Orson Welles
Actor · 268 credits · 81 in highly-rated films
Best known for Citizen Kane (1941)
Frequent collaborators: Oja Kodar, Jeanne Moreau, Peter Bogdanovich, Joseph Cotten, Charlton Heston
Best Orson Welles movies by genre
- Orson Welles Documentary Movies 87
- Orson Welles Drama Movies 44
- Orson Welles Comedy Movies 21
- Orson Welles TV Movie Movies 18
- Orson Welles Adventure Movies 15
- Orson Welles History Movies 12
- Orson Welles Mystery Movies 9
- Orson Welles Thriller Movies 9
- Orson Welles War Movies 9
- Orson Welles Crime Movies 8
- Orson Welles Family Movies 8
- Orson Welles Animation Movies 6
Movies (217 total, ranked by score)
1Citizen Kane
1941 · ★ 8.0 (6,183 votes)
Mystery, Drama
2The Third Man
1949 · ★ 7.9 (2,163 votes)
Thriller, Mystery
3Touch of Evil
1958 · ★ 7.7 (1,633 votes)
Crime, Thriller, Drama
4The Trial
1962 · ★ 7.4 (580 votes)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
5A Man for All Seasons
1966 · ★ 7.3 (510 votes)
Drama, History
6The Transformers: The Movie
1986 · ★ 7.1 (618 votes)
Animation, Science Fiction, Action
7Othello
1951 · ★ 7.4 (213 votes)
Drama
8The Lady from Shanghai
1947 · ★ 7.3 (732 votes)
Mystery, Crime, Thriller
9F for Fake
1973 · ★ 7.4 (372 votes)
Documentary
10The Magnificent Ambersons
1942 · ★ 7.3 (481 votes)
Drama, Romance
11The Stranger
1946 · ★ 7.2 (657 votes)
Thriller, Crime
12Macbeth
1948 · ★ 7.3 (186 votes)
Drama
13The Long, Hot Summer
1958 · ★ 7.0 (232 votes)
Drama
14Chimes at Midnight
1965 · ★ 7.2 (243 votes)
Comedy, Drama, History
15They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2018 · ★ 7.1 (148 votes)
Documentary
16Compulsion
1959 · ★ 7.1 (167 votes)
Crime, Drama, History
17The Immortal Story
1968 · ★ 7.1 (94 votes)
Drama, Romance, TV Movie
18Is It Always Right to Be Right?
1970 · ★ 5.9 (17 votes)
Animation
19Ro.Go.Pa.G.
1963 · ★ 7.2 (133 votes)
Comedy, Drama
20Directed by John Ford
1971 · ★ 6.9 (40 votes)
Documentary
21Tepepa
1969 · ★ 6.5 (56 votes)
Western
22Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
1975 · ★ 6.4 (28 votes)
Animation, Family
23Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022 · ★ 6.5 (29 votes)
Documentary, Music
24Bugs Bunny Superstar
1976 · ★ 7.3 (39 votes)
Documentary, Animation
25Austerlitz
1960 · ★ 6.6 (40 votes)
Drama, History, War
26The Battle of Neretva
1969 · ★ 6.8 (51 votes)
Drama, War
27Magic with the Stars
1982
Family, TV Movie
28Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
2018 · ★ 7.0 (5 votes)
Documentary, TV Movie
29Man in the Shadow
1957 · ★ 6.7 (54 votes)
Thriller, Drama, Western
30The Orson Welles Story
1982 · ★ 9.0 (1 votes)
Documentary, TV Movie
Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.