John Cusack Movie Rankings
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John Cusack scores a combined 3.4535 out of 4 stars for Say Anything...
3.4535
After high school graduation Lloyd finally gets the courage to ask out valedictorian Diane Court. However, her dad worries she is spending too much time on a summer romance and not focusing enough on her college aspirations and tries to break up the relationship. ... more about Say Anything...
Actor Awards
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards - Most Promising Actor
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John Cusack scores a combined 3.2645 out of 4 stars for Player
3.2645
A studio executive, Griffin Mill (Tim Robbins), is the person able to make films possible by reviewing pitches that are presented to him. When he rejects a writer’s work, the writer is upset and sends threatening postcards to Griffin. ... more about Player
DVD from $2.90 
(7 sellers)
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John Cusack scores a combined 3.2363 out of 4 stars for Being John Malkovich
3.2363
Craig discovers a secret passage, at his new job, which leads into actor John Malkovich's head. Craig begins renting and charging for rides into Malkovich. Soon he realizes the more time he spends there the more control over Malkovich he has. ... more about Being John Malkovich
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4
John Cusack scores a combined 3.1447 out of 4 stars for Stand by Me
3.1447
4 young friends set out on an adventure. Geordie, Chris, Teddy and Vern go looking for the missing body of a local teenager - found by a gang of older boys. A story of boys hangin' out and growin' up. ... more about Stand by Me
DVD from $3.97 
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5
John Cusack scores a combined 3.0563 out of 4 stars for Anastasia
3.0563
Two men take a poor orphan girl and try to train her to be Princess Anastasia for the Dowager Empress Marie and the reward. Unrenowned to them the girl they hire is really Princess Anastasia. ... more about Anastasia
DVD from $6.21 
(6 sellers)
6
John Cusack scores a combined 3.0509 out of 4 stars for Better Off Dead...
3.0509
When Lane is dumped by his girlfriend for the high school hunk, Lane spends his days contemplating various methods of suicide. Lane finds new meaning to life when he meets the foreign exchange student that just moved in across the street. ... more about Better Off Dead...
DVD from $7.18 
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John Cusack scores a combined 3.0121 out of 4 stars for Bullets Over Broadway
3.0121
Set in 1920's New York City, this movie tells the story of idealistic young playwright David Shayne. Producer Julian Marx finally finds funding for the project from gangster Nick Valenti. ... more about Bullets Over Broadway
DVD from $5.19 
(3 sellers)
8
John Cusack scores a combined 3.0104 out of 4 stars for Thin Red Line
3.0104
An American Army unit is stationed in Japan fighting the Battle of Guadalcanal Island in WWII. The film explores how the men form a close family-like bond and go from fighting for their country to fighting for their lives and the life of the man next to them. ... more about Thin Red Line
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9
John Cusack scores a combined 3.0052 out of 4 stars for Sixteen Candles
3.0052
Samantha's life is going downhill fast. The fifteen-year-old has a crush on the most popular boy in school, and the geekiest boy in school has a crush on her. ... more about Sixteen Candles
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10
John Cusack scores a combined 2.9865 out of 4 stars for High Fidelity
2.9865
Based on the cult novel of the same name by Nick Hornby, High Fidelity follows the 'mid-life' crisis of Rob (Cusack), a thirty-something record-store owner who must face the undeniable facts - he's growing up. ... more about High Fidelity
Actor Awards
American Comedy Awards, USA - Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture (Leading Role)
Empire Awards, UK - Best Actor
Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical
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11
John Cusack scores a combined 2.9835 out of 4 stars for Broadcast News
2.9835
Basket-case network news producer Jane Craig falls for new reporter Tom Grunnick, a pretty boy who represents the trend towards entertainment news she despises. Aaron Altman, a talented but plain correspondent, carries an unrequited torch for Jane. ... more about Broadcast News
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12
John Cusack scores a combined 2.9805 out of 4 stars for Sure Thing
2.9805
Two college co-eds take a road trip together to California despite their obvious disgust for each other. Amidst their adventure, they end up penniless and lost relying only on each other. Eventually, they see past first impressions and truly learn to love each other. ... more about Sure Thing
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13
John Cusack scores a combined 2.9496 out of 4 stars for Grosse Pointe Blank
2.9496
Martin Blank is a professional assassin. He is sent on a mission to a small Detroit suburb, Grosse Pointe, and, by coincidence, his ten-year high school reunion party is taking place there at the same time. ... more about Grosse Pointe Blank
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John Cusack scores a combined 2.9446 out of 4 stars for Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
2.9446
This panoramic tale of Savannah's eccentricities focuses on a murder and the subsequent trial of Jim Williams: self made man, art collector, antiques dealer, bon vivant and semi-closeted homosexual. ... more about Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
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15
John Cusack scores a combined 2.8965 out of 4 stars for Runaway Jury
2.8965
Wendell Rohr is a torts lawyer taking on the gun lobby. Rankin Fitch is the jury consultant for the Defendants and between them the battle is for the hearts and minds of the jury. But there is someone on the inside. ... more about Runaway Jury
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16
John Cusack scores a combined 2.8549 out of 4 stars for Grifters
2.8549
Lily works for a bookie, placing bets to change the odds at the track. When her son is hospitalized after an unsuccessful con job and resultant beating, she finds that even an absentee parent has feelings for her child. ... more about Grifters
DVD from $4.23 
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17
John Cusack scores a combined 2.8249 out of 4 stars for Eight Men Out
2.8249
The great Chicago White Sox team of 1919 is the saddest team to ever win a pennent. The team is bitter at their penny pincher owner, Charles Comiskey, and at their own teammates. ... more about Eight Men Out
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John Cusack scores a combined 2.8190 out of 4 stars for Identity
2.8190
Strangers from all different walks of life: a limo driver escorting a movie star, parents with a young son, a cop transporting a convict, a prostitute, a young couple, and a motel manager are caught up in a nasty rainstorm, stuck at a motel in desolate ... more about Identity
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19
John Cusack scores a combined 2.8109 out of 4 stars for 1408
2.8109
Adapted from the short story by Stephen King, a renowned horror novelist Mike Enslin (John Cusack) believes only in what he can see with his own two eyes. ... more about 1408
Actor Awards
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA - Best Actor
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20
John Cusack scores a combined 2.8100 out of 4 stars for Journey of Natty Gann
2.8100
Natty Gann (played by Meredith Salenger) is a twelve year old Depression era girl whose single-parent father leaves her behind in Chicago while he goes to Washington State to look for work in the timber industry. ... more about Journey of Natty Gann
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21
John Cusack scores a combined 2.8032 out of 4 stars for Con Air
2.8032
Cameron Poe, a highly decorated US ranger, is convicted of manslaughter after protecting his wife in a drunken brawl. Finally, after eight years, he's being paroled and going home to his wife and daughter. ... more about Con Air
Actor Awards
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards - Favorite Supporting Actor - Action/Adventure
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22
John Cusack scores a combined 2.7923 out of 4 stars for Map of the Human Heart
2.7923
Fantastic improbabilities, happenstance and the undying bridge of love are part of this romantic fantasy about an Inuit who crosses years, oceans and the ravages of WWII to find his childhood love, a Metis girl, but finds that their cultures are the most ... more about Map of the Human Heart
DVD from $7.02 
(4 sellers)
23
John Cusack scores a combined 2.7800 out of 4 stars for Cradle Will Rock
2.7800
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
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John Cusack scores a combined 2.7786 out of 4 stars for Max
2.7786
A Jewish art dealer, who lost an arm during World War I befriends a young art student named Adolf Hitler, encouraging his artistic aspirations. ... more about Max
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John Cusack scores a combined 2.7730 out of 4 stars for Serendipity
2.7730
Jonathan Trager and Sara Thomas met while shopping for gloves in New York. Though buying for their respective lovers, the magic was right and a night of Christmas shopping turned into romance. ... more about Serendipity
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John Cusack scores a combined 2.7687 out of 4 stars for This Is My Father
2.7687
A middle-aged teacher discovers photos from his mother's past that convinces him that she has not told the truth about his real father. Venturing into Ireland where he believes his real father to be, a past romance slowly unfolds. ... more about This Is My Father
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John Cusack scores a combined 2.7467 out of 4 stars for City Hall
2.7467
A young boy dies from a stray bullet during a shootout between a cop and mob family member who had previously been supiciously given probabtion, only to break its terms. New York's Deputy Mayor, Kevin Calhoun starts digging for information. ... more about City Hall
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John Cusack scores a combined 2.6632 out of 4 stars for Pushing Tin
2.6632
Nick and the other boys (and Vicki Lewis) working the hotspot of air traffic control in New York are impressed with themselves, to say the least. They thrive on the no-room-for-error, fast-paced job and let it infect their lives. ... more about Pushing Tin
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John Cusack scores a combined 2.6578 out of 4 stars for America's Sweethearts
2.6578
In the midst of a nasty public breakup of married movie stars, a studio publicist scrambles to put a cap on the escalating situation as the couple's latest film has found it's only print kidnapped by the director. ... more about America's Sweethearts
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John Cusack scores a combined 2.6286 out of 4 stars for Chicago Cab
2.6286
There is more to this story than this review lets on. It reflects all different facets of society over one drivers shift. He starts out it seems as a cold, ignorant man. But his character develops as the different people of Chicago come & go. ... more about Chicago Cab
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John Cusack scores a combined 2.6128 out of 4 stars for Ice Harvest
2.6128
A wickedly funny thriller that takes moviegoers on a wild ride brimming with larceny, lust and lethal behavior. In icebound Wichita, Kansas, it's Christmas Eve, and this year Charlie Arglist (John Cusack) just might have something to celebrate. ... more about Ice Harvest
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John Cusack scores a combined 2.5909 out of 4 stars for Bob Roberts
2.5909
Documentary-style look at the fictional Senatorial campaign of Bob Roberts, an arch-conservative folk singer turned politician. ... more about Bob Roberts
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John Cusack scores a combined 2.5562 out of 4 stars for Must Love Dogs
2.5562
Sarah Nolan, a recently divorced thirty-something year old, has a family that just can't help getting involved in her personal life, or lack there of. After her sister puts her profile on PerfectMatch. ... more about Must Love Dogs
DVD from $1.64 
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34
John Cusack scores a combined 2.5431 out of 4 stars for Breakfast with Hunter
2.5431
A documentary on the infamous gonzo journalist, Dr. Hunter S. Thompson. ... more about Breakfast with Hunter
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John Cusack scores a combined 2.5253 out of 4 stars for Fat Man and Little Boy
2.5253
In real life, Robert Oppenheimer was the scientific head of the Manhattan Project, the secret wartime project in New Mexico where the first atomic bombs were designed and built. General Leslie Groves was in overall command of it. ... more about Fat Man and Little Boy
DVD from $2.10 
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John Cusack scores a combined 2.4639 out of 4 stars for Grace Is Gone
2.4639
This Sundance favorite stars John Cusack as a war widower who can't bear to tell his two daughters that their mother was killed in Iraq, so he takes them on a cross-country road trip to a beloved ... more about Grace Is Gone
Not Available on DVD
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John Cusack scores a combined 2.4072 out of 4 stars for Shadows and Fog
2.4072
A small and insignificant bookkeeper, Kleinman, is awoken one night by his neighbours who wants him to help them track down a strangler who has been killing people all over town. ... more about Shadows and Fog
DVD from $2.69 
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John Cusack scores a combined 2.3403 out of 4 stars for Floundering
2.3403
In this scathing and subversive social comedy, life in post riot Los Angeles is dissected under the sardonic eye of John Boyz, an unemployed thirty nothing flounderer on Venice Beach who is trying to figure out what to do with his life. ... more about Floundering
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John Cusack scores a combined 2.3246 out of 4 stars for Martian Child
2.3246
Crushed by the death of his fiancée, a writer (Cusack) adopts a 6-year-old boy in an effort to create a family. The boy, who desperately wants a father, is troubled by the idea that he's from Mars. ... more about Martian Child
Not Available on DVD
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John Cusack scores a combined 2.2803 out of 4 stars for Tapeheads
2.2803
After being fired from their jobs as security guards, Josh and Ivan form Video Aces, a video production company. Using Josh's talent and Ivan's business savvy, they attempt to hit it big in the business while doing projects they want to do. ... more about Tapeheads
DVD from $22.88 
(1 sellers)
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John Cusack scores a combined 2.2322 out of 4 stars for 2012
2.2322
Never before has a date in history been so significant to so many cultures, so many religions, scientists, and governments. A global cataclysm brings an end to the world and tells of the heroic struggle of the survivors. ... more about 2012
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42
John Cusack scores a combined 2.1298 out of 4 stars for Class
2.1298
Jonathan, a naive country boy, gets a scholarship to a classy prep school, where he rooms with suave, rich and handsome Skip. ... more about Class
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John Cusack scores a combined 2.0884 out of 4 stars for Hot Pursuit
2.0884
Young Danny is following his rich girlfriend's family to the Caribbean. But suddenly he simply must make a chemistry test and cannot go with them. After they have left, he gets a leave from his professor and takes a plane to find them. ... more about Hot Pursuit
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John Cusack scores a combined 1.9114 out of 4 stars for Igor
1.9114
A hunchbacked lab assistant has big dreams of becoming a mad scientist and winning the first place prize at the annual Evil Science Fair. ... more about Igor
DVD from $4.26 
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John Cusack scores a combined 1.8922 out of 4 stars for War
1.8922
John Cusack plays an assassin in the star-filled satire that takes aim at war. Joan Cusack, Marisa Tomei, Hilary Duff, and Ben Kingsley also star. ... more about War
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John Cusack scores a combined 1.7592 out of 4 stars for Road to Wellville
1.7592
A madcap portrayal of William Lightbody's stay at the health farm run by cereal king Dr. John Harvey Kellogg. William's wife, Eleanor, has persuaded him to go to Kellogg to have his system cleaned of impurities. ... more about Road to Wellville
DVD from $14.99 
(0 sellers)
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John Cusack scores a combined 1.6909 out of 4 stars for Roadside Prophets
1.6909
Bizarre and surreal road movie about a biker and his unlikely sidekick. On a quest to fulfill a friend's last wish, Joe takes to the desert road on his 1957 Harley-Davidson and meets a succession of odd characters, including Sam. ... more about Roadside Prophets
DVD from $9.16 
(3 sellers)
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John Cusack scores a combined 1.6495 out of 4 stars for One Crazy Summer
1.6495
With a name like Hoops McCann, he's bound to get that basketball scholarship after high school, right? Wrong! What Hoops really wants to do is write and illustrate a love story. ... more about One Crazy Summer
DVD from $5.79 
(6 sellers)
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John Cusack scores a combined 1.5016 out of 4 stars for True Colors
1.5016
Peter and Tim are both law students looking to get into the battleground of politics in Washington, but they both have different ideals and ethics. ... more about True Colors
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(0 sellers)
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John Cusack scores a combined 1.2721 out of 4 stars for Grandview
1.2721
Life in the small town of Grandview, Illinois is one that is just like any other city or town. Tim Pearson, soon to be graduating high school wants to go to Florida to study oceanography. He meets Michelle "Mike" Cody and is attracted to her. ... more about Grandview
Not Available on DVD
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John Cusack scores a combined 1.2602 out of 4 stars for Money for Nothing
1.2602
When unemployed dockworker Joey Coyle finds $1.2 million that fell off of an armored car, he decides to do the logical thing: take the money and run. After all, he says, finders keepers. ... more about Money for Nothing
DVD from $3.00 
(5 sellers)
 
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Birthdate:
June 28, 1966

John Cusack

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Career Span:

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# Movies
Movie Score
1980s
14
total ranking of 2.8709  2.8709
1990s
22
total ranking of 3.0302  3.0302
2000s
15
total ranking of 2.9836  2.9836
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score:
3.2940
John Cusack is ranked overall as 3.2940 of of 4 stars
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