Christian Slater - movies best to worst
by Seth_Rogue_One | created - 24 Sep 2014 | updated - 18 Oct 2016 | PublicRanked list of all of his movies I've seen so far...
From favs to least favs... Not counting cameoroles...
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1. Very Bad Things (1998)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
A prostitute is killed during a bachelor party and the attendees turn on each other as the wedding approaches.
Director: Peter Berg | Stars: Christian Slater, Daniel Stern, Cameron Diaz, Jon Favreau
Votes: 48,914 | Gross: $9.80M
Best, a must see if you like dark comedies
2. Heathers (1988)
R | 103 min | Comedy, Crime
At Westerburg High where cliques rule, jocks dominate and all the popular girls are named Heather, it's going to take a Veronica and mysterious new kid to give teen angst a body count.
Director: Michael Lehmann | Stars: Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Shannen Doherty, Lisanne Falk
Votes: 115,158 | Gross: $1.11M
Another great dark comedy
3. He Was a Quiet Man (2007)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
An unhinged office worker who planned to go on a shooting spree at his workplace struggles with his newfound status as a hero after he ends up stopping a shooting spree instead.
Director: Frank A. Cappello | Stars: Christian Slater, Elisha Cuthbert, William H. Macy, Michael DeLuise
Votes: 23,158
Dark comedies really seem to be Slater's strongsuit as all top 3 are dark comedies!
4. Mindhunters (2004)
R | 106 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
A group of FBI trainees are taken to a remote island for simulation training. However, once there, they realize that they are being hunted by a serial killer, who might be someone amidst them.
Director: Renny Harlin | Stars: Val Kilmer, LL Cool J, Christian Slater, Eion Bailey
Votes: 64,006 | Gross: $4.48M
Very good movie but Slater fans be aware, his role is neither big or significant
5. True Romance (1993)
R | 119 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
In Detroit, a pop culture nerd steals cocaine from his new wife's pimp and tries to sell it in Hollywood, prompting the mobsters who own the drugs to pursue the couple.
Director: Tony Scott | Stars: Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer
Votes: 241,634 | Gross: $12.28M
Classic
6. Untamed Heart (1993)
PG-13 | 102 min | Drama, Romance
A waitress hardly notices a shy busboy who secretly loves her; until one night she's attacked and he comes to her rescue. From there a relationship sparks but one secret could mean disaster for these fated lovers.
Director: Tony Bill | Stars: Christian Slater, Marisa Tomei, Rosie Perez, Kyle Secor
Votes: 15,383 | Gross: $18.90M
Slater showing his dramatic side in this one
7. Gleaming the Cube (1989)
PG-13 | 105 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
A young avid skateboarder uncovers a government conspiracy while investigating his adoptive brother's mysterious death.
Director: Graeme Clifford | Stars: Christian Slater, Steven Bauer, Richard Herd, Le Tuan
Votes: 8,975 | Gross: $2.78M
The plot is kinda dumb BUT it's lots of fun
8. Pump Up the Volume (1990)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Mark runs a pirate radio station and causes an uproar when he speaks his mind and enthralls fellow teens.
Director: Allan Moyle | Stars: Christian Slater, Samantha Mathis, Anthony Luke Lucero, Andy Romano
Votes: 31,056 | Gross: $11.54M
Solid drama-comedy
9. Kuffs (1992)
PG-13 | 102 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
George Kuffs, 21, leaves a pregnant girlfriend. He visits his brother Brad to bum money off him. Brad's shot and George IDs the killer at SFPD but to no avail. He inherits Brad's patrol district. He keeps it to get the killer.
Director: Bruce A. Evans | Stars: Christian Slater, Milla Jovovich, Ric Roman Waugh, Steve Holladay
Votes: 11,502 | Gross: $21.14M
Entertaining action-comedy
10. Love Lies Bleeding (2008 Video)
R | 94 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A young couple come across a bag of drug money and leave town but are followed by a dirty DEA agent.
Director: Keith Samples | Stars: Brian Geraghty, Jenna Dewan, Jacob Vargas, Tara Summers
Votes: 2,365
A little slow at times and borderline b-movie in terms of plot but excellent acting
11. Hard Rain (1998)
R | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The partner and nephew of an armored-truck driver tries to prevent three million dollars from being taken by a gang during a catastrophic flooding caused by a severe storm.
Director: Mikael Salomon | Stars: Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater, Randy Quaid, Minnie Driver
Votes: 37,175 | Gross: $19.82M
Pretty entertaining action-flick with some cool water-action-scenes and a pretty stellar cast
12. Mobsters (1991)
R | 104 min | Crime, Drama
From start to finish, this is a story of friendship between four street-wise mates who don't mind using violence to achieve the lives that they want. They trust no one but each other, which is vital to their success as mobsters.
Director: Michael Karbelnikoff | Stars: Christian Slater, Patrick Dempsey, Rodney Eastman, Costas Mandylor
Votes: 9,672 | Gross: $20.25M
Decent maffia-flick with Slater as Luciano
13. Sacrifice (I) (2011)
R | 100 min | Action, Thriller
A tough undercover cop inadvertently gets involved in a dangerous heroin ring when a young defector of the drug trade leaves his five year-old sister in his care.
Director: Damian Lee | Stars: Cuba Gooding Jr., Christian Slater, Kim Coates, Devon Bostick
Votes: 2,634 | Gross: $0.03M
One of his better b-movies, well at least in terms of a entertainment perspective... And since I'm a fan of both Cuba and Christian it's cool to see them both in one movie...
14. Lies & Illusions (2009)
R | 93 min | Action, Thriller
A self help author is hunted by thugs who believe the writer holds millions of dollars in diamonds stolen by his dead fiancée.
Director: Tibor Takács | Stars: Christian Slater, Cuba Gooding Jr., Sarah Ann Schultz, Christa Campbell
Votes: 3,080
Entertaining but stupid, qualifies as a so bad it's good type of movie... The first collab between Slater and Gooding... More easygoing than their other collaboration Sacrifice...
15. Dolan's Cadillac (2009)
R | 89 min | Crime, Thriller
A young man attempts to seek to avenge his wife's death after she is murdered by a Las Vegas mobster.
Director: Jeff Beesley | Stars: Christian Slater, Emmanuelle Vaugier, Wes Bentley, Greg Bryk
Votes: 7,592
Simple but fairly entertaining revenge story with Slater as the bad guy
16. 3000 Miles to Graceland (2001)
R | 125 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A gang of ex-cons rob a casino during Elvis convention week.
Director: Demian Lichtenstein | Stars: Kurt Russell, Kevin Costner, Courteney Cox, Christian Slater
Votes: 48,668 | Gross: $15.74M
Been over 10 years since I saw it, I remember it being fairly entertaining, I don't really remember Slater being in it tho...
17. Guns, Girls and Gambling (2012)
Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Thriller
5 Elvis impersonators stay long after the contest playing poker, when a valuable mask is stolen from the Indian casino. Killers, incl. a sexy, blonde assassin, hunt down the Elvises to get the mask.
Director: Michael Winnick | Stars: Christian Slater, Powers Boothe, Dane Cook, Jeff Fahey
Votes: 4,771
If you watch this movie and think that it in any way is unique you haven't seen many movies... That said it is at least fairly entertaining
18. Churchill: The Hollywood Years (2004)
84 min | Comedy, War
In this irreverent parody, the British court and war government consist mainly of idiots and/or traitors. Hitler moves into Buckingham palace and plans to marry into the Windsors. A US Army... See full summary »
Director: Peter Richardson | Stars: Miranda Richardson, Antony Sher, Christian Slater, Harry Enfield
Votes: 2,596
Fairly amusing
19. Soldiers of Fortune (2012)
R | 94 min | Action, Thriller
Wealthy thrill-seekers pay huge premiums to have themselves inserted into military adventures, only this time things don't go exactly to plan.
Director: Maxim Korostyshevsky | Stars: Christian Slater, Sean Bean, Ving Rhames, Dominic Monaghan
Votes: 7,547 | Gross: $0.04M
Almost gave this one a skip but it was actually fairly enjoyable
20. Hard Cash (2002)
R | 116 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Released from prison, an infamous thief and his new crew pull of a brilliant robbery but then become embroiled with a corrupt FBI agent when they discover the money is marked.
Director: Predrag Antonijevic | Stars: Christian Slater, Val Kilmer, Sara Downing, Vincent Laresca
Votes: 3,517
Alot of plotholes in this one but watchable actioncomedy
21. Broken Arrow (1996)
R | 108 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
Terrorists steal nuclear warheads from the U.S. military but don't count on a pilot and park ranger spoiling their plans.
Director: John Woo | Stars: John Travolta, Christian Slater, Samantha Mathis, Delroy Lindo
Votes: 104,947 | Gross: $70.77M
Haven't seen this in 15 years, I don't really remember much to anything about it tbh but that I was mildly impressed
22. Pursued (2004)
R | 95 min | Drama, Thriller
A fast rising hi tech executive must protect his career and family from the ruthless tactics of a homicidal corporate headhunter.
Director: Kristoffer Tabori | Stars: Christian Slater, Gil Bellows, Estella Warren, Michael Clarke Duncan
Votes: 1,786
Kinda stupid but Slater is fairly entertaining as the baddie
23. Who Is Cletis Tout? (2001)
R | 92 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
This is a comedy about mistaken identities, a hitman who sees everything in terms of the movies, and a twenty-year-old diamond heist.
Director: Chris Ver Wiel | Stars: Christian Slater, Tim Allen, Portia de Rossi, Richard Dreyfuss
Votes: 4,962 | Gross: $0.25M
Might be better than I remember it from seein it 12 years ago... But I remember it being silly, dumb and not particulary good
24. Freaky Deaky (2012)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Set in 1974, a pair of '60s radicals rely on their bomb-making skills on their way to becoming capitalists.
Director: Charles Matthau | Stars: Billy Burke, Christian Slater, Crispin Glover, Michael Jai White
Votes: 24,196
The first 30 minutes are kinda crap, the last hour is okay tho. Supposed to be taking place in the 70's but have little to none 70's feeling to it, Slater plays a supporting role and he's okay. Far better than his female companion at least, in fact all big female roles in this one seems to have gone to people with pretty faces over talent.
25. The Adderall Diaries (2015)
R | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Elliot, a troubled former successful writer decides to write about a missing wife and the following murder trial of her husband.
Director: Pamela Romanowsky | Stars: James Franco, Ed Harris, Amber Heard, Jim Parrack
Votes: 6,144 | Gross: $0.01M
Christian Slater plays a father accused of murder in a subplot that isn't tremendously important for the actual film which as a whole just doesn't quite work. Not a thriller despite it's listing (and poster), just like to point that out.
26. Bullet to the Head (2012)
R | 92 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
After watching their respective partners die, a New Orleans hitman and a Washington, D.C. detective form an alliance in order to bring down their common enemy.
Director: Walter Hill | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Momoa, Christian Slater, Sung Kang
Votes: 52,333 | Gross: $9.48M
Your standard generic DTV-action-movie... Slater has about 5 minutes of screen-time and fail to impress, but so does the rest of the cast...
27. The River Murders (2011)
R | 92 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
While investigating a series of murders, a homicide detective becomes the prime suspect when the FBI uncovers his close personal ties to all the victims.
Director: Rich Cowan | Stars: Ray Liotta, Gisele Fraga, Michael Rodrick, Sarah Ann Schultz
Votes: 5,137
We've seen it all before (but in those cases for most parts more entertaining), no surprises here... A tired script with tired performances with a I assume a tired director...
28. El Gringo (2012)
R | 99 min | Action, Drama
A man crossing into Mexico with a satchel of $2,000,000, and a bloody past, finds himself under sudden attack in the sleepy town of El Fronteras.
Director: Eduardo Rodriguez | Stars: Scott Adkins, Petar Bachvarov, Zachary Baharov, Mimoza Bazova
Votes: 6,868
A (really bad) rip off of Desperado and Get The Gringo (it even ripped off the name of the latter)
Slater plays a corrupt cop, I don't remember the lead, his name or what he looked like, which is never a good thing considering it wasn't that long ago I saw it
29. Julian Po (1997)
PG-13 | 84 min | Comedy, Drama
Christian Slater stars as a mysterious drifter whose life takes a fateful turn when he stops at a sleepy small town.
Director: Alan Wade | Stars: Christian Slater, Robin Tunney, Michael Parks, Cherry Jones
Votes: 1,637 | Gross: $0.03M
Feels like a really bad Hallmark-film
30. Stranded (V) (2013)
Not Rated | 84 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Four astronauts working at a lunar base suffer a meteor strike that brings an infection that leads to paranoia, fear and death.
Director: Roger Christian | Stars: Christian Slater, Amy Matysio, Michael Therriault, Brendan Fehr
Votes: 4,276
Awful sci-fi with a director who probably listed "have seen all movies in the Aliens-franchise 10 times" when trying to get the gig to direct this movie
31. The Power of Few (2013)
R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Religious conspiracy collides with urban crime in a story told from multiple perspectives.
Director: Leone Marucci | Stars: Christopher Walken, Juvenile, Christian Slater, Q'orianka Kilcher
Votes: 4,241 | Gross: $0.03M
It's more or less 3 shortstories wrapped into one movie with a very lose red string, and they are all more or less crap
32. Playback (II) (2012)
R | 98 min | Horror, Thriller
A teenager investigates the case of a missing local baby, though he discovers a dark secret that has been unleashed in his town, and an evil spirit that will stop at nothing to find its heir.
Director: Michael A. Nickles | Stars: Christian Slater, Ambyr Childers, Toby Hemingway, Jonathan Keltz
Votes: 5,090 | Gross: $0.00M
Most movies, even the bad ones you can find something good about them... But I really can't find anything good about this movie, it's just dull... And Slater only pops up once in a while, clearly paycheckmovie on his part...
33. Alone in the Dark (2005)
R | 96 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
A detective of the paranormal slowly unravels mysterious events with deadly results.
Director: Uwe Boll | Stars: Christian Slater, Tara Reid, Stephen Dorff, Frank C. Turner
Votes: 46,945 | Gross: $5.18M
It's as if the cast, crew and the director (the infamously bad Uwe Boll) came together and said let's make a movie that's as bad as we possibly can make it
34. Assassins Run (2013)
R | 88 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Maya becomes the target of the Russian mafia after her husband, a successful American businessman, is killed.
Directors: Robert Crombie, Sofya Skya | Stars: Christian Slater, Sofya Skya, Cole Hauser, Angus Macfadyen
Votes: 1,640
Awful, awful, awful... Christian Slater plays a shortlasting role as the husband...
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