Johnny Depp's 5 Top Movies of All Time

Melina Ann Collison
Johnny Depp is one of America's favorite actors. He has played countless versatile roles and been many different men. Depp is maybe best known for playing freakishly eccentric outcasts who are misunderstood by the rest of the movie's characters. He has won and been nominated for countless awards from the Oscars to the Teen Choice Awards.

Here are the top 5 movies starring Johnny Depp:

One Edward Scissorhands (1990) -Directed by the famous Tim Burton this movie is one I used to watch as a child. A man who has scissors for hands falls in love with a stunning teenage girl only to be shunned by almost everyone he comes into contact with. A touching story with lots of hidden humor as Tim Burton usually does. Johnny Depp plays Edward Scissorhands and Winona Ryder plays the young teen.

Read more about Edward Scissorhands online.

Two Benny & Joon (1993) -Directed by Jeremiah S. Chechik this is a romance which borders reality in many different ways. An eccentric man named Sam, played by Johnny Depp, models himself after Buster Keaton and finds himself romantically involved with a mentally ill woman named Joon, played by Mary Stuart Masterson.

Read more about Benny & Joon online.

Three Sleepy Hollow (1999) -Directed by Tim Burton Sleepy Hollow offers its viewers a realistic look into an old story that has been told for countless years. Johnny Depp plays Ichabod Crane and travels to Sleepy Hollow investigating 3 people's deaths. The individuals were decapitated and the villain is the supposed Headless Horseman.

Read more about Sleepy Hollow online.

Four Pirates of the Caribbean (2003, 2006, 2007) -Directed by Gore Verbinski the Pirates of the Caribbean movies were some of the best work Depp has done throughout his entire career. The plot only continued to thicken with each movie and Depp's performances only got better and more believing. Johnny Depp plays Captain Jack Sparrow in each movie.

Read more about the Pirates of the Caribbean movies online.

Five Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) -Directed again by Tim Burton this movie is a fanatical remake of the original Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory created in 1971 and directed by Mel Stuart. Johnny Depp plays Willy Wonka and brings the viewers through a world of magic and mayhem before handing his factory over to Charlie Bucket, played by Freddie Highmore.

Read more about Charlie and the Chocolate Factory online.

Published by Melina Ann Collison

Melina Ann Collison is a mother and wife who lives in the St. Louis Metropolitan Area. She is a college graduate that has recently started writing professionally.  View profile

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  • T L Wilson4/4/2011

    Yes, these are great movies..We love Johnny Depp, But he was never cuter than he was in his TV series 21 Jump Street!...But that was before your time!!

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