Last Updated on 1 January 2025
I searched the Internet for lists of the best Gary Oldman roles/movies of all time. Criteria included the movies being ranked, not just listed, and generally created by groups, whether teams or committees or based on general public voting (like Ranker.com).
I was able to find 20 lists of either his roles or his movies. I took the 20 lists and added all their content into a spreadsheet, noting the rank of every film. I ended up averaging the rankings each movie got and dividing that average by a factor of the number of lists that movie was on. The lowest score meant a high ranking average on many lists. The complete spreadsheet is attached at the bottom.
The movies that were on the most lists (out of 20) were:
- Gordon - The Dark Knight (2008) - 19 lists
- Stansfield - Léon: The Professional (1994) - 19 lists
- Dracula - Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) - 19 lists
- George Smiley - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) - 18 lists
- Sid Vicious - Sid and Nancy (1986) - 18 lists
- Drexl Spivey - True Romance (1993) - 17 lists
- Zorg - The Fifth Element (1997) - 17 lists
Here are links to the lists I used along with dates the lists were created:
- IMDb - 31 Dec 2024
- Rotten Tomatoes - 31 Dec 2024
- WatchMojo - 27 Dec 2024
- Ranker: Characters - 15 Dec 2024
- Comic Book Resources (CBR) - 10 Dec 2024
- SlashFilm - 9 Dec 2024
- Looper - 3 Dec 2024
- Ranker: Movies - 1 Nov 2024
- Collider - 25 Aug 2024
- GoldDerby - 15 Mar 2024
- Screen Rant - 28 Oct 2023
- The Manual - 11 Oct 2023
- Ultimate Movie Rankings - 7 Jan 2021
- Geeks - 1 Jul 2020
- Hollywood Reporter - 16 Nov 2017
- Taste of Cinema - 19 Nov 2014
- The Guardian - 18 Jul 2014
- GamesRadar+ - 11 Apr 2011
- Flickchart - no date
- Matt's Movie Reviews - no date
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