01 An early, quietly compassionate performance that still holds up.
Anthony Hopkins – 10 Best Movies
By Vlad Zakh · June 9, 2025
The Silence of the Lambs remains the performance most people know him for, just sixteen minutes of screen time that won an Oscar. The Father, three decades later, proved he could still deliver something just as devastating.
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02 A transformation into one director playing another, and it mostly works.
03 His television work proved just as commanding as anything on film.
04 A courtroom cat-and-mouse game he plays with total relish.
05 A sprawling family epic anchored by his patriarch performance.
06 Brought real gravity to Odin in a franchise that needed some.
07 Restraint as a tragic flaw, played with total control.
08 A presidential portrait that finds real tragedy underneath the paranoia.
09 A dementia drama told from the inside, and one of his most devastating roles.
10 Sixteen minutes of screen time, and it still won the Oscar outright.
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