What is the best John Travolta movie of all time?
From disco floors to crime capers, John Travolta has delivered unforgettable performances across five decades of Hollywood. Which film showcases him at his absolute best?
Pulp Fiction
Quentin Tarantino's 1994 non-linear crime masterpiece in which Travolta plays hitman Vincent Vega, a role that revived his career and earned him an Oscar nomination.
Grease
The iconic 1978 musical romance in which Travolta plays greaser Danny Zuko opposite Olivia Newton-John, featuring songs that remain cultural touchstones.
Saturday Night Fever
The 1977 drama that made Travolta a superstar, following a Brooklyn working-class young man who escapes his bleak life through disco dancing.
Blow Out
Brian De Palma's 1981 political thriller in which Travolta plays a movie sound man who accidentally records evidence of a murder.
Get Shorty
Barry Sonnenfeld's 1995 black comedy in which Travolta plays a charming Miami loan shark who ventures into Hollywood, earning the film a Golden Globe.
Primary Colors
Mike Nichols' 1998 political satire in which Travolta gives a career-best dramatic performance as a charismatic Southern presidential candidate.
Hairspray
The 2007 musical comedy in which Travolta memorably plays Edna Turnblad in drag opposite Queen Latifah and Michelle Pfeiffer.
Face/Off
John Woo's 1997 over-the-top action thriller in which Travolta and Nicolas Cage literally swap faces in one of cinema's wildest premises.
Urban Cowboy
A 1980 romantic drama set in a Texas honky-tonk bar, where Travolta's mechanical bull-riding cowboy became a cultural symbol of the era.
Phenomenon
A 1996 fantasy drama in which Travolta plays a small-town man who suddenly develops extraordinary intelligence after witnessing a flash of light.
Michael
A 1996 comedy fantasy in which Travolta plays a slovenly, cigarette-smoking archangel with a huge heart and disheveled wings.
Look Who's Talking
The 1989 romantic comedy featuring Travolta as a cab driver who helps raise a baby — whose inner monologue is voiced by Bruce Willis — and woos the mother played by Kirstie Alley.
Broken Arrow
John Woo's 1996 action thriller in which Travolta plays a rogue Air Force pilot who steals nuclear warheads, making him one of cinema's most charismatic villains.
Swordfish
A 2001 stylish heist thriller in which Travolta plays a flamboyant criminal mastermind who recruits a top hacker to pull off a massive bank heist.
A Civil Action
A 1998 legal drama in which Travolta plays a personal-injury lawyer taking on a landmark environmental contamination case against two major corporations.
Wild Hogs
The 2007 road comedy in which Travolta joins Tim Allen, Martin Lawrence, and William H. Macy as suburban dads who set out on a motorcycle road trip.
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