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The Best Bill Pullman Movies
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List of the best Bill Pullman movies, ranked best to worst with movie trailers when available. Bill Pullman'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 Bill Pullman movies is decided by how many votes they receive, so only highly rated Bill Pullman movies will be at the top of the list. Bill Pullman has been in a lot of films, so people often debate each other over what the greatest Bill Pullman movie of all time is. If you and a friend are arguing about this then use this list of the most entertaining Bill Pullman films to end the squabble once and for all.
If you think the best Bill Pullman role isn't at the top, then upvote it so it has the chance to become number one. The greatest Bill Pullman performances didn't necessarily come from the best movies, but in most cases they go hand in hand.
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1Sandra Bullock, Bill Pullman, Peter Gallagher- Released: 1995
- Directed by: Jon Turteltaub
Lonely transit worker Lucy Eleanor Moderatz (Sandra Bullock) pulls her longtime crush, Peter (Peter Gallagher), from the path of an oncoming train. At the hospital, doctors report that he's in a ...more- 2Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum
- Released: 1996
- Directed by: Roland Emmerich
In the epic adventure film "Independence Day," strange phenomena surface around the globe. The skies ignite. Terror races through the world's major cities. As these extraordinary events unfold, it ...more ![Sleepless in Seattle]()
3Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Bill Pullman- Released: 1993
- Directed by: Nora Ephron
After the death of his wife, Sam Baldwin (Tom Hanks) moves to Seattle with his son, Jonah (Ross Mallinger). When Jonah calls in to a talk-radio program to find a new wife for his father, Sam ...more![Spaceballs]()
4Mel Brooks, John Candy, Rick Moranis- Released: 1987
- Directed by: Mel Brooks
In a distant galaxy, planet Spaceball has depleted its air supply, leaving its citizens reliant on a product called "Perri-Air." In desperation, Spaceball's leader President Skroob (Mel Brooks)Â ...more![A League of Their Own]()
5Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, Madonna- Released: 1992
- Directed by: Penny Marshall
As America's stock of athletic young men is depleted during World War II, a professional all-female baseball league springs up in the Midwest, funded by publicity-hungry candy maker Walter Harvey ...more- 6Christina Ricci, Bill Pullman, Cathy Moriarty
- Released: 1995
- Directed by: Brad Silberling
Casper (voiced by Malachi Pearson) is a kind young ghost who peacefully haunts a mansion in Maine. When specialist James Harvey (Bill Pullman) arrives to communicate with Casper and his fellow ...more ![Ruthless People]()
7Danny DeVito, Bette Midler, Judge Reinhold- Released: 1986
- Directed by: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker
Sam Stone (Danny DeVito) hates his wife, Barbara (Bette Midler), so much that he wants her dead. He's ecstatic when she's taken by a duo of kidnappers who want $500,000 ransom in exchange for her ...more![The Accidental Tourist]()
8William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Geena Davis- Released: 1988
- Directed by: Lawrence Kasdan
After the murder of their young son, the marriage between Macon (William Hurt) and his wife Sarah (Kathleen Turner) disintegrates, and she moves out. After a freak accident puts him on crutches, ...more![Lost Highway]()
9Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, Balthazar Getty- Released: 1997
- Directed by: David Lynch
From this inventory of imagery, Lynch fashions two separate but intersecting stories, one about a jazz musician (Bill Pullman), tortured by the notion that his wife is having an affair, who suddenly ...more![The Serpent and the Rainbow]()
10Bill Pullman, Cathy Tyson, Zakes Mokae- Released: 1988
- Directed by: Wes Craven
In a time of social and political unrest in Haiti, anthropologist Dennis Alan (Bill Pullman) travels to the torn country to study a Voodoo drug used in religious practices to turn victims into living ...more![Titan A.E.]()
11Matt Damon, Drew Barrymore, Bill Pullman- Released: 2000
- Directed by: Don Bluth, Gary Goldman
A science-fiction film that combines traditional animation with computer generated images, "Titan A.E." takes place in the distant future, after Earth has been obliterated by a mysterious alien race ...more![Malice]()
12Alec Baldwin, Nicole Kidman, Bill Pullman- Released: 1993
- Directed by: Harold Becker
Suburban Boston professional couple Andy (Bill Pullman) and Tracy (Nicole Kidman) become entangled with cocky trauma surgeon Dr. Jed Hill (Alec Baldwin), an old classmate of Andy's whom they invite ...more![Lake Placid]()
13Bill Pullman, Bridget Fonda, Oliver Platt- Released: 1999
- Directed by: Steve Miner
When a mysterious creature violently kills a man in a Maine lake, Jack Wells (Bill Pullman), the local game warden, looks into the bizarre case, along with Sheriff Hank Keough (Brendan Gleeson) and ...more![Wyatt Earp]()
14Kevin Costner, Dennis Quaid, Gene Hackman- Released: 1994
- Directed by: Lawrence Kasdan
The epic biography of western lawman Wyatt Earp, who at an early age, is taught that nothing matters more than family and the law. He becomes a respected sheriff in Dodge City and Tombstone. Joined ...more![Zero Effect]()
15Bill Pullman, Ben Stiller, Ryan O'Neal- Released: 1998
- Directed by: Jake Kasdan
Private investigator Daryl Zero (Bill Pullman) is one of the finest sleuths in the world but also one of the most eccentric. A recluse prone to odd behavior, Daryl utilizes his assistant, Steve Arlo ...more![Brokedown Palace]()
16Claire Danes, Kate Beckinsale, Bill Pullman- Released: 1999
- Directed by: Jonathan Kaplan
Telling their parents they're going to Hawaii, recent high school grads Alice (Claire Danes) and Darlene (Kate Beckinsale) instead travel to Thailand, thinking their money will go farther. There they ...more![Surveillance]()
17Julia Ormond, Bill Pullman, Pell James- Released: 2008
- Directed by: Jennifer Chambers Lynch
After a spree of horrific murders in the New Mexico desert, two FBI agents arrive at a small Sante Fe police station to interview the key witnesses. Using elaborate surveillance equipment to view the ...more![The Favor]()
18Harley Jane Kozak, Elizabeth McGovern, Bill Pullman- Released: 1994
- Directed by: Donald Petrie
Best friends Kathy (Harley Jane Kozak) and Emily (Elizabeth McGovern) are having disparate relationship troubles. Kathy is growing bored with her comfortable married life with husband Peter (Bill ...more![Sommersby]()
19Richard Gere, Jodie Foster, Bill Pullman- Released: 1993
- Directed by: Jon Amiel
A man returns to his home town after a lengthy absence spent fighting in the US Civil War. Although his apparent character transformation arouses his wife's and others' suspicions, everyone is ...more![Mr. Wrong]()
20Ellen DeGeneres, Bill Pullman, Joan Cusack- Released: 1996
- Directed by: Nick Castle
All Martha (Ellen DeGeneres) wants is to get married, but she just can't seem to find the right man. On Valentine's Day, Martha is drinking alone at a bar when Whitman Crawford (Bill Pullman) walks ...more![Singles]()
21Bridget Fonda, Matt Dillon, Campbell Scott- Released: 1992
- Directed by: Cameron Crowe
In Seattle during the era of grunge music, the lives and relationships of a group of young people, all living in the same apartment building, go through a period of flux. Among them are waitress and ...more![Bottle Shock]()
22Chris Pine, Hal B. Klein, Alan Rickman- Released: 2008
- Directed by: Randall Miller
Paris-based wine expert Steven Spurrier heads to California in search of cheap wine that he can use for a blind taste test in the French capital. Stumbling upon the Napa Valley, the stuck-up ...more- 23Michael Paré, Diane Lane, Rick Moranis
- Released: 1984
- Directed by: Walter Hill
Raven Shaddock (Willem Dafoe), along with his gang of merciless biker friends, kidnaps rock singer Ellen Aim (Diane Lane). Ellen's former lover, soldier-for-hire Tom Cody (Michael Paré), happens to ...more ![Spy Games]()
24Bill Pullman, Irène Jacob, Udo Kier- Released: 1999
- Directed by: Ilkka Jarvilaturi
Spy Games is a 1999 film directed by Ilkka Järvi-Laturi, and starring Bill Pullman, Irène Jacob, and Bruno Kirby. Written by Patrick Amos, the film is about a jaded CIA agent and a young and ...more![The Grudge]()
25Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jason Behr, William Mapother- Released: 2004
- Directed by: Takashi Shimizu
Matthew Williams (William Mapother), his wife, Jennifer (Clea DuVall), and mother, Emma (Grace Zabriskie), are Americans making a new life in Tokyo. Together they move into a house that has been the ...more
