The Best Vincent Gallo Movies
Voting Rules
Vote for your favorite movies, regardless of critic reviews or how big the role was.
1Vincent Gallo, Christina Ricci, Anjelica HustonConvict 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.More Buffalo '66
- #300 of 379 onThe Best Movies Of The 1990s
- #92 of 98 onThe Best Movies Of 1998, Ranked
- #27 of 39 onGreat Movies About Sad Loner Characters
2Emmanuelle Seigner, Vincent Gallo, Nicolai Cleve BrochEssential Killing is a 2010 Polish political thriller film directed by Jerzy Skolimowski, starring Vincent Gallo and Emmanuelle Seigner.
3Johnny Depp, Jerry Lewis, Faye DunawayAxel (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.
4William Forsythe, Vincent Gallo, Adam TreseSid (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.
5Marisa Tomei, Alfred Molina, Anjelica HustonIn 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.
6Vincent Gallo, Mykelti Williamson, Kiefer SutherlandRaymond (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.
7Vincent Gallo, Grégoire Colin, Valeria Bruni TedeschiNénette et Boni is a 1996 feature film directed by Claire Denis, written by Denis in collaboration with Jean-Pol Fargeau. The soundtrack to the film is by the English band Tindersticks.
8Christopher Walken, Chris Penn, Vincent GalloAt the funeral of murdered Johnny Tempio (Vincent Gallo), his brothers, Chez (Chris Penn) and Ray (Christopher Walken), begin plotting their revenge. Believing rival gangster Gaspare (Benicio Del Toro) is responsible for Johnny's death, Chez and Ray set out to find and punish the thugs who killed him, despite the pleadings of their wives (Isabella Rossellini, Annabella Sciorra). As the two get to the bottom of the mystery, Ray must deal with an increasingly unstable Chez.
9Vincent Gallo, Maribel Verdú, Alden EhrenreichWhen teenage Bennie (Alden Ehrenreich) arrives in Argentina to look for his long-estranged brother, Tetro (Vincent Gallo), he finds not the idolized sibling from his youth, but a tormented and self-destructive soul who has abandoned his brilliant career as a writer. After Tetro rejects him, Bennie risks his brother's wrath by secretly completing one of his plays and submitting it for consideration for a prestigious literary prize.
10Vincent Gallo, Courteney Cox, Jeffrey TamborAfter having a nervous breakdown, a popular talk-show host (Vincent Gallo) confronts his ex-girlfriend (Courteney Cox) who is dating a cross-dresser.
11Alexander Skarsgård, Juliette Lewis, Stellan SkarsgårdMetropia is a 2009 Swedish adult animated science-fiction film directed by Tarik Saleh. The screenplay was written by Fredrik Edin, Stig Larsson, and Tarik Saleh after a story by Tarik Saleh, Fredrik Edin and Martin Hultman. The film uses a technique where actual photographs have been altered and heavily stylized in a computer program, and then animated. The visual style is inspired by the works of Terry Gilliam, Roy Andersson and Yuriy Norshteyn. Metropia is Boulder Media Limited's first adult animated production.
12Johnny Ramone, Vincent Gallo, Maria de MedeirosStranded is a 2001 film about a fictional first manned mission to Mars. It stars Vincent Gallo and Maria de Medeiros, and was directed by Spanish filmmaker and actress María Lidón, with screenplay by Spanish science fiction author Juan Miguel Aguilera. Lidón won the "Grand Prize of European Fantasy Film in Silver", and Gallo and de Medeiros were named best actors at the 2002 Fantafestival in Rome.
13Jennifer Tilly, Daryl Hannah, Vincent GalloCord is a 2000 thriller film directed by Sidney J. Furie and starring Daryl Hannah, Jennifer Tilly, Bruce Greenwood, and Vincent Gallo.
14Johnny Depp, David Tennant, Lisa EdelsteinL.A. Without a Map is a 1998 romantic comedy-drama film directed by Mika Kaurismäki and written by Mika Kaurismäki and Richard Rayner, based on his novel. The film stars David Tennant, Vinessa Shaw, Julie Delpy, Vincent Gallo, Joe Dallesandro, and Johnny Depp. It is a French, British and Finnish production. Also known under the titles: Los Angeles Without a Map, and I Love L.A.
15The Legend of Kaspar Hauser
Vincent Gallo, Elisa Sednaoui, Claudia GeriniLa leggenda di Kaspar Hauser is a surreal drama based on "the legend" of Kaspar Hauser. In this modern western-like re-interpretation featuring Vincent Gallo, a music-obsessive Kaspar washes up on a Mediterranean beach, where half a dozen protagonists try to make sense of who he is. The film was first presented at the Rotterdam International Film Festival 2012.
16Natasha Lyonne, David Alan Grier, John LandisFreeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby is a 1999 exploitation film and the sequel to Freeway, written and directed by Matthew Bright. It stars Natasha Lyonne as Crystal "White Girl" Van Meter, and María Celedonio as Angela "Cyclona" Garcia. As the original film was partly inspired by Little Red Riding Hood, the second film is somewhat based on Hansel and Gretel. The film achieved little attention nor notoriety like its predecessor.- 17
Oliviero Rising
Ernest Borgnine, Vincent Gallo, Burt YoungOliviero Rising is a 2007 film directed by Riki Roseo. 
18Doc’s Kingdom
Vincent Gallo, João César Monteiro, Ruy FurtadoDoc’s Kingdom is a 1988 drama film written and directed by Robert Kramer.
19Moscow Zero
Val Kilmer, Vincent Gallo, Rade ŠerbedžijaMoscow Zero is a 2006 film directed by María Lidón.
20Loosies
Peter Facinelli, Jaimie Alexander, Michael MadsenA young pickpocket in the New York subways who is living a fast and free lifestyle is confronted by a woman with whom he had a one-night stand. She informs him that she is now pregnant with his child. He must now make a choice.
21Vincent Gallo, Maria de Medeiros, Joaquim de AlmeidaAlex is a 1991 drama film written and directed by Teresa Villaverde.
22Promises Written in Water
Vincent Gallo, Sage Stallone, Brenda Epperson DoumaniPromises Written in Water is a 2010 drama film written, directed, edited, and produced by Vincent Gallo. The cast includes Vincent Gallo, Delfine Bafort, Sage Stallone, Lisa Love and Hope Tomaselli.
23Angela
Anna Thomson, John Ventimiglia, Miranda RhyneMae (Anna Thomson), the mother of 10-year-old Angela (Miranda Stuart Rhyne) and 6-year-old Ellie (Charlotte Blythe), is gradually losing her grip on reality. Her caring husband, Andrew (John Ventimiglia), wants his children to have a stable home life, but he has to spend most of his time working to support the family. When Mae is institutionalized, the young girls are left to their own devices, and Angela begins to live in a dark fantasy world where she combats Satan and speaks with God.
24Julie Delpy, Chris Rock, Albert DelpyA happily married man's (Chris Rock) sanity is pushed to the limit when his wife's (Julie Delpy) crazed, over-sexed French relatives crash their cramped New York apartment.
