Paul Newman's Best Movie

I personally is a huge fan of Cool Hand Luke and after his death i have watched his films a lot. butch cassidy, and color of money are other greats what does everyone else think?

My favorite performances were :

The Verdict (1982)
Cool Hand Luke (1967)

My Favorite Movies :

The Sting (1973)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

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Yeah I have to agree with uconjack

The Sting
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
then Cool Hand Luke.
Oh yeah and the Hustler.

I liked:

The Hustler
Hud
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
The Sting

No contest....The Verdict. (he was robbed for the Oscar!)

Butch and sundance -- an all time movie favorite of mine
hustler -- HUGE fan of that movie
the sting "you're boss is quite the card player . . . how does he do it?"
"He cheats."
yeah, i know, newman doesn't speak in this quote, but they ARE referring to him, and its my favorite quote of the movie ::wolf smirk::
these are all excellent, older newman films and in some of his much more recently work, i thoroughly enjoyed him in road to perdition

Many of us listed and discussed our favorites in THIS thread.

These are still my choices for Paul's best performances...



1. Hud (1963)
2. The Hustler (1961)
3. Cool Hand Luke (1967)
4. The Verdict (1982)
5. Nobody's Fool (1994)
6. The Life & Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
7. Cat On a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
8. The Sting (1973)
9. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
10. The Color of Money (1986)
11. Paris Blues (1961)
12. Hombre (1967)

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Nice list Holden. I could mix up any of your top three in my top three position, though I expect most of the time I'd say The Hustler is his best performance.

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Cool Hand Luke.

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What! No Slap Shot!!

I love that movie! . One of the truly hilarious un-PC comedies ever, yet the theme is far more pertinent than so-called serious films made nowadays. I just watched it again last night.

This is the cleaned-up American trailer:
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HOLY CRAP!! forgot all about slap shot!!

HELL YES!!

Hombre
Cool Hand Luke

Cool Hand Luke!

The Sting (1973)

Best!

i rather enjoyed him in Road to Perdition..great movie, and great acting...

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Cool Hand Luke, for me. I haven't seen many of his films (in fact, I think the only Newman flick I've seen is Cool Hand Luke).

I absolutely love Cool Hand Luke, though.

Only seen both Cool Hand Luke and The Sting. Prefer the former, though both were great.

Gotta root for Luke.

WITHOUT A DOUBT COOL HAND LUKE

" WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE" classic quote

The Verdict is my personal favorite.

What's your impersonal favorite film of his?

Just giving you ****.

I've seen parts of The Verdict, but not all of it.