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Allison Janney

Actor · 72 credits · 54 in highly-rated films

Best known for American Beauty (1999)

Frequent collaborators: Octavia Spencer, Chris Cooper, Steve Carell, Tate Taylor

Movies (72 total, ranked by score)

  1. Bad Words

    2013 · ★ 6.4 (910 votes)

    Comedy

    31

  2. Miss You, Love You

    2026 · ★ 6.6 (14 votes)

    Drama

    32

  3. A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote

    2020 · ★ 7.9 (21 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie

    33

  4. Trust Me

    2013 · ★ 5.8 (79 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    34

  5. Another Simple Favor

    2025 · ★ 5.8 (540 votes)

    Comedy, Thriller, Mystery

    35

  6. Lou

    2022 · ★ 6.5 (780 votes)

    Action, Thriller

    36

  7. Piccadilly Jim

    2004 · ★ 6.6 (18 votes)

    Comedy, Romance

    37

  8. A Thousand Words

    2012 · ★ 6.1 (1,402 votes)

    Drama, Comedy, Fantasy

    38

  9. The Object of My Affection

    1998 · ★ 5.8 (339 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    39

  10. Heading Home

    1995

    Drama

    40

  11. Rooftop Kisses

    2002 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Drama

    41

  12. Breaking News in Yuba County

    2021 · ★ 5.9 (232 votes)

    Comedy, Drama, Crime

    42

  13. Nurse Betty

    2000 · ★ 6.1 (433 votes)

    Comedy, Crime, Thriller

    43

  14. Struck by Lightning

    2013 · ★ 6.2 (218 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    44

  15. Life During Wartime

    2010 · ★ 5.9 (149 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    45

  16. David and Lisa

    1998 · ★ 6.0 (17 votes)

    Drama, Romance, TV Movie

    46

  17. Everything's Going to Be Great

    2025 · ★ 6.0 (32 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    47

  18. Chicken Party

    2003

    Comedy

    48

  19. Celia

    2012 · ★ 5.2 (5 votes)

    Drama

    49

  20. The Night Is Young

    2018 · ★ 6.9 (7 votes)

    Comedy

    50

  21. Still Working 9 to 5

    2022 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    51

  22. Binky Nelson Unpacified

    2015 · ★ 6.2 (64 votes)

    Family, Animation

    52

  23. The Cowboy Way

    1994 · ★ 5.7 (164 votes)

    Action, Comedy, Crime

    53

  24. Julian Po

    1997 · ★ 6.5 (40 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    54

  25. Flux

    1996

    55

  26. Expedition Amelia

    2019 · ★ 6.7 (15 votes)

    Documentary, History, TV Movie

    56

  27. Rescuing Desire

    1996 · ★ 2.9 (6 votes)

    Romance, Comedy, Drama

    57

  28. How to Deal

    2003 · ★ 5.5 (168 votes)

    Drama, Comedy, Romance

    58

  29. Dead Funny

    1994 · ★ 5.0 (2 votes)

    Drama

    59

  30. Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing

    1997 · ★ 6.0 (6 votes)

    Drama, History

    60

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 31, 2026.