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Gary Cooper

Actor · 105 credits · 47 in highly-rated films

Best known for High Noon (1952)

Frequent collaborators: Carole Lombard, John Wayne, James Cagney, Guy Oliver, Barbara Stanwyck

Best Gary Cooper movies by genre

Movies (104 total, ranked by score)

  1. High Noon

    1952 · ★ 7.7 (1,610 votes)

    Western

    1

  2. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

    1936 · ★ 7.5 (409 votes)

    Comedy, Drama, Romance

    2

  3. Ball of Fire

    1941 · ★ 7.4 (252 votes)

    Comedy, Romance, Crime

    3

  4. Love in the Afternoon

    1957 · ★ 7.0 (343 votes)

    Comedy, Romance

    4

  5. Wings

    1927 · ★ 7.2 (333 votes)

    Drama, Action, War

    5

  6. The Pride of the Yankees

    1942 · ★ 7.4 (141 votes)

    Drama, Family

    6

  7. Vera Cruz

    1954 · ★ 6.7 (277 votes)

    Western

    7

  8. Design for Living

    1933 · ★ 7.1 (212 votes)

    Comedy, Romance

    8

  9. The Fountainhead

    1949 · ★ 6.8 (160 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    9

  10. Man of the West

    1958 · ★ 6.6 (244 votes)

    Western

    10

  11. The Hanging Tree

    1959 · ★ 6.7 (130 votes)

    Western

    11

  12. Friendly Persuasion

    1956 · ★ 6.7 (143 votes)

    Drama, War

    12

  13. Unconquered

    1947 · ★ 6.5 (66 votes)

    Drama, Adventure, History

    13

  14. Breakdowns of 1944

    1944 · ★ 6.5 (2 votes)

    Documentary, Comedy

    14

  15. Morocco

    1930 · ★ 6.4 (167 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    15

  16. Distant Drums

    1951 · ★ 6.3 (86 votes)

    Western, Adventure, War

    16

  17. Peter Ibbetson

    1935 · ★ 7.0 (66 votes)

    Drama, Fantasy, Romance

    17

  18. Desire

    1936 · ★ 7.0 (53 votes)

    Romance, Crime, Comedy

    18

  19. Bluebeard's 8th Wife

    1938 · ★ 7.1 (107 votes)

    Comedy, Romance

    19

  20. The Plainsman

    1936 · ★ 6.5 (40 votes)

    Western, War, Romance

    20

  21. Cloak and Dagger

    1946 · ★ 6.5 (72 votes)

    Drama, Thriller, War

    21

  22. Movie Tough Guys

    1991 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    22

  23. Breakdowns of 1949

    1949 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary, Comedy

    23

  24. Garden of Evil

    1954 · ★ 6.3 (93 votes)

    Western

    24

  25. A Farewell to Arms

    1932 · ★ 6.2 (159 votes)

    Drama, Romance, War

    25

  26. Nevada

    1927 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Western

    26

  27. Task Force

    1949 · ★ 7.0 (14 votes)

    Drama, Romance, War

    27

  28. The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

    1935 · ★ 6.6 (52 votes)

    Adventure, Drama, War

    28

  29. The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell

    1955 · ★ 6.8 (46 votes)

    Drama, War

    29

  30. They Came to Cordura

    1959 · ★ 6.5 (38 votes)

    Western

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 30, 2026.