What is the best Sam Neill movie?

From a dino-wrangling paleontologist to chilling horror turns and tender arthouse dramas, his range stretches across four decades and nearly every genre imaginable. Which performance stands tallest?

1

Jurassic Park

The 1993 Spielberg blockbuster in which Neill stars as paleontologist Dr. Alan Grant, his most iconic role.

1000pts

2

Possession

Andrzej Zulawski's 1981 surreal horror drama, a cult classic co-starring Isabelle Adjani.

930pts

3

The Piano

Jane Campion's Oscar-winning 1993 period drama where Neill plays the emotionally repressed frontier husband Alisdair Stewart.

930pts

4

The Final Conflict

The 1981 third Omen film in which Neill plays a grown, malevolent Damien Thorn.

891pts

5

Bicentennial Man

A 1999 sci-fi drama with Robin Williams, featuring Neill as the kindly patriarch 'Sir'.

818pts

6

The Dish

A warm 2000 Australian comedy-drama about the radio telescope that relayed the 1969 Moon landing.

734pts

7

In the Mouth of Madness

John Carpenter's 1994 cult horror film with Neill as an insurance investigator unravelling into cosmic dread.

520pts

8

Sleeping Dogs

Roger Donaldson's landmark 1977 New Zealand thriller that first made Neill a leading man.

520pts

9

Sirens

A sensual 1994 comedy-drama with Neill as real-life painter Norman Lindsay.

520pts

10

Hunt for the Wilderpeople

Taika Waititi's 2016 New Zealand comedy adventure with Neill as gruff bushman Uncle Hec.

382pts

11

Dead Calm

A taut 1989 psychological thriller at sea co-starring Nicole Kidman, with Neill as a grieving husband.

382pts

12

My Brilliant Career

Gillian Armstrong's acclaimed 1979 Australian drama that launched Neill's international career.

382pts

13

Event Horizon

Paul W. S. Anderson's 1997 sci-fi horror where Neill's Dr. Weir designs a doomed starship.

382pts

14

Jurassic World Dominion

The 2022 franchise finale reuniting Neill's Alan Grant with the original trio.

382pts

15

The Hunt for Red October

The 1990 Cold War submarine thriller in which Neill plays executive officer Captain Vasily Borodin.

212pts