TopTenREVIEWS presents the film career and movie reviews of Harvey Keitel.

Harvey Keitel
Birthdate: May 13, 1939

Harvey Keitel

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CAREER SPAN

Decade
Movie Score
# Movies
1970s
1.8410
2
total ranking of 1.8410
1980s
2.1120
1
total ranking of 2.1120
1990s
3.0126
7
total ranking of 3.0126
2000s
2.2539
6
total ranking of 2.2539
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score: Harvey Keitel is ranked overall as 2.8060 of of 4 stars2.8060

Harvey Keitel Movie Rankings

1
Harvey Keitel starring in Reservoir Dogs
Harvey Keitel scores a combined 3.2763 out of 4 stars for Reservoir Dogs3.2763
Six individual criminals are hired to perform the "perfect heist," but when the plan fails and the police arrive the group suspects there is a traitor amongst them. ...more about Reservoir Dogs
Actor Awards
  • Sant Jordi Awards - Best Foreign Actor (Mejor Actor Extranjero)
2
Harvey Keitel starring in Piano
Harvey Keitel scores a combined 3.2663 out of 4 stars for Piano3.2663
Ada, accompanied by her daughter, is prepared to meet her new husband on the beaches of New Zealand, but he refuses to transport her beloved piano and sells it to a neighbor. In trade, Ada agrees to give him lessons and soon their relationship goes beyond platonic. ...more about Piano
Actor Awards
  • Australian Film Institute - Best Actor in a Lead Role
3
Harvey Keitel starring in Mean Streets
Harvey Keitel scores a combined 3.1864 out of 4 stars for Mean Streets3.1864
Charlie is an aspiring mobster in Little Italy, working for his uncle collecting debts and playing muscle; however, he struggles with his faith vs. career and the dichotomy begins to tear him in two. ...more about Mean Streets
4
Thelma & Louise (1991)
Harvey Keitel scores a combined 3.1320 out of 4 stars for Thelma & Louise3.1320
Louise is working in a fast food restaurant as a waitress and has some problems with her friend Jimmy, who, as a musician, is always on the road. ...more about Thelma & Louise
Actor Awards
  • National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA - Best Supporting Actor
5
Last Temptation of Christ, The (1988)
Harvey Keitel scores a combined 3.0018 out of 4 stars for Last Temptation of Christ3.0018
A what if story of Jesus of Nazareth, if he would have taken the devils final temptation, was not crucified and lived the rest of his life as a man. ...more about Last Temptation of Christ
Actor Awards
  • Razzie Awards - Worst Supporting Actor
6
Smoke (1995)
Harvey Keitel scores a combined 2.9021 out of 4 stars for Smoke2.9021
The plot of this movie, like smoke itself, drifts and swirls ethereally. Characters and subplots are deftly woven into a tapestry of stories and pictures which only slowly emerges to our view. ...more about Smoke
Actor Awards
  • Chlotrudis Awards - Best Actor
  • David di Donatello Awards - Best Foreign Actor (Migliore Attore Straniero)
7
Grey Zone, The (2002)
Harvey Keitel scores a combined 2.9002 out of 4 stars for Grey Zone2.9002
Based on actual events, this is the story of the Auschwitz's twelfth Sonderkommando -- one of the thirteen consecutive 'Special Squads' of Jewish prisoners placed by the Nazis in the excruciating moral dilemma of helping to exterminate ...more about Grey Zone
8
Cop Land (1997)
Harvey Keitel scores a combined 2.8494 out of 4 stars for Cop Land2.8494
Policemen have always been the idols of Freddy Heflin. Due to being slightly deaf, Heflin could never pass the physical to become a police officer himself. ...more about Cop Land
9
Red Dragon (2002)
Harvey Keitel scores a combined 2.8247 out of 4 stars for Red Dragon2.8247
FBI Agent Will Graham has been called out of early retirement to catch a serial killer, known by authorities as "The Tooth Fairy". He asks for the help of his arch-nemesis, Dr. ...more about Red Dragon
10
U-571 (2000)
Harvey Keitel scores a combined 2.8020 out of 4 stars for U-5712.8020
In the midst of World War II, the battle below the seas rages. The Nazi's have the upper edge as the Allies are unable to crack their war codes. ...more about U-571
Actor Awards
  • Blockbuster Entertainment Awards - Favorite Supporting Actor - Action
11
Holy Smoke (1999)
Harvey Keitel scores a combined 2.5971 out of 4 stars for Holy Smoke2.5971
While on a journey of discovery in exotic India, beautiful young Ruth Barron (Winslet) falls under the influence of a charismatic religious guru. ...more about Holy Smoke
12
Blue in the Face (1995)
Harvey Keitel scores a combined 2.5173 out of 4 stars for Blue in the Face2.5173
Wayne Wang's follow-up movie to Smoke presents a series of improvisational situations strung together to form a pastiche of Brooklyn's diverse ethnicity, offbeat humor, and essential humanity. ...more about Blue in the Face
13
Taking Sides (2003)
Harvey Keitel scores a combined 2.3572 out of 4 stars for Taking Sides2.3572
A tale based on the life of Wilhelm Furtwängler, the controversial conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic whose tenure coincided with the controversial Nazi era. ...more about Taking Sides
  • Not Available on DVD
14
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976)
Harvey Keitel scores a combined 2.3381 out of 4 stars for Buffalo Bill and the Indians2.3381
Buffalo Bill (Paul Newman) plans to put on his own Wild West sideshow, and Chief Sitting Bull has agreed to appear in it. However, Sitting Bull has his own hidden agenda, involving the President and General Custer. ...more about Buffalo Bill and the Indians
15
Outsider, The (2005)
Harvey Keitel scores a combined 2.2807 out of 4 stars for Outsider2.2807
The Outsider, a feature-length documentary from first-time writer/director Nicholas Jarecki, is a film about film, specifically, the power of film to create, to move, and to endure. ...more about Outsider
  • Not Available on DVD
16
Bridge of San Luis Rey, The (2005)
Harvey Keitel scores a combined 0.7123 out of 4 stars for Bridge of San Luis Rey0.7123
Based on Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize winning novel, this timeless story is set in early 18th century Peru. ...more about Bridge of San Luis Rey