The 5 best Matthew McConaughey movies and TV shows, ranked

1. True Detective (2014)

Time is a flat circle where we remember how damn good McConaughey was on True Detective. While he was originally offered the role of straight man Marty Hart in the anthology series, McConaughey was rightfully drawn to Rust Cohle, the equally talented and troubled detective. McConaughey tore through long, juicy monologues like Cohle tore through beer cans, so much so that it might be time to go back.

2. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

Another actor could’ve played Mark Hanna, the Wall Street rainmaker who mentored Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio). But few could’ve made the impact McConaughey did in just a handful of scenes, especially the lunch meeting that introduced Belfort and the audience to a through-the-looking-glass world of hedonism.

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3. Dallas Buyers Club (2013)

The weight loss represented dedication, but the great achievement was the vulnerability McConaughey brought to Ron Woodroof, the promiscuous homophobe who became an unlikely leader of the 1980s Texas gay community after contracting AIDS and opening a barely legal meds-smuggling business. It was Oscar bait from the get-go, but it was an uncompromising performance that fit McConaughey like a pair of cozy cowboy boots.

4. The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)

Few knew it at the time — probably not even McConaughey — but this was the beginning of the McConaissance. In some ways, it’s the same type of role he’d been playing for a decade, but he’d matured and perhaps finally understood his strengths as an actor. It’s more Richard Gere in Primal Fear than Paul Newman in The Verdict, but it dwarfs what he did in A Time to Kill.

5. A Time to Kill (1996)

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Playing the heroic lawyer in John Grisham’s sweaty Southern courtroom drama made McConaughey a star. Some fans will likely want to see this higher on the list, but the actor’s performance is comparable to a young attorney working his first big case; there are flashes of brilliance, but he’s still unsure of his own abilities.

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