The best Gene Hackman movies
The top 3 according to 6 votes from people: The Conversation (1974) · Mississippi Burning (1988) · Scarecrow (1973). (Updated Sep 2, 2026.)
Popeye Doyle, Little Bill, Harry Caul and Lex Luthor: the Gene Hackman roles that keep coming up in the tributes by Zenda, El Español and El Universal after his death in 2025.
Automatically translated (original in Español). See the original
Top 14
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1
The Conversation (1974)
Francis Ford Coppola. A surveillance expert trapped by what he has recorded.
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2
Mississippi Burning (1988)
Alan Parker. An FBI agent investigates the disappearance of three activists.
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3
Scarecrow (1973)
Jerry Schatzberg. Two drifters, him and Al Pacino, crossing the country.
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4
Under Fire (1983)
Roger Spottiswoode. Journalists in the Nicaraguan revolution.
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5
Unforgiven (1992)
Clint Eastwood. Sheriff Little Bill Daggett won him his second Oscar.
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6
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Arthur Penn. Buck Barrow, Clyde's brother, and his first nomination.
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7
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
Wes Anderson. Royal, the patriarch who comes back pretending to be ill.
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8
Superman (1978)
Richard Donner. His Lex Luthor, half cunning, half comedy.
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9
Night Moves (1975)
Arthur Penn. A private eye on a case that slips away from him.
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10
Enemy of the State (1998)
Tony Scott. The surveillance veteran who helps Will Smith.
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11
Crimson Tide (1995)
Tony Scott. The submarine captain facing Denzel Washington.
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12
Absolute Power (1997)
Clint Eastwood. A US president with something to hide.
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13
The French Connection (1971)
William Friedkin. His first Oscar, as detective Popeye Doyle.
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14
Hoosiers (1986)
David Anspaugh. A high school basketball coach in Indiana.
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