Tom Skerritt
Actor · 79 credits · 49 in highly-rated films
Best known for Alien (1979)
Frequent collaborators: Anthony Zerbe, René Auberjonois, Veronica Cartwright, Wendy Hughes
Best Tom Skerritt movies by genre
- Tom Skerritt Drama Movies 45
- Tom Skerritt TV Movie Movies 22
- Tom Skerritt Action Movies 16
- Tom Skerritt Thriller Movies 16
- Tom Skerritt Comedy Movies 15
- Tom Skerritt Romance Movies 12
- Tom Skerritt Horror Movies 11
- Tom Skerritt Crime Movies 10
- Tom Skerritt Documentary Movies 9
- Tom Skerritt Science Fiction Movies 7
- Tom Skerritt War Movies 6
- Tom Skerritt Fantasy Movies 5
Movies (77 total, ranked by score)
1Alien
1979 · ★ 8.2 (16,735 votes)
Horror, Science Fiction
2Contact
1997 · ★ 7.4 (5,076 votes)
Drama, Science Fiction, Mystery
3Steel Magnolias
1989 · ★ 7.2 (750 votes)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
4Top Gun
1986 · ★ 7.1 (9,817 votes)
Action, Drama, Romance
5The Dead Zone
1983 · ★ 7.0 (1,885 votes)
Thriller, Horror, Science Fiction
6A River Runs Through It
1992 · ★ 7.0 (1,217 votes)
Drama
7M*A*S*H
1970 · ★ 6.9 (1,167 votes)
Comedy, Drama, War
8Tears of the Sun
2003 · ★ 6.9 (2,651 votes)
War, Action, Drama
9Ice Castles
1978 · ★ 7.4 (79 votes)
Drama, Romance
10Singles
1992 · ★ 6.4 (436 votes)
Romance, Comedy, Drama
11Broke
2025 · ★ 7.0 (54 votes)
Western, Drama
12The Phantom 52
2019 · ★ 9.4 (7 votes)
Animation
13Memory: The Origins of Alien
2019 · ★ 6.4 (108 votes)
Documentary
14The Birdmen
1973 · ★ 7.5 (8 votes)
War, Drama, History
15The Other Sister
1999 · ★ 6.4 (178 votes)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
16Fallen
2006 · ★ 6.9 (132 votes)
TV Movie, Drama, Fantasy
17The Rookie
1990 · ★ 5.9 (627 votes)
Action, Crime, Drama
18The Moonshine War
1970 · ★ 5.8 (11 votes)
Comedy, Crime
19The Turning Point
1977 · ★ 6.6 (67 votes)
Drama, Romance
20Thieves Like Us
1974 · ★ 6.5 (90 votes)
Crime, Drama, Romance
21Swing
2003 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)
Drama, Romance
22What the Deaf Man Heard
1997 · ★ 6.4 (22 votes)
Drama, Comedy, TV Movie
23War Hunt
1962 · ★ 6.4 (26 votes)
Drama, War
24SpaceCamp
1986 · ★ 5.9 (215 votes)
Family, Adventure, Science Fiction
25The Alien Saga
2002 · ★ 6.6 (11 votes)
Documentary, Science Fiction
26Poker Alice
1987 · ★ 6.9 (7 votes)
Western, Romance, TV Movie
27The Rocky Mountain Fly Highway
2014 · ★ 8.0 (2 votes)
Documentary, TV Movie
28Alien: Terror in Space
2025 · ★ 7.0 (6 votes)
Documentary, History, TV Movie
29Whiteout
2009 · ★ 5.6 (864 votes)
Action, Crime, Mystery
30Field of Lost Shoes
2015 · ★ 6.1 (42 votes)
War, Drama, History
Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.