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The Best Aidan Quinn Movies
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List of the best Aidan Quinn movies, ranked best to worst with movie trailers when available. Aidan Quinn's highest grossing movies have received a lot of accolades over the years, earning millions upon millions around the world. The order of these top Aidan Quinn movies is decided by how many votes they receive, so only highly rated Aidan Quinn movies will be at the top of the list. Aidan Quinn has been in a lot of films, so people often debate each other over what the greatest Aidan Quinn movie of all time is. If you and a friend are arguing about this then use this list of the most entertaining Aidan Quinn films to end the squabble once and for all.
If you think the best Aidan Quinn role isn't at the top, then upvote it so it has the chance to become number one. The greatest Aidan Quinn performances didn't necessarily come from the best movies, but in most cases they go hand in hand.
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1Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Aidan Quinn- Released: 1994
- Directed by: Edward Zwick
In early 20th-century Montana, Col. William Ludlow (Anthony Hopkins) lives in the wilderness with his sons, Tristan (Brad Pitt), Alfred (Aidan Quinn) and Samuel (Henry Thomas). Eventually, the ...more
2Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Dianne Wiest- Released: 1998
- Directed by: Griffin Dunne
Sally (Sandra Bullock) and Gillian Owens (Nicole Kidman), born into a magical family, have mostly avoided witchcraft themselves. But when Gillian's vicious boyfriend, Jimmy Angelov (Goran Visnjic), ...more![Blink]()
3Madeleine Stowe, Aidan Quinn, Laurie Metcalf- Released: 1994
- Directed by: Michael Apted
Blinded at the abusive hands of her mother as a young girl, Emma Brody (Madeleine Stowe) is now a musician in Chicago. After an operation, she partly regains her sight, but sometimes she can remember ...more![Avalon]()
4Armin Mueller-Stahl, Aidan Quinn, Elizabeth Perkins- Released: 1990
- Directed by: Barry Levinson
This drama, largely based on the family history of director Barry Levinson, follows the immigrant Krichinsky clan as they settle in Baltimore during the early 20th century. While Sam Krichinsky ...more![Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee]()
5Anna Paquin, J.K. Simmons, Aidan Quinn- Released: 2007
- Directed by: Yves Simoneau
This film is a 2007 television film adapted from the book of the same name by Dee Brown. The film was written by Daniel Giat, directed by Yves Simoneau and produced by HBO Films. The book on which ...more![Song for a Raggy Boy]()
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Iain Glen, Aidan Quinn, Robert Sheehan- Released: 2003
- Directed by: Aisling Walsh
Song For a Raggy Boy is a 2003 film directed by Aisling Walsh. It is based on the book of the same name by Patrick Galvin and is based on true events.![Reckless]()
7Aidan Quinn, Daryl Hannah, Kenneth McMillan- Released: 1984
- Directed by: James Foley
An innocent teen (Daryl Hannah) gets wild with a motorcycle rebel (Aidan Quinn) from the wrong side of their steel-mill town.![Benny & Joon]()
8Johnny Depp, Mary Stuart Masterson, Aidan Quinn- Released: 1993
- Directed by: Jeremiah S. Chechik
Benny (Aidan Quinn), who cares for his mentally disturbed sister, Joon (Mary Stuart Masterson), also welcomes the eccentric Sam (Johnny Depp) into his home at Joon's request. Sam entertains Joon ...more![Haunted]()
9Aidan Quinn, Kate Beckinsale, Anthony Andrews- Released: 1995
- Directed by: Lewis Gilbert
In turn-of-the-century England, a young boy watches helplessly as his sister drowns in a lake; 20 years later, David (Aidan Quinn), still wracked by guilt, is a professor of psychology and a ...more![This Is My Father]()
10Aidan Quinn, James Caan, Stephen Rea- Released: 1998
- Directed by: Paul Quinn
Fiona Flynn (Moya Farrelly) and Kieran O'Day (Aidan Quinn) cross the class divide to find love in 1930s Ireland. Fiona is a college student from a prosperous family, while Kieran is a common farmer ...more![A Shine of Rainbows]()
11Connie Nielsen, Aidan Quinn, Jack Gleeson- Released: 2010
- Directed by: Vic Sarin
A Shine of Rainbows, also known as Tomás and the Rainbows, is a 2009 Irish family drama, directed and co-written by Vic Sarin, and a film adaptation of the novel A Shine of Rainbows by Lillian ...more![An Early Frost]()
12Bill Paxton, Aidan Quinn, Gena Rowlands- Released: 1985
- Directed by: John Erman
An Early Frost is a landmark 1985 TV movie, and the first major film, made for television or feature films, to deal with the topic of AIDS. It was first broadcast on the NBC television network on ...more![Desperately Seeking Susan]()
13Rosanna Arquette, Madonna, Aidan Quinn- Released: 1985
- Directed by: Susan Seidelman
New Jersey housewife Roberta Glass (Rosanna Arquette) spices up her boring life by reading personal ads, especially a series of them being placed by a mysterious denizen of New York City named Susan ...more![The Mission]()
14Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons, Ray McAnally- Released: 1986
- Directed by: Roland Joffé
Jesuit priest Father Gabriel (Jeremy Irons) enters the Guarani lands in South America with the purpose of converting the natives to Christianity. He soon builds a mission, where he is joined by ...more![Sarah's Key]()
15Kristin Scott Thomas, Aidan Quinn, Niels Arestrup- Released: 2010
- Directed by: Gilles Paquet-Brenner
Sarah's Key is a 2010 French drama directed and co-written by Gilles Paquet-Brenner and an adaptation of the novel with the same title by Tatiana de Rosnay. Sarah's Key follows a journalist's ...more![Stakeout]()
16Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Madeleine Stowe- Released: 1987
- Directed by: John Badham
Police detectives Chris Lecce (Richard Dreyfuss) and Bill Reimers (Emilio Estevez) are on the hunt for escaped prisoner "Stick" Montgomery (Aidan Quinn). When the trail dries up, the pair are put on ...more![Michael Collins]()
17Liam Neeson, Aidan Quinn, Stephen Rea- Released: 1996
- Directed by: Neil Jordan
In the early 20th century, Michael Collins (Liam Neeson) leads the Irish Republican Army with the help of his friends Harry Boland (Aidan Quinn) and Eamon de Valera (Alan Rickman), in a violent ...more![The Assignment]()
18Aidan Quinn, Donald Sutherland, Ben Kingsley- Released: 1997
- Directed by: Christian Duguay
Annibal Ramirez (Aidan Quinn) is an American naval officer who looks remarkably like notorious international assassin Carlos Sanchez (also Quinn). Veteran CIA agent Jack Shaw (Donald Sutherland) has ...more![Music of the Heart]()
19Meryl Streep, Aidan Quinn, Angela Bassett- Released: 1999
- Directed by: Wes Craven
After being abandoned by her husband, depressed music teacher Roberta (Meryl Streep) lands a job teaching violin to underprivileged children in Harlem, New York. Despite initial friction from school ...more![Songcatcher]()
20Janet McTeer, Aidan Quinn, Pat Carroll- Released: 2001
- Directed by: Maggie Greenwald
A film about a woman whose drive to pursue the things she believes in leads her on an unexpected path to self-discovery. It is 1907, and musicologist Doctor Lily Penleric (Janet McTeer) has just been ...more![Stolen Summer]()
21Aidan Quinn, Bonnie Hunt, Kevin Pollak- Released: 2002
- Directed by: Pete Jones
"Stolen Summer" chronicles the friendship of Pete O'Malley (Adi Stein) and Danny Jacobsen (Michael Weinberg). Most third graders spend their summers playing baseball and hanging out at the pool. But ...more![Nine Lives]()
22Kathy Baker, Amy Brenneman, Elpidia Carrillo- Released: 2005
- Directed by: Rodrigo Garcia
The lives of nine women occasionally overlap as they deal with unfaithfulness, loss, romance and parenthood. Cancer patient Camille (Kathy Baker) has a difficult time facing her life-threatening ...more![The Lemon Sisters]()
23Diane Keaton, Nathan Lane, Elliott Gould- Released: 1990
- Directed by: Joyce Chopra
The Lemon Sisters is a 1990 American film from Miramax Films directed by Joyce Chopra and written by Jeremy Pikser. The film was both a commercial and critical failure after being shelved for more ...more![Looking for Richard]()
24Al Pacino, Harris Yulin, Penelope Allen- Released: 1996
- Directed by: Al Pacino
Al Pacino's directorial debut explores William Shakespeare's lasting impact in pop culture, particularly the playwright's highly regarded "Richard III." The documentary includes on-the-street ...more![The Big Valley]()
25Jessica Lange, Richard Dreyfuss, Sara Paxton- Released: 2012
- Directed by: Daniel Adams
The Big Valley is a 2011 Western film written by Daniel Adams, A.I. Bezzerides, and Louis F. Edelman and directed by Daniel Adams.
