# The best Dustin Hoffman movies

From The Graduate to Rain Man, two Oscars and roles that changed screen acting in Hollywood: the Dustin Hoffman films rated highest on AlloCiné and in Gold Derby's ranking.

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## Top 13

1. **Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Robert Benton. A father learning to raise his son alone; his first Oscar.
2. **All the President's Men (1976)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Alan J. Pakula. Carl Bernstein and the Watergate investigation.
3. **Tootsie (1982)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Sydney Pollack. An out-of-work actor who passes himself off as an actress.
4. **Little Big Man (1970)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Arthur Penn. A 121-year-old man tells the story of the West.
5. **Marathon Man (1976)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — John Schlesinger. A student facing an ex-Nazi played by Laurence Olivier.
6. **Straw Dogs (1971)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Sam Peckinpah. A mathematician pushed to the edge in an English village.
7. **Rain Man (1988)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Barry Levinson. Raymond Babbitt, his second Oscar.
8. **The Graduate (1967)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Mike Nichols. Benjamin Braddock and Mrs Robinson.
9. **Midnight Cowboy (1969)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — John Schlesinger. Ratso Rizzo in the New York of the down-and-out.
10. **Papillon (1973)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Franklin J. Schaffner. The French Guiana penal colony alongside Steve McQueen.
11. **Lenny (1974)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Bob Fosse. The life of comedian Lenny Bruce.
12. **Hook (1991)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Steven Spielberg. Captain Hook facing a grown-up Peter Pan.
13. **Sleepers (1996)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Barry Levinson. An alcoholic lawyer in a rigged trial.

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