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Tom Waits

Actor · 54 credits · 19 in highly-rated films

Best known for Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)

Frequent collaborators: Greg Cohen, Steve Buscemi, Roberto Benigni, Sam Rockwell, Ralph Carney

Best Tom Waits movies by genre

Movies (54 total, ranked by score)

  1. Bram Stoker's Dracula

    1992 · ★ 7.4 (5,893 votes)

    Romance, Horror

    1

  2. Licorice Pizza

    2021 · ★ 6.9 (2,737 votes)

    Drama, Comedy, Romance

    2

  3. Down by Law

    1986 · ★ 7.3 (858 votes)

    Crime, Drama, Comedy

    3

  4. Short Cuts

    1993 · ★ 7.2 (695 votes)

    Drama, Comedy

    4

  5. Seven Psychopaths

    2012 · ★ 6.8 (4,340 votes)

    Comedy, Crime

    5

  6. The Book of Eli

    2010 · ★ 6.8 (6,759 votes)

    Action, Thriller, Science Fiction

    6

  7. Coffee and Cigarettes

    2004 · ★ 6.9 (1,059 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    7

  8. The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

    2009 · ★ 6.4 (2,928 votes)

    Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery

    8

  9. Coffee and Cigarettes III

    1997 · ★ 6.9 (60 votes)

    Comedy

    9

  10. Father Mother Sister Brother

    2025 · ★ 6.4 (328 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    10

  11. The Monster of Nix

    2011 · ★ 7.0 (10 votes)

    Animation, Adventure, Fantasy

    11

  12. The Tiger and the Snow

    2005 · ★ 6.7 (505 votes)

    Comedy, Drama, Romance

    12

  13. Tom Waits: Big Time

    1988 · ★ 7.3 (19 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    13

  14. The Old Man & the Gun

    2018 · ★ 6.4 (1,507 votes)

    Comedy, Crime, Drama

    14

  15. At Play in the Fields of the Lord

    1991 · ★ 6.6 (57 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    15

  16. Ironweed

    1987 · ★ 6.3 (144 votes)

    Drama

    16

  17. Bukowski: Born Into This

    2003 · ★ 6.8 (50 votes)

    Documentary

    17

  18. The Making of 'One from the Heart'

    1982 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    18

  19. Keith Richards: Under the Influence

    2015 · ★ 6.7 (81 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    19

  20. Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight

    1997 · ★ 7.2 (6 votes)

    Documentary

    20

  21. The Moon’s Milk

    2018

    Science Fiction, Fantasy, Animation

    21

  22. Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter

    1990

    Music

    22

  23. Tom Waits: A Day in Vienna

    1978 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary, Music, TV Movie

    23

  24. The Dead Don't Die

    2019 · ★ 5.4 (2,892 votes)

    Comedy, Drama, Horror

    24

  25. A Brief History of John Baldessari

    2012 · ★ 6.0 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    25

  26. Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale

    1989 · ★ 8.3 (3 votes)

    Thriller

    26

  27. Tom Waits: Tales from a Cracked Jukebox

    2017 · ★ 6.7 (6 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    27

  28. Tom Waits for No One

    1979 · ★ 5.0 (5 votes)

    Animation, Music

    28

  29. Tom Waits: Under Review

    2008 · ★ 4.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    29

  30. This Is Sparklehorse

    2022

    Documentary, Music

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 28, 2026.