81 Woody Harrelson Movies & TV Shows, Ranked Best to Worst

When Llewelyn Moss accidentally comes across two million dollars in cash and a vehicle loaded with heroin, he decides to walk away with the money. As a ruthless hitman Anton Chigurh chases him for the money, Terrell county Sheriff Bell attempts to track both of them and control the rising violence in the otherwise peaceful Lone Star State town.

When even months later, her daughter’s murderer is not found, an angry Mildred Hayes rents three billboards on the outskirts of her town, Ebbing. The message on the board questions the reputed chief of police William Willoughby, much to the chagrin of everyone around, especially Officer Jason Dixon. As Mildred persists in her stance, she enters into a conflict with the authorities.

In an apocalyptic America overrun by decomposing zombies, Columbus, a shy student has survived the spread of the mad zombie disease by strictly following 30 specific rules. His list expands as he teams up with zombie-slayer Tallahassee and two sisters, Wichita and Little Rock, in an attempt to reach a rumored safe location in Los Angeles.

Seven Pounds is the tragic story of Tim Thomas who impersonates his brother, Ben, to donate his organs to seven deserving people in a carefully planned suicide. It is revealed at the end that Tim did this as repentance for having accidentally killed seven people including his fiancée in a car accident. 

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.

An uprising erupts after Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark are announced co-winners of the 74th Hunger Games. Furious, President Snow visits her ahead of the Victory Tour and warns her of dire consequences if she fails to convince the crowds that she has chosen to die with Peeta out of love, and not to defy him.

The final installment in the Planet of the Apes reboot series finds Ceaser and his tribe of super-intelligent apes being forced into a war for their survival, with a rogue U.S. military faction led by the psychopathic Colonel J. Wesley McCullough. However, the battle for survival soon becomes a battle for the fate of both species. 

Based on the real-life case of ‘Hustler Magazine v. Falwell’, the movie finds Hustler magazine’s publisher, Harry Flynt, being dragged to the court by anti-pornography activists. After Flynt and his lawyer are shot by a zealot resulting in Flynt becoming paralyzed, he continues to fight for his rights becoming an unlikely icon for free-speech. 

High school junior Nadine does not have good relationship with her image conscious mother and popular older brother, Darian. Life becomes even more unbearable when her only friend, Krista, gets involved with Darian, making her distraught. At this juncture,  her classmate Erwin enters her life, giving her a glimpse of hope. 

Josey Aimes runs away from her husband after she suffers sexual abuse and violence for a long time. Despite her father’s disapproval, she starts working at a mine, in order to support her two children.  

The movie is based on the eponymous novel by Suzanne Collins and is the first in The Hunger Games film series. In a fictional nation of Panem, in a dystopian post-apocalyptic future, Katniss Everdeen willingly replaces her sister in a televised competition wherein two teenagers from each of the twelve districts of the nation are selected as ‘tributes’ and compelled to fight to the death.

The first movie in the Now You See Me series, sees an FBI agent Dylan Rhodes and an Interpol detective Alma Dray pursue a team of four magician or the Four Horsemen as they carry out bank robberies while performing and then distribute the cash amongst audience. The duo seek the help of illusionists Thaddeus Bradley; however it is difficult to differentiate between truth and illusion.

A chilling crime drama, Natural Born Killers, sees a young serial-killer couple, Mickey and Mallory Knox, travel through three states, murdering 52 people to become television sensations thanks to overzealous reporting by journalist, Wayne Gale. Starring Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis as the Knoxes, and Robert Downey Jr. as Gale, this movie highlights the sensationalization of mass murderers in mainstream media.

Evelyn is a stay-at-home wife and mother, whose husband is an alcoholic working a low-paying factory job. In order to deal with their poverty, and take care of their ten children, she enters jingle contests, under the names of children, in order to use the prize money to hold their family together.   

The dark comedy revolves around struggling writer Marty Faranan. Things take a violent turn when his two best friends Billy and Hans kidnap violent gangster Charlie Costello’s pet Shih Tzu. Marty’s experiences, following that not only provide him the plot for his screenplay Seven Psychopaths but leave him a changed man.  

A sex scandal that is about to expose the president at an inopportune time of pre-election period jeopardizes the president’s chances of being re-elected. Political consultant, Conrad Brean, and Hollywood producer, Stanley Motss, are appointed to contrive a war in Albania to divert the media attention away from the scandal and towards the fake war that projects the president as a hero. 

Will Montgomery, an American soldier, gets injured during war. Shortly after, he finds himself in an ethical dilemma, after he finds himself attracted to a widow of a fallen officer. 

The Glass Castle is a biographical drama film which tells the story of a young girl growing up facing hardships in a dysfunctional family of nonconformist nomads.

The movie follows the first adventure of the charismatic character of Han Solo from the Star Wars franchise. With the aide of Chewbacca and a young Lando Calrissian, Han must find a way to stop the criminals Dryden Vos, Beckett, and come to terms with his friend and romantic interest Qi'ra’s betrayal. 

Roy Munson is all set for stardom as champion bowler, but the vengeful defeated ex-champion Ernie McCracken deludes Roy in a con-game where Roy loses his bowling hand. Roy manages to scrape through with a prosthetic hand and a salesman’s job. When he meets Ishmael, an Amish bowling genius, Roy, with the help of Claudia, plots to make him star bowling champion.   

An untold true story of legendary detectives of 1930s.  The FBI and other law enforcers found it difficult to apprehend notorious criminals Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. The former Texas Rangers Frank Hamer and Maney Gault teamed up to hunt down the elusive bandits across central US. The two used their instincts and old-school training to end the violence of the outlaws. 

Billy Hoyle, a former college basketball player, earns his money by hustling streetball players who underestimate him for his race and clothing style. He later teams up with Sidney Deane and the two start their hustling game across Los Angeles. But Billy’s own habit of gambling everything might come in the way of his happiness and marriage. 

Defendor is a vigilante comedy-drama film, which tells the story of a simple construction worker named Arthur, who turns into a superhero named Defendor at night.  He searches through the city, for his archenemy who is known by the name Captain Industry. 

As he resumes working at a steel mill after release from jail, Russell Baze finds his brother Rodney, an Iraq war veteran who incurred a huge debt gambling, missing following an illegal bare-knuckle prizefight with sociopathic drug dealer Harlan DeGroat. When the police refuse to go after the culprit, he takes it upon himself to attain justice.

Four survivors of a zombie outbreak move to the American heartland as they continue to fight against evolved zombies. Meanwhile, they also encounter fellow survivors.

A Prairie Home Companion is a musical comedy drama film which shows us fictional behind-the-scene activities of the final broadcast of America’s most celebrated radio show.  

Welcome to Sarajevo is a war drama film which tells the story of Michael, an English journalist who is covering the Bosnian War. He meets an American journalist named Flynn during his journey. Along with their respective teams, they find an orphanage near the frontlines. Feeling sympathy for one of the children, Michael decides to take it upon himself to smuggle one of the them out of the country, even if it means risking his life.  

Midway is a historical action war drama film which revolves around the Battle of Midway, which had taken place after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II. The film shows us how several difficult decisions had to be taken by the Admirals of the US Navy, in order to defeat and destroy the Japanese forces.        

Based on Suzanne Collins’s final novel – Mockingjay – in the trilogy The Hunger Games, the movie follows Katniss Everdeen as she reaches District 13 and unwillingly agrees to become a symbol of rebellion under the command of President Coin to save Peeta and the nation.

British spy Austin Powers realises that his wife Vanessa is a fembot who has been sent by Dr Evil to kill him. Moreover, Dr Evil has travelled back in time to 1969 and stolen Powers’ mojo. He also has plans to threaten the world using a laser on the Moon. Powers, along with Felicity Shagwell, must now travel back in time to recover his mojo and save the world.

After losing his job and fiancé, journalist Eddie Brock tries to investigate Life Foundation CEO Carlton Drake’s experiments. During this investigation, Brock’s body merges with an alien Symbiote Venom, turning Brock into lethal protector with superpowers. Taking a liking for earth, the alien Venom helps Eddie prevent Carlton from going into space to bring back more Symbiotes and turn humans into Symbiote-hosts.    

Completing missionary work in China, American couple Roy and Jessie take trans-Siberian express to Moscow and befriend fellow-travelers Carlos and Abby. Soon, Jessie realizes that things may not be as they appear. As their train travel turns into a journey involving deception, murder, and drug-dealers, a Russian narcotics detective, who is too astute to miss a thing, makes the matters more difficult. 

When a high-profile conference is going to take place at the World Trade Organization, the residents of Seattle erupts in violence and floods the streets in protest.

Dylan Harper and Jamie Rellis are friends who do not want to become a couple. They believe that a casual physical relationship will not affect their friendship. However, with time, their genuine feelings for each other complicates matters for them.

In this final movie of The Hunger Games franchise, Katniss Everdeen escapes the clutches of President Coin to join the ‘Star Squad’. The squad infiltrates the Capitol and brings down President Snow and the Capitol. Unfortunately, Coin’s betrayal ends up killing Prim and Katniss executes Coin who plans to bring the Hunger Games back.

The sequel begins with the fugitive illusionists known as the Four Horsemen escaping from the FBI during a stage show because of the villainous Walter Marby. They must escape Walter’s clutches who wants them to steal a powerful chip. Meanwhile, their leader Dylan Rhodes finds out the real identity of Thaddeus Bradley. 

The story focuses on a bunch of criminals and two corrupt corps working for a convicted Jewish-Russian mafia boss.  They have just completed a successful bank robbery and as told by their boss’s wife have retrieved a safe deposit box containing information that can overturn the conviction of their boss. However, the wife is not happy. 

Benjamin, a young doctor, is on his way to Los Angeles for a job interview. However, after he crashes his car in a small town, he is sentenced to work there for some days. Within some time, he finds himself attached to the place and the people.

An indebted travel agent, in order to get rid of his financial problems, claims a body as his missing brother. However, he is unaware of the fact that two hitmen are seeking the body as well.   

Dave Buznik is an introvert who suppresses all emotions in public. However, Dave loses his temper on a flight and is sentenced to anger management under Dr. Buddy Rydell, who is unorthodox, to say the least. He moves in with Dave and turns his life upside down in his attempt to fix Dave’s anger issues. 

Kate is an assassin who eliminates targets chosen by Varrick, her handler and her mentor, who had raised her like a father. She is assigned to kill a powerful officer in Osaka, but she refuses because he is accompanied by a child. Eventually, she is forced to shoot him at Varrick’s insistence. She soon decides that she will start a new life, after performing a final job. However, someone slips a fatal poison into her, and she has less than 24 hours to find out who is responsible.

After the Sunset is an action-comedy crime film, which revolves around two jewel thieves, Burdett and Lola, who decide to retire after stealing three priceless diamonds. After successfully stealing two of them, they set eyes on the third one, which is located in a cruise ship. Although it should be a simple job for them, an FBI agent shows up and makes things complicated. 

When a television channel decides to telecast the daily life of an ordinary person they choose a video store clerk and begin filming his life 24X7.  Very soon, the show becomes very popular and he becomes a celebrity. But it also invites complications in his life and he starts looking for ways to quit the show without breaching his contract. 

This action drama thriller film tells the story of a young man who has spent most of his life searching for revenge. He soon finds himself facing a much bigger challenge than he had expected.

Palmetto is a crime thriller mystery film which tells the story of Harry Barber, a convict who had spent two years in prison. He decides to partake in a simple fake kidnapping scheme, but things take a turn, when it turns out to be a lot more complex than he had imagined.  

Tara is a twelve year old girl who breaks out of her foster parents' home, with help from James, her uncle. However, she is in for a shock upon finding out that her mother has abandoned her.

In pursuit of reigniting his career, Eddie Brock interviews serial killer Cletus Kasady. While Brock is struggling to coexist with extraterrestrial Venom, Kasady, becomes the host of the symbiote Carnage. The onus is now on Venom and Brock who need to put their differences on the back burner in order to put an end to his reign of horror.

High school sweethearts Diana and David Murphy get married and work towards bright future. As their finances suffer during recession, they travel to Las Vegas to try their luck with last $5,000, but lose it. Then, John Gage, a billionaire offers them 1 million dollars for a night with Diana. Though they reluctantly agree to it, will their relationship remain the same?

Wildcats is a sports comedy film which tells the story of Molly, who decides to quit her teaching job, and take up a new position as a football coach. However, the job is not going to be as easy as she expects.  

The Cowboy Way is a Western crime comedy action film which tells the story of two childhood friends, who are searching for their friend, who had gone missing while searching for his daughter. Their search takes them to New York City from New Mexico.                

Three employees working for a bank in a small deserted town make plans to steal from the bank on the same weekend, but none of them are aware about each other’s plans. Meanwhile, in another part of the same town, an employee of a clothing store is planning revenge against a wealthy man.

Jack Faro, a recovering drug addict, is the grandson of a casino legend and a former poker champion, who loses everything to his addiction as well as alimony. In order to win back his casino, he makes up his mind to enroll in the upcoming World Championship of Poker which is to be held in Las Vegas, an event which was created by his grandfather.  

2012 tells the story of the destruction of Earth, due to a global cataclysmic event resulting from the heating of Earth’s core. A struggling writer Jackson Curtis tries to save his family as he tries to reach one of the nine secret arks designed by G8 nations to save at least a certain portion of humanity. 

Jackie Moon, a singer of 1970s, buys an ABA basketball team, Flint Michigan Tropics, with the proceeding from his only hit single. But ABA plans to merge with NBA where only top-4 teams will move; as Tropics is the worst team it is in danger of closing. Jackie, the owner-couch-player of Tropics and his team need to work a miracle and win. 

The Man from Toronto is an action comedy film which tells the story of Teddy, who just lost his job at a local gym. Shortly after, he takes his wife to Onancock for her birthday, but he leaves her at the spa, and arrives at the wrong cabin, where a man is held hostage. Teddy is mistaken to be ‘The Man from Toronto’, a mysterious and tough assassin, known for brutal interrogation. Soon, the FBI arrives, and upon learning everything, they convince Teddy to pose as the assassin, as it would help them capture a dangerous man named Colonel Marin.

Rampart is a crime drama film which revolves around the life of Dave Brown, a police officer who had also previously served in the Vietnam War. One day, he finds himself in serious trouble and struggles for his survival.

Sue is a workaholic traveling saleswoman, who sells cheap art to motels. At one of her stops one day, she meets Mike, a lonely motel manager, who finds himself attracted to her. She unexpectedly responds to his flirting and they end up having a one-night stand. After Sue leaves the following day, Mike is unable to forget her, and decides to go pursuing her.

Wilson is a comedy drama film which tells the story of a lonely and a neurotic middle-aged man who reunites with his estranged wife after a long time. He learns that he has a teen daughter.

The Duel is a western drama film which tells the story of David, a ranger who heads to a small town to investigate a series of disappearances and deaths of local people. He is particularly searching for Maria, the missing niece of a Mexican general. It soon seems that the preacher is keeping the townsfolk in some kind of fear. He also tries to make things difficult for David.

Carter Page III is an escort for the wives of several powerful men in Washington DC. When a secret lover of Lynn, one of his women friends is murdered, he agrees to report the crime himself to shield her from the scandal. However, his life takes a turn when he becomes a suspect himself.  

Two foster brothers, Charlie and John, are transit cops patrolling the New York City Subway, pursuing the same lady. Charlie has acquired a huge gambling debt, which must be cleared immediately. Although often exasperated by his brother’s behavior, John always stands by him until he decides to rob the money train to pay off his debt. 

Play it to the Bone is a sports comedy drama film which tells the story of two boxers, who are also best friends. Things get complicated when they face each other for the first time in Las Vegas.  

John Henry is a biotech executive who is terminated from his job for exposing corruption in the business practices. He soon agrees to impregnate his ex-fiancée along with few other wealthy lesbian women for money.

Steve Addington is a soul-searching surfer who is experiencing an existential crisis because there have been no waves coming for more than one month. Because of this, producers try to get him to join a reality show. However, he refuses and decides to try to continue searching for the waves along the coast of California.

In a near-future America where one-fifth of the population is addicted to the drain damaging drug, Substance D, Bob Arctor works as an undercover agent known only by his codename 'Fred'. As Bob himself becomes addicted and schizophrenic while trying to cozy up with drug dealer Donna, Fred's senior officer orders him to begin invasive surveillance on Bob.

This animated black comedy film revolves around several groups of people as they try to find a drug-addicted elephant in the Norwegian wilderness.

Two turkeys who are rivals must set aside their differences and team up in order to go back to the past. Their goal is to change history by taking the Turkeys off the Thanksgiving menu for good.  

A TV weatherman working in Los Angeles feels bored with his job as well as his relationship with his girlfriend. His life takes a turn when he begins to receive secret messages from an electronic freeway sign near his home.

She’s Having a Baby is a romantic comedy drama film which tells the story of Jake and Kristy Briggs, who are newly married, and are living a happy life with each other. However, when they try to have a baby, they face a number of challenges and learn how unprepared they are, for what lies ahead.

The townsfolk of Harper Valley disapprove of the liberal attitude of Stella Johnson, a single mother, and thus make life difficult for her. The school PTA board warn of her daughter’s dismissal in case she does not mend her ways. In turn, Stella reveals their secrets and pretence before deciding to run for the post of PTA president.