
Dustin Hoffman films, ranked by your taste
Actor and director · 56 films on Boxlist
Known for All the President's Men, Kramer vs. Kramer and Rain Man.
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All the President's Men
1976 · Film
7.7/10 · TMDBDuring the 1972 elections, two reporters' investigation sheds light on the controversial Watergate scandal that compels President Richard Nixon to resign from his post.
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Kramer vs. Kramer
1979 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDBTed Kramer is a career man for whom his work comes before his family. His wife Joanna cannot take this anymore, so she decides to leave him. Ted is now faced with the tasks of housekeeping and taking care of himself and their young son...
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Rain Man
1988 · Film
7.8/10 · TMDBSelfish yuppie Charlie Babbitt's father left a fortune to his savant brother Raymond and a pittance to Charlie; they travel cross-country.

Kung Fu Panda
2008 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDBWhen the Valley of Peace is threatened, lazy Po the panda discovers his destiny as the "chosen one" and trains to become a kung fu hero, but transforming the unsleek slacker into a brave warrior won't be easy. It's up to Master Shifu and...
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Tootsie
1982 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDBWhen struggling, out of work actor Michael Dorsey secretly adopts a female alter ego - Dorothy Michaels - in order to land a part in a daytime drama, he unwittingly becomes a feminist icon and ends up in a romantic pickle.
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Tuner
2026 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDBA talented piano tuner's life is turned upside down when he discovers that his meticulous skills for tuning pianos can equally be applied to cracking safes.

Chef
2014 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDBWhen Chef Carl Casper suddenly quits his job at a prominent Los Angeles restaurant after refusing to compromise his creative integrity for its controlling owner, he is left to figure out what's next. Finding himself in Miami, he teams up...

The Graduate
1967 · Film
7.7/10 · TMDBBenjamin, a recent college graduate very worried about his future, finds himself in a love triangle with an older woman and her daughter.

Midnight Cowboy
1969 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDBJoe Buck is a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy New York City women; he finds a companion in Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, an ailing swindler with a bum leg and a quixotic fantasy of escaping to Florida.

Kung Fu Panda 2
2011 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDBPo is now living his dream as The Dragon Warrior, protecting the Valley of Peace alongside his friends and fellow kung fu masters, The Furious Five - Tigress, Crane, Mantis, Viper and Monkey. But Po’s new life of awesomeness is threatened...

Kung Fu Panda 3
2016 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDBContinuing his "legendary adventures of awesomeness", Po must face two hugely epic, but different threats: one supernatural and the other a little closer to his home.
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The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
2017 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDBAn estranged family gathers together in New York for an event celebrating the artistic work of their father.

Straw Dogs
1971 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDBDavid Sumner, a mild-mannered academic from the United States, marries Amy, an Englishwoman. In order to escape a hectic stateside lifestyle, David and his wife relocate to the small town in rural Cornwall where Amy was raised. There...

Stranger Than Fiction
2006 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDBHarold Crick is a lonely IRS agent whose mundane existence is transformed when he hears a mysterious voice narrating his life.

Marathon Man
1976 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDBA graduate student and obsessive runner in New York is drawn into a mysterious plot involving his brother, a member of the secretive Division.

Little Big Man
1970 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDBJack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Indians and fighting with General Custer.
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Spielberg
2017 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDBA documentary on the life and career of one of the most influential film directors of all time, Steven Spielberg.

Death of a Salesman
1985 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDBSalesman Willy Loman is in a crisis. He's about to lose his job, he can't pay his bills, and his sons Biff and Happy don't respect him and can't seem to live up to their potential. He wonders what went wrong and how he can make things up...

Wag the Dog
1997 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDBDuring the final weeks of a presidential race, the President is accused of sexual misconduct. To distract the public until the election, the President's adviser hires a Hollywood producer to help him stage a fake war.
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Sleepers
1996 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDBTwo gangsters seek revenge on the state jail worker who during their stay at a youth prison sexually abused them. A sensational court hearing takes place to charge him for the crimes.

Finding Neverland
2004 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDBDuring a writing slump, playwright J.M. Barrie meets a widow and her three children—who soon become an important part of Barrie’s life and the inspiration that lead him to create his masterpiece. Peter Pan'.

Kung Fu Panda 4
2024 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDBPo is gearing up to become the spiritual leader of his Valley of Peace, but also needs someone to take his place as Dragon Warrior. As such, he will train a new kung fu practitioner for the spot and will encounter a villain called the...
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Papillon
1973 · Film
7.9/10 · TMDBA man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
2004 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDBThree wealthy children's parents are killed in a fire. When they are sent to a distant relative, they find out that he is plotting to kill them and seize their fortune.

Runaway Jury
2003 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDBA juror on the inside and a woman on the outside manipulate a court trial involving a major gun manufacturer.
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As They Made Us
2022 · Film
5.6/10 · TMDBAbigail, a divorced mother of two, is struggling to balance the dynamics within her dysfunctional family as she attempts to cultivate new love.

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
2006 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDBJean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in the stench of 18th century Paris, develops a superior olfactory sense, which he uses to create the world's finest perfumes. However, his work takes a dark turn as he tries to preserve scents in the search...

Kung Fu Panda Holiday
2010 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDBThe Winter Feast is Po's favorite holiday. Every year he and his father hang decorations, cook together, and serve noodle soup to the villagers. But this year Shifu informs Po that as Dragon Warrior, it is his duty to host the formal...

Dick Tracy
1990 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDBThe comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice's united mob.
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Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five
2008 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDBOrdered to teach a martial arts class of rambunctious bunny kittens, Po tells stories of each of the Furious Five's pasts.

Hero
1992 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDBBernie Laplante is having a rough time. He's divorced, his ex-wife hates him and has custody of their son, the cops are setting a trap for him, then to top it all, he loses a shoe whilst rescuing passengers of a crashed jet. Being a thief...

Last Chance Harvey
2008 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDBIn London for his daughter's wedding, a struggling jingle-writer, Harvey Shine, misses his plane to New York, and thus loses his job. While drowning his sorrows in the airport pub, Harvey meets Kate, a British government worker stuck in an...

Outbreak
1995 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDBA deadly airborne virus finds its way into the USA and starts killing off people at an epidemic rate. Col Sam Daniels' job is to stop the virus spreading from a small town, which must be quarantined, and to prevent an over reaction by the...
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Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll
2012 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDBAs Po looks for his lost action figures, the story of how the panda inadvertently helped create the Furious Five is told.

Confidence
2003 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDBWhat Jake Vig doesn't know just might get him killed. A sharp and polished grifter, Jake has just swindled thousands of dollars from the unsuspecting Lionel Dolby with the help of his crew. It becomes clear that Lionel wasn't just any...

Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters
2011 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDBPo and the Furious Five uncover the legend of three of kung fu's greatest heroes: Master Thundering Rhino, Master Storming Ox, and Master Croc.

Hook
1991 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDBThe boy who wasn't supposed grow up—Peter Pan—does just that, becoming a soulless corporate lawyer whose workaholism could cost him his wife and kids. During his trip to see Granny Wendy in London, the vengeful Capt. Hook kidnaps Peter's...
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I ♥ Huckabees
2004 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDBA husband-and-wife team play detective, but not in the traditional sense. Instead, the happy duo helps others solve their existential issues, the kind that keep you up at night, wondering what it all means.
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The Holiday
2006 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDBTwo women, one from the United States and one from the United Kingdom, swap homes at Christmastime after bad breakups with their boyfriends. Each woman finds romance with a local man but realizes that the imminent return home may end the...

Moonlight Mile
2002 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDBAs he copes with the death of his fiancee along with her parents, a young man must figure out what he wants out of life.
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Sam & Kate
2022 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDBBill is an ailing larger-than-life father being taken care of by his son Sam, who has returned home to care for him. While home, Sam falls for a local woman, Kate. At the same time, Bill starts to fall for her mom, Tina.

Megalopolis
2024 · Film
5.6/10 · TMDBGenius artist Cesar Catilina seeks to leap the City of New Rome into a utopian, idealistic future, while his opposition, Mayor Franklyn Cicero, remains committed to a regressive status quo, perpetuating greed, special interests, and...

Boychoir
2014 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDBA troubled and angry 11-year-old orphan from a small Texas town, ends up at a Boy Choir school after the death of his single mother. Completely out of his element, he finds himself in a battle of wills with a demanding Choir Master who...

The Tale of Despereaux
2008 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDBOnce upon a time... in the far away kingdom of Dor... lived a brave and virtuous mouse with comically oversized ears who dreamt of becoming a knight. Banished from his home for having such lofty ambitions, Despereaux sets off on an amazing...

Into the Labyrinth
2019 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDBWhen a kidnapping victim turns up alive after fifteen years, a profiler and a private investigator try to piece together the mystery.

Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
2007 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDBMolly Mahoney is the awkward and insecure manager of Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium—the strangest, most fantastic and most wonderful toy store in the world. After Mr. Magorium bequeaths the store to her, a dark and ominous change begins to...
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The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
1999 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDBIn 1429 a teenage girl from a remote French village stood before her King with a message she claimed came from God; that she would defeat the world's greatest army and liberate her country from its political and religious turmoil...

Meet the Fockers
2004 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDBHard-to-crack ex-CIA man, Jack Byrnes and his wife, Dina head for the warmer climes of Florida to meet son-in-law-to-be, Greg Focker's parents. Unlike their happily matched offspring, the future in-laws find themselves in a situation of...

Family Business
1989 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDBJessie is an aging career criminal who has been in more jails, fights, schemes, and lineups than just about anyone else. His son Vito, while currently on the straight and narrow, has had a fairly shady past and is indeed no stranger to...
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Sphere
1998 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDBThe OSSA discovers a spacecraft thought to be at least 300 years old at the bottom of the ocean. Immediately following the discovery, they decide to send a team down to the depths of the ocean to study the space craft. They are the best of...

Billy Bathgate
1991 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDBIn the year 1935, a teen named Billy Bathgate finds first love while becoming the protégé of fledgling gangster Dutch Schultz.

Mad City
1997 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDBA misguided museum guard who loses his job and then tries to get it back at gunpoint is thrown into the fierce world of ratings-driven TV gone mad.

Racing Stripes
2005 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDBShattered illusions are hard to repair -- especially for a good-hearted zebra named Stripes who's spent his life on a Kentucky farm amidst the sorely mistaken notion that he's a debonair thoroughbred. Once he faces the fact that his stark...
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The Cobbler
2014 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDBMax Simkin repairs shoes in the same New York shop that has been in his family for generations. Disenchanted with the grind of daily life, Max stumbles upon a magical heirloom that allows him to step into the lives of his customers and see...

Little Fockers
2010 · Film
5.6/10 · TMDBIt has taken 10 years, two little Fockers with wife Pam and countless hurdles for Greg to finally get in with his tightly wound father-in-law, Jack. After the cash-strapped dad takes a job moonlighting for a drug company, Jack's suspicions...
Directed by Dustin Hoffman

Quartet
2012 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDBThe directorial debut of Dustin Hoffman, Quartet is a high-drama comedy about temperamental divas and old grudges, passion and pride, romance and Rigoletto. At a home for retired musicians, the annual concert to celebrate Verdi's birthday...
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