MRQE Ranks: Liam Neeson's Best to Worst Movies

1

Schindler's List (1993)

Cast: Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes, Caroline Goodall, Jonathan Sagalle

Director: Steven Spielberg

Synopsis: Based on a true story, Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List stars Liam Neeson as Oskar Schindler, a German businessman in Poland who sees an opportu... [MORE]

2

Husbands and Wives (1992)

Cast: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Judy Davis, Sydney Pollack, Juliette Lewis

Director: Woody Allen

Synopsis: One of Woody Allen's most seemingly biographical films, Husbands and Wives opens with upper-middle class Manhattan couple Sally (Judy Davis) and Ja... [MORE]

3

Batman Begins (2005)

Cast: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes, Gary Oldman

Director: Christopher Nolan

Synopsis: The origins of the Caped Crusader of Gotham City are finally brought to the big screen in this new adaptation of the perennially popular comic-book... [MORE]

4

Ponyo (2009)

Director: Hayao Miyazaki

Synopsis: Acclaimed anime master Hayao Miyazaki returns for his ninth animated feature with Ponyo, which deals with a friendship between a five-year-old boy ... [MORE]

5

Kinsey (2004)

Cast: Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, Chris O'Donnell, Peter Sarsgaard, Timothy Hutton

Director: Bill Condon

Synopsis: Alfred Kinsey was an entomologist who taught at Indiana University and had a keen interest in an area of human behavior that had seen little schola... [MORE]

6

Gangs of New York (2002)

Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz, Jim Broadbent, Liam Neeson

Director: Martin Scorsese

Synopsis: The violent rise of gangland power in New York City at a time of massive political corruption and the city's evolution into a cultural melting pot ... [MORE]

7

Love Actually (2003)

Cast: Bill Nighy, Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman

Director: Richard Curtis

Synopsis: All of London is in love -- or longing to be -- in Four Weddings and a Funeral writer Richard Curtis' first directorial effort. Billed as "the ulti... [MORE]

8

Les Misérables (1998)

Cast: Liam Neeson, Geoffrey Rush, Uma Thurman, Claire Danes, Hans Matheson

Director: Bille August

Synopsis: Bille August directed this Rafael Yglesias adaptation of the 1862 classic by Victor Hugo (1802-1885) about the quest of Inspector Javert to capture... [MORE]

9

Five Minutes of Heaven (2009)

Cast: Liam Neeson, James Nesbitt, Anamaria Marinca, Conor MacNeill

Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel

Synopsis: Oliver Hirschbiegel, director of Das Experiment and The Invasion, takes the helm for this film about a killer who dares not seek forgiveness, and a... [MORE]

10

The Mission (1986)

Cast: Jeremy Irons, Robert De Niro, Ray McAnally, Aidan Quinn, Liam Neeson

Director: Roland Joffe

Synopsis: Featuring a majestic score by Ennio Morricone and lush Oscar-winning cinematography by Chris Menges, Roland Joffé's The Mission examines the events... [MORE]

11

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)

Cast: Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, William Moseley, Anna Popplewell, Tilda Swinton

Director: Andrew Adamson

Synopsis: Four siblings -- Edmund (Skandar Keynes), Lucy (Georgie Henley), Peter (William Moseley), and Susan (Anna Popplewell) -- are sent from their London... [MORE]

12

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)

Cast: Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Jake Lloyd, Ian McDiarmid

Director: George Lucas

Synopsis: In 1977, George Lucas released Star Wars, the ultimate sci-fi popcorn flick-turned-pop-culture myth machine. It quickly became the biggest money-ma... [MORE]

13

Michael Collins (1996)

Cast: Liam Neeson, Aidan Quinn, Stephen Rea, Alan Rickman, Julia Roberts

Director: Neil Jordan

Synopsis: The rise and fall of one of the most important and controversial figures in Ireland's struggle for independence is chronicled in this biographical ... [MORE]

14

Rob Roy (1995)

Cast: Liam Neeson, Jessica Lange, John Hurt, Tim Roth, Eric Stoltz

Director: Michael Caton-Jones

Synopsis: The 18th century Scottish legend of Robert Roy MacGregor comes to life in this stylish adaptation of the swashbuckling novel by Sir Walter Scott. L... [MORE]

15

Breakfast on Pluto (2005)

Cast: Cillian Murphy, Liam Neeson, Stephen Rea, Brendan Gleeson, Eva Birthistle

Director: Neil Jordan

Synopsis: An Irish boy becomes an emotional and sexual outcast as the 1960s fade into the 1970s in this period drama from director Neil Jordan. When he was j... [MORE]

16

Taken (2008/I)

Cast: Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen, Xander Berkeley, Katie Cassidy

Director: Pierre Morel

Synopsis: An ex-soldier (Liam Neeson) traveling through Europe embarks on a frantic quest to rescue his daughter (Maggie Grace) after the young girl is abduc... [MORE]

17

Seraphim Falls (2006)

Cast: Liam Neeson, Pierce Brosnan, Michael Wincott, Ed Lauter, John Robinson

Director: David Von Ancken

Synopsis: Frequent television director David Von Ancken (Oz and The Shield) offers a thrilling meditation on the true nature of revenge with this post-Civil ... [MORE]

18

Kingdom of Heaven (2005)

Cast: Liam Neeson, David Thewlis, Jeremy Irons, Edward Norton, Brendan Gleeson

Director: Ridley Scott

Synopsis: Ridley Scott directed this epic-scale historical drama inspired by the events of the Crusades of the 12th century. Balian (Orlando Bloom) is a humb... [MORE]

19

K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)

Cast: Harrison Ford, Sam Spruell, Liam Neeson, Peter Stebbings, Christian Camargo

Director: Kathryn Bigelow

Synopsis: A real-life historical incident becomes the basis for this military thriller from director Kathryn Bigelow that's reminiscent of such submarine dra... [MORE]

20

Darkman (1990)

Cast: Liam Neeson, Frances McDormand, Colin Friels, Larry Drake, Nelson Mashita

Director: Sam Raimi

Synopsis: Neglecting Julie (Frances McDormand), his lawyer lady friend, Dr. Peyton Westlake (Liam Neeson) works feverishly to perfect his latest invention --... [MORE]

21

Unknown (2011)

Cast: Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, Aidan Quinn, Frank Langella, January Jones

Director: Jaume Collet-Serra

Synopsis: Liam Neeson headlines this thriller about a prominent doctor on a business trip to Germany when he awakens from a coma to find that another man has... [MORE]

22

The A-Team (2010)

Cast: George Peppard, Mr. T, Dwight Schultz, Tim Dunigan

23

Chloe (2009)

Cast: Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore, Amanda Seyfried, Max Thieriot, Nina Dobrev

Director: Atom Egoyan

Synopsis: An untrusting wife attempts to prove that her husband is cheating by hiring an escort to seduce him, inadvertently endangering her entire family in... [MORE]

24

Nell (1994)

Cast: Jodie Foster, Liam Neeson, Natasha Richardson, Richard Libertini, Nick Searcy

Director: Michael Apted

Synopsis: A woman is brought to civilization after spending her life in the wilds in this drama. Dr. Jerome Lovell (Liam Neeson) happens upon a shack deep in... [MORE]

25

The Next Three Days (2010)

Cast: Russell Crowe, Elizabeth Banks, Liam Neeson, Olivia Wilde, Brian Dennehy

Director: Paul Haggis

Synopsis: His wife convicted of a murder she swears she did not commit, a college professor plots to break her out of prison in this thriller starring Russel... [MORE]

26

Before and After (1996)

Cast: Meryl Streep, Liam Neeson, Edward Furlong, Julia Weldon, Alfred Molina

Director: Barbet Schroeder

Synopsis: Director Barbet Schroeder and screenwriter Ted Tally adapted the novel by Rosellen Brown into this intriguing drama that, while heavily criticized ... [MORE]

27

After.Life (2009)

Cast: Christina Ricci, Liam Neeson, Justin Long, Chandler Canterbury, Celia Weston

Director: Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo

Synopsis: Young couple Paul (Justin Long) and Anna (Christina Ricci) are toying with the prospect of marriage when they have a chance encounter with Eliot (L... [MORE]

28

Gun Shy (2000)

Cast: Liam Neeson, Oliver Platt, Sandra Bullock, Jose Zuniga, Mitch Pileggi

Director: Eric Blakeney

Synopsis: In this action-laced comedy, a cop on the verge of a nervous breakdown finds love at the least convenient time. Charlie Mayo (Liam Neeson) is an un... [MORE]

30

The Haunting (1999)

Cast: Liam Neeson, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Lili Taylor, Owen Wilson, Bruce Dern

Director: Jan De Bont

Synopsis: In the 1860's, industrialist Hugh Crain financed the construction of Hill House, a beautiful but forbidding mansion where Crain hoped to house a wi... [MORE]