Best Viggo Mortensen Movies, Ranked
Viggo Mortensen's best films, ranked by the people who watched them rather than by box office. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King leads at 8.5, with The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring close behind. The list runs from 1985 to 2024 and covers the roles actually worth seeking out.
30 titles · average score 6.9 ·
The top 5 picks
- 1
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
★ 8.5 · 27,100 ratingsAs armies mass for a final battle that will decide the fate of the world--and powerful, ancient forces of Light and Dark compete to determine the outcome--one member of the Fellowship of the Ring is revealed as the…
- 2
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
★ 8.4 · 24,363 ratingsFrodo Baggins and the other members of the Fellowship continue on their sacred quest to destroy the One Ring--but on separate paths. Their destinies lie at two towers--Orthanc Tower in Isengard, where the corrupt wizard…
- 3
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
★ 8.4 · 28,110 ratingsYoung hobbit Frodo Baggins, after inheriting a mysterious ring from his uncle Bilbo, must leave his home in order to keep it from falling into the hands of its evil creator. Along the way, a fellowship is formed to…
- 4
Green Book (2018)
★ 8.2 · 13,108 ratingsTony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans, forced to find alternate accommodations and services due to segregation laws below…
- 5
Captain Fantastic (2016)
★ 7.9 · 6,917 ratingsDeep in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education is forced to leave his paradise and enter the world, beginning a journey that…
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How this list is ranked
Ranked by average audience score across Viggo Mortensen's screen credits, with anything under 150 ratings filtered out so a single obscure short can't outrank a career-defining film. Updated daily from TMDB.
Frequently asked questions
What is Viggo Mortensen's best movie?
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), rated 8.5 by 27K viewers — the highest-scoring film they appear in. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring come next.
How many Viggo Mortensen movies are listed here?
30, spanning 1985 to 2024. Credits with fewer than 150 ratings are left out so the ranking is not skewed by obscure or uncredited work.
Is this list updated?
Yes — it rebuilds every day from TMDB, so newly released movies appear as soon as enough people have rated them. You do not need an account to browse it, and there is no paywall on anything at MovieAI.