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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

Movies (188 total, ranked by score)

  1. The Smile Man

    2013 · ★ 7.3 (69 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    61

  2. Light Sleeper

    1992 · ★ 6.7 (216 votes)

    Drama, Crime

    62

  3. The Reckoning

    2004 · ★ 6.4 (123 votes)

    Crime, Drama, Mystery

    63

  4. Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

    1987 · ★ 7.1 (28 votes)

    Documentary, War

    64

  5. Auto Focus

    2002 · ★ 6.4 (218 votes)

    Crime, Drama

    65

  6. Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate

    2004 · ★ 7.2 (12 votes)

    Documentary

    66

  7. The Birthday Party

    2026 · ★ 5.3 (8 votes)

    Drama

    67

  8. Animal Factory

    2000 · ★ 6.3 (265 votes)

    Crime, Drama

    68

  9. Late Fame

    2026

    Drama

    69

  10. Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal

    2005 · ★ 6.3 (14 votes)

    Documentary, Comedy

    70

  11. John Wick: Calling in the Cavalry

    2015 · ★ 7.2 (18 votes)

    Documentary

    71

  12. Triumph of the Spirit

    1989 · ★ 6.5 (61 votes)

    Drama, War, History

    72

  13. Adam Resurrected

    2008 · ★ 6.1 (106 votes)

    Drama, War

    73

  14. Farewell

    2009 · ★ 6.5 (138 votes)

    Thriller, Drama

    74

  15. The Souffleur

    2026 · ★ 7.0 (2 votes)

    Drama

    75

  16. My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

    2010 · ★ 6.1 (230 votes)

    Crime, Drama, Thriller

    76

  17. Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World

    2010

    Documentary, History

    77

  18. Flight of the Intruder

    1991 · ★ 5.8 (149 votes)

    Action, War

    78

  19. Edges of the Lord

    2001 · ★ 6.4 (89 votes)

    Comedy, Drama, Romance

    79

  20. Counterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.'

    2003 · ★ 8.0 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    80

  21. Inside

    2023 · ★ 5.7 (546 votes)

    Thriller, Drama

    81

  22. Voom Portraits

    2007 · ★ 10.0 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    82

  23. Manou the Swift

    2019 · ★ 6.4 (81 votes)

    Animation, Adventure, Family

    83

  24. Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait

    2017 · ★ 7.3 (14 votes)

    Documentary

    84

  25. Sanctuary

    2017

    Documentary

    85

  26. The Clearing

    2004 · ★ 5.7 (258 votes)

    Drama, Mystery, Thriller

    86

  27. Lulu on the Bridge

    1998 · ★ 5.8 (49 votes)

    Drama, Mystery, Romance

    87

  28. Dead for a Dollar

    2022 · ★ 5.8 (311 votes)

    Western, Thriller, Action

    88

  29. The Dust of Time

    2008 · ★ 6.3 (48 votes)

    Drama

    89

  30. Bad Country

    2014 · ★ 5.5 (217 votes)

    Drama, Action, Crime

    90

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Sep 1, 2026.