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Yaphet Kotto

Actor · 52 credits · 29 in highly-rated films

Best known for Alien (1979)

Frequent collaborators: Gloria Hendry

Best Yaphet Kotto movies by genre

Movies (51 total, ranked by score)

  1. Alien

    1979 · ★ 8.2 (16,735 votes)

    Horror, Science Fiction

    1

  2. Midnight Run

    1988 · ★ 7.2 (1,311 votes)

    Comedy, Crime, Thriller

    2

  3. Brubaker

    1980 · ★ 7.1 (525 votes)

    Crime, Drama

    3

  4. The Running Man

    1987 · ★ 6.5 (2,932 votes)

    Action, Thriller, Science Fiction

    4

  5. Live and Let Die

    1973 · ★ 6.5 (2,342 votes)

    Adventure, Action, Thriller

    5

  6. The Thomas Crown Affair

    1968 · ★ 6.8 (588 votes)

    Crime, Romance

    6

  7. Across 110th Street

    1972 · ★ 6.7 (141 votes)

    Action, Crime, Drama

    7

  8. Nothing But a Man

    1964 · ★ 7.4 (37 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    8

  9. 5 Card Stud

    1968 · ★ 6.3 (94 votes)

    Western, Mystery

    9

  10. Truck Turner

    1974 · ★ 6.5 (67 votes)

    Drama, Action, Thriller

    10

  11. Man and Boy

    1971 · ★ 6.0 (2 votes)

    Western, Adventure

    11

  12. The Star Chamber

    1983 · ★ 6.0 (188 votes)

    Drama, Thriller

    12

  13. Report to the Commissioner

    1975 · ★ 6.6 (29 votes)

    Crime, Drama

    13

  14. Raid on Entebbe

    1976 · ★ 6.0 (58 votes)

    Drama, Thriller, TV Movie

    14

  15. The Liberation of L.B. Jones

    1970 · ★ 6.1 (29 votes)

    Drama, Crime

    15

  16. Women of San Quentin

    1983 · ★ 1.0 (1 votes)

    Drama, TV Movie

    16

  17. Othello

    1980 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    17

  18. Friday Foster

    1975 · ★ 6.1 (57 votes)

    Action, Thriller

    18

  19. Bone

    1972 · ★ 5.9 (28 votes)

    Comedy, Thriller, Drama

    19

  20. Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel

    1987 · ★ 7.4 (10 votes)

    Drama, Thriller, Crime

    20

  21. Stiletto Dance

    2001 · ★ 5.1 (8 votes)

    Drama, Action, Crime

    21

  22. In Self Defense

    1987 · ★ 5.3 (3 votes)

    TV Movie, Thriller, Crime

    22

  23. Warning Sign

    1985 · ★ 6.0 (75 votes)

    Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller

    23

  24. Drum

    1976 · ★ 5.2 (23 votes)

    History, Action, Thriller

    24

  25. A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion

    1982 · ★ 7.0 (2 votes)

    History, Drama, TV Movie

    25

  26. Eye of the Tiger

    1986 · ★ 6.0 (61 votes)

    Action, Drama

    26

  27. Almost Blue

    1993 · ★ 5.8 (4 votes)

    Thriller, Drama

    27

  28. The Limit

    1972

    Drama, Action, Crime

    28

  29. Fighting Back

    1982 · ★ 5.8 (21 votes)

    Action, Thriller, Crime

    29

  30. Tripwire

    1989 · ★ 4.0 (1 votes)

    Action, Thriller

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 30, 2026.