My Top 10: Alan Rickman Films

For almost the past 40 years, Alan Rickman has been one of the most talented British actors of all-time. With his many memorable performances on both stage and screen bringing delight to others, this list is surely going to be a tough to do.

When looking back at his filmography, there are so many that you either remember, forgot or have yet to discover.

Out of his 47 films, I have seen 22 of them. I will rank all of the films I have seen, and give a short review for each of my top 10:

22) Gambit
21) A Little Chaos
20) Eye In The Sky
19) Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets
18) Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban
17) Alice In Wonderland
16) Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves
15) Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone
14) Hitchiker's Guide To The Galaxy
13) Truly Madly Deeply
12) Galaxy Quest

11) Dogma

10) Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix - The fifth of the Harry Potter films and Rickman is back as Severus Snape.
While Harry is being target by Voldemort and the ministry, Snape's role in this film sees him helping Potter counter Voldemort's power over Harry's mind. We also see a more vulnerable side to Rickman's character.

9) Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince - So much better then I expected. For what is effectively filler before the last one, there is actually a really nice charm to this one.
Rickman is as back as Snape, and he is given a very important job, that will see his loyalties pushed to the limit.

8) Love Actually - One of the few rom-coms that won me over.
It follows the lives eight couples just before Christmas in London.

Rickman plays a managing director who begins to have an affair with his secretary.

7) Sense And Sensibility - A wonderful romantic drama directed by Ang Lee that won an Oscar for its screenplay.

Rickman plays it wonderfully as Colonel Brandon who is one of the many bachelors looking for the hand one of Mrs. Dashwood's three daughters.

6) Snow Cake - Only recently seen this and found it to be a fascinating watch.

When a tragic accident occurs, an unlikely friendship between a man and an autistic woman begins.

It is touching, dramatic, emotional and feel-good all at the same time. Rickman and Sigourney Weaver as the leads are terrific together.


5) Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2 - The final installment of the Harry Potter series comes to a thrilling finale and we see Rickman's character becomes more important in this story then we could have possibly imagine.

It is a thrilling and well executed final chapter to the series.

4) Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire - What I consider to be the best of the franchise.

The Tri-Wizard tournament comes to Hogwarts and competing schools are invited to compete. But when Harry is mysteriously entered despite being under-age, suspicion rises.

Rickman as Snape may a small role in this one. But he contributes enough and even gets a couple of comedic moments.

3) Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer - Not widely known by the mainstream audience, but a terrific crime drama about a man creating the world's best perfume. However, his work to find the ultimate scent takes a dark turn.
I'm a big fan of director Tom Tykwer and seeing this confirmed it for me.

Rickman plays the father of our main characters love interest.

2) Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street - Tim Burton's horror musical tells the story of a barber returning to London to seek revenge after losing his wife.

Rickman plays the intimidating Judge Turpin who our main character (played by Johnny Depp) is looking to exact revenge on.

1) Die Hard - The role that started it all.
It is hard to believe that Rickman's first role in a feature film was to be one of the most iconic action villains of all-time in the form of Hans Gruber.

One of the most popular films of the 1980's and of all-time. It's perfect mix of high-quality action, well developed characters and slick writing sees this one hell of a thrill ride that we just do not see anymore.