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Best Elliott Gould movies

We present our ranking of the best Elliott Gould 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 Elliott Gould.

TOP 24: Ocean's Twelve

Elliott Gould as: Reuben Tishkoff
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Release: 2004
Danny Ocean reunites with his old flame and the rest of his merry band of thieves in carrying out three huge heists in Rome, Paris and Amsterdam – but a Europol agent is hot on their heels.


TOP 23: Kim Possible: A Sitch In Time

Elliott Gould as: Mr. Stoppable (voice)
Genre: TV Movie, Action, Adventure, Animation, Family
Release: 2003
Kim and Ron start out a new school year, only to find out that Ron's family is moving to Norway. This puts a strain on their partnership, just as Dr. Drakken, Monkey Fist, and Duff Killigan team up to find and use an ancient time travel device to rule the world. Attacking Kim in the past, present, and future, can these villians succeed? Or will an unforeseen force be more destructive?

TOP 22: Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

Elliott Gould as: Elliott Gould
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Release: 1994
Frank Drebin is persuaded out of retirement to go undercover in a state prison. There he is to find out what top terrorist, Rocco, has planned for when he escapes. Frank's wife, Jane, is desperate for a baby.. this adds to Frank's problems. A host of celebrities at the Academy awards ceremony are humiliated by Frank as he blunders his way trying to foil Rocco.


TOP 21: The Muppets Take Manhattan

Elliott Gould as: Cop in Pete's
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Family
Release: 1984
When the Muppets graduate from Danhurst College, they take their song-filled senior revue to New York City, only to learn that it isn't easy to find a producer who's willing to back a show starring a frog and a pig. Of course, Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy won't take no for an answer, launching a search for someone to take them to Broadway.


TOP 20: California Split

Elliott Gould as: Charlie Waters
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Release: 1974
Carefree single guy Charlie Waters rooms with two lovely prostitutes, Barbara Miller and Susan Peters, and lives to gamble. Along with his glum betting buddy, Bill Denny, Charlie sets out on a gambling streak in search of the ever-elusive big payday. While Charlie and Bill have some lucky moments, they also have to contend with serious setbacks that threaten to derail their hedonistic betting binge.

TOP 19: Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

Elliott Gould as: Ted Henderson
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Release: 1969
Bob and Carol Sanders are best friends with Ted and Alice Henderson. After attending a weekend self-help/ self-discovery getaway, Bob and Carol feel newly enlightened, and want their friends to feel the same way.


TOP 18: The Lady Vanishes

Elliott Gould as: Robert Condon
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Release: 1979
Remake of Alfred Hitchcock's 1938 classic. On the eve of the Second World War, a train carrying an assortment of passengers, pulls out of a small town in Bavaria. When one of the passengers, a kindly old lady, mysteriously disappears the other passengers are led into confrontation with the Nazis and a desperate race for freedom.


TOP 17: Contagion

Elliott Gould as: Ian Sussman
Genre: Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller
Release: 2011
As an epidemic of a lethal airborne virus - that kills within days - rapidly grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself.

TOP 16: Ocean's Thirteen

Elliott Gould as: Reuben Tishkoff
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Release: 2007
Danny Ocean's team of criminals are back and composing a plan more personal than ever. When ruthless casino owner Willy Bank doublecrosses Reuben Tishkoff, causing a heart attack, Danny Ocean vows that he and his team will do anything to bring down Willy Bank along with everything he's got. Even if it means asking for help from an enemy.


TOP 15: Capricorn One

Elliott Gould as: Robert Caulfield
Genre: Drama, Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
Release: 1977
In order to protect the reputation of the American space program, a team of scientists stages a phony Mars landing. Willingly participating in the deception are a trio of well-meaning astronauts, who become liabilities when their space capsule is reported lost on re-entry. Now, with the help of a crusading reporter, they must battle a sinister conspiracy that will stop at nothing to keep the truth.


TOP 14: Ocean's Eight

Elliott Gould as: Reuben Tishkoff
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Release: 2018
Debbie Ocean, a criminal mastermind, gathers a crew of female thieves to pull off the heist of the century at New York's annual Met Gala.

TOP 13: M*A*S*H

Elliott Gould as: Trapper John
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Release: 1970
The staff of a Korean War field hospital use humor and high jinks to keep their sanity in the face of the horror of war.


TOP 12: The Silent Partner

Elliott Gould as: Miles Cullen
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release: 1978
Toronto, Canada. A few days before Christmas, Miles Cullen, a bored teller working at a bank branch located in a shopping mall, accidentally learns that the place is about to be robbed when he finds a disconcerting note on one of the counters…


TOP 11: Ruby Sparks

Elliott Gould as: Dr. Rosenthal
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Release: 2012
Calvin is a young novelist who achieved phenomenal success early in his career but is now struggling with his writing – as well as his romantic life. Finally, he makes a breakthrough and creates a character named Ruby who inspires him. When Calvin finds Ruby, in the flesh, sitting on his couch about a week later, he is completely flabbergasted that his words have turned into a living, breathing person.


TOP 10: The Muppet Movie

Elliott Gould as: Beauty Contest Compere
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Music, Family
Release: 1979
A Hollywood agent persuades Kermit the Frog to pursue a career in Hollywood. On his way there he meets his future muppet crew while being chased by the desperate owner of a frog-leg restaurant!

TOP 9: And the Oscar Goes To...

Genre: Documentary, TV Movie
Release: 2014
The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy itself, which began in 1927 when Louis B. Mayer, then head of MGM, led other prominent members of the industry in forming this professional honorary organization. Two years later the Academy began bestowing awards, which were nicknamed "Oscar," and quickly came to represent the pinnacle of cinematic achievement.


TOP 8: The Player

Elliott Gould as: Elliott Gould
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release: 1992
A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?


TOP 7: A Bridge Too Far

Elliott Gould as: Col. Robert Stout
Genre: Drama, History, War
Release: 1977
Operation Market Garden, September 1944. The Allies attempt to capture several strategically important bridges in the Netherlands in the hope of breaking the German lines.


TOP 6: Little Murders

Elliott Gould as: Alfred Chamberlain
Genre: Comedy
Release: 1971
Elliot Gould plays Alfred Chamberlain -- a one time successful photographer who is now down on his luck because he began to eliminate people from his photographs. He also suffers from an inability to feel or to be passionate about anything. But then Alfred meets Patsy Newqvist, who takes it upon herself to mold Alfred into "a strong, vital, self-assured man, that I can protect and take care of."


TOP 5: Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

Elliott Gould as: Himself
Genre: Documentary
Release: 2014
A documentary about the rise and fall of the Cannon Film Group, the legendary independent film company helmed by Israeli cousins Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus.

TOP 4: Nashville

Elliott Gould as: Himself
Genre: Drama, Music, Comedy
Release: 1975
The intersecting stories of twenty-four characters—from country star to wannabe to reporter to waitress— connect to the music business in Nashville, Tennessee.


TOP 3: Ocean's Eleven

Elliott Gould as: Reuben Tishkoff
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Release: 2001
Less than 24 hours into his parole, charismatic thief Danny Ocean is already rolling out his next plan: In one night, Danny's hand-picked crew of specialists will attempt to steal more than $150 million from three Las Vegas casinos. But to score the cash, Danny risks his chances of reconciling with ex-wife, Tess.


TOP 2: The Long Goodbye

Elliott Gould as: Philip Marlowe
Genre: Thriller, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Release: 1973
Detective Philip Marlowe tries to help a friend who is accused of murdering his wife.


TOP 1: American History X

Elliott Gould as: Murray
Genre: Drama
Release: 1998
Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two African-American men. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to prison, Derek was a skinhead and the leader of a violent white supremacist gang that committed acts of racial crime throughout L.A. and his actions greatly influenced Danny. Reformed and fresh out of prison, Derek severs contact with the gang and becomes determined to keep Danny from going down the same violent path as he did.


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