60 Adrien Brody Movies & TV Shows, Ranked Best to Worst

Adapted from the memoir of prominent Polish-Jewish pianist Władysław Szpilman, this film records how his world crumbles following Nazi invasion of Poland. His family is forced into the Warsaw Ghetto and later transported to Treblinka extermination camp, which he escapes with a friend's help, and drifts from one shelter to another for years until World War II ended.

When the famous concierge—M. Gustave—of a mountainside resort, The Grand Budapest Hotel, is accused of murdering a wealthy dowager, he and his friend Zero along with latter’s girlfriend, Agatha, set out to prove his innocence. In process, they have to safeguard a Renaissance painting and struggle to find a missing will.

Set in Paris, Midnight in Paris follows a screenwriter who is forced to confront the relationship issues he has with his fiancee and accept that their ways of life are too different to be compatible. The film premiered at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. 

The story is told through the eyes of substitute teacher Henry Barthes, who chronicles the life of teachers, students, and other people around him in a deeply flawed school. As he starts helping a troubled teen named Meredith he also comes to terms with tragedies in his own life and stops being detached from emotional bonds. 

Based on the eponymous novel by James Jones, The Thin Red Line is a war drama revolving around a group of soldiers fighting to capture Guadalcanal for the Allied Forces during World War II. Featuring a brilliant star cast of Sean Penn, John Travolta, George Clooney, Jim Caviezel, and more, this film focuses on American soldiers trying to capture Japanese bunkers.

Based on real events, King of the Hill is a drama film which tells the story of a boy whose mother with tuberculosis is sent to a sanatorium. Meanwhile his younger brother is sent to live with his uncle. The boy is left to struggle on his own at a run-down hotel.

Following the story of an ambitious filmmaker who travels to the mysterious Skull Island with his crew to capture a giant gorilla, the film King Kong was made on a then-record-breaking budget of $207 million in 2005. A major critical and commercial success, the film appeared on several top ten lists for the year. 

Three estranged brothers, Francis, Peter and Jack, who have not talked since their father's death over a year ago, reunite for a train trip across India to bond and cope with their personal problems. Francis, the organizer, reveals midway through the journey that their real goal is to meet with their mother, a nun in a Himalayan convent.

In a fictional French town named Ennui-sur-Blasé, the editor of a popular magazine passes away, after suffering a heart attack. According to the wishes expressed on his will, the publication of his magazine is suspended immediately following one final farewell issue, for which the magazine’s most loyal journalists will contribute.

Jack Starks, a Gulf War veteran suffering from amnesia, returns to Vermont, where he is blamed for a policeman’s death. Sent to a mental asylum, he is subjected to experimental treatment by Dr. Becker, who puts him in a straitjacket-like device and locks in a morgue drawer. Starks experiences visions of his future, and approaching death. So, what’s in store for him?

Cadillac Records is a biographical drama film which revolves around the journey and life of American record company executive Leonard Chess. The film takes us to 1947 in Chicago, when Leonard, who had emigrated from Poland, hires Muddy Waters, a guitarist, and Little Walter, a harmonica player. They soon open a new record label named Chess Records, which several African-Americans become a part of.  

Harrison Lloyd is an award winning photojournalist who disappears all of a sudden in Yugoslavia, when he was in a war zone. It is reported that he had died in a building collapse, but his wife refuses to believe it. She decides to travel all the way to look for him, despite the dangers.  

Bread and Roses is a drama film which tells the story of Maya, an illegal immigrant in Los Angeles, who works as a janitor along with her sister Rosa. However, since it is a non-union company, conditions are poor. Fed up of the abuse and the poverty that they are going through, Maya eventually decides to organize an union. However, Rosa is not interested in clashing with the management. This causes a rift between the sisters.  

The Brothers Bloom is a comedy-drama film, which tells the story of Stephen and Bloom, who are successful con men. However, Bloom wants to leave this business, but Stephen convinces him to pull off one final job, which involves an eccentric heiress. 

During the summer of 1977, New York City is terrorized by a serial killer who is known as Son of Sam. When a philandering man named Vinny almost becomes a victim, he teams up with numerous people, including his wife and his friend, to figure out who the killer is, before it is too late. 

Covington in the 19th-century rural Pennsylvania has a small population that lives peacefully within the boundaries of the village. Beyond the boundaries, there are fearful creatures inhabiting the wood that do not forgive any intrusion. When a determined man, Lucius Hunt decides to step out into the woods, the creatures are upset. But then, someone else must also step out into the woods.

Steven is a recently unemployed man who is quite introverted, and has difficulty expressing himself. He discovers that he has a knack for ventriloquism. When his best friend Fangora, an aspiring punk rock singer, finds a platform where she can showcase her talent, Steven also uses it to exhibit his art with his puppet.

Hollywoodland is a crime drama mystery film, which tells a fictionalized version of the story of George Reeves’ death. After Reeves passes away mysteriously, a private detective is hired to investigate. He gets caught in a web of lies involving the wife of a big studio executive. 

A group of lethal killers find themselves waking up in an alien planet where they are being hunted by a group of Super Predators nicknamed Tracker, Berserker, and Falconer. They also encounter Noland, who has survived on the planet for ten seasons. The group must survive the predators and find a way to escape the planet. 

This drama thriller film revolves around 26 subjects who are chosen to partake in experiment, where one group has to play the role of prison guards while the others play inmates. 

New York Stories is an anthology drama film which tells us three different stories, all of them taking place in New York. The first one tells the story of Lionel, a middle-aged artist, who is infatuated with his assistant. The second story revolves around a 12 year old girl who lives in a luxurious hotel. The third one deals with a New York lawyer dealing with his possessive mother.     

Bullet is a crime drama action film which tells the story of Butch Stein aka Bullet, who is released from prison on parole after spending eight years.  He finds himself back on the streets of Brooklyn, and soon he returns to his old life. Things get ugly when he assaults a drug dealer, along with two of his customers, after which one of the dealer's toughest men are sent after Butch.  

Third Person is a romantic drama film which tells the story of a well-known novelist who struggles to write an analysis of love in one of three stories, set in three different cities, i.e. Rome, Paris and New York.

Tabloid writer Porter Wren is hired by a beautiful widow to investigate her husband's mysterious death. While Porter digs deep into the filmmaker's death mystery, he gets drawn into a very unpleasant case of blackmailing and sexual obsession - one that threatens his marriage, his job and his life.

Roger, a young boy, prays to the Divine, asking for a real family as well as for a victory for his favorite basketball team, and to his surprise, few angels are assigned to help his wish come true.  

The Affair of the Necklace is a historical romantic drama film which takes us to a pre-Revolutionary France, and it revolves around a young aristocratic woman who is left penniless by the political unrest happening in her country. Along with a gigolo, her husband and a count, she tries to come up with a scheme to steal a priceless necklace, so that she can buy back her family home.

This action adventure drama film tells the story of a merciless and corrupt Roman leader Tiberius, who arrives with a giant army to conquer the Silk Road. However, Huo An, the captain of the Silk Road Protection Squad stands in his way, and he is also aided by some of the defected Roman troops.

Backtrack is a mystery horror thriller film which tells the story of a psychotherapist named Peter Bower, who has been suffering from nightmares and eerie visions since the death of his daughter, for which he blames himself. He tries his best to help his clients, but soon it seems that his clients are merely hallucinations and all of them died years ago.

Genetic engineer couple, Clive and Elsa, create a female human-animal hybrid. Very soon, Elsa forms a motherly bond with the amazingly intelligent creature and calls her Dren. Since they were told not to carry on the experiment by their financer. they now decide to hide her in an isolated farm. But as Dren grows into adolescence it becomes a nightmare. 

High school valedictorian Henry Burke smokes cannabis for the first time with Travis, his former best friend, after which he learns that a drug test is being conducted in the school, where anyone caught under the influence of drugs will be expelled. Therefore, in order to save Henry’s future, both Travis and Henry decide to get the whole school high, so that the entire drug test gets invalidated.

Clean is a tormented garbage man who is trying to live a quiet and peaceful life of redemption. However, his past comes back to haunt him, after he is targeted by a crime boss.

The Singing Detective is a crime comedy mystery film which tells the story of a crime novelist who is lying in a hospital bed, due to his skin condition. However, he soon starts hallucinating that he is part of a murder plot.

Bullet Head is a crime thriller film which tells the story of three criminals Walker, Stacy and Gage, who find themselves trapped in a warehouse with the police behind them, after a heist goes wrong. However, a deadlier threat is waiting for them inside, which is an unstoppable killer dog.  

A man wakes up and finds out that he is trapped in a car and is also badly injured. He tries to recall the events that led to this, and also tries to survive and get out of the situation. However, things start to get worse after he starts experiencing hallucinations.

James owes his life to his brother Frankie, as the latter took the blame for a crime which they had committed together. While Frankie spent ten years in jail, Jamie managed to get a job and a girlfriend, and turn his life around. After Frankie is released from prison, he drags his brother back into the world of crime.

Giallo is a horror thriller film which tells the story of a flight attendant named Linda, who informs the police after her sister Celine gets kidnapped. Eventually, detective Enzo is assigned to the case. Soon, a dying woman is found outside a church, who was repeating ‘Yellow’. Unsure about what this could mean, Enzo and Linda continue to search for the culprit, while also looking for more clues.

Based on the eponymous children's book by Roald Dahl, Fantastic Mr. Fox is an animated comedy film that revolves around a thieving fox who gets into trouble for stealing from three notoriously dangerous farmers. Directed by Wes Anderson, the film showcases how a fox manages to save himself, his family and other animals from being exterminated by mean farmers.