105 Willem Dafoe Movies & TV Shows, Ranked Best to Worst

When the famous concierge—M. Gustave—of a mountainside resort, The Grand Budapest Hotel, is accused of murdering a wealthy dowager, he and his friend Zero along with latter’s girlfriend, Agatha, set out to prove his innocence. In process, they have to safeguard a Renaissance painting and struggle to find a missing will.

Chris Taylor joins the Vietnam War as a volunteer soldier and quickly faces the horrors of war. Meanwhile tensions erupt within the Platoon when some of its members kill villagers in a raid. Sergeant Barnes is willing to do anything for victory while Sergeant Elias is more idealistic. Taylor is now caught between the war with the enemy and the one within the platoon.

After the death of Superman, Darkseid sends his servant Steppenwolf to Earth, in order to subjugate the human race. In order to protect humanity, Bruce Wayne aligns forces with Diana Prince, and tries to bring the super powered humans of Earth together, and fight against the catastrophic threat.  

FBI agents, Rupert Anderson and Alan Ward, are sent to investigate when 3 civil rights workers go missing in Jessup County, Mississippi. The agents, with diverse approach towards investigation, encounter non-cooperating residents, hostile police, and aggressive Ku Klux Klan. As the KKK assault the local African-Americans and set their houses on fire, the agents have to resort to unorthodox methods of investigations.

The movie, which is based on John Green’s novel of the same name, follows the journey of two teenagers, Hazel Grace Lancaster and Augustus Gus Waters – both cancer patients – who meet and fall in love with each other. The two also travel together to meet her favourite author, though it does not turn to be what she expected.

After killing Russian criminals in self-defense, Irish Catholic twin brothers, Connor and Murphy McManus, turn themselves in where they receive ‘message from God.’ With friend Rocco, they become ‘vigilantes’ to rid Boston of its underworld. FBI agent Paul Smecker, assigned to track their actions, is inclined to agree that the Boondock Saints are on the right path. 

Patrick Bateman is a handsome and wealthy investment banker who is focused on maintaining a high status in front of his friends and fiancée Evelyn and living a life full of vanity. However, by the night, he turns into a violent serial killer who mindlessly murders anyone around him .

The plot of the movie revolves around an elaborate bank robbery planned by a perfectionist robber Dalton Russell. He takes hostages and detective Keith Frazier is called upon to take charge of the negotiations. The bank president, concerned about something important, hires his own negotiator. However, Russell and his team are always ahead.

The movie follows the life of Howard Hughes from 1927-1947. During this time, Hughes achieved massive success in Hollywood and also devoted quality time and money in the aviation industry. He romanced beautiful women like Katharine Hepburn and made powerful enemies like Juan Trippe and Senator Ralph Owen Brewster. All this while, his OCD worsened.

This religious drama film depicts the life of Jesus Christ; his various struggles through life, his revolutionary actions and his final temptation on the cross. 

Brilliant but socially awkward high school student Peter Parker gets bitten by a radioactive spider on a field trip and gains spider-like abilities and super strength. Following a family tragedy, he learns to use his superpowers only for good, as he faces an evil millionaire to save his aunt May and his crush Mary Jane Watson.

Despite desperate attempts to balance his life as crime-fighting neighborhood hero Spider-Man, Peter Parker's grades are falling, he loses his jobs regularly, and his love interest is engaged to someone else. Dejected, he gives up his alter ego, but eccentric scientist Dr. Otto Octavius, now tentacled villain Doctor Octopus, holds him responsible for a botched nuclear experiment.

Retired assassin John Wick is nursing a broken heart following the untimely death of his wife Helen when a group of Russian gangsters come to his home to steal his car and also kills his puppy Daisy, a parting gift from Helen. Furious, he makes a comeback and tracks down the miscreants, leaving a trail of blood behind.

Towards the end of WWII, Hana, a nurse moves into a monastery to care for a severely burnt man. The man - Almásy - later narrates to Hana and couple of new arrivals – Kip and David Caravaggio - his life story which involves his work as a cartographer and his passionate but doomed affair with a married woman Katherine.

The Lighthouse is a mystery horror drama film which revolves around Ephraim, who arrives at a remote island to work as a lighthouse keeper. He begins to assist his supervisor Thomas. However, over the days, he tries to maintain his sanity as he is haunted by strange and mysterious visions.

To Live and Die in LA is an action crime drama film which tells the story of two cops who are trying to track down a vicious criminal named Eric Masters. When one of them gets killed by Masters, the other will stop at nothing to bring down the criminal.

While filming a documentary, oceanographer Steve Zissou loses his friend, apparently to a jaguar shark. Furious and aggrieved, he decides to kill the shark and film the process as his next documentary. Accompanying him in his expedition is his estranged wife, a German who looks up to him as his father and Ned who actually believes him to be his father.

The second film in Oliver Stone's Vietnam trilogy is based on Ron Kovic’s 1976 autobiography. Ron, a patriotic marine sergeant joins the Vietnam War. During his second tour, he is hit by a bullet and is paralysed from the waist down. He struggles with his life, now bound to a wheel chair, both emotionally and physically but eventually becomes one of the most prominent voices of anti-war movement.

Sailor Ripley, released from prison after killing in self-defense, breaks his parole to set out for California with girlfriend, Lula Fortune. Lula’s mother, Marietta, sends a private detective and a contract-killer after them to eliminate Sailor. While on the run in a bid to keep one step ahead of Marietta’s plotting, they encounter offensives, and fight through challenges that test their love.

Also known as Paris, I love You, it is an anthology film comprising of eighteen short films which are set in the different arrondissements of Paris. Directed by visionary directors from all around the world, these eighteen short films are incredibly humane depictions of life in Paris, which resonate universal themes of love, life, and loss. 

In 1933, while traveling through Alabama, Grace Mulligan and her father come across a plantation, ‘Manderley,’ where slavery still persists. Repulsed by the owner’s rules for the slaves, Grace intervenes. Although some of her suggestions backfire, but by harvest time, she succeeds in applying rules of democracy to white owners and black slaves. Eventually, it is Grace who learns the most from the experience. 

Cassiel and Raphaella are two angels who observe the busy life around Berlin. Cassiel gets involved with the life of an 11-year-old girl whom he believes might be in some sort of trouble. However, things get complicated when he is detained by the police.

Nightmare Alley is a crime drama thriller film which tells the story of Stanton Carlisle, who acquires a lot of knowledge from a mentalist at a carnival. Using this knowledge, he begins to swindle the elite and the wealthy people. He soon targets a dangerous tycoon, but the job might not be as easy as he expects.

Jack Ryan is assigned to a case involving the murder of the US President’s friend by a Columbian drug cartel. When it is revealed that the murdered man had a business relationship with his assassin, the President declares the cartel to be a "clear and present danger" to the nation. Meanwhile, unknown to Ryan, a secret paramilitary force is sent to Columbia to wipe out the cartel. 

Shadow of the Vampire is a horror drama film, which tells the story of a director who wants to make the perfect and the best vampire movie ever. He even goes as far as to employ a real vampire for the job, and explains to his crew that he is a method actor. 

This biographical film is about the life of Jean-Michel Basquiat, a struggling street artist, who struggles with his heroin addiction and soon manages to rise to fame as one of the most well-known artists.

This biographical drama film revolves around the final years of famous painter Vincent van Gogh, which he had spent in Arles, France. Despite being tormented, he spent his last days creating some of the best works of his life.

Wade is a cop in a small town going through several problems in his life. He starts to investigate a suspicious hunting incident and gets obsessed with proving that the death is not an accident but a murder.  

Farewell is an espionage thriller film which tells the story of Sergei Griogeriev, a high-ranking officer of the KGB in the early 1980s, who is disillusioned with the Soviet regime. He eventually decides to pass on Soviet Secrets and classified documents, including the names of their spies, to the French government. His wife Jessica, however, wants him to stop this activity, fearing that it will cause trouble to their family.

Half human-half Atlantean Arthur, learns that he is the legitimate king of the underwater kingdom of Atlantis. However, Atlantis is under his half-brother Orm who aims to join the seven underwater forces in a battle against those living on land. Arthur, along with Mera, must now find Trident of Atlan to reclaim his kingship and avert a possible war. But Orm is pursuing them. 

In a futuristic world of biotechnological virtual reality games, game designer Allegra Geller is attacked by a Realist, when presenting her new game eXistenZ. She is rescued by Ted Pikul and plants the damaged game pod into Ted’s body. What happens from then on dissolves the lines between illusion and reality. 

A terrorist Issac Karpov enters Hamburg and comes under the observation of a covert anti-terrorism German team led by Günther Bachmann. Günther is investigating Muslim scholar Dr. Abdullah who is suspected of funding terrorist organizations. Günther wants to use Karpov to trap Dr. Abdullah and turn him to catch those higher up in the terrorist organization. 

This supernatural thriller film tells the story of a cook, living in a desert town in California, who has the ability to see the dead. When a stranger enters the town with predators that can feed on pain, the cook teams up with his girlfriend and the local sheriff to save the town. 

Seven Sisters is a dystopian mystery thriller film which takes us to a future where due to overpopulation, families are allowed to have only one child, and any second or third child is put to sleep. Meanwhile seven sisters, who are septuplets, try to survive assuming a single identity, while avoiding any suspicion. However, their life takes a turn when one of them mysteriously disappears.

After learning that his supplier Ann is planning on quitting the business, John, a Manhattan drug dealer begins to reevaluate his trade as well as his life. He soon runs into Marianne, a former lover, and decides to change for the better. However, she seems to be reluctant to rekindle their romance. Things get complicated when a series of murders take place, and John becomes a suspect.

Triumph of the Spirit is a sports historical drama film which takes us to Greece during the time of the Second World War. A young Jewish boxer meets regularly with his girlfriend, until along with their families, they are sent to Auschwitz. However, when his captors learn about his boxing skills, he is forced to box against his fellow prisoners in order to provide entertainment.  

As he resumes working at a steel mill after release from jail, Russell Baze finds his brother Rodney, an Iraq war veteran who incurred a huge debt gambling, missing following an illegal bare-knuckle prizefight with sociopathic drug dealer Harlan DeGroat. When the police refuse to go after the culprit, he takes it upon himself to attain justice.

Martin is a mercenary who is hired by a mysterious biotech company to hunt down the last of the Tasmanian tigers in order to prevent competing organizations from getting its DNA. 

Streets of Fire is a romantic drama action thriller film which tells the story of a mercenary, who is hired to rescue his former lover, when the latter gets kidnapped by a motorcycle gang.   

The movie follows the journey of Civil War veteran John Carter who is unwittingly transported to the planet Barsoom and finds himself with vastly increased strength and powers. He falls in love with Princess Dejah Thoris of Helium and uses his abilities to save her and the city from the rival evil city of Zodanga.

This is the second volume of a two part erotic art film created by Lars von Trie.  In this volume, Joe, a self-diagnosed nymphomaniac, continues to recount her erotic experiences to Seligman, a bachelor who has brought her home after she was assaulted. In this volume, she delves deeper into her adulthood before recounting how she came to be assaulted, which finally helps her to find peace.   

Centuries-old vampire Miriam Blaylock, with her vampire cellist lover John, preys on unsuspecting club-goers. While casting spells on her lovers, Marian promises eternal life, without mentioning that they won’t enjoy eternal youth. As John starts aging rapidly, he turns to aging-specialist Dr. Sarah, who curiously visits him home, but gets seduced by Miriam. However, Miriam realizes it’s not easy to influence Sarah.

Auto Focus is a biographical crime drama film which revolves around the story of a TV actor Bob Crane. The film shows how he develops a friendship with John Carpenter, an electronics expert, after his show gets cancelled, and how he falls into the seamy world of sex and strip clubs.

Animal Factory is a crime drama film which tells the story of Ron, a 21-year-old man, who is convicted and sent to jail for drug trafficking. He is soon introduced to a veteran named Earl, who takes Decker under his wing and takes him into his own gang. He also saves Decker from three guys who attempt to rape Decker.

After solving a theft in Jerusalem, the famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot finds himself involved in the murder mystery of the corrupt businessman Edward Ratchett, on-board the lavish Orient Express. As natural disasters and heartbreaking revelations follow, Poirot is forced to rethink his definition of justice. 

While a couple is busy having sex, their toddler son dies falling from the bedroom window, leaving the mother grief-stricken. The father, a therapist, decides to treat her himself and takes her to an isolated cabin in a woods where she spent a previous summer with the boy. However, she becomes maniacal amidst ominous natural occurrences.

The Reckoning is a mystery crime drama film which takes us to 14th century England, and it revolves around a disgraced priest who joins a traveling acting troupe. When he discovers a murder, he tries to solve the case by recreating it in one of their performances. 

A plague caused by an infected bat turns the world’s population into immortal vampires who in turn capture and harvest the remaining humans for their blood. Edward Dalton is trying to find a human blood substitute and must join forces with Elvis Cormac who has found the cure to vampirism. 

Mr Bean is on cloud nine. After all, he is the winner of a camcorder and a fully paid trip to French Riviera. He intends to enjoy himself but mishaps keep happening. He loses his wallet, money, travel documents and accidentally ends up separating a son from his father. As he tries to reunite the father son duo at the Cannes Film Festival, he is accompanied by an aspiring actress.

Wade "Cry-Baby" Walker is a delinquent; but with a golden heart. Also the leader of the 1950s’ Baltimore subculture called the ‘drapes’, he is very popular with the girls for his ability to shed a single tear. Then he fall in love with a squire girl called Allison, causing heartburns, and jealous people around them conspire to keep them apart. 

Despite his strained relationship with his father, Michael, a successful novelist, decides to pay a visit to his family in the Midwest. However, he soon learns that his mother Lisa has passed away in a tragic accident. Along with his father, Charles, a professor and his sister Ryne, he attempts to come to terms with his grief.

A corrupt CIA officer, Sands, brings in El Mariachi to eliminate General Marquez, a Mexican army officer who has been tasked by drug lord Barillo to kill the Mexican President. Sands also hires FBI agent Ramírez and AFN operative Ajedrez to track and kill Barillo. However, Sands, also has something else in his mind.

William Tell is a former serviceman who now spends most of his time gambling.  His life takes a turn when he is approached by a vulnerable and angry young man, who wants his help for a revenge mission against a military colonel. However, Tell tries to stop him, and instead takes him from casino to casino, and introduces him to the world of gambling.

Just as Peter Parker seems to have achieved a balance between school, love life, and his vigilante alter-ego, a new threat arises when his suit turns black, enhancing his powers and amplifying the dark side of his character. He also has to tackle his old-friend-turned-sworn-enemy Harry Osborn and bring to justice uncle Ben's real killer, the Sandman.

Detective Havenhurst and his partner Detective Vargas receive a call, and they drive to the scene of a murder. They find the body of Mrs McCullam, who was stabbed with an antique sword. They soon realize that the murderer is her son Brad, when he takes two hostages in the house across the street. It soon seems that Brad is delusional and has lost touch with reality.

Control is a science fiction thriller film which tells the story of Oliver, a death row inmate, who is given a choice. Either he has to become a human subject for the testing of an experimental drug which may have severe side effects, or face execution. Oliver agrees to take part in the trial. However, despite being under constant surveillance, he manages to escape.

The sheriff of a small town finds a body in the desert with a suitcase and 500,000 dollars. He decides to assume the identity of the man, but things get complicated when the money is stolen and the dead man’s girlfriend is killed as well. Soon, he finds himself in the middle of an FBI investigation.

European mercenaries, Irishman William Garin and Spaniard Pero Tovar, reach China during the reign of the Song dynasty, to find the secret to gunpowder. Their lives are changed when they discover that the Great Wall is built to stop an alien race of monsters called Tao Tei from capturing China. 

Two teenagers, Darren and Steve, attend a freak show where the main attraction is Larten Crepsley, a vampire, and his deadly spider. When the spider bites Steve, Darren makes a deal with Larten in exchange of antidote. After Larten turns him into a vampire, Darren joins the show as his assistant. However, with new powers, Darren also encounters unforeseen enemies and challenges. 

Wayne is a successful businessman living with his wife Eileen. He is looking forward to a peaceful retirement, but his life turns upside down, when a former employee kidnaps him. He tries negotiating with the kidnapper, and meanwhile, his wife works with the FBI to help them secure the release of her husband.  

Bad Country is an action thriller crime drama film which tells the story of a detective who is on a mission to bring down a powerful criminal organization to justice. Eventually, he manages to arrest the contract killer working for the organization. To protect his family, the contract killer is forced to become an informant.

Carter Page III is an escort for the wives of several powerful men in Washington DC. When a secret lover of Lynn, one of his women friends is murdered, he agrees to report the crime himself to shield her from the scandal. However, his life takes a turn when he becomes a suspect himself.  

A-6 Intruder flier Lt. Jake Grafton, whose friend-bombardier Lt. Morg McPherson is shot during Vietnam air-war, is distressed by restraints on their missions. He is next paired with Virgil Cole who dissuades a frustrated Grafton from unsanctioned bombing. But when another colleague is shot dead, Cole agrees and both plan an unauthorized air attack knowing well that it’d lead to Court Martial.  

A spoof on popular entertainment and politics. The top-rated TV singing contest, ‘American Dreamz,’ is hosted by incorrigible Martin Tweed, wherein all eyes are on hot finalists, Sally Kendoo, a Midwestern girl, and Omer Obeidi, an ex-terrorist show-tunes fan. Meanwhile, fearing US President’s apparent nervous breakdown, chief of staff has engaged him as guest judge, attracting interest of Omer’s ex-organization in the contest. 

Stan Aubray is a semi-retired detective who struggles with obsessive compulsive disorder as well as alcoholism. Although he is currently serving in a teaching position for forensic psychology, he is called back for active duty, after the murder of a man in an apartment. The killing seems to be similar to a series of ‘artistic’ murders, which Stan had investigated before.

After being nearly forced into an accident, Beckman teams up with an ex musician to take down a few local thugs who rule over a small town unchallenged. 

After it is revealed that the world is going to end the next morning, two loves decide to spend their last moments together, immersing themselves in sex, art and other activities.

Body of Evidence is an erotic drama thriller film which tells the story of Frank Dulaney, a lawyer who represents a woman named Rebecca who has been suspected of killing her older lover. Despite the fact that Frank is married, he falls for Rebecca and ends up having a sexual encounter with her, where she dominates him in bed. Soon Frank starts feeling that Rebecca may not be innocent, and he also comes to know that she has a manipulative nature.

Former Navy SEAL Darius Stone is taken out of prison and appointed new XXX agent to accompany NSA Agent Augustus Gibbons, as they travel to Washington DC to trace a dangerous plot. A military splinter group, being trained under the Secretary of Defense General George Deckert, is conspiring to overthrow the government. Can XXX avert the coup and threat to President’s life? 

The Last Thing He Wanted is a mystery crime drama thriller film which tells the story of Elena McMahon, a dedicated journalist, who is struggling with several personal and professional issues. Things take a turn when her absentee father reappears in her life, and asks for her help. Showing early signs of dementia, he asks her to meet someone in Florida, for the “merchandise”, drop it off and collect the payment.

Alex Shaw surprises his girlfriend Annie with a Caribbean cruise vacation after keeping working on a SWAT team and then getting caught. But a demented passenger and former employee John Geiger hijacks the ship. Now it is up to Annie and Alex to survive Geiger and save the ship. 

Adapted from a Japanese manga, the movie tells the story of high school student Light Turner, who stumbles upon a supernatural notebook ‘Death Note’. The notebook which belongs to death god Ryuk can kill anyone whose name is written in it. Turner adopts the nickname Kira and begins to use the notebook to kill those he deems unworthy. 

Marlin, a clown fish, is horrified after his son, Nemo, who has a lame right fin, is captured by underwater sea divers. He sets out on a perilous journey to rescue Nemo, accompanied by Dory, a blue tang suffering from short-term memory loss. Meanwhile, Nemo hatches an escape plan with the other fishes in a dentist's aquarium.

Based on the eponymous children's book by Roald Dahl, Fantastic Mr. Fox is an animated comedy film that revolves around a thieving fox who gets into trouble for stealing from three notoriously dangerous farmers. Directed by Wes Anderson, the film showcases how a fox manages to save himself, his family and other animals from being exterminated by mean farmers.

Dory, a regal blue tang suffering from short-term memory loss, regains some memory of her parents during a field trip and embarks on a journey to reach Jewel of Morro Bay, California, across the ocean. She is accompanied by her new family, clownfish Marlin and his son Nemo, and makes more friends along the way.

In a mystical land known as Earthsea, a mysterious force is threatening to plunge humanity into destruction. Sparrowhawk, a wizard tries to find the source of this imbalance, and along the way, he also rescues Arren, a runaway prince. They eventually join forces with a former priestess and her daughter to fight an evil force that seeks destruction.

Heaven’s Gate is an American Western drama film which revolves around Sheriff James Averill, of Jackson County, who gets involved in a a class war against Nathan Champion, a mercenary who has been supporting the rich cattle farmers in the area, while the poor immigrants are forced to live in terrible conditions.

Connor and Murphy MacManus have been leading a quiet life in Ireland, working with their father on a farm until they learn they have been charged with the murder of a well-known Boston priest. Hearing this, they set sail for the USA, intending to find the true culprit. On the way they are joined by a street fighter named Romeo.