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Every Johnny Depp Movie Ranked Worst To Best

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With an impressively varied career nether his belt, Johnny Depp is one of the most prolific actors of the last 30 years. Starting his career in 1984, Depp appeared in "A Nightmare On Elm Street" before shooting to stardom when he played undercover cop Tommy Hanson in the TV series "21 Jump Street" — a role that led to his memorable cameo in the moving picture of the aforementioned name in 2012.

While his early roles saw him typically cast as the "teen heartthrob," it was in the 1990s — and his numerous collaborations with director Tim Burton — that Depp found his niche. Considered to be an interim chameleon, Depp became known for playing idiosyncratic and occasionally night characters, able to completely inhabit them to the point of becoming almost unrecognizable.

From 2000 to 2010, Johnny Depp's career was at its tiptop, and he even entered the Guinness World Records in 2012 every bit the "Highest-Paid Thespian," (via ABC News) largely thanks to his appearances in the incredibly popular "Pirates Of The Caribbean" film series. While his career has seen some tumultuous developments in contempo years as well every bit considerable legal troubles, in that location is no denying that Depp has an impressive portfolio. We've taken the time to look back at the highs and lows of his long and diverse career, ranking his movies from worst to best.

58. Mortdecai

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A pic with a cast that includes Ewan McGregor, Gwyneth Paltrow, Paul Bettany, Olivia Munn, and Jeff Goldblum aslope Johnny Depp sounds promising, but at that place is no denying that 2015'due south "Mortdecai" is a failure on all fronts. Depp plays the dubious fine art dealer Charlie Mortdecai, who has to bring together forces with a former rival when a priceless painting is stolen.

Farcical to the indicate of annoyance, "Mortdecai" suffers from a one-note performance from Depp and a one-joke concept that is stretched so far that information technology becomes less and less funny as the picture show progresses. Audiences agreed, and "Mortdecai" was a box office bomb, making just $47.iii million off a upkeep of more than $60 million.

57. The Professor

Saban Films

Coming out of the film festival excursion, this 2018 independent flick stars Johnny Depp as a terminally sick higher professor who decides to live out his remaining days as recklessly as possible. While it tries to push sentiment with its "Dead Poets Society"-inspired "seize the mean solar day" bulletin, it offers little nuance beyond the pseudo-self-improvement phrases that the titular educator throws around.

"The Professor" failed to print the critics, and information technology currently holds an embarrassingly low rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Critic James Berardinelli at ReelViews said that the film's "message is muddled and the means by which it is presented are confused."

56. Individual Resort

TriStar Pictures

A precursor to the sex comedies that were particularly prevalent in the 1990s, "Private Resort" is one of Johnny Depp's very earliest flick roles, featuring the baby-faced histrion when he was just 22 years old. Post-obit his appearance in "A Nightmare on Elm Street," "Private Resort" is notable for being Depp's start starring role — and unfortunately, that'due south all information technology's notable for, as this lewd and crude comedy is almost completely devoid of laughs.

With Rotten Tomatoes critics lambasting the film at every turn, "Individual Resort" was not quite the big breakthrough performance for Depp. Even so, superstardom was undoubtedly on the horizon and, hey, everyone has to offset somewhere.

55. The Astronaut's Married woman

New Line Movie theatre

For the most office, Johnny Depp'southward run of films in the '90s was pretty solid. However, he rounded out the decade with a bit of a clunker in the class of the sci-fi thriller, "The Astronaut's Wife." The titular married woman of the film is Jillian (Charlize Theron), whose husband, Commander Spencer Armacost (Depp), returns from a mission not quite the same equally he was when he left.

While the premise is absolutely intriguing, the film fails to stick the landing, and "The Astronaut's Wife" bombed at the box function, making merely $19 one thousand thousand worldwide off a budget of $75 1000000. Besides as being a commercial flop, it was also panned by critics, with Janet Maslin for The New York Times calling it "ridiculously derivative."

54. Transcendence

Warner Bros. Pictures

Despite the impressive cast that includes Rebecca Hall, Morgan Freeman, and Cillian White potato, "Transcendence" was a notorious failure when information technology was released in 2014. Making his directorial debut, Wally Pfister (preferred cinematographer of Christopher Nolan) certainly didn't scrimp on the picture's spending, with a production budget of around $100 million. Deadline reported on the disappointing numbers of "Transcendence" after information technology opened with just $10.8 million domestic gross, and the motion picture's failure — with the considerable talent involved — led to them classing it as "ane of those what-the-hell-happened films."

One of the issues with "Transcendence" is that it'southward never quite sure what picture it wants to be, making it hard to market. It pitches itself equally a high-brow sci-fi thriller, however, the story almost seems too clever for its ain good and it ends upward tying itself in nonsensical knots, riddled with plotholes. Not Johnny Depp'southward finest work, that'southward for sure.

53. The Tourist

Sony Pictures Releasing

Throwing together ii huge movie stars does not necessarily guarantee a good film, and that is certainly the case with the glossy thriller "The Tourist." Johnny Depp plays Frank Tupelo, a heartbroken math instructor whose vacation to Italy takes an interesting plough when he meets alluring stranger Elise (Angelina Jolie), and a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse ensues.

While it sounds like an interesting thought on paper, the moving picture was decimated by critics. Specially scathing was Peter Travers for Rolling Stone, who said that the motion picture "fails on every conceivable level" and named it the worst film of 2010. To brand matters even worse, "The Tourist" became a laughing stock when it was nominated for iii Golden Globes in the best film, comedy or musical category. "The Tourist" doesn't appear to be shooting for comedy — at to the lowest degree intentionally — so this nomination was seen as a peculiarly egregious example of the awards group making a cynical play to ensure that A-listing celebrities Depp and Jolie would attend the ceremony.

52. Yoga Hosers

Invincible Pictures

The second installment in Kevin Smith'due south "True Due north" trilogy is a story most two yoga enthusiasts and convenience store clerks — played by Smith's daughter Harley Quinn Smith and Johnny Depp's daughter Lily-Rose Depp — who team upwards with a legendary human being-hunter (Depp) to fight the evil presence threatening their party plans. Worth mentioning, this evil strength is a collection of miniature Nazi sausages, and yes, yous absolutely did read that correctly.

With much of the cast reprising their roles from the equally maligned (although occasionally defended) cult film "Tusk," "Yoga Hosers" is the picture almost no one needed and critics agreed with Nigel Thousand. Smith for The Guardian maxim it "aims for inspired lunacy just misses the mark past a mile."

51. Sherlock Gnomes

Paramount Pictures

If you've ever constitute yourself wondering, "What would happen if you lot took the legendary literary detective Sherlock Holmes, merely made him a sentient garden decoration?", this 2018 animated film has got you covered. Where the previous moving-picture show "Gnomeo And Juliet" besmirched William Shakespeare'south tragic play, "Sherlock Gnomes" transforms Arthur Conan Doyle's creation beyond recognition, with Johnny Depp every bit the titular sleuth tasked with investigating the mysterious disappearance of several garden gnomes.

Depp's vocal performance is actually pretty solid in this picture show, with an impeccable English language accent effectively bringing Sherlock to life, even if the script doesn't give him much to work with. All the same, "Sherlock Gnomes" failed to shut the case with critics. Keith Watson, critic for Camber Magazine, said the film was, "weirdly incoherent, a bunch of disparate elements awkwardly bundled together without any overarching aesthetic vision."

l. Alice Through The Looking Glass

Walt Disney Studios

Sequels tin exist a catchy concern even when expectations are depression, to say nothing of the pressure from attempting to follow Tim Burton'south hugely successful "Alice In Wonderland." With James Bobin replacing Burton every bit director, "Alice Through The Looking Glass" sees the at present 22-year-old Alice (Mia Wasikowska) returning to Wonderland, where she encounters her old friend, The Mad Hatter (Johnny Depp), who is madder than ever, and not in a fun, quirky way. It isn't long before the plot becomes distractingly convoluted, particularly when fourth dimension manipulation comes into play.

Despite the plot revolving around saving Hatter, he is frustratingly inconsequential in the story, and the express time he is on screen feels very one-annotation. While it made decent money at the box office, it didn't fare as well with the critics, with the consensus on Rotten Tomatoes being predominantly negative.

49. Dark Shadows

Warner Bros. Pictures

Taking the prize as the worst Burton-Depp collaboration is this dismal night horror-comedy from 2012. Johnny Depp plays Barnabas Collins, an 18th century vampire who is awoken in the 1970s to notice his bequeathed home — now occupied by his dysfunctional descendants — fallen into disrepair. Where "Night Shadows" occasionally works is in its fish-out-of-h2o story, with Depp hamming it up in a function perfectly suited to his talents.

The film otherwise suffers from being tonally inconsistent, and never sure of whether it wants to be an outright one-act or a subversive horror. Burton-Depp films are usually guaranteed to pull in audiences, and while "Dark Shadows" wasn't a flop, the reviews leaned on the negative side with critic Anthony Lane for The New Yorker calling it, "non so much a coherent movie as a long, expensive joke in search of a purpose."

48. Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

Walt Disney Studios

While "Pirates of the Caribbean" continued to be a box office behemoth, there is no denying that it dwindled in quality as the films went on, and while this fifth installment isn't without merit, information technology is easily the weakest of the bunch. Besides subtitled "Salazar'due south Revenge" in some territories, the pic focuses on Captain Salazar (Javier Bardem), who has a personal vendetta against the swaggering Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp).

While the motion-picture show attempts to capture the erstwhile magic with the introduction of plucky youngsters Carina Smyth (Kaya Scodelario) and Henry Turner (Brenton Thwaites), it tin can't shake the feeling that information technology is retreading old ground. These films will always be a big draw, nevertheless, and despite non being as good as the previous films in the serial, it even so made more than $794.viii million at the box role.

47. The Lone Ranger

Walt Disney Studios

"The Lone Ranger" may accept heavily marketed itself as being produced by the artistic talent behind "Pirates Of The Caribbean area," but this couldn't prevent information technology from catastrophe upwards as one of Disney'southward biggest box office failures. In addition to the production budget of $215 one thousand thousand, the film had marketing costs of a whopping $150 million, and when information technology failed to perform commercially and critically, the full weight of its catastrophe was realized.

Telling the story of the Native American Tonto (Depp), and his adventures with John Reid (Armie Hammer) — also known as the Lone Ranger — the motion picture ran into some controversy over the casting of Depp. Native American playwright and professor, Hanay Geiogamah, criticized the casting in the Los Angeles Times maxim, "this represents a major setback in our efforts to combat stereotyping of our image."

46. Tusk

A24

Premiering at the Toronto International Moving-picture show Festival in 2014 as role of their "Midnight Madness" platform, "Tusk" initially screened to a receptive audience, since this program is reserved for underground and cult films. Kevin Smith'south bizarre horror-one-act tells the story of podcast host Wallace Bryton (Justin Long) who travels to Canada to interview a guest, and in the process finds Howard Howe, (Michael Parks) a man whose disturbing fondness for walruses leads Wallace to get the subject for a deeply disturbing experiment. Depp comes into the picture as Guy Lapointe, an inspector who has been trying to rail Howard down.

"Tusk" may have been depression budget, with production costs of around $iii one thousand thousand, nevertheless, it yet tanked at the box office, making just $ane.viii million worldwide. While some critics dedicated it, others vehemently detested it, including the critic for The Seattle Times, Erik Lundegaard, who called it "the most disgusting and pointless motion-picture show I've seen."

45. The Brave

Majestic Films International

With an established acting career, Johnny Depp moved behind the photographic camera for the outset and only time in 1997 with his characteristic directorial debut, "The Brave." Also starring in the film alongside screen fable Marlon Brando, Depp plays an American Indian who, in guild to make some coin for his impoverished family, agrees to appear in a snuff film in which he will exist tortured and killed on camera.

Premiering at the Cannes Film Festival in 1997, "The Brave" received largely negative reviews, including Godfrey Cheshire for Variety, who said that information technology "wastes its handsome mounting and capable cast on a plodding tale that eludes either psychological or allegorical sense." The film performed so poorly, in fact, that Depp pulled its theatrical and home media release in the United states of america — something that ended up being incredibly costly to him, every bit he had fronted almost $2 1000000 of the film'southward budget himself.

44. Nick Of Time

Six years before the TV series "24" brought us its "real-time" drama concept, there was "Nick of Time," a thriller also starring Christopher Walken. Johnny Depp plays Factor Watson, an unassuming average Joe who is forced into a nightmare scenario when he is told he has to assassinate a prominent pol, otherwise his daughter will exist killed. "Nick Of Fourth dimension" is a forgettable and cheesy '90s action flick, only information technology's also easy to become invested in its informal 90-minute runtime.

As was occasionally the case with "24," the narrative device of using "real-time" immediately opens the story up to plot holes, inconsistencies, and ludicrous leaps of logic that tin can negatively bear on the film. Still, it makes for a pleasant change to run across Depp in a role where ordinariness is his defining character trait.

43. The Libertine

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In this 2004 period drama, Depp plays legendary rogue John Wilmott, a famous poet in the time of King Charles 2's reign who earned a reputation for his debauchery, womanizing, and heavy drinking. While the film itself is a mixed handbag, Depp's performance as the divisive cad is the highlight, with the player seemingly born to play a handsome scoundrel. Depp adds some real nuances to the character, finding a darker edge and a hint of sadness that adds a human quality in spite of his frequently detestable beliefs.

While the film had a mixed critical response, Depp's performance was fairly consistently praised, with The Sydney Forenoon Herald's critic Sandra Hall commenting, "I enjoyed it — or much of it — for reasons that accept everything to practise with Johnny Depp."

42. The Homo Who Cried

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Also featuring Christina Ricci, Cate Blanchett, and John Turturro, "The Human being Who Cried" is near a Russian Jewish girl (Ricci) who flees persecution in her homeland and travels to Paris with a performing troupe that includes the dashing horseman, Cesar (Johnny Depp). The story has tremendous potential, merely it couldn't capture the attention of audiences, making only $1.8 meg worldwide.

Written and directed past Sally Potter, "The Man Who Cried" is at to the lowest degree a very well-made movie, with a nuanced story that doesn't make light of its heavy themes. Even so, the characters feel a little apartment, and it fails to avoid melodramatic cliches. Critics responded with mostly mixed to negative reviews, with Marc Savlov for The Austin Chronicle quipping, "a meliorate title might have been The Audition Who Yawned."

41. Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

Walt Disney Studios

To paraphrase the famous "Wizard Of Oz" quote: Mermaids, and zombies, and Blackbeard ... oh my. "Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" throws in everything that hasn't already been used in the series, but unfortunately, very piddling of information technology sticks. Even with Penelope Cruz adding some spice as a feisty female swashbuckler, and a cameo from Keith Richards — who Depp based his characterization of Jack Sparrow on — it lacks the fresh, adventurous spirit that made the first iii films then enjoyable.

While information technology may take been commercially successful — making over $1 billion at the box office and becoming the third highest-grossing film of 2011 — it didn't hit the aforementioned sweet spot with critics. Christopher Orr, a critic for The Atlantic, likewise felt the film's formula was condign tiresome saying it, "has the experience of a TV drama renewed for one season also many, a final, furtive run at the till before information technology closes for concern."

40. Waiting For The Barbarians

Samuel Goldwyn Films

An adaptation of JM Coetzee'due south novel of the same name, "Waiting For The Barbarians" is a drama that tells the story of a colonial magistrate (Marking Rylance) who calmly keeps the peace, until Colonel Joll (Johnny Depp) arrives, and his sadistic interrogation tactics threaten to unsettle the fragile balance. Yous'd be forgiven if you take never heard of this pic, equally it arrived with little fanfare amidst the COVID-xix pandemic in 2020. With prestigious talent such as Rylance, Depp, Robert Pattinson, and with some positive reviews following its premiere at Venice Moving-picture show Festival in 2019, "Waiting For The Barbarians" may well have been a victim of unfortunate circumstances.

The performances in the film — particularly from Rylance and Depp — are pretty solid for the nearly part. However, the film suffers from not knowing how to manage its weighty themes, and the glacial pacing doesn't help what would've otherwise been a very affecting drama.

39. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

Warner Bros. Pictures

Post-obit the big reveal at the terminate of "Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them," this sequel sees the night wizard Grindelwald (Johnny Depp) in a much more prominent role, as the unassuming hero Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) and legendary wizard Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) attempt to bring him down in a magical world that is condign increasingly divided. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Depp spoke about how he'd read the books and watched the films with his kids when they were smaller, and that he found the graphic symbol of Gellert Grindelwald "fascinating and circuitous."

While Depp brings a certain gravitas to this complex grapheme, he decided to step downwards from the sequel — partly due to the allegations made about him by his ex-wife and ongoing court proceedings — with Mads Mikkelsen taking up the role of Grindelwald.

38. The Rum Diary

FilmDistrict

While he may be better known for a different Hunter S. Thompson adaptation, Depp also stars in this 2011 pic based on Thompson's book of the same name. In "The Rum Diary," Depp plays an unconventional journalist, who takes a job in Puerto Rico and quickly becomes immersed in island culture that includes copious quantities of rum. Thompson and Depp famously enjoyed an unlikely friendship, and it was partly downwards to Depp that "The Rum Diary" was even published after he stumbled across the manuscripts at Thompson's house.

Despite this beingness a somewhat personal project for Depp, "The Rum Diary" did not resonate with audiences at the box office, or with critics, as the consensus on Rotten Tomatoes summarized, "It's colorful and amiable plenty, and Depp's heart is clearly in the correct place, just 'The Rum Diary' fails to add sufficient focus to its rambling source fabric."

37. City Of Lies

Saban Films

Based on the volume "LAbyrinth" by Randall Sullivan, "City Of Lies" examines the high-contour murders of rappers Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G., with Johnny Depp playing the LAPD Detective Russell Poole. The motion-picture show examines the hot button topic of police corruption, and information technology had real potential, as well as a chance for Depp to show his serious acting chops outside of playing a kooky graphic symbol.

The movie had a rocky road to release, something that ultimately afflicted its numbers at the box office. Originally scheduled to be released in September 2018, the pic was pulled following controversy when the picture's location manager defendant Depp "of assault and battery on the fix in April 2017" (via Borderline), and was finally pushed onto VOD to a muted critical response in March 2021.

36. The Ninth Gate

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Directed by Roman Polanski, "The Ninth Gate" sees Johnny Depp plays Dean Corso, a man with expertise in rare books who acquires an ancient text called The Nine Gates, purportedly written by Satan himself. Not unlike to Ron Howard'south "The Da Vinci Code," the picture does veer into ludicrous territory quite oftentimes, but thank you to Polanski's direction, information technology is atmospheric and filled with striking imagery.

However, the potential of the plot doesn't seem as fully realized as it could be, and the film drags its heels as it lumbers to the conclusion — one that leaves united states of america with a frustrating number of unanswered questions. "The Ninth Gate" had a mixed response from critics, with Chicago Sunday-Times critic Roger Ebert saying he "kept hoping Polanski would accept the plot by the neck and milkshake life into it, merely no."

35. Secret Window

Sony Pictures Releasing

An underrated chiller based on the novella by acclaimed horror writer Stephen King, "Underground Window" had a mixed response from critics when it was released, but has since gone on to become a cult favorite with audiences. Depp plays Mort Rainey, a author who holes up in an isolated lakeside cabin to avoid finalizing the divorce with his married woman Amy (Maria Bello). Presently, he is terrorized by a human being called John Shooter (John Turturro) who alleges that Mort plagiarized his novel.

Throughout the film, Mort reiterates that "the only thing that matters is the ending," and although the ending of "Secret Window" might be one you'll see coming, information technology gives Depp ample opportunity to show his range and closes the volume in a satisfyingly twisted mode. "Secret Window" is certainly one of the better films in Johnny Depp's career, and thank you to his star power, it also ended up being a moderate success at the box office, earning $92 million off a budget of $40 million.

34. Pirates Of The Caribbean: At Earth'due south End

Walt Disney Studios

After two wildly successful movies in the series, the third installment did encounter a drib in quality, but by this point, audiences were lapping up every new "Pirates Of The Caribbean" film. The third swashbuckling take a chance sees Captain Jack Sparrow marooned in Davy Jones' Locker while war is brewing, leaving the other heroes to mount a daring rescue to remember him and unite against Davy Jones (Bill Nighy).

Where "At World's End" fails is in its storytelling, which is often directionless and convoluted in a weighty 168-minute runtime. There are a host of memorable scenes, notwithstanding, with the spectacular maelstrom battle being the highlight. Although this film wouldn't serve as the end of the story, it very much feels as though it should, finer concluding the narrative that began with "The Expletive Of The Black Pearl."

33. Alice In Wonderland

Walt Disney Studios

Audiences have now come up to conceptualize a new Disney remake of their treasured blithe classics into live-action movies, but dorsum in 2010, "Alice In Wonderland" marked i of the first major films to go downwardly this route. As Deadline reported, Disney's live-action division was floundering with "pricey flops like 'John Carter' and 'The Lone Ranger.'" However, with the success of "Pirates Of The Caribbean" films, the studio was on a hot streak that only connected with the huge success of "Alice In Wonderland," which grossed over $ane billion.

With Tim Burton at the helm, and the director's regulars Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter on board, all the pieces were in place. While the film does take its shortcomings, it never feels like a carbon copy of the blithe version, successfully carving out its ain unique visual identity — and crucially giving Depp's inspired Mad Hatter much more to practice than only host an insane tea party.

32. Once Upon A Time In United mexican states

Sony Pictures Releasing

The third and final pic in Robert Rodriguez's "Mexico Trilogy" sees the render of Antonio Banderas as the legendary hitman El Mariachi, out for revenge subsequently the decease of his wife. This time, his path crosses with renegade CIA Agent Sands (Johnny Depp), who tasks him killing the corrupt General Marquez, the man responsible for his married woman's decease. Total of trashy, fierce, and fun action sequences, Robert Rodriguez's film is inspired past spaghetti westerns — including the 1 that inspired its name — and this can be seen in his stylistic approach.

Despite the picture show centering effectually El Mariachi's story, many critics felt that Johnny Depp stole the testify in this motion-picture show, including Michael O'Sullivan in The Washington Post who said, "Depp, a mere ii months subsequently his scene-stealing plough in "Pirates of the Caribbean," once again is the all-time thing nigh a very silly motion picture."

31. Into The Woods

Walt Disney Studios

Adapted from the Broadway musical by James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim, "Into The Woods" delivers a whimsical, dark, and twisted reimagining of familiar fairy tales. While Johnny Depp's role in the film is short, he makes a memorably campy entrance every bit the Big Bad Wolf. He tries to entice Little Crimson Riding Hood (Lilla Crawford) in the song "Hello Little Daughter," dialing the creepiness all the way up in a part that clearly allows him to have tremendous fun.

"Into The Woods" ended up being immensely successful, making $212.9 million at the box office, and receiving recognition at the Oscars with three nominations. The film had a somewhat less enthusiastic response from critics, although many praised the manner it respects the source cloth, while too acknowledging its shortcomings. Empire critic Angie Errigo summed it up well by saying "there are vivid, bewitching moments ... simply non enough of them in what veers, at length, between the clever, the terrifying, and the bit tiring."

30. Lucky Them

IFC Films

While Johnny Depp's actual screentime in the dramedy "Lucky Them" is very limited, the graphic symbol he plays is the MacGuffin of the unabridged pic. Toni Collette plays Ellie Klug, a forty-something music critic tasked with tracking down ex-boyfriend and stone star Matthew Smith (Depp), who disappeared 10 years previously. With a personal connexion to Smith, and her career riding on this consignment, at that place is a lot at stake for Ellie, and Toni Collette really sells this performance.

Johnny Depp's background was in music earlier he took up acting, and then playing a faded and now reclusive rock star was a great fit for him. "Lucky Them" is not just underrated, just underseen besides, with a very limited release in 2014 — a shame, given that this film is surprisingly sweet, with a 18-carat and heartfelt quality to it.

29. Murder On The Orient Limited

20th Century Trick

Equally the victim of the titular crime, naturally Johnny Depp's screentime is limited. Only not but does he receive loftier billing on this very impressive cast list, but he is the character who the entire plot revolves around. Celebrated mustachioed detective Hercule Poirot (Kenneth Branagh), who just happens to be traveling on the Orient Limited when the murder takes place, is tasked with solving it. In "Murder On The Orient Express," every single person is a suspect, and the confinement of the train means nobody tin hide.

As the suave American businessman Edward Ratchett — later revealed to be the con artist and killer John Cassetti — Depp is perfectly cast, oozing the charm and composure required to successfully manipulate the other passengers into believing a lie. The film proved to be a huge success at the box part, making more than $352 one thousand thousand off a budget of $55 million.

28. Charlie and the Chocolate Manufactory

Warner Bros. Pictures

There has always been an unusual air well-nigh the famed chocolatier Willy Wonka, merely in Tim Burton'southward candy-colored visual feast, Johnny Depp dials the eccentricities all the way up. Burton'southward 2005 retelling of the Roald Dahl story gives the states more backstory about Wonka than we need – information technology might've been better if the character had remained an enigma. The fine line that exists in Wonka, separating the sadistic from the sweet, is what makes him so intriguing in the beginning place. It does at least distinguish this moving picture from the 1971 film and gives Depp even more opportunities to make the character his ain.

Depp's performance proved to be divisive, nonetheless, with Ann Hornaday for The Washington Mail saying he, "seems to be straining so hard for weirdness that the entire enterprise begins to feel similar those excruciating occasions when your parents tried to exist hip."

27. Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man'southward Chest

Walt Disney Studios

Immediately dispelling the naysayers who perhaps wondered how far Disney could stretch their ride-turned-movie concept, "Pirates Of The Caribbean: Expressionless Human being'south Breast" is a worthy sequel with plenty of fun action sequences and the introduction of the villainous Davy Jones (Billy Nighy), who would get on to play a peculiarly important function in the third film. The impressive tentacle effects used for Davy Jones helped to earn the film an Oscar, winning for best achievement in visual effects.

Bolstered by the success of the starting time film, "Expressionless Human being'southward Chest" is bigger, bolder, and funnier than the original, and with the characters well-established already, there is a comforting sense of familiarity. This film proved that Depp was born to play Captain Jack Sparrow, and it remains the highest-grossing "Pirates of the Caribbean area" moving-picture show, taking in more $one billion at the box role.

26. From Hell

20th Century Fox

Always willing to try on a new accent, Depp showcases his best East London dialect in this night, gothic-tinged story about notorious series killer Jack The Ripper. In the moving-picture show, Depp plays the clairvoyant Inspector Frederick Abberline, tasked with leading the investigation into the grisly murders of prostitutes on the streets of Whitechapel, playing a cat-and-mouse game with the killer as the bodies go on to pile upward.

Given the subject matter, the picture is a piddling light on horror and gore, but it succeeds in creating a chilly and atmospheric sense of dread. "From Hell" performed well at the box office, making around $74.v meg worldwide. However, the reaction from critics was mixed, with the consensus on Rotten Tomatoes summarizing it as, "visually impressive, but ... dull and far from scary."

25. Weep-Baby

Universal Pictures

If you're familiar with John Waters, yous may exist expecting something entirely different from this 1990 musical one-act. However, the managing director plays it surprisingly direct in a hugely entertaining homage to the teen films of the '50s and '60s. Depp plays Wade "Cry-Baby" Walker, the too-absurd-for-school James Dean-esque teen rebel with a soft side, who falls in dear with the "square," Allison Vernon-Williams (Amy Locane).

While toned down compared to something like "Pink Flamingoes," Waters brings a subversive style to the film which offsets the intentional genre cliches. In his youth, Depp had the perfect bad boy, teen heartthrob look that fabricated him absolutely perfect for this character. The pic likewise marked a huge turning point for Depp'south career, with "Edward Scissorhands" post-obit "Weep-Infant" in the aforementioned year.

24. Chocolat

Miramax Films

Opening up a chocolate shop correct at the beginning of Lent might not seem like the smartest business concern move, but in this mannerly romantic drama, information technology isn't long earlier Vianne Rocher (Juliette Binoche) enchants the austere locals with her confectionary creations, coaxing them out from behind their stern facades and long-standing traditions. With Vianne dedicating her life to helping others find their happiness, she soon finds her own when Roux (Johnny Depp), a handsome Romani, arrives in town.

As a film, "Chocolat" is almost as delectable as the sweet treat it shares its name with, and Vianne and Roux's relationship as 2 lost souls who stop up finding each other is incredibly endearing. While some critics felt the motion picture was a piddling too saccharine, it never shies away from its sugariness cadre, and feels similar a wonderful indulgence.

23. Dead Human being

Miramax Films

A western unlike any other, "Dead Human" features Johnny Depp as William Blake, an auditor-turned-gunslinger who finds himself with a bounty on his head afterwards arriving to accept up a chore in a new town. On the run, he meets a foreign Native American spirit guide called "Nobody," who believes Blake to be the reincarnated version of the English poet of the same name.

If "Dead Man" sounds a bit strange, that'southward because information technology is, with Jonathan Rosenbaum for Chicago Reader dubbing it equally an "acid western." Despite its period setting, there is much most "Dead Man" that feels ahead of its time, and has only improved over the years. In 2018, the film was added to the Benchmark Collection, which called information technology "a profound and unique revision of the western genre."

22. Don Juan DeMarco

New Line Cinema

Branding himself as "the world'south greatest lover," Depp excels equally the suave Don Juan, a man who is admitted for psychiatric treatment, as the doctors believe that this identity is a issue of grandiose delusions. Marlon Brando stars alongside Depp as the homo assigned to treat him, Dr. Jack Mickler, in a much more than palatable picture than their other pairing — 1997's "The Brave."

"Don Juan DeMarco" is surprisingly heartfelt, with the character'southward influence soon impacting the love lives of those around him, particularly Dr. Mickler and his wife'southward (Faye Dunaway) dwindling romantic spark. More than anything, "Don Juan DeMarco" is a commemoration of love, and while it could've veered into the ridiculous, the committed performances from Depp and Brando ensure that the sentiment remains at the forefront.

21. The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus

Sony Pictures Classics

In that location is an unavoidable sadness surrounding Terry Gilliam'southward "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus," as it is the last screen performance from Heath Ledger, who tragically died halfway through shooting. His untimely death left the film in turmoil but, determined to cease the project, Gilliam called in actors who he knew to be friends of Ledger'due south to stop the film in tribute to him. One of these was Johnny Depp, with whom Gilliam had previously worked. In an interview with CNN, Gilliam recounts a conversation he had with Depp on the future of the motion-picture show, to which Depp responded, "whatever you decide to do, I'll be there."

With him on board, the motion picture shifted so that the three actors who replaced Ledger — Depp, Jude Law, and Colin Farrell — would play the character of Tony when he passed through a mirror into magical, fantasy worlds. While this decision was forced past the tragic circumstances, the film miraculously emerges every bit a fantastical tale where the lines between the surreal and the real are constantly blurred. Depp spoke highly of Gilliam's film to HitFix, maxim, "information technology was an honor to represent Heath."

20. Fearfulness And Loathing In Las Vegas

Universal Pictures

Given the fact that "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" revolves largely effectually characters who have taken an unreasonable corporeality of drugs, it isn't surprising at all that Terry Gilliam's adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson'due south novel is a consummate trip of a film. The purpose of Duke (Depp) and Gonzo's (Benicio Del Toro) visit to Sin City is tangential to what the film ends upward being nearly: A series of drug-fuelled, psychotic, and psychedelic escapades with little to connect them apart from the madcap performances of Depp and Del Toro.

Speaking to the fanzine Dreams in 1997, Gilliam said of the pic, "I hope it makes a noise – I don't want information technology to go unnoticed," and information technology certainly accomplished this with an incredibly polarizing reaction from critics. The film is now widely revered as a cult classic, and Scott Tobias in his retrospective review for The AV Club said, "it'd exist tempting to call information technology ane of the most destructive studio films of the '90s."

nineteen. Public Enemies

Universal Pictures

In addition to his oddball characters, Johnny Depp is particularly bully at playing outlaws — something that is demonstrated in "Public Enemies" where he takes on the role of legendary bank robber John Dillinger, dubbed by the F.B.I. as "Public Enemy No. 1" post-obit his string of crimes. The motion picture focuses on his final years as he is hunted downwardly by F.B.I. agent Melvin Purvis (Christian Bale).

While he plays a crook, Depp manages to channel something relatable and human in this character, which makes him distinctly likable. Depp described the grapheme to CBS News, saying, "to me, he was kind of a homo of the people ... there is a Robin Hood border to John Dillinger." The film opened to positive reviews from critics, including Ian Nathan for Empire, who awarded it five stars and said of Depp'due south operation, "there is this kind of magical undercurrent, an intoxicating chemical compound of angel and demon."

18. Sleepy Hollow

Paramount Pictures

The tale of Ichabod Crane may have been told many times, only in that location is an eerie, gothic, and supremely stylish edge to this 1999 retelling from Tim Burton. With his preferred leading human being of Johnny Depp every bit Crane, Burton weaves the familiar story into a dark and chilling fairytale that makes for a perfect Halloween watch. As a character, Ichabod Crane isn't short of eccentricities — in fact, they form an intrinsic component of his investigative techniques — merely Depp dials these dorsum just enough so that they don't overwhelm the rest of the story.

While rightly recognized for his unique visual style, Burton is likewise a master storyteller, and it is in these night fairytales that he is at his best. With the picture permanently shrouded in mist and simply the right corporeality of gore, "Sleepy Hollow" is a wonderfully atmospheric film with a commanding lead functioning from Johnny Depp.

17. Earlier Night Falls

Fine Line Features

"Before Night Falls" is a biopic of Cuban novelist, Reinaldo Arenas (Javier Bardem), and while this is undoubtedly Bardem's film, Johnny Depp has a notable dual office that is an excellent demonstration of his range. The film is fragmented and episodic, with Reinaldo narrating his own story, from his babyhood to the persecution he experienced every bit a gay man in Fidel Castro's Cuba.

While Depp'due south screentime only amounts to a few minutes, his scenes are memorable enough to make an impact on audiences. In the first role, he plays the sadistic prison warden Lt. Víctor who taunts (and flirts with) Reinaldo. And in the second, he plays Bon Bon, a cross-dressing inmate who helps Reinaldo smuggle his novel out of prison. Time even included it in their Height 10 Cross-Dressing Movie Performances proverb, "his pure physical presence as the flamboyant Bon Bon, is plenty to sear the epitome of a blond-wigged blood-red-lipsticked Depp into your cinematic retentiveness bank forever."

xvi. Blow

New Line Cinema

Directed by Ted Demme, "Blow" charts the rise and fall of George Jung (Depp), the man credited with beingness the starting time person to smuggle cocaine into the U.Due south. on a large scale, before losing well-nigh his entire fortune when he trusted the wrong people. Besides starring Penelope Cruz, the film is a fairly run-of-the-mill crime drama, elevated by Depp's excellent operation.

What is peradventure most remarkable near Depp in "Blow" is witnessing him transform from a small-scale-boondocks American dweeb — with an bad-mannered bob hairstyle to match — into a wealthy drug lord with ties to the notorious Pablo Escobar. Depp's performance was praised by critics, including Rolling Stone critic Peter Travers, who said, "Depp steps up to a in one case-in-a-lifetime role and bats it out of the park."

xv. Black Mass

Warner Bros. Pictures

By this point in his career, Johnny Depp could play crime bosses or shady characters in his sleep, and in "Black Mass," he acts behind a mask of prosthetics as the infamous Boston mobster, James "Whitey" Bulger. With about no redeeming qualities, Whitey Bulger is a monstrous graphic symbol, and Depp plays him with such quiet malice that it is quite unnerving to watch.

Afterward a cord of flops including "The Lone Ranger" and "Mortdecai," "Black Mass" represented a real return to class for Depp, proving that he could still put in a great performance. The film earned him a Screen Actors Guild nomination, and most critics agreed it was i of his best recent roles, with the consensus on Rotten Tomatoes stating that information technology, "spins a gripping yarn out of its fact-based story — and leaves audiences with one of Johnny Depp's most compelling performances in years."

14. Minamata

Samuel Goldwyn Films

With almost 2 years betwixt its premiere at Berlin International Film Festival and its US release in Feb 2022, "Minamata" is a film that feels like it has been perpetually on the cusp of coming out for ages. In the film, Depp plays West. Eugene Smith, a real-life war photographer who documented the effects of mercury poisoning on the residents of the coastal Japanese town, Minamata. Depp is about unrecognizable in the role, demonstrating his ability to completely transform into the character he is playing.

For fans of investigative films such as "Dark Waters," "Minamata" follows a similar motif, focusing on the quest to uncover the truth about the potentially life-threatening side-effects of corporate greed on ordinary people. The film is a little uneven in places, only Depp'due south functioning is wonderfully restrained, and it helps to shine a light on an important story.

13. Benny & Joon

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

In this quirky 1993 romantic comedy, Johnny Depp channels his inner silent moving-picture show star, and fifty-fifty at this early point in his career, it'south clear that he was born to play misfits. Every bit Sam, the love interest of the titular Joon (Mary Stuart Masterson), Depp nails the physicality required for the comedic scenes in the film — with one detail highlight existence his recreation of Charlie Chaplin's "bread roll trip the light fantastic" in a diner.

The film is possibly a piddling too kooky for some, just as an exhibition of what Depp would exist capable of as an player, information technology is an absolute tour de forcefulness. The performance even earned Depp a Aureate World nomination for best actor in the comedy or musical category.

12. Finding Neverland

Miramax Films

In one of his well-nigh charming performances, Depp plays playwright J.M. Barrie, near famous for being the creator of "Peter Pan." With his career at a crossroads, Barrie meets the widowed Sylvia (Kate Winslet), and her spirited young boys provide the inspiration he needs to create his love childhood classic.

"Finding Neverland" is a highly imaginative biographical drama, sprinkled with just enough fairy dust and magical realism to evoke the feeling of Barrie's most well-known creation. While the motion picture wasn't necessarily striving for total accuracy when information technology came to its portrayal of Barrie, it did prove to be a hit at the box office and with critics. Information technology also earned seven Oscar nominations, including Depp's second acting nod, and went away with one statue for original score.

11. Corpse Bride

Warner Bros. Pictures

With an elegant English emphasis, Depp is almost unrecognizable every bit the vocalisation behind the stuttering protagonist, Victor Van Dort, in Tim Burton'due south fantastical stop-motion animated moving-picture show "Corpse Helpmate." While it was Burton's 3rd foray into finish-movement, post-obit his contributions to "The Nightmare Earlier Christmas" and "James And The Giant Peach," it was the beginning that he had directed himself.

Burton'south worlds are always a visual treat, simply there is something specially wonderful virtually the "Corpse Helpmate," with the monotone and dreary "land of the living" contrasting beautifully with the rich color and vibrancy of the "land of the expressionless." This mirrors the differences between Victor, and the corpse he accidentally ends up marrying (voiced by Helena Bonham Carter) — with the two unexpected partners literally worlds apart. "Corpse Bride" is an enchanting and ghoulish romance that demonstrates non just Burton's proficiency with stop-motion, but also Depp'south abilities as a vocalisation actor.

10. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Hairdresser of Armada Street

Warner Bros. Pictures

Based on their track tape, Tim Burton and Johnny Depp make the perfect duo to translate Stephen Sondheim's macabre musical from the Broadway stage to the big screen. Fix in the 1800s, "Sweeney Todd" is a slasher movie with singing, almost every discussion gear up to music. Depp's musical groundwork prepared him for this moment, and his singing voice gives the demon barber extra bite.

The film'south trailer cleverly masked just how many songs it contained, leading many people to exist surprised when they sat down in theaters to a total-fledged musical. Some disgruntled filmgoers reportedly even took their grievances to the Advertising Standards Authority. But audiences who could get on board with "Sweeney Todd" had very positive reviews, and the film received praise from critics as well as Oscar recognition, with Depp earning his 3rd nomination.

ix. Arizona Dream

Warner Bros. Pictures

This obscure film from the early period of Johnny Depp's career is well worth seeking out. While it is an odd little film, Depp is completely captivating as Axel Blackmar, a fellow with a head total of dreams. Coaxed away from New York and dorsum to Arizona to attend an uncle'south wedding ceremony, Axel experiences a series of surreal encounters, including an infatuation with the older Elaine (Faye Dunaway), who he helps to build a flight machine.

"Arizona Dream" is completely bizarre yet utterly entrancing, seemingly most everything and nothing at all. It cross-examines and deconstructs the idea of the American Dream through the uniquely European lens of director Emir Kusturica.

8. Donnie Brasco

Sony Pictures Releasing

Nether the allonym of Donnie Brasco, F.B.I. agent Joe Pistone (Depp) infiltrates the Bonanno criminal offense family, working aslope aging hitman Lefty Ruggiero (Al Pacino) in this gritty gangster drama. Lefty'southward life is falling apart, so he takes Donnie under his wing and hopes to railroad train him not to make the aforementioned mistakes. But the further Donnie gets into the criminal arrangement, the more it begins to bear upon his own life, equally the lines between secret agent and gangster become increasingly blurred.

With a stellar cast that too includes Michael Madsen, "Donnie Brasco" is a stark exploration of what it is similar to play both sides in the world of organized crime, and the delicate power balances that can exist the difference betwixt life or death. Based on the 1988 book "Donnie Brasco: My Hugger-mugger Life in the Mafia" by the existent Joe Pistone, the film went on to exist nominated for an Oscar for best adjusted screenplay.

vii. Platoon

Orion Pictures

While Johnny Depp's part in Oliver Stone's Vietnam war ballsy "Platoon" is modest, information technology is nonetheless significant. He plays the grapheme of Lerner, assigned to the company to human activity as an interpreter. With the language of violence spoken so oft in this brutal film, he is crucial in the sense that he is one of the few who can actually talk to and understand the other side.

More than than anything, the infant-faced Depp is a reminder of just how young these soldiers were, and while he does make information technology out live, there are many that don't, a harsh reminder of the bear on of the Vietnam War. The film itself received huge acclaim and was nominated for eight Oscars, winning iv of them, including best director for Stone, and the coveted best motion-picture show award.

half dozen. A Nightmare On Elm Street

New Line Cinema

While it has spawned numerous sequels, spin-offs, and remakes, nothing compares to the original 1984 version of "A Nightmare On Elm Street" from legendary horror director Wes Craven. The film is as well notable, of class, for being Johnny Depp's first-ever film role, playing Glen Lantz, one of the teenagers terrorized by the nightmarish Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund).

For a first part, it doesn't go much better than this — particularly equally Glen is dispatched in a gloriously over-the-superlative mode, making Depp's appearance fifty-fifty more memorable. The film was a massive success, making more than than $25.5 one thousand thousand off a upkeep of just $1.2 million. More important than that is the legacy of "A Nightmare On Elm Street": The iconic Freddy Krueger made AFI's list of the 100 greatest villains, and in 2021 the film was selected for preservation in the National Pic Registry.

5. What's Eating Gilbert Grape

Paramount Pictures

Starring a young Johnny Depp as Gilbert and an even younger Leonardo DiCaprio as his brother Arnie, "What'southward Eating Gilbert Grape" is a sentimental story about a boyfriend's desire to have his ain life, feeling trapped in his hometown. Gilbert is the primary caregiver for both his brother Arnie, who is intellectually disabled, and his severely obese female parent (Darlene Cates).

The human relationship betwixt Gilbert and Arnie is perhaps the near touching office of the flick, and Depp and DiCaprio take a wonderfully believable brotherly dynamic. It is too refreshingly honest in depicting Gilbert's struggle, and while he is completely devoted to his brother, he also sometimes wishes he could exist free of him. The performances in "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" are incredibly sincere, and while Depp didn't receive a nod, DiCaprio picked up an Oscar nomination for best supporting player at just 19 years old.

4. Pirates Of The Caribbean area: The Curse Of The Black Pearl

Walt Disney Studios

Almost 20 years into his film career, Depp landed arguably his most famous role as the swaggering swashbuckler Captain Jack Sparrow in Disney'southward large-screen adaptation of 1 of their popular theme park rides. With its rousing score, swordfights, and a horde of undead pirates, "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl" has everything you need from an ballsy blockbuster adventure.

The flick proved to be a rollicking success, delighting audiences and critics alike, including Nick Schager for Slant Magazine who said, "Depp commands the screen." Information technology was this commanding performance that earned Depp his outset Oscar nomination for best actor, and while he didn't win, it marked the kickoff of a very successful period for the actor as one of Hollywood's most bankable stars.

3. Rango

Paramount Pictures

Often described as an acting chameleon, in the animated motion-picture show "Rango," Johnny Depp gets to vocalism an actual chameleon. He has a tremendous amount of fun playing a one-time pet undergoing an identity crisis when he winds up in the Old Westward town of Dirt. Just as the real-life creature can blend into its environment, Rango is adept at spinning yarns to acclimate himself, posturing as a brave hero who later finds his claims tested when he is appointed sheriff.

With references to classic Westerns such as "The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly," and even an Easter Egg for "Fright And Loathing in Las Vegas," "Rango" often feels like a film that has more for adults than it does children. With just his voice, "Rango" really gives Depp a chance to create a graphic symbol that feels like it could've only been played by him.

two. Edward Scissorhands

20th Century Pull a fast one on

The commencement collaboration between Johnny Depp and Tim Burton is besides one of their very all-time, in this night and melancholic fairytale most embracing those who wait different. "Edward Scissorhands" proved to exist the commencement of a very profitable relationship for the duo, and gave Depp the chance he had been looking for to break away from the teen heartthrob roles he was beingness cast in after his star-making turn on the Tv procedural "21 Jump Street."

Edward couldn't exist further from some of Depp'due south other early roles, and while he does testify himself to be incredibly lovable, his outward advent at least is a huge deviation from his other 1990 film, "Cry-Infant." It demonstrated early on in his career that he was a formidable talent, with a particular proficiency for playing dark and unusual characters. Depp'southward performance too impressed critics, including Marc Lee for The Telegraph, who said he was, "sensational in the atomic number 82 function, summoning anxiety, melancholy, and innocence with heartbreaking conviction."

1. Ed Wood

Buena Vista Pictures

"Ed Wood" is i of those rare films that seems to work on every level, with Tim Burton playing homage to the kind of movie house he loves, and the force and power of misfits. Considered past some to be the worst director of all time, Ed Wood made his movies with a fervent and giddy enthusiasm that Depp perfectly conveys.

In the incorrect easily, "Ed Woods" could've been mocking in tone, but Burton'south intent is to celebrate the director instead, and regardless of the quality of Woods's movies, the movie is never sneering or cavalier to him. Forest is a lively and eccentric character that is perfectly suited to Depp's talents. While it was considered to be a flop at the box office — something that seems oddly in keeping with the subject matter — "Ed Wood" was highly praised past critics, and it won two Oscars, including best supporting actor for Martin Landau's heartbreaking performance equally Bela Lugosi.

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