r/moviecritic • u/NewHolliesFan • 10h ago

What is your favorite movie starring Richard Gere?

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u/Responsible_Shirt381 10h ago

Primal Fear

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u/syko-rc 9h ago

That's it.

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u/WhiskeyBobDaRumDrunk 6h ago

Same. He’s been in loads of great/good films, but this one was just great from start to finish.

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u/NewHolliesFan 10h ago

Mine is The Mothman Prophecies

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u/SixersJawn 10h ago

that movie was so good and weird.  

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u/Alteredego619 7h ago

Read the book if you have the time, it’s waaay more weird.

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u/SixersJawn 7h ago

You're not my real dad don't tell me what to do.  (jk adding it to my library queue).  

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u/SkeettheVandelBuster 9h ago

Really? I thought it was one of the worst movies I have ever seen and I love Linney and Gere

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u/SixersJawn 9h ago

i get that response.  it was certainly a unique story.  we don't get a whole lot of unique storytelling these days... especially from marvel et al.  

a24 has been taking risks though. 

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u/SkeettheVandelBuster 7h ago

Unique for sure. In my opinion, didn’t work, but to each their own! My wife and I both hated it despite liking horror and loving Gere but when we were talking to a friend she thought we were crazy

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u/Yashyashyaa 7h ago

I think it’s good. What don’t you like about it? Just curious not trying to argue

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u/SkeettheVandelBuster 7h ago

Maybe it was partially my expectations. We love mothman and were expecting a cryptid monster adventure and instead it was just kind of a slow-burn psychological thriller but also didn’t quite work in that capacity even once my expectations settled.

I thought it was eerie and well acted but otherwise just disappointing and kinda cheesy

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u/Yashyashyaa 6h ago

Fair enough. My wife can be a hard critic and she enjoyed it and said it wasn’t the best movie ever but definitely creeped her out. We watched it two weeks ago so it’s fresh in my head. She keeps saying great tragedy on the river Ohio and then I say chaapstiiick lol

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u/SkeettheVandelBuster 6h ago

Dude we watched it that recently too. I keep doing the Ingrid Cold voice at her

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u/Yashyashyaa 6h ago

Lmao love it

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u/Yashyashyaa 9h ago

Chaaptstiiick

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u/Swing_On_A_Spiral 7h ago

My name is Indrid Cold

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u/AdmiralSnackbar816 9h ago

Wake up number 37

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u/Banal_Drivel 9h ago

An Officer and a Gentleman

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u/VendettaLord379 10h ago

Primal Fear.

Him and Norton are dynamite here

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u/Lieutenant_Corndogs 9h ago

I heard he had a rib removed so he could put gerbils in his butt

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u/Square-Fox-2948 9h ago

Pretty Woman

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u/MammothAsk391 10h ago

Chicago

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u/Joeliosis 9h ago

That's an all star cast and I completely forgot he was like the main dude in it lol

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u/Worldly_Ad592 9h ago

Ohhh good pick up:))

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u/LiveFreeOrRy 10h ago

The Jackal

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u/PhantomSesay 9h ago

I loved that film but his Irish accent wasn’t the best.

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u/RTPTheGoat 6h ago

Yeah this and him winning in the end are the only bad bits of the film

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u/Swing_On_A_Spiral 7h ago

Americans that do British accents well are far and few in between. But British and Australian actors doing American accents nail it every time. Having said that, The Jackal was a fantastic film.

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u/Comedywriter1 9h ago

Days of Heaven is his best film.

An Officer and a Gentleman is his best performance.

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u/ShoddyWonder3530 9h ago

Unfaithful

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u/fourthgradenothing22 9h ago

Officer and a Gentleman

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u/Individual-Noise-592 10h ago

Days of Heaven

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u/mrchainblulightening 9h ago

Hatchi. A dogs tale

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u/Worldly_Ad592 9h ago

I cried so hard.. did not see that coming..

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u/Main-Vacation2007 9h ago

Gerbil Express

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u/IngvaldClash 9h ago

Beat me to it 😂

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u/Due_Translator8947 9h ago

Officer and a Gentleman

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u/humblyfumbly 9h ago

Internal Afairs

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u/NeedHelpMakeClear 22m ago

This is it. Everything else is okay, but here he played a villain and a good one. Great call. I was looking for this answer.

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u/PhantomSesay 9h ago

Pretty Woman

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u/AdmiralSnackbar816 9h ago

First Knight

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u/confuzed_soul 6h ago

Me too! Felt like I had to scroll way too far down to find this one

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u/aliencardboard 9h ago

The Mothman Prophecies

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u/Mediocre_Chemist_168 9h ago

Internal Affairs

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u/AustinDood444 9h ago

The Jackal

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u/msb3079 9h ago

Mothman Prophecies

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u/Worldly_Ad592 9h ago

Primal Fear.. not because of Richard Gere

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u/WhiskeyBobDaRumDrunk 6h ago

My favorite is Primal Fear, but I think his best performance is Internal Affairs. He’s such a realistic sociopath in that movie, and I wish he played the bad guy more.

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u/Wonderful_Market_830 3h ago

American Gigolo

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u/Own_Initiative_9518 54m ago

Pretty woman 

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u/Silent-West2030 9h ago

Mothra Properties

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u/Which-Butterfly-6770 9h ago

The Lords of Flatbush, since got fired and wasn't in it. 2nd choice: Hachi: A dog's Tale.

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u/lwp775 9h ago

Report to the Commissioner

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u/OKIEColt45 9h ago

The jackal plus its one of my favorites for Bruce.

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u/maxonemaxtwo 9h ago

The Hunting Party

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u/alreadyknowwbro 9h ago

Brooklyn's finest...7 more days Eddie

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u/seppo2 9h ago

Star Wars

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u/Reasonable-HB678 9h ago

My heart says Chicago, my mind says Primal Fear.

Gotta go with the latter, lead role after all.

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u/haze4330 9h ago

The Jackal

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u/FriendshipSome8223 9h ago

An Officer and a Gentleman.

"I got nowhere else to go!"

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u/toeupcrisp 9h ago

First Knight. Family favorite growing up

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u/Much-Towel-3650 9h ago

Shall We Dance! It’s really lovely

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u/moheagirl 9h ago

Chicago

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u/jlenagha1984 8h ago

God he's hot.

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u/FormerReporter9496 7h ago

American Gigolo

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u/tilapiarocks 7h ago

My favorite romance of all time, An Officer & A Gentleman

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u/AncientBee5348 7h ago

Looking for Mr. Goodbar and easily his best work imo.

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u/Double_Tiger_7971 7h ago

I like no mercy

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u/FatTanuki1986 6h ago

The Jackal

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u/bobpetersen55 6h ago

The Hoax is very underrated

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u/Sad_Bassalope 6h ago

No Way Out

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u/hemidak 6h ago

Hachi

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u/Sammy_Dog 6h ago

Hachi: A Dog's Tale

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u/Weekly_Candidate_867 5h ago

American Giglio

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u/Mobile_Aioli_6252 5h ago

Lemmiwinks: The Motion Picture

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u/BarbuthcleusSpeckums 5h ago

Cotton Club is pretty dope.

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u/Silent-Gear4609 5h ago

Arbitrage.

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u/Aromatic-House-7894 5h ago

three Christ's

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u/rap31264 5h ago

American Gigolo

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u/wolfboy49 5h ago

Officer and a Gentleman

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u/PoppaDaClutch 4h ago

How would you rate him as an actor?

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u/hnyredditguy 4h ago

I think I'm the only one who liked The Mothman Prophecies

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u/NoMenu3829 4h ago

Arbitrage

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u/MacDaddyBighorn 3h ago

The Double

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u/lilbec53 2h ago

What about Sommersby

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u/Proof_Dragonfruit795 2h ago

Officer and a Gentleman

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u/gehrmanthefirsthunt 2h ago

Pretty Gerbil

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u/txcreative20 1h ago

Officer and Gentleman

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u/AC-Da-Pantha-101 59m ago

An Officer and a Gentleman.

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u/UKophile 45m ago

American Gigolo with its carefully placed shadows from the blinds… IYKYK.

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u/aswright_73 20m ago

The Jackal

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u/southboundtracks 13m ago

I like Breathless. It's a surprisingly good remake and he's great in it. 

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u/LoneJuror 10h ago

Michael with John Travolta

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u/Ok-Pomegranate-4963 9h ago

That's not Richard Gere...its William Hurt who co-stars with John Travolta in Michael.

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u/LoneJuror 9h ago

No you’re confusing it with the runaway bride