Jeff Bridges's Best Movies
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Jeff Bridges's Best Movies

True Grit makes Bridges's sixth Oscar nom. But does it rank as his best movie? Or does The Big Lebowski or Starman deserve that ranking?

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1 The Big Lebowski
The shaggy pot-smoking slacker played by Bridges is so great he's taken on a life of his own, inspiring Lebowski-themed parties. 296 662
2 True Grit
It takes guts to take on John Wayne's famous character, but Bridges puts his own stamp on Rooster Cogburn in the Coen brothers' flick. 273 589
3 Crazy Heart
Alongside Robert Duvall and Maggie Gyllenhaal, Bridges won his first Oscar playing an alcoholic country singer looking for redemption. 176 458
4 Starman
Bridges doesn't need CGI to play an alien. He brings the otherworldliness of his ET home with tics and naivety alone. 151 459
5 Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
The lost great buddy movie stars a young Bridges -- who earned an Oscar nomination -- alongside Clint Eastwood. 87 371
6 The Fisher King
Bridges's washed-up shock jock grounds a movie elevated by director Terry Gilliam's weirdness and Robin Williams's frenetic energy. 79 371
7 The Last Picture Show
This elegiac portrait of a dying Texas town helped launch Bridges, thanks to a performance that is funny, cocky, and terribly sad. 76 358
8 The Fabulous Baker Boys
Jeff and his brother, Beau, drew adulation for the flick about a pair of jazz musicians, but it was Michelle Pfeiffer who stole the show. 64 376
9 Arlington Road
A terrorism movie way ahead of its time, with great performances by Bridges and Tim Robbins and a terribly shocking climax. 55 347
10 The Contender
Few men have the gravitas to credibly play the president. Bridges does -- and he even nabbed an Oscar nom for the role. 3 303