Cast: Johnny Depp

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Johnny Depp. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Edward Scissorhands

1990 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction Tim Burton

Cast Johnny Depp · Winona Ryder · Dianne Wiest · Anthony Michael Hall

Plot In Tim Burtons EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, an Avon lady, Peg Boggs (Dianne Wiest), discovers the half-finished experiment--a man/monster named Edward (Johnny Depp)--of a mad scientist (Vincent Price) living in the neighborhoods...

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7.8

117K votes

7.8

117K votes

Platoon

1986 · Movie · 120 min. · United States

Direction Oliver Stone

Cast Charlie Sheen · Tom Berenger · Willem Dafoe · Kevin Dillon

Plot In PLATOON, Oliver Stone draws on his experience as an infantryman in Vietnam to convey the brutality of guerrilla warfare: the heat of the jungle, the brushes with such wildlife...

7.7

67K votes

7.7

67K votes

Ed Wood

1994 · Movie · 124 min. · United States

Direction Tim Burton

Cast Johnny Depp · Martin Landau · Patricia Arquette · Sarah Jessica Parker

Plot Acclaimed filmmaker Tim Burton brings to life the true and hilarious story of Ed Wood (Johnny Depp), the wackiest and worst movie director of all time. When Ed Wood pulls...

7.5

44K votes

7.5

44K votes

Brando (TV)

2007 · Documentary · 165 min. · United States

Direction Leslie Greif · Mimi Freedman

Cast Marlon Brando · Robert Duvall · Martin Scorsese · Al Pacino

Plot The enigmatic and unparalleled Marlon Brando is examined in a new original documentary, Brando. The unmistakable voice, striking good looks and eccentric personality - and the complex inner life they...

7.4

349 votes

7.4

349 votes

Donnie Brasco

1997 · Movie · 122 min. · United States

Direction Mike Newell

Cast Al Pacino · Johnny Depp · Michael Madsen · James Russo

Plot Joe Pistone (Johnny Depp) is an FBI who mole ingratiates himself into the Mafia pecking order by posing as "jewel man" Donnie Brasco. He finds his loyalties divided when Lefty...

7.3

26K votes

7.3

26K votes

Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten

2007 · Documentary · 123 min. · Ireland

Direction Julien Temple

Cast Joe Strummer · Steve Jones · Mick Jones · Terry Chimes

Plot A look at the life of influential musician Joe Strummer - before, during, and after his time with the british punk rock band The Clash. A portrait of the life...

7.3

2K votes

7.3

2K votes

Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin

2003 · Documentary · 132 min. · United States

Direction Richard Schickel

Cast Sydney Pollack · Bill Irwin · Norman Lloyd · David Thomson

Plot American film historian and author Richard Schickel directs the documentary Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin. Schickel offers an exploration into Chaplin's life, from his childhood in London...

7.3

597 votes

7.3

597 votes

Finding Neverland

2004 · Movie · 101 min. · United States

Direction Marc Forster

Cast Johnny Depp · Kate Winslet · Freddie Highmore · Julie Christie

Plot A tale of magic and fantasy inspired by the life of James Barrie, the real-life author of the children's classic "Peter Pan". Set in London in 1904, the film follows...

7.2

50K votes

7.2

50K votes

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

2003 · Movie · 143 min. · United States

Direction Gore Verbinski

Cast Johnny Depp · Orlando Bloom · Keira Knightley · Geoffrey Rush

Plot Set in the Caribbean Sea in the 17th century, this is the story of a gentleman rogue of a pirate, Jack Sparrow. When Captain Jack Sparrow, an eccentric rogue, arrives...

7.2

153K votes

7.2

153K votes

Life's Too Short (TV Series)

2011 · Series · 30 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Ricky Gervais · Stephen Merchant · Warwick Davis

Cast Warwick Davis · Ricky Gervais · Stephen Merchant · Rosamund Hanson

Plot TV Series (2011). 7 Episodes. Life's Too Short is a sitcom mockumentary created and written by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant from an idea by Warwick Davis, and is as...

7.2

2K votes

7.2

2K votes

Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

2008 · Documentary · 121 min. · United States

Direction Alex Gibney

Cast Johnny Depp

Plot From Oscar-wining director Alex Gibney and producer Graydon Carter comes a probing look into the uncanny life of national treasure and gonzo journalism inventor Dr. Hunter S. Thompson. A fast...

7.2

774 votes

7.2

774 votes

What's Eating Gilbert Grape?

1993 · Movie · 118 min. · United States

Direction Lasse Hallström

Cast Johnny Depp · Juliette Lewis · Leonardo DiCaprio · Mary Steenburgen

Plot Swedish director Lasse Hallström (My Life as a Dog, The Cider House Rules) brings his unique sensibility for finding the whimsical and bizarre in the everyday to Peter Hedges’s cult...

7.1

22K votes

7.1

22K votes

For No Good Reason

2012 · Documentary · 89 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Charlie Paul

Cast Johnny Depp · Ralph Steadman · Terry Gilliam · Patrick Godfrey

Plot Johnny Depp pays a call on his friend and hero Ralph Steadman and we take off on a high-spirited, raging and kaleidoscopic journey discovering the life and works of one...

6.9

103 votes

6.9

103 votes

Dead Man

1995 · Movie · 120 min. · United States

Direction Jim Jarmusch

Cast Johnny Depp · Gary Farmer · Lance Henriksen · Michael Wincott

Plot Independent filmmaker Jim Jarmusch reaches a new plateau in his career with this poetic anti-Western. DEAD MAN follows William Blake (no, not the famous poet), an innocent young man who...

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6.9

14K votes

6.9

14K votes

Sleepy Hollow

1999 · Movie · 105 min. · United States

Direction Tim Burton

Cast Johnny Depp · Christina Ricci · Miranda Richardson · Michael Gambon

Plot Near the end of the 18th Century. Constable Ichabod Crane (Johnny Depp) earns the disfavour of the courts in New York City for insisting that scientific methods be used to...

6.9

84K votes

6.9

84K votes

Lost in La Mancha

2002 · Documentary · 89 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Keith Fulton · Louis Pepe

Cast Terry Gilliam · Jean Rochefort · Johnny Depp · Vanessa Paradis

Plot It may be the first 'un-making of' documentary. In a genre that exists to hype films before their release, "Lost in La Mancha" presents an unexpected twist: it is the...

6.9

3K votes

6.9

3K votes

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

2007 · Movie · 117 min. · United States

Direction Tim Burton

Cast Johnny Depp · Helena Bonham Carter · Alan Rickman · Sacha Baron Cohen

Plot Based on the hit Broadway musical which tells the infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop down in London which is the basis...

6.8

67K votes

6.8

67K votes

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

1998 · Movie · 118 min. · United States

Direction Terry Gilliam

Cast Johnny Depp · Benicio del Toro · Craig Bierko · Tobey Maguire

Plot An adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson's novel of the same name. The film details a whacky search for the "American Dream", by Thompson and his crazed, Samoan lawyer. Fueled by...

6.8

56K votes

6.8

56K votes

Blow

2001 · Movie · 119 min. · United States

Direction Ted Demme

Cast Johnny Depp · Penélope Cruz · Ethan Suplee · Ray Liotta

Plot The story of George Jung, the man who established the American cocaine market in the 1970s. Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at...

6.8

33K votes

6.8

33K votes

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

2010 · Documentary · 240 min. · United States

Direction Daniel Farrands · Andrew Kasch

Cast Robert Englund · Wes Craven · Heather Langenkamp · Johnny Depp

Plot For decades, Freddy Krueger has slashed his way through the dreams of countless youngsters, scaring up over half a billion dollars at the box office across eight terrifying, spectacular films....

6.7

479 votes

6.7

479 votes