Top 5 Favorite Hackman Performances (1 Viewer)

[TripItUp]

List your top 5 favorite Hackman performances.

Here are mine.

1. Hoosiers
2. Superman
3. Unforgiven
4. Crimson Tide
5. The Firm (most underrated imho)

 

[nirad3]

1. Hoosiers
2. Hoosiers
3. Hoosiers
4. Hoosiers
5. Enemy of the State

 

[Parrothead]

Hoosiers
Enemy of the State
No Way Out
The Firm
Crimson Tide

 

[The Gator]

Superman
The Royal Tenenbaums
Hoosiers
The Replacements
Enemy of the State

 

[Jaysus]

Lex Luthor
Royal Tennenbaum
Capt. Frank Ramsey
Harry Zimm
Bill Daggett

 

[Andy Dufresne]

1. Hoosiers
2. Crimson Tide
3. Enemy of the State
4. Superman
5. The Conversation

Those are my favorite movies in which he starred. Not necessarily what I consider his best performances. It's weird, as much as I like him as an actor I didn't really like that much of what he was in.

 

[Joe Schmo]

The Conversation
The French Connection
Superman
Hoosiers
Unforgiven

About a dozen more could make this list

 

[Stoneworker]

The French Connection

Yep. Popeye Doyle. Not even close IMO

 

[Sullie]

The Conversation
Unforgiven
Hoosiers
The Firm
The French Connection

Honorable mentions:
Uncredited for Young Frankenstein
Heist which didn't do well at the box office but I think it's kind of a hidden gem

 

[northern exposure]

Hoosiers
The Quick and The Dead
Unforgiven
French Connection
Young Frankenstein

 

[bryhamm]

Don't really get Hoosiers. I mean, it's the best movie with Hackman in it, but it's not his best performance.

 

[Joe Schmo]

He was a good foil in Birdcage and that movie is a riot!

 

[TripItUp]

Don't really get Hoosiers. I mean, it's the best movie with Hackman in it, but it's not his best performance.

Not to nitpick but I said favorite performance, not best.

 

[higgins]

Mississippi Burning
Hoosiers
French Connection
Crimson Tide
The Royal Tennenbaums

(Hon. Mention: Company Business)

 

[Eephus]

Night Moves
French Connection II
The Conversation
The Royal Tenenbaums
Unforgiven

 

[Joe Schmo]

Forgot about Poseidon Adventure which is an all-time 70's disaster movie with such an eclectic cast with Hackman front and center.

 

[shuke]

The Conversation
Mississippi Burning

That's all you need.

 

[Major]

Lex Luthor
Royal Tennenbaum
Capt. Frank Ramsey
Harry Zimm
Bill Daggett

Any list without Royal is incomplete

 

[Marauder]

The French Connection
Unforgiven
The Conversation
Mississippi Burning
Night Moves

 

[Ministry of Pain]

The Conversation
Mississippi Burning

That's all you need.

He actually works better as a co-star and with others around him
Unforgiven and also Royal Tenenbaums show far more range than Mississippi Burning IMO
But everyone has their favorites

 

[Ministry of Pain]

Nobody seems to mention Heist often, written and directed by Mamet
Mamet films don't make any money and nobody watches them
Heist was Mamet's biggest domestic box office and it only reached about $25M
Hackman is excellent in the film

 

[TripItUp]

Nobody seems to mention Heist often, written and directed by Mamet
Mamet films don't make any money and nobody watches them
Heist was Mamet's biggest domestic box office and it only reached about $25M
Hackman is excellent in the film

I love that movie.

 

[bryhamm]

Don't really get Hoosiers. I mean, it's the best movie with Hackman in it, but it's not his best performance.

Not to nitpick but I said favorite performance, not best.

Same thing though.

 

[Nipsey]

He was one of those actors who could read the phone book and make it compelling. The two performances that come to mind for me are Crimson Tide and No Way Out but probably because I've watched both about 800 times. And who can ever forget his final performance?

 

[Eephus]

The French Connection is a better movie but Hackman's performance in French Connection II surpasses the original. In the sequel Popeye Doyle travels to Marseilles in pursuit of the drug kingpin but is captured and injected with heroin for a period of time. His portrayal of addiction and withdrawal is absolutely harrowing.

 

[Ilov80s]

Night Moves
Unforgiven
Hoosiers
The Conversation
And how about for an odd one The Gypsy Moths

 

[need2know]

unforgiven is my fav from him. hes good in everything he did though

also always loved the poseidon adventure

 

[Klimtology]

No Absolute Power?

 

[Klimtology]

My 5:

SuperMan
Unforgiven
Absolute Power
Royal Tennenbaums
Hoosiers

 

[Hastur]

He was one of those actors who could read the phone book and make it compelling. The two performances that come to mind for me are Crimson Tide and No Way Out but probably because I've watched both about 800 times. And who can ever forget his final performance?

"What happened to your hair?"

 

[Hastur]

The French Connection
The Conversation
Unforgiven
Hoosiers
The Poseidon Adventure

There are 6 or 7 others that could replace any of the above and I would have a hard time arguing it. Such a great actor.

 

[NewlyRetired]

Hoosiers
Crimson Tide
Enemy of the State
Poseidon Adventure
Narrow Margin

 

[JohnnyU]

Bat 21

 

[TripItUp]

No Absolute Power?

love this movie...Linney, Eastwood, Hackman, E.G. Marshall and Ed Harris


What a cast!

 

[Keith R]

Since it's favorite, not best;

Superman 1 & 2
Get Shorty
Royal Tennenbaums
The Birdcage
Crimson Tide

 

[JohnnyU]

Wasn’t he in Behind Enemy Lines? I liked that movie a lot. Owen Wilson was the main character.

 

[UncleZen]

My "favorites" are:
Mississippi Burning
The Replacements
Get Shorty
Superman
Hoosiers

Honorable mention to Welcome to Mooseport.

 

[urbanhack]

Enemy of the State
Hoosiers
French Connection
Crimson Tide
The Firm

I'll be cuing up a few of the ones mentioned tonight.

 

[RandyDB]

Today my 5 favorite would be:

Unforgiven
The Quick and The Dead
Behind Enemy Lines
Absolute Power
Mississippi Burning


Tomorrow or next week, any one or two of the below could move to the top five.
Maybe there is something to be said for relegation.

Welcome to Mooseport
Full Moon in Blue Water
Crimson Tide
The French Connection
Enemy of the State

 

[sho nuff]

Hoosiers…still remember going to the theater that doesn’t exist anymore at tue Fox River Mall in Appleton with my dad and my brother. Then cool a few years ago getting to tour and step on the court at Hinkle Fieldhouse while my niece was at Butler.

The Birdcage…love this movie and such a great cast. Him telling stories about what state had great foilage gets me every time.

The Firm…great character
Crimson Tide…he and Denzel facing off
Superman…loved his Lex Luther….Get Shorty is up there too

 

[opensourcebeer]

In no particular order

Night Moves
Crimson Tide
Unforgiven
Royal Tennenbaums
French Connection

Tough to name a top 5....the dude put in the work.


Uncommon Valor and Scarecrow deserves an honorable mention, in the sense that no one as mentioned yet.

 

[brun]

Unforgiven

Little Bill would be my #1. After that no preference. Any of the listed below could probably be replaced by others if I thought more about it.

The Quick and The Dead
Mississippi Burning
The French Connection
Enemy of the State

 

[Eephus]

I've already posted my five but if you're looking for a movie to stream this weekend, The Package is a 1989 Cold War spy thriller with Hackman as an Army sergeant trying to prevent an assassination. Hackman probably took the role just to pick up a check but he's solid as always as is the picture which was directed by Andrew Davis who made The Fugitive.. It's available free w/ ads on PlutoTV.

 

[Golden Gopher]

Hoosiers
Mississippi Burning
Unforgiven
The Firm
Crimson Tide

But I need to go back and watch some of these others again, especially the older ones...

 

[Todem]

List your top 5 favorite Hackman performances.

Here are mine.

1. Hoosiers
2. Superman
3. Unforgiven
4. Crimson Tide
5. The Firm (most underrated imho)

Exactly mine.

 

[landrys hat]

Crimson Tide
Unforgiven
Get Shorty
Enemy of the State
Runaway Jury

 

[dkp993]

Unforgiven
Crimson Tide
Heist
Get Shorty
The Firm


Dude made so many bangers. Hard to top 5 it for me.

 

[HellToupee]

Royal Tenenbaums
French Connection
The Conversation
Unforgivien
Crimson Tide

 

[Drunken knight]

such a great body of work. very hard to pick five.
my favorites (not necessarily his best acting):

crimson tide
french connection
hoosiers
the birdcage
Mississippi Burning

 

[northern exposure]

I've already posted my five but if you're looking for a movie to stream this weekend, The Package is a 1989 Cold War spy thriller with Hackman as an Army sergeant trying to prevent an assassination. Hackman probably took the role just to pick up a check but he's solid as always as is the picture which was directed by Andrew Davis who made The Fugitive.. It's available free w/ ads on PlutoTV.

Looks like Tommy Lee Jones is also in the cast, so