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Birthdate: February 28, 1957
John Turturro
ACTOR RANKINGS:
CAREER SPAN
Decade
Movie Score
# Movies
1980s
2.2531
11
1990s
2.7287
26
2000s
2.4093
27
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score: 
2.7073
2.7073
John Turturro Movie Rankings
1
3.3973Hannah and her sisters are very close; they tell each other practically everything. Over the course of several years, their lives become very complicated each struggling with love and career. ...more about Hannah and Her Sisters
DVD from $4.86
(13 sellers)
2
3.2591An idealistic young lawyer (Rob Morrow) working for a Congressional subcommittee in the late 1950s discovers that TV quiz shows are being fixed. ...more about Quiz Show
Actor Awards
- Chlotrudis Awards - Best Supporting Actor
- Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
- Screen Actors Guild Awards - Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
DVD from $7.42
(10 sellers)
3
3.2097On one of the hottest days of the year, in a small neighborhood in Brooklyn, tempers rise with the heat and come to a boil as a local pizzeria owner's racial prejudice finally crosses the line. ...more about Do The Right Thing
DVD from $5.99
(14 sellers)
4
3.1309
Playwright Barton Fink is hired to write a new wrestling movie. Disgusted with the movie capital of the world, LA, Fink acquires an acute case of writers block . The harder he tries the easier he is distracted by the strange and unusual mishaps going on around him. ...more about Barton Fink
Actor Awards
- David di Donatello Awards - Best Foreign Actor (Migliore Attore Straniero)
DVD from $4.11
(12 sellers)
5
3.1075
A highly styled 'genre' film which can perhaps be seen as a pastiche of all gangster movies. Tom Reagan is the laconic anti-hero of this amoral tale which is also, paradoxically, a look at morals within the criminal underworld of the 1930s. ...more about Miller's Crossing
DVD from $6.33
(10 sellers)
6
3.0361
When "The Dude" Lebowski is mistaken for a millionaire Lebowski, two thugs urinate on his rug to coerce him into paying a debt he knows nothing about. ...more about Big Lebowski
DVD from $5.99
(13 sellers)
7
3.0001
Loosely based on Homer's 'Odyssey' the movie deals with the grotesque adventures of Everett Ulysses McGill and his companions Delmar and Pete in 1930s Mississipi. ...more about O Brother
DVD from $10.98
(16 sellers)
8
2.9731
Tells the story of Jesus Shuttlesworth, the most sought after high school basketball prospect in the nation. ...more about He Got Game
DVD from $5.99
(11 sellers)
9
2.9508
A law school student (Matt Damon) loses his tuition money and everything else he has saved in a high stakes poker game. Learning his lesson (he thinks), he vows to his girl friend (Mol Gretchen) to give up playing forever. ...more about Rounders
DVD from $7.02
(14 sellers)
10
2.9395
A man approaching middle age decides to change his life. A rising young attorney's plans are thrown into disarray as the result of a single act. A woman faces her husband's infidelity. An envious businessman seeks revenge on a cheerful coworker. ...more about Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
DVD from $10.23
(11 sellers)
11
2.8993
Pool hustler Fast Eddie Felson finds the young, promising pool player Vincent in a local bar and he sees in him a younger version of himself. To try and make it as in the old days, Eddie offers to teach Vincent how to be a hustler. ...more about Color of Money
DVD from $6.39
(10 sellers)
12
2.8962
Strike is a young city drug pusher under the tutilage of drug-lord Rodney Little, who, when not playing with model trains or drinking Yahoo for his ulcer, just likes to chill with his brothers near the benches outside the project houses. ...more about Clockers
DVD from $4.49
(13 sellers)
13
2.7754
In 1930s New York Orson Welles tries to stage a musical on a steel strike under the Federal Theater Program despite pressure from an establishment fearful of industrial unrest and red activity. ...more about Cradle Will Rock
DVD from $7.47
(10 sellers)
14
2.7636
Traces the Beats from Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac's meeting in 1944 at Columbia University to the deaths of Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs in 1997. ...more about Source
DVD from $9.99
(6 sellers)
15
2.7585
In the infancy of the CIA, agent Edward Wilson becomes suspicious and paranoid in Cold War America. As he becomes increasingly engrossed with is work Wilson sacirfices everything for his job, including his family. ...more about Good Shepherd
DVD from $4.95
(19 sellers)
16
2.7581
Riveting tale about an aspiring singer, Edna Buxton (Denise Waverly) wonderfully played by Illeana Douglas, who sacrifices her own singing career to write hit songs that launch the careers of other singers. ...more about Grace of My Heart
Actor Awards
- Chlotrudis Awards - Best Supporting Actor
DVD from $3.92
(10 sellers)
17
2.7308
Mort Rainey (Depp), a writer just coming off of a troublesome divorce with his ex-wife, Amy (Bello), finds himself stalked at his remote lake house by a psychotic stranger (Turturro) who claims Mort stole his best story idea (changing just the ending)... ...more about Secret Window
Actor Awards
- Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA - Best Supporting Actor
DVD from $3.95
(13 sellers)
18
2.7275
Opens with Bleek as a child learning to play the trumpet, his friends want him to come out and play but mother insists he finish his lessons. Bleek grows into adulthood and forms his own band - The Bleek Gilliam Quartet. ...more about Mo' Better Blues
DVD from $4.99
(16 sellers)
19
2.7274
Steven Lidz, unhappy with his home life since his mother got sick, goes and lives with his two crazy Uncles. There he changes and gets closer to his Uncles, but his parents want him home even though he is finally happy and popular. ...more about Unstrung Heroes
DVD from $6.39
(10 sellers)
20
2.7244
Bored Roberta spots a regular personal ad in the paper titled 'Desperately Seeking Susan'. She heads off to New York, following one of the ads, and finds Susan. ...more about Desperately Seeking Susan
DVD from $9.99
(8 sellers)
21
2.6745
A successful and married black man contemplates having an affair with a white girl from work. He's quite rightly worried that the racial difference would make an already taboo relationship even worse. ...more about Jungle Fever
DVD from $4.50
(15 sellers)
22
2.6590
It's the start of the 20th century, and Tuccio, resident playwright of a theatre repertory company offers the owners of the company his new play, "Illuminata". ...more about Illuminata
DVD from $11.99
(1 sellers)
23
2.6533
Hunt Stevenson works for a large car manufacturer that has just been bought out by a Japanese firm. ...more about Gung Ho
DVD from $4.59
(9 sellers)
24
2.6102
The Earth is caught in the middle of an intergalactic war between two races of robots, the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons, which are able to change into a variety of objects, including cars, trucks, planes and other technological creations. ...more about Transformers
DVD from $7.95
(21 sellers)
25
2.6090
After a terrible air disaster, survivor Max Klein emerges a changed person. Unable to connect to his former life or to wife Laura, he feels godlike and invulnerable. ...more about Fearless
DVD from $5.56
(8 sellers)
26
2.5755
Al Fountain, a middle-aged electrical engineer, is on the verge of a mid-life crisis, when he decides to take his time coming home from a business trip, rents a car, and heads out looking for a lake he remembers from his childhood. ...more about Box of Moon Light
DVD from $9.99
(8 sellers)
27
2.5746
After a misunderstanding aboard an airplane that escalates out of control, the mild-mannered Dave Buznik is ordered by Judge Daniels to attend anger management sessions run by Doctor Buddy Rydell, which are filled with highly eccentric and volatile men ...more about Anger Management
DVD from $3.95
(13 sellers)
28
2.5432
Two cops in Los Angeles try to track down the vicious criminal Eric Masters. Then, one of them is killed by Masters and the other one swears revenge no matter what the cost. ...more about To Live and Die in L.A.
DVD from $6.73
(9 sellers)
29
2.5054
Margot and her son Claude decide to visit her sister Pauline after she announces that she is getting married to less-than-impressive Malcolm. In short order, the storm the sisters create leaves behind a a mess of thrashed relationships and exposed family secrets. ...more about Margot at the Wedding
- Not Available on DVD
30
2.4850
Firefighter Gordon Brewer is plunged into the complex and dangerous world of international terrorism after he loses his wife and child in a bombing credited to Claudio "The Wolf" Perrini. ...more about Collateral Damage
DVD from $5.03
(12 sellers)
31
2.4792
Life couldn't be better for cartoonist Stu Miley (Brendan Fraser). He has created a hit comic strip featuring Monkeybone, a petulant rascal with a penchant for wise cracks and racy antics. ...more about Monkeybone
DVD from $7.15
(9 sellers)
32
2.4641
This Spike Lee film examines the life of an aspiring actress in New York. She is upset by the treatment of women in the movie industry during one of her screen tests with 'QT'. ...more about Girl 6
DVD from $6.97
(9 sellers)
33
2.3597
Three manic idiots; a lawyer, cab driver and a handyman team up to run a ballet company to fulfill the will of a millionaire. ...more about Brain Donors
DVD from $13.49
(4 sellers)
34
2.3440
Actor Awards
- Bodil Awards - Best Actor (Bedste mandlige hovedrolle)
DVD from $9.99
(7 sellers)
35
2.3315
Based on the Vladimir Nabokov novel of the same name, this film examines the effects of love and obsession, and how two passions could tear a man apart. ...more about Luzhin Defence
DVD from $6.99
(3 sellers)
36
2.2847
When Longfellow Deeds, a small-town pizzeria owner and poet, inherits $40 billion from his deceased uncle, he quickly begins rolling in a different kind of dough. ...more about Mr. Deeds
DVD from $4.99
(15 sellers)
37
2.2593
Set in turn of the century New York, Tuccio (Turturro) is the resident playwright of the New York City repertory company who offers his new challenging play "Illuminata" to the company's owners who initially reject it. ...more about Illuminata
- Not Available on DVD
38
2.1401
Harvard-educated biotech executive John Henry Jack Armstrong gets fired when he informs on his bosses, launching an investigation into their business dealings by the Securities & Exchange Commission. ...more about She Hate Me
DVD from $5.99
(10 sellers)
39
2.0924
Terry Noonan returns home to New York's Hells Kitchen after a ten year absence. He soon hooks up with childhood pal Jackie who is involved in the Irish mob run by his brother Frankie. Terry also rekindles an old flame with Jackie's sister Kathleen. ...more about State of Grace
DVD from $5.10
(10 sellers)
40
2.0785
Zohan, an Israeli commando, fakes his own death in order to pursue his dream: becoming a hairstylist in New York. ...more about You Don't Mess With the Zohan
- Not Available on DVD
42
2.0158
Jeffrey feels boxed in; in his home, in his life, in his dreams. At the Flamingo beach club his eyes are opened to a world filled with what he sees as beautiful people and perfect lives. He turns his back on his family in pursuit of easy street. ...more about Flamingo Kid
DVD from $6.48
(12 sellers)
43
1.9837
"Slipstream" is a noir-comedy about an actor and would-be screenwriter, who at the very moment of his meeting with Fate, comes to discover that life is random and fortune is sightless as he is thrown into a vortex where time, dreams, and reality collide in an increasingly whirling slipstream. ...more about Slipstream
- Not Available on DVD
44
1.9735
An artist (Foster) witnesses a Mafia hit and calls the police. At the police station she realizes that the Mafia has a man in the force, so she runs. ...more about Catchfire
DVD from $6.59
(11 sellers)
45
1.9552
A girl whose name and language are taken away, who loses everything and everyone she loves and is driven into silence, nevertheless finds a singing voice and finally manages to find her long lost father. ...more about Man Who Cried
DVD from $8.89
(8 sellers)
46
1.9246
Romance and Cigarettes is a down-and-dirty musical love story set in the world of the working class. Nick (James Gandolfini) is an ironworker who builds and repairs bridges. ...more about Romance & Cigarettes
- Not Available on DVD
47
1.8565
A would-be movie producer (Griffin Dunne) strives to convince a self-help guru (Dennis Hopper) to let him film his book. ...more about Search and Destroy
DVD from $4.99
(8 sellers)
48
1.8510
Young psychotic man returns to neighborhood after release from prison. He seeks young lady he previously tried to rape and young man who protected her, with twisted ideas of love for her and hate for him. ...more about Five Corners
DVD from $15.43
(1 sellers)
49
1.7853
Two Italian immigrants are accused of murder and later executed. The documentary explores the rights and civil liberties afforded to immigrants then and now. ...more about Sacco & Vanzetti
- Not Available on DVD
50
1.7232
This psychological thriller stars John Turturro as a security guard whose wife is murdered in the mall where he works. ...more about Fear X
- Not Available on DVD
51
1.4999
A man finds himself developing a new perspective on life once he finds out it's almost over. Benjamin Kasparian is a paleontologist of Armenian descent who has just split up with his wife Amanda. ...more about Two Thousand and None
- Not Available on DVD
52
1.2875
Joe Gower's job is skating through library shelves, fetching books. A police officer/friend of his is chosen to participate in a charity dance performance. Gower agrees to take his place in the show by posing as a police officer. ...more about Off Beat
- Not Available on DVD
54
1.0212
Giuliano robs from the rich conservative landowners to give to the poor, serf-like peasants, who in turn hail him as their savior. ...more about Sicilian
DVD from $6.39
(9 sellers)
55
0.9306
A satirical romp set in the early sixties, Company Man is the story of a nerdy Connecticut grammar school teacher who stumbles into becoming a legendary international spy hero in an effort to avoid his nagging wife. ...more about Company Man
- Not Available on DVD
56
0.8721
Goofy romance about a young man (John Turturro) who desires a lingering romance, but shies away every time a woman gets close. His best friend (Will Patton) is an eccentic who keeps lizards in his pocket to scare people away. ...more about O.K. Garage
DVD from $22.68
(1 sellers)
59
The film highlights the incredible diversity and beauty of locations in New York City. Celebrities speak about why the city is so powerful on film and why it's so important for films about NYC to be filmed in the City. ...more about Beyond the Skyline
- Not Available on DVD
60
The police have three bookies under surveillance, but they escape and set up shop elsewhere. By chance, one of the police finds them; instead of turning them in, he demands money that his brother, now a suicide, had lost to them. ...more about Lesser Prophets
- Not Available on DVD
62
Isabel and Clara are growing up in a time of terror. It is 1492, and Spain has decreed that all Jews must either convert to Catholicism, go into exile or face trial and execution. ...more about Secret Passage
- Not Available on DVD
64
0.0001
A hitman (John Turturro) heeds a spiritualist's prophesies that he will rise to the head of his family. He starts his ascension by clandestinely executing the heads of the family and casting the blame on others. ...more about Men of Respect
DVD from $17.99
(1 sellers)
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