So whats the best Phillip Seymour Hoffman movie? I want to check one out.

[BootinUp]

I have already seen him in:

Scent of a Woman
Twister
The Big Lebowski
Patch Adams
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Red Dragon
Cold Mountain
MI III

What would you suggest?

Thank You

[hrmjustin]

1. Doubt.

[longship]

42. A very black film.

He and Streep were incredible in that one.

But one won't be smiling throughout it.

Dark flick.

[hrmjustin]

48. Some of it was filmed at my church.

[1000words]

2. Capote

Check out "Happiness," too.

[defacto7]

11. Now there's a short but memorable

character... if you can stomach it and the rest of the movie. There was a lot of talented acting in that flick but the plot was... difficult to take, to say the least. It's one of those movies I loved and hated at the same time.

[1000words]

13. It is, indeed, difficult to watch at times.

So raw and in your face. Wonderful performances all around, though.

[deutsey]

55. Yeah, it haunted me for a few days after I saw it

I'd like to see it again sometime, but I'm not rushing to do so.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

3. I've seen Capote, Charlie Wilson's War and Pirate Radio.

I don't think you can go wrong with ANY PSH movie. He was that great of an actor. Got into many different roles with many different qualities.

[jmowreader]

4. Start with Capote. He won the Best Actor Oscar for it.

[defacto7]

5. To know Hoffman as a character

I don't think there is one movie that could show you what his talent was capable of. Start with one, any one, and go from there. There are a lot more to the list you put up there too.

[BeyondGeography]

6. Some Netflix options here

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20140203/ENT03/302030113/1039/LIFE

He was his typically great self in A Late Quartet. One scene in there where he fights (unsuccessfully) the urge to go to a bar, get shitfaced and cheat on his wife is eerily brilliant in light of recent events.

[dixiegrrrrl]

50. I am so glad you mentioned A Late Quartet.

It was my favorite of his roles, and one that does not get mentioned often.
I may see it again, thanks for the reminder.

[Heidi]

7. "Jack Goes Boating"

was his debut as a film director, and he had a leading role in it as well. I saw it this week and really enjoyed it.

[Nevernose]

8. His secondary part in Boogie Nights

Was a very human moment.

[sweetloukillbot]

28. Ditto his part in Magnolia.

He really shined in those PT Anderson movies. I haven't seen The Master but all my hardcore movie buff friends say that is his masterpiece.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

9. Doubt, Capote, and if you like indie, The Savages. (n/t)

[Whisp]

10. Magnolia

[morningfog]

12. Charlie Wilson's War, Punch Drunk Love and Synecdoche, NY.

Boogie Nights and Magnolia, too.

So many good roles.

[The Second Stone]

14. Doubt. He challenges Meryl Streep and they both came off

looking fantastic. I keep putting off seeing Capote cause I just couldn't stand Capote. He crapped all over his one and only friend in life, Harper Lee.

[hughee99]

15. The best movie, or the one he was best in?

Boogie Nights is one of my favorite movies, but he had a smaller role in that. I thought he was great in Charlie Wilson's War, though he was good in pretty much everything.

[Egalitarian Thug]

19. Oh yes, his potrayal of Gus was just all-around wonderful. n/t

[longship]

43. That's Gust, with a "T"

Gust Avrakotos

[Egalitarian Thug]

45. LOL! You're absolutely right, how could I have forgotten that?

Now that you've brought it up, I'm going to watch it again.

[longship]

46. Nominated for Best Supporting Actor for that role.

He thoroughly chewed the scenery in that role, as only a great character actor can do.

Charlie Wilson's War is one of those quirky gems of a flick. With direction by Mike Nichols, what would one expect?

[SomethingFishy]

16. You've already seen the best but he was just in Hunger Games Catching Fire..

Which was actually a pretty decent flick.

[Egalitarian Thug]

17. If seeing him working his craft, a showcase, is your goal watch Capote.

One of his greatest talents (and more than a little of the source of his eventual success) was his ability to do so well without stealing the scene, so most of his roles are just brilliant background. Pirate Radio is a thoroughly enjoyable film, and he plays The Count so well, but he doesn't play it as the typical over-the-top American Star showing these Brits how to do it right that it could easily have been, so you have to watch closely to appreciate how well he does with it.

His role as Scotty in Boogie Nights is also typically brilliant, but it's rather small and, as seems to be his gift, he is completely generous with it.

BTW, another under-appreciated actor that you might enjoy, but that isn't dead, is John C Reilly who worked with PSH in the same picture.

[brewens]

18. I really like Charile Wilsons War. He was good in The Ides of March for one I saw recently and

disn't expect him to be in. I have A Late Quartet but haven't watched it yet. I'll be seeing that this weekend.

I'll be getting Capote one of these days but with Trueman Capote really being someone I never gived a shit about. I can see that really being annoying. I recognize the talent of course but it's just one of those things. I suppose it will be the same if someone does a totally fantastic job of making a Michael Jackson biography movie with the perfect actor cast. I can't imagine who that would be, but I was never a Michael fan. They may never make that one, like if Oliver Stone never had Val Kilmer to play Morrison.

[Graybeard]

20. The Savages, Before The Devil Knows You're Dead

It's wonderful to watch two great actors working so effortlessly as do Laura Linney (nominated Best Actress Oscar) and Philip Seymour Hoffman (nominated Best Actor Golden Globe) in this small intense film, "The Savages" (2007).

"Before The Devil Knows You're Dead" (2007) was named Movie Of The Year by AFI. This film with a fabulous screenplay and directed by Sidney Lumet is a real sleeper and Hoffman is great in it as always.
.

[displacedtexan]

57. Exactly the two films I would choose for someone to watch.

In both of these films, you can see how PSH builds perfect character arcs while filming scenes mostly out of order. I think he was one of the masters of this skill.

[mucifer]

21. He was amazing as a hospice nurse in "Magnolia"

[tammywammy]

22. I also liked him in 25th Hour. n/t

[LibDemAlways]

23. No one has mentioned Almost Famous

He was great as Lester Bangs. Not a huge part, but he was memorable.

[1000words]

27. Totally forgot about that

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He was fantastic as Bangs. Great film.

[Laxman]

49. One Of My Favorite All Time Movie Scenes....

I use that line all the time-"Hey, I met you. You are not cool".

[quinnox]

24. The Hunger Games 2: Catching Fire was great

And he is really good in it, his character was very interesting.

[Malone]

25. Owning Mahowny!!

Owning Mahowny, based on a true story, deals with gambling addiction, a little depressing but greatness. I never see it mentioned and I think it is my favorite of his.

Love Liza, another great one.

Doubt was mentioned but an unbelievably good film with Meryl Streep.

Oh yeah, and the recent The Master was great too.

Mentioned, but I also love his parts in Boogie Nights and Big Lebowski. The part where he buys the car to impress Mark Wahlberg's character.

And he has some cameos of sorts in two other Paul Thomas Anderson films, Punch Drunk Love and Hard Eight, where his short part is really noticeable.

[Mnemosyne]

26. 'Love, Liza'. Different, but compelling. nt

[Skittles]

29. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

he's fantastic (and he's a heroin addict)

[sweetloukillbot]

30. I have a soft spot for "State and Main".

Hilarious David Mamet (pre-TeaBagger) film about a movie being shot in a small New Hampshire town. Hoffman is the screenwriter.

[1000words]

31. Funny film

[BlueCaliDem]

32. I loved him in "Flawless". Not a big budget movie, but incredible acting

and a wonderfully entertaining, funny, warm film from 1999 with Robert de Niro!

Bonus is, Hoffman rips Log Republicans a new one in it. LOVED it!

[XemaSab]

33. I loved him in The Talented Mr. Ripley

He played the dissolute rich asshole so well.

[Electric Monk]

34. Nobody suggested Synecdoche, New York yet? I thought he was awesome in that.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0383028/

It's directed and written by the same guy (Charlie Kaufman) who wrote Being John Malkovich, Adaptation (aka The Orchid Thief), and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. It's a trip and a half. I highly recommend it.



(edit: Oops, I guess I missed morningfog's post, above)

[edbermac]

35. Capote.

In Cold Blood book and movie are favorites and I saw the real Capote on TV talk shows many times.

PSH was brilliant as was the whole film.

[JesterCS]

36. Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Last movie I think he was in, unless they finished filming the third Hunger Games already.

[Electric Monk]

39. They're going to try using CGI to finish Hunger Games: Mockingjay - part 2

Hunger Games to use CGI technology to replace Philip Seymour Hoffman's final scenes

(snip)

Philip Seymour Hoffman's pivotal role in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 will be re-shot using CGI to replicate the Oscar winning actor's final scenes.

It had originally been thought that the death of Hoffman on Sunday from an apparent drugs overdose on Sunday had left a week's worth of shooting unfinished.

However, Filmmakers, Lionsgate have said that despite Hoffman's character, Plutarch Heavensbee holding a major role in the film franchise, his death will have 'no impact' on production and the final two movies will be released on time.

more
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2552568/Hunger-Games-use-CGI-technology-replace-Philip-Seymour-Hoffmans-final-scenes.html

[BootinUp]

37. Clearly an amazing talent

all the suggestions are appreciated.

[krawhitham]

38. The Boat That Rocked

[longship]

40. How about "Charlie Wilson's War"

It's a true story about US/CIA funding covert war in Afghanistan during the Soviet occupation. Democratic Texas Congressman Charlie Wilson (Tom Hanks) and Houston socialite Joanne Herring (Julia Roberts) team up with CIA bad boy Gust Avrakotos (Philip Seymour Hoffman) to get it done.

Wilson was a bit of a bad boy himself, a hard playing and drinking playboy type.

Both Hanks and Hoffman thoroughly chew the scenery, but under Mike Nichols direction, it comes off pretty damned well. And Hoffman delivers one helluva character role, as he always does. It's unique.

Here's the Wiki:
Charlie Wilson's War

Highly recommended, for Hoffman and Hanks alone.

[Lil Missy]

41. Owning Mahowny

[Morning Dew]

44. He was outstanding in that.

John Hurt was really good as well.

Good movie.

[catbyte]

47. Owning Mahoney. Based on a true story about a compulsive gambler in Canadawho embezzled

$Millions. Very understated yet powerful performance. Cast also includes john Hurt & Minnie Driver.

[Smarmie Doofus]

51. Doubt and Capote are both excellent films. n/t

[Bluenorthwest]

52. Charlie Wilson's War and the HBO miniseries 'Empire Falls' with Paul Newman.

Both are worth watching for many reasons and he is superlative in both projects.

[gopiscrap]

53. Doubt

[StarlightGold]

54. I just saw a claymation

movie "Max and Mary", with Hoffman voicing an old man who has Auberge's. He is a pen-pal with an Australian girl.

Even just his VOICE made the character the best part of the movie. Incredible...

[deutsey]

56. Capote

[Rainngirl]

58. Pirate Radio...

An all-time favorite of mine. I will look for all the others I haven't seen. I loved him.

[JustAnotherGen]

59. That WAS an awesome movie

And an awesome performance!