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Birthdate: August 17, 1943
Robert De Niro
ACTOR RANKINGS:
CAREER SPAN
Decade
Movie Score
# Movies
1960s
1.4564
3
1970s
2.9693
12
1980s
3.1054
13
1990s
3.1521
28
2000s
2.7900
20
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score: 
3.7366
3.7366
Robert De Niro Movie Rankings
1
3.8894The second installment in the Godfather trilogy follows Michael and his position of "Don" in the Corleone family. The film also tells about Vito Corleone's beginnings and how he became one of the most powerful men in New York. ...more about Godfather: Part II
Actor Awards
- Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Supporting Role
DVD from $8.97
(17 sellers)
2
3.8124A New York City cab driver becomes increasingly disgusted with the scum and low lives of the city. When he meets an underage prostitute, he sets himself on a mission to save her and the city. ...more about Taxi Driver
Actor Awards
- Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
- BAFTA Awards - Best Actor
- Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama
- Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actor
- National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA - Best Actor
- New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actor
DVD from $8.95
(15 sellers)
3
3.7646Goodfellas follows Irish-Italian Henry Hill as he rises from petty theft crimes to the top of the mobster ranks. The film explores the rites, rituals and rules of organized crime and how quickly your best friends can become your worst enemies. ...more about Goodfellas
Actor Awards
- BAFTA Awards - Best Actor
- New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actor
DVD from $8.63
(15 sellers)
4
3.4999
Middleweight boxing champion, Jake LaMotta, becomes suspicious of the relationship between his wife and brother. His life quickly spirals out of control when he is overcome by jealously and paranoia. ...more about Raging Bull
Actor Awards
- Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
- BAFTA Awards - Best Actor
- Boston Society of Film Critics Awards - Best Actor
- Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama
- Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actor
- National Board of Review, USA - Best Actor
- New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actor
DVD from $8.26
(17 sellers)
5
3.3078
Rupert Pupkin will do anything to be a comedian. He believes one appearance on his favorite late night talk show will make him a star, but when the host won't commit to an appearance he conspires with an obsessed fan to hold him hostage. ...more about King of Comedy
Actor Awards
- BAFTA Awards - Best Actor
DVD from $4.11
(12 sellers)
6
3.2260
Michael, Steven and Nick are young factory workers from Pennsylvania who get drafted to fight in Vietnam. Before they go, Steven marries the pregnant Angela and their wedding-party is also the men's farewell party. ...more about Deer Hunter
Actor Awards
- Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
- American Movie Awards - Best Actor
- BAFTA Awards - Best Actor
- Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama
DVD from $7.35
(18 sellers)
7
3.1864
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
Actor Awards
- National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA - Best Supporting Actor
DVD from $5.59
(13 sellers)
8
3.1585
Agent Elliot Ness makes it his personal mission to bring down notorious crime boss Al Capone. Using unconventional methods resembling organized gang activity a cat and mouse chance ensues. Eventually Ness corners Capone and gains the respect of Chicago. ...more about Untouchables
DVD from $3.94
(17 sellers)
9
3.1123
Spanning nearly 40 years the film chronicles the lives of a group of Jewish-American gangsters though the early 1900's to their reunion in 1968. ...more about Once Upon a Time in America
Actor Awards
- Sant Jordi Awards - Best Foreign Actor (Mejor Actor Extranjero)
DVD from $10.00
(13 sellers)
10
3.0791
This Martin Scorsese film depicts the Janus-like quality of Las Vegas--it has a glittering, glamorous face, as well as a brutal, cruel one. ...more about Casino
DVD from $7.99
(16 sellers)
11
3.0674
Sam lives in a world of technology, where the government takes extreme anti-terrorism measures. When he meets the girl of his fantasies, he finds her neighbor has been falsely fingered as a terrorist. ...more about Brazil
DVD from $8.89
(13 sellers)
12
3.0585
Jackie Brown is the name of a flight attendant who gets caught smuggling her boss' gun money on the airline she works for. ...more about Jackie Brown
DVD from $12.34
(14 sellers)
13
3.0269
Bounty hunter Jack Walsh is sent to find and return bail jumper and former Mafia accountant, Jonathan "The Duke" Mardukas. The FBI have had no success it locating The Duke, so when Jack finds him in next to no time, they are a little embarrassed. ...more about Midnight Run
Actor Awards
- Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical
DVD from $7.15
(10 sellers)
14
3.0060
Hunters and their prey--Neil and his professional criminal crew hunt to score big money targets (banks, vaults, armored cars) and are, in turn, hunted by Lt. Vincent Hanna and his team of cops in the Robbery/Homicide police division. ...more about Heat
DVD from $6.90
(13 sellers)
15
3.0046
After being caught in a scandalous situation days before the election, the president does not seem to have much of a chance of being re-elected. ...more about Wag the Dog
DVD from $9.48
(11 sellers)
16
2.9766
Harry Angel has a new case, to find a man called Johnny Favourite. Except things aren't quite that simple, and Johnny doesn't want to be found. Let's just say that, amongst the period detail and beautiful scenery, it all gets really, really nasty. ...more about Angel Heart
Actor Awards
- Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA - Best Supporting Actor
DVD from $6.33
(11 sellers)
17
2.9666
A Jewish male nurse (Ben Stiller) plans to ask his live-in girl friend (Teri Polo) to marry him. However, he learns that her strict father (Robert DeNiro) expects to be asked for his daughter's hand before she can accept. ...more about Meet the Parents
Actor Awards
- American Comedy Awards, USA - Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture (Leading Role)
- Blockbuster Entertainment Awards - Favorite Actor - Comedy/Romance
- Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical
DVD from $4.49
(15 sellers)
18
2.9608
Estranged since their father's first stroke some 17 years earlier, Lee and Bessie lead separate lives in separate states. Lee's son, Hank, finds himself committed to a mental institution after setting fire to his mother's house. ...more about Marvin's Room
DVD from $4.49
(7 sellers)
19
2.9534
Ronin is the Japanese word used for Samurai without a master. In this case, the Ronin are outcast specialists of every kind, whose services are available to everyone - for money. ...more about Ronin
Actor Awards
- MTV Movie Awards - Best Action Sequence
DVD from $5.99
(14 sellers)
20
2.9037
Nick Wells, a professional criminal, decides to leave the business for good, since he nearly got caught on his last job. His plan is to live in peace with his girl Diane, running his Montreal jazz club NYC. ...more about Score
DVD from $2.10
(12 sellers)
21
2.8816
Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney/"Leave It to Beaver"-esque family-man. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. ...more about Cape Fear
Actor Awards
- Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
- Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
DVD from $8.89
(14 sellers)
22
2.8754
Four boys growing up in Hell's Kitchen play a prank that leads to an old man getting hurt. ...more about Sleepers
DVD from $4.60
(14 sellers)
23
2.8589
Ben Sobol, Psychiatrist, has a few problems: His son spies on his patients when they open up their heart, his parents don't want to attend his upcoming wedding and his patients' problems don't challenge him at all. ...more about Analyze This
Actor Awards
- American Comedy Awards, USA - Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture (Leading Role)
- Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical
DVD from $2.87
(11 sellers)
24
2.8494
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
DVD from $7.02
(12 sellers)
25
2.8461
In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm. ...more about Stardust
DVD from $7.95
(19 sellers)
26
2.8242
Jeremy Irons plays a Spanish Jesuit who goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of converting the Indians of the region. Robert DeNiro plays a slave hunter who is converted and joins Irons in his mission. ...more about Mission
DVD from $15.52
(14 sellers)
27
2.8114
Gangster Sonny is the big man in Calogero's Bronx neighborhood. A shooting witnessed by Calogero is the starting point of a lasting bond between the gangster and the small boy. Father (bus driver Lorenzo), however, disap- proves. ...more about Bronx Tale
DVD from $19.99
(1 sellers)
28
2.8092
The story of the friendship between a star pitcher, wise to the world, and a half-wit catcher, as they cope with the catcher's terminal illness through a baseball season. ...more about Bang the Drum Slowly
Actor Awards
- New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Supporting Actor
DVD from $2.10
(11 sellers)
29
2.7990
In 1957, a son and mother flee the East and an abusive boyfriend to find a new life, and end up in Seattle, where the mother meets a polite garage mechanic. The boy continually gets into trouble by hanging out with the wrong crowd. ...more about This Boy's Life
DVD from $8.63
(11 sellers)
30
2.7831
The day WWII ends, Jimmy, a selfish and smooth-talking musician, meets Francine, a lounge singer. From that moment on, their relationship grows into love as they struggle with their careers and aim for the top. ...more about New York
Actor Awards
- Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actor - Musical/Comedy
DVD from $4.91
(13 sellers)
31
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)
32
2.7407
Based on Charles Dickens' timeless tale, this is a story of the love of a man for an unreachable woman. Updated to modern day New York City, the story concerns a man of modest background who falls in love with a rich girl. ...more about Great Expectations
DVD from $4.11
(14 sellers)
33
2.7331
The story ultimately revolves around two "men of honor"; their relationship, their individual and joint failures and triumphs. Carl Brashear is determined to be the first African American Navy Diver in a time where racism is strife. ...more about Men of Honor
Actor Awards
- Satellite Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, Drama
DVD from $4.84
(13 sellers)
34
2.7083
New York City homicide detective Vincent LaMarca has forged a long and distinguished career in law enforcement, making a name for himself as a man intensely committed to his work. ...more about City by the Sea
DVD from $1.96
(17 sellers)
35
2.6947
A new doctor finds himself with a ward full of comatose patients. He is disturbed by them and the fact that they have been comatose for decades with no hope of any cure. When he finds a possible chemical cure he gets permission to try it on one of them. ...more about Awakenings
Actor Awards
- Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
- National Board of Review, USA - Best Actor
- New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actor
DVD from $3.95
(12 sellers)
36
2.6729
De Niro plays Vietnam Vet. John Rubin. Rubin returns to New York and rents a rundown flat in Greenwhich Village. It is in this flat that he begins to film, 'Peeping Tom' style, the people in the apartment across the street. ...more about Hi
DVD from $6.62
(12 sellers)
37
2.6696
When Eastern European criminals Oleg and Emil come to New York City to pick up their share of a heist score, Oleg steals a video camera and starts filming their activities, both legal and illegal. ...more about 15 Minutes
DVD from $6.90
(11 sellers)
38
2.6614
Dr. Frankenstein creates a simple creature from various body parts. The creature turns into a monster when Dr. Frankenstein rejects him. ...more about Frankenstein
Actor Awards
- Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA - Best Supporting Actor
DVD from $2.12
(17 sellers)
39
2.6317
Having given permission to male nurse Greg Focker to marry his daughter, ex-CIA man Jack Byrnes and his wife travel to Miami to Greg's parents, who this time around are Mr. and Mrs. Focker, who are as different from them as can be. ...more about Meet the Fockers
DVD from $1.87
(18 sellers)
41
2.5817
The sea underworld is shaken up when the son of the shark mob boss is found dead and a young fish named Oscar is found at the scene. Being a bottom feeder, Oscar takes advantage of the situation and makes himself look like he killed the finned mobster. ...more about Shark Tale
DVD from $4.00
(19 sellers)
42
2.5718
Documents the sensational events surrounding the making of 'Apocalypse Now' (qv) and 'Francis Ford Coppola' (qv)'s struggle with nature, governments, actors, and self-doubt. Includes footage and sound secretly recorded by Elanor Coppola, wife of Francis. ...more about Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
- Not Available on DVD
43
2.5191
Robert De Niro plays Walt Koontz, a homophobic guy who ends up with paralyzed vocal cords because of an unfortunate stroke. His therapy includes receiving singing lessons from a neighbor (played by Phillip S. ...more about Flawless
DVD from $4.91
(10 sellers)
44
2.4722
The mafia's Paul Vitti (De Niro) is back in prison and will need some serious counseling when he gets out. Naturally, he returns to his analyst Dr. ...more about Analyze That
DVD from $1.45
(17 sellers)
45
2.4615
LAPD Detective Sergeant Mitch Preston cares only about doing his job and nailing crooks. LAPD Patrol Officer Trey Sellars joined the force as a day job until his acting career took off. ...more about Showtime
DVD from $4.50
(15 sellers)
46
2.4552
Rocky and Bullwinkle have been living off the finances made from the reruns of their cartoon show. ...more about Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
DVD from $5.90
(12 sellers)
47
2.4512
Three-times MVP baseball player Bobby Rayburn joins San Fransisco Giants, and obsessive fan, whose profession is selling hunting knives, Gil Renard is excited over that. ...more about Fan
DVD from $2.12
(13 sellers)
48
2.3547
Hide and Seek revolves around a widower (Robert DeNiro) and his daughter (Dakota Fanning). They move to upstate and Emily (Fanning) soon creates an imaginary friend named Charlie... ...more about Hide and Seek
DVD from $3.09
(13 sellers)
49
2.2719
A couple of escaped convicts on the run find refuge with the Church when they are mistaken for two priests. The two are keen to flee but are unable to do so without the help of Molly. ...more about We're No Angels
DVD from $7.18
(10 sellers)
50
2.2386
A New York film buff attempts to complete a documentary about Nixon. ...more about Sam's Song
DVD from $1.99
(4 sellers)
51
2.2227
Robert DeNiro and Jessica Lange are the most impossible couple. He's a failed lawyer. She's a common waitress. Together they get in a downward spiral, as they can't seem to deal with there problems. ...more about Night and the City
- Not Available on DVD
52
2.1783
An offbeat, episodic film about three friends, Paul, a shy love-seeker, Lloyd, a vibrant conspiracy nut, and Jon, an aspiring filmmaker and peeping tom. The film satirizes free-love, the Kennedy assassination, Vietnam, and amateur film-making. ...more about Greetings
DVD from $3.99
(6 sellers)
53
2.1671
A rookie firefighter tries to earn the respect of his older brother and other firefighters while taking part in an investigation of a string of arson/murders. ...more about Backdraft
DVD from $8.89
(11 sellers)
54
2.1384
Wayne Dobie is a shy police photographer who saves the life of crime boss Frank Milo. Greatful, Milo insists on being Wayne's friend, offering him the companionship of "Glory", one of his employees. ...more about Mad Dog and Glory
DVD from $4.52
(15 sellers)
56
1.9741
After their young son, Adam (Bright), is killed in an accident, a couple (Kinnear, Romijn-Stamos) approach an expert (De Niro) in stem cell research about bringing him back to life through an experimental and illegal cloning and regeneration process. ...more about Godsend
DVD from $2.62
(11 sellers)
57
1.9379
David Merrill (Robert DeNiro), a fictitious 1950s Hollywood director, returns from filming abroad in France to find that his loyalty has been called into question by the House Committee on Un-American Activities and he is unable to work until cleared. ...more about Guilty by Suspicion
DVD from $6.44
(6 sellers)
58
1.8733
During shopping for Christmas, Frank and Molly run into each other. This fleeting short moment will start to change their lives, when they recognize each other months later in the train home and have a good time together. ...more about Falling in Love
Actor Awards
- Sant Jordi Awards - Best Foreign Actor (Mejor Actor Extranjero)
DVD from $3.90
(10 sellers)
59
1.7844
A comedy about a screenwriter (Wuhl) who's old movie script is read by a producer (Landau) and the search for financial backers begins. But it seems that each money source (Aiello, DeNiro, Wallach) has their own mistress that they want put into the film. ...more about Mistress
- Not Available on DVD
60
1.7399
Five people are killed in a freak accident when a lofty rope bridge collapses. The film details a priest's journey to discover if there was a divine reason for the bloody disaster. Set in Lima, Peru, during the 18th century. ...more about Bridge of San Luis Rey
DVD from $15.99
(9 sellers)
61
1.6695
De Niro (a Catholic Priest) and Duvall (a Homicide Detective) play brothers drawn together after many years apart, in the aftermath of the brutal murder of a young prostitute. ...more about True Confessions
DVD from $5.69
(12 sellers)
62
1.6647
A conflict develops between a troubled Vietnam veteran and the sister he lives with when she becomes involved romantically with the army buddy who reminds him of the tragic battle they both survived. ...more about Jacknife
DVD from $4.15
(12 sellers)
63
1.5399
An illiterate cook (Robert De Niro) at a company cafeteria tries for the attention of a newly widowed woman (Jane Fonda). As they get to know one another, she discovers his inability to read. ...more about Stanley & Iris
DVD from $6.25
(9 sellers)
64
1.5113
Vincent Macken has wriiten his magnus Opus but nobody will publish it. To prove to the publishers and his detractors that his novel is great, he decides to live out the story of his novel. ...more about Book That Wrote Itself
- Not Available on DVD
66
1.1652
Based on a true story. Kate Barker (Shelley Winters) loves her four sons and would do anything for them. In an attempt to improve their lives, she leads them on a violent spree of bank robbery, murder, and kidnapping. ...more about Bloody Mama
- Not Available on DVD
68
0.7123
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
DVD from $15.99
(8 sellers)
69
A pair of veteran New York City police detectives are on the trail of a vigilante serial killer. After 30 years as partners in the pressure cooker environment of the NYPD, highly decorated Detectives David Fisk and Thomas Cowan should be ready for retirement, but aren't. ...more about Righteous Kill
- Not Available on DVD
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