The 10 BEST Samuel L. Jackson movies of all time

Samuel L. Jackson is one of the most popular movie stars of all time.

In fact, movies which have featured the A-lister have earned over $27 billion which makes him the highest-grossing actor in history.

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He has been nominated for one Academy Award for acting, and although he failed to win, he was given an honorary Oscar in 2022. 

Within our MovieMeter community, there are naturally various Sam Jackson movies that have received hugely positive responses. 

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It is perhaps no surprise to see that Pulp Fiction has received the highest score from our community. Many believe it is Quentin Tarantino's best movie and it was indeed the project that earned Jackson his Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

Interestingly, the movies in positions three and four are ones in which he plays a very small part. In fact, for Inglorious Basterds, his role was limited to a voiceover.

He has been involved in some of the biggest franchises of all time including Star Wars and the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Two franchise movies - Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith and Avengers: Infinity War - make it into our top 10.

Top 10 Samuel L. Jackson movies

1.

4.26 (12440)

Pulp Fiction (1994)

Three stories are woven together as Jules (Samuel L Jackson) and Vincent (John Travolta) must carry out the wishes of their boss Marsellus Wallace (Ving Rhames) while dealing with an unfortunate dead body. Meanwhile, boxer Butch (Bruce Willis) is on the run from the mob after throwing a prize fight, and Vincent's night goes awry after taking Wallace's wife, Mia (Uma Thurman) out for dinner.

Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Stars: John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson and Uma Thurman

2.

4.19 (6929)

Goodfellas (1990)

For as long as he could remember, Henry Hill (Ray Liotta) wanted to be a gangster. He starts out as an errand boy and over the years he gets bigger and bigger jobs. He falls under the care of Jimmy Conway (Robert De Niro), an old hand in the trade, and the psychopathic Tommy DeVito (Joe Pesci). Henry begins to enjoy the high life, but as questions are raised over those close to him, he begins to wonder who he can trust.

Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Stars: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta and Joe Pesci

3.

4.01 (5185)

Django Unchained (2012)

Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz), a bounty hunter, frees slave Django (Jamie Foxx) and the pair work together to save Django's wife Broomhilda (Kerry Washington). Broomhilda is currently enslaved under the ruthless Calvin J. Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio.

Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Stars: Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz and Leonardo DiCaprio

4.

3.96 (7957)

Inglourious Basterds (2009)

In German-occupied France, Shosanna Dreyfus (Melanie Laurent) witnesses the brutal murder of her family, led by Nazi Colonel Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz). She barely manages to escape and flees to Paris, where she takes on a new identity and starts running a movie theatre. Meanwhile, elsewhere in France, a Jewish group of soldiers, led by Lieutenant Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt), takes revenge on the Nazis.

Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Stars: Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz and Mélanie Laurent

5.

3.83 (3523)

True Romance (1993)

Clarence works in a comic book store and spends most of his spare time at the cinema watching kung fu movies. One day he meets Alabama prostitute, whom he falls in love with. However, she can't just stop working and so Clarence has to deal with her pimp first. During the tumultuous confrontation with the pimp, Clarence accidentally comes into possession of a suitcase of cocaine. He decides to sell this huge amount on his own and moves to Los Angeles.

Directed by: Tony Scott
Stars: Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette and Michael Rapaport

6.

3.79 (5469)

Jurassic Park (1993)

Scientists manage to clone dinosaurs from a drop of dino blood from a mosquito. Enterprising millionaire John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) wants to show the cloned dinosaurs to the public and is building a gigantic theme park for that. A lucky few, including a lawyer, a mathematician, two dinosaur experts and Hammond's grandchildren, are the first to visit the park. However, during the first thunderstorm, the electricity goes out in the park and a number of dangerous dinosaurs manage to escape from their enclosures.

Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Stars: Sam Neill, Jeff Goldblum and Laura Dern

7.

3.74 (5740)

Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)

After crossing the first two names on her kill list, The Bride continues her quest to exact revenge on her former henchmen: after O-Ren Ishii and Vernita Green, it's now the turn of Elle Driver, Budd and finally her boss Bill. However, there is an unexpected trump card at play.

Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Stars: Uma Thurman, Michael Madsen and David Carradine

8.

3.73 (1479)

Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

The Avengers and the Guardians of the Galaxy join forces to prevent super being Thanos (Josh Brolin) from gaining all six Infinity Stones that would allow him to destroy half of all life in the universe.

Directed by: Anthony Russo and Joe Russo
Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans and Chris Hemsworth

9.

3.71 (984)

Do the Right Thing (1989)

It's the hottest time of year in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. In this mostly black neighborhood, Sal, an Italian immigrant, has been running a successful pizzeria with his sons Pino and Vito for years. Pino, however, is a racist and a troublemaker. For example, he is constantly annoyed that his father gives the local drunkard Mayor his daily dollar for cleaning the sidewalk. In fact, Pino would like to pocket that money himself, but without taking up the broom...

Directed by: Spike Lee
Stars: Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis and Spike Lee

10.

3.80 (332)

Sorcerer (1977)

When a fire breaks out at a remote oil derrick, a group of outcasts gets the chance to earn enough money to escape their poverty-stricken existence. This is due to a dangerous job, in which they have to transport two crates of unstable dynamite through kilometers of jungle, in old trucks. Remake of the French film "Le Salaire de la Peur" (1953).

Directed by: William Friedkin
Stars: Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer and Francisco Rabal