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R. Lee Ermey

Actor · 51 credits · 40 in highly-rated films

Best known for Se7en (1995)

Frequent collaborators: Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin, Vincent D'Onofrio, Arliss Howard, Andrew Bryniarski

Best R. Lee Ermey movies by genre

Movies (51 total, ranked by score)

  1. Se7en

    1995 · ★ 8.4 (23,619 votes)

    Crime, Mystery, Thriller

    1

  2. Full Metal Jacket

    1987 · ★ 8.1 (11,682 votes)

    Drama, War

    2

  3. Mississippi Burning

    1988 · ★ 7.7 (2,004 votes)

    Drama, Crime, Mystery

    3

  4. Dead Man Walking

    1995 · ★ 7.3 (1,528 votes)

    Drama

    4

  5. Murder in the First

    1995 · ★ 7.1 (624 votes)

    Crime, Drama

    5

  6. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

    2003 · ★ 6.3 (3,002 votes)

    Horror

    6

  7. The Pixar Story

    2007 · ★ 7.6 (240 votes)

    Documentary

    7

  8. Toy Soldiers

    1991 · ★ 6.5 (394 votes)

    Action, Adventure, Thriller

    8

  9. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

    2006 · ★ 6.2 (2,002 votes)

    Horror, Thriller

    9

  10. Filmworker

    2018 · ★ 7.1 (79 votes)

    Documentary

    10

  11. Body Snatchers

    1993 · ★ 6.2 (493 votes)

    Horror, Science Fiction

    11

  12. Taking Sides

    2002 · ★ 6.3 (50 votes)

    Drama, War, Music

    12

  13. Saving Silverman

    2001 · ★ 5.8 (635 votes)

    Comedy, Crime, Romance

    13

  14. Skipped Parts

    2000 · ★ 6.1 (76 votes)

    Comedy, Drama, Romance

    14

  15. The Boys in Company C

    1978 · ★ 6.5 (81 votes)

    War

    15

  16. Purple Hearts

    1984 · ★ 5.8 (14 votes)

    Drama, War, Romance

    16

  17. Fletch Lives

    1989 · ★ 6.0 (342 votes)

    Comedy, Crime, Mystery

    17

  18. Willard

    2003 · ★ 6.1 (363 votes)

    Horror, Drama, Thriller

    18

  19. Stanley Kubrick: The Invisible Man

    1996 · ★ 5.5 (4 votes)

    Documentary

    19

  20. The Siege of Firebase Gloria

    1989 · ★ 5.6 (61 votes)

    Action, War

    20

  21. Soul of the Game

    1996 · ★ 4.9 (11 votes)

    History, Drama, TV Movie

    21

  22. 83 Hours 'Til Dawn

    1990 · ★ 6.5 (12 votes)

    Thriller, TV Movie, Crime

    22

  23. Gunshy

    1998 · ★ 5.4 (27 votes)

    Action, Crime, Thriller

    23

  24. Jericho

    2000 · ★ 4.4 (10 votes)

    Western, Mystery

    24

  25. Kubrick Remembered

    2014 · ★ 6.5 (13 votes)

    Documentary

    25

  26. Love Is a Gun

    1994 · ★ 5.7 (17 votes)

    Mystery, Crime, Drama

    26

  27. Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel

    2007

    Documentary

    27

  28. You Know My Name

    1999 · ★ 4.8 (10 votes)

    TV Movie, Drama, Western

    28

  29. Kid

    1990 · ★ 5.8 (20 votes)

    Thriller, Action

    29

  30. Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre

    2004 · ★ 8.0 (2 votes)

    Documentary, Horror

    30

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