Dileep averages 6.71 across 30 rated films as an actor, ahead of Lal at 6.50.
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
| Punjabi House | 1998 | 8.1 | as Unnikrishnan | as Sikkandar Singh |
| Chandranudikkunna Dikhil | 1999 | · | as Mukundan | as Parthan |
| Thenkasipattanam | 2000 | 7.6 | as Shathrughnan | Producer, as Dasan |
| Kalyanaraman | 2002 | 7.9 | as Thekkedathu Ramankutty | Producer, as Thekkedathu Achuthankutty |
| Chanthupottu | 2005 | 6.6 | as Radha Krishnan | Producer, as Divakaran |
| Aagathan | 2010 | · | as Goutham Menon | as Major George Joseph |
| Sringaravelan | 2013 | · | Actor | as Yesudas |
| King Liar | 2016 | 5.6 | as P. Sathya Narayanan | Writer, Director, as Anand Varma |
