01 A comic villain performance that's funnier than the film around it.
Christoph Waltz – 10 Best Movies
By Vlad Zakh · June 23, 2025
Inglourious Basterds introduced most audiences to him at once, an Oscar-winning villain performance built almost entirely on unbearable tension. Django Unchained gave him an equally sharp, much warmer role a few years later.
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02 A scene-stealing supporting turn in an ambitious, uneven satire.
03 A strange, committed lead performance in a very strange Terry Gilliam film.
04 A rare warm, paternal role against type.
05 A quietly terrifying circus owner beneath a genteel surface.
06 A gleefully theatrical villain in an otherwise straightforward adventure.
07 A controlling, charming husband role played with real unease.
08 Brought real menace back to the Bond franchise's central villain.
09 A warmer, wittier register that still won him a second Oscar.
10 A villain performance built almost entirely on unbearable, polite tension.
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