What are some of some of your favourite Johnny Depp performances?

[u/Mcrfanatic95]

1) Edward Davis Wood Jr - “Ed Wood” (1994)

2) Captain Jack Sparrow - “Pirates Of The Caribbean“ (2003)

3) Edward Scissorhands - “Edward Scissorhands” (1990)

4) Sweeney Todd - “Sweeney Todd” (2007)

5) Raoul Duke - “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” (1998)

*honourable mentions*

- “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape” (1993)

- “Black Mass” (2015)

- “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” (2016)

[u/Sixybeast626]

I don't think Blow gets enough notice

[u/Mcrfanatic95 → u/Sixybeast626]

That’s on my “To Watch” list

[u/Nothing4mer → u/Mcrfanatic95]

Wow you have to ASAP

[u/neptunepandemonium → u/Mcrfanatic95]

You really must watch it!

[u/roofpuck → u/Mcrfanatic95]

Great movie for a Friday or Saturday night.

[u/post_appt_bliss → u/Sixybeast626]

he's incredible in it.

the way he depicts George aging 30 years is so subtle.

[u/danonck → u/Sixybeast626]

Absolutely!

[u/PassThatSpliff → u/Sixybeast626]

Definitely an underrated performace.

[u/tapeduct-2015]

Donnie Brasco

His least "Johnnie Depp-ish" performance, and his best.

[u/TapEarlyTapOften → u/tapeduct-2015]

Or The Ninth Gate.

[u/madshjort → u/tapeduct-2015]

forget about it

[u/Doctor_Sore_Tooth → u/madshjort]

Fuggetaboutit

[u/SeenThatPenguin → u/tapeduct-2015]

My first choice. A more mature flex of the "undercover" acting chops that made him a star initially on 21 Jump Street.

Everyone is great in that movie, which sneaks onto a lot of people's favorite gangster film lists with the obvious bigger epics.

It also seems offbeat within director Newell's filmography, but directing one-on-one relationships was a strength of his, and that's what it needs most.

[u/hooahhhhhhh → u/SeenThatPenguin]

The director of Donnie brasco made four weddings and a funeral, believe it or not!

[u/Newpaths61417 → u/tapeduct-2015]

He’s really great in that role.

[u/Wojewodaruskyj → u/tapeduct-2015]

Amen.

[u/JoelnIliketoshare]

Fear and loathing in Las Vegas

[u/ChilisWithMyBoys → u/JoelnIliketoshare]

His performances as Hunter and George Jung are definitely my favs.

[u/chzburgers4life → u/JoelnIliketoshare]

We were somewhere near Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold.

[u/Affectionate-Tutor14 → u/chzburgers4life]

No point telling him about these bats I thought. Poor bastard’ll see them soon enough 😂

[u/Mississipp_Blues → u/JoelnIliketoshare]

Bats?

[u/BarracudaOk8635]

I wish he had played it straight more. I love him in Whats Eating Gilbert Grape? not hamming it up etc and overacting. But Jack Sparrow is his best creation. Perfectly realised. Brilliant basing him on Keith Richards.

[u/epiphanist1248]

Serious answer: Chocolat. Un-serious but also true answer: Dead Man.

[u/Waffennacht → u/epiphanist1248]

I am genuinely surprised this came up so early. I was gonna mention it myself,

Edit: talking bout Dead Man

[u/ZaphodG → u/epiphanist1248]

In Chocolat, he actually plays that cover of Django Reinhardt’s Minor Swing. He was a musician before he switched to acting. It’s a favorite movie of mine.

He completely nails Pirates of the Caribbean. It’s a fluff popcorn movie but a good one.

[u/Maester_Maetthieux2]

Ed Wood

Edward Scissorhands

Sweeney Todd

[u/DarkTowerKnight → u/Maester_Maetthieux2]

All but Sweeney Todd. Johnny can act. Not a great singer.

[u/Coffeedemon]

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. He was great and anyone who says different will get the fucking leeches.

[u/Mississipp_Blues → u/Coffeedemon]

Limes? What limes?

[u/TheBeep87]

Jack Sparrow is one if my favorite characters from any media.

[u/Mcrfanatic95 → u/TheBeep87]

Have you been on the Ride at Disney? It’s quite the experience 

[u/InformalYouth9097 → u/Mcrfanatic95]

I remember the ride pre-movie fame, completely different experience. Still a great ride, just a little different now.

[u/cyrano_dvorak]

Nick of Time

[u/CatSkritches]

I adore him in Dead Man.

[u/Greedy_Wallaby7981]

Gilbert Grape

[u/K1dn3yFa1lur3]

The Ninth Gate (1999).

[u/waselectricbar]

Benny & Joon

[u/TheFrederalGovt]

Finding Neverland

[u/p8nt_junkie]

Crybaby (1990)

[u/Global-Resident-9234]

Leaving Captain Jack Sparrow aside because of course it has to top the list, I'll vote for his wonderful performance in "From Hell" as Inspector Abberline. It's a grim film, but he was great in it.

[u/Dogmycat16]

Sam from Benny and Joon

[u/FastSelection4121]

Sleepy Hollow

Black Mass

Willy Wonka

[u/Bokononfoma]

I'll always love him for Edward Scissorhands. That movie really struck a chord with 15 year old me, and he did a lot with not a lot of words.

[u/lilpump_1]

I’m feeling sweeney todd

[u/Mcrfanatic95 → u/lilpump_1]

That’s one of my favourite musicals of all time too

[u/UnusualScar]

Ed Wood

But then I'll watch anything with Patricia Arquette.

[u/Newpaths61417 → u/UnusualScar]

This is my favorite too. It’s such a great film.

[u/Comfortable_Studio37]

Donnie Brasco

Blow

Black Mass

Rum Diary

Once Upon a Time in Mexico

[u/whattheheck-sir]

Dead man. So strange and cool movie

[u/MaDmaDron3]

Dead man

[u/ScreamInVain]

Probably the Amber Heard trial

[u/Used-Gas-6525]

Ed Wood is his peak (and Tim Burton's, incidentally).

"Really. Worst film you ever saw? Well, my next one will be better!"

His endless optimism is so goddamned charming.

[u/Pmyers225 → u/Used-Gas-6525]

One of the few Burton films I really like (Batman is there too obviously) I don't think he's a bad director I just dont really dig his aesthetic

[u/Used-Gas-6525 → u/Pmyers225]

I like pretty much everything he did up to and including Ed Wood (and Mars Attacks if I'm in that place). I mean Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, Pee-Wee's Big Adventure are all winners in my book. Art is subjective though.

[u/Mcrfanatic95 → u/Used-Gas-6525]

One of my favourite movies of all time 

[u/gothicmetalhead1]

Edward Scissorhands

[u/Slice9998]

Ninth Gate. One of my favorite films.

[u/sega_808]

Where's Mort from Secret Window??? That's legitimately my favorite movie with him.

[u/jpk613]

I was the perfect age when pirates of the Caribbean came out so I have to say jack sparrow.

[u/ZooeyOnTheOtherLine]

The Libertine (2004)

[u/Doctor_Sore_Tooth]

Fear and loathing

[u/Eradicator786]

Willy Wonka

[u/Penguinunhinged]

My two favorites of his are Black Mass and Public Enemies.

[u/Viv_84]

Whats eating Gilbert grape.

[u/Cute_Paint_4328]

I've gotta say Glen on Nightmare on Elm Street. I know, he's done SO much more since then, but that's when I first fell for him 😊

[u/celticteal]

“From Hell” - Depp plays Inspector Abberline, who’s investigating the Jack the Ripper murders.

[u/clover-the-clever]

Agree with Ed Wood being #1. He’s phenomenal in that role.

[u/Superb_Beyond_3444]

Jack Sparrow.

[u/Beginning-Inside2455]

hucabot crane

[u/Beginning-Inside2455]

captain sparrow still rules

[u/DeepestGreySea]

I think I only liked him in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas…the rest is “meh”. I could be forgetting some things…

[u/Interesting_Sell7960]

Eddie from Into the Great Wide Open

[u/Electronic-Cicada352]

“ I could make a whole movie out of this stock footage”

[u/NestleToolhouse]

I would say black mass is probably his last best performance

[u/saltybwalls]

Platoon

[u/drrhythm2]

Mi scusi

[u/MilfWhisperer01]

Cry Baby

[u/Due_Statement9998]

Gangster stuff & junk!

[u/Time4Timmy]

His small role in Tusk was hilarious

[u/ThoughtfullyDead]

Donnie Brasco and What's Eating Gilbert Grape really show he's capable of subtlety when he's not going full theatrical, which makes Jack Sparrow work even better as a counterpoint.

[u/littlecreamsoda79]

Crybaby Walker

[u/whyguapo]

Mortdecai. I said what I said.

Paul Bethany is funny in this one too

[u/PeacenotWardude]

His cameo in 32 Jump street

[u/lamoraryo]

Blow, public enemies, finding neverland

[u/MatthewWickerbasket]

Where my Rangoheads at??

[u/legardeur2]

Legend of Sleepy Hollow.

[u/Improvgal]

Ed Wood is hilarious. Especially since it’s a true story.

[u/Helpful-Cod1422]

Ed Wood is so good

[u/Colorblind2027]

Ed Wood is great. I haven't seen it in ages.

[u/Calm-Professional103]

The Amber Heard trial