The Best Movies of John Travolta's Early Years
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The Best Movies of John Travolta's Early Years

Whether in the fifties, the disco era, or a plastic bubble, John Travolta delivers the goods. Which pre-Pulp Fiction flick is your favorite?

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1 Grease
With more great songs and dances than you can count on your jivin' hands, Grease remains the greatest musical. 163 305
2 Saturday Night Fever
There's still no better take on the disco era than Travolta strutting around Brooklyn and dancing his butt off. 157 275
3 Urban Cowboy
Travolta's last big hit for a decade contains an understated performance as a lovelorn cowpoke. 68 228
4 Carrie
Travolta, as the leader of the prom prank, is funny, charimastic, dangerous, and steals all his scenes. 55 217
5 Look Who's Talking
Before family comedy was a dirty phrase, Travolta made one of the best, with Kirstie Alley and Bruce Willis (as a talking baby). 33 221
6 Blow Out
In Blow Out, Travolta perfects the role of the man in over his head -- essential to any good conspiracy flick. -6 188
7 Staying Alive
While the sequel to Saturday Night Fever may get a bum rap, Travolta still dances and Stallone directs. Good enough. -18 192
8 The Boy in the Plastic Bubble
Travolta shines in an emotional TV movie so good it took home four Emmy awards. -21 189
9 The Devil's Rain
The Devil's Rain brings Travolta to the horror genre, and he steals the show from William Shatner and Tom Skerritt. -53 151
10 The Experts
Travolta shows off his underappreciated comic skills in this flick about two D.J.'s forced to teach Russian spies about the U.S. -61 151