Last Updated on 20 October 2026
The following list is a compilation of 35 of Alan Rickman's best movie roles.
I found 33 different ranked lists online of “best Alan Rickman roles” or a couple "best Alan Rickman movies" that mostly focused on the roles. Then I pulled them all into Excel and merged them all to get this definitive compilation. See my Methodology page for the research process that was used. Below is a checklist you can print to track which Alan Rickman movies you’ve seen, followed by the ranked list of his best roles, with the links going to the IMDb entries.
- Hans Gruber - Die Hard (1988)
- Severus Snape - Harry Potter movies (2001-2011)
- Alexander Dane - Galaxy Quest (1999)
- Colonel Brandon - Sense and Sensibility (1995)
- Jamie - Truly, Madly, Deeply (1990)
- Sheriff of Nottingham - Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
- Harry - Love Actually (2003)
- Metatron - Dogma (1999)
- Judge Turpin - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
- Marvin - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
- Lt. General Frank Benson - Eye in the Sky (2015)
- Eamon de Valera - Michael Collins (1996)
- Grigori Rasputin - Rasputin (1996)
- Sinclair - Close My Eyes (1991)
- King Louis XIV - A Little Chaos (2014)
- Elliott Marston - Quigley Down Under (1990)
- Dr. Alfred Blalock - Something the Lord Made (2004)
- Steven Spurrier - Bottle Shock (2008)
- Alex Hughes - Snow Cake (2006)
- Ronald Reagan - The Butler (2013)
- Antoine - Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
- Phil - Blow Dry (2001)
- Interrogator - Closet Land (1990)
- P.L. O'Hara - An Awfully Big Adventure (1995)
- David Weinberg - Dark Harbor (1998)
- The Caterpillar - Alice in Wonderland (2010)
- Detective David Friedman - Judas Kiss (1998)
- Shabandar - Gambit (2012)
- Eli Michaelson - Nobel Son (2007)
- John Gissing - The Search for John Gissing (2001)
- He - The Song of Lunch (2010)
- Tybalt - Romeo and Juliet (1978)
- Ed - The January Man (1989)
- Karl Hoffmeister - A Promise (2013)
- Franz Anton Mesmer - Mesmer (1994)
