The Best Of Johnny Depp (Top 15)
Well, I'm going to try to keep this description short: Johnny Depp is probably one of Hollywood's best right now and is one of my favorite actors ever. This is just my own personal opinion of his best roles in cinema. Do you agree/disagree? Did I leave out something? I would love to hear your feedback, so let me know in the comments below. And PLEASE keep comments clean and thank you for viewing my list.
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- DirectorGore VerbinskiStarsJohnny DeppGeoffrey RushOrlando BloomBlacksmith Will Turner teams up with eccentric pirate "Captain" Jack Sparrow to save his love, the governor's daughter, from Jack's former pirate allies, who are now undead.This is what made Depp an official superstar at the global box office.
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsJohnny DeppMartin LandauSarah Jessica ParkerAmbitious but troubled movie director Edward D. Wood Jr. tries his best to fulfill his dreams despite his lack of talent.Probably the best film Tim Burton and Johnny Depp ever did together.
- DirectorMike NewellStarsAl PacinoJohnny DeppMichael MadsenAn FBI undercover agent infiltrates the mob and finds himself identifying more with the Mafia life--at the expense of his regular one.An amazing film that deserves a lot more attention.
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsJohnny DeppWinona RyderDianne WiestThe solitary life of an artificial man - who was incompletely constructed and has scissors for hands - is upended when he is taken in by a suburban family.This is basically Depp's debut in the world of cinema.
- DirectorTerry GilliamStarsJohnny DeppBenicio Del ToroTobey MaguireAn oddball journalist and his psychopathic lawyer travel to Las Vegas for a series of psychedelic escapades.Hunter S. Thompson's book adaption was an "American dream" on the big screen.
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsJohnny DeppHelena Bonham CarterAlan RickmanThe legendary tale of a barber who returns from wrongful imprisonment to 1840s London, bent on revenge for the rape and death of his wife, and resumes his trade while forming a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett.After a long while, Tim Burton finally brought back his style of the dark, the sinister, and the macabre to theatres.... this time taking place in the dark streets of London.
- DirectorLasse HallströmStarsJohnny DeppLeonardo DiCaprioJuliette LewisA young man in a small Midwestern town struggles to care for his mentally-disabled younger brother and morbidly obese mother while attempting to pursue his own happiness.In Endora, a place where nothing really happens, Gilbert Grape is experiencing a lot: He's falling in love, taking care of his family, (Which includes his sisters, his grossly obese mother, and his younger, water-tower-climbing, autistic brother) and is going through all the little troubles of life itself. A great and heart-warming film.
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsJohnny DeppChristina RicciMiranda RichardsonIchabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate the decapitations of three people; the culprit is legendary apparition The Headless Horseman.Tim Burton's excellent twist to a timeless classic tale.
- DirectorJim JarmuschStarsJohnny DeppGary FarmerCrispin GloverOn the run after murdering a man, accountant William Blake encounters a strange Native American man named Nobody who prepares him for his journey into the spiritual world.An incredible western journey through life and death.
- DirectorWes CravenStarsHeather LangenkampJohnny DeppRobert EnglundTeenager Nancy Thompson must uncover the dark truth concealed by her parents after she and her friends become targets of the spirit of a serial killer with a bladed glove in their dreams, in which if they die, it kills them in real life.A classic horror film with Depp as Glen Lantz.
- DirectorMarc ForsterStarsJohnny DeppKate WinsletJulie ChristieThe story of Sir J.M. Barrie's friendship with a family who inspired him to create Peter Pan.An inspirational story of how J.M. Barrie's (Johnny Depp) imagination grew to write the wonderful classic, "Peter Pan".
- DirectorGore VerbinskiStarsJohnny DeppIsla FisherTimothy OlyphantRango is an ordinary chameleon who accidentally winds up in the town of Dirt, a lawless outpost in the Wild West in desperate need of a new sheriff.A unique animated film of the western world.
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsJohnny DeppFreddie HighmoreDavid KellyCharlie, a young boy from an impoverished family, and four other kids win a tour of an amazing chocolate factory run by an imaginative chocolatier, Willy Wonka, and his staff of Oompa-Loompas.A fun, outrageous, and memorable modern reboot of the original 1971 film.
- DirectorTim BurtonMike JohnsonStarsJohnny DeppHelena Bonham CarterEmily WatsonWhen a shy groom practices his wedding vows in the inadvertent presence of a deceased young woman, she rises from the grave assuming he has married her.Tim Burton's first animated film is eerie but proves even in the darkest places there is light.
- DirectorJeremiah S. ChechikStarsJohnny DeppMary Stuart MastersonAidan QuinnA mentally ill young woman finds her love in an eccentric man who models himself after Buster Keaton.Johnny Depp is Sam: The eccentric, unique, and funny man who models himself after Buster Keaton