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Celebrating Gene Hackman's legacy with 8 of his best films
The French Connection (1971) won Gene his first Oscar for playing the iconic detective Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle.
Philip D'Antoni
Unforgiven (1992) won Gene his second Oscar for playing a menacing sheriff in this Clint Eastwood Western.
Clint Eastwood
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The Conversation (1974) saw Gene in an understated role as a surveillance expert who increasingly grows paranoid.
Francis Ford Coppola
Who doesn't know about the famous crime film Bonnie and Clyde (1967) about the infamous outlaws.
Warren Beatty
Mississippi Burning (1988) is a hard-hitting crime drama that follows two FBI agents.
Frederick Zollo, Robert F Colesberry
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) is a Wes Anderson comedy that sees Gene play the patriarch of a dysfunctional family.
Wes Anderson, Barry Mendel, Scott Rudin
The original Superman (1978) saw Gene play the fantastic villain Lex Luthor with elan.
Pierre Spengler
Hoosiers (1986) is a sports drama that saw Gene play a determined coach of a small-town basketball team.