Do you have a favorite Gene Hackman movie?

[red dog 1]

R.I.P. Gene Hackman

[Deuxcents]

1. The Birdcage was a great movie. I liked the western he was in with Sharon Stone and Russel Crow..

Can’t think of the name but his character was evil! He could play anything very well.

[RockRaven]

3. The Quick and the Dead.

Also with a young Leonardo DiCaprio.

[Deuxcents]

5. Yes, that's it. Thanks.

[montanacowboy]

2. Mississippi Burning

He was great in that and I loved the way he took care of the Klan. Will miss him. A great actor.

[red dog 1]

6. I ordered that movie from our local library's online catalog last night after hearing that he died.

He truly was a great actor, and we will miss him.

[Rhiannon12866]

31. I remember renting that one back in the day for my Dad. Great film!

[RockRaven]

4. Hoosiers and Unforgiven are probably my top two.

But there are many. As noted, The Birdcage. Mississippi Burning. Crimson Tide.

[red dog 1]

8. Unforgiven is my all-time-favorite western.

Gene Hackman was great, and so was Clint Eastwood (acting & directing)

[OAITW r.2.0]

7. I think he was great in Crimson Tide. The tension between his character and Denzel Wahington's was unreal.

One of the great 1 on 1 character scenes.

[red dog 1]

9. I love that movie & have seen it several times.

(I've probably seen "Unforgiven" at least 15 times)

[OAITW r.2.0]

11. The older he got, the better actor he became.

He had a great roll in Bonnie and Clyde, but he became so much better as progressed in his career;

[sheshe2]

10. Crimson Tide and The French Connection.

He goes toe to toe with Denzel Washington in Crimson Tide.


Then admits that he was wrong.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hbvVImkixTw

[applegrove]

12. I loved Bird Cage. I wonder if I'll ever see the

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original in French: "la cage aux folles"

[red dog 1]

16. I especially love Gene Hackman's scene near the end of The Bird Cage (2nd video at top)

[applegrove]

24. Yes. He is such a human question mark the whole last

quarter of the film. Very underplayed. Well done.

[GreatAuntK]

33. Bird Cage

Bird Cage. (La Cage Aux Folles is free on Youtube., with subtitles.)

[applegrove]

34. Thanks. I understand French so i hope the subtitles are not that big when I watch it on my phone.

Thanks for the heads up.

[LuvLoogie]

13. I like him in everything

Some other mentions,
Night Moves : great noir
The Conversation : great psychological thriller
Marooned : great Sci fi drama
The Poseiden Adventure : the best 70s disaster movie

[Shellback Squid]

14. he was great in all his movies, Unforgiven was one of my favorites

[red dog 1]

18. Unforgiven was a truly great movie, but a very good and often overlooked Gene Hackman movie was "Narrow Margin"

[JoseBalow]

22. Night Moves (1975) is also an often overlooked excellent Gene Hackman movie

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Knight moves

[question everything]

15. Oh yes. And the clip stops right before he tells his driver to meet him in the back

and the driver just laughs and says yeah, right.

I also like the Royal Tenenbaums

This was also Robin Williams’ one of the best movies

[GReedDiamond]

17. Mississippi Burning was a good one, and I enjoyed Enemy Of The State...

...in which I did some costume graphics/airbrush art on several matching jackets that Gene wore in the film.

But as others have said, most everything he did was great.

[Nittersing]

40. That's a pretty cool connection!

Must be fun to see when you watch.

[Historic NY]

19. French connection

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[Laffy Kat]

20. "Mississippi Burning" hands down. nt

[JoseBalow]

21. Zandy's Bride (1974)

This is such a great movie... the story, the acting, the music, the scenery, the cinematography, all of it is wonderful. And Gene Hackman is at the top of his form. I just love everything about it! It's one that I will always stop to watch or record whenever I catch it being played.

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The full movie is available for free on YouTube

[Brother Buzz]

23. Get Shorty

[ultralite001]

25. The Conversation...

I became a believer…

[localroger]

38. Have to second this

Gene was in no shortage of great movies, but The Conversation was pretty much all him holding up the entire story from opening titles to credit roll, and he did a fantastic job of layering shades of gray onto a character who would have been all too easy to paint as just plain good or evil.

[pacalo]

26. "Narrow Margin".

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Close second: "The Firm":

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As for your choice, "The Birdcage", my favorite scene was with Gene Hackman in drag, telling the chauffeur "Meet me in 20 minutes at the corner of El Dorado and Palm." The chauffeur replied, "Lady, not for a million dollars."

Rest in peace, Gene Hackman. I loved your work.

[rubbersole]

27. Enemy of the State

With Will Smith.

[Lars39]

39. That's a good one!

[Cne99999]

28. Amazing talent.

Yes. All of them. Plain and simple. Gene Hackman had the Mott's. He was one of the greats. Every role he took turned into an amazing journey for me to watch. BUT his work on Bonnie and Clyde just made me understand what 'Acting' was. I followed him from 'Mad Dog Coll' but when Bonnie and Clyde came along I was mesmerized by his art. Ok, I guess I'm pretty old now.

Popeye was my second favorite roll after Buck Barrow.

What an amazing talent. He did actually change the world in his own small Hollywood way. He is a legend now.

I am so sad now. Need time to get back to reality. I will have to watch every one of his movies again and will enjoy doing so.

[edbermac]

29. French Connection and the Conversation

[Paladin]

36. Those are my two favorites. (nt)

[Zackzzzz]

30. THE CONVERSATION

I was living in San Francisco, seeing my town, and what was familiar to me made it extra frightening.

[pfitz59]

32. My fav

[no_hypocrisy]

35. I love them all.

It's like asking someone to select a favorite Jack Lemmon movie. They're all great.

[Emile]

37. "Hoosiers" voted best sport movie ever made.

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