List of the best Rosanna Arquette movies, ranked best to worst with movie trailers when available. Rosanna Arquette's highest grossing movies have received a lot of accolades over the years, earning millions upon millions around the world. The order of these top Rosanna Arquette movies is decided by how many votes they receive, so only highly rated Rosanna Arquette movies will be at the top of the list. Rosanna Arquette has been in a lot of films, so people often debate each other over what the greatest Rosanna Arquette movie of all time is. If you and a friend are arguing about this then use this list of the most entertaining Rosanna Arquette films to end the squabble once and for all.
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Over 300 Ranker voters have come together to rank this list of The 60 Best Rosanna Arquette Movies
1New Jersey housewife Roberta Glass (Rosanna Arquette) spices up her boring life by reading personal ads, especially a series of them being placed by a mysterious denizen of New York City named Susan (Madonna). When one of Susan's ads proposes a rendezvous with her suitor (Robert Joy) at Battery Park, Roberta secretly tags along. But when her voyeuristic jape ends in permanent memory loss and a new jacket, Roberta begins to gather a lot of unwanted attention from some unsavory characters.- Released: 1985
- Directed by: Susan Seidelman
2In a Manhattan cafe, word processor Paul Hackett (Griffin Dunne) meets and talks literature with Marcy (Rosanna Arquette). Later that night, Paul takes a cab to Marcy's downtown apartment. His $20 bill flying out the window during the ride portends the unexpected night he has. He cannot pay for the ride and finds himself in a series of awkward, surreal and life-threatening situations with a colorful cast of characters. He spends the rest of the night trying to return uptown.- Released: 1985
- Directed by: Martin Scorsese
3Director Luc Besson is famous for his imaginative visual technique and breathtaking action sequences. One of the most stunningly beautiful films ever made, "The Big Blue" features gorgeous underwater photography and spectacular location shooting in the French Antibes, the Greek islands, Peru, and Taormina in Sicily. But it is the emotional intensity of the film experience and mystical themes of the story that have made it a cult phenomenon.- Released: 1988
- Directed by: Luc Besson
- 4Pulp Fiction, a quintessential Quentin Tarantino piece, is a genre-defying blend of crime, drama, and black comedy. The film intricately weaves the lives of two hitmen - Vincent Vega (John Travolta) and Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson), with a washed-up boxer Butch Coolidge (Bruce Willis), and a mob boss's wife Mia Wallace (Uma Thurman). Punctuated by Tarantino's signature non-linear storytelling, the movie explores themes of redemption and consequences. It bagged the prestigious Palme d'Or at Cannes in 1994, testifying to its cinematic brilliance.
- Released: 1994
- Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
- 1Reservoir Dogs167 Votes
- 2Goodfellas141 Votes
- 3The Godfather95 Votes
5Black Rainbow is a 1989 supernatural thriller film directed by Mike Hodges and filmed in Rock Hill, South Carolina.- Released: 1989
- Directed by: Mike Hodges
6The Linguini Incident is a 1991 American comedic film set in New York starring David Bowie and Rosanna Arquette. The film was directed by Richard Shepard, who co-wrote the script with Tamar Brott.- Released: 1991
- Directed by: Richard Shepard
7Jimmy "The Tulip" Tudeski (Bruce Willis), a mob hitman-turned-informant, ratted on the mob and put his life in jeopardy. Now he has moved to suburban Montreal, ostensibly to make a new start. His next-door neighbor is mild-mannered, unhappily married dentist Nick "Oz" Oseransk (Matthew Perry). Nick recognizes Jimmy from the newspaper stories about his mob testimony, and that's when Nick's simple, boring world turns upside down.- Released: 2000
- Directed by: Jonathan Lynn
8Martin Scorsese's "Life Lessons," Francis Coppola's "Life Without Zoe" and Woody Allen's "Oedipus Wrecks."- Released: 1989
- Directed by: Woody Allen, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese
9An escaped convict, Sam Gillen (Jean-Claude Van Damme) travels to a farm to search for money from an earlier heist. While out on the property, he meets pretty single mother Clydie (Rosanna Arquette) and her kids, Mookie (Kieran Culkin) and Bree (Tiffany Taubman), who are being intimidated by local land developer Franklin Hale (Joss Ackland). After falling for Clydie, Sam decides to stay and help defend the farm from Hale's thugs, despite the risk that it means for him as a wanted man.- Released: 1993
- Directed by: Robert Harmon
10Rambling man Emmett (Scott Glenn) assembles a group of misfit cowboys (Kevin Costner), (Kevin Kline, Danny Glover). After helping a group of settlers track down a pack of thieves, Emmett and his men descend on the troubled town of Silverado to seek their fortunes. Soon after arriving, they discover that the town has fallen into the grasp of greedy rancher Ethan McKendrick (Ray Baker) and corrupt Sheriff Cobb (Brian Dennehy) with whom many of Emmett's men have unfinished business.- Released: 1985
- Directed by: Lawrence Kasdan
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The Wrong Man
Rosanna ArquetteThe Wrong Man is a 1993 American thriller film directed by Jim McBride. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival.- Released: 1993
- Directed by: Jim McBride
12Life for Cassie (Rosanna Arquette) has never been the same after she stabbed her boyfriend for leaving her because she was pregnant. Forced to give up her child for adoption, with her troubled past always close behind, Cassie struggles with depression, suicide attempts and trust issues. While her life is in shambles, a stagehand for a traveling theater troupe, Riley (Eric Roberts), makes his way into her small world. Taken by her, Riley intends to win her heart and give her life a second chance.- Released: 1986
- Directed by: Evelyn Purcell
13In this fact-based film, Gary Gilmore (Tommy Lee Jones), an Indiana man who just finished serving a lengthy stay in prison, tries to start anew by moving to Utah. Before long, Gary begins an ill-advised romance with the troubled Nicole Baker (Rosanna Arquette), a teenaged single mother. As their relationship quickly deteriorates, Gary goes on a murderous rampage, leaving two dead. During his trial, he demands capital punishment; a media circus ensues and outsiders look to profit from his story.- Released: 1982
- Directed by: Lawrence Schiller
14- Released: 1990
- Directed by: Charlotte Brandstrom
15Baby It's You is a 1983 American film written and directed by John Sayles. It stars Rosanna Arquette and Vincent Spano. This was Sayles' first film for a major Hollywood studio. He based the screenplay on an autobiographical story by Amy Robinson.- Released: 1983
- Directed by: John Sayles
16Edgar (Christopher Reeve) is a former military flyer, scarred by a training tragedy and now working as an airmail pilot. His route is through the rugged Northwest, from Nevada to Washington. It's difficult at the best of times, but when he's stuck with an obnoxious rich girl, Tillie (Rosanna Arquette), as a passenger, it becomes treacherous. After Edgar crashes, the pair must put their bickering to bed in order to survive in the wilderness, with wolves stalking them and civilization far away.- Released: 1985
- Directed by: George Miller
17Mistaken Identity
Melissa Gilbert, Rosanna Arquette, David AndrewsIn this real-life inspired story, pregnant strangers Sarah (Melissa Gilbert) and Linda (Rosanna Arquette) have their children at roughly the same time, but their newborns are accidentally switched at the hospital. Hoping to prove that her deadbeat boyfriend, Darryl (James McCaffrey), is the father of her child, Linda makes him take a DNA test. When he fails, she learns the truth about her son. She contacts Sarah, and together the two women must make a decision about their children's future.- Released: 1999
- Directed by: Douglas Barr
18He's the wrong person, at the wrong place, at the wrong time. Joe Dirt (David Spade) is a janitor with a mullet hairdo, acid-washed jeans and a dream -- to find the parents that he lost at the Grand Canyon when he was eight. As his wandering, misguided search takes him from one misadventure to another, he finds his way to Los Angeles, where a shock-jock (Dennis Miller) brings Joe on the radio to insult him. But as Joe's story unfolds, jeers turn to cheers, and an entire city is captivated.- Released: 2001
- Directed by: Dennie Gordon
19I'm Losing You is a 1998 American film written and directed by Bruce Wagner. The film starred Andrew McCarthy and is an adaptation of the 1996 novel of the same name.- Released: 1998
- Directed by: Bruce Wagner
20Matt Scudder (Jeff Bridges) is a depressed and hard-drinking Los Angeles cop troubled by a shooting that occurred in the line of duty. After Matt meets Sunny (Alexandra Paul), a call girl involved with powerful drug lord Angel Moldonado (Andy Garcia), he decides that he wants to help her escape the shady underworld. However, Sunny is soon found dead, and Matt tries to win the trust of Angel and his girlfriend, Sarah (Rosanna Arquette), in order to take him down.- Released: 1986
- Directed by: Hal Ashby
21In this film of unconnected humor sketches, bad movies and late-night television are parodied extensively. A doctor (Griffin Dunne) has to help Brenda (Michelle Pfeiffer) give birth, with unexpected results. In "Son of the Invisible Man," Griffin (Ed Begley Jr.) is actually more naked than invisible. Among the many other segments, there is a spoof of alarmist 1950s hygiene instructional films featuring a woman (Carrie Fisher) being harshly advised about her new sexually transmitted disease.- Released: 1987
- Directed by: Joe Dante, Carl Gottlieb, Peter Horton, John Landis, Robert K. Weiss
22Northern Lights
LeAnn Rimes, Rosanna Arquette, Eddie CibrianNorthern Lights is a 2009 drama film directed by Mike Robe.- Released: 2009
- Directed by: Mike Robe
23Wendy Cracked a Walnut is a 1990 Australian comedy.- Released: 1990
- Directed by: Michael Pattinson
24Inhale is a 2010 drama film written by Walter A. Doty III and John Claflin and directed by Baltasar Kormákur.- Released: 2010
- Directed by: Baltasar Kormákur
25When his mistress's publisher husband deliberately misleads him, philandering banker Ryan Turner (Charlie Sheen) loses his job on a doomed deal. Soon, his writer girlfriend, Cindy Styne (Denise Richards), dumps him and leaves town. But the resourceful Ryan takes over her advice column, deceiving readers into thinking it's still penned by Cindy, while also romancing column editor Page Hensen (Angie Harmon). But things get messy when Cindy reappears and goes to work for the man who lied to Ryan.- Released: 2001
- Directed by: Steve Rash
26Three high-school buddies (Bug Hall, Kevin M. Horton) use a legendary sex manual to lose their virginity.- Released: 2009
- Directed by: John Putch
27Convict Billy Brown (Vincent Gallo) dreads going home so much upon his release from prison that he tries to get back inside. In desperation, Billy kidnaps Layla (Christina Ricci) from a tap dancing class and pleads with her to impersonate his wife and to accompany him home to visit his parents, Janet (Anjelica Huston) and Jimmy (Ben Gazzara). To Billy's dismay, Layla takes to her role enthusiastically. She breaks through to obsessive Buffalo Bills football fan Janet and the hard-edged Jimmy.- Released: 1998
- Directed by: Vincent Gallo
28This sequel to the nostalgic film by George Lucas revisits characters from the earlier movie, most notably nice guy Steve Bolander (Ron Howard), who has gone on to marry his sweetheart, Laurie (Cindy Williams). Also featured is car enthusiast John Milner (Paul Le Mat), who has moved into a career on the drag-racing circuit. As the characters deal with personal matters, major social issues such as the Vietnam War and the peace movement also factor into their lives.- Released: 1979
- Directed by: Bill Norton
29Joe (Joe Pesci) and Gus (Danny Glover) are lifelong friends who seem to encounter disaster wherever they go. They're ecstatic when they find out they've won a fishing trip to Florida, and quickly embark on a road trip. But their adventure takes a turn for the worse when they cross paths with a smooth-talking con man (Nick Brimble) who makes off with Joe's car. They hitch a ride with two women -- Rita (Rosanna Arquette) and Angie (Lynn Whitfield) -- and find themselves in outlandish situations.- Released: 1997
- Directed by: Christopher Cain
30U.S. Navy pilot Lt. Jake Grafton (Brad Johnson) and his bombardier buddy, Lt. Cmdr. Virgil Cole (Willem Dafoe), are two soldiers embedded in the Vietnam War growing frustrated by the military's constraints on their missions. Despite the best efforts of their commanding officer, Cmdr. Frank Camparelli (Danny Glover), to re-engage them, this disillusioned pair decide to take the war effort into their own hands with an explosive battle plan that could well get them court-martialed.- Released: 1991
- Directed by: John Milius
31Felix Farmer (Richard Mulligan) is a Hollywood director well on his way to killing his career. He just spent $30 million making a musical that no one wants to see. But, after several botched suicide attempts, the filmmaker has a sudden epiphany: Why not turn his moribund family-friendly entertainment into a porn movie? Of course, to make his scheme work, Felix will have to convince his actress wife, Sally Miles (Julie Andrews), to bare it all for the camera.- Released: 1981
- Directed by: Blake Edwards
32Deceiver is a 1997 murder mystery film. It won Best Cinematography and Best Screenplay at the 1997 Stockholm Film Festival, and the Special Jury Prize at the 1998 Cognac Police Film Festival.- Released: 1997
- Directed by: Josh Pate, Jonas Pate
33Hell's Kitchen is a 1998 film starring Rosanna Arquette, William Forsythe, Angelina Jolie, Mekhi Phifer, and Johnny Whitworth. The film was written and directed by Tony Cinciripini. The film had a budget of $6,000,000 but grossed only $4,322 on its opening weekend. Riddim Slector named Hell's Kitchen as his "Top Pick" of the 90's.- Released: 1998
- Directed by: Tony Cinciripini
34When strange objects appear in the sky above the peaceful world of Terra, some of the inhabitants believe the gods have come to visit. Instead, human invaders swoop down and kidnap a number of Terrareans, including Mala's (Evan Rachel Wood) father. Mala saves a downed pilot, Jim Stanton (Luke Wilson), hoping he'll help her find her father. While certain Earthlings plot to take control of Terra, Mala and Stanton realize that the fates of both their peoples hinge on the choices they make.- Released: 2007
- Directed by: Aristomenis Tsirbas
35My Suicidal Sweetheart is an American independent dark comedy film written and produced by Michael Parness. The initial working title of the film was Saving Grace; this title was later changed to Max & Grace during production, and remained in place prior to its release on the film festival circuit in March 2005. During an appearance at the 2006 Sacramento Film Festival, Parness remarked that he was dissatisfied with the title of Max & Grace and announced plans to change it to "My Suicidal Sweetheart". The film has been released on DVD under the title "Crazy for Love"- Released: 2005
- Directed by: Michael Parness
36Iowa
Rosanna Arquette, John Savage, Michael T. WeissIowa is a 2005 Crime and Drama film written and directed by Matt Farnsworth.- Released: 2005
- Directed by: Matt Farnsworth
37Fathers & Sons is a 1992 American crime drama film written and directed by Paul Mones and starring Jeff Goldblum, Rory Cochrane, Rosanna Arquette, Natasha Gregson Wagner and Famke Janssen. The film is about the connection between a father and son complicated by the foibles of a serial killer and the interactions of a psychic. The film was entered into the 18th Moscow International Film Festival.- Released: 1992
- Directed by: Paul Mones
38Hardflip
Rosanna Arquette, John Schneider, Randy WayneHardflip is a 2012 action and drama film written by Johnny Remo and Daniel Backman. It is also directed by Johnny Remo.- Released: 2012
- Directed by: Johnny Remo
39Too Much Flesh
Rosanna Arquette, Élodie Bouchez, Jean-Marc BarrToo Much Flesh is a 2000 drama film written and directed by Pascal Arnold and Jean-Marc Barr.- Released: 2000
- Directed by: Jean-Marc Barr, Pascal Arnold
40Big Bad Love is a 2001 film directed by Arliss Howard, who co-wrote the script with his brother, James Howard, based on a collection of short stories of the same name by Larry Brown. The story recounts an episode in the life of an alcoholic Vietnam veteran and struggling writer named Leon Barlow, who is played by Arliss Howard, and his wife, played by Howard's wife Debra Winger. The soundtrack includes music by Tom Verlaine, the Kronos Quartet, and R. L. Burnside.- Released: 2002
- Directed by: Arliss Howard
41Son of the Morning Star is a two-part TV miniseries released by Chrysalis based on Evan S. Connell's best-selling book of the same name. It starred Gary Cole and featured Dean Stockwell, Rosanna Arquette, Rodney A. Grant, Nick Ramus, Buffy Sainte-Marie, and Floyd Red Crow Westerman.- Released: 1991
- Directed by: Mike Robe
42Growing Op
Rosanna Arquette, Rachel Blanchard, Alberta Watson- Released: 2008
- Directed by: Michael Melski
43A devastating nuclear attack thrusts nine strangers together in the bunker-like basement of their New York apartment building. The survivors are trapped underground with no hope of rescue, and only horror on the other side of the door. As supplies dwindle and tempers flare, they become increasingly unhinged by the close quarters and hopelessness of their situation, and turn on one another. Still, one survivor holds on to a thin chance for escape, even though salvation is unlikely.- Released: 2011
- Directed by: Xavier Gens
44Sugar Town
Rosanna Arquette, Ally Sheedy, Nigel John TaylorSugar Town is a 1999 independent film written and directed by Allison Anders and Kurt Voss, concerning a tangled web of characters coping with ambition, fame, and the aftermath of fame. The film was named after the 1966 hit single "Sugar Town" by Nancy Sinatra. Anders was eager to make another film about the music industry after her earlier films Border Radio and Grace of My Heart. After her friend John Taylor had left Duran Duran and was beginning to launch an acting career, she and Voss wrote the film fairly quickly, and cast several musical friends of hers in the convoluted plot. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 26, 1999, where it received a distribution deal with October Films and USA Films. Sugar Town was then shown in limited release in the United States in September of that year, before appearing at several overseas film festivals.- Released: 1999
- Directed by: Allison Anders, Kurt Voss
45Search and Destroy is a 1995 drama film based on a stage play by Howard Korder and directed by David Salle. The film stars Griffin Dunne, repeating his role from the stage production, Rosanna Arquette, Illeana Douglas, Ethan Hawke, Dennis Hopper, John Turturro and Christopher Walken, and features Martin Scorsese as "The Accountant." Salle was nominated for the Grand Special Prize at the Deauville American Film Festival.- Released: 1995
46Things Behind the Sun is a 2001 film starring Kim Dickens and Gabriel Mann and directed by Allison Anders. Its title is taken from a song by Nick Drake.- Released: 2001
- Directed by: Allison Anders
47One Cooks, the Other Doesn't is a 1983 romantic comedy and drama television film written by Larry Grusin and directed by Richard Michaels.- Released: 1983
- Directed by: Richard Michaels
- 48Son of the Morning Star is a 1984 non-fiction book written by Evan S. Connell, on the subject of General George Armstrong Custer, with the subtitle 'Custer and the Little Bighorn'. A 1991 television film was based on the book. Both the book and the film chronicle the Battle of the Little Bighorn, the personalities involved, and the events leading up to and following it. Connell prior to the book's publication had written mostly fiction. Connell's book, which includes much of the history of the American West and the Indian Wars, was well received by critics and made the best-seller lists. The film version also deals with the tactical errors and the equipment faults that led to the death of General Custer and the company of men with whom he died. While there were personality conflicts within Custer's command, the tactical errors he made were based on a career of expectations of the Native American actions in battle. Custer had always known the hit and run tactics of the plains tribes. With this experience, he deviated from the teachings of the military, and when faced with an overwhelming force he could not deal with the situation.
- Released: 1991
- Directed by: Mike Robe
49- Released: 2003
- Directed by: Walter Klenhard
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Palmer's Pick-Up
Grace Jones, Rosanna Arquette, Piper LauriePalmer's Pick-Up is a 1999 action/adventure comedy film directed by Christopher Coppola.- Released: 1999
- Directed by: Christopher Coppola
51Gorp is a 1980 American comedy film starring Michael Lembeck and Dennis Quaid, and featuring early acting work of Rosanna Arquette and Fran Drescher in supporting roles. Directed by Joseph Ruben, with both story and screenplay by Jeffrey Konvitz and A. Martin Zweiback, the film follows in the tradition of the 1978 fraternity comedy National Lampoon's Animal House, and the 1979 summer camp comedy film Meatballs. Gorp was the last film released by American International Pictures. Set in a Jewish summer camp, Gorp features the kind of physical, sexual, and scatological comedy prevalent in films of this genre, while playing for comedic effect on the class distinctions between the camp's management, the camp counselors, the waiters, and the kitchen staff.- Released: 1980
- Directed by: Joseph Ruben
52Exodus Fall
Rosanna Arquette, Christopher Atkins, Dee WallaceExodus Fall is a 2011 drama film written by Chad Waterhouse and directed by Ankush Kohli and Chad Waterhouse.- Released: 2011
- Directed by: Chad Waterhouse, Ankush Kohli
53The Wall
Tom Conti, Lisa Eichhorn, Gerald HikenIn 1943, smuggler Dolek Berson (Tom Conti) lives in the oppressive conditions of the Warsaw Ghetto, witnessing the daily deportation of great numbers of Jews to the Treblinka concentration camp. As it becomes clear that the deportations have a sinister purpose, Dolek joins the efforts of the Jewish Fighting Organization in what will become the famed Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. He is also aided by a retired teacher, Regina Kowalska (Rachel Roberts), who lives on the other side of the ghetto wall.- Released: 1982
- Directed by: Robert Markowitz
54I-See-You.Com
Rosanna Arquette, Shiri Appleby, Doris RobertsI-See-You.Com is a comedy film directed and co-written by Eric Steven Stahl, starring Beau Bridges and Rosanna Arquette.- Released: 2006
- Directed by: Eric Steven Stahl
55Dead Cool is a 2004 British comedy-drama film. It was written and directed by David Cohen.- Released: 2004
- Directed by: David Cohen
56Ball Don't Lie
Ludacris, Nick Cannon, Dania RamirezBall Don't Lie is a 2008 film directed by Brin Hill. It is an adaptation of the novel of the same name, written by Matt de la Peña. It stars AND1 Mixtape team member Grayson Boucher, a.k.a. The Professor. The film premiered at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival.- Released: 2009
- Directed by: Brin Hill
57Convincing Clooney
Rosanna Arquette, Aimee Garcia, French StewartConvincing Clooney is a 2011 comedy film directed by Alexander Cartio. It was written by Cartio's longtime collaborator, actor and screenwriter Sulo Williams and produced and directed by Cartio. It was filmed in the studios of AtlantisPic Pictures / Synkronized. It was released on November 8, 2011 on DVD.- Released: 2011
- Directed by: Alec Cartio
58A famous artist and comedian thinks he has lost his touch until a series of well-known comics stop by to help him rekindle his artistic and comedic fires.- Released: 2007
- Directed by: Jim Pasternak
59Repo Chick is a 2009 American comedy film written and directed by Alex Cox. Like Cox's first feature, Repo Man, it centers on the repossession trade and a mysterious vehicle with a large reward. It is the second of Cox's "microfeatures", produced for a very low budget and given very little theatrical distribution. Although not a sequel to Repo Man, it has been associated with it. It was released on DVD in North America and the United Kingdom in February 2011.- Released: 2009
- Directed by: Alex Cox
60With her divorce looming, a lawyer (Catherine Keener) ventures to upstate New York with her children in tow to visit her hippie mother (Jane Fonda), whom she hasn't seen in 20 years.- Released: 2011
- Directed by: Bruce Beresford
