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Richard Edson

Actor · 53 credits · 28 in highly-rated films

Best known for Platoon (1986)

Frequent collaborators: John Lurie, Eszter Balint, Spike Lee, Tom DiCillo, Jeffrey Ware

Best Richard Edson movies by genre

Movies (53 total, ranked by score)

  1. Platoon

    1986 · ★ 7.7 (5,220 votes)

    Drama, War, Action

    1

  2. Do the Right Thing

    1989 · ★ 7.8 (2,047 votes)

    Drama

    2

  3. Good Morning, Vietnam

    1987 · ★ 7.3 (3,062 votes)

    Comedy, Drama, War

    3

  4. Strange Days

    1995 · ★ 7.0 (1,577 votes)

    Crime, Science Fiction, Thriller

    4

  5. Stranger Than Paradise

    1984 · ★ 7.1 (618 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    5

  6. Black Dynamite

    2009 · ★ 7.1 (717 votes)

    Comedy, Action

    6

  7. Purgatory

    1999 · ★ 7.2 (123 votes)

    Fantasy, Western, TV Movie

    7

  8. The Greims

    2009

    8

  9. Let It Ride

    1989 · ★ 6.3 (98 votes)

    Comedy

    9

  10. Stranger Than Paradise

    1983 · ★ 7.5 (31 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    10

  11. Eyes of an Angel

    1991 · ★ 7.1 (53 votes)

    Drama

    11

  12. Lulu on the Bridge

    1998 · ★ 5.8 (49 votes)

    Drama, Mystery, Romance

    12

  13. Scorpion Spring

    1996 · ★ 6.7 (5 votes)

    Crime, Drama

    13

  14. What About Me

    1993 · ★ 4.3 (6 votes)

    Drama

    14

  15. The Code

    2025 · ★ 6.8 (6 votes)

    Romance, Comedy

    15

  16. Momma's Man

    2008 · ★ 6.2 (12 votes)

    Drama

    16

  17. Goodnight, Joseph Parker

    2004 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Drama

    17

  18. Timecode

    2000 · ★ 5.6 (98 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    18

  19. Land of Plenty

    2004 · ★ 6.2 (49 votes)

    Drama

    19

  20. 3 from Hell

    2019 · ★ 5.8 (551 votes)

    Horror, Thriller, Action

    20

  21. Hard Scrambled

    2006 · ★ 5.0 (1 votes)

    Drama

    21

  22. Shannon's Deal

    1989

    Crime, Drama, TV Movie

    22

  23. Marco Polo: Haperek Ha'aharon

    1997 · ★ 5.0 (1 votes)

    Adventure, War, History

    23

  24. Motorcycle Gang

    1994 · ★ 5.2 (4 votes)

    TV Movie, Drama, Action

    24

  25. Making 'Do the Right Thing'

    1989 · ★ 6.9 (8 votes)

    Documentary

    25

  26. Space Cadet

    2013

    Comedy

    26

  27. Things I Never Told You

    1996 · ★ 5.4 (39 votes)

    Comedy, Romance

    27

  28. Dream Murder Machine

    2018

    28

  29. Some Days in January, 1984

    2001

    Documentary

    29

  30. Burning Shadow

    2018 · ★ 6.1 (19 votes)

    Thriller, Drama

    30

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