Willem Dafoe

Actor

Willem Dafoe's films ranked by rating: 10 of 74 were hits (80/100 or higher), a .135 batting average.

Batting average
.135
Hits
10 of 74 feature films rated 80/100 or higher
Percentile
top 13% of 2,478 actors, confidence-adjusted (how it works)
Career
1984–2026

Films, ranked by rating

  1. Platoon (1986) — 96/100 · hit
  2. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) — 90/100 · hit
  3. Finding Nemo (2003) — 89/100 · hit
  4. Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) — 86/100 · hit
  5. Poor Things (2023) — 86/100 · hit
  6. The Florida Project (2017) — 83/100 · hit
  7. The English Patient (1996) — 82/100 · hit
  8. Togo (2019) — 81/100 · hit
  9. Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) — 81/100 · hit
  10. Tenzing (2026) — 80/100 · hit
  11. The Lighthouse (2019) — 79/100
  12. Inside Man (2006) — 77/100
  13. Spider-Man (2002) — 77/100
  14. To Live and Die in L.A. (1985) — 77/100
  15. The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) — 77/100
  16. The Fault in Our Stars (2014) — 76/100
  17. John Wick (2014) — 76/100
  18. The Northman (2022) — 76/100
  19. Mississippi Burning (1988) — 75/100
  20. Born on the Fourth of July (1989) — 74/100
  21. Nosferatu (2024) — 74/100
  22. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) — 73/100
  23. Affliction (1998) — 73/100
  24. At Eternity's Gate (2018) — 73/100
  25. Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021) — 73/100
  26. Paris Je T'aime (2006) — 72/100
  27. Light Sleeper (1992) — 72/100
  28. Nightmare Alley (2021) — 72/100
  29. Wild at Heart (1990) — 71/100
  30. American Psycho (2000) — 71/100
  31. Clear and Present Danger (1994) — 71/100
  32. Shadow of the Vampire (2000) — 71/100
  33. A Most Wanted Man (2014) — 71/100
  34. eXistenZ (1999) — 70/100
  35. Animal Factory (2000) — 68/100
  36. The Card Counter (2021) — 68/100
  37. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024) — 68/100
  38. Basquiat (1996) — 67/100
  39. Auto Focus (2002) — 67/100
  40. Streets of Fire (1984) — 67/100
  41. The Hunter (2011) — 67/100
  42. Kinds of Kindness (2024) — 66/100
  43. Pasolini (2014) — 65/100
  44. Aquaman (2018) — 65/100
  45. Motherless Brooklyn (2019) — 65/100
  46. Nymphomaniac: Vol. II (2013) — 64/100
  47. What Happened to Monday (2017) — 64/100
  48. The Legend of Ochi (2025) — 64/100
  49. Daybreakers (2010) — 63/100
  50. Out of the Furnace (2013) — 63/100
  51. Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003) — 62/100
  52. Manderlay (2005) — 62/100
  53. Control (2004) — 62/100
  54. Murder on the Orient Express (2017) — 62/100
  55. Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007) — 60/100
  56. Antichrist (2009) — 60/100
  57. The Boondock Saints (1999) — 59/100
  58. My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2010) — 59/100
  59. Odd Thomas (2013) — 58/100
  60. Bad Country (2014) — 57/100
  61. Dead for a Dollar (2022) — 57/100
  62. The Clearing (2004) — 55/100
  63. Inside (2023) — 55/100
  64. The Great Wall (2016) — 51/100
  65. Dog Eat Dog (2016) — 50/100
  66. Fireflies in the Garden (2008) — 49/100
  67. American Dreamz (2006) — 49/100
  68. A Family Man (2016) — 47/100
  69. Anamorph (2007) — 46/100
  70. Death Note (2017) — 42/100
  71. xXx: State of the Union (2005) — 40/100
  72. Body of Evidence (1993) — 36/100
  73. The Last Thing He Wanted (2020) — 36/100
  74. Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997) — 31/100

Films that qualify under the rating methodology, not a complete filmography.

Best and worst

Highest rated

  1. Platoon (1986) — 96/100 · hit
  2. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) — 90/100 · hit
  3. Finding Nemo (2003) — 89/100 · hit

Lowest rated

  1. Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997) — 31/100
  2. The Last Thing He Wanted (2020) — 36/100
  3. Body of Evidence (1993) — 36/100

How these numbers work: Methodology