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John Milius

Actor · 37 credits · 14 in highly-rated films

Best known for Conan the Barbarian (1982)

Frequent collaborators: Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sergio Leone, Claudia Cardinale

Best John Milius movies by genre

Movies (27 total, ranked by score)

  1. Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

    1991 · ★ 7.9 (421 votes)

    Documentary

    1

  2. Riding Giants

    2004 · ★ 7.6 (49 votes)

    Documentary

    2

  3. A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope

    2004 · ★ 7.5 (6 votes)

    Documentary

    3

  4. Dirty Harry: The Original

    2001 · ★ 7.7 (10 votes)

    Documentary

    4

  5. Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul

    2001 · ★ 6.0 (5 votes)

    Documentary

    5

  6. The Business End: Violence in Cinema

    2008 · ★ 8.0 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    6

  7. The Wages of Sin

    2003 · ★ 7.4 (5 votes)

    Documentary

    7

  8. Iron and Beyond

    2002 · ★ 5.3 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    8

  9. An Opera of Violence

    2003 · ★ 6.0 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    9

  10. Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'

    2000 · ★ 6.7 (12 votes)

    Documentary

    10

  11. Something to Do with Death

    2003 · ★ 6.0 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    11

  12. Jaws: The Inside Story

    2010 · ★ 7.3 (10 votes)

    Documentary, TV Movie

    12

  13. The Searchers: An Appreciation

    2006

    Documentary

    13

  14. The Evolution of Clint Eastwood

    2008 · ★ 7.0 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    14

  15. Frazetta: Painting with Fire

    2003 · ★ 6.4 (17 votes)

    Documentary

    15

  16. Hollywood Gangster

    2008

    Documentary

    16

  17. A Riddle of Steel: The Definitive History of Conan the Barbarian

    2019 · ★ 8.5 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    17

  18. The Emperor

    1967 · ★ 7.0 (10 votes)

    Music, Documentary

    18

  19. The Making of '1941'

    1996 · ★ 6.6 (5 votes)

    Documentary

    19

  20. In the Teeth of Jaws

    1997 · ★ 8.0 (2 votes)

    Documentary, TV Movie

    20

  21. Hell Hath No Fury: The Making of The Outlaw Josey Wales

    1999 · ★ 7.5 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    21

  22. A Turning of the Earth: John Ford, John Wayne and 'The Searchers'

    1998

    Documentary

    22

  23. Shotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost L.A.

    1995

    Documentary

    23

  24. Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away

    1986

    Documentary, TV Movie

    24

  25. The Bridge on the River Kwai: An Appreciation by Filmmaker John Milius

    2000

    Documentary

    25

  26. Between the Lines: The True Story of Surfers and the Vietnam War

    2008

    Documentary

    26

  27. Made in Hollywood: Die Welt des Raoul Walsh

    2017

    Documentary

    27

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