Joseph Cotten
Actor · 79 credits · 49 in highly-rated films
Best known for Citizen Kane (1941)
Frequent collaborators: Orson Welles, Agnes Moorehead, Ingrid Bergman, Cecil Kellaway, Jennifer Jones
Best Joseph Cotten movies by genre
- Joseph Cotten Drama Movies 37
- Joseph Cotten Thriller Movies 17
- Joseph Cotten Crime Movies 13
- Joseph Cotten Mystery Movies 13
- Joseph Cotten Romance Movies 13
- Joseph Cotten Western Movies 10
- Joseph Cotten Documentary Movies 9
- Joseph Cotten Horror Movies 9
- Joseph Cotten TV Movie Movies 9
- Joseph Cotten History Movies 6
- Joseph Cotten War Movies 6
- Joseph Cotten Action Movies 5
Movies (79 total, ranked by score)
1Citizen Kane
1941 · ★ 8.0 (6,183 votes)
Mystery, Drama
2The Third Man
1949 · ★ 7.9 (2,163 votes)
Thriller, Mystery
3Gaslight
1944 · ★ 7.5 (588 votes)
Thriller, Drama, Mystery
4Shadow of a Doubt
1943 · ★ 7.5 (1,183 votes)
Thriller, Mystery, Crime
5Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970 · ★ 7.2 (605 votes)
War, History, Drama
6Soylent Green
1973 · ★ 6.9 (1,461 votes)
Science Fiction, Crime, Mystery
7F for Fake
1973 · ★ 7.4 (372 votes)
Documentary
8The Magnificent Ambersons
1942 · ★ 7.3 (481 votes)
Drama, Romance
9Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
1964 · ★ 7.3 (291 votes)
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
10Portrait of Jennie
1948 · ★ 7.2 (123 votes)
Drama, Romance, Fantasy
11Niagara
1953 · ★ 6.8 (449 votes)
Crime, Thriller
12Heaven's Gate
1980 · ★ 6.7 (430 votes)
Drama, Western, History
13The Abominable Dr. Phibes
1971 · ★ 7.0 (342 votes)
Horror, Comedy
14The Scopone Game
1972 · ★ 7.4 (153 votes)
Comedy, Drama
15Duel in the Sun
1946 · ★ 6.4 (194 votes)
Western, Drama, Romance
16The Farmer's Daughter
1947 · ★ 7.1 (39 votes)
Comedy, Romance
17Twilight's Last Gleaming
1977 · ★ 6.5 (81 votes)
Thriller
- 18
A Delicate Balance
1973 · ★ 6.1 (10 votes)
Drama
19Since You Went Away
1944 · ★ 6.6 (55 votes)
Drama, Romance, War
20The Killer Is Loose
1956 · ★ 6.7 (62 votes)
Crime, Thriller
21Special Delivery
1955
Comedy
22Peking Express
1951 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)
Drama, Thriller, Action
23The Hellbenders
1967 · ★ 6.5 (65 votes)
Western
24Under Capricorn
1949 · ★ 6.0 (199 votes)
Drama, History
25I'll Be Seeing You
1944 · ★ 6.9 (41 votes)
Romance, Drama
26Half Angel
1951 · ★ 6.2 (6 votes)
Comedy
27Baron Blood
1972 · ★ 6.1 (149 votes)
Horror
28Airport '77
1977 · ★ 5.6 (339 votes)
Action, Drama, Thriller
29Journey into Fear
1943 · ★ 6.1 (103 votes)
Thriller, War
30Love Letters
1945 · ★ 6.6 (25 votes)
Drama, Mystery, Romance
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