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Sam Shepard

Actor · 60 credits · 48 in highly-rated films

Best known for The Notebook (2004)

Frequent collaborators: Jessica Lange, Val Kilmer

Best Sam Shepard movies by genre

Movies (58 total, ranked by score)

  1. The Notebook

    2004 · ★ 7.9 (12,798 votes)

    Romance, Drama

    1

  2. Black Hawk Down

    2001 · ★ 7.4 (6,510 votes)

    Action, War, History

    2

  3. Steel Magnolias

    1989 · ★ 7.2 (750 votes)

    Comedy, Drama, Romance

    3

  4. The Right Stuff

    1983 · ★ 7.4 (992 votes)

    Drama, History

    4

  5. Brothers

    2009 · ★ 7.3 (4,009 votes)

    Drama, Thriller, War

    5

  6. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

    2007 · ★ 7.1 (2,844 votes)

    Drama, Western

    6

  7. Days of Heaven

    1978 · ★ 7.5 (1,197 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    7

  8. Mud

    2013 · ★ 7.1 (3,064 votes)

    Drama

    8

  9. Felon

    2008 · ★ 7.1 (1,014 votes)

    Crime, Drama, Thriller

    9

  10. The Pelican Brief

    1993 · ★ 6.6 (1,813 votes)

    Thriller, Crime, Drama

    10

  11. Safe House

    2012 · ★ 6.5 (3,996 votes)

    Action, Thriller

    11

  12. Out of the Furnace

    2013 · ★ 6.6 (2,167 votes)

    Thriller, Drama, Crime

    12

  13. Swordfish

    2001 · ★ 6.3 (3,020 votes)

    Action, Crime, Thriller

    13

  14. Cold in July

    2014 · ★ 6.5 (837 votes)

    Drama, Thriller

    14

  15. The Pledge

    2001 · ★ 6.6 (1,243 votes)

    Crime, Drama, Mystery

    15

  16. Frances

    1982 · ★ 6.9 (125 votes)

    Drama

    16

  17. Thunderheart

    1992 · ★ 6.4 (328 votes)

    Crime, Mystery, Thriller

    17

  18. Baby Boom

    1987 · ★ 6.4 (418 votes)

    Drama, Comedy, Romance

    18

  19. Killing Them Softly

    2012 · ★ 6.0 (2,451 votes)

    Crime, Thriller

    19

  20. Resurrection

    1980 · ★ 6.5 (49 votes)

    Drama, Fantasy

    20

  21. Midnight Special

    2016 · ★ 6.3 (2,045 votes)

    Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction

    21

  22. Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick

    2002 · ★ 6.7 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    22

  23. Blackthorn

    2011 · ★ 6.6 (293 votes)

    Adventure, Action, Western

    23

  24. Don't Come Knocking

    2005 · ★ 6.2 (148 votes)

    Drama, Western

    24

  25. Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction

    2013 · ★ 6.9 (48 votes)

    Documentary

    25

  26. Bandidas

    2006 · ★ 6.0 (1,185 votes)

    Action, Comedy, Western

    26

  27. California Typewriter

    2017 · ★ 6.9 (32 votes)

    Documentary

    27

  28. Country

    1984 · ★ 6.4 (32 votes)

    Drama

    28

  29. Snow Falling on Cedars

    1999 · ★ 6.0 (146 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    29

  30. Voyager

    1991 · ★ 6.2 (55 votes)

    Romance, Drama

    30

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