Total Recall: Gary Oldman's Best Movies

Summary

Shia LaBeouf and Tom Hardy are the stars of this weekend's Prohibition drama Lawless, and we don't have anything against either of them -- but we're just as intrigued by the involvement of a certain Mr. Gary Oldman, whose (by most accounts too-brief) appearance adds another chapter to one of Hollywood's most fascinating careers. From indie flicks to blockbuster franchises, Oldman's done it all, and we knew we couldn't pass up the opportunity to look back on some of his filmography's brightest critical highlights. It's time for Total Recall! Back to Article

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Gavin Main

Gavin Main

um DRACULA, TRUE ROMANCE????

Sep 1 - 04:20 PM

E W.

E W

"Immortal Beloved," "The Professional" and "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy" are probably my favorites here. The best living actor never to win an Oscar.

Sep 1 - 04:23 PM

Alfonzo Loya

Alfonzo Loya

What happened with Bram Stoker's Dracula?? His best performance.

Sep 1 - 04:24 PM

Steve Lesic

Steve Lesic

lol all the batmans?

Sep 1 - 04:45 PM

Liam Hannaford

Liam Hannaford

Who ever compiled this is a complete moron. Are you serious!!!!! 2 Batman films and a Harry Potter in this list? Bollocks!!!! Immortal Beloved? True Romance? Leon? Romeo is Bleeding? Jeff Giles....are you a f**king retard?

Sep 1 - 05:51 PM

Keith Griffin

Keith Griffin

Sep 1 - 06:11 PM

Keith Griffin

Keith Griffin

How is True Romance not on this list ?!

Sep 1 - 06:12 PM

Rochelle Adams

Rochelle Adams

Where on earth is Romeo Is Bleeding?!

Sep 1 - 06:52 PM

Jason Ismail

Jason Ismail

Bram Stoker's Dracula!

Sep 1 - 07:36 PM

Alex Carawan

Alex Carawan

Oldman is a highly overrated actor. If you've see just two of his less well-known movies, this is easily apparent.

You may now rage at me, you conceited and socially awkward Dark Knight-lovers.

Sep 1 - 10:29 PM

Lance Reeder

Lance Reeder

Please allow me to give you your troll fix for the day by acknowledging your existance. Yeah and Laurence Olivier was an overrated actor if you based his entire career on the worst performances he ever gave, but one or two average or poor performances do not negate the dozens of other performances where he was the best thing in the movie. Please provide some examples of these so called lesser films and I'll provide you two or three movie's where Oldman was stellar. Oh yeah and he's so overrated he's never won an Oscar. Seriously it boggles my mind how someone comes to a conclusion such as yours.

Sep 3 - 08:08 PM

Brennan OBrien

Brennan OBrien

Gee my 3 favorites are missing. The Professional, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead and his epic over the top turn in the fifth element. bat man at #1? Really?

Sep 2 - 01:42 AM

Bryan Olinger

Bryan Olinger

Complete crap, he is hardly anything important in the Batman movies, how about something that truly features his incredible talent. The Professional, The Fifth Element, Romeo is Bleeding, c'mon!

Sep 2 - 02:36 AM

Barry Melia

Barry Melia

He is superb in leoan and the fifth element also

Sep 2 - 02:44 AM

Chuck Cecil

Chuck Cecil

Gary Oldman is, by far, the best actor of the late 20th and early 21st century. He is the Laurence Olivier of our time and is worth watching when and wherever he appears. The man is incredible.

Sep 2 - 06:34 AM

Lee Akira

Lee Akira

He was great in Book of Eli!

Sep 2 - 12:18 PM

SarfarazAbbasi

Sarfaraz Abbasi

Gary Oldman is one highly celebrated actors of our time, he's performance is always overlooked by Academy. I was scared to hell while watching his performance in Air Force One, the way he yells at pilots inside cockpit.

Sep 2 - 01:01 PM

Matt Ludwig

Matt Ludwig

Where in the frigg is The Fifth Element?!?

Sep 2 - 07:49 PM

deenja1

Holdeen Cushing-murray

Have people also forgetten his manic white/nigger role in True Romance? Amazing. Famous quote; It ain't white boy day is it? And; I know that I'm pretty but not as pretty as a couple of titties. Classic!

Sep 2 - 08:37 PM

Max Wujczyk

Max Wujczyk

True Romance!! a rasta pimp drug dealer???

Sep 2 - 09:04 PM

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