Being one of my most favourite actors of all time, it was just a matter of time before I did this list. A very hard list to compile since there are many great films in Johnny Depp's career, with a few stinkers (Secret Window, Cry Baby). Here is Depp's 20 best, so far.
The Top 20 Johnny Depp Films.....so far!!
#20 Finding Neverland (2004)
Plot Summary: The story of
J.M. Barrie's friendship with a family who inspired him to create Peter Pan.
#19 Nick of Time (1995)
Plot Summary: Gene Watson arrives home in Los Angeles, after attending his ex-wife's
funeral, with his daughter. Soon, his daughter is kidnapped. He is given
a gun, and the picture and itinerary of a person, and told that if he
hasn't killed that person in one hour and fifteen minutes, his daughter
will be killed.
#18 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
Plot Summary: The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a Sweeney Todd, who sets up a
barber shop down in London which is the basis for a sinister
partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett. Based on the hit
Broadway musical.
#17 Blow (2001)
Plot Summary: The story of George Jung, the man who established the American cocaine market in the 1970s.
#16 Dark Shadows (2012)
Plot Summary: An imprisoned vampire, Barnabas Collins, is set free and returns to his
ancestral home, where his dysfunctional descendants are in need of his
protection.
#15 What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
Plot Summary: Gilbert has to care for his brother Arnie and his obese mother, which gets in the way when love walks into his life.
#14 From Hell (2001)
Plot Summary: In Victorian Era London, a troubled clairvoyant police detective investigates the murders by Jack The Ripper.
#13 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
Plot Summary: A young boy wins a tour through the most magnificent chocolate factory
in the world, led by the world's most unusual candy maker.
#12 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
Plot Summary: Jack Sparrow and Barbossa embark on a quest to find the elusive fountain
of youth, only to discover that Blackbeard and his daughter are after
it too.
#11 The Rum Diary (2011)
Plot Summary: American journalist Paul Kemp takes on a freelance job in Puerto Rico
for a local newspaper during the 1950s and struggles to find a balance
between island culture and the expatriates who live there.
#10 Dead Man (1995)
Plot Summary: On the run after murdering a man, accountant William Blake encounters a
strange Indian named "Nobody" who prepares him for his journey into the
spiritual world.
#9 Benny & Joon (1993)
Plot Summary: A mentally ill young woman finds her love in an eccentric man who models himself after Buster Keaton.
#8 Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)
Plot Summary: Hitman "El Mariachi" becomes involved in international espionage involving a psychotic CIA agent and a corrupt Mexican general.
#7 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
Plot Summary: Blacksmith Will Turner teams up with eccentric pirate "Captain" Jack
Sparrow to save his love, the governor's daughter, from Jack's former
pirate allies, who are now undead.
#6 Sleepy Hollow (1999)
Plot Summary: Ichabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate the decapitations
of 3 people with the culprit being the legendary apparition, the
Headless Horseman.
#5 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
Plot Summary: Jack Sparrow races to recover the heart of Davy Jones to avoid enslaving
his soul to Jones' service, as other friends and foes seek the heart
for their own agenda as well.
#4 Donnie Brasco (1997)
Plot Summary: An FBI undercover agent infiltrates the mob and finds himself
identifying more with the mafia life to the expense of his regular one.
#3 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
Plot Summary: Captain Barbossa, Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann must sail off the edge
of the map, navigate treachery and betrayal, and make their final
alliances for one last decisive battle.
#2 Edward Scissorhands (1990)
Plot Summary: An uncommonly gentle young man, who happens to have scissors for hands, falls in love with a beautiful teenage girl.
#1 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
Plot Summary: An oddball journalist and his psychopathic lawyer travel to Las Vegas for a series of psychedelic escapades.
