Willem Dafoe
Actor · 188 credits · 114 in highly-rated films
Best known for The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Frequent collaborators: Cate Blanchett, Tobey Maguire, Jeff Goldblum, Marina Abramović, Johnny Depp
Best Willem Dafoe movies by genre
- Willem Dafoe Drama Movies 77
- Willem Dafoe Documentary Movies 46
- Willem Dafoe Thriller Movies 41
- Willem Dafoe Action Movies 27
- Willem Dafoe Crime Movies 26
- Willem Dafoe Comedy Movies 20
- Willem Dafoe Adventure Movies 15
- Willem Dafoe Mystery Movies 14
- Willem Dafoe Romance Movies 12
- Willem Dafoe Fantasy Movies 12
- Willem Dafoe Science Fiction Movies 8
- Willem Dafoe War Movies 7
Movies (188 total, ranked by score)
1The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014 · ★ 8.0 (16,415 votes)
Comedy, Drama
2Spider-Man: No Way Home
2021 · ★ 7.9 (22,860 votes)
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
3Zack Snyder's Justice League
2021 · ★ 8.1 (11,061 votes)
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
4Finding Nemo
2003 · ★ 7.8 (20,874 votes)
Animation, Family, Adventure
5Fantastic Mr. Fox
2009 · ★ 7.8 (6,265 votes)
Adventure, Animation, Comedy
6Poor Things
2023 · ★ 7.6 (5,686 votes)
Science Fiction, Romance, Comedy
7Platoon
1986 · ★ 7.7 (5,220 votes)
Drama, War, Action
8American Psycho
2000 · ★ 7.4 (12,616 votes)
Thriller, Drama, Crime
9John Wick
2014 · ★ 7.5 (21,224 votes)
Action, Thriller
10Mississippi Burning
1988 · ★ 7.7 (2,004 votes)
Drama, Crime, Mystery
11Spider-Man
2002 · ★ 7.3 (21,266 votes)
Action, Science Fiction
12Togo
2019 · ★ 8.1 (2,339 votes)
Adventure, History, Drama
13Inside Man
2006 · ★ 7.4 (6,480 votes)
Crime, Drama, Thriller
14The Lighthouse
2019 · ★ 7.5 (5,718 votes)
Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
15The Fault in Our Stars
2014 · ★ 7.6 (11,646 votes)
Romance, Drama
16The Florida Project
2017 · ★ 7.4 (3,155 votes)
Drama
17The English Patient
1996 · ★ 7.1 (2,438 votes)
Drama, Romance, War
18The Northman
2022 · ★ 7.0 (5,224 votes)
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
19The Boondock Saints
1999 · ★ 7.2 (2,751 votes)
Action, Thriller, Crime
20Nosferatu
2024 · ★ 6.7 (3,906 votes)
Horror, Fantasy
21Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
2024 · ★ 6.9 (3,259 votes)
Comedy, Fantasy
22Aquaman
2018 · ★ 6.9 (15,115 votes)
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
23To Live and Die in L.A.
1985 · ★ 7.1 (827 votes)
Crime, Thriller, Action
24The Last Temptation of Christ
1988 · ★ 7.2 (1,223 votes)
Drama
25What Happened to Monday
2017 · ★ 7.1 (6,526 votes)
Science Fiction, Thriller, Mystery
26Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
2013 · ★ 6.7 (3,248 votes)
Drama, Mystery
27Born on the Fourth of July
1989 · ★ 7.0 (1,920 votes)
Drama, War
28The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
2004 · ★ 7.1 (3,240 votes)
Adventure, Comedy, Drama
29Wild at Heart
1990 · ★ 7.0 (1,960 votes)
Crime, Thriller, Romance
30Murder on the Orient Express
2017 · ★ 6.7 (10,690 votes)
Mystery, Drama, Crime
Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 28, 2026.