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Top Films by Actor (P-R)

Al Pacino

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 The Godfather 1972 Francis Ford Coppola 1
2 The Godfather: Part II 1974 Francis Ford Coppola 14
3 Heat 1995 Michael Mann 150
4 Scarface 1983 Brian De Palma 239
5 Dog Day Afternoon 1975 Sidney Lumet 285
6 The Godfather: Part III 1990 Francis Ford Coppola 432
7 Glengarry Glen Ross 1992 James Foley 612
8 The Insider 1999 Michael Mann 647
9 Donnie Brasco 1997 Mike Newell 869
10 Serpico 1973 Sidney Lumet 1057
11 Carlito's Way 1993 Brian De Palma 1351
12 Any Given Sunday 1999 Oliver Stone 1660
13 Scent of a Woman 1992 Martin Brest 1753
14 Insomnia 2002 Christopher Nolan 1892
15 Dick Tracy 1990 Warren Beatty 2098

Chazz Palminteri

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 The Usual Suspects 1995 Bryan Singer 55
2 Stuart Little 1999 Rob Minkoff 1616
3 A Bronx Tale 1993 Robert De Niro 2071

Guy Pearce

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 L.A. Confidential 1997 Curtis Hanson 82
2 Memento 2000 Christopher Nolan 136
3 The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert 1994 Stephan Elliott 1541
4 The Hurt Locker 2008 Kathryn Bigelow 2031

Gregory Peck

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 To Kill a Mockingbird 1962 Robert Mulligan 62
2 Roman Holiday 1953 William Wyler 300
3 The Omen 1976 Richard Donner 739
4 The Guns of Navarone 1961 J. Lee Thompson 783
5 Twelve O'Clock High 1949 Henry King 1002
6 Gentleman's Agreement 1947 Elia Kazan 1064
7 Duel in the Sun 1946 King Vidor 1146
8 Cape Fear 1962 J. Lee Thompson 1160
9 The Gunfighter 1950 Henry King 1203
10 Spellbound 1945 Alfred Hitchcock 1289
11 The Big Country 1958 William Wyler 1586
12 How the West Was Won 1962 John Ford, Henry Hathaway, and George Marshall 1625
13 Cape Fear 1991 Martin Scorsese 1646
14 On the Beach 1959 Stanley Kramer 1833

Robin Wright Penn

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Sean Penn

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Being John Malkovich 1999 Spike Jonze 319
2 The Thin Red Line 1998 Terrence Malick 357
3 Fast Times at Ridgemont High 1982 Amy Heckerling 424
4 Dead Man Walking 1995 Tim Robbins 757
5 Carlito's Way 1993 Brian De Palma 1351
6 Dogtown and Z-Boys 2001 Stacy Peralta 1358
7 The Game 1997 David Fincher 1491
8 21 Grams 2003 Alejandro González Iñárritu 1504
9 Mystic River 2003 Clint Eastwood 1511
10 Persepolis 2007 Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi 1651
11 Milk 2008 Gus Van Sant 1856
12 Before Night Falls 2000 Julian Schnabel 1928
13 Casualties of War 1989 Brian De Palma 2300

Anthony Perkins

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Psycho 1960 Alfred Hitchcock 7
2 Catch-22 1970 Mike Nichols 1109
3 The Trial 1962 Orson Welles 1794
4 On the Beach 1959 Stanley Kramer 1833
5 Murder on the Orient Express 1974 Sidney Lumet 2105
6 Fear Strikes Out 1957 Robert Mulligan 2223

Joe Pesci

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Raging Bull 1980 Martin Scorsese 18
2 Goodfellas 1990 Martin Scorsese 26
3 Once Upon a Time in America 1984 Sergio Leone 207
4 JFK 1991 Oliver Stone 423
5 Casino 1995 Martin Scorsese 488
6 Home Alone 1990 Chris Columbus 1158
7 My Cousin Vinny 1992 Jonathan Lynn 1940
8 A Bronx Tale 1993 Robert De Niro 2071
9 Lethal Weapon 2 1989 Richard Donner 2355

Brad Pitt

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Fight Club 1999 David Fincher 83
2 Seven 1995 David Fincher 112
3 Thelma & Louise 1991 Ridley Scott 228
4 Being John Malkovich 1999 Spike Jonze 319
5 Twelve Monkeys 1995 Terry Gilliam 341
6 True Romance 1993 Tony Scott 430
7 Snatch. 2000 Guy Ritchie 1088
8 Ocean's Eleven 2001 Steven Soderbergh 1352
9 Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles 1994 Neil Jordan 1412
10 Inglourious Basterds 2009 Quentin Tarantino 1738
11 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford 2007 Andrew Dominik 1876
12 A River Runs Through It 1992 Robert Redford 1954
13 Babel 2006 Alejandro González Iñárritu 1957
14 Legends of the Fall 1994 Edward Zwick 2092
15 Troy 2004 Wolfgang Petersen 2333

Donald Pleasence

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Halloween 1978 John Carpenter 131
2 The Great Escape 1963 John Sturges 166
3 Escape from New York 1981 John Carpenter 974
4 THX-1138 1971 George Lucas 1182
5 Fantastic Voyage 1966 Richard Fleischer 1361
6 Will Penny 1968 Tom Gries 2267
7 Cul-de-sac 1966 Roman Polanski 2349

Christopher Plummer

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 The Sound of Music 1965 Robert Wise 79
2 Twelve Monkeys 1995 Terry Gilliam 341
3 Malcolm X 1992 Spike Lee 582
4 A Beautiful Mind 2001 Ron Howard 621
5 The Insider 1999 Michael Mann 647
6 The Man Who Would be King 1975 John Huston 665
7 Up 2009 Pete Docter 1065
8 Battle of Britain 1969 Guy Hamilton 1910
9 Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country 1991 Nicholas Meyer 2158

William Powell

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 The Thin Man 1934 W.S. Van Dyke 409
2 My Man Godfrey 1936 Gregory La Cava 538
3 Mister Roberts 1955 John Ford and Mervyn LeRoy 863
4 The Great Ziegfeld 1936 Robert Z. Leonard 1562
5 Life with Father 1947 Michael Curtiz 2148
6 The Last Command 1928 Josef von Sternberg 2363

Jonathan Pryce

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Brazil 1985 Terry Gilliam 77
2 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 2003 Gore Verbinski 379
3 The Age of Innocence 1993 Martin Scorsese 570
4 Glengarry Glen Ross 1992 James Foley 612
5 Evita 1996 Alan Parker 1428
6 Ronin 1998 John Frankenheimer 1446
7 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 2006 Gore Verbinski 1874
8 The Adventures of Baron Munchausen 1988 Terry Gilliam 1927

Douglas Rain

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968 Stanley Kubrick 4
2 Sleeper 1973 Woody Allen 553

Claude Rains

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Casablanca 1942 Michael Curtiz 3
2 Lawrence of Arabia 1962 David Lean 9
3 Notorious 1946 Alfred Hitchcock 104
4 The Adventures of Robin Hood 1938 Michael Curtiz and William Keighley 153
5 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1939 Frank Capra 156
6 Now, Voyager 1942 Irving Rapper 361
7 The Invisible Man 1933 James Whale 731
8 The Wolf Man 1941 George Waggner 985
9 Here Comes Mr. Jordan 1941 Alexander Hall 1283
10 The Sea Hawk 1940 Michael Curtiz 1702
11 Kings Row 1942 Sam Wood 2160

Basil Rathbone

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 The Adventures of Robin Hood 1938 Michael Curtiz and William Keighley 153
2 The Court Jester 1955 Melvin Frank and Norman Panama 895
3 David Copperfield 1935 George Cukor 1062
4 Anna Karenina 1935 Clarence Brown 1789
5 Captain Blood 1935 Michael Curtiz 1800
6 Son of Frankenstein 1939 Rowland V. Lee 2172
7 The Mask of Zorro 1998 Martin Campbell 2228
8 The Hound of the Baskervilles 1939 Sidney Lanfield 2301

Robert Redford

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969 George Roy Hill 114
2 All the President's Men 1976 Alan J. Pakula 277
3 The Sting 1973 George Roy Hill 281
4 Out of Africa 1985 Sydney Pollack 498
5 The Way We Were 1973 Sydney Pollack 842
6 The Natural 1984 Barry Levinson 908
7 Three Days of the Condor 1975 Sydney Pollack 1308
8 Downhill Racer 1969 Michael Ritchie 1364
9 A Bridge Too Far 1977 Richard Attenborough 1709
10 A River Runs Through It 1992 Robert Redford 1954

Keanu Reeves

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 The Matrix 1999 Andy and Larry Wachowski 42
2 Lost in Translation 2003 Sofia Coppola 254
3 Speed 1994 Jan de Bont 370
4 Dangerous Liaisons 1988 Stephen Frears 618
5 My Own Private Idaho 1991 Gus Van Sant 991
6 Point Break 1991 Kathryn Bigelow 1077
7 The Matrix Reloaded 2003 Andy and Larry Wachowski 1249
8 Bram Stoker's Dracula 1992 Francis Ford Coppola 1320
9 River's Edge 1986 Tim Hunter 1778
10 Parenthood 1989 Ron Howard 1812
11 Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure 1989 Stephen Herek 1958
12 The Matrix Revolutions 2003 Andy and Larry Wachowski 2104
13 A Scanner Darkly 2006 Richard Linklater 2183
14 Much Ado about Nothing 1993 Kenneth Branagh 2289

Fernando Rey

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 The French Connection 1971 William Friedkin 151
2 Viridiana 1961 Luis Buñuel 309
3 The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie 1972 Luis Buñuel 312
4 Chimes at Midnight 1965 Orson Welles 1016
5 Seven Beauties 1975 Lina Wertmüller 1049
6 That Obscure Object of Desire 1977 Luis Buñuel 1080
7 Tristana 1970 Luis Buñuel 1191

Burt Reynolds

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Deliverance 1972 John Boorman 326
2 Boogie Nights 1997 Paul Thomas Anderson 373
3 The Player 1992 Robert Altman 492
4 The Longest Yard 1974 Robert Aldrich 854
5 Citizen Ruth 1996 Alexander Payne 1492
6 Sherman's March 1986 Ross McElwee 1529

John Rhys-Davies

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981 Steven Spielberg 29
2 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2001 Peter Jackson 60
3 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003 Peter Jackson 96
4 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 2002 Peter Jackson 123
5 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989 Steven Spielberg 450
6 Victor/Victoria 1982 Blake Edwards 1433

Tim Robbins

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 The Shawshank Redemption 1994 Frank Darabont 46
2 Network 1976 Sidney Lumet 221
3 Bull Durham 1988 Ron Shelton 344
4 Top Gun 1986 Tony Scott 411
5 The Player 1992 Robert Altman 492
6 Short Cuts 1993 Robert Altman 603
7 High Fidelity 2000 Stephen Frears 687
8 Jacob's Ladder 1990 Adrian Lyne 924
9 Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy 2004 Adam McKay 982
10 The Hudsucker Proxy 1994 Joel Coen 1435
11 War of the Worlds 2005 Steven Spielberg 1449
12 Mystic River 2003 Clint Eastwood 1511
13 Bob Roberts 1992 Tim Robbins 1922
14 Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me 1999 Jay Roach 2135
15 The Sure Thing 1985 Rob Reiner 2177

Julia Roberts

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Pretty Woman 1990 Garry Marshall 298
2 The Player 1992 Robert Altman 492
3 Erin Brockovich 2000 Steven Soderbergh 649
4 Notting Hill 1999 Roger Michell 1166
5 Steel Magnolias 1989 Herbert Ross 1239
6 My Best Friend's Wedding 1997 P.J. Hogan 1270
7 Ocean's Eleven 2001 Steven Soderbergh 1352
8 Everyone Says I Love You 1996 Woody Allen 1518
9 Stepmom 1998 Chris Columbus 2073

Edward G. Robinson

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Double Indemnity 1944 Billy Wilder 41
2 The Ten Commandments 1956 Cecil B. DeMille 403
3 Little Caesar 1931 Mervyn LeRoy 722
4 Key Largo 1948 John Huston 1148
5 Soylent Green 1973 Richard Fleischer 1257
6 Scarlet Street 1945 Fritz Lang 1870
7 The Woman in the Window 1944 Fritz Lang 1991

Ginger Rogers

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Top Hat 1935 Mark Sandrich 172
2 Swing Time 1936 George Stevens 392
3 42nd Street 1933 Lloyd Bacon 393
4 Stage Door 1937 Gregory La Cava 897
5 Gold Diggers of 1933 1933 Mervyn LeRoy 1095
6 The Gay Divorcee 1934 Mark Sandrich 1756
7 Shall We Dance 1937 Mark Sandrich 1918
8 Follow the Fleet 1936 Mark Sandrich 2354

Tim Roth

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Pulp Fiction 1994 Quentin Tarantino 15
2 Reservoir Dogs 1992 Quentin Tarantino 66
3 The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover 1989 Peter Greenaway 1171
4 Everyone Says I Love You 1996 Woody Allen 1518

Mickey Rourke

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Sin City 2005 Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez 575
2 Body Heat 1981 Lawrence Kasdan 634
3 Diner 1982 Barry Levinson 646
4 9 1/2 Weeks 1986 Adrian Lyne 1280
5 Buffalo '66 1998 Vincent Gallo 1291
6 Angel Heart 1987 Alan Parker 1353
7 The Wrestler 2008 Darren Aronofsky 1399
8 Heaven's Gate 1980 Michael Cimino 1410
9 1941 1979 Steven Spielberg 1973
10 Rumble Fish 1983 Francis Ford Coppola 1974

Kurt Russell

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Forrest Gump 1994 Robert Zemeckis 93
2 The Thing 1982 John Carpenter 210
3 Escape from New York 1981 John Carpenter 974
4 Silkwood 1983 Mike Nichols 1051
5 Miracle 2004 Gavin O'Connor 1483
6 Tombstone 1993 George P. Cosmatos 1573
7 Big Trouble in Little China 1986 John Carpenter 2173
8 Vanilla Sky 2001 Cameron Crowe 2317

Rosalind Russell

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 His Girl Friday 1940 Howard Hawks 72
2 The Women 1939 George Cukor 835
3 Picnic 1955 Joshua Logan 1775
4 Auntie Mame 1958 Morton DaCosta 1839

Meg Ryan

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 When Harry Met Sally… 1989 Rob Reiner 167
2 Top Gun 1986 Tony Scott 411
3 Sleepless in Seattle 1993 Nora Ephron 652
4 You've Got Mail 1998 Nora Ephron 1567
5 City of Angels 1998 Brad Silberling 2066
6 The Doors 1991 Oliver Stone 2164

Winona Ryder

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Edward Scissorhands 1990 Tim Burton 287
2 Being John Malkovich 1999 Spike Jonze 319
3 The Age of Innocence 1993 Martin Scorsese 570
4 Heathers 1988 Michael Lehmann 717
5 Beetlejuice 1988 Tim Burton 784
6 Little Women 1994 Gillian Armstrong 894
7 Zoolander 2001 Ben Stiller 1048
8 Alien: Resurrection 1997 Jean-Pierre Jeunet 1090
9 Bram Stoker's Dracula 1992 Francis Ford Coppola 1320
10 The Crucible 1996 Nicholas Hytner 1932
11 Star Trek 2009 J.J. Abrams 2062
12 A Scanner Darkly 2006 Richard Linklater 2183
13 Girl, Interrupted 1999 James Mangold 2250

Chishû Ryû

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Tokyo Story 1953 Yasujiro Ozu 110
2 Late Spring 1949 Yasujiro Ozu 855
3 Red Beard 1965 Akira Kurosawa 1450
4 An Autumn Afternoon 1962 Yasujiro Ozu 1638
5 Early Summer 1951 Yasujiro Ozu 1803
6 I Was Born, But... 1932 Yasujiro Ozu 1963
7 Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters 1985 Paul Schrader 2297
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