Matthew McConaughey's Best Movies
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Matthew McConaughey's Best Movies

McConaughey's played lovers, losers, and lawmen. But what's his best role? Is it as the titular character in The Lincoln Lawyer? Or as a Texan deputy in Lone Star?

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1 A Time to Kill
This courtroom drama with McConaughey and Samuel L. Jackson set the precedent for a slew of legal thrillers that followed. 180 326
2 Dazed and Confused
McConaughey rocks a cool mustache that works wonders with the younger ladies in Richard Linklater's high-school comedy. 88 286
3 The Lincoln Lawyer
McConaughey goes from slick attorney to champion of the truth in this thriller that keeps the audience guessing. 86 300
4 U-571
Capturing a Nazi decoder on a crippled WWII German submarine proves difficult for McConaughey in this tense actioner. 81 281
5 Frailty
No more nice guy. Bill Paxton directs McConaughey, who plays a creepy guy with possible ties to a serial killer. 50 238
6 How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Kate Hudson's and McConaughey's romantic objectives clash and collide with hilarious but expected results. 33 277
7 Tropic Thunder
Tom Cruisie in a fat suit may steal the movie, but as Ben Stiller's agent McConaughey holds his own when it comes to laughs. 31 271
8 Amistad
Steven Spielberg sends McConaughey back in time (figuratively speaking) to confront the injustices of slavery. 11 209
9 Contact
McConaughey spars with Jodie Foster over ideology and the existance of alien life in this adaptation of Carl Sagan's novel. 5 225
10 Lone Star
Dark family secrets surface when a Texas sheriff (Chris Cooper) unearths the past of his late father (McConaughey). -31 175