The 19 Best Antonio Banderas Movies

Almodóvar provocations, swashbuckling heroics and one very persuasive cat. Three decades of range, and not everyone agrees which Banderas is the real one.

1. 1
   Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

   The 2022 animated adventure that gave Banderas's swordsman cat his best solo film.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Spy Kids

   The 2001 family adventure with Banderas and Carla Gugino as retired spies.
   546pts
3. 3
   Interview with the Vampire

   The 1994 gothic horror film with Banderas as the vampire Armand.
   545pts
4. 4
   The 33

   The 2015 survival drama about the Chilean miners trapped underground.
   504pts
5. 5
   The Skin I Live In

   Almodóvar's 2011 psychological thriller about a surgeon with a dark obsession.
   457pts
6. 6
   Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

   Almodóvar's 1988 farce that brought Banderas international attention.
   403pts
7. 7
   Frida

   The 2002 biopic in which Banderas appears as muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros.
   403pts
8. 8
   The Mask of Zorro

   The 1998 swashbuckler in which Banderas takes over the mask from Anthony Hopkins.
   341pts
9. 9
   Pain and Glory

   Pedro Almodóvar's 2019 drama in which Banderas plays an aging director reckoning with his past.
   341pts
10. 10
    Law of Desire

    Almodóvar's 1987 melodrama that helped launch Banderas's career.
    341pts
11. 11
    Matador

    Almodóvar's 1986 dark comedy about a bullfighter and a lawyer obsessed with death.
    341pts
12. 12
    Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!

    Almodóvar's 1989 romantic comedy in which Banderas plays an obsessive admirer.
    269pts
13. 13
    Philadelphia

    The 1993 legal drama in which Banderas plays Tom Hanks's partner.
    269pts
14. 14
    Shrek 2

    The 2004 animated sequel that introduced Banderas as the voice of Puss in Boots.
    269pts
15. 15
    Desperado

    Robert Rodriguez's 1995 action film that made Banderas a Hollywood lead as a guitar-case gunslinger.
    183pts
16. 16
    Take the Lead

    The 2006 dance drama with Banderas as a ballroom instructor in a tough school.
    183pts
17. 17
    Original Sin

    The 2001 period thriller with Banderas and Angelina Jolie.
    183pts
18. 18
    Once Upon a Time in Mexico

    Rodriguez's 2003 conclusion to the Mariachi trilogy.
    183pts
19. 19
    Evita

    The 1996 musical in which Banderas sings opposite Madonna as Che.
    0pts

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