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Bob Balaban

Actor · 79 credits · 45 in highly-rated films

Best known for Isle of Dogs (2018)

Frequent collaborators: Bill Murray, Christopher Guest, Treat Williams, Catherine O'Hara, Parker Posey

Movies (65 total, ranked by score)

  1. Fading Gigolo

    2013 · ★ 5.8 (619 votes)

    Comedy

    31

  2. Controversy and Acclaim: The Timelessness of a Groundbreaking Film

    2006

    Documentary

    32

  3. The Five Stages of Grief

    2011 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    33

  4. Do You Like to Read?

    2012 · ★ 6.3 (82 votes)

    Comedy, Animation

    34

  5. Dead Bang

    1989 · ★ 6.4 (116 votes)

    Action, Thriller, Crime

    35

  6. Lady in the Water

    2006 · ★ 5.6 (1,525 votes)

    Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

    36

  7. Conversation with the Beast

    1997

    Comedy

    37

  8. The Mexican

    2001 · ★ 6.0 (1,627 votes)

    Action, Comedy, Crime

    38

  9. F--k

    2010 · ★ 5.8 (6 votes)

    Comedy

    39

  10. How Moving

    2021

    Comedy, Drama

    40

  11. Three to Tango

    1999 · ★ 5.7 (282 votes)

    Comedy, Romance

    41

  12. The Definite Maybe

    1997 · ★ 2.0 (1 votes)

    Comedy

    42

  13. Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight

    2013 · ★ 6.3 (41 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie

    43

  14. The Bank Shot

    1974 · ★ 5.4 (33 votes)

    Comedy, Crime

    44

  15. The Face of Fear

    1990 · ★ 6.6 (11 votes)

    Horror, Thriller, TV Movie

    45

  16. Giving Up the Ghost

    1998 · ★ 6.0 (2 votes)

    Comedy, TV Movie

    46

  17. Marriage: Year One

    1971 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie

    47

  18. Scene Stealers

    2004 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Drama

    48

  19. Eva Hesse

    2016 · ★ 6.5 (8 votes)

    Documentary

    49

  20. The Windmill Movie

    2009 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    50

  21. 2010 : The Odyssey Continues

    1984

    Documentary

    51

  22. Unnatural Pursuits

    1992

    Drama, TV Movie

    52

  23. Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom'

    2015 · ★ 6.1 (4 votes)

    Documentary, Comedy

    53

  24. Plan B

    2002 · ★ 4.5 (11 votes)

    Action, Comedy

    54

  25. Girl Most Likely

    2012 · ★ 5.6 (269 votes)

    Comedy

    55

  26. Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy

    2023 · ★ 5.0 (6 votes)

    Documentary

    56

  27. Carl Laemmle

    2019 · ★ 4.0 (5 votes)

    Documentary

    57

  28. Making It

    1971 · ★ 4.2 (4 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    58

  29. Mascots

    2016 · ★ 5.4 (199 votes)

    Comedy

    59

  30. Marie and Bruce

    2004 · ★ 4.4 (20 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    60

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