Harrison Ford‘s 50-year acting résumé is full of blockbuster films and some of the most iconic movie roles of all time. Now, he’s starring along a canine companion in The Call of the Wild, a new adaptation of the classic Jack London novel.
As we look back on his long and distinguished career, we’ve picked 15 of the best Harrison Ford movies of all time.
The 15 Best Harrison Ford Movies
American Graffiti (1973)
This pre–Star Wars George Lucas vehicle launched Ford into Hollywood orbit as trash-talking motorhead Bob Falfa in the coming-of-age classic about a group of teens in the early 1960s and their anything-but-ordinary night.
Star Wars (1977)
Hello, Han Solo! Ford reappeared as Solo in four more entries in this ever-popular sci-fi franchise.
Apocalypse Now (1979)
In Francis Ford Coppola’s epic Vietnam-war drama, he’s young Colonel Lucas—named after George Lucas, who was originally intended to direct the project.
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
The film introduced Ford as the swashbuckling archaeologist Indiana Jones, who outruns boulders, fights Nazis and reappears in three sequels. The fifth installment is coming in 2021.
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Blade Runner (1982)
He plays the bounty hunter—or blade runner—Rick Deckard in this dystopian sci-fi thriller classic, set in the then-future of 2019. He was joined by Ryan Gosling in the 2017 sequel.
Witness (1985)
Ford was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for playing a police detective who goes into hiding in an Amish community to protect a young boy (Lukas Haas) who was the sole witness to a murder.
Working Girl (1988)
In this New York City rom-com, Ford plays a lawyer who falls for a secretary (Melanie Griffith) trying to make it in the big city.
Regarding Henry (1991)
He’s lawyer Henry Turner, who survives a shooting, then must relearn how to speak, move and remember his past in this drama written by J.J. Abrams, who later would direct Ford in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015).
Patriot Games (1992)
Ford was the second actor to play novelist Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan character. (Alec Baldwin was the first.) This action-packed conspiracy thriller also stars Samuel L. Jackson and Anne Archer.
The Fugitive (1993)
When Ford’s Richard Kimble, a Chicago surgeon, is wrongly accused and convicted of murdering his wife, he escapes and goes on the run in a desperate search for the real killer.
Air Force One (1997)
Terrorists hijack the U.S. president’s airplane, with the chief executive aboard. Who’ll take back the skies from the bad guys? Why, President James Marshall (Ford), that’s who!
What Lies Beneath (2000)
Ford is researcher Norman Spencer in this Hitchcockian drama. Michelle Pfeiffer plays his wife, who believes their lake house is haunted.
Cowboys & Aliens (2011)
A wealthy cattleman (Ford) teams up with an amnesiac outlaw (Daniel Craig) and mysterious traveler (Olivia Wilde) to rescue a group townspeople abducted by aliens.
42 (2013)
Ford switches up his classic action roles to star in this biopic as Major League Baseball team exec Branch Rickey, who recruits Jackie Robinson (Chadwick Boseman) as the first modern black ballplayer.
The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019)
He voices his first big-screen animated character, a quirky canine named Rooster, in this adorable sequel to the 2016 family film about adventuresome animals.
Next, The 25 Best Harrison Ford Movie Quotes of All Time
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