The best Anthony Hopkins movies
The top 3 according to 628 votes from people: The Silence of the Lambs (1991) · The Remains of the Day (1993) · Howards End (1992). (Updated Sep 8, 2025.)
Hannibal Lecter and much more: Sir Anthony Hopkins' best films, ranked from Looper, The Manual and Game Rant's Metacritic ranking.
Top 10
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1
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Hannibal Lecter: an Oscar for less than twenty minutes on screen.
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2
The Remains of the Day (1993)
Stevens, the butler who never says what he feels.
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3
Howards End (1992)
Henry Wilcox in the Merchant Ivory classic.
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4
The Father (2020)
An old man whose mind is slipping away: his second Oscar.
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5
The Elephant Man (1980)
The doctor who rescues John Merrick, by David Lynch.
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6
The Lion in Winter (1968)
The young Richard the Lionheart, opposite Peter O'Toole.
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7
The Two Popes (2019)
Benedict XVI facing the future Pope Francis.
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8
Shadowlands (1993)
C.S. Lewis falls in love late in life.
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9
Legends of the Fall (1994)
The patriarch of a Montana family.
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10
84 Charing Cross Road (1987)
Decades of letters between a New York writer and a London bookseller.
Candidates
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11
The Mask of Zorro (1998)
Don Diego de la Vega passes on the mask.
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12
Magic (1978)
A ventriloquist and his sinister dummy.
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13
Nixon (1995)
The disgraced president, for Oliver Stone.
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Comments (3)
Magic is so underrated, creepy as hell
The Remains of the Day at #2 is the right call. That performance is all in the eyes.
The Father destroyed me. Best thing he did in decades.