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- The Usual Suspects. Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Chazz Palminteri. 90 votes. In this masterfully crafted crime thriller, Benicio Del Toro delivers an enthralling performance as Fred Fenster, a member of a lineup of criminals who find themselves ensnared in a complex web of deception and intrigue.
- Traffic. Michael Douglas, Don Cheadle, Benicio Del Toro. 82 votes. Steven Soderbergh's critically acclaimed drama Traffic delves into the dark underbelly of the international drug trade, with Benicio Del Toro delivering a powerful performance as Javier Rodriguez, a conflicted Mexican police officer caught in the crossfire between warring cartels and corrupt officials.
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro, Craig Bierko. 83 votes. Terry Gilliam's hallucinatory adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson's cult classic novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas sees Benicio Del Toro inhabiting the role of Dr. Gonzo, a drug-fueled attorney accompanying his journalist friend, played by Johnny Depp, on a wild and surreal adventure through Sin City.
- Sicario: Day of the Soldado. Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin, Isabela Merced. 32 votes. Building upon the gripping foundation laid by its predecessor Sicario, Day of the Soldado sees Benicio Del Toro reprising his role as enigmatic hitman Alejandro Gillick in this tense thriller centered around an escalating drug war at the U.S.-
- Sicario (2015) 92%
- Traffic (2000) 93%
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) 91%
- Guardians of The Galaxy (2014) 92%
- The Usual Suspects (1995) 87%
- Fearless (1993) 84%
- 21 Grams (2003) 81%
- Swimming with Sharks (1994) 76%
- The Funeral (1996) 80%
- The Pledge (2001) 78%
(Photo by Richard Foreman Jr./Lionsgate) Some pretty powerful films have been made about the international drug trade — look no further than Traffic, right next door to this entry, for proof — and at this point, if you’re going to throw your cinematic hat in the ring, you’d better be prepared to add a singular statement to the genre. Director Denis...
(Photo by USA Films courtesy Everett Collection) One of the more darkly ambitious films to make its way through the studio system over the 20 years, Steven Soderbergh’s Traffic looks at the human cost of the drug trade by following seemingly unconnected stories that slowly converge. In Mexico, a police officer (Benicio Del Toro, who won an Oscar fo...
(Photo by Jonathan Olley/Walt Disney Studios) Decades after Randall from Clerks argued that the Star Wars Empire couldn’t have solidified its rule without the work of countless grunts, wage slaves, and dispassionate bureaucrats who were only trying to make a living, the saga got around to echoing that point explicitly — and doing so with an assist ...
Over the course of his career, Benicio del Toro has yoinked the spotlight from numerous above-the-title stars in all sorts of ways, from the flashy to the subtle — and although his tenure as the Collector in the Marvel Cinematic Universe hasn’t allowed him to (ahem) collect much screentime with appearances in Thor: The Dark World, Avengers: Infinit...
(Photo by Gramercy courtesy Everett Collection) The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist, but the greatest one Kevin Spacey might have pulled was scoring the role of Roger “Verbal” Kint, the palsied small-time hood whose post-heist interrogation frames the twisty goings-on of Bryan Singer’s neo-noir ‘90s cla...
(Photo by Warner Bros. courtesy Everett Collection) Cheating death sounds like an incredible gift — but what do you do after you’ve accepted you’re about to die and walked away from the experience? As Peter Weir’s Fearless powerfully argues, that second lease on life can sometimes be harder to come to grips with than we might imagine — especially i...
(Photo by Focus Features courtesy Everett Collection) The second installment in writer-director Alejandro González Iñárritu’s “Trilogy of Death,” 21 Gramswrings some outstanding performances (not to mention plenty of tears) out of an outstanding cast in service of a gripping — albeit harrowing — tale. Using a handful of seemingly disparate plot thr...
(Photo by Lionsgate) One of two critically acclaimed releases that saw Benicio Del Toro sharing screentime with Kevin Spacey in 1995, Swimming with Sharks revolves around Spacey’s Buddy Ackerman, a bottomlessly selfish studio executive haranguing the naive film-school graduate (Frank Whaley) who unwittingly agrees to enter a waking nightmare when h...
(Photo by October Films courtesy Everett Collection) With Abel Ferrara behind the camera, an ensemble cast led by Christopher Walken and Chris Penn, and a storyline revolving around occasionally grisly gang violence, The Funeralshould rank among the quintessential indie dramas of the ’90s. It’s mostly escaped the spotlight since its release, but ev...
(Photo by Warner Bros. courtesy Everett Collection) Few who watched Sean Penn’s timeless turn as the affably bewildered stoner Jeff Spicoli in Fast Times at Ridgemont High could have guessed he’d grow up to favor dark dramas — or that when he eventually started directing features of his own, they’d include the sort of harrowing descent into the dar...
- Traffic (2000) Benicio Del Toro's highest-rated movie, according to Rotten Tomatoes critics, is the 2000 crime drama "Traffic." This should come as no surprise, considering it was a favorite at the Academy Awards during the year of its release, with Del Toro taking home both the Oscar and the BAFTA for his performance; the only wins of his career despite subsequent nominations.
- Sicario (2015) Villeneuve's action thriller centers on the conflict at and around the U.S./ Mexico border, as government agents clash with drug cartels in violent urban warfare.
- No Sudden Move (2021) Reuniting once again with Soderbergh, Del Toro continues to make some of his finest work with the filmmaker. This noir flick was shot with stylized, fish-eye-type lenses that made for a unique distortion effect; in every other way, however, it felt like a nice, old-fashioned potboiler.
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) Del Toro joined the growing "Star Wars" universe in 2017, part of the cast of Rian Johnson's "The Last Jedi." He played a morally inscrutable hacker named DJ, who assists the main characters while keeping his own priorities in mind.
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- 'Sicario' (2015) Director: Dienis Villeneuve. Sicario showed just how menacing Del Toro could be in the role of an anti-hero. He stars as Alejandro, a former Mexican attorney who becomes a bounty hunter after his family is killed in a violent incident.
- '21 Grams' (2003) Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu. The 2003 drama 21 Grams is a heartbreaking exploration of a tragic situation from multiple perspectives.
- 'Traffic' (2000) Director: Steven Soderbergh. Steven Soderbergh's 2000 crime drama Traffic serves as one of the most definitive films about the war on drugs.
- 'The Usual Suspects' (1995) Director: Bryan Singer. Although The Usual Suspects' shocking ending ensures the film's legacy, the last-minute reveal only works because the film builds up perfectly to the moment.
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- Traffic. Stephen Soderbergh’s groundbreaking 2000 crime drama Traffic explores the illegal drug trade from various perspectives, including enforcers, users, politicians and traffickers; the stories are depicted throughout the picture despite not all characters crossing each other’s paths.
- The Usual Suspects. Bryan Singer’s beloved 1995 neo-noir mystery thriller The Usual Suspects is undeniably one of Benicio del Toro’s most dynamic performances, and helped establish the gifted star as a character actor.
- 21 Grams. Alejandro González Iñárritu’s 2003 psychological drama 21 Grams interweaves three stories that are all linked to a tragic automobile accident; the plot centers on a critically ill mathematician, a grief-stricken mother and a born-again ex-convict whose faith is tested in the aftermath of the incident.
- Sicario. Denis Villenueve’s 2015 action thriller Sicario focuses on Emily Blunt's idealistic character, FBI Special Agent Kate Macer, who is recruited to join forces with a CIA Covert Operative Matt Graver (Josh Brolin) to aid the escalating war against drugs at the border.
Feb 25, 2024 · Home. Movies. Movie Lists. Benicio del Toro’s 10 Best Movies, Ranked. By Tommy Lethbridge. Published Feb 25, 2024. Benicio del Toro has had one of the most extensive and varied careers in Hollywood. Here are the 57-year-old actor's 10 best movies so far. Summary.
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1. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. 1998 1h 58m R. 7.5 (302K) Rate. 41 Metascore. An oddball journalist and his psychopathic lawyer travel to Las Vegas for a series of psychedelic escapades. Director Terry Gilliam Stars Johnny Depp Benicio Del Toro Tobey Maguire. 2. The Usual Suspects. 1995 1h 46m R. 8.5 (1.1M) Rate. 76 Metascore.
