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Top Films with Cult Television Actors and Writers

The list below is made up of master list films with appearances by actors who appeared in at least the specified episodes of the show(s) in question as well as important writers. For actors, the list below contain uncredited performances and bit parts as well as important supporting roles. Separate pages list film appearances for 24, Star Trek, and Twin Peaks.

Battlestar Galactica (Original and Reimagined Versions)

For either version of Battlestar Galactica, the person in question has participated in at least 12 episodes.

Rank	Title	Year	Director(s)	Actor(s) or Writer	Overall Rank
1	Blade Runner	1982	Ridley Scott	Edward James Olmos	21
2	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial	1982	Steven Spielberg	Anne Lockhart	23
3	Blue Velvet	1986	David Lynch	Dean Stockwell	59
4	This Is Spinal Tap	1984	Rob Reiner	Patrick Macnee	78
5	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid	1969	George Roy Hill	Donnelly Rhodes	114
6	Memento	2000	Christopher Nolan	Callum Keith Rennie	136
7	Donnie Darko	2001	Richard Kelly	Mary McDonnell	212
8	Dances with Wolves	1990	Kevin Costner	Mary McDonnell	213
9	The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp	1943	Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger	Patrick Macnee	390
10	Independence Day	1996	Roland Emmerich	Mary McDonnell	431
11	Paris, Texas	1984	Wim Wenders	Dean Stockwell	473
12	Apollo 13	1995	Ron Howard	Herbert Jefferson Jr.	485
13	The Player	1992	Robert Altman	Dean Stockwell	492
14	Spider-Man	2002	Sam Raimi	Lucy Lawless	501
15	Malcolm X	1992	Spike Lee	Kate Vernon	582
16	Basic Instinct	1992	Paul Verhoeven	Anne Lockhart	636
17	Bridget Jones's Diary	2001	Sharon Maguire	James Callis	714
18	Spider-Man 2	2004	Sam Raimi	Lucy Lawless	765
19	Total Recall	1990	Paul Verhoeven	Anne Lockhart	846
20	Risky Business	1983	Paul Brickman	Anne Lockhart	870
21	X2	2003	Bryan Singer	Aaron Douglas and Colin Lawrence	888
22	The Little Mermaid	1989	Ron Clements and John Musker	Anne Lockhart	928
23	Scrooge	1951	Brian Desmond Hurst	Patrick Macnee	962
24	Hamlet	1948	Laurence Olivier	Patrick Macnee	973
25	Gentleman's Agreement	1947	Elia Kazan	Dean Stockwell	1064
26	Long Day's Journey into Night	1962	Sidney Lumet	Dean Stockwell	1167
27	Pygmalion	1938	Anthony Asquith and Leslie Howard	Patrick Macnee	1168
28	Star Trek: First Contact	1996	Jonathan Frakes	Ronald D. Moore	1417
29	Matewan	1987	John Sayles	Mary McDonnell	1420
30	Stand and Deliver	1988	Ramón Menéndez	Edward James Olmos and Bodie Olmos	1436
31	Air Force One	1997	Wolfgang Petersen	Dean Stockwell	1488
32	Pretty in Pink	1986	Howard Deutch	Kate Vernon	1555
33	To Live and Die in L.A.	1985	William Friedkin	Dean Stockwell	1596
34	City Slickers	1991	Ron Underwood	Anne Lockhart	1614
35	Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind	1984	Hayao Miyazaki	Edward James Olmos	1647
36	The Howling	1981	Joe Dante	Patrick Macnee	1698
37	The Postman Always Rings Twice	1981	Bob Rafelson	John Colicos	1951
38	Dune	1984	David Lynch	Dean Stockwell	2067
39	Selena	1997	Gregory Nava	Edward James Olmos	2170
40	The Butterfly Effect	2004	Eric Bress and J. Mackye Gruber	Callum Keith Rennie	2270
41	The Changeling	1980	Peter Medak	John Colicos	2335

Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel

For both shows, the person in question has participated in at least 12 episodes.

Rank	Title	Year	Director(s)	Actor(s) or Writer	Overall Rank
1	Toy Story	1995	John Lasseter	Joss Whedon	64
2	The Professional	1994	Luc Besson	Adam Busch	282
3	Boogie Nights	1997	Paul Thomas Anderson	Tom Lenk	373
4	Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery	1997	Jay Roach	Seth Green	401
5	Ed Wood	1994	Tim Burton	Juliet Landau	497
6	As Good as It Gets	1997	James L. Brooks	Julie Benz	635
7	American Pie	1999	Paul Weitz	Alyson Hannigan	708
8	Spider-Man 2	2004	Sam Raimi	Daniel Dae Kim	765
9	The Grifters	1990	Stephen Frears	Juliet Landau	790
10	Serenity	2005	Joss Whedon	Joss Whedon	893
11	Crash	2004	Paul Haggis	Daniel Dae Kim	1078
12	Alien: Resurrection	1997	Jean-Pierre Jeunet	Joss Whedon	1090
13	Road to Perdition	2002	Sam Mendes	Harry Groener	1224
14	Cruel Intentions	1999	Roger Kumble	Sarah Michelle Gellar	1230
15	The Hitcher	1986	Robert Harmon	Armin Shimerman	1247
16	Pleasantville	1998	Gary Ross	Marc Blucas and Danny Strong	1260
17	True Lies	1994	James Cameron	Eliza Dushku	1411
18	Bring It On	2000	Peyton Reed	Eliza Dushku and Clare Kramer	1539
19	Friday Night Lights	2004	Peter Berg and Josh Pate	Christian Kane	1593
20	Seabiscuit	2003	Gary Ross	Danny Strong	1610
21	Scream 2	1997	Wes Craven	Sarah Michelle Gellar	1726
22	Pump Up the Volume	1990	Allan Moyle	Seth Green	1868
23	Radio Days	1987	Woody Allen	Seth Green	1869
24	About Schmidt	2002	Alexander Payne	Harry Groener	1950
25	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street	2007	Tim Burton	Anthony Stewart Head	1975
26	Enemy of the State	1998	Tony Scott	Seth Green	2038
27	Honey, I Shrunk the Kids	1989	Joe Johnston	Kristine Sutherland	2053
28	Addams Family Values	1993	Barry Sonnenfeld	Mercedes McNab	2087
29	Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me	1999	Jay Roach	Seth Green	2135
30	King of the Hill	1993	Steven Soderbergh	Amber Benson	2291

Lost

For Lost, the person in question has participated in at least 16 episodes (not 4, 8, 15, 23, or 42).

Rank	Title	Year	Director(s)	Actor(s) or Writer	Overall Rank
1	Saving Private Ryan	1998	Steven Spielberg	Jeremy Davies	50
2	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	2001	Peter Jackson	Dominic Monaghan	60
3	Forrest Gump	1994	Robert Zemeckis	Sam Anderson	93
4	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	2003	Peter Jackson	Dominic Monaghan	96
5	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	2002	Peter Jackson	Dominic Monaghan	123
6	The English Patient	1996	Anthony Minghella	Naveen Andrews	231
7	Full Metal Jacket	1987	Stanley Kubrick	John Terry	275
8	Romeo + Juliet	1996	Baz Luhrmann	Harold Perrineau	406
9	The Fugitive	1993	Andrew Davis	L. Scott Caldwell	496
10	The Dark Knight	2008	Christopher Nolan	Nestor Carbonell	581
11	A.I.: Artificial Intelligence	2001	Steven Spielberg	Ken Leung	584
12	Sideways	2004	Alexander Payne	M.C. Gainey	680
13	Armageddon	1998	Michael Bay	J.J. Abrams	733
14	Spider-Man 2	2004	Sam Raimi	Daniel Dae Kim	765
15	The Bourne Identity	2002	Doug Liman	Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje	1004
16	Crash	2004	Paul Haggis	Daniel Dae Kim	1078
17	Dogville	2003	Lars von Trier	Jeremy Davies	1130
18	The Matrix Reloaded	2003	Andy and Larry Wachowski	Harold Perrineau	1249
19	Secretary	2002	Steven Shainberg	Jeremy Davies	1271
20	King of New York	1990	Abel Ferrara	Harold Perrineau	1333
21	Places in the Heart	1984	Robert Benton	Terry O'Quinn	1350
22	Avatar	2009	James Cameron	Michelle Rodriguez	1376
23	Brick	2005	Rian Johnson	Emilie de Ravin	1379
24	Con Air	1997	Simon West	M.C. Gainey	1406
25	Heaven's Gate	1980	Michael Cimino	Terry O'Quinn	1410
26	Citizen Ruth	1996	Alexander Payne	M.C. Gainey	1492
27	Saw	2004	James Wan	Michael Emerson and Ken Leung	1534
28	Tombstone	1993	George P. Cosmatos	Terry O'Quinn	1573
29	Old School	2003	Todd Phillips	Terry O'Quinn	1589
30	Twister	1996	Jan de Bont	Jeremy Davies	1601
31	Welcome to the Dollhouse	1995	Todd Solondz	Ken Leung	1626
32	Solaris	2002	Steven Soderbergh	Jeremy Davies	1689
33	Devil in a Blue Dress	1995	Carl Franklin	L. Scott Caldwell	1832
34	Pennies from Heaven	1981	Herbert Ross	M.C. Gainey	1875
35	Smoke	1995	Wayne Wang	Harold Perrineau	1943
36	The Hurt Locker	2008	Kathryn Bigelow	Evangeline Lilly	2031
37	Star Trek	2009	J.J. Abrams	J.J. Abrams	2062
38	The Matrix Revolutions	2003	Andy and Larry Wachowski	Harold Perrineau	2104
39	Starman	1984	John Carpenter	M.C. Gainey	2121
40	Vanilla Sky	2001	Cameron Crowe	Ken Leung	2317
41	The Stepfather	1987	Joseph Ruben	Terry O'Quinn	2339

The Simpsons

For The Simpsons, the person in question has participated in at least 20 episodes.

Rank	Title	Year	Director(s)	Actor(s) or Writer	Overall Rank
1	This Is Spinal Tap	1984	Rob Reiner	Harry Shearer	78
2	Heat	1995	Michael Mann	Hank Azaria	150
3	The Truman Show	1998	Peter Weir	Harry Shearer	291
4	Pretty Woman	1990	Garry Marshall	Hank Azaria	298
5	Being John Malkovich	1999	Spike Jonze	Pamela Hayden	319
6	Terms of Endearment	1983	James L. Brooks	James L. Brooks	330
7	Hannah and Her Sisters	1986	Woody Allen	Julie Kavner	354
8	Who Framed Roger Rabbit	1988	Robert Zemeckis	Nancy Cartwright and Russi Taylor	367
9	The Right Stuff	1983	Philip Kaufman	Harry Shearer	371
10	Babe	1995	Chris Noonan	Russi Taylor and Doris Grau	372
11	The Godfather: Part III	1990	Francis Ford Coppola	Joe Mantegna	432
12	Say Anything…	1989	Cameron Crowe	Dan Castellaneta	448
13	Princess Mononoke	1997	Hayao Miyazaki	Tress MacNeille	537
14	Broadcast News	1987	James L. Brooks	James L. Brooks	564
15	As Good as It Gets	1997	James L. Brooks	James L. Brooks and Yeardley Smith	635
16	A League of Their Own	1992	Penny Marshall	Harry Shearer	641
17	Grosse Pointe Blank	1997	George Armitage	Hank Azaria	745
18	A Bug's Life	1998	John Lasseter	Russi Taylor	788
19	The Little Mermaid	1989	Ron Clements and John Musker	Nancy Cartwright	928
20	Quiz Show	1994	Robert Redford	Hank Azaria	1012
21	Lost in America	1985	Albert Brooks	Maggie Roswell	1083
22	Pee-wee's Big Adventure	1985	Tim Burton	Phil Hartman	1093
23	Searching for Bobby Fischer	1993	Steven Zaillian	Joe Mantegna	1149
24	House of Games	1987	David Mamet	Joe Mantegna	1218
25	My Best Friend's Wedding	1997	P.J. Hogan	Harry Shearer	1270
26	The Fisher King	1991	Terry Gilliam	Harry Shearer	1455
27	Pretty in Pink	1986	Howard Deutch	Maggie Roswell	1555
28	City Slickers	1991	Ron Underwood	Yeardley Smith	1614
29	The Robe	1953	Henry Koster	Harry Shearer	1645
30	Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind	1984	Hayao Miyazaki	Tress MacNeille	1647
31	Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai	1999	Jim Jarmusch	Harry Shearer	1662
32	Bugsy	1991	Barry Levinson	Joe Mantegna	1770
33	The War of the Roses	1989	Danny DeVito	Dan Castellaneta	1784
34	A Walk on the Moon	1999	Tony Goldwyn	Julie Kavner	1820
35	Radio Days	1987	Woody Allen	Julie Kavner	1869
36	Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story	2004	Rawson Marshall Thurber	Hank Azaria	1948
37	Kiki’s Delivery Service	1989	Hayao Miyazaki	Tress MacNeille and Phil Hartman	2111
38	Awakenings	1990	Penny Marshall	Julie Kavner	2232
39	Laputa: Castle in the Sky	1986	Hayao Miyazaki	Tress MacNeille	2245
40	The Birdcage	1996	Mike Nichols	Hank Azaria	2308

Stargate: SG1, Stargate: Atlantis, and SGU Stargate Universe

For all of these shows, the person in question appeared in at least 20 episodes.

Rank	Title	Year	Director(s)	Actor(s) or Writer	Overall Rank
1	The Godfather: Part II	1974	Francis Ford Coppola	Carmen Argenziano	14
2	Trainspotting	1996	Danny Boyle	Robert Carlyle	117
3	The English Patient	1996	Anthony Minghella	Torri Higginson	231
4	Jerry Maguire	1996	Cameron Crowe	Beau Bridges	304
5	The Full Monty	1997	Peter Cattaneo	Robert Carlyle	366
6	Basic Instinct	1992	Paul Verhoeven	Mitch Pileggi	636
7	A League of Their Own	1992	Penny Marshall	Don S. Davis	641
8	Lone Star	1996	John Sayles	Tony Amendola	659
9	Best in Show	2000	Christopher Guest	Don S. Davis and Teryl Rothery	822
10	Total Recall	1990	Paul Verhoeven	Robert Picardo	846
11	Force of Evil	1948	Abraham Polonsky	Beau Bridges	891
12	Serenity	2005	Joss Whedon	Jewel Staite	893
13	Norma Rae	1979	Martin Ritt	Beau Bridges	980
14	The Joy Luck Club	1993	Wayne Wang	Ming-Na	1099
15	Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me	1992	David Lynch	Don S. Davis	1297
16	Cool Runnings	1993	Jon Turteltaub	Bill Dow	1309
17	The Fabulous Baker Boys	1989	Steven Kloves	Beau Bridges	1396
18	Con Air	1997	Simon West	Don S. Davis	1406
19	Star Trek: First Contact	1996	Jonathan Frakes	Robert Picardo	1417
20	Stand and Deliver	1988	Ramón Menéndez	Carmen Argenziano and Lou Diamond Phillips	1436
21	Miracle	2004	Gavin O'Connor	Don S. Davis and Peter Kelamis	1483
22	Happy Gilmore	1996	Dennis Dugan	Peter Kelamis	1493
23	Dawn of the Dead	2004	Zack Snyder	Louis Ferreira	1587
24	Naked Lunch	1991	David Cronenberg	Louis Ferreira	1618
25	The Howling	1981	Joe Dante	Robert Picardo	1698
26	L.A. Story	1991	Mick Jackson	Robert Picardo	1786
27	Cube	1997	Vincenzo Natali	David Hewlett	1813
28	Star Trek	2009	J.J. Abrams	Paul McGillion	2062
29	Legends of the Fall	1994	Edward Zwick	Bill Dow	2092
30	Mulan	1998	Tony Bancroft and Barry Cook	Ming-Na	2140
31	The Mask of Zorro	1998	Martin Campbell	Tony Amendola	2228
32	The Accused	1988	Jonathan Kaplan	Carmen Argenziano	2254
33	Pitch Black	2000	David Twohy	Claudia Black	2346
34	Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within	2001	Hironobu Sakaguchi	Ming-Na	2358

The X-Files

For The X-Files, the person in question has participated in at least 10 episodes.

Rank	Title	Year	Director(s)	Actor(s) or Writer	Overall Rank
1	Terminator 2: Judgment Day	1991	James Cameron	Robert Patrick	98
2	The Blues Brothers	1980	John Landis	Steven Williams	293
3	Princess Mononoke	1997	Hayao Miyazaki	Gillian Anderson	537
4	Reds	1981	Warren Beatty	Jerry Hardin	588
5	Basic Instinct	1992	Paul Verhoeven	Mitch Pileggi	636
6	Traffic	2000	Steven Soderbergh	James Pickens Jr.	713
7	Working Girl	1988	Mike Nichols	David Duchovny	789
8	Little Women	1994	Gillian Armstrong	Rebecca Toolan	894
9	Zoolander	2001	Ben Stiller	David Duchovny	1048
10	Wayne's World	1992	Penelope Spheeris	Robert Patrick	1180
11	Walk the Line	2005	James Mangold	Robert Patrick	1400
12	Nixon	1995	Oliver Stone	Annabeth Gish and James Pickens Jr.	1460
13	Menace II Society	1993	Albert and Allen Hughes	James Pickens Jr.	1632
14	Missing	1982	Costa-Gavras	Jerry Hardin	1676
15	The Dead Zone	1983	David Cronenberg	William B. Davis	1714
16	Bulworth	1998	Warren Beatty	James Pickens Jr.	1727
17	Spy Kids	2001	Robert Rodriguez	Robert Patrick	1768
18	Die Hard 2	1990	Renny Harlin	Robert Patrick	1819
19	Flags of Our Fathers	2006	Clint Eastwood	Robert Patrick	1944
20	1941	1979	Steven Spielberg	Jerry Hardin	1973
21	Better Off Dead…	1985	Savage Steve Holland	Steven Williams	2068
22	Chaplin	1992	Richard Attenborough	David Duchovny	2072
23	Big Trouble in Little China	1986	John Carpenter	Jerry Hardin	2173
24	The Accused	1988	Jonathan Kaplan	Rebecca Toolan	2254
25	The Stepfather	1987	Joseph Ruben	Don S. Williams	2339