Charlton Heston
Actor · 146 credits · 61 in highly-rated films
Best known for Ben-Hur (1959)
Frequent collaborators: Orson Welles, Gregory Peck, James Coburn, Brock Peters, Martha Scott
Best Charlton Heston movies by genre
- Charlton Heston Drama Movies 45
- Charlton Heston Documentary Movies 41
- Charlton Heston Adventure Movies 19
- Charlton Heston Action Movies 18
- Charlton Heston History Movies 18
- Charlton Heston TV Movie Movies 16
- Charlton Heston Thriller Movies 13
- Charlton Heston Western Movies 11
- Charlton Heston War Movies 10
- Charlton Heston Comedy Movies 9
- Charlton Heston Romance Movies 9
- Charlton Heston Science Fiction Movies 8
Movies (143 total, ranked by score)
1Ben-Hur
1959 · ★ 7.9 (3,232 votes)
History, Drama, Adventure
2Planet of the Apes
1968 · ★ 7.7 (4,082 votes)
Science Fiction, Adventure, Drama
3The Ten Commandments
1956 · ★ 7.8 (1,915 votes)
Drama, History
4Touch of Evil
1958 · ★ 7.7 (1,633 votes)
Crime, Thriller, Drama
5True Lies
1994 · ★ 7.1 (4,693 votes)
Action, Thriller
6The Big Country
1958 · ★ 7.6 (426 votes)
Drama, Western, Romance
7Bowling for Columbine
2002 · ★ 7.5 (1,720 votes)
Documentary, Drama
8In the Mouth of Madness
1995 · ★ 7.2 (1,950 votes)
Horror, Mystery, Drama
9Soylent Green
1973 · ★ 6.9 (1,461 votes)
Science Fiction, Crime, Mystery
10El Cid
1961 · ★ 6.8 (310 votes)
Action, Drama, History
11Midway
1976 · ★ 6.6 (335 votes)
Action, Drama, History
12The Agony and the Ecstasy
1965 · ★ 7.1 (154 votes)
Drama, History
13Treasure Island
1990 · ★ 6.7 (155 votes)
Adventure, Family, TV Movie
14The Four Musketeers
1974 · ★ 6.5 (229 votes)
Action, Adventure, Comedy
15The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965 · ★ 6.4 (219 votes)
Drama, History
1655 Days at Peking
1963 · ★ 6.9 (186 votes)
History, War, Drama
17Charlton Heston: Radical to Right Wing
2023 · ★ 8.5 (2 votes)
Documentary, TV Movie
18Khartoum
1966 · ★ 6.3 (129 votes)
History, War, Adventure
19The Naked Jungle
1954 · ★ 6.5 (120 votes)
Adventure, Romance, Drama
20Major Dundee
1965 · ★ 6.7 (178 votes)
Western, War
21Will Penny
1967 · ★ 6.7 (116 votes)
Western, Romance
22The Omega Man
1971 · ★ 6.2 (625 votes)
Science Fiction, Action, Drama
23Beneath the Planet of the Apes
1970 · ★ 6.1 (1,512 votes)
Adventure, Science Fiction, Mystery
24Two-Minute Warning
1976 · ★ 6.3 (102 votes)
Action, Thriller
25Forever Hollywood
1999 · ★ 8.3 (3 votes)
Documentary
26AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
2007 · ★ 6.3 (5 votes)
Documentary
27Gray Lady Down
1978 · ★ 6.5 (93 votes)
Thriller, Drama, Action
28Earthquake
1974 · ★ 6.1 (375 votes)
Action, Drama, Thriller
29The Last Hard Men
1976 · ★ 6.2 (64 votes)
Western
30Dark City
1950 · ★ 6.5 (49 votes)
Drama, Thriller, Crime
Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 30, 2026.