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Ethan Hawke

Actor · 103 credits · 72 in highly-rated films

Best known for Dead Poets Society (1989)

Frequent collaborators: Julie Delpy, Richard Linklater, Vincent D'Onofrio, James Ransone, Chris Cooper

Movies (95 total, ranked by score)

  1. Reality Bites

    1994 · ★ 6.5 (798 votes)

    Drama, Romance, Comedy

    31

  2. Explorers

    1985 · ★ 6.3 (522 votes)

    Science Fiction, Adventure, Family

    32

  3. Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God

    2012 · ★ 7.3 (63 votes)

    Documentary

    33

  4. New York, I Love You

    2008 · ★ 6.0 (607 votes)

    Comedy, Drama, Romance

    34

  5. Adopt a Highway

    2019 · ★ 6.7 (145 votes)

    Drama

    35

  6. Good Kill

    2015 · ★ 5.9 (624 votes)

    Drama, Thriller, War

    36

  7. Brooklyn's Finest

    2010 · ★ 6.3 (997 votes)

    Crime, Drama, Thriller

    37

  8. Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made

    2008 · ★ 5.3 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    38

  9. Born to Be Blue

    2015 · ★ 6.5 (227 votes)

    Drama, Music

    39

  10. A Midnight Clear

    1992 · ★ 6.5 (123 votes)

    Drama, War, History

    40

  11. Juliet, Naked

    2018 · ★ 6.3 (541 votes)

    Comedy, Drama, Romance

    41

  12. The Weight

    2026

    Drama, Thriller, Crime

    42

  13. Answering the Call: Behind the Scenes of The Black Phone

    2022 · ★ 6.0 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    43

  14. Waiting for Godot

    2021 · ★ 5.0 (1 votes)

    Comedy

    44

  15. Stockholm

    2019 · ★ 5.9 (443 votes)

    Crime, Comedy

    45

  16. The Kid

    2019 · ★ 6.0 (334 votes)

    Western, Drama, Action

    46

  17. In a Valley of Violence

    2016 · ★ 6.1 (647 votes)

    Action, Drama, Western

    47

  18. What Doesn't Kill You

    2008 · ★ 6.0 (226 votes)

    Action, Crime, Drama

    48

  19. Waterland

    1992 · ★ 6.3 (40 votes)

    Drama, Mystery

    49

  20. Dad

    1989 · ★ 6.4 (110 votes)

    Drama

    50

  21. Strange Way of Life

    2023 · ★ 6.3 (384 votes)

    Drama, Western, Romance

    51

  22. Fast Food Nation

    2006 · ★ 6.1 (398 votes)

    Drama, Comedy

    52

  23. Raymond & Ray

    2022 · ★ 6.2 (221 votes)

    Drama, Comedy

    53

  24. All You Zombies: Bringing 'Predestination' to Life

    2015 · ★ 7.0 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    54

  25. After Before

    2017 · ★ 7.0 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    55

  26. 24 Hours to Live

    2017 · ★ 6.0 (714 votes)

    Action, Science Fiction, Thriller

    56

  27. The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'

    2007

    Documentary

    57

  28. I, Object

    2026

    Family, Fantasy, Drama

    58

  29. The Truth

    2019 · ★ 6.0 (266 votes)

    Drama

    59

  30. Staten Island

    2009 · ★ 6.0 (121 votes)

    Drama, Action, Thriller

    60

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