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Best Joseph Cotten Movies Ranked
Explore the best Joseph Cotten movies ranked by Movie Rankings users. The current top-ranked movie here is Citizen Kane. Browse 1 ranked acting credits, then jump into the full filmography and each movie page.
Top Ranked Joseph Cotten Movies
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This page currently tracks 1 ranked movies starring Joseph Cotten.
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Joseph Cotten Acting Filmography (103)
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2018·Self (archive footage)
Beyond Doubt: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film
2000·Self
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991·Baron Frankenstein (archive footage)
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
1990·(archive footage)
The Survivor
1981·Priest
Delusion
1981·Ivar Langrock
Heaven's Gate
1980·The Reverend Doctor
The Hearse
1980·Walter Prichard
Casino
1980·Ed Booker
Island of the Fishmen
1979·Prof. Ernest Marvin
Guyana: Crime of the Century
1979·Richard Gable
Concorde Affair
1979·Milland
Churchill and the Generals
1979·Gen. George C. Marshall
All Star Tribute to Ingrid Bergman
1979·Self
Caravans
1978·Crandall
The Perfect Crime
1978·Sir Arthur Dundee
Last In, First Out
1978·Foster Johnson
Return to Fantasy Island
1978·Simon Grant
Airport '77
1977·Nicholas St. Downs III
Twilight's Last Gleaming
1977·Arthur Renfrew - Secretary of State
A Whisper in the Dark
1976·The Professor
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
1976·Dr. Joseph Francis Condon
Mysteries of the Gods
1976·Narrator
Expedition to Ararat
1976·Self - Host - Narrator
Syndicate Sadists
1975·Paternò
Timber Tramps
1975·Greedy sawmill mogul
Soylent Green
1973·William R. Simonson
F for Fake
1973·Self
A Delicate Balance
1973·Harry
The Devil's Daughter
1973·Judge Weatherby
Police Dog
1973·Narrator
Baron Blood
1972·Baron Otto von Kleist / Alfred Becker
The Scopone Game
1972·George
The Screaming Woman
1972·George Tresvant
Doomsday Voyage
1972·Captain Jason
Lady Frankenstein
1971·Baron Frankenstein
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
1971·Dr. Vesalius
City Beneath the Sea
1971·Dr. Ziegler
Assault on the Wayne
1971·Admiral
Do You Take This Stranger?
1971·Dr. Robert Carson
Journey to Murder
1971·Jeff Wheeler
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970·Henry L. Stimson
The Grasshopper
1970·Richard Morgan
Cutter's Trail
1970·General Spalding
Latitude Zero
1969·Capt. Craig McKenzie / Cmdr. Glenn McKenzie
The Lonely Profession
1969·Martin Bannister
White Comanche
1968·Sheriff Logan
Gangsters '70
1968·Destil
Alexander The Great
1968·Antigonus
Petulia
1968·Mr. Danner
Split Second to an Epitaph
1968·Dr. Ben Stern
Petulia: The Uncommon Movie
1968·Himself
The Hellbenders
1967·Colonel Jonas
Jack of Diamonds
1967·Ace
Some May Live
1967·Colonel Woodward
Lionpower from MGM
1967·Self - Ace of Diamonds (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Oscar
1966·Kenneth Regan
Brighty of the Grand Canyon
1966·Jim
The Money Trap
1965·Dr. Horace Van Tilden
The Tramplers
1965·Temple Cordeen
The Great Sioux Massacre
1965·Major Marcus A. Reno
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
1964·Drew Bayliss
The Last Sunset
1961·John Breckenridge
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
1961·Self (uncredited)
The Angel Wore Red
1960·Hawthorne
Touch of Evil
1958·Coroner (uncredited)
From the Earth to the Moon
1958·Victor Barbicane
The Halliday Brand
1957·Daniel Halliday
The Edge of Innocence
1957·Robert Rainey
The Killer Is Loose
1956·Detective Sam Wagner
The Bottom of the Bottle
1956·Pat 'P.M.' Martin
Special Delivery
1955·John Adams
A Blueprint for Murder
1953·Whitney 'Cam' Cameron
Niagara
1953·George Loomis
Egypt by Three
1953·Narrator
The Steel Trap
1952·Jim Osborne
Untamed Frontier
1952·Kirk Denbow
The Man with a Cloak
1951·Dupin
Half Angel
1951·John Raymond Jr.
Peking Express
1951·Michael Bachlin
Othello
1951·Senator (uncredited)
September Affair
1950·David Lawrence
Walk Softly, Stranger
1950·Chris Hale/Steve
Two Flags West
1950·Col. Clay Tucker
The Third Man
1949·Holly Martins
Under Capricorn
1949·Sam Flusky
Beyond the Forest
1949·Doctor Louis Moline
Portrait of Jennie
1948·Eben Adams
The Farmer's Daughter
1947·Glenn Morley
Our American Heritage
1947·Narrator
Duel in the Sun
1946·Jesse McCanles
Love Letters
1945·Allen Quinton
I'll Be Seeing You
1944·Zachary Morgan
Gaslight
1944·Brian Cameron
Since You Went Away
1944·Lieutenant Tony Willett
Journey into Fear
1943·Howard Graham
Shadow of a Doubt
1943·Uncle Charlie
Hers to Hold
1943·Bill Morley
The Magnificent Ambersons
1942·Eugene Morgan
Citizen Kane
1941·Jedediah Leland
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Lydia
1941·Michael Fitzpatrick
Too Much Johnson
1938·Augustus Billings
Seeing the World: Part One - A Visit to New York, N.Y.
1937