01 A grieving couple's retreat into the woods turns into one of the more punishing films of the decade.
Willem Dafoe – 10 Best Movies
By Vlad Zakh · March 30, 2026
Willem Dafoe has been one of American cinema’s most reliable character actors for four decades, equally at home as a Marvel villain, a motel manager, or Vincent van Gogh.
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02 Two lovers flee across a surreal American South chased by hitmen and family alike.
03 A fictionalized account of Nosferatu's making, where the lead actor might be an actual vampire.
04 A carnival con man's rise into high-society grifting, and the fall that follows.
05 Vincent van Gogh's final years, shot to put the audience inside his perception.
06 A controversial, deeply human portrait of Jesus wrestling with doubt.
07 The Green Goblin, still one of the more genuinely unhinged superhero-movie villains.
08 Two lighthouse keepers slowly lose their minds together on an isolated rock.
09 A childhood-poverty story told with warmth instead of misery, with Dafoe as the motel's weary manager.
10 A Vietnam platoon splits between two sergeants representing opposite moral instincts.
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