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Gore Vidal

Actor · 28 credits · 12 in highly-rated films

Best known for Gattaca (1997)

Frequent collaborators: Norman Mailer, Dick Cavett

Best Gore Vidal movies by genre

Movies (27 total, ranked by score)

  1. Gattaca

    1997 · ★ 7.6 (7,094 votes)

    Science Fiction, Drama

    1

  2. With Honors

    1994 · ★ 6.7 (234 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    2

  3. The Celluloid Closet

    1996 · ★ 7.2 (116 votes)

    Documentary, History

    3

  4. Best of Enemies

    2015 · ★ 7.2 (144 votes)

    Documentary, History

    4

  5. Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia

    2013 · ★ 7.7 (32 votes)

    Documentary

    5

  6. Bob Roberts

    1992 · ★ 6.5 (178 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    6

  7. The Great Depression: A Job at Ford's

    1993

    Documentary

    7

  8. Billy the Kid

    1989 · ★ 7.1 (15 votes)

    History, Western, TV Movie

    8

  9. Ritual in Transfigured Time

    1946 · ★ 6.9 (68 votes)

    Fantasy

    9

  10. The Homosexuals

    1967 · ★ 1.0 (2 votes)

    Documentary, TV Movie

    10

  11. Global Haywire

    2006

    Animation, History, Documentary

    11

  12. Thinking XXX

    2004 · ★ 5.5 (102 votes)

    Documentary

    12

  13. Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula

    2005 · ★ 5.9 (26 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    13

  14. The Strange History of Don't Ask, Don't Tell

    2011 · ★ 5.9 (10 votes)

    History, Documentary

    14

  15. The Education of Gore Vidal

    2003 · ★ 8.7 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    15

  16. In Search of Oz

    1994

    Documentary

    16

  17. Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic

    1993 · ★ 7.7 (9 votes)

    Documentary, Drama

    17

  18. Gore Vidal: The Man Who Said No

    1984

    Documentary

    18

  19. Federico Fellini - Through the Eyes of Others

    2003

    Documentary

    19

  20. Norman Mailer: The American

    2012 · ★ 7.0 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    20

  21. One Bright Shining Moment: The Forgotten Summer of George McGovern

    2005 · ★ 6.5 (2 votes)

    Documentary, History

    21

  22. Middle Sexes: Redefining He and She

    2005 · ★ 3.5 (6 votes)

    Documentary

    22

  23. Valentino's Ghost

    2013 · ★ 5.7 (3 votes)

    Documentary, History

    23

  24. Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press

    2008 · ★ 5.0 (4 votes)

    Documentary

    24

  25. Standing Army

    2010 · ★ 4.8 (6 votes)

    Documentary

    25

  26. High Tech Lincoln

    2005

    History

    26

  27. Ten Year Old Boy Pilot

    1936

    Documentary

    27

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