From The French Connection to The Conversation to Unforgiven, this is Collider's ranking of the greatest Gene Hackman movies.
Few actors are quite as beloved as Gene Hackman, a two-time Oscar winner who appeared in a wide variety of movies from the early 1960s until his retirement from acting in 2004. He brought a certain amount of dedication and intensity to just about every role he played, becoming such an acclaimed actor because he never phoned it in, and could always reliably deliver great performances, even in movies that overall might not have been great.
14 'Scarecrow' The pairing of lead actors in Scarecrow is worth the price of admission alone, as this is a film that stars both Gene Hackman and Al Pacino. It's about two drifters who, fittingly enough, lack a direction in life, with the movie around them similarly lacking a straightforward narrative, and instead showing how the two men pass their time.
Gene Hackman's role in the movie is essentially just a cameo, as he plays a blind man named Harold who's briefly visited by Frankenstein's creature when the monster roams the countryside. Still, it's fun to see Hackman pop up in a broad and silly comedy movie, and though he's not in it much, the fact Young Frankenstein's such a classic still means it's one of the best movies he ever appeared in.
9 'Hoosiers' A compelling and underrated 1980s sports drama, Hoosiers sees Gene Hackman playing a determined - and sometimes divisive - coach of a small-town basketball team. The film takes place in the 1950s, and uses familiar sports movie tropes in telling its story about how this team struggled yet improved under their coach.
7 'Superman' The original Superman is arguably still the best movie to ever feature the iconic superhero. It's a pure and good-natured superhero movie, with the titular character doing a whole lot more saving people than fighting them. Its 1980 sequel was good, but the Superman movies that followed weren't exactly great.Christopher Reeve is great in the lead role, though his status as a newcomer actor meant he was unfairly billed below both Marlon Brando and Gene Hackman .
It does a great job of creating a hot, overwhelming atmosphere, and is one of those particularly visceral movies where you can really feel what the characters would be feeling. It's tough and authentic overall, moving well with a compelling narrative and being enhanced by two great lead performances, courtesy of Hackman and Dafoe.
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