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Ellen Barkin

Actor · 43 credits · 35 in highly-rated films

Best known for This Boy's Life (1993)

Frequent collaborators: Robert De Niro

Best Ellen Barkin movies by genre

Movies (43 total, ranked by score)

  1. This Boy's Life

    1993 · ★ 7.1 (1,107 votes)

    Drama

    1

  2. Down by Law

    1986 · ★ 7.3 (858 votes)

    Crime, Drama, Comedy

    2

  3. Ocean's Thirteen

    2007 · ★ 6.7 (7,013 votes)

    Crime, Thriller

    3

  4. Sea of Love

    1989 · ★ 6.6 (701 votes)

    Crime, Drama, Romance

    4

  5. Drop Dead Gorgeous

    1999 · ★ 6.5 (457 votes)

    Comedy

    5

  6. Hands of Stone

    2016 · ★ 6.6 (460 votes)

    Drama

    6

  7. Johnny Handsome

    1989 · ★ 6.4 (301 votes)

    Crime, Drama, Thriller

    7

  8. The Man from Toronto

    2022 · ★ 6.4 (525 votes)

    Action, Adventure, Comedy

    8

  9. Someone Like You...

    2001 · ★ 6.0 (422 votes)

    Comedy, Romance

    9

  10. The Cobbler

    2014 · ★ 5.9 (1,825 votes)

    Fantasy, Comedy, Drama

    10

  11. Brooklyn's Finest

    2010 · ★ 6.3 (997 votes)

    Crime, Drama, Thriller

    11

  12. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

    1984 · ★ 6.0 (506 votes)

    Science Fiction, Comedy, Adventure

    12

  13. The Fan

    1996 · ★ 6.0 (882 votes)

    Thriller, Action, Drama

    13

  14. Eddie and the Cruisers

    1983 · ★ 6.7 (96 votes)

    Drama, Music

    14

  15. Daniel

    1983 · ★ 6.7 (36 votes)

    Drama

    15

  16. Switch

    1991 · ★ 5.9 (247 votes)

    Fantasy, Comedy

    16

  17. The Out-Laws

    2023 · ★ 6.0 (792 votes)

    Romance, Action, Comedy

    17

  18. Into the West

    1992 · ★ 6.4 (53 votes)

    Adventure, Drama, Family

    18

  19. Palindromes

    2005 · ★ 6.2 (175 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    19

  20. Breaking News in Yuba County

    2021 · ★ 5.9 (232 votes)

    Comedy, Drama, Crime

    20

  21. Buckaroo Banzai Declassified

    2002 · ★ 8.4 (4 votes)

    Documentary

    21

  22. Before Women Had Wings

    1997 · ★ 6.0 (6 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie

    22

  23. Very Good Girls

    2013 · ★ 5.8 (459 votes)

    Drama

    23

  24. Wild Bill

    1995 · ★ 5.7 (183 votes)

    Western, Drama, History

    24

  25. His Way

    2011 · ★ 6.4 (14 votes)

    Documentary

    25

  26. Terrible Joe Moran

    1984 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie

    26

  27. Crime + Punishment in Suburbia

    2000 · ★ 5.7 (59 votes)

    Drama, Crime, Thriller

    27

  28. Terminal Choice

    1985 · ★ 4.2 (5 votes)

    Horror, Thriller

    28

  29. Comedy Central Roast of Roseanne

    2012 · ★ 6.5 (36 votes)

    Comedy

    29

  30. Another Happy Day

    2011 · ★ 5.5 (119 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.