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Joan Allen

Actor · 39 credits · 27 in highly-rated films

Best known for The Notebook (2004)

Frequent collaborators: Brian Cox, Tobey Maguire, Nicolas Cage, William H. Macy, David Strathairn

Best Joan Allen movies by genre

Movies (39 total, ranked by score)

  1. The Notebook

    2004 · ★ 7.9 (12,798 votes)

    Romance, Drama

    1

  2. Hachi: A Dog's Tale

    2009 · ★ 8.0 (7,286 votes)

    Drama, Family

    2

  3. The Bourne Ultimatum

    2007 · ★ 7.4 (8,495 votes)

    Action, Drama, Mystery

    3

  4. The Bourne Supremacy

    2004 · ★ 7.3 (8,341 votes)

    Action, Drama, Thriller

    4

  5. Room

    2015 · ★ 8.0 (9,722 votes)

    Drama, Thriller

    5

  6. Face/Off

    1997 · ★ 7.1 (6,028 votes)

    Action, Crime, Science Fiction

    6

  7. Pleasantville

    1998 · ★ 7.3 (1,939 votes)

    Fantasy, Comedy, Drama

    7

  8. The Ice Storm

    1997 · ★ 6.9 (754 votes)

    Drama

    8

  9. Searching for Bobby Fischer

    1993 · ★ 7.1 (653 votes)

    Drama

    9

  10. The Bourne Legacy

    2012 · ★ 6.3 (6,240 votes)

    Action, Thriller

    10

  11. Nixon

    1995 · ★ 6.8 (409 votes)

    Drama, History

    11

  12. Death Race

    2008 · ★ 6.3 (4,221 votes)

    Action, Thriller, Science Fiction

    12

  13. Tucker: The Man and His Dream

    1988 · ★ 6.7 (434 votes)

    Drama

    13

  14. Peggy Sue Got Married

    1986 · ★ 6.1 (669 votes)

    Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

    14

  15. Manhunter

    1986 · ★ 7.0 (1,569 votes)

    Crime, Horror, Thriller

    15

  16. The Upside of Anger

    2005 · ★ 6.3 (292 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    16

  17. Trumbo

    2007 · ★ 6.7 (34 votes)

    Documentary, History

    17

  18. The Rape of Europa

    2007 · ★ 7.4 (28 votes)

    Documentary, History, War

    18

  19. Who Will Write Our History?

    2018 · ★ 7.3 (12 votes)

    Documentary, History, War

    19

  20. Making “Room”

    2016

    Documentary

    20

  21. All My Sons

    1987

    Drama, TV Movie

    21

  22. Ethan Frome

    1993 · ★ 5.6 (37 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    22

  23. Yes

    2005 · ★ 5.9 (36 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    23

  24. All the Rage

    1999 · ★ 5.6 (27 votes)

    Comedy

    24

  25. Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City

    2010 · ★ 7.5 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    25

  26. Bonneville

    2006 · ★ 5.6 (60 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    26

  27. The Room Upstairs

    1987 · ★ 4.2 (4 votes)

    Romance

    27

  28. Compromising Positions

    1985 · ★ 5.3 (19 votes)

    Comedy, Mystery

    28

  29. Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power

    2014

    Documentary, TV Movie

    29

  30. Inside 'Manhunter'

    2001 · ★ 7.0 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    30

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