# Favorite Kevin Costner Movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [September 10, 2024, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-kevin-costner-movie/1007089 "2024-09-10T22:55:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-kevin-costner-movie/1007089/21 "2024-09-11T03:31:01Z")
Another vote for ‘Mr. Brooks’. I always recommend it when KC comes up. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-kevin-costner-movie/1007089/22 "2024-09-11T03:35:08Z")
There are several there that, if they were on now, I would happily watch them…again. But two others ,in which I particularly like Costner’s role, are _A Perfect World_ and _The Upside of Anger_. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-kevin-costner-movie/1007089/23 "2024-09-11T03:39:12Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > No Way Out was his best performance. Agreed, and because he is so understated in it that the ending is a surprise. > [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > I thought he was outstanding in **Hidden Figures**. I’ve said it before, he’s much better in supporting roles. He’s one of those character actor who somehow fell into a leading man role even though he is completely milquetoast, and frequently miscast outside of sports movies and the occasional Western. He was up for roles as Batman, _The Fugitive_, and _Rob Roy_, and based on his _Robinhood: Prince of Thieves_ performance it is good he never got any of them. He’s not a bad actor, but he is one who is good at underplaying a role rather than upstaging everyone else. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-kevin-costner-movie/1007089/24 "2024-09-11T04:31:23Z")
Was a toss-up between Bull Durham and Untouchables for me. I went with Bull Durham. ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-kevin-costner-movie/1007089/25 "2024-09-11T04:59:43Z")
I went with not listed. Since the question is about my favorite movie of his, and not the one in which I think he gave his best performance, I have to go with _Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves_. Costner himself was just ok, but Alan Rickman did a great job, as did Morgan Freeman. I also liked Bryan Adams singing "Everything I Do\*. I’m not a big fan of the other movies listed. ---
**Author:** ![Sooner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sooner/32/7875_2.png) [@Sooner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sooner)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-kevin-costner-movie/1007089/26 "2024-09-11T05:04:57Z")
I liked Untouchables, in spite of Kevin Costner. That is the kindest thing (cough …pretentious) I can say. ---
**Author:** ![Strenger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@Strenger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strenger)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-kevin-costner-movie/1007089/27 "2024-09-11T05:08:06Z")
Oh…I’ll go with the staples…_The Untouchables_…and _Bull Durham_…both very good pictures, with good ensemble casts. Costner was right for each of those roles. KC just never made many of the kind of pictures I’d go out of my way to see. ~~Just like the KC Chiefs!~~ (OK, cheap joke, apologies in advance, but could hardly resist). ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-kevin-costner-movie/1007089/28 "2024-09-11T05:11:21Z")
_Field of Dreams_ for me. Costner’s character grows and develops through it, meeting the challenges every step of the way; and though some are pretty outlandish (“You want me to plow my cornfield under and build a _baseball field_?”), he deals. His Ray Kinsella is definitely not a one-dimensional character, and Costner shepherds him along every step of the way. That, plus James Earl Jones, Amy Madigan, and Ray Liotta make it my favourite Costner picture. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-kevin-costner-movie/1007089/29 "2024-09-11T05:23:25Z")
> [@Sooner](#): > > I liked Untouchables, in spite of Kevin Costner. The real star of _The Untouchables_ was [Andy Garcia](https://youtu.be/zzRzxducCbs?si=wLuPuq_jt1FHE1K7). Sean Connery, playing an Irish cop with a pronounced Scottish burr, was pure comedic relief. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-kevin-costner-movie/1007089/30 "2024-09-11T07:43:55Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Was a toss-up between Bull Durham and Untouchables for me. I went with Bull Durham. Me too, and me too. _Untouchables_ is the better movie, but _Bull Durham_ has the better Costner performance. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-kevin-costner-movie/1007089/31 "2024-09-11T07:59:54Z")
Not necessarily the best or most entertaining, but I think A Perfect World utilizes his talents the best (such as they are). His normal lack of emotional range works very well for the character he plays. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-kevin-costner-movie/1007089/32 "2024-09-11T10:48:21Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > Not necessarily the best or most entertaining, but I think A Perfect World utilizes his talents the best (such as they are). His normal lack of emotional range works very well for the character he plays. That was what I was coming to mention. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-kevin-costner-movie/1007089/33 "2024-09-11T11:20:07Z")
If I were flicking through the channels (back in the day, when I used to do that), the movie that I’d be most likely to stop and watch would be **The Untouchables**. **Silverado** holds the distinction of the first time that I can remember falling asleep during a movie. (Not that it was particularly bad, but I was tired.) ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-kevin-costner-movie/1007089/34 "2024-09-11T11:33:12Z")
“Criminal”, a movie I just watched for a 2nd time a couple of nights ago. I loved watching how his damaged character, experiencing love for the first time, became a human being. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-kevin-costner-movie/1007089/35 "2024-09-11T11:55:44Z")
I third or fourth the _Perfect World_ nomination. It’s the best film Costner has ever been in (as the lead anyway) and his best performance. Wildly underseen, underrated, overlooked. Terrific movie. I’d say _Bull Durham_ is his number two. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-kevin-costner-movie/1007089/36 "2024-09-11T11:58:37Z")
I was going to say The Bodyguard, but then realized that I actually liked it due to Whitney Houston’s performance. Then I also realized that she was actually just playing herself and not really perofrming. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-kevin-costner-movie/1007089/37 "2024-09-11T12:19:45Z")
I haven’t seen all of his works, but I’ve always loved No Way Out. I admit partly because I worked in the Pentagon eons ago and it was kinda neat seeing him run thru the halls. But I also remember being blown away by the ending. Bull Durham was fun. Robin Hood sucked mightily. ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-kevin-costner-movie/1007089/38 "2024-09-11T12:30:36Z")
I’m not much of a movie person but I really enjoyed _A Perfect World_. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-kevin-costner-movie/1007089/39 "2024-09-11T16:50:48Z")
_Open Range_ followed by _Dances with Wolves_. DwW holds a special spot for me because it was my grandpa’s favorite movies. He loved it so much, he got it for me on VHS. I have never bought movies, so that was one of the few movies I owned so I would pop it in from time to time when I needed something soothing. Laying on the couch sick…put it in. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-kevin-costner-movie/1007089/40 "2024-09-11T20:41:03Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > My favorite was _The Big Chill._ He killed in that role! He was perfectly cast. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-kevin-costner-movie/1007089.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-kevin-costner-movie/1007089.md?page=3)