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Nightmare On Elm Street, ANightmare On Elm Street, A (1984) Recommended
Dir. Wes Craven
Feat. John Saxon, Heather Langenkamp, Johnny Depp
The maiden nightmare of the razor–fingered dream–demon Freddie Krueger, who went on to become the pre–eminent horror icon of the…
21 Jump Street (TV Series)21 Jump Street (TV Series) (1987-1991)
Feat. Johnny Depp, Frederic Forrest, Peter DeLuise
Iconic, lightly–rendered youth thriller series, in which four young–looking undercover cops infiltrate high schools to expose various…
Cry-BabyCry-Baby (Cry baby) (1990) Recommended
Dir. John Waters
Feat. Johnny Depp, Amy Locane, Susan Tyrrell
Another stylish, camp classic from the infamous director who made Divine a cult sensation. Depp heads a super cast in a tribute to the juvenile…
Edward ScissorhandsEdward Scissorhands (1991) Aro Favourite
Dir. Tim Burton
Feat. Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Vincent Price
This inspired contemporary fairy–tale posits Johnny Depp as a boy endowed with sharp appendages, a mixed blessing when it comes to fitting into…
Arizona DreamArizona Dream (1991) Recommended
Dir. Emir Kusturica
Feat. Johnny Depp, Faye Dunaway, Lili Taylor
A young Inuit dreamer is called to Arizona for his uncle's wedding, where he is bewitched by a neurotic mother–daughter team. An eccentric…
Benny and JoonBenny and Joon (1992)
Dir. Jeremiah Chechik
Feat. Johnny Depp, Mary Stuart Masterson, Aidan Quinn
Another quirky outing in American suburbia with Depp a Chaplin–esque loner who befriends Masterson, the 'mental' sister of an…
What's Eating Gilbert Grape?What's Eating Gilbert Grape? (1993) Aro Favourite
Dir. Lasse Hallstrom
Feat. Johnny Depp, Juliette Lewis, Leonardo DiCaprio
An off–beat delight that's quirky take on tin–pot America is never at the expense of its truthfulness or poignancy. The ballad of the…
Ed WoodEd Wood (1994) Aro Favourite
Dir. Tim Burton
Feat. Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Sarah Jessica Parker
Tim Burton, the eccentric visionary behind EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, PEE–WEE and BATMAN finds a soul mate in recounting the life of the world's…
Dead ManDead Man (1995) Recommended
Dir. Jim Jarmusch
Feat. Johnny Depp, Iggy Pop, Lance Henriksen
A unique meditation on the mystique of the Wild West, branded with the distinctive marks of dir. Jarmusch's dilatory tempo and playful eccentricity.…
Nick of TimeNick of Time (1995)
Dir. John Badham
Feat. Johnny Depp, Christopher Walken
Johnny Depp strives for action–hero big time with this cliff–hanger played out in real time. Randomly singled out of a crowd, he must…
Don Juan DeMarcoDon Juan DeMarco (1995) Aro Favourite
Dir. Jeremy Leven
Feat. Johnny Depp, Marlon Brando, Faye Dunaway
A delightful, dreamy romantic drama and wry comic fantasy rolled into one that has Johnny Depp perfectly cast as a misfit who believes he is the…
Donnie BrascoDonnie Brasco (1997) Recommended
Dir. Mike Newell
Feat. Al Pacino, Johnny Depp, Michael Madsen
Riveting, true–life tale of an FBI agent's perilous infiltration of the New York Mafia in the 70s. A knife–edge dramatic tension is…
Brave, TheBrave, The (1998)
Dir. Johnny Depp
Feat. Johnny Depp, Marlon Brando
Johnny Depp's much–derided directorial debut is an over–ambitious epic look at a desperate character who sells himself into snuff movies.…
Fear and Loathing in Las VegasFear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) Recommended
Dir. Terry Gilliam
Feat. Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro
Wildly hallucinatory version of Hunter S. Thompson's counter–culture novel, does away with the ersatz social satire but thankfully hits the…
Astronaut's Wife, TheAstronaut's Wife, The (1999)
Dir. Rand Ravich
Feat. Johnny Depp, Charlize Theron
In orbit, Astronaut Johnny Depp goes offline for several minutes; back on the ground wife Charlize Theron finds him subtly changed for the…
Sleepy HollowSleepy Hollow (1999)
Dir. Tim Burton
Feat. Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Christopher Walken
The oft–filmed short story 'Legend of Sleepy Hollow' is fashioned by illustrious iconoclast Tim Burton as the goriest, most…
L.A. Without a MapL.A. Without a Map (1999)
Dir. Mika Kaurismaki
Feat. David Tennant, Vincent Gallo, Julie Delpy
A young Scottish undertaker (Tennant) follows an aspiring American actress back to La–la land, where he competes with the shallow excesses and…
Source, TheSource, The (1999) Aro Favourite
Dir. Chuck Workman
Feat. Johnny Depp, John Turturro, Dennis Hopper
Superb chronicle of the ‘Beat’ movement and the work of its founding fathers – Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs – and their…
Ninth Gate, TheNinth Gate, The (2000)
Dir. Roman Polanski
Feat. Johnny Depp, Frank Langella, Lena Olin
An unscrupulous book dealer (Johnny Depp) is sent to Europe by a mysterious tycoon (Frank Langella) to recover an authentic, elusive (and of course,…
ChocolatChocolat (2000) Recommended
Dir. Lasse Hallstrom
Feat. Juliette Binoche, Alfred Molina, Lena Olin
Light and fluffy ‘food–comedy’ of international mien in which, after a shaky start, Juliette Binoche gets into the heart of an crusty…
Before Night FallsBefore Night Falls (2000) Recommended
Dir. Julian Schnabel
Feat. Javier Bardem, Sean Penn, Johnny Depp
The life and times of Cuban poet Reinaldo Arenas (Javier Bardem) told as a florid visual collage – dream, memory and history merging on the…
Man Who Cried, TheMan Who Cried, The (2001)
Dir. Sally Potter
Feat. Christina Ricci, Cate Blanchett, John Turturro
Typically eclectic affair from the dir. of ORLANDO and THE TANGO LESSON, composing a sweeping historical romance of early 20th century Europe with…
BlowBlow (2001) Recommended
Dir. Ted Demme
Feat. Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, Ray Liotta
‘Cocaine biopic’ of Pablo Escobar’s American partner, George Jung (Johnny Depp), who graduated from low–level…
From HellFrom Hell (2001)
Dir. Hughes Brothers
Feat. Johnny Depp, Heather Graham, Ian Holm
Johnny Depp goes Goth again, this time buttoned–up in Victorian garb, as a drug–afflicted cockney detective hired to sniff out legendary…
Lost in La ManchaLost in La Mancha (2002) Recommended
Dir. Keith Fulton, Louis Pepe
Feat. Terry Gilliam, Johnny Depp, Jean Rochefort
A cautionary fable of filmmaking in the mould of HEARTS OF DARKNESS, concerning director Terry Gilliam’s (BRAZIL) attempt to film a version of…
Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black PearlPirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) Aro Favourite
Dir. Gore Verbinski
Feat. Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Geoffrey Rush
A terrific, tongue–in–cheek action romp set in the pirate days of the Caribbean, with Johnny Depp leading the charge as a madcap, slyly…
Once Upon a Time in MexicoOnce Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)
Dir. Robert Rodriguez
Feat. Johnny Depp, Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek
The final 'installment' in dir. Rodriguez' violent Mexican trilogy (see EL MARIACHI and DESPERADO), with Banderas again the loner in a dusty town,…
Secret WindowSecret Window (2004)
Dir. David Koepp
Feat. Johnny Depp, John Turturro, Timothy Hutton
Coming off the back of a messy divorce, novelist Depp moves to an isolated lakeside house where he must contend with accusations of plagarism by an…
Finding NeverlandFinding Neverland (2004) Recommended
Dir. Marc Forster
Feat. Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Julie Christie
Impressive journey into the private life of Edwardian 'Peter Pan'–creator JM Barrie (played by Depp), and the unique circumstances in which he…
Libertine, TheLibertine, The (2004)
Dir. Laurence Dunmore
Feat. Johnny Depp, Samantha Morton, John Malkovich
Bustling rendition of the life of the debauched playwright John Wilmot, the Second Earl of Rochester, who filled his days and nights in inglorious…

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