Harry Dean Stanton films, ranked by your taste

Actor · 37 films on Boxlist

Known for The Godfather: Part II, Alien and Cool Hand Luke.

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Starring Harry Dean Stanton

The Godfather: Part II
1974 · Film
8.6/10 · TMDB
In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.
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Alien
1979 · Film
8.1/10 · TMDB
During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of...
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Cool Hand Luke
1967 · Film
7.8/10 · TMDB
When petty criminal Luke Jackson is sentenced to two years in a Florida prison farm, he doesn't play by the rules of either the sadistic warden or the yard's resident heavy, Dragline, who ends up admiring the new guy's unbreakable will...
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Paris, Texas
1984 · Film
8.1/10 · TMDB
A man wanders out of the desert not knowing who he is. His brother finds him, and helps to pull his memory back of the life he led before he walked out on his family and disappeared four years earlier.
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The Straight Story
1999 · Film
7.7/10 · TMDB
A retired farmer and widower in his 70s, Alvin Straight learns one day that his distant brother Lyle has suffered a stroke and may not recover. Alvin is determined to make things right with Lyle while he still can, but his brother lives in...
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The Green Mile
1999 · Film
8.5/10 · TMDB
A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the cell block's head guard, Paul Edgecomb, recognizes Coffey's miraculous gift, he...
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Repo Man
1984 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
A down and out young punk gets a job working with a seasoned repo man, but what awaits him in his new career is a series of outlandish adventures revolving around aliens, the CIA, and a most wanted '64 Chevy.
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Escape from New York
1981 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
In the future, crime is out of control and New York City's Manhattan is a maximum security prison. Grabbing a bargaining chip right out of the air, convicts bring down the President's plane in bad old Gotham. Gruff Snake Plissken, a...
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The Avengers
2012 · Film
7.7/10 · TMDB
When an unexpected enemy emerges and threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of...
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Rango
2011 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
When Rango, a lost family pet, accidentally winds up in the gritty, gun-slinging town of Dirt, the less-than-courageous lizard suddenly finds he stands out. Welcomed as the last hope the town has been waiting for, new Sheriff Rango is...
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The Mighty
1998 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
This tells the story of a strong friendship between a young boy with Morquio's syndrome and an older boy who is always bullied because of his size. Adapted from the novel, Freak the Mighty, the film explores a building of trust and...
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Wild at Heart
1990 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
After serving prison time for a self-defense killing, Sailor Ripley reunites with girlfriend Lula Fortune. Lula's mother, Marietta, desperate to keep them apart, hires a hitman to kill Sailor. But he finds a whole new set of troubles when...
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Seven Psychopaths
2012 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu.
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Lucky
2017 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
Follows the journey of a 90-year-old atheist and the quirky characters that inhabit his off-the-map desert town. He finds himself at the precipice of life, thrust into a journey of self-exploration.
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Pretty in Pink
1986 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
Andie is an outcast, hanging out either with her older boss, who owns the record store where she works, or her quirky high school classmate Duckie, who has a crush on her. When one of the rich and popular kids at school, Blane, asks Andie...
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How the West Was Won
1962 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one pioneer family.
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Kelly's Heroes
1970 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
A misfit group of World War II American soldiers goes AWOL to rob a bank behind German lines.
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Inland Empire
2006 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
An actress's perception of reality becomes increasingly distorted as she finds herself falling for her co-star in a remake of an unfinished Polish production that was supposedly cursed.
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The Pledge
2001 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
A police chief about to retire pledges to help a woman find her daughter's killer.
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Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
1992 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
In the questionable town of Deer Meadow, Washington, FBI Agent Desmond inexplicably disappears while hunting for the man who murdered a teen girl. The killer is never apprehended, and, after experiencing dark visions and supernatural...
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
1998 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
Raoul Duke and his attorney Dr. Gonzo drive a red convertible across the Mojave desert to Las Vegas with a suitcase full of drugs to cover a motorcycle race. As their consumption of drugs increases at an alarming rate, the stoned duo trash...
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Christine
1983 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
Geeky student Arnie Cunningham falls for Christine, a rusty 1958 Plymouth Fury, and becomes obsessed with restoring the classic automobile to her former glory. As the car changes, so does Arnie, whose newfound confidence turns to arrogance...
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Private Benjamin
1980 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
A sheltered young high society woman joins the army on a whim and finds herself in a more difficult situation than she ever expected.
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This Must Be the Place
2011 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
A bored, retired rock star sets out to find his father's executioner, an ex-Nazi war criminal who is a refugee in the U.S.
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Alpha Dog
2006 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
Johnny Truelove likes to see himself as tough. He's the son of an underworld figure and a drug dealer. Johnny also likes to get tough when things don't go his way. When Jake Mazursky fails to pay up for Johnny, things get worse for the...
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Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
Pat Garrett is hired as a lawman on behalf of a group of wealthy New Mexico cattle barons to bring down his old friend Billy the Kid.
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Anger Management
2003 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
After a small misunderstanding aboard an airplane escalates out of control, timid businessman Dave Buznik is ordered by the court to undergo anger management therapy at the hands of specialist Dr. Buddy Rydell. But when Buddy steps up his...
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She's So Lovely
1997 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
After being released from a psychiatric institution, a man tries to redeem himself in the eyes of his now-ex wife from the events that led up to his incarceration.
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The Last Stand
2013 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
Ray Owens is sheriff of the quiet US border town of Sommerton Junction after leaving the LAPD following a bungled operation. Following his escape from the FBI, a notorious drug baron, his gang, and a hostage are heading toward Sommerton...
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Red Dawn
1984 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
It is the dawn of World War III. In mid-western America, a group of teenagers band together to defend their town—and their country—from invading Soviet forces.
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The Man Who Cried
2000 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
A young refugee travels from Russia to America in search of her lost father and falls in love with a gypsy horseman.
Down Periscope
1996 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
Bumbling Navy lieutenant Tom Dodge has been given one last chance to clean up his record. But Admiral Graham, his nemesis, assigns Dodge to the Stingray, a submarine that can barely keep afloat. To add insult to injury, the Stingray is to...
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You, Me and Dupree
2006 · Film
5.6/10 · TMDB
After standing in as best man for his longtime friend Carl Petersen, Randy Dupree loses his job, becomes a barfly and attaches himself to the newlywed couple almost permanently -- as their houseguest. But the longer Dupree camps out on...
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The Animal
2001 · Film
5.0/10 · TMDB
When loser Marvin Mange is involved in a horrible car accident, he's brought back to life by a deranged scientist as half man and half animal. His newfound powers are awesome -- but their adverse side effects could take over his life. Now...
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The Big Bounce
2004 · Film
4.9/10 · TMDB
A small-time con artist and a Hawaiian real estate developer's mischievous, enterprising mistress team up for a potential $200,000 score.
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Dream a Little Dream
1989 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
Bobby Kellar has a crush on Lainie Diamond, girlfriend of school jerk Joel. Coleman is working on an experiment which will help him move into a place where Dreams are reality. When an accident occurs Coleman finds himself in Bobby's body...
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Fire Down Below
1997 · Film
5.6/10 · TMDB
When an EPA representative is murdered in a small Appalachian community, EPA undercover agent Jack Taggart is sent in—posing as a handyman working with a Christian relief agency—to determine what happened.
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