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Top Films by Actor (N-O)

Tatsuya Nakadai

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Seven Samurai 1954 Akira Kurosawa 22
2 Ran 1985 Akira Kurosawa 197
3 Yojimbo 1961 Akira Kurosawa 328
4 High and Low 1963 Akira Kurosawa 662
5 Harakiri 1962 Masaki Kobayashi 754
6 Kwaidan 1964 Masaki Kobayashi 1161
7 Kagemusha 1980 Akira Kurosawa 1416
8 The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer 1961 Masaki Kobayashi 1669
9 Samurai Rebellion 1967 Masaki Kobayashi 1861
10 Sanjuro 1962 Akira Kurosawa 1921
11 The Human Condition I: No Greater Love 1959 Masaki Kobayashi 2032
12 When a Woman Ascends the Stairs 1960 Mikio Naruse 2127
13 The Tale of Princess Kaguya 2013 Isao Takahata 2178
14 The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity 1959 Masaki Kobayashi 2367
15 The Face of Another 1966 Hiroshi Teshigahara 2397

Liam Neeson

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Schindler's List 1993 Steven Spielberg 28
2 Batman Begins 2005 Christopher Nolan 414
3 The Dark Knight Rises 2012 Christopher Nolan 614
4 Love Actually 2003 Richard Curtis 636
5 The Lego Movie 2014 Phil Lord and Christopher Miller 918
6 Taken 2008 Pierre Morel 1166
7 The Mission 1986 Roland Joffé 1451
8 Ponyo 2008 Hayao Miyazaki 1608
9 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 2005 Andrew Adamson 1625
10 Gangs of New York 2002 Martin Scorsese 1774
11 Excalibur 1981 John Boorman 1923
12 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 1999 George Lucas 2263
13 Husbands and Wives 1992 Woody Allen 2408

Sam Neill

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Jurassic Park 1993 Steven Spielberg 132
2 The Piano 1993 Jane Campion 306
3 Possession 1981 Andrzej Zulawski 1719
4 Thor: Ragnarok 2017 Taika Waititi 1972
5 The Hunt for Red October 1990 John McTiernan 2229
6 My Brilliant Career 1979 Gillian Armstrong 2251
7 Dead Calm 1989 Phillip Noyce 2303
8 Event Horizon 1997 Paul W.S. Anderson 2720

Paul Newman

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969 George Roy Hill 136
2 Cool Hand Luke 1967 Stuart Rosenberg 285
3 The Sting 1973 George Roy Hill 294
4 The Hustler 1961 Robert Rossen 301
5 Slap Shot 1977 George Roy Hill 801
6 Hud 1963 Martin Ritt 911
7 The Verdict 1982 Sidney Lumet 1075
8 Road to Perdition 2002 Sam Mendes 1149
9 The Color of Money 1986 Martin Scorsese 1587
10 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 1958 Richard Brooks 1926
11 Hombre 1967 Martin Ritt 2205
12 The Towering Inferno 1974 John Guillermin and Irwin Allen 2306
13 The Hudsucker Proxy 1994 Joel Coen 2605

Jack Nicholson

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Chinatown 1974 Roman Polanski 21
2 One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975 Milos Forman 38
3 The Shining 1980 Stanley Kubrick 41
4 Easy Rider 1969 Dennis Hopper 181
5 The Departed 2006 Martin Scorsese 238
6 Batman 1989 Tim Burton 462
7 Five Easy Pieces 1970 Bob Rafelson 581
8 As Good as It Gets 1997 James L. Brooks 791
9 The Passenger 1975 Michelangelo Antonioni 833
10 Terms of Endearment 1983 James L. Brooks 905
11 Broadcast News 1987 James L. Brooks 972
12 Reds 1981 Warren Beatty 1204
13 A Few Good Men 1992 Rob Reiner 1335
14 The Last Detail 1973 Hal Ashby 1553
15 Mars Attacks! 1996 Tim Burton 1807
16 The Shooting 1966 Monte Hellman 1958
17 Tommy 1975 Ken Russell 2098
18 Prizzi's Honor 1985 John Huston 2101
19 Head 1968 Bob Rafelson 2317
20 Carnal Knowledge 1971 Mike Nichols 2423
21 The Little Shop of Horrors 1960 Roger Corman 2671
22 The Postman Always Rings Twice 1981 Bob Rafelson 2714

Edward Norton

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Fight Club 1999 David Fincher 71
2 American History X 1998 Tony Kaye 428
3 The Grand Budapest Hotel 2014 Wes Anderson 917
4 Moonrise Kingdom 2012 Wes Anderson 963
5 25th Hour 2002 Spike Lee 1219
6 Primal Fear 1996 Gregory Hoblit 1558
7 Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) 2014 Alejandro G. Iñárritu 1567
8 Frida 2002 Julie Taymor 2031
9 The People vs. Larry Flynt 1996 Milos Forman 2459
10 The Italian Job 2003 F. Gary Gray 2656
11 Isle of Dogs 2018 Wes Anderson 2757
12 The Illusionist 2006 Neil Burger 2771

Kim Novak

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Vertigo 1958 Alfred Hitchcock 13
2 The Man with the Golden Arm 1955 Otto Preminger 1383

George O'Brien

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Sunrise 1927 F.W. Murnau 81
2 Fort Apache 1948 John Ford 951
3 She Wore a Yellow Ribbon 1949 John Ford 1009
4 The Iron Horse 1924 John Ford 1956

Donald O'Connor

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Singin' in the Rain 1952 Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly 7

Laurence Olivier

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Spartacus 1960 Stanley Kubrick 254
2 Rebecca 1940 Alfred Hitchcock 299
3 Henry V 1944 Laurence Olivier 960
4 Wuthering Heights 1939 William Wyler 1136
5 Romeo and Juliet 1968 Franco Zeffirelli 1398
6 Marathon Man 1976 John Schlesinger 1403
7 Sleuth 1972 Joseph L. Mankiewicz 1430
8 Hamlet 1948 Laurence Olivier 1501
9 A Bridge Too Far 1977 Richard Attenborough 2099
10 Battle of Britain 1969 Guy Hamilton 2262
11 Clash of the Titans 1981 Desmond Davis 2277

Ryan O'Neal

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Barry Lyndon 1975 Stanley Kubrick 231
2 What's Up, Doc? 1972 Peter Bogdanovich 1038
3 Paper Moon 1973 Peter Bogdanovich 1200
4 Love Story 1970 Arthur Hiller 1209
5 The Driver 1978 Walter Hill 1959
6 A Bridge Too Far 1977 Richard Attenborough 2099

Peter O'Toole

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Lawrence of Arabia 1962 David Lean 19
2 Ratatouille 2007 Brad Bird 412
3 The Last Emperor 1987 Bernardo Bertolucci 651
4 The Lion in Winter 1968 Anthony Harvey 1568
5 Stardust 2007 Matthew Vaughn 2126
6 The Stunt Man 1980 Richard Rush 2267
7 Becket 1964 Peter Glenville 2409
8 My Favorite Year 1982 Richard Benjamin 2453
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