he went from the it boy of rom-coms and
serial movie lawyer to an oscar-winning
a Lister the blessed day to you sir
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for Matthew
McConaughey’s top 10 performances I am a
guest here you be polite number 10
Denton van zan rain of fire in this
post-apocalyptic action romp McConaughey
uses his southern swagger to play a
rough-hewn tough-guy the requisite
American cowboy and a slayer of dragons
after some long dormant dragons awaken
and annihilate humanity McConaughey
steps in with his tenacity and badassery
to lead a veritable army to take them
down
though he clashes violently with
Christian Bale McConaughey proves he’s
got the goods to back up his arrogance
after all who else is crazy enough to
battle a dragon with just an axe and
brute force number 9
Jacqueline Gelle we are marshal well
that’s all the time we’ve got we’d
better get started
while this based on a true story film
got a mixed reception from critics and
fans McConaughey was almost universally
praised for his portrayal of the new
football coach at a school that just
lost its entire team in a plane crash
the part gives him an opportunity to
show another side of his skills and the
result is an inspirational emotional
sometimes funny and charismatic
performance that is a definite touchdown
well I can tell you this if it’s a
miracle you’re looking for you should
keep looking because you’re gonna end up
disappointed and I’m gonna end up out of
a job number 8 Danny buck Davidson
Bernie
this ain’t San Francisco so around here
we got a lot of bizarre darkly funny and
true this Richard Linklater film is
named for a small-town Texas mortician
who befriends and eventually murders a
wealthy local but keeps his crime hidden
for months beside a career-best Jack
Black
McConaughey shines like he always does
in Linklater films as the DA who finally
nails Bernie and he pulls out all the
stops to give us a typical McConaughey
character cool proud calculating and
always charming but in this case it’s
tougher than usual to tell the good guys
from the bad at this time are there any
suspects in the murder
oh there’s one man in particular I can
think about you like to talk to number
seven Jake Tyler Brigance a time to kill
do everyone a favor though drop the case
no okay though he had very few rolls
under his belt by this point in his
career and almost no training as an
actor
McConaughey manages to shine beside a
killer ensemble cast as a young lawyer
who must try an almost impossible case
and while he portrayed another young
lawyer the following year in Amistad
it’s with this John Grisham adaptation
that McConaughey proved his mettle by
reminding us of the film’s most
disturbing themes and questions in an
unforgettable courtroom speech I want
you to picture a little girl
now how imagine she’s wife number six
Mickey Haller The Lincoln Lawyer listen
Harold I looked on the list of people I
trust you’re not on it
instead of getting lazy and playing out
his career with a string of
interchangeable romantic comedies
McConaughey uses this movie to remind us
he can still act he plays a cheesy
crooked lawyer who is somehow forced to
fight for the good guys the author who
penned the novel on which the story is
based said McConaughey nailed the role
and you can’t get much higher praise
than that I had a client I want ya
decapitated his ex-wife kept her head in
the refrigerator nice number five
mud mud it’s a bomb now let’s come on
ain’t no bomb I got money boy you can
call me a hobo cuz a hobo work for his
living you call me homeless cuz that’s
true for now but you call me a bomb
again I’m gonna teach you something that
respect your daddy never did a colorful
and sometimes scary fugitive on the run
from a murder rap mud is an outlaw who
needs help from some local teens driven
by character and strong performances
this thoughtful and moody movie is yet
another role that distance McConaughey
from his rom-com past paralleling great
American novels like Tom Sawyer
Huckleberry Finn and To Kill a
Mockingbird this southern drama is both
uplifting and enchanting with a
convincing and understated performance
by McConaughey in the title role did you
see that old man don’t you don’t hear
he’s a triple six real deal scratch
what’s a scratch Janell himself
number four David Wooderson dazed and
confused hey man you got a joint it’d be
a lot cooler if he did not only was this
McConaughey’s memorable breakthrough
role Wooderson was also the character
that set up the McConaughey stereotype
we all knew and loved for years this is
the first of many collaborations between
McConaughey and director Richard
Linklater and all have been some of the
best work of the actors career patience
darling patience though his role in
Dazed is not much more than a cameo he
provides some of the most unforgettable
material in the entire flick and is able
to sum up his charming laid-back
character with one quote that’s what I
love about these high school girls man I
get older they stay the same
number three killer Joe Cooper killer
Joe that’s right Junior
don’t push it one of the most merciless
entries on McConaughey’s resume this
William Friedkin film gives the actor a
chance to use his charm and charisma in
a decidedly darker arena look at me
suck this as killer Joe McConaughey
shows off his ability to play slimy and
self-assured roles as an assassin for
hire who was tapped to kill a woman for
her life-insurance money in a film full
of gripping performances McConaughey’s
is a head above the rest and it reminds
us that his range expands far beyond
rom-coms conversation is finished
I think this was huh let’s make a deal
number two detective Rustin Spencer rust
cohle true detective is so important to
you also because it’s Thursday and his
past noon Thursday is one of my days off
my off days I start drinking at noon you
don’t get to interrupt that bringing his
undeniable star power to the small
screen McConaughey takes on the antihero
role of an engaging yet nihilistic
cynical and disillusioned Louisiana cop
dedicated and gifted but burdened by his
past and his demons Cole gives the actor
plenty of juicy monologues or as they’ve
been dubbed online McConnell logs with
which to spread his acting wings I’d
consider myself a realist I’m putting
philosophical terms I’m what’s called a
pessimist okay what’s that mean
means I’m bad at parties spouting
philosophical truths to his partner
Woody Harrelson instead of typical buddy
cop small talk McConaughey helps make
this HBO series a must watch and
television a viable medium for tense and
outstanding drama getting sleep last
night
I don’t sleep just dream
before we unveil our number one pick
here are a few honorable mentions but I
think I see a lot of lawbreakers up in
this house and I don’t see a cop inside
anybody guess I’m staring at right now
I’m looking at your ugly mug on the back
cover of Vanity Fair magazine holding a
cute cuddly panda for cuteville it is
insane bro you are a rock star as a
person faith I’m bound by a different
covenant than dr. Arroway but our goal
is one of the same it’s the pursuit of
truth so he killed it little right there
friend I mean not to his way of thinking
you see him he hadn’t killed a woman he
had destroyed a demon stay with me
mm-hmm
we don’t create shit we don’t build
anything so if you got a client who
bought stock at 8:00 and announced hits
at 16 and he’s off and happy he wants to
cash in liquidate take his good money at
run home you don’t let him do that
cuz that would make it real
you have me
bullshit number one Ron Woodroof Dallas
buyers club
hey knew your business huh get your shit
together shit doc you started a sonic
god damn old man
after years of honing his trademark
Swagger and rom-coms and courtroom
dramas McConaughey convinced everyone
including the Academy to take notice of
his talents still typical of his style
but with all pretense and about 50
pounds stripped away this story sees
McConaughey portray a real-life AIDS
patient who’s struggling for access to
drugs that could prolong his life with
newfound urgency power and hope
McConaughey goes from a homophobe in
denial to a man accepting of those
around him and that won him his first
Oscar mr. Woodleigh
I’m afraid that you are nothing more
than a common drug dealer so if you’ll
excuse us we would like on your jacket
now your drug I mean goddamn people are
dying and y’all up there afraid that
we’re gonna find an alternative with
that do you agree with our list which is
your favorite Matthew McConaughey
performance you asked yeah and now I’m
begging you to shut the fuck up for more
entertaining top tens
be sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
that’s good for me yes
Oh
serial movie lawyer to an oscar-winning
a Lister the blessed day to you sir
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for Matthew
McConaughey’s top 10 performances I am a
guest here you be polite number 10
Denton van zan rain of fire in this
post-apocalyptic action romp McConaughey
uses his southern swagger to play a
rough-hewn tough-guy the requisite
American cowboy and a slayer of dragons
after some long dormant dragons awaken
and annihilate humanity McConaughey
steps in with his tenacity and badassery
to lead a veritable army to take them
down
though he clashes violently with
Christian Bale McConaughey proves he’s
got the goods to back up his arrogance
after all who else is crazy enough to
battle a dragon with just an axe and
brute force number 9
Jacqueline Gelle we are marshal well
that’s all the time we’ve got we’d
better get started
while this based on a true story film
got a mixed reception from critics and
fans McConaughey was almost universally
praised for his portrayal of the new
football coach at a school that just
lost its entire team in a plane crash
the part gives him an opportunity to
show another side of his skills and the
result is an inspirational emotional
sometimes funny and charismatic
performance that is a definite touchdown
well I can tell you this if it’s a
miracle you’re looking for you should
keep looking because you’re gonna end up
disappointed and I’m gonna end up out of
a job number 8 Danny buck Davidson
Bernie
this ain’t San Francisco so around here
we got a lot of bizarre darkly funny and
true this Richard Linklater film is
named for a small-town Texas mortician
who befriends and eventually murders a
wealthy local but keeps his crime hidden
for months beside a career-best Jack
Black
McConaughey shines like he always does
in Linklater films as the DA who finally
nails Bernie and he pulls out all the
stops to give us a typical McConaughey
character cool proud calculating and
always charming but in this case it’s
tougher than usual to tell the good guys
from the bad at this time are there any
suspects in the murder
oh there’s one man in particular I can
think about you like to talk to number
seven Jake Tyler Brigance a time to kill
do everyone a favor though drop the case
no okay though he had very few rolls
under his belt by this point in his
career and almost no training as an
actor
McConaughey manages to shine beside a
killer ensemble cast as a young lawyer
who must try an almost impossible case
and while he portrayed another young
lawyer the following year in Amistad
it’s with this John Grisham adaptation
that McConaughey proved his mettle by
reminding us of the film’s most
disturbing themes and questions in an
unforgettable courtroom speech I want
you to picture a little girl
now how imagine she’s wife number six
Mickey Haller The Lincoln Lawyer listen
Harold I looked on the list of people I
trust you’re not on it
instead of getting lazy and playing out
his career with a string of
interchangeable romantic comedies
McConaughey uses this movie to remind us
he can still act he plays a cheesy
crooked lawyer who is somehow forced to
fight for the good guys the author who
penned the novel on which the story is
based said McConaughey nailed the role
and you can’t get much higher praise
than that I had a client I want ya
decapitated his ex-wife kept her head in
the refrigerator nice number five
mud mud it’s a bomb now let’s come on
ain’t no bomb I got money boy you can
call me a hobo cuz a hobo work for his
living you call me homeless cuz that’s
true for now but you call me a bomb
again I’m gonna teach you something that
respect your daddy never did a colorful
and sometimes scary fugitive on the run
from a murder rap mud is an outlaw who
needs help from some local teens driven
by character and strong performances
this thoughtful and moody movie is yet
another role that distance McConaughey
from his rom-com past paralleling great
American novels like Tom Sawyer
Huckleberry Finn and To Kill a
Mockingbird this southern drama is both
uplifting and enchanting with a
convincing and understated performance
by McConaughey in the title role did you
see that old man don’t you don’t hear
he’s a triple six real deal scratch
what’s a scratch Janell himself
number four David Wooderson dazed and
confused hey man you got a joint it’d be
a lot cooler if he did not only was this
McConaughey’s memorable breakthrough
role Wooderson was also the character
that set up the McConaughey stereotype
we all knew and loved for years this is
the first of many collaborations between
McConaughey and director Richard
Linklater and all have been some of the
best work of the actors career patience
darling patience though his role in
Dazed is not much more than a cameo he
provides some of the most unforgettable
material in the entire flick and is able
to sum up his charming laid-back
character with one quote that’s what I
love about these high school girls man I
get older they stay the same
number three killer Joe Cooper killer
Joe that’s right Junior
don’t push it one of the most merciless
entries on McConaughey’s resume this
William Friedkin film gives the actor a
chance to use his charm and charisma in
a decidedly darker arena look at me
suck this as killer Joe McConaughey
shows off his ability to play slimy and
self-assured roles as an assassin for
hire who was tapped to kill a woman for
her life-insurance money in a film full
of gripping performances McConaughey’s
is a head above the rest and it reminds
us that his range expands far beyond
rom-coms conversation is finished
I think this was huh let’s make a deal
number two detective Rustin Spencer rust
cohle true detective is so important to
you also because it’s Thursday and his
past noon Thursday is one of my days off
my off days I start drinking at noon you
don’t get to interrupt that bringing his
undeniable star power to the small
screen McConaughey takes on the antihero
role of an engaging yet nihilistic
cynical and disillusioned Louisiana cop
dedicated and gifted but burdened by his
past and his demons Cole gives the actor
plenty of juicy monologues or as they’ve
been dubbed online McConnell logs with
which to spread his acting wings I’d
consider myself a realist I’m putting
philosophical terms I’m what’s called a
pessimist okay what’s that mean
means I’m bad at parties spouting
philosophical truths to his partner
Woody Harrelson instead of typical buddy
cop small talk McConaughey helps make
this HBO series a must watch and
television a viable medium for tense and
outstanding drama getting sleep last
night
I don’t sleep just dream
before we unveil our number one pick
here are a few honorable mentions but I
think I see a lot of lawbreakers up in
this house and I don’t see a cop inside
anybody guess I’m staring at right now
I’m looking at your ugly mug on the back
cover of Vanity Fair magazine holding a
cute cuddly panda for cuteville it is
insane bro you are a rock star as a
person faith I’m bound by a different
covenant than dr. Arroway but our goal
is one of the same it’s the pursuit of
truth so he killed it little right there
friend I mean not to his way of thinking
you see him he hadn’t killed a woman he
had destroyed a demon stay with me
mm-hmm
we don’t create shit we don’t build
anything so if you got a client who
bought stock at 8:00 and announced hits
at 16 and he’s off and happy he wants to
cash in liquidate take his good money at
run home you don’t let him do that
cuz that would make it real
you have me
bullshit number one Ron Woodroof Dallas
buyers club
hey knew your business huh get your shit
together shit doc you started a sonic
god damn old man
after years of honing his trademark
Swagger and rom-coms and courtroom
dramas McConaughey convinced everyone
including the Academy to take notice of
his talents still typical of his style
but with all pretense and about 50
pounds stripped away this story sees
McConaughey portray a real-life AIDS
patient who’s struggling for access to
drugs that could prolong his life with
newfound urgency power and hope
McConaughey goes from a homophobe in
denial to a man accepting of those
around him and that won him his first
Oscar mr. Woodleigh
I’m afraid that you are nothing more
than a common drug dealer so if you’ll
excuse us we would like on your jacket
now your drug I mean goddamn people are
dying and y’all up there afraid that
we’re gonna find an alternative with
that do you agree with our list which is
your favorite Matthew McConaughey
performance you asked yeah and now I’m
begging you to shut the fuck up for more
entertaining top tens
be sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
that’s good for me yes
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