Harrison Ford's 8 Best Movies, Ranked

Harrison Ford has played a smuggler, an archaeologist and a doctor on the run, all with the same perfect frown. Here's his top eight.

Number one wins a tie, and half of you will call it a robbery.

1. 8
   Return of the Jedi (1983)8.1

   Ford's least essential Han Solo. The Ewoks get more to do.

   Audiences rank it above 99% of notable movies. Critics stop at 62%. Han Solo spends a lot of its 131 minutes on Endor looking like he'd rather be back in a cantina.
2. 7
   Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)8.5

   Ford's funniest movie, with Sean Connery as Indy's dad.

   The movie.guru score is 8.5. My Guru's Take is a 9.2, the biggest jump on this list. $474.2 million worldwide on a reported $48 million budget.
3. 6
   Blade Runner 2049 (2017)8.6

   The best-looking movie Ford has ever been in, by a mile.

   Ryan Gosling leads, and Ford's older Rick Deckard brings the ache. A reported $150 million budget, only $287.3 million worldwide, and 164 minutes of gorgeous images.
4. 5
   Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)8.9

   Harrison Ford walked back in and stole the whole sequel.

   $2.07 billion worldwide and a 9.0 movie.guru score. My Guru's Take is a 7.5. Ford's grumpy, older Han Solo is the best thing in it, and he's barely trying.
5. 4
   The Empire Strikes Back (1980)9.3

   Ford and Carrie Fisher bickering is the best romance in sci-fi.

   Han Solo and Leia argue across a whole galaxy, and every insult is flirting. A 9.3 movie.guru score and 1.53 million IMDb votes.
6. 3
   The Fugitive (1993)9.3

   Dr. Richard Kimble is the smartest man Ford ever played.

   He investigates his own case while the whole country hunts him. Metacritic gives it an 87, CinemaScore an A+, and its 130 minutes have no slow patch.
7. 2
   Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)9.6

   Perfect adventure movie. Losing a tie is its only flaw.

   Same 9.6 movie.guru score as number one. Made for a reported $18 million, 115 minutes, and Indy gets dragged behind a truck like it's a Tuesday.
8. 1
   Star Wars (1977)9.6

   Better than Raiders. Han Solo made Indiana Jones possible.

   A reported $11 million budget, $775.4 million worldwide, and a 9.6 movie.guru score. Ford's cocky smuggler is the coolest guy in all 121 minutes, and he knows it.

$697 says you're about to argue for Raiders with your whole chest.

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