Viggo Mortensen Filmography
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1. Witness (1985)
R | 112 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
While protecting an Amish boy - who is the sole witness to a brutal murder - and his mother, a detective is forced to seek refuge within their community when his own life is threatened.
Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Lukas Haas, Josef Sommer
Votes: 104,583 | Gross: $68.71M
2. Salvation! (1987)
R | 80 min | Comedy
A troubled young woman hooks up with a money-crazed televangelist and becomes a rich, heavy-metal Christian rock star.
Director: Beth B | Stars: Stephen McHattie, Dominique Davalos, Exene Cervenka, Viggo Mortensen
Votes: 238
3. Prison (1987)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
The spirit of a long-dead prisoner returns for revenge, haunting the prison's new governor.
Director: Renny Harlin | Stars: Lane Smith, Viggo Mortensen, Chelsea Field, Lincoln Kilpatrick
Votes: 4,762 | Gross: $0.35M
4. Fresh Horses (1988)
PG-13 | 105 min | Drama, Romance
A college student from Cincinnati breaks off his engagement to his wealthy fiancée after falling in love with a girl from Kentucky. She claims to be 20, but he learns she is actually only 16 and already married.
Director: David Anspaugh | Stars: Molly Ringwald, Andrew McCarthy, Patti D'Arbanville, Ben Stiller
Votes: 2,116 | Gross: $6.64M
5. Tripwire (1989)
R | 87 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A terrorist (Warner) and an FBI agent (Knox) fight out a personal feud with one another.
Director: James Lemmo | Stars: Terence Knox, David Warner, Isabella Hofmann, Charlotte Lewis
Votes: 322
6. Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990)
R | 85 min | Horror, Thriller
A California couple and a survivalist encounter Leatherface and his family.
Director: Jeff Burr | Stars: Kate Hodge, Ken Foree, R.A. Mihailoff, William Butler
Votes: 19,346 | Gross: $5.77M
7. Young Guns II (1990)
PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Drama, Western
Billy the Kid and his band of outlaws are pursued across New Mexico territory by Sheriff Pat Garrett, whom the young gunslingers must face-off with if they are to reach the safety of the border.
Director: Geoff Murphy | Stars: Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Christian Slater
Votes: 39,011 | Gross: $44.14M
8. The Reflecting Skin (1990)
R | 96 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
In the 1950s, a young boy living with his troublesome family in rural USA fantasizes that a neighboring widow is actually a vampire, responsible for a number of disappearances in the area.
Director: Philip Ridley | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Lindsay Duncan, Jeremy Cooper, Sheila Moore
Votes: 9,338
9. The Indian Runner (1991)
R | 127 min | Drama
A Vietnam vet comes home to his small town and finds himself in conflict with rules that his brother has vowed to uphold.
Director: Sean Penn | Stars: David Morse, Viggo Mortensen, Valeria Golino, Patricia Arquette
Votes: 9,798 | Gross: $0.19M
10. Boiling Point (I) (1993)
R | 92 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A pair of sociopath killers take on the police and the mob in order to make one last big score.
Director: James B. Harris | Stars: Wesley Snipes, Dennis Hopper, Lolita Davidovich, Viggo Mortensen
Votes: 6,560 | Gross: $10.06M
11. Deception (1992)
PG-13 | 90 min | Mystery, Thriller
After her businessman husband dies suspiciously in a Mexican plane crash, his widow begins to investigate his labyrinthine financial dealings, not all of which are legal.
Director: Graeme Clifford | Stars: Andie MacDowell, Liam Neeson, Viggo Mortensen, Jack Thompson
Votes: 2,576 | Gross: $0.61M
12. The Young Americans (1993)
R | 103 min | Crime, Drama
Experienced NYPD detective John Harris is sent to London to help a local task force investigate a series of killings organized by a new player in town, an American gangster. Harris uses a teen wronged by gangsters to get to him.
Director: Danny Cannon | Stars: Harvey Keitel, Iain Glen, John Wood, Terence Rigby
Votes: 2,766
13. Carlito's Way (1993)
R | 144 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A Puerto Rican former convict, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him and lead on to a better life outside of N.Y.C.
Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Al Pacino, Sean Penn, Penelope Ann Miller, John Leguizamo
Votes: 232,253 | Gross: $36.95M
14. American Yakuza (1993)
R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An American FBI agent is lured away by the Japanese Mafia--the Yakuza--in this action film.
Director: Frank A. Cappello | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Ryo Ishibashi, Michael Nouri, Franklyn Ajaye
Votes: 2,904
15. Floundering (1994)
R | 96 min | Comedy
In this scathing and subversive social comedy, life in post riot Los Angeles is dissected under the sardonic eye of John Boyz, an unemployed thirty nothing flounderer on Venice Beach who is... See full summary »
Director: Peter McCarthy | Stars: James Le Gros, Shaka, Zander Schloss, John Cusack
Votes: 1,384
16. Gospel According to Harry (1994)
82 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
The film is a biblical soap-opera whose action unfolds in the Californian desert. Karen and Wes's marriage is crumbling apart - like a sandcastle. Karen can't even make love to her husband ... See full summary »
Director: Lech Majewski | Stars: Andy Rivera, Alhassane Barry, David Baty, Renata Berger
Votes: 302
17. The Crew (1994)
R | 95 min | Drama, Thriller
Reluctantly Bill agrees to spend a weekend on his brother-in-law's boat in the Bahamas. But he and his wife are not the only invited passengers, and instead of a few relaxing days at sea ... See full summary »
Director: Carl Colpaert | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Donal Logue, Jeremy Sisto, Pamela Gidley
Votes: 677
18. Gimlet (1995)
95 min | Thriller
Julia runs a trendy bar in Barcelona. She treats men with caution, believing one can love too much and invite pain. She's been dating Pablo, one of her waiters. After his grisly murder (his... See full summary »
Director: José Luis Acosta | Stars: Ángela Molina, Viggo Mortensen, Abel Folk, Pep Cruz
Votes: 241
19. Crimson Tide (1995)
R | 116 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
On a U.S. nuclear missile sub, a young First Officer stages a mutiny to prevent his trigger happy Captain from launching his missiles before confirming his orders to do so.
Director: Tony Scott | Stars: Gene Hackman, Denzel Washington, Matt Craven, George Dzundza
Votes: 123,234 | Gross: $91.40M
20. The Passion of Darkly Noon (1995)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A young man who has spent his life as a member of an ultraconservative Christian cult loses his parents and becomes disoriented, wandering into a forest and meeting a coffin transporter, a caring woman, her mute boyfriend, and his mother.
Director: Philip Ridley | Stars: Brendan Fraser, Ashley Judd, Viggo Mortensen, Loren Dean
Votes: 4,209
21. Black Velvet Pantsuit (1995)
Fantasy
A hopelessly depressed woman's life turns around when she purchases a magic Black Velvet Pantsuit.
Director: William Butler | Stars: Penny Hamilton, Mark Nassar, Leslie Jordan, Ingrid Berg
Votes: 89
22. The Prophecy (1995)
R | 98 min | Action, Crime, Drama
At the scene of a bizarre murder, L.A. homicide detective Thomas Dagget discovers a lethal heavenly prophecy now being fulfilled on earth. In his fight to stop the forces of evil, he finds an unlikely ally in an elementary school teacher.
Director: Gregory Widen | Stars: Christopher Walken, Elias Koteas, Virginia Madsen, Eric Stoltz
Votes: 33,340 | Gross: $16.12M
23. The Portrait of a Lady (1996)
PG-13 | 144 min | Drama, Romance
An American girl inherits a fortune and falls into a misguided relationship with a gentleman confidence artist whose true nature, including a barbed and covetous disposition, turns her life into a nightmare.
Director: Jane Campion | Stars: Nicole Kidman, John Malkovich, Barbara Hershey, Martin Donovan
Votes: 12,667 | Gross: $3.69M
24. Albino Alligator (1996)
R | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
While escaping from a foiled robbery attempt, three thieves find themselves surrounded by police at a New Orleans bar--only they're not the people the police are searching for.
Director: Kevin Spacey | Stars: Matt Dillon, Faye Dunaway, Gary Sinise, William Fichtner
Votes: 8,559 | Gross: $0.33M
25. Daylight (1996)
PG-13 | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Disaster in a New York tunnel as explosions collapse both ends of it. One hero tries to help the people inside find their way to safety.
Director: Rob Cohen | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Amy Brenneman, Viggo Mortensen, Dan Hedaya
Votes: 76,697 | Gross: $33.02M
26. Vanishing Point (1997 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
An ex race car driver hurries 1200 miles home in a 1970 Challenger when his wife has labor problems. Cops in several states try to stop him - initially for speeding.
Director: Charles Robert Carner | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Christine Elise, Steve Railsback, Rodney A. Grant
Votes: 3,055
27. G.I. Jane (1997)
R | 125 min | Action, Drama, War
Lt. Jordan, a US Navy topographic analyst, joins the US Navy Special Warfare Group and struggles to prove her worth in a unit dominated by men. But a cynical woman Texan senator has sold her out.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Demi Moore, Viggo Mortensen, Anne Bancroft, Jason Beghe
Votes: 86,975 | Gross: $48.17M
28. My Brother's Gun (1997)
Not Rated | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Based on the powerful novel by Ray Loriga: The lives of a young man and girl are united under dramatic circumstances. He has just shot in the face a security guard who accused him of ... See full summary »
Director: Ray Loriga | Stars: Daniel González, Nico Bidasolo, Andrés Gertrúdix, Karra Elejalde
Votes: 334
29. A Perfect Murder (1998)
R | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A wealthy Wall Street speculator discovers that his wife has a lover. He investigates him and uses the carrot and stick to make him murder his wife. Planned to detail, it seems like a perfect murder.
Director: Andrew Davis | Stars: Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow, Viggo Mortensen, David Suchet
Votes: 92,185 | Gross: $67.64M
30. Psycho (1998)
R | 105 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A young female embezzler arrives at the Bates Motel, which has terrible secrets of its own.
Director: Gus Van Sant | Stars: Vince Vaughn, Anne Heche, Julianne Moore, Viggo Mortensen
Votes: 50,691 | Gross: $21.46M
31. A Walk on the Moon (1999)
R | 107 min | Drama, Romance
The world of a young housewife is turned upside down when she has an affair with a free-spirited blouse salesman.
Director: Tony Goldwyn | Stars: Diane Lane, Viggo Mortensen, Bobby Boriello, Anna Paquin
Votes: 9,205 | Gross: $4.74M
32. 28 Days (2000)
PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy, Drama
A big-city newspaper columnist is forced to enter a drug and alcohol rehab center after ruining her sister's wedding and crashing a stolen limousine.
Director: Betty Thomas | Stars: Sandra Bullock, Viggo Mortensen, Dominic West, Elizabeth Perkins
Votes: 54,395 | Gross: $37.17M
33. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
PG-13 | 178 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A meek Hobbit from the Shire and eight companions set out on a journey to destroy the powerful One Ring and save Middle-earth from the Dark Lord Sauron.
Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Sean Bean
Votes: 2,005,636 | Gross: $315.54M
34. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
PG-13 | 179 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
While Frodo and Sam edge closer to Mordor with the help of the shifty Gollum, the divided fellowship makes a stand against Sauron's new ally, Saruman, and his hordes of Isengard.
Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom
Votes: 1,782,559 | Gross: $342.55M
35. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
PG-13 | 201 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Gandalf and Aragorn lead the World of Men against Sauron's army to draw his gaze from Frodo and Sam as they approach Mount Doom with the One Ring.
Director: Peter Jackson | Stars: Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom
Votes: 1,977,744 | Gross: $377.85M
36. Hidalgo (2004)
PG-13 | 136 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
In 1890, a down-and-out cowboy and his horse travel to Arabia to compete in a deadly cross desert horse race.
Director: Joe Johnston | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Omar Sharif, Zuleikha Robinson, Louise Lombard
Votes: 85,523 | Gross: $67.29M
37. A History of Violence (2005)
R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A mild-mannered man becomes a local hero through an act of violence, which sets off repercussions that will shake his family to its very core.
Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, Ed Harris, William Hurt
Votes: 252,705 | Gross: $31.49M
38. Captain Alatriste: The Spanish Musketeer (2006)
145 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Viggo Mortensen plays the Spanish soldier-turned-mercenary Captain Alatriste, a heroic figure from the country's 17th century imperial wars.
Director: Agustín Díaz Yanes | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Elena Anaya, Unax Ugalde, Eduard Fernández
Votes: 13,872
39. Eastern Promises (2007)
R | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A teenager who dies during childbirth leaves clues in her journal that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.
Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: Naomi Watts, Viggo Mortensen, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Josef Altin
Votes: 260,981 | Gross: $17.11M
40. Appaloosa (2008)
R | 115 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two friends hired to police a small town that is suffering under the rule of a rancher find their job complicated by the arrival of a young widow.
Director: Ed Harris | Stars: Ed Harris, Viggo Mortensen, Renée Zellweger, Jeremy Irons
Votes: 64,703 | Gross: $20.21M
41. Good (2008)
R | 92 min | Drama, Romance, War
John Halder, a German literature professor in the 1930s, is initially reluctant to accept the ideas of the Nazi Party. He is pulled in different emotional directions by his wife, his mother, his mistress, and a Jewish friend.
Director: Vicente Amorim | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Jason Isaacs, Jodie Whittaker, Steven Mackintosh
Votes: 7,835 | Gross: $0.02M
42. The Road (I) (2009)
R | 111 min | Drama, Thriller
In a dangerous post-apocalyptic world, an ailing father defends his son as they slowly travel to the sea.
Director: John Hillcoat | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Charlize Theron, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Robert Duvall
Votes: 254,059 | Gross: $0.06M
43. A Dangerous Method (2011)
R | 99 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A look at how the intense relationship between Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud gives birth to psychoanalysis.
Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: Michael Fassbender, Keira Knightley, Viggo Mortensen, Vincent Cassel
Votes: 108,308 | Gross: $5.70M
44. On the Road (2012)
R | 124 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance