Best Anthony Hopkins film?
 

Anthony Hopkins is was one of the true Hollywood greats, and is up there with De Niro, Nicholson, douglas and co. for me he is anyway, i dont know anout you, but he really takes what he does serioulsy and you can see that when he is playing a role, he brings his own unique manner to it, and makes you more often than not like him, but what are his best films to date, bearing in mind he will probably continue to make some great films, my list is as follows. I am sure their are many i missed out so put them up too.

My top 5 :

1) A bridge too Far
2) Legends of The Fall
3) Meet Joe Black
4) Fracture
5) Hanibal

Re: Best Anthony Hopkins film?
 

My personal favorite is The Silence of the Lambs. He was crazy, but in a sofisticated sort of way, and that's what I liked so much about it.

Re: Best Anthony Hopkins film?
 

http://i10.tinypic.com/2nu0xg8.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...In_Winter1.jpg
The Lion in Winter

Re: Best Anthony Hopkins film?
 

My other favorites would have to include 84 Charing Cross Road (1987), The Elephant Man (1981), The Edge (1997), The Bounty (1984), Proof (2005), The Efficiency Expert (1992), The Human Stain (2003) and, yeah, The Silence of the Lambs (1991).

http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:...oad_poster.jpg http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:...ephant_man.jpg http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:...ain/3/A70-1967 http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:...in/17/A70-8649 http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:...n/30/MPW-15471 http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:...onyhopkins.jpg

Re: Best Anthony Hopkins film?
 

All of the above :yup:

One little known movie that i liked him in is Spotswood a very quirkey Aussie movie with a very young Russell Crowe and Toni Collette


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ovieposter.jpg

Re: Best Anthony Hopkins film?
 

Yup. That was re-titled The Efficiency Expert here in America. I like it a lot as well.

Re: Best Anthony Hopkins film?
 

Was it? I have been to Spotswood and it as bleak as the picture depicts it :yup:

Re: Best Anthony Hopkins film?
 

Of the ones not mentioned yet, I thought he was wonderful in Howards End, The Remains of the Day, Shadowlands, Nixon, Amistad, The Mask of Zorro, and The World's Fastest Indian. My choice for the best film he was in is also The Lion in Winter, with The Silence of the Lambs, The Elephant Man and The Mask of Zorro close behind.

http://llnw.image.cbslocal.com/0/200...s_52025461.jpg http://www.savagechickens.com/images/chickenlecter.jpg http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/3...89_orli180.jpg

Re: Best Anthony Hopkins film?
 

I agree...his best was The Silence of the Lambs

Re: Best Anthony Hopkins film?
 

All of the above he's great in and more, as well as the tv plays he's done. He's a lovely bloke too and one that hasn't forgotten his roots. He gave a very funny impersonation of our much loved Welsh comedian Tommy Cooper when Sir Anthony unveiled a statue to him earlier this year.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7260677.stm

Re: Best Anthony Hopkins film?
 

One things for sure it certainly isn't Freejack for me. Silence of the Lambs is up there tho, it has to be. Hes amazing in that as well as Ted Levine, they both play there roles amazingly well. Other than that Elephant Man comes a close second, one of only a few films that actually brought a tear to me eye.

Re: Best Anthony Hopkins film?
 

I think definatly its got to be "The silence of the lambs" he was great in this film. He was also as good in "Hannibal"

Re: Best Anthony Hopkins film?
 

I honestly cant believe that hannibal makes your list but Silence of the lambs does not

Re: Best Anthony Hopkins film?
 

The Elephant Man

Re: Best Anthony Hopkins film?
 

Silence of the Lambs and Meet Joe BLack....best movie and best actor.

Re: Best Anthony Hopkins film?
 

Well for me it would be Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal and the entertaining Mask of Zorro.

Re: Best Anthony Hopkins film?
 

I'll admit that I'm one of those sickos who likes Hannibal. I've heard about how it sucks right off the bat, and even if it didn't, the ending is disgusting. Well, if you didn't know already, I MUST be disgusting because I thought Hannibal was a terrific BLACK comedy and got better as it went along, all the way through its disgusting ending. Hopkins was terrific throughout the flick.

Re: Best Anthony Hopkins film?
 

At last you have admitted it http://bestsmileys.com/cool/1.gif

Re: Best Anthony Hopkins film?
 

Ive just watched "Silence of the lambs" again and he is fantastic in this film. I also watched "Hannibal" and it is also a brilliant film

Re: Best Anthony Hopkins film?
 

I can't recall seeing anything by Hopkins when he was younger. The first film I saw of his was Magic, then The Bounty a few years later, so I can't give a thorough answer. I do like his work in The Remains of the Day, and Silence of the Lambs best out of the movies I have viewed.