The Best Brian De Palma Movies Ranked And Where to Watch them

If you're looking for the best Brian De Palma movies of all time then here is a definitive list. We rank every movie directed by Brian De Palma based on their popularity score from IMDB from best to worst. Click on the ‘see more’ button to find out where to watch them in Australia covering all streaming services. In March 2024 there are 24 films in this list.

List of the Best Movies Directed by Brian De Palma In Order of Popularity

  1. Scarface
  2. Carlito's Way
  3. The Untouchables
  4. Carrie
  5. Blow Out
  6. Phantom of the Paradise
  7. Mission: Impossible
  8. Dressed to Kill
  9. Casualties of War
  10. Body Double
  11. The Fury
  12. Femme Fatale
  13. Snake Eyes
  14. Redacted
  15. Raising Cain
  16. Mission to Mars
  17. The Bonfire of the Vanities
  18. Wise Guys
  19. Obsession
  20. Murder à la Mod
  21. Passion
  22. Get to Know Your Rabbit
  23. Greetings
  24. The Black Dahlia

Stream the top 24 Movies directed by Brian De Palma

1. Scarface

Rated: R

8.3/10

After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes the biggest drug lord in the state, controlling nearly all the cocaine that comes through Miami. But increased pressure from the police, wars with Colombian drug cartels and his own drug-fueled paranoia serve to fuel the flames of his eventual downfall.

2. Carlito's Way

Rated: R

7.9/10

A Puerto-Rican ex-con, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him, and lead a better life outside NYC.

3. The Untouchables

Rated: R

7.8/10

Young Treasury Agent Elliot Ness arrives in Chicago and is determined to take down Al Capone, but it's not going to be easy because Capone has the police in his pocket. Ness meets Jimmy Malone, a veteran patrolman and probably the most honorable one on the force. He asks Malone to help him get Capone, but Malone warns him that if he goes after Capone, he is going to war.

4. Carrie

Rated: R

7.4/10

Carrie White, a shy and troubled teenage girl who is tormented by her high school peers and her fanatically religious mother, begins to use her powers of telekinesis to exact revenge upon them.

5. Blow Out

Rated: R

7.4/10

Jack Terry is a master sound recordist who works on grade-B horror movies. Late one evening, he is recording sounds for use in his movies when he hears something unexpected through his sound equipment and records it. Curiosity gets the better of him when the media become involved, and he begins to unravel the pieces of a nefarious conspiracy. As he struggles to survive against his shadowy enemies and expose the truth, he does not know whom he can trust.

6. Phantom of the Paradise

Rated: PG

7.3/10

A disfigured composer sells his soul for the woman he loves so that she will perform his music. However, an evil record tycoon betrays him and steals his music to open his rock palace, The Paradise.

7. Mission: Impossible

Rated: M

7.1/10

When Ethan Hunt, the leader of a crack espionage team whose perilous operation has gone awry with no explanation, discovers that a mole has penetrated the CIA, he's surprised to learn that he's the No. 1 suspect. To clear his name, Hunt now must ferret out the real double agent and, in the process, even the score.

8. Dressed to Kill

Rated: R

7.1/10

When Liz Blake, a prostitute, sees a mysterious woman brutally slay homemaker Kate Miller, she finds herself trapped in a dangerous situation. While the police think Liz is the murderer, the real killer wants to silence the crime's only witness.

9. Casualties of War

Rated: R

7.1/10

During the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager. Based on the actual events of an incident on Hill 192 in November, 1966.

10. Body Double

Rated: R

6.8/10

After losing an acting role and his girlfriend, Jake Scully finally catches a break: he gets offered a gig house-sitting in the Hollywood Hills. While peering through the beautiful home's telescope one night, he spies a gorgeous woman dancing in her window. But when he witnesses the girl's murder, it leads Scully through the netherworld of the adult entertainment industry on a search for answers—with porn actress Holly Body as his guide.

11. The Fury

Rated: R

6.3/10

A government agent is determined to come to his son's rescue, when a sinister official kidnaps him to harness his extremely powerful psychic abilities.

12. Femme Fatale

Rated: R

6.2/10

A woman tries to straighten out her life, even as her past as a con-woman comes back to haunt her.

13. Snake Eyes

Rated: R

6.1/10

All bets are off when corrupt homicide cop Rick Santoro witnesses a murder during a boxing match. It's up to him and lifelong friend and naval intelligence agent Kevin Dunne to uncover the conspiracy behind the killing. At every turn, Santoro makes increasingly shocking discoveries that even he can't turn a blind eye to.

14. Redacted

Rated: R

6.1/10

A fictional documentary discusses the effects the Iraq war has had on soldiers and local people through interviews with members of an American military unit, the media, and local Iraqis.

15. Raising Cain

Rated: R

6.1/10

When neighborhood kids begin vanishing, Jenny suspects her child psychologist husband, Carter, may be resuming the deranged experiments his father performed on Carter when he was young. Now, it falls to Jenny to unravel the mystery. And as more children disappear, she fears for her own child's safety.

16. Mission to Mars

Rated: PG

5.7/10

When contact is lost with the crew of the first Mars expedition, a rescue mission is launched to discover their fate.

17. The Bonfire of the Vanities

Rated: R

5.6/10

After his mistress runs over a black teen, a Wall Street hotshot sees his life unravel in the spotlight; A down-and-out reporter breaks the story and opportunists clamber to use it to their advantage.

18. Wise Guys

Rated: R

5.6/10

Harry Valentini and Moe Dickstein are both errand boys for the Mob. When they lose $250,000, they are set up to kill each other. But they run off to Atlantic City and comedy follows.

19. Obsession

Rated: PG

5.6/10

Simone inherits a dilapidated farmhouse in France and makes her way there with her husband Eric and their two children. Her dream is to turn the house into a bed and breakfast but as the hectic pace of the rebuilding gets underway, she gets caught up in the romance and chaos of it all. Losing sight of her goals, she must find her way back to the dreams and ambitions which brought her there in the first place.

20. Murder à la Mod

Rated: N/A

5.4/10

Naive young Karen wants to help her struggling amateur filmmaker boyfriend Christopher raise enough money so he can divorce his wife. Meanwhile, jolly psycho-prankster Otto stalks the building where Christopher is shooting a low-grade adult movie in order to keep himself afloat.

21. Passion

Rated: R

5.3/10

The rivalry between the manipulative boss of an advertising agency and her talented protégée escalates from stealing credit to public humiliation to murder.

22. Get to Know Your Rabbit

Rated: R

5.2/10

A young businessman goes to a magic expert to learn hardness and skill with his cynical and greedy collaborators. He becomes a very good tap dancer, but will he be able to get free of his old boss?

23. Greetings

Rated: X

/10

An offbeat, episodic film about three friends, Paul, a shy love-seeker, Lloyd, a vibrant conspiracy nut, and Jon, an aspiring filmmaker and peeping tom. The film satirizes free-love, the Kennedy assassination, Vietnam, and amateur film-making.

24. The Black Dahlia

Rated: R

/10

Lee Blanchard and Bucky Bleichert are former boxers-turned-cops in 1940s Los Angeles and, when an aspiring young actress turns up dead, Blanchard and Bleichert must grapple with corruption, narcissism, stag films and family madness as they pursue the killer.