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Michael Murphy

Actor · 88 credits · 30 in highly-rated films

Best known for Manhattan (1979)

Frequent collaborators: René Auberjonois, Robert Altman, Keith Carradine, John Schuck

Movies (82 total, ranked by score)

  1. Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even

    1992 · ★ 6.0 (22 votes)

    Comedy

    31

  2. Jesse James

    2006

    History, Documentary

    32

  3. Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy

    1989 · ★ 6.5 (4 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie

    33

  4. Edison

    2015 · ★ 6.8 (4 votes)

    Documentary

    34

  5. Depression: Out of the Shadows

    2008 · ★ 6.5 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    35

  6. The Crooked Hearts

    1972 · ★ 7.6 (5 votes)

    Crime, Comedy

    36

  7. I Love You...Good-bye

    1974

    Drama, TV Movie

    37

  8. Countdown to Looking Glass

    1984 · ★ 6.1 (16 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie

    38

  9. Tricks

    2004

    Drama

    39

  10. Robert E. Lee

    2011

    40

  11. The Forgotten Plague

    2015 · ★ 6.5 (4 votes)

    Documentary, History

    41

  12. The Battle Of Chosin

    2016 · ★ 7.2 (13 votes)

    Documentary

    42

  13. Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond

    2016 · ★ 6.9 (5 votes)

    Documentary

    43

  14. The Ultimate Lie

    1996 · ★ 5.9 (8 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie

    44

  15. The Rise & Fall of Penn Station

    2004 · ★ 9.5 (2 votes)

    History, Documentary

    45

  16. Las Vegas: An Unconventional History: Part 2 - American Mecca

    2005 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary, History

    46

  17. Grand Coulee Dam

    2017 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    History, Documentary

    47

  18. Silicon Valley

    2013

    Documentary

    48

  19. Footsteps

    2003 · ★ 5.3 (8 votes)

    Thriller, TV Movie

    49

  20. Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story

    1997 · ★ 5.4 (22 votes)

    Drama

    50

  21. Wyatt Earp

    2010 · ★ 8.2 (4 votes)

    Documentary

    51

  22. Playing House

    2006 · ★ 6.1 (9 votes)

    Comedy, Romance

    52

  23. Mayday

    2005 · ★ 5.1 (17 votes)

    Thriller, TV Movie

    53

  24. Folks!

    1992 · ★ 5.6 (34 votes)

    Comedy

    54

  25. O Youth and Beauty!

    1979 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie

    55

  26. The Greely Expedition

    2011

    History

    56

  27. Special Report: Journey to Mars

    1996 · ★ 5.0 (3 votes)

    Drama, Science Fiction, TV Movie

    57

  28. The Class Of Miss MacMichael

    1978 · ★ 5.2 (6 votes)

    Drama, Comedy

    58

  29. The Feud

    2019

    History, Documentary, Crime

    59

  30. The Transcontinental Railroad

    2003 · ★ 5.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary, History

    60

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