Best Peter Boyle movies

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Best Peter Boyle movies
We present our ranking of the best Peter Boyle movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Peter Boyle.

TOP 25:
The Santa Clause 2
The Santa Clause 2
Peter Boyle as: Father Time (uncredited)
Genre: Fantasy, Comedy, Family
Release: 2002
Better watch out! The big guy in red is coming to town once again. This time, Scott Calvin -- also known as Santa Claus -- finds out there's an obscure clause in his contract requiring him to take on a wife. He has to leave the North Pole to fulfill his obligations, or else he'll be forced to give up his Yuletide gig.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Blu Mankuma movies?

TOP 24:
Turk 182!
Turk 182!
Peter Boyle as: Det. Ryan
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Release: 1985
After New York City firefighter Terry Lynch is unable to receive any compensation for an injury incurred during the off-duty rescue of a young girl, he grows suicidal. Furious, his brother Jimmy attempts to have Mayor Tyler intervene, but the corrupt politician instead denounces Terry as a drunk. Determined to get justice, Jimmy begins a graffiti campaign of embarrassing slogans mocking the mayor, which soon captivates the city.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Robert Culp movies?


TOP 23:
Where the Buffalo Roam
Where the Buffalo Roam
Peter Boyle as: Carl Lazlo, Esq.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Release: 1980
Semi-biographical film based on the experiences of gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson.

TOP 22:
The Shadow
The Shadow
Peter Boyle as: Moe Shrevnitz
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
Release: 1994
Based on the 1930's comic strip, puts the hero up against his arch enemy, Shiwan Khan, who plans to take over the world by holding a city to ransom using an atom bomb. Using his powers of invisibility and "The power to cloud men's minds", the Shadow comes blazing to the city's rescue with explosive results.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Bobby Naderi movies?

TOP 21:
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
Peter Boyle as: Old Man Wickles
Genre: Mystery, Fantasy, Adventure, Comedy
Release: 2004
When Mystery, Inc. are guests of honor at the grand opening of the Coolsville Museum of Criminology, a masked villain shows up and creates havoc before stealing the costumes of the gang's most notorious villains...Could it be that their nemesis, mad scientist Jonathan Jacobo has returned and is trying to recreate their deadliest foes?
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Freddie Prinze Jr. movies?


TOP 20:
The Brink's Job
The Brink's Job
Peter Boyle as: Joe McGinnis
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Release: 1978
In 1950, a group of unlikely criminal masterminds commits the robbery of the century. Led by Tony Pino (Peter Falk), a petty thief fresh out of prison, and Joe McGinnis (Peter Boyle), who specializes in planning lucrative capers, the gang robs Brink's main office in Boston of more than $2 million. However, things begin to go awry when the FBI gets involved, the cops start cracking down on the gang and McGinnis refuses to hand over the loot...
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Peter Falk movies?

TOP 19:
The Dream Team
The Dream Team
Peter Boyle as: Jack McDermott
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Release: 1989
This morning they were playing ping-pong in the hospital rec room. Now they're lost in New York and framed for murder. This was never covered in group therapy.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Lorraine Bracco movies?

TOP 18:
Red Heat
Red Heat
Peter Boyle as: Lou Donnelly
Genre: Action, Crime
Release: 1988
A tough Russian policeman is forced to partner up with a cocky Chicago police detective when he is sent to Chicago to apprehend a Georgian drug lord who killed his partner and fled the country.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Pruitt Taylor Vince movies?


TOP 17:
Diary of a Mad Housewife
Diary of a Mad Housewife
Peter Boyle as: Man in Group Therapy Session
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Release: 1970
Tina Balser is a bored New York housewife-mother married to Jonathan, a pompous, social-climbing lawyer who ridicules her in front of their children, criticizing everything she does or wears. She begins an affair with George Prager, a dashing, successful, and blatantly sadistic writer.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Frank Langella movies?

TOP 16:
Hammett
Hammett
Peter Boyle as: Jimmy Ryan
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Release: 1982
Chinatown, San Francisco, 1928. Former private detective Dashiell Hammett, a compulsive drinker with tuberculosis who writes pulp fiction for a living, receives an unexpected visit from an old friend asking for help.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Marilu Henner movies?

TOP 15:

Johnny Dangerously

Johnny Dangerously
Peter Boyle as: Jocko Dundee
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Release: 1984
An honest, goodhearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's skyrocketing medical bills.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Griffin Dunne movies?


TOP 14:

Joe

Joe
Peter Boyle as: Joe Curran
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Crime
Release: 1970
Ad executive Bill Compton confronts and murders his daughter's drug-dealing boyfriend. Wandering into a local bar, Bill encounters a drunken, bigoted factory worker with a bloodlust, Joe Curran. When Bill confesses the murder to Joe, the two strike up an uneasy alliance, leading to a wild adventure.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Julie Ann Emery movies?

TOP 13:

Outland

Outland
Peter Boyle as: Mark Sheppard
Genre: Science Fiction, Action, Crime
Release: 1981
An honest marshal in a corrupt mining colony on Io, Jupiter's sunless third moon, is determined to confront a violent drug ring even though it may cost him his life. After his wife angrily deserts him, he waits alone for the arrival of killers hired by the company to eliminate him.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best Steven Berkoff movies?

TOP 12:

The Santa Clause

The Santa Clause
Peter Boyle as: Mr. Whittle
Genre: Fantasy, Drama, Comedy, Family
Release: 1994
Scott Calvin is an ordinary man, who accidentally causes Santa Claus to fall from his roof on Christmas Eve and is knocked unconscious. When he and his young son finish Santa's trip and deliveries, they go to the North Pole, where Scott learns he must become the new Santa and convince those he loves that he is indeed, Father Christmas.
Did you know that this movie is also one of best David Krumholtz movies?

TOP 11:

Walker

Walker
Peter Boyle as: Cornelius Vanderbilt
Genre: Drama, History, Western
Release: 1987
William Walker and his mercenary corps enter Nicaragua in the middle of the 19th century in order to install a new government by a coup d'etat.


TOP 10:

Hardcore

Hardcore
Peter Boyle as: Andy Mast
Genre: Crime, Drama
Release: 1979
A conservative Midwest businessman ventures into the sordid underworld of pornography in search for his runaway teenage daughter who’s making porno films in the pits of Los Angeles.

TOP 9:

The Candidate

The Candidate
Peter Boyle as: Marvin Lucas
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Release: 1972
Bill McKay is a candidate for the U.S. Senate from California. He has no hope of winning, so he is willing to tweak the establishment.

TOP 8:

F.I.S.T.

F.I.S.T.
Peter Boyle as: Max Graham
Genre: Drama, Action
Release: 1978
Johnny Kovak joins the Teamsters trade-union in a local chapter in the 1930s and works his way up in the organization. As he climbs higher and higher his methods become more ruthless and finally senator Madison starts a campaign to find the truth about the alleged connections with the Mob.

TOP 7:

Monster's Ball

Monster's Ball
Peter Boyle as: Buck Grotowski
Genre: Drama, Romance
Release: 2001
Set in the southern USA, a racist white man, Hank, falls in love with a black woman named Leticia. Ironically, Hank is a prison guard working on Death Row who executed Leticia's husband. Hank and Leticia's inter-racial affair leads to confusion and new ideas for the two unlikely lovers.

TOP 6:

Medium Cool

Medium Cool
Peter Boyle as: Gun Clinic Manager
Genre: Drama
Release: 1969
John Cassellis is the toughest TV news reporter around. After extensively reporting about violence and racial tensions in poor communities, he discovers that his network is helping the FBI by granting them access to his footage to find suspects.


TOP 5:

While You Were Sleeping

While You Were Sleeping
Peter Boyle as: Ox Callaghan
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Release: 1995
A transit worker pulls commuter Peter off railway tracks after he's mugged, but—while he's in a coma—his family mistakenly thinks she's Peter's fiancée, and she doesn't correct them. Things get more complicated when she falls for his brother, who's not quite sure that she's who she claims to be.

TOP 4:

The Friends of Eddie Coyle

The Friends of Eddie Coyle
Peter Boyle as: Dillon
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release: 1973
An aging hood is about to go back to prison. Hoping to escape his fate, he supplies information on stolen guns to the feds, while simultaneously supplying arms to his bank robbing chums.

TOP 3:

Malcolm X

Malcolm X
Peter Boyle as: Captain Green
Genre: Drama, History
Release: 1992
A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965 left a legacy of self-determination and racial pride.

TOP 2:

Young Frankenstein

Young Frankenstein
Peter Boyle as: Frankenstein's Monster
Genre: Comedy
Release: 1974
A young neurosurgeon inherits the castle of his grandfather, the famous Dr. Victor von Frankenstein. In the castle he finds a funny hunchback, a pretty lab assistant and the elderly housekeeper. Young Frankenstein believes that the work of his grandfather was delusional, but when he discovers the book where the mad doctor described his reanimation experiment, he suddenly changes his mind.

TOP 1:

Taxi Driver

Taxi Driver
Peter Boyle as: Wizard
Genre: Crime, Drama
Release: 1976
A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feed his urge for violent action.



If you like the best Peter Boyle movies, then you will also like the best Marilu Henner movies, where many of their films coincide.