Can’t think of the name but his character was evil! He could play anything very well.

Also with a young Leonardo DiCaprio.

He was great in that and I loved the way he took care of the Klan. Will miss him. A great actor.

He truly was a great actor, and we will miss him.

But there are many. As noted, The Birdcage. Mississippi Burning. Crimson Tide.

Gene Hackman was great, and so was Clint Eastwood (acting & directing)

One of the great 1 on 1 character scenes.

(I've probably seen "Unforgiven" at least 15 times)

He had a great roll in Bonnie and Clyde, but he became so much better as progressed in his career;

He goes toe to toe with Denzel Washington in Crimson Tide.


Then admits that he was wrong.
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original in French: "la cage aux folles"

quarter of the film. Very underplayed. Well done.

Bird Cage. (La Cage Aux Folles is free on Youtube., with subtitles.)

Thanks for the heads up.

Some other mentions,
Night Moves : great noir
The Conversation : great psychological thriller
Marooned : great Sci fi drama
The Poseiden Adventure : the best 70s disaster movie

and the driver just laughs and says yeah, right.

I also like the Royal Tenenbaums

This was also Robin Williams’ one of the best movies

...in which I did some costume graphics/airbrush art on several matching jackets that Gene wore in the film.

But as others have said, most everything he did was great.

Must be fun to see when you watch.

This is such a great movie... the story, the acting, the music, the scenery, the cinematography, all of it is wonderful. And Gene Hackman is at the top of his form. I just love everything about it! It's one that I will always stop to watch or record whenever I catch it being played.

I became a believer…

Gene was in no shortage of great movies, but The Conversation was pretty much all him holding up the entire story from opening titles to credit roll, and he did a fantastic job of layering shades of gray onto a character who would have been all too easy to paint as just plain good or evil.

With Will Smith.

Yes. All of them. Plain and simple. Gene Hackman had the Mott's. He was one of the greats. Every role he took turned into an amazing journey for me to watch. BUT his work on Bonnie and Clyde just made me understand what 'Acting' was. I followed him from 'Mad Dog Coll' but when Bonnie and Clyde came along I was mesmerized by his art. Ok, I guess I'm pretty old now.

Popeye was my second favorite roll after Buck Barrow.

What an amazing talent. He did actually change the world in his own small Hollywood way. He is a legend now.

I am so sad now. Need time to get back to reality. I will have to watch every one of his movies again and will enjoy doing so.

I was living in San Francisco, seeing my town, and what was familiar to me made it extra frightening.

It's like asking someone to select a favorite Jack Lemmon movie. They're all great.