The Best Vincent Gallo Movies

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List of the best Vincent Gallo movies, ranked best to worst with movie trailers when available. Vincent Gallo'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 Vincent Gallo movies is decided by how many votes they receive, so only highly rated Vincent Gallo movies will be at the top of the list. Vincent Gallo has been in a lot of films, so people often debate each other over what the greatest Vincent Gallo movie of all time is. If you and a friend are arguing about this then use this list of the most entertaining Vincent Gallo films to end the squabble once and for all.

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The list you're viewing is made up of many different films, including Truth or Consequences, N.M. and Oliviero Rising.

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  • Buffalo '66
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    Buffalo '66

    Vincent Gallo, Christina Ricci, Anjelica Huston
    30 votes
    • Released: 1998
    • Directed by: Vincent Gallo
    Convict Billy Brown (Vincent Gallo) dreads going home so much upon his release from prison that he tries to get back inside. In desperation, Billy kidnaps Layla (Christina Ricci) from a tap dancing class and pleads with her to impersonate his wife and to accompany him home to visit his parents, Janet (Anjelica Huston) and Jimmy (Ben Gazzara). To Billy's dismay, Layla takes to her role enthusiastically. She breaks through to obsessive Buffalo Bills football fan Janet and the hard-edged Jimmy.

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  • Arizona Dream
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    Arizona Dream

    Johnny Depp, Jerry Lewis, Faye Dunaway
    15 votes
    • Released: 1992
    • Directed by: Emir Kusturica
    Axel (Johnny Depp) gets caught up into the family car business when his cousin, Paul (Vincent Gallo), coaxes him to come to Arizona to attend the wedding of their Uncle Leo (Jerry Lewis). As Axel makes the decision to try selling Cadillacs with his family, he meets an eccentric woman named Elaine (Faye Dunaway) and her equally quirky stepdaughter, Grace (Lili Taylor). Their lives become inextricably intertwined through romance, dreams -- and death.

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  • Palookaville
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    Palookaville

    William Forsythe, Vincent Gallo, Adam Trese
    9 votes
    • Released: 1995
    • Directed by: Alan Taylor
    Sid (William Forsythe), Russell (Vincent Gallo) and Jerry (Adam Trese) are three friends in New Jersey who are struggling for money. After deciding that crime is the answer to their problems, they plan a jewelry store theft -- only to mistakenly break into a bakery next door. The three men go straight, believing they are not suited to crime. As their financial woes continue, however, they eventually agree on what they feel is a flawless scheme to rob an armored car.
  • Essential Killing
    4

    Essential Killing

    Emmanuelle Seigner, Vincent Gallo, Nicolai Cleve Broch
    9 votes
    • Released: 2010
    • Directed by: Jerzy Skolimowski
    Essential Killing is a 2010 Polish political thriller film directed by Jerzy Skolimowski, starring Vincent Gallo and Emmanuelle Seigner.

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  • The Perez Family
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    The Perez Family

    Marisa Tomei, Alfred Molina, Anjelica Huston
    6 votes
    • Released: 1995
    • Directed by: Mira Nair
    In the midst of the Mariel boat lift -- a hurried exodus of refugees from Cuba going to America -- an immigration clerk accidentally presumes that dissident Juan Raul Perez (Alfred Molina) and Dorita Evita Perez (Marisa Tomei) are married. United by their last name and a mutual resolve to emigrate, Dorita and Juan agree to play along. But it gets complicated when the two begin falling for each other just as Juan reunites with his wife, Carmela (Anjelica Huston), whom he hasn't seen in decades.

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  • Truth or Consequences, N.M.
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    Truth or Consequences, N.M.

    Vincent Gallo, Mykelti Williamson, Kiefer Sutherland
    8 votes
    • Released: 1997
    • Directed by: Kiefer Sutherland
    Raymond (Vincent Gallo) is finally on parole after taking the fall on a drug charge for crime lord Tony (Rod Steiger). Raymond expects a big cash reward from Tony, but the mobster does little to show his gratitude. Raymond vows revenge, so he and his buddies Curtis (Kiefer Sutherland) and Marcus (Mykelti Williamson) decide to steal Tony's narcotics supply. When the job goes bad, the crooks flee to the desert, where they abduct some yuppies, with both the police and Tony's thugs close behind.

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