TopTenREVIEWS presents the film career and movie reviews of Matt Dillon.

Matt Dillon
Birthdate: February 18, 1964

Matt Dillon

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CAREER SPAN

Decade
Movie Score
# Movies
1970s
1.8624
1
total ranking of 1.8624
1980s
2.3909
16
total ranking of 2.3909
1990s
2.7030
16
total ranking of 2.7030
2000s
2.5275
16
total ranking of 2.5275
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score: Matt Dillon is ranked overall as 2.8875 of of 4 stars2.8875

Matt Dillon Movie Rankings

1
Matt Dillon starring in Malcolm X
Matt Dillon scores a combined 3.0896 out of 4 stars for Malcolm X3.0896
Chronicling the life of civil rights leader Malcolm X from childhood, through prison and Islamic enlightenment. ...more about Malcolm X
2
Matt Dillon starring in To Die For
Matt Dillon scores a combined 3.0624 out of 4 stars for To Die For3.0624
Suzanne Stone (Maretto) knows exactly what she wants. She wants to be a television newscaster and she is willing to do ANYTHING to get what she wants. What she lacks in intelligence, she makes up for in cold determination and diabolical wiles. ...more about To Die For
3
Matt Dillon starring in Rumble Fish
Matt Dillon scores a combined 3.0446 out of 4 stars for Rumble Fish3.0446
Rusty James is the leader of a small, dying gang in an industrial town. He lives in the shadow of the memory of his absent, older brother -- The Motorcycle Boy. ...more about Rumble Fish
4
There's Something About Mary (1998)
Matt Dillon scores a combined 3.0405 out of 4 stars for There's Something About Mary3.0405
Ted was a geek in high school, who was going to go to the prom with one of the most popular girls in school, Mary. The prom date never happened, because Ted had a very unusual accident. ...more about There's Something About Mary
Actor Awards
  • Blockbuster Entertainment Awards - Favorite Supporting Actor - Comedy
5
Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
Matt Dillon scores a combined 3.0250 out of 4 stars for Drugstore Cowboy3.0250
A group of drug users in the 1970's help finance their habit by robbing drug stores. Matt Dillon's character is very superstitious and eventually his luck runs out. ...more about Drugstore Cowboy
6
Crash (2004)
Matt Dillon scores a combined 2.9879 out of 4 stars for Crash2.9879
Several stories interweave during two days in Los Angeles involving a collection of inter-related characters, a black police detective with a drugged out mother and a thieving younger brother, two car thieves who are constantly theorizing on society and ...more about Crash
Actor Awards
  • Academy Awards, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
  • Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards - Best Supporting Actor
  • Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards - Best Supporting Actor
  • Empire Awards, UK - Best Actor
  • Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
  • Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards - Best Supporting Actor
  • Online Film Critics Society Awards - Best Supporting Actor
  • Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards - Best Supporting Actor
7
Beautiful Girls (1996)
Matt Dillon scores a combined 2.9554 out of 4 stars for Beautiful Girls2.9554
Beautiful Girls is about a group of small-town friends joining up for their first high school reunion. They find themselves evaluating their lives and their relationships. It's about growing up and facing reality. ...more about Beautiful Girls
8
Over the Edge (1979)
Matt Dillon scores a combined 2.9166 out of 4 stars for Over the Edge2.9166
New Grenada is a planned community set in the desert where there is nothing for the kids to do, save for a rec center - which closes at 6 PM. The parents, in their zeal to attract industry to their town, have all but neglected their children. ...more about Over the Edge
9
In & Out (1997)
Matt Dillon scores a combined 2.8923 out of 4 stars for In & Out2.8923
A high school English teacher is outed as a gay man by a former student while accepting an Academy Award. Comedy ensues in the teacher's private life and small town where he teaches. ...more about In & Out
10
Singles (1992)
Matt Dillon scores a combined 2.8638 out of 4 stars for Singles2.8638
Romantic comedy about six of the city's young people, most of whom live in the same apartement building and whose lives revolve around Seattle's ever-expanding music scene. ...more about Singles
11
Factotum (2005)
Matt Dillon scores a combined 2.8481 out of 4 stars for Factotum2.8481
12
Outsiders, The (1983)
Matt Dillon scores a combined 2.8440 out of 4 stars for Outsiders2.8440
After a deadly confrontation with a rival gang, Ponyboy and Johnny go on the run from the cops. Quickly, the two learn what life is really about and how insignificant their petty differences really are. ...more about Outsiders
13
My Bodyguard (1980)
Matt Dillon scores a combined 2.8167 out of 4 stars for My Bodyguard2.8167
Clifford Peache is the new kid in Lake View High School. Faced with all the stress that role entails he makes his situation worse by insulting Moody, the leader of a group of toughs who extort lunch money from kids. ...more about My Bodyguard
Actor Awards
  • Young Artist Awards - Best Young Actor - Major Motion Picture
14
Wild Things (1998)
Matt Dillon scores a combined 2.7875 out of 4 stars for Wild Things2.7875
In south Florida, a high school counselor is accused of rape by a manipulative rich girl and her trailer trash classmate. ...more about Wild Things
15
Grace of My Heart (1996)
Matt Dillon scores a combined 2.7581 out of 4 stars for Grace of My Heart2.7581
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
16
Frankie Starlight (1995)
Matt Dillon scores a combined 2.6673 out of 4 stars for Frankie Starlight2.6673
This is a story of a man (Walker), suffering from dwarfism, who writes an autobiographical account of his life. ...more about Frankie Starlight
  • Not Available on DVD
17
One Night at McCool's (2001)
Matt Dillon scores a combined 2.6521 out of 4 stars for One Night at McCool's2.6521
After another hard night at McCool's, bartender Randy runs into Jewel. The seductive lady seems to have evaded a rape pretty closely, and when the man comes back, she puts a bullet in his head. ...more about One Night at McCool's
19
Factotum (2006)
Matt Dillon scores a combined 2.6028 out of 4 stars for Factotum2.6028
A man is determined to live life to the fullest, even if it means taking many jobs, loving many women and rejecting every part of the American dream. ...more about Factotum
20
Albino Alligator (1996)
Matt Dillon scores a combined 2.5567 out of 4 stars for Albino Alligator2.5567
Three petty thieves are chased by the police who believe that the three are really major criminals into a basement bar and take five hostages including all of the bar's employees. ...more about Albino Alligator
21
Herbie Fully Loaded (2005)
Matt Dillon scores a combined 2.4473 out of 4 stars for Herbie Fully Loaded2.4473
Maggie Peyton (Lindsay Lohan), the first Peyton to graduate from college receives a graduation present from her dad (Michael Keaton) and as she's about to get a 250Z, she instead receives a Volkswagon Bug (Herbie) and Herbie takes her for a ride. ...more about Herbie Fully Loaded
22
You, Me and Dupree (2006)
Matt Dillon scores a combined 2.3750 out of 4 stars for You2.3750
Carl and Molly Peterson are just starting their new life together. There\\\'s just one unfortunate hitch in their perfectly constructed new world...and his name\\\'s Dupree. ...more about You
23
Tex (1982)
Matt Dillon scores a combined 2.3206 out of 4 stars for Tex2.3206
Tale of two American teenagers growing up in the Southwest who are trying to make the right decisions with little parental guidance. ...more about Tex
Actor Awards
  • Young Artist Awards - Best Young Motion Picture Actor
24
City of Ghosts (2003)
Matt Dillon scores a combined 2.3205 out of 4 stars for City of Ghosts2.3205
War-torn Cambodia is the setting for this tortuous tale of mystery and intrigue. ...more about City of Ghosts
25
Deuces Wild (2002)
Matt Dillon scores a combined 2.2843 out of 4 stars for Deuces Wild2.2843
Two brothers, Leon and Bobby are members of the street gang in Brooklyn known as the deuces. Their brother was killed by a drug overdose a few years earlier and the gang is determined to keep drugs off their block. ...more about Deuces Wild
26
Big Town, The (1987)
Matt Dillon scores a combined 2.1570 out of 4 stars for Big Town2.1570
It is 1957. J.C. Cullen is a young man from a small town, with a talent for winning at craps, who leaves for the big city to work as a professional gambler. ...more about Big Town
27
Loverboy (2005)
Matt Dillon scores a combined 2.1426 out of 4 stars for Loverboy2.1426
28
Albino Alligator (1997)
Matt Dillon scores a combined 2.0409 out of 4 stars for Albino Alligator2.0409
Matt Dillon and Gary Sinise play brothers Dova and Milo ... a couple of small-time crooks suddenly in way over their heads. When a holdup goes terribly wrong, the robbers flee to a local bar, desperately taking everyone inside hostage. ...more about Albino Alligator
  • Not Available on DVD
29
Loverboy (2006)
Matt Dillon scores a combined 2.0388 out of 4 stars for Loverboy2.0388
Brilliant, beautiful and financially secure, Emily Stoll (Sedgwick) never wanted a husband or a house with a picket fence. She knew she needed just one thing to make her happy: a child with whom she could share life's wonders. ...more about Loverboy
  • Not Available on DVD
30
Flamingo Kid, The (1984)
Matt Dillon scores a combined 2.0158 out of 4 stars for Flamingo Kid2.0158
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
31
Mr. Wonderful (1993)
Matt Dillon scores a combined 1.9889 out of 4 stars for Mr. Wonderful1.9889
Electrician Gus gets the chance to fulfill a childhood dream by buying an old bowling-alley with some of his friends. Unfortunately, due to the alimony payments he has to make to his ex-wife Leonora, the bank refuses to loan him the down payment. ...more about Mr. Wonderful
32
Target (1985)
Matt Dillon scores a combined 1.7639 out of 4 stars for Target1.7639
Chris Lloyd does NOT get along with his father Walter. Walter is too careful, cautious, and boring to Chris, and never tries anything new, and Chris had to live by the same standards when he was growing up. ...more about Target
33
Employee of the Month (2004)
Matt Dillon scores a combined 1.6513 out of 4 stars for Employee of the Month1.6513
"Employee of the Month" is about a guy (Matt Dillon) whose day spirals from bad to worse when he gets fired from his dream job at the bank and is dumped by his fiancee Sara (Applegate). ...more about Employee of the Month
34
Golden Gate (1994)
Matt Dillon scores a combined 1.5433 out of 4 stars for Golden Gate1.5433
Fresh out of law school, Kevin Walker is recruited into the FBI and commissioned to root out communist subversives amongst the San Francisco Chinese community. ...more about Golden Gate
  • Not Available on DVD
35
Pitch (1997)
Matt Dillon scores a combined 1.5022 out of 4 stars for Pitch1.5022
36
Saint of Fort Washington, The (1993)
Matt Dillon scores a combined 1.4535 out of 4 stars for Saint of Fort Washington1.4535
Matthew, a young schizophrenic, finds himself out on the street when a slumlord tears down his apartment building. ...more about Saint of Fort Washington
  • Not Available on DVD
37
Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989)
Matt Dillon scores a combined 1.4291 out of 4 stars for Bloodhounds of Broadway1.4291
It was New Year's Eve in New York City, 1928. The champagne was cold, the dolls were red-hot, and everyone who was anyone was there. ...more about Bloodhounds of Broadway
38
Native Son (1986)
Matt Dillon scores a combined 1.3971 out of 4 stars for Native Son1.3971
Bigger Thomas, an African American who lives in an impoverished neighborhood, is employed by a prosperous white family who live in the suburbs of a major city. The money Bigger makes at his new job will be used to supplement his mother's income. ...more about Native Son
  • Not Available on DVD
39
Kansas (1988)
Matt Dillon scores a combined 1.3119 out of 4 stars for Kansas1.3119
40
Kiss Before Dying, A (1991)
Matt Dillon scores a combined 1.2648 out of 4 stars for Kiss Before Dying1.2648
Realising his secret girl-friend Dorothy's pregnancy will sour her relations with her ultra-rich father, career-minded Philadelphia student Jonathan Corliss cooly murders her, making it look like suicide. ...more about Kiss Before Dying
41
Little Darlings (1980)
Matt Dillon scores a combined 0.9862 out of 4 stars for Little Darlings0.9862
  • Not Available on DVD
42
Abby Singer (2003)
No Reviews Available
Abby Singer chronicles a schizophrenic casting director, Curtis Clemens, hell-bent on ending his life in the aftermath of losing the love of a girl to the seething underbelly of the Sundance Film Festival. ...more about Abby Singer
  • Not Available on DVD
43
Film Trix 2004 (2004)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
44
Gunmen's Blues (1981)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
45
In Search of Ted Demme (2005)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
46
Liar's Moon (1982)
No Reviews Available
In East Texas, the summer after high school, Jack falls in love with Ginny, the daughter of the town's banker (Jack's mom's high school sweetheart). Ginny's been at boarding school; she's headed for Vassar. ...more about Liar's Moon
47
Rebel (1985)
No Reviews Available
This drama is set in World War II Australia, where an American Marine, Rebel (Matt Dillon) is recuperating from wounds suffered in battle. He is weary of war and is intent on going AWOL and escaping from Australia. ...more about Rebel
  • Not Available on DVD
48
Rockets Redglare! (2003)
No Reviews Available
Documentary on Rockets Redglare (aka Michael Morra), a colorful figure on the New York City art scene up until his death in 2001. ...more about Rockets Redglare!
  • Not Available on DVD
49
Wild Rides (1982)
No Reviews Available