The 10 Best Harrison Ford Movies of All Time - Happy 73rd Birthday to Our Favorite Nerf Herder

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Ender's Game

9 Patriot Games

8 Clear and Present Danger



7 Air Force One



6 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade



5 Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope



4 The Fugitive

When The Fugitive was made, intense action thrillers were everywhere, as were actors to fill their leading roles. But Andrew Davis's movie was different, it's pace was frenetic and it's leading role of Dr. Richard Kimble required something more than the average action movie. Up steps Harrison Ford for the best action performance of his career.

3 Star Wars: Episode IV - The Empire Strikes Back

2 Raiders of the Lost Ark

1 Blade Runner

Today is a day that should be etched in the minds of any self-respecting nerd, whether they're a Star Wars fan, a Blade Runner fan or just simply a fan of legendary movie talent, Harrison Ford's birthday is a day for celebration. At 73, Ford is set to star in his fourth Star Wars movie, reprising his role as Han Solo in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and further cementing his status as one of Hollywood's all-time greats in the process. To celebrate his achievements we've compiled a list of our top-10 Harrison Ford movie appearances of all time.Sure, Ender's Game may have fell well short of the standards set by its source material, but Ford's portrayal of Colonel Hyrum Graff was perfectly faithful to the curt military leader created by Orson Scott-Card. Had Ford not been present in this movie, it would have bordered on disaster.Again, Ford turns up to save a movie that, without his presence would probably have been an a forgettable production. Facing off against Sean Bean's maniacal, Ford owned the screen in just about every shot of the movie. Author Tom Clancy may not have been a huge fan of the adaptation, but Ford's performance as Jack Ryan was powerful enough to warrant a third movie in the series....That third movie was Clear and Present Danger, and while it was equal to its predecessor, Ford deserves extra praise for bringing something new to the character. Ford's second outing as Jack Ryan showed the character as more grizzled, more powerful and generally more sick of everyone's sh*t.You know it, I know it, everybody knows it; Harrison Ford is the President this country deserves.Wit, charm and action. Three things that Ford brings by the bucketload to The Last Crusade, helping him to elevate the movie above Temple of Doom and come very close to matching Raiders of the Lost Ark. Much of Ford's success in the third Indy movie stems from his riffing with Sean Connery. The scene above is one of our all time favorites.Han Solo is the best thing about George Lucas's original Star Wars trilogy, and that's a statement we'll defend to the death. Ford's first appearance in A New Hope instantly injects the movie with some much needed charisma, and that's a trend that continues throughout the movie and throughout the trilogy as a whole. This is the moment we all fell in love with everyone's favorite Nerf Herder.In The Empire Strikes Back, Ford delivers all the roguish charm from A New Hope, but also adds in an element of emotion that helped make the second Star Wars movie the greatest of any that have been made so far. Just try not to swoon at the "I love you"..."I know" moment, we dare you.Ford's first appearance as Indiana Jones is easily the most memorable. It's Ford's work in this movie that made everything else possible, and if it weren't for one other performance, this would be top of our list.One of the greatest movies of all time, Blade Runner draws what is arguably Ford's greatest performance of all time. The role of the jaded detective Rick Deckard could have easily played second fiddle to the beautiful world created by Ridley Scott, but instead Ford is able to bring enough complexity to his character to match not just the world he lives in, but also Rutger Hauer's transcendent performance as Batty.Full-disclosure: We think Apocalypse Now is better than the majority of these movies, but we wanted to focus on projects where Ford really was the movie.