10 Best Woody Harrelson Movies

By Vlad Zakh · December 29, 2025

Woody Harrelson has spent thirty-plus years swinging between broad comedy and some of the bleakest characters in American cinema, often in the same year, and is rarely less than riveting either way. Natural Born Killers rampages as a media-glorified killer, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri makes him the town police chief under a grieving mother’s campaign, War for the Planet of the Apes gives him a Kurtz-like colonel, and Solo: A Star Wars Story mentors a young Han. No Country for Old Men, Zombieland, Kingpin, The Hunger Games and Seven Psychopaths round out the list.

Natural Born Killers (1994)

TMDB ★ 7.3

A murderous couple's cross-country killing spree turns them into media-glorified celebrities.

Directed by Oliver Stone · 1h 59m · Rated R

Where to watch

Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)

IMDb ★ 8.1 RT 90% Metacritic 88

A grieving mother rents three billboards to pressure police into solving her daughter's murder.

Directed by Martin McDonagh · 1h 55m · Rated R

Won 2 Oscars132 wins & 233 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel, Cinemax Amazon Channel, HBO Max, Cinemax Apple TV channel · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)

IMDb ★ 7.4 RT 94% Metacritic 82

Caesar leads his people in a final, brutal war against the humans hunting them to extinction.

Directed by Matt Reeves · 2h 20m · Rated PG-13

Nominated for 1 Oscar28 wins & 65 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel, Cinemax Amazon Channel, Cinemax Apple TV channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)

TMDB ★ 6.9

A smuggler and thief helps a young Han Solo navigate the criminal underworld, with Thandiwe Newton in the cast.

Directed by Ron Howard · 2h 15m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

Stream: Disney Plus · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Out of the Furnace (2013)

TMDB ★ 6.8

Diane Kruger plays a small-town girlfriend caught between two brothers and a dangerous crime ring.

Directed by Scott Cooper · 1h 56m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential · Rent: JustWatch TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Hunger Games (2012)

IMDb ★ 7.2 RT 84% Metacritic 68

A teenager volunteers to fight to the death in a televised contest that keeps her district in line.

Directed by Gary Ross · 2h 22m · Rated PG-13

Won 1 BAFTA Award34 wins & 49 nominations total

Where to watch

Stream: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Plex · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Seven Psychopaths (2012)

TMDB ★ 7.1

A meta crime-comedy that keeps undercutting its own premise.

Directed by Martin McDonagh · 1h 50m · Rated R

Where to watch

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No Country for Old Men (2007)

IMDb ★ 8.2 RT 93% Metacritic 92

A chase movie that refuses every genre convention it sets up.

Directed by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen · 2h 02m · Rated R

Won 4 Oscars165 wins & 139 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Peacock Premium, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Peacock Premium Plus · Rent: JustWatch TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Kingpin (1996)

TMDB ★ 6.6

A washed-up, one-handed bowler mentors a naive Amish phenom to take down a smug rival champion.

Directed by Bobby Farrelly & Peter Farrelly · 1h 54m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, MGM Plus, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Plex · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Zombieland (2009)

IMDb ★ 7.5 RT 89% Metacritic 73

A germaphobic survivor's rules for staying alive in a zombie-overrun America.

Directed by Ruben Fleischer · 1h 28m · Rated R

10 wins & 29 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: HBO Max · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Streaming availability data from JustWatch, via TMDB. Availability changes often, so check the service before you plan a movie night.

Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.

10 Best Woody Harrelson Movies

Natural Born Killers (1994)

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)

War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)

Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)

Out of the Furnace (2013)

The Hunger Games (2012)

Seven Psychopaths (2012)

No Country for Old Men (2007)

Kingpin (1996)

Zombieland (2009)

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