Daniel Day-Lewis – 10 Best Movies

By Vlad Zakh · February 11, 2026

United Kingdom Drama

Daniel Day-Lewis has three Best Actor Oscars and a reputation for total immersion in every role, and then retired from acting altogether after Phantom Thread, one of the most complete filmographies of any actor of his generation.

The Boxer (1997) 01

The Boxer (1997)

IMDb ★ 7.1

A former IRA prisoner tries to rebuild his life and his old boxing career after release.

A Room with a View (1986) 02

A Room with a View (1986)

IMDb ★ 7.3

A young Englishwoman's trip to Italy upends her expectations about who she's supposed to marry.

The Age of Innocence (1993) 03

The Age of Innocence (1993)

IMDb ★ 7.3

A engaged 1870s New York lawyer falls for a woman his society will never fully accept.

Lincoln (2012) 04

Lincoln (2012)

IMDb ★ 7.3

The president fights to pass the 13th Amendment in the final, exhausting months of the Civil War.

Gangs of New York (2002) 05

Gangs of New York (2002)

IMDb ★ 7.4

A young immigrant seeks revenge against the gang leader who killed his father years earlier.

Phantom Thread (2017) 06

Phantom Thread (2017)

IMDb ★ 7.5

A controlling dressmaker's rigid life is upended by the one woman who won't simply comply.

The Last of the Mohicans (1992) 07

The Last of the Mohicans (1992)

IMDb ★ 7.7

A frontiersman protects two sisters during the brutal French and Indian War.

My Left Foot (1989) 08

My Left Foot (1989)

IMDb ★ 7.8

A man with cerebral palsy learns to paint and write using only his left foot.

In the Name of the Father (1993) 09

In the Name of the Father (1993)

IMDb ★ 8.1

A wrongly convicted man fights to clear his name and his father's alongside him.

There Will Be Blood (2007) 10

There Will Be Blood (2007)

IMDb ★ 8.2

Daniel Day-Lewis turning oil-boom ambition into pure menace, decades before it curdles completely.

Vlad Zakh

Vlad Zakh

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Founder of Movieix, built to fix a specific annoyance: most recommendation sites are just algorithm-driven noise. Our lists are researched and organized by who's in a film, where it's from, and the mood you're actually in tonight.