# The best Antonio Banderas movies

From Almodóvar's Madrid to Hollywood and back: the Antonio Banderas films that show up most in the rankings of Gold Derby, Paloma & Nacho and Zenda, from Law of Desire to Pain and Glory.

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- Nov 4, 2025 · julián hernández
- https://even.best/en/l/4228/the-best-antonio-banderas-movies

## Top 12

1. **Philadelphia (1993)** (14 · ▲14 ▼0) — Jonathan Demme; Banderas plays Miguel, Tom Hanks's partner.
2. **The Mask of Zorro (1998)** (12 · ▲13 ▼1) — Martin Campbell, with Anthony Hopkins and Catherine Zeta-Jones.
3. **Pain and Glory (2019)** (11 · ▲12 ▼1) — Almodóvar looks at himself through Salvador Mallo. Best actor at Cannes and an Oscar nomination.
4. **Evita (1996)** (11 · ▲11 ▼0) — Alan Parker's musical with Madonna; Banderas is Che, the narrator.
5. **Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)** (10 · ▲10 ▼0) — The Almodóvar comedy that broke through internationally, with Carmen Maura.
6. **The Skin I Live In (2011)** (9 · ▲10 ▼1) — His reunion with Almodóvar: a surgeon obsessed with creating new skin.
7. **Femme Fatale (2002)** (8 · ▲8 ▼0) — Brian De Palma, with Rebecca Romijn, between Cannes and Paris.
8. **Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1990)** (4 · ▲7 ▼3) — Almodóvar: a former psychiatric patient kidnaps an actress, Victoria Abril.
9. **Matador (1986)** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — Almodóvar: a former bullfighting student and a lawyer bound by death.
10. **The Mambo Kings (1992)** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — His first Hollywood role: two Cuban musician brothers in New York.
11. **Law of Desire (1987)** (3 · ▲5 ▼2) — Almodóvar, with Eusebio Poncela and Carmen Maura.
12. **Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — Rodriguez closes the mariachi trilogy, with Johnny Depp.
13. **Desperado (1995)** (0 · ▲3 ▼3) — Robert Rodriguez: the mariachi with a guitar case full of guns.
14. **Interview with the Vampire (1994)** (0 · ▲2 ▼2) — Neil Jordan adapts Anne Rice, with Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt.

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