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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

Movies (143 total, ranked by score)

  1. The Orson Welles Story

    1982 · ★ 9.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary, TV Movie

    31

  2. Airport 1975

    1974 · ★ 5.8 (302 votes)

    Drama, Thriller, Action

    32

  3. Behind the Planet of the Apes

    1998 · ★ 7.1 (48 votes)

    Documentary, Science Fiction, TV Movie

    33

  4. The Call of the Wild

    1972 · ★ 6.1 (65 votes)

    Adventure, Drama, Family

    34

  5. Counterpoint

    1967 · ★ 6.2 (23 votes)

    War, Drama, Thriller

    35

  6. Rowan & Martin at the Movies

    1968

    Documentary, Comedy

    36

  7. The War Lord

    1965 · ★ 6.2 (76 votes)

    History, Drama, War

    37

  8. Peer Gynt

    1941 · ★ 7.0 (6 votes)

    Adventure, Drama

    38

  9. The Savage

    1952 · ★ 6.3 (19 votes)

    Western, Action

    39

  10. While I Run This Race

    1967 · ★ 5.0 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    40

  11. Andersonville Diaries

    1996

    Documentary

    41

  12. The President's Lady

    1953 · ★ 6.9 (16 votes)

    Drama, Romance, History

    42

  13. Skyjacked

    1972 · ★ 6.2 (55 votes)

    Action, Drama, Thriller

    43

  14. Let Poland Be Poland

    1982

    Documentary

    44

  15. The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille

    2016 · ★ 5.2 (4 votes)

    Documentary

    45

  16. Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction

    2024 · ★ 8.1 (9 votes)

    Documentary, History, TV Movie

    46

  17. Yul Brynner, the Magnificent

    2020 · ★ 6.9 (5 votes)

    Documentary, TV Movie

    47

  18. Lucy Gallant

    1955 · ★ 7.0 (7 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    48

  19. Julius Caesar

    1970 · ★ 5.9 (39 votes)

    War, Drama, History

    49

  20. Alaska: Spirit of the Wild

    1998 · ★ 6.9 (17 votes)

    Documentary

    50

  21. Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels

    1996 · ★ 6.4 (5 votes)

    Documentary

    51

  22. The Hawaiians

    1970 · ★ 5.5 (20 votes)

    Drama, Adventure

    52

  23. Three Violent People

    1956 · ★ 6.0 (42 votes)

    Western

    53

  24. The Far Horizons

    1955 · ★ 6.2 (22 votes)

    Drama, History, Western

    54

  25. The Last Man Alive: The Omega Man

    1971

    Documentary

    55

  26. The Five Cities of June

    1963 · ★ 6.3 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    56

  27. The Prince and the Pauper

    1977 · ★ 6.1 (60 votes)

    Drama, Adventure

    57

  28. Alaska

    1996 · ★ 5.8 (148 votes)

    Family, Drama, Adventure

    58

  29. Secret of the Incas

    1954 · ★ 5.9 (60 votes)

    Action, Adventure

    59

  30. Mother Lode

    1982 · ★ 5.7 (38 votes)

    Action, Adventure, Thriller

    60

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Sep 3, 2026.