Richard Dreyfuss
Actor · 101 credits · 64 in highly-rated films
Best known for Jaws (1975)
Frequent collaborators: Steven Spielberg, Lorraine Gary, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Ron Howard
Best Richard Dreyfuss movies by genre
- Richard Dreyfuss Drama Movies 41
- Richard Dreyfuss Comedy Movies 28
- Richard Dreyfuss Documentary Movies 27
- Richard Dreyfuss Thriller Movies 17
- Richard Dreyfuss TV Movie Movies 15
- Richard Dreyfuss Action Movies 11
- Richard Dreyfuss Crime Movies 10
- Richard Dreyfuss History Movies 10
- Richard Dreyfuss Romance Movies 9
- Richard Dreyfuss Adventure Movies 5
- Richard Dreyfuss Family Movies 5
Movies (99 total, ranked by score)
1Jaws
1975 · ★ 7.7 (11,771 votes)
Horror, Thriller, Adventure
2Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977 · ★ 7.4 (4,811 votes)
Science Fiction, Drama
3American Graffiti
1973 · ★ 7.0 (1,623 votes)
Comedy, Drama
4RED
2010 · ★ 6.7 (7,202 votes)
Action, Adventure, Comedy
5Spielberg
2017 · ★ 7.5 (310 votes)
Documentary
6Mr. Holland's Opus
1995 · ★ 7.0 (463 votes)
Drama, Music
7The American President
1995 · ★ 6.5 (802 votes)
Drama, Romance
8Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
1991 · ★ 6.9 (326 votes)
Comedy, Drama
9What About Bob?
1991 · ★ 6.9 (915 votes)
Comedy
10Stakeout
1987 · ★ 6.5 (461 votes)
Action, Comedy, Romance
11Postcards from the Edge
1990 · ★ 6.6 (302 votes)
Comedy, Drama
12James and the Giant Peach
1996 · ★ 6.6 (1,451 votes)
Family, Animation, Adventure
13The Goodbye Girl
1977 · ★ 6.9 (186 votes)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
14Milius
2013 · ★ 7.0 (53 votes)
Documentary
15Fail Safe
2000 · ★ 6.9 (88 votes)
Drama, Thriller, TV Movie
16Dillinger
1973 · ★ 6.6 (123 votes)
Crime, Drama
17Always
1989 · ★ 6.2 (684 votes)
Romance, Fantasy, Drama
18Book Club
2018 · ★ 6.2 (843 votes)
Romance, Comedy, Drama
19Audrey
2020 · ★ 7.1 (65 votes)
Documentary, History, TV Movie
20I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
2009 · ★ 7.0 (65 votes)
Documentary
21Poseidon
2006 · ★ 5.9 (2,379 votes)
Adventure, Action, Drama
22Let It Ride
1989 · ★ 6.3 (98 votes)
Comedy
23AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
2007 · ★ 6.3 (5 votes)
Documentary
24America Betrayed
2008 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)
Documentary
25Whose Life Is It Anyway?
1981 · ★ 7.1 (45 votes)
Drama
26Night Falls on Manhattan
1997 · ★ 6.3 (146 votes)
Drama, Crime
27Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero
1997
Documentary
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The Making of 'The Goodbye Girl'
1977
Documentary
29Who Is Cletis Tout?
2001 · ★ 5.9 (66 votes)
Action, Comedy, Crime
30Sweetwater
2023 · ★ 6.9 (29 votes)
Drama
Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.