 Donald Crisp and Buster Keaton 1886
11 Around the World in Eighty Days 1956 Michael Anderson 2078

Diane Keaton

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 The Godfather 1972 Francis Ford Coppola 1
2 The Godfather: Part II 1974 Francis Ford Coppola 18
3 Annie Hall 1977 Woody Allen 20
4 Manhattan 1979 Woody Allen 117
5 Sleeper 1973 Woody Allen 499
6 The Godfather: Part III 1990 Francis Ford Coppola 774
7 Love and Death 1975 Woody Allen 1088
8 Reds 1981 Warren Beatty 1204
9 Play It Again, Sam 1972 Herbert Ross 1754
10 Radio Days 1987 Woody Allen 2396

Harvey Keitel

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Pulp Fiction 1994 Quentin Tarantino 9
2 Taxi Driver 1976 Martin Scorsese 14
3 Reservoir Dogs 1992 Quentin Tarantino 80
4 Mean Streets 1973 Martin Scorsese 249
5 Inglourious Basterds 2009 Quentin Tarantino 272
6 The Piano 1993 Jane Campion 306
7 Thelma & Louise 1991 Ridley Scott 379
8 The Grand Budapest Hotel 2014 Wes Anderson 917
9 Bad Lieutenant 1992 Abel Ferrara 961
10 Moonrise Kingdom 2012 Wes Anderson 963
11 The Last Temptation of Christ 1988 Martin Scorsese 1067
12 From Dusk Till Dawn 1996 Robert Rodriguez 1648
13 Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore 1974 Martin Scorsese 1792
14 Get Shorty 1995 Barry Sonnenfeld 2209
15 Smoke 1995 Wayne Wang 2273
16 Blue Collar 1978 Paul Schrader 2314
17 Bad Timing 1980 Nicolas Roeg 2636
18 Isle of Dogs 2018 Wes Anderson 2757
19 Ulysses' Gaze 1995 Theodoros Angelopoulos 2781

Gene Kelly

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Singin' in the Rain 1952 Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly 7
2 An American in Paris 1951 Vincente Minnelli 391
3 On the Town 1949 Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly 706
4 The Young Girls of Rochefort 1967 Jacques Demy 1193
5 Inherit the Wind 1960 Stanley Kramer 1859
6 It's Always Fair Weather 1955 Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly 2579
7 Anchors Aweigh 1945 George Sidney 2670

Grace Kelly

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Rear Window 1954 Alfred Hitchcock 34
2 High Noon 1952 Fred Zinnemann 130
3 Dial M for Murder 1954 Alfred Hitchcock 826
4 To Catch a Thief 1955 Alfred Hitchcock 1756
5 High Society 1956 Charles Walters 1795

Deborah Kerr

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp 1943 Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger 327
2 From Here to Eternity 1953 Fred Zinnemann 372
3 Black Narcissus 1947 Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger 410
4 The Innocents 1961 Jack Clayton 442
5 An Affair to Remember 1957 Leo McCarey 794
6 The King and I 1956 Walter Lang 997

Nicole Kidman

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Moulin Rouge! 2001 Baz Luhrmann 357
2 Dogville 2003 Lars von Trier 626
3 Eyes Wide Shut 1999 Stanley Kubrick 699
4 The Others 2001 Alejandro Amenábar 902
5 The Hours 2002 Stephen Daldry 1334
6 To Die For 1995 Gus Van Sant 2024
7 Happy Feet 2006 George Miller 2192
8 Dead Calm 1989 Phillip Noyce 2303
9 Birth 2004 Jonathan Glazer 2672

Ben Kingsley

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Schindler's List 1993 Steven Spielberg 28
2 Gandhi 1982 Richard Attenborough 482
3 A.I.: Artificial Intelligence 2001 Steven Spielberg 593
4 Sexy Beast 2000 Jonathan Glazer 941
5 Shutter Island 2010 Martin Scorsese 1083
6 Hugo 2011 Martin Scorsese 1120
7 Maurice 1987 James Ivory 1894
8 Lucky Number Slevin 2006 Paul McGuigan 1992
9 Iron Man 3 2013 Shane Black 2583
10 The Jungle Book 2016 Jon Favreau 2631

Klaus Kinski

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Aguirre: The Wrath of God 1972 Werner Herzog 151
2 Doctor Zhivago 1965 David Lean 425
3 Fitzcarraldo 1982 Werner Herzog 465
4 For a Few Dollars More 1965 Sergio Leone 468
5 Nosferatu the Vampyre 1979 Werner Herzog 966
6 Burden of Dreams 1982 Les Blank 1323
7 The Great Silence 1968 Sergio Corbucci 1479

Yaphet Kotto

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Alien 1979 Ridley Scott 16
2 Midnight Run 1988 Martin Brest 773
3 The Thomas Crown Affair 1968 Norman Jewison 2144
4 Blue Collar 1978 Paul Schrader 2314
5 Nothing but a Man 1964 Michael Roemer 2654
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