John Travolta films and TV shows, ranked by your taste

Actor and director · 58 films and 1 TV show on Boxlist

Known for Pulp Fiction, Blow Out and Carrie.

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Pulp Fiction
1994 · Film
8.5/10 · TMDB
A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.
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Die Hart
2020 · TV
7.8/10 · TMDB
Tired of being the comedic sidekick, Kevin Hart gets his wish when a famous director offers him his dream – to be a leading man action star – but there’s a catch: Kevin must first train at the world’s greatest action star school, run by a...
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
2015 · Film
7.7/10 · TMDB
GOING CLEAR intimately profiles eight former members of the Church of Scientology, shining a light on how they attract true believers and the things they do in the name of religion.
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The Thin Red Line
1998 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
The story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and ultimately make essential discoveries about themselves during the fierce World War II battle of Guadalcanal. It follows their journey, from...
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Grease
1978 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
Australian good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. But when they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance despite their eccentric friends?
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Blow Out
1981 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
Jack Terry is a master sound recordist who works on grade-B horror movies. Late one evening, he is recording sounds for use in his movies when he hears something unexpected through his sound equipment and records it. Curiosity gets the...
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QT8: The First Eight
2019 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
A detailed account of the life and artistic career of legendary filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, from his early days as a video club manager to the scandalous fall in disgrace of producer Harvey Weinstein. A story about how to shoot eight...
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High Rollers
2025 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
A master thief must pull off a dangerous casino heist when his nemesis kidnaps his lover. Caught between rival criminals and FBI pursuit, he risks all to save her and score big.
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Carrie
1976 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
Carrie White, a shy and troubled teenage girl who is tormented by her high school peers and her fanatically religious mother, begins to use her powers of telekinesis to exact revenge upon them.
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The Princess
2022 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
Decades after her untimely death, Princess Diana continues to evoke mystery, glamour, and the quintessential modern fairy tale gone wrong. As a symbol of both the widening fissures weakening the British monarchy and the destructive...
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Face/Off
1997 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
Sean Archer, a very tough, rugged FBI Agent. Who is still grieving for his dead son Michael. Archer believes that his son's killer is his sworn enemy, a very powerful criminal, Castor Troy. One day, Archer has finally cornered Castor...
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The Shepherd
2023 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
On Christmas Eve, a fighter pilot on his way home gets lost mid-flight over water and needs a miracle to land safely.
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A Love Song for Bobby Long
2004 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
A headstrong young woman returns to New Orleans after the death of her estranged mother.
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Die Hart
2023 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
Follows a fictionalized version of Kevin Hart, as he tries to become an action movie star. He attends a school run by Ron Wilcox, where he attempts to learn the ropes on how to become one of the industry's most coveted action stars.
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Hairspray
2007 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Pleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad auditions to be on Baltimore's most popular dance show - The Corny Collins Show - and lands a prime spot. Through her newfound fame, she becomes determined to help her friends and end the racial...
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Saturday Night Fever
1977 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Tony spends his Saturdays at a disco where his stylish moves raise his popularity among the patrons. But his life outside the disco is not easy and things change when he gets attracted to Stephanie.
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Get Shorty
1995 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
Chili Palmer is a Miami mobster who gets sent by his boss, the psychopathic "Bones" Barboni, to collect a bad debt from Harry Zimm, a Hollywood producer who specializes in cheesy horror films. When Chili meets Harry's leading lady, the...
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Basic
2003 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
A DEA agent investigates the disappearance of a legendary Army ranger drill sergeant and several of his cadets during a training exercise gone severely awry.
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Bolt
2008 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
Bolt is the star of the biggest show in Hollywood. The only problem is, he thinks it's real. After he's accidentally shipped to New York City and separated from Penny, his beloved co-star and owner, Bolt must harness all his "super powers"...
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The General's Daughter
1999 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
When the body of Army Capt. Elizabeth Campbell is found on a Georgia military base, two investigators, Warrant Officers Paul Brenner and Sara Sunhill, are ordered to solve her murder. What they uncover is anything but clear-cut. Unseemly...
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Ladder 49
2004 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
Under the watchful eye of his mentor, Captain Mike Kennedy, probationary firefighter Jack Morrison matures into a seasoned veteran at a Baltimore fire station. However, Jack has reached a crossroads as the sacrifices he's made have put him...
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Urban Cowboy
1980 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
After moving to Pasadena, Texas, country boy Bud Davis starts hanging around a bar called Gilley's, where he falls in love with Sissy, a cowgirl who believes the sexes are equal. They eventually marry, but their relationship is turbulent...
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The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
2009 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime.
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The Punisher
2004 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
When undercover FBI agent Frank Castle's wife and son are slaughtered, he becomes 'the Punisher' -- a ruthless vigilante willing to go to any length to avenge his family.
Savages
2012 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
Pot growers Ben and Chon face off against the Mexican drug cartel who kidnapped their shared girlfriend.
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Phenomenon
1996 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
An ordinary man sees a bright light descend from the sky, and discovers he now has super-intelligence and telekinesis.
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Look Who's Talking
1989 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
Mollie is a single working mother who's out to find the perfect father for her child. Her baby, Mikey, prefers James, a cab driver turned babysitter who has what it takes to make them both happy. But Mollie won't even consider James. It's...
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Primary Colors
1998 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
In this adaptation of the best-selling roman à clef about Bill Clinton's 1992 run for the White House, the young and gifted Henry Burton is tapped to oversee the presidential campaign of Governor Jack Stanton. Burton is pulled into the...
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Cash Out
2024 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
Criminal mastermind Mason is about to execute the score of a lifetime when his lover and key member of his crew, Decker, takes the team down and reveals she’s an undercover Interpol agent. Heartbroken, Mason escapes and retires from the...
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Swordfish
2001 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
Rogue agent Gabriel Shear is determined to get his mitts on $9 billion stashed in a secret Drug Enforcement Administration account. He wants the cash to fight terrorism, but lacks the computer skills necessary to hack into the government...
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From Paris with Love
2010 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
James Reese has a good job as an ambassador's aid in France, but his real passion is a side gig—working in a minor role in the CIA. He would love to be a full-fledged agent and can't believe his luck when he lands an assignment with...
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Mad City
1997 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
A 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.
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Austin Powers in Goldmember
2002 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
The world's most shagadelic spy continues his fight against Dr. Evil. This time, the diabolical doctor and his clone, Mini-Me, team up with a new foe—'70s kingpin Goldmember. While pursuing the team of villains to stop them from world...
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Broken Arrow
1996 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
When rogue stealth-fighter pilot Vic Deakins deliberately drops off the radar while on maneuvers, the Air Force ends up with two stolen nuclear warheads -- and Deakins's co-pilot, Riley Hale, is the military's only hope for getting them...
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In a Valley of Violence
2016 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
The story of a drifter named Paul who arrives in a small town seeking revenge on the thugs who murdered his friend. Sisters Mary Anne and Ellen, who run the town's hotel, help Paul in his quest for vengeance.
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Wild Hogs
2007 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
Restless and ready for an adventure, four suburban bikers leave the safety of their subdivision and head out on the open road. But complications ensue when they cross paths with an intimidating band of New Mexico bikers known as the Del...
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Criminal Activities
2015 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
Four young men make a risky investment together that gets them into trouble with the mob.
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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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Life on the Line
2015 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
A crew of men who do the high-wire work of fixing the electrical grid are hit by a sudden deadly storm.
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Michael
1996 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDB
Tabloid reporters are sent by their editor to investigate after the paper recieves a letter from a woman claiming an angel is living with her.
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Domestic Disturbance
2001 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDB
A divorced father discovers that his 12-year-old son's new stepfather is not what he made himself out to be.
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The Forger
2014 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDB
A former child art prodigy and second generation petty thief arranges to buy his way out of prison to spend time with his ailing son, only to be forced to alter his plans and commit one more job for the man who financed his release.
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The Gentleman Thief
2026 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDB
A retired master thief must protect his impulsive brother from disaster when a 100 million dollar yacht heist spirals into a dangerous web of deception. Old foes emerge as the stakes rise, forcing him to use every trick he knows to stay...
Staying Alive
1983 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
It's five years later and Tony Manero's Saturday Night Fever is still burning. Now he's strutting toward his biggest challenger yet - making it as a dancer on the Broadway stage.
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Paradise City
2022 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
Renegade bounty hunter Ryan Swan must carve his way through the Hawaiian crime world to wreak vengeance on the kingpin who murdered his father.
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Speed Kills
2018 · Film
5.6/10 · TMDB
Speedboat racing champion and multimillionaire Ben Aronoff leads a double life that lands him in trouble with the law and drug lords.
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Look Who's Talking Too
1990 · Film
5.5/10 · TMDB
Mollie and James are together and raising a family, which now consists of an older Mikey and his baby sister, Julie. Tension between the siblings arises, and as well with Mollie and James when Mollie's brother Stuart moves in. Mikey is...
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Old Dogs
2009 · Film
5.5/10 · TMDB
Charlie and Dan have been best friends and business partners for thirty years; their Manhattan public relations firm is on the verge of a huge business deal with a Japanese company. With two weeks to sew up the contract, Dan gets a...
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Killing Season
2013 · Film
5.5/10 · TMDB
Two veterans of the Bosnian War, one American, one Serbian, clash in the remote Smoky Mountain wilderness.
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I Am Wrath
2016 · Film
5.5/10 · TMDB
A man is out for justice after a group of corrupt police officers are unable to catch his wife's killer.
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Be Cool
2005 · Film
5.4/10 · TMDB
Disenchanted with the movie industry, Chili Palmer tries the music industry, meeting and romancing a widow of a music executive along the way.
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Look Who's Talking Now!
1993 · Film
5.4/10 · TMDB
When Samantha LeBon hatches a scheme to spend a romantic Christmas with her new employee -- the unsuspecting, blithesome James -- his wife, their kids and their two dogs, Rocks and Daphne, must rescue him before he makes a terrible mistake.
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Mob Land
2023 · Film
5.4/10 · TMDB
A sheriff tries to keep the peace when a desperate family man violently robs a pill mill with his brother-in-law, alerting an enforcer for the New Orleans mafia.
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Gotti
2018 · Film
5.3/10 · TMDB
John Gotti rises to the top of the New York underworld to become the boss of the Gambino crime family. His life takes a tumultuous turn as he faces tragedy, multiple trials and a prison sentence.
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Lucky Numbers
2000 · Film
5.0/10 · TMDB
Russ Richards is a TV weatherman and local celebrity on the verge of losing his shirt. Desperate to escape financial ruin, he schemes with Crystal the TV station's lotto ball girl to rig the state lottery drawing. The numbers come up...
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The Fanatic
2019 · Film
4.6/10 · TMDB
A rabid film fan stalks his favorite action hero and destroys the star's life.
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The Poison Rose
2019 · Film
4.5/10 · TMDB
A down-on-his-luck PI is hired by his old flame to investigate a murder. But while the case at first appears routine, it slowly reveals itself to be a complex interwoven web of crimes, suspects and dead bodies.
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Battlefield Earth
2000 · Film
3.2/10 · TMDB
In the year 3000, man is no match for the Psychlos, a greedy, manipulative race of aliens on a quest for ultimate profit. Led by the powerful Terl, the Psychlos are stripping Earth clean of its natural resources, using the broken remnants...
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Propeller One-Way Night Coach
2026 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
During the golden age of aviation, a young airplane enthusiast and his mother embark on a cross-country journey to Hollywood—and their simple flight transforms into the trip of a lifetime.