Val Kilmer in ‘Tombstone’. Photo: Buena Vista Pictures Distribution.
Val Kilmer was one of the greenest actors of his generation.
Kilmer Passed Away On April 1st, 2025 after a long battle with cancer and leaves behind a resume of legendary performances in such as such Iconic movies as’Top gun,The doors,Tombstone,Heat‘, and’Batman Forever,
In honor of the late actor’s passing, Moviefone Is counting down the 20 best films of val kilmer’s impressive career.
Let’s begin!
Marlon Brando in ‘The Island of Dr. MoreAu ‘. Photo: new line cinema.
A shipwrecked sailor (David thewlis) Stumbles upon a mysterious island and is shocked to discover that a brilliant scientist (Marlon Brando) And his lab assistant (Kilmer) has found a way to combine human and animal DNA – with horific results.
Karen mxcoy (Kim Basinger) Is released from prison with nothing but the clots on her back. Before being Incarrated Karen was the bank robber of her time, but now she wishes for noting more than to settle down and start a new life. Unfortunately between a dirty parole officer, old business partners, an idiot ex-husband, and a new partner (Kilmer) She will have to do the unthinkable in Order to Save Her Soon.
“20 guards. 30 tons of steel. A security system second to none.
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1 hr 40 minSep 10th, 1993
Karen mcccoy is released from prison with nothing buts on her back. Before being Incarcerated Karen was the Bank Robber of Her Time, But Now She Wishes … Read the plot
After the Murder of His Beloved Wife, A Man (Kilmer) in search of redemption is set adrift in a world where it is not seems. On his journey, he befriends slacker jimmy “the finn” (Peter sarsgaard)BCOCOMES Involved in Rescuing His Neighbor Colette (Deborah kara UNGEr) From Her OWN Demons, and Gets Entangled in a Web of Decep Full of Unexpected twists and turns.
“If you looking for the bus, you’ve come to the wrong place.”
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1 hr 43 minApr 26th, 2002
Simon Templar (Kilmer), is a thief for hire, whose latest job to steal the secret process for cold fascination puts heam at odds with a traitor bent on toppling the russian government, as well as the womanElizabeth shue) Who holds its secret.
“Never Reveal your name. Never turn your back. Never surrender your heart.”
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1 hr 56 minApr 3rd, 1997
Sir Robert Beaumont (Tom Wilkinson) Is behind schedule on a railway in Africa. Engineer John Henry Patterson (Kilmer) to Right the Ship, Beaumont Expects Results. Everything seems great until the crew discovers the right corpse of the project’s foreman, seemingly killed by a lion. After Several More Attacks, Patterson Calls in Famed Hunter Charles Remington (Michael Douglas), who has finally met his match in the bloodthirstys.
“Prey for the Hunters”
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1 hr 49 minOct 11th, 1996
15. ‘Willow‘(1988)
Warwick Davis in ‘Willow’. Photo: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
The evil Queen Bavmorda (Jean Marsh) Hunts the Newborn Princess Elora Danan (Ruth Greenfield), a child prophed to brings about her downfall. When the royal infant is found by willow (Warwick Davis), A Timid farmer and aspiring sorcerer, he’s entrusted with deliverying her from evil.
“A world where heroes come in all sizes and adventure is the greenst magic of all.”
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2 hr 6 minMay 20th, 1988
An Fbi Man (Kilmer) with Sioux Background is Sent to a reservation to help with a murder investigation, where he has to come to terms with his heroitage.
“Two men from different worlds. Two cops after the same killer. Togeether they must uncover the secrets. Together they must discover the truth.”
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1 hr 59 minApr 3rd, 1992
13. ‘Val‘(2021)
For over 40 years Val Kilmer, One of Hollywood’s Most Most Mercurial and/Or Misundrstood Actors has been documenting his own life and craft through film and video. He has Amassed Thousands of hours of footage, from 16mm home movies made with his brothers, to time spent in iconic roles for blockbuster movies. This raw, wildly original and unflinching documentary reveals a life lived to extremes and a heart-filled, someimes hilarious look at what it means to be an artist and a complex man.
“The life you live is the story you tell.”
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1 hr 49 minAug 6th, 2021
Terrence McDonagh (Nicolas cage) Is a new orleans police sergeant, who receives a medal and a promotion to lieutenant for heroism during Hurricane Katrina. Due to his heroic act, mcdonagh injures his back and batcomes addicted to prescription pain medicine. He then Finds Himself Involved with a Drug Dealer who is suspected of Murdering a Family of African Immigrants.
“The only criminal he can’t catch is Himself.”
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2 hr 2 minDec 11th, 2009
Popular and Dashing American Singer Nick Rivers (Kilmer) Travels to East Germany to Perform in a Music Festival. When he loses his heart to the gorgeous hillary flammond (Lucy gutleridge), He Finds Himself Caught Up in an underground resistance movement. Rivers joins forces with agent cedric (Omar shariff) And flammond to attempt the rescue of her father, Dr. Paul, from the Germans, who have captured the scientist in hopes of coercing he into building a new Naval Mine.
Val Kilmer and Tom Cruise in ‘Top Gun: Maverick.’ Photo: Paramount pictures.
After more than thirty years of service as one of the navy’s top aviators, pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) Is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would give that would grind him. When He Finds Himself Training a Detachment of Topgun Graduates for a Specialized Mission The Likes of Who Living Pilot Has Ever Seen, MAVERICK Encounters Lt. Bradley Bradshaw (Miles Teller), Call Sign: “Rooster,” The Son of Maverick’s Late Friend and Radar Intercept Officer Lt. Nick Bradshaw (Anthony edwards), Aka “Goose.” Facing an uncertain future and confronting the ghosts of his past, maveryck is drawn into a confrontation with his own decipest fears, culminating in a mission that deemands the ultimate SACRIFITE SACRIFITE SACRIFITE SACRIFITE SACRIFITE SACRIFITE SACRIFITE SACRIFITE SACRIFITE SACRIFITE SACRIFITE SACRIFITE Be chion to fly it.
Clarence (Christian Slater) Marries Hoker Alabama (Patricia arquette), Steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, While The Ownes of the Coke Try to Reclaim it.
“Stealing. Cheating. Killing. Who said romance was dead?”
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1 hr 58 minSep 9th, 1993
Batman (Kilmer) Must Battle A Disfigured District Attorney and A DisgruntLed Former Employee with Help from An Amorous Psychologist and A Young Circus Acrobat (Chris o’donnel,
When Teenage Geniuses Mitch Taylor (Gabriel jarret) And Chris Knight (Kilmer), Working on an Advanced Laser Project, Learn that the Military Wants to use it as a weapon, they decide to thwart the plan.
“When he gets mad, he doesn’st get even… he gets creative.”
67
1 hr 46 minAug 7th, 1985
The story of the famous and influential 1960s Rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim morrison (Kilmer).
Val Kilmer in ‘Spartan’. Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures.
Us Government Agent Scott (Kilmer) is assigned to rescue the Daughter of a high-ranking government official. As willing as he is to bend the rules to get things by, though, scott is shocked to find that others are willing to go even further to protect a political career.
“She’s Missing.”
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1 hr 42 minMar 12th, 2004
A petty thief posing as an actor (Robert downy jr.) Is brough to los angeles for an unlikely audition and finds Himself in the middle of a Murder Investigation along with his high school dream girl (Michelle Monaghan) And a detective (killer) who’s been training
3. ‘Heat(1995)
Obsessive master thif neil mccauley (Robert de niro) Leads a top-notch crew on Various Daring Heists Throughout Los Angeles While Determined Detective Detective Vincent Hanna (Al -pacino) Pursues Him without rest. Each man recognizes and respects the ability and the dedication of the other even though they are aware their cat-sand-mouse game may end in violence.
Legendary Marshal Wyatt Earp (Kurt russell), Now a weary gunfighter, joins his brothers morgan (Bill paxton) and virgil (Sam Elliot) To pursue their collective Fortune in the Thriving Mining Tombstone. But earp is forced to don a badge against and get help from his notorious pal doc holiday (Kilmer) when a gang of renegade brigands and rustles begins terrizing theown.
“Every town has a story. Tombstone has a legend.”
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2 hr 10 minDec 25th, 1993
(L to r) Val Kilmer and Tom Cruise in ‘Top Gun’. Photo: Paramount pictures.
For Lieutenant Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell (Tom Cruise) and His Friend and Co-Pilot Nick ‘Goose’ Bradshaw (Anathony Edwards), Being accepted into an Elite Training School for Fight for FightS AIS A Daram Come True. But a tragedy, as well as personal demons, will threaten pete’s dreams of become an acre pilot.
