Johnny Depp is one of the best-known character actors in cinema. While he's never nabbed an Academy Award, he has been nominated three times and has received other honors, including a Golden Globe.

Depp is known for the characters he plays, immersing himself in the roles, with some of the most notable being Captain Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean series, Edward Scissorhands, and Willy Wonka. He's had a long career in TV and film, and because of this, his resume is long.

Currently, Depp is involved in a defamation trial with his ex-wife Amber Heard, who accused him of abuse in 2016, before the two divorced. And after an op-ed Heard wrote was published--which did not name Depp but alluded to him--Depp claimed that hurt his career, which is part of this defamation suit. This also led to a decision for Depp to not return to Disney's Pirates movies.

Looking at Depp's career, what were his best movies? Looking at GameSpot's sister-site Metacritic, we can get a good idea. An aggregate of critical reviews, Metacritic assigns movies, TV shows, and video games a score based on write-ups from said reviews. We've tabulated Depp's top 10 reviewed movies, and present them before for you, starting with number 10.

10. Public Enemies (2009)

Score: 70 (35 reviews)

Depp plays infamous bank robber John Dillinger during the Great Depression. The film follows the mobster crime wave of the 1930s.

9. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)

Score: 72 (40 reviews)

In this remake of the classic children's movie, Depp plays eccentric candy-maker Willy Wonka.

8. What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1994)

Score: 73 (20 reviews)

One of the stars of the film, Depp plays the titular Gilbert Grape in this coming-of-age story about a young man caring for his obese mother and mentally-disabled brother.

7. Edward Scissorhands (1990)

Score: 74 (19 reviews)

Working with Tim Burton, Depp played the titular character, a modern-day Frankenstein's monster with scissors for hands. Leaving his solitary life, he adjusts to the suburbs.

6. Rango (2011)

Score: 75 (35 reviews)

In this animated movie, Depp voices the titular character Rango, who is a chameleon who ends up in a lawless town in the Wild West that needs a new sheriff.

5. Donnie Brasco (1997)

Score: 76 (21 reviews)

Once again, Depp plays the titular character here. Brasco is actually an undercover FBI agent infiltrating the Bonanno crime family.

4. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

Score: 76 (12 reviews)

Depp appears in the very first Freddy Kruger movie as Glen Lantz, a teen who sleeps with a CRT TV on his stomach. Lantz gets dragged into his bed by Freddy and a volcano of blood erupts from it.

3. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)

Score: 83 (39 reviews)

Another Tim Burton/Johnny Depp joint, Depp plays a barber in 1840s London who was wrongfully imprisoned for the death of his wife. He extracts his revenge by killing people involved with his imprisonment during shaves and haircuts. Then, the woman below his barber shop makes them into pies. It's probably the most-wild musical feature film.

2. Corpse Bride (2005)

Score: 83 (35 reviews)

Depp teams with Burton for this animated film about a man who is practicing his wedding vows in the forest; however, after doing so, he finds himself married to an undead bride.

1. Platoon (1987)

Score: 92 (16 reviews)

Depp has a smaller role in this Oliver Stone Vietnam war movie, compared to the others on the list. In Platoon, he plays Lerner, a soldier who can speak Vietnamese.