Top 5 - Gene Hackman Movies

Today is Hackman's 77th birthday. Here are what I consider his best movies.

1. The French Connection
2. Hoosiers
3. The Poseidon Adventure
4. Unforgiven
5. Get Shorty

There are a bunch of movies that easily could have made the list (French Connection II, Bonnie and Clyde, Crimson Tide, The Conversation, etc) but I really liked Hackman in the Poseidon Adventure and as Harry Zimm in Get Shorty).

My favorite Hackman trivia is the fact that he was the first choice to play Mike Brady in The Brady Bunch TV show. I also have to mention that I cannot see Gene Hackman without thinking about how humongous his head truly is. He truly has one big melon.