5 - The Fugitive

4 - Witness

3 - Apocalypse Now

2 - American Graffiti

1 - Blade Runner

A couple of things stand out when I look at this list. Harrison Ford has had a pretty damned amazing career. And even some of the movies this list doesn't include help confirm that. The other thing that stands out is the complete lack of comedy in the overwhelming majority of these films and his performances.

That's worth noting because Ford's Hall of Fame characters, Indiana Jones and Han Solo, are loaded with charisma and sarcasm. So to a large degree, these are the other Harrison Ford movies in more ways than one.

Looking at the also-rans, we see Working Girl, Frantic, The Mosquito Coast, K-19: The Widowmaker (a pick definitely made by a drunk guy), the two Jack Ryan flicks, and Air Force One. Never dug Working Girl, personally, more a side effect of Melanie Griffith than anything else. Frantic's good, as are the Jack Ryan capers. AFO is probably a bit overvalued, as is The Mosquito Coast. K-19 is on the list of the Top Five Worst Harrison Ford Movies.

To his credit, there aren't a lot of nominees for The Top Five Worst - K-19, What Lies Beneath, Hollywood Homicide, Sabrina, and Six Days, Seven Nights would make the cut if I just went off the top of my head - but they're all recent films, considering he has two flicks from the 70s on this list.

The Fugitive put the wind in Tommy Lee Jones' sails again, yes, but it's a quality leading man performance by the most everyman leading man of his generation. The only problem I have with Ford is the same problem I have with him in several other movies from this era: I just don't like him having a white collar job. No doctors, no lawyers, and to a lesser extent, no Presidents. Beyond that, though, The Fugitive is great.

Witness is probably Ford's best strictly dramatic performance, and it's very upsetting that people don't remember that film more fondly.

Apocalypse Now is not a starring performance by Ford, and that's one of the reasons I love him in it. He's so iconic as a leading man - even in Star Wars, where he was by far more compelling than the other heroes - that seeing him work in an ensemble reveals a lot. An acquired taste, yes, but Apocalypse Now is impossible to ignore.

Ford was good in another ensemble, George Lucas' American Graffiti. If we were ever to do a list of coming-of-age comedies, this would be on it. And Ford, wearing that Stetson and driving that hot rod, set the stage for the next decade-plus of his career.

Blade Runner is number one because, frankly, it's the best film on the list. It shows a lot more acting ability than a lot of people probably thought the swaggering modern day John Wayne had in his arsenal. And, it's the fourth best movie in Ford's entire career, behind Empire Strikes Back, Raiders, and Star Wars. That's good enough for me.