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Best Harry Dean Stanton Movies Ranked

Explore the best Harry Dean Stanton movies ranked by Movie Rankings users. The current top-ranked movie here is The Godfather Part II. Browse 3 ranked acting credits, then jump into the full filmography and each movie page.

Top Ranked Harry Dean Stanton Movies

Harry Dean Stanton Top Ranked Movies (3)

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The Godfather Part II is currently the highest-ranked Harry Dean Stanton movie on Movie Rankings based on aggregate head-to-head results from the community.

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This page currently tracks 3 ranked movies starring Harry Dean Stanton.

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Harry Dean Stanton Acting Filmography (152)

Sinatra! Eternity
2025·Sherif Lloyd
American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective
2022·Self
Frank and Ava
2020·Sheriff Lloyd
Wim Wenders, Desperado
2020·Self (archive footage)
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
2019·Self (archive footage)
Lucky
2017·Lucky
Sick of it All
2017·Harry The News Reporter
Fishtail
2014·Narrator
Walking the Mile
2014·Self (archive footage)
Carlos Spills the Beans
2014·Rhino
The Last Stand
2013·Mr. Parson
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction
2013·Self
9 Full Moons
2013·Dimitri
The Avengers
2012·Security Guard
#2858W-10L
Seven Psychopaths
2012·Man in Hat
Char·ac·ter
2012·Self
Rango
2011·Balthazar (voice)
This Must Be the Place
2011·Robert Plath
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
2011
Athena
2010·Bill
On Holiday
2010·Josh the Roommate's Dad
The Open Road
2009·Amon
Lynch 2
2007·Self
Being Michael Madsen
2007·Self
The Good Life
2007·Gus
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
2007·Self
Inland Empire
2006·Freddie Howard
Alpha Dog
2006·Cosmo Gadabeeti
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
2006·Self
Alien Autopsy
2006·Harvey
Harry Zen Stanton
2006·Himself
You, Me and Dupree
2006·Curly (uncredited)
The Wendell Baker Story
2005·Skip Summers
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004·Self
Dig!
2004·Self
The Big Bounce
2004·Bob Rogers, Sr.
Chrystal
2004·Pa Da
The Beast Within: Making Alien
2003·Self
Bukowski: Born Into This
2003·Self
Hunter Goes to Hollywood
2003·Himself
Anger Management
2003·Blind Man (uncredited)
Ginostra
2003·Del Piero
Return to 'Escape from New York'
2003·Himself
Sonny
2002·Henry
The Short Films of David Lynch
2002·Self
The Pledge
2001·Floyd Cage
The Animal
2001·Hunter (uncredited)
The Man Who Cried
2000·Felix Perlman
Sand
2000·Leo
The Straight Story
1999·Lyle
The Green Mile
1999·Toot-Toot
#888W-2L
Stephen King: Shining in the Dark
1999·Self
Ballad of the Nightingale
1999·Jean-Paul
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
1998·Judge
The Mighty
1998·Grim
A Civil Action
1998·Land Watcher (uncredited)
She's So Lovely
1997·Tony 'Shorty' Russo
Fire Down Below
1997·Cotton Harry
Midnight Blue
1997·Eric
Down Periscope
1996·Lt. Howard
Playback
1996·Ernie Fontenot
Never Talk to Strangers
1995·Max Cheski
One Hundred and One Nights
1995·Mute Actor in Hollywood (uncredited)
Against the Wall
1994·Hal
Blue Tiger
1994·Smith
Warren Oates: Across the Border
1993·Self
Cruise Control
1992
Man Trouble
1992·Redmond Layls
Hostages
1992·Frank Reed
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
1992·Carl Rodd
Payoff
1991·Hook
Wild at Heart
1990·Johnnie Farragut
The Fourth War
1990·Gen. Hackworth
Motion and Emotion: The Road to 'Paris, Texas'
1990·Self
Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders
1990·Self
Twister
1989·Cleveland
Monster Maker
1989·Chancey Bellow
Dream a Little Dream
1989·Ike Baker
The Last Temptation of Christ
1988·Paulus
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
1988·Self - Audience Member
Mr. North
1988·Henry Simmons
Stars & Bars
1988·Loomis Gage
The Cowboy and the Frenchman
1988·Slim
The French as Seen by…
1988·(Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")
Slam Dance
1987·Det. Benjamin Smiley
Faerie Tale Theatre: Rip Van Winkle
1987·Rip Van Winkle
Pretty in Pink
1986·Jack Walsh
The Care Bears Movie
1985·Brave Heart Lion (singing voice)
One Magic Christmas
1985·Gideon
Fool for Love
1985·Old Man
Paris, Texas
1984·Travis
Red Dawn
1984·Mr. Eckert
UFOria
1984·Brother Bud Sanders
Repo Man
1984·Bud
The Bear
1984·Coach Thomas
Christine
1983·Rudolph Junkins
I Want to Live
1983·Emmett Perkins
One from the Heart
1982·Moe
Young Doctors in Love
1982·Dr. Oliver Ludwig
Escape from New York
1981·Harold 'Brain' Helman
Private Benjamin
1980·Sgt. Jim Ballard
The Black Marble
1980·Philo Skinner
The Oldest Living Graduate
1980·Mike
Death Watch
1980·Vincent Ferriman
Wise Blood
1979·Asa Hawks
The Rose
1979·Billy Ray
Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers
1979·C.W. Douglas
Young Maverick - Dead Man's Hand
1979·Pokey Tindle
Alien
1979·Brett
Straight Time
1978·Jerry Schue
Renaldo and Clara
1978·Lafkezio
The Missouri Breaks
1976·Calvin
Farewell, My Lovely
1975·Billy Rolfe
Rancho Deluxe
1975·Curt
92 in the Shade
1975·Carter
Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins
1975·Billy Winston
The Legendary Curse of the Hope Diamond
1975·President Warren G. Harding
Win, Place or Steal
1975·Jack
The Fortune
1975·Prisoner in Holding Cell (uncredited)
The Ransom of Red Chief
1975·Sam
The Godfather Part II
1974·F.B.I. Man #1
#385W-2L
Cockfighter
1974·Jack Burke
Zandy's Bride
1974·Songer
Where the Lilies Bloom
1974·Kiser Pease
Dillinger
1973·Homer Van Meter
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973·Luke
Cry for Me, Billy
1972·Luke Todd
Two-Lane Blacktop
1971·Oklahoma Hitchhiker
Cisco Pike
1971·Jesse Dupre
Kelly's Heroes
1970·Pvt. Willard
Rebel Rousers
1970·Randolph Halverson
The Intruders
1970·Whit Dykstra (as Dean Stanton)
Lanton Mills
1969·Lanton
Day of the Evil Gun
1968·Sergeant Parker
The Mini-Skirt Mob
1968·Spook
Cool Hand Luke
1967·Tramp
The Hostage
1967·Eddie (as Dean Stanton)
A Time for Killing
1967·Sgt. Dan Way
Ride in the Whirlwind
1966·Blind Dick
The Dangerous Days of Kiowa Jones
1966·Jelly
The Man from the Diners' Club
1963·Beatnik (uncredited)
How the West Was Won
1962·Gant Henchman
Hero's Island
1962·Dixey Gates
Escape to Sonoita
1960·Lemon
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1960·Slave Catcher
Pork Chop Hill
1959·BAR Soldier (uncredited)
A Dog's Best Friend
1959·Roy Janney
The Jayhawkers!
1959·Deputy Smallwood
The Proud Rebel
1958·Jeb Burleigh
Revolt at Fort Laramie
1957·Rinty
Tomahawk Trail
1957·Pvt. Miller
The Wrong Man
1956·Department of Corrections Employee (uncredited)