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Birthdate: August 23, 1970

Death date: October 31, 1993

River Phoenix

ACTOR RANKINGS:

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All-time

of 196,462

939
All-time Actor

of 38,418

568
Decades
- 1980s
  
  of 44,733
  
  236
- 1990s
  
  of 71,585
  
  295
Genres
- Action
  
  of 41,627
  
  2,479
- Adventure
  
  of 25,542
  
  153
- Comedy
  
  of 84,834
  
  2,358
- Crime
  
  of 34,313
  
  4,977
- Drama
  
  of 107,178
  
  939
- Family
  
  of 15,342
  
  2,081
- Fantasy
  
  of 17,838
  
  688
- Music
  
  of 9,349
  
  4,446
- Romance
  
  of 37,232
  
  7,102
- Scifi
  
  of 24,983
  
  1,618
- Thriller
  
  of 49,531
  
  2,240
- Western
  
  of 7,069
  
  4,093

CAREER SPAN

Decade

Movie Score

# Movies

1980s

2.4857

1990s

2.7042

Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.

Overall Actor Score: River Phoenix is ranked overall as 2.4504 of of 4 stars

2.4504

River Phoenix Movie Rankings

Stand by Me (1986)

3.1401

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 $5.00

(15 sellers)

River Phoenix starring in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

3.1167

Renowned archeologist and expert in the occult, Dr. Indiana Jones, returns for the 3rd and final Indy film. Teaming up with his father, Indiana sets out to try and find the Holy Grail. ...more about Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

DVD from $31.99

(4 sellers)

River Phoenix starring in My Own Private Idaho

My Own Private Idaho (1991)

3.0245

Surreal character study focusing on the friendship between two male hustlers, Mike and Scott, in Portland, Oregon. They live on the streets, do drugs, and sell themselves to men and women. Mike (River Phoenix) is quiet, gay and suffers from narcolepsy. ...more about My Own Private Idaho

Actor Awards

National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA - Best Actor
Venice Film Festival - Best Actor

DVD from $22.99

(11 sellers)

Sneakers (1992)

2.8181

Martin Bishop is the head of a group of experts who specialise in testing security systems. When he is blackmailed by Government agents into stealing a top secret black box, the team find themselves embroiled in a game of danger and intrigue. ...more about Sneakers

DVD from $6.33

(9 sellers)

Explorers (1985)

2.7472

Ben Crandall, an alien-obsessed kid, dreams one night of a circuit board. Drawing out the circuit, he and his friends Wolfgang and Darren set it up, and discover they have been given the basis for a starship. ...more about Explorers

Actor Awards

Young Artist Awards - Exceptional Performance by a Young Actor - Motion Picture

DVD from $6.28

(10 sellers)

Dogfight (1991)

2.6582

1963, the night before the 18 years old "Birdlace" Eddie and his friends are shipped to Vietnam. They play a dirty game called 'Dogfight': all of them seek a woman for a party, and who finds the most ugly one, wins a prize. ...more about Dogfight

DVD from $6.49

(10 sellers)

Mosquito Coast, The (1986)

2.5707

An eccentric and dogmatic inventor sells his house and takes his family to Central America to build an ice factory in the middle of the jungle. Conflicts with his family, a local preacher and with nature are only small obstacles to his obsession. ...more about Mosquito Coast

DVD from $6.99

(6 sellers)

I Love You to Death (1990)

2.4999

Joey works with Rosalie in their pizza parlor. She is convinced that he works all of the time for them and her world dissolves when she finds that he has been fooling around for years. ...more about I Love You to Death

DVD from $2.12

(11 sellers)

Thing Called Love, The (1993)

2.2200

Miranda Presley moves from New York to Nashville to become a song writer. At an unsuccessful audition she meets James Wright a promising newcomer. After only a few days they marry, head over heels, but start to regret it very soon. ...more about Thing Called Love

DVD from $3.42

(9 sellers)

Running on Empty (1988)

1.9679

The Popes are a family who haven't been able to use their real identity for years. In the late sixties, the parents set a weapons lab afire in an effort to hinder the government's Vietnam war campaign. ...more about Running on Empty

Actor Awards

Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
National Board of Review, USA - Best Supporting Actor

DVD from $3.49

(11 sellers)

Silent Tongue (1994)

1.8955

DVD from $6.39

(7 sellers)

Little Nikita (1988)

1.2670

Roy Parmenter is an FBI agent in San Diego; 20 years ago his partner was killed by a Soviet spy, nicknamed Scuba, still at large. ...more about Little Nikita

DVD from $15.39

(9 sellers)

Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon, A (1988)

1.1049

A recent high school graduate is faced with two options, either go to a business school where his father wants him to go to, or get a full time job. However he decides to defy his father and go to Hawaii. Trouble is he has no money. ...more about Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon

DVD from $6.39

(8 sellers)

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