Mickey Rourke, daha sonraları başta Bruce Willis olmak üzere bir çok aktör tarafından örnek alınmıştır. Öyle ki meşhur Bruce Willis gülüşü, aslında Mickey Rourke'a aittir.

• Sin City 2 (2008)
• Kill Shot (2007)
• Stormbreaker (2006)
• Domino (2005)
• Sin City (2005)
• Man on Fire (2004)
• Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)
• Masked and Anonymous (2003)
• Spun (2002)
• Picture Claire (2001)
• The Follow (2001)
• The Pledge (2001)
• They Crawl (2001)
• Get Carter (2000)
• Animal Factory (2000)
• Shades (1999)
• Shergar (1999)
• Cousin Joey (1999)
• Out in Fifty (1999)
• The Thin Red Line (1998) (scenes deleted)
• Thursday (1998)
• Thicker Than Blood (1998) (TV)
• Buffalo '66 (1998)
• The Rainmaker (1997)
• Love in Paris (1997)
• "Another 9 1/2 Weeks" (1997)
• Double Team (1997)
• Bullet (1996)
• Exit in Red (1996)
• Fall Time (1995)
• F.T.W. (1994)
• White Sands (1992)
• Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991)
• Desperate Hours (1990)
• Wild Orchid (1990)
• Johnny Handsome (1989)
• Francesco (1989)
• Homeboy (1988)
• Barfly (1987)
• A Prayer for the Dying (1987)
• Angel Heart (1987)
• 9½ Weeks (1986)
• Year of the Dragon (1985)
• Eureka (1984)
• The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984)
• Rumble Fish (1983)
• Diner (1982)
• Body Heat (1981)
• Fade to Black (1980)
• Heaven's Gate (1980)
• 1941 (1979)