River Phoenix
Actor · 26 credits · 16 in highly-rated films
Best known for Stand by Me (1986)
Frequent collaborators: Michael Parker, Flea, Sidney Poitier
Best River Phoenix movies by genre
Movies (26 total, ranked by score)
1Stand by Me
1986 · ★ 7.8 (6,688 votes)
Drama, Adventure
2Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1989 · ★ 7.9 (11,275 votes)
Adventure, Action
3Running on Empty
1988 · ★ 7.5 (364 votes)
Drama, Romance, Crime
4Sneakers
1992 · ★ 6.9 (1,067 votes)
Comedy, Crime, Drama
5My Own Private Idaho
1991 · ★ 7.0 (1,260 votes)
Drama
6Dogfight
1991 · ★ 6.9 (147 votes)
Drama, Romance
7The Mosquito Coast
1986 · ★ 6.4 (544 votes)
Drama, Adventure
8Explorers
1985 · ★ 6.3 (522 votes)
Science Fiction, Adventure, Family
9I Love You to Death
1990 · ★ 6.4 (294 votes)
Comedy, Crime, Romance
10The Thing Called Love
1993 · ★ 6.1 (152 votes)
Drama, Romance, Music
11Walking the Tracks: The Summer of Stand by Me
2000 · ★ 7.5 (25 votes)
Documentary
12My Own Private River
2012 · ★ 7.5 (14 votes)
Documentary
13Little Nikita
1988 · ★ 6.1 (119 votes)
Drama, Action, Thriller
14Dark Blood
2012 · ★ 6.0 (25 votes)
Thriller
15Circle of Violence: A Family Drama
1986 · ★ 6.8 (5 votes)
Drama
16Truth or Dairy
1994
Documentary
17The Making of ‘Sneakers’
2003 · ★ 7.5 (2 votes)
Documentary
18Joaquin Phoenix: An Actor of Extremes
2024 · ★ 6.8 (6 votes)
Documentary, TV Movie
19101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
2003 · ★ 5.0 (1 votes)
TV Movie, Documentary, Crime
20Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia
1984 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)
Drama, TV Movie
21A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon
1988 · ★ 5.0 (72 votes)
Drama, Romance, Comedy
22This Road Will Never End
1996 · ★ 3.7 (3 votes)
Documentary
23Silent Tongue
1994 · ★ 4.7 (20 votes)
Western, Horror, Drama
24Evolution's End?
1991
Documentary
25Flea Master Session
1992
Music, Documentary
26The Phoenix Portal
2005
Science Fiction
Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 30, 2026.