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Sam Waterston

Actor · 60 credits · 27 in highly-rated films

Best known for The Six Triple Eight (2024)

Frequent collaborators: Mia Farrow

Best Sam Waterston movies by genre

Movies (60 total, ranked by score)

  1. The Six Triple Eight

    2024 · ★ 7.6 (706 votes)

    Drama, War, History

    1

  2. The Killing Fields

    1984 · ★ 7.5 (841 votes)

    Drama, History, War

    2

  3. The Man in the Moon

    1991 · ★ 7.4 (377 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    3

  4. Miss Sloane

    2016 · ★ 7.4 (1,982 votes)

    Thriller, Drama, Crime

    4

  5. On the Basis of Sex

    2018 · ★ 7.3 (1,136 votes)

    Drama, History

    5

  6. Crimes and Misdemeanors

    1989 · ★ 7.4 (957 votes)

    Comedy, Drama, Crime

    6

  7. Heaven's Gate

    1980 · ★ 6.7 (430 votes)

    Drama, Western, History

    7

  8. Capricorn One

    1977 · ★ 6.8 (527 votes)

    Drama, Action, Thriller

    8

  9. Serial Mom

    1994 · ★ 6.7 (778 votes)

    Comedy, Crime

    9

  10. Interiors

    1978 · ★ 6.8 (399 votes)

    Drama

    10

  11. Hopscotch

    1980 · ★ 7.0 (185 votes)

    Comedy, Adventure

    11

  12. Jane Fonda in Five Acts

    2018 · ★ 7.1 (72 votes)

    Documentary

    12

  13. Mindwalk

    1991 · ★ 6.9 (57 votes)

    Drama

    13

  14. Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators

    2017 · ★ 7.3 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    14

  15. The Glass Menagerie

    1973 · ★ 7.7 (18 votes)

    Drama

    15

  16. A Walk in the Woods

    1988

    Drama

    16

  17. Love Lives On

    1985 · ★ 8.0 (2 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie

    17

  18. Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?

    1971 · ★ 4.6 (5 votes)

    Crime, Mystery, Thriller

    18

  19. Swimming to Cambodia

    1987 · ★ 6.9 (27 votes)

    Documentary, Comedy

    19

  20. Much Ado About Nothing

    1973 · ★ 5.0 (2 votes)

    Comedy, TV Movie

    20

  21. Merchant Ivory

    2024 · ★ 7.7 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    21

  22. The Journey of August King

    1995 · ★ 6.7 (15 votes)

    Drama

    22

  23. Miracle at Midnight

    1998 · ★ 7.3 (13 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie, Adventure

    23

  24. Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs

    1999

    Documentary

    24

  25. The Man in the Woods

    2020 · ★ 3.7 (3 votes)

    Mystery, Thriller

    25

  26. Games Mother Never Taught You

    1982

    Drama, TV Movie

    26

  27. A Captive in the Land

    1990 · ★ 5.0 (4 votes)

    Drama, Adventure

    27

  28. Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

    2021 · ★ 6.8 (24 votes)

    Documentary

    28

  29. Hammer and Cycle

    2004

    Documentary

    29

  30. September

    1987 · ★ 6.2 (209 votes)

    Drama

    30

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