What is the best Javier Bardem movie?

From chilling villain turns to deeply human dramas, his range spans award-winning international cinema and mainstream Hollywood spectacle. Which performance wins your vote?

1

No Country for Old Men

The 2007 Coen Brothers masterpiece where Bardem delivers an Oscar-winning, terrifying performance as the implacable hitman Anton Chigurh.

1000pts

2

Before Night Falls

A 2000 biographical drama where Bardem earned an Oscar nomination playing Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas in a powerful portrait of artistic defiance.

619pts

3

Biutiful

Alejandro González Iñárritu's haunting 2010 drama where Bardem gives a raw, Oscar-nominated performance as a terminally ill father in Barcelona.

531pts

4

Being the Ricardos

Aaron Sorkin's 2021 biographical drama where Bardem plays Desi Arnaz opposite Nicole Kidman's Lucille Ball in a turbulent week behind I Love Lucy.

531pts

5

Skyfall

The acclaimed 2012 James Bond film featuring Bardem as the flamboyant, menacing villain Raoul Silva opposite Daniel Craig.

472pts

6

Dune: Part Two

The 2024 epic sci-fi sequel where Bardem returns as the devoted Fremen leader Stilgar, bringing gravitas and comic relief to Denis Villeneuve's blockbuster.

472pts

7

Loving Pablo

The 2017 crime drama where Bardem portrays Pablo Escobar in a charismatic, outsized performance tracing the narco's rise to power.

303pts

8

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Woody Allen's 2008 romantic drama in which Bardem plays a passionate Spanish artist who seduces two American tourists.

177pts

9

The Sea Inside

Alejandro Amenábar's 2004 Oscar-winning Spanish drama where Bardem powerfully portrays a quadriplegic man fighting for the right to die with dignity.

177pts

10

The Counselor

Ridley Scott's 2013 crime thriller where Bardem plays an eccentric drug cartel associate in Cormac McCarthy's adaptation.

177pts