01 A laid-off insurance salesman pulled into a conspiracy on his daily train ride.
Liam Neeson – 10 Best Movies
By Vlad Zakh · February 16, 2026
United States Drama thought provoking
Schindler’s List should define how people think of him, but Taken reinvented him as an action star in his fifties and changed the genre’s expectations for older leads. The Grey splits the difference between both eras.
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02 An Oscar-nominated-adjacent turn as the controversial sex researcher.
03 A grieving widower helping his stepson navigate his first crush.
04 A grieving oil worker fighting wolves after a plane crash in the Alaskan wilderness.
05 An air marshal accused of hijacking his own flight.
06 A mentor whose true motives twist the entire first act of Nolan's trilogy.
07 A commanding lead as the Irish revolutionary leader.
08 A calm, wise Jedi Master introducing a new generation to the saga.
09 The role that relaunched him as an action star in his fifties.
10 A career-defining, Oscar-nominated performance as a man who saved over a thousand lives.