For some reason, Newman reminded me of Marlon Brandon in this.
~ I've been very lonely in my isolated tower of indecipherable speech.

Hud
His acting seems more natural. He completely transformed himself into the character.
Everybody did good job of acting. If I had to pick someone for The Hustler. It would be George C Scott.

1. Hustler
2. Verdict
3. Cool Hand Luke
4. Hud
5. Road to Perdition

The Verdict, out of those three it's probably Cool Hand Luke. He was great in The Hustler but I think was uneven, he had some brilliant moments, but overall it wasn't all outstanding.

I have no idea (it's probably The Verdict), but my
favorite
of his is probably Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

Absolutely The Huster

I'd pick Cool Hand Luke out of the bunch offered, but probably Cat on a Hot Tin Roof or The Verdict overall.

Stripping under the name Malcolm Sex, I pleased the ladies by any means necessary.

id put slapshot up there with his best as well.its a comedy but he's amazing at itaside from that hes pretty perfect in the hustler

The Verdict
Hud
The Hustler
Nobody's Fool
Road to Perdition

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For me, his best ever performance was in The Verdict.

2 movies..one when he was younger called Cat on a Hot Tin Roof..he was raw and his performance was off the charts intense as a riled up young man and his performance opposite of Elizabeth Taylor(a superstar at that time) would bode well for the future.
when he was a bit older(69) a movie called Nobody's Fool..outstanding performance of an almost-elderly and unfulfilled man looking to make things right.

Cool Hand Luke or Hud

The Verdict, The Hustler, Cool Hand Luke & The Colour of Money are my favourite performances by the epitome of cool

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Hud. Best Newman performance of all. Then The Hustler, then Cool Hand Luke.
However saying that, my favorite Newman film of all time and also my favorite film of all time is Cool Hand Luke. Just a great film.
But in this film - The Hustler George C. Scott is the best.. how he missed winning best supporting actor for this is one of the all time great oscar mis-steps..

This then Hud. His performance in Hud is absolutely brilliant.

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Gold: Hud. Because it's a better film.
Silver: The Hustler"
Bronze: Cars. The way he transformed into a car; both physically and emotionally. Amazing. Most people at his age when he did that wouldnt be able to get so revved up, nor be able to stomach the diet required to play the role, all the gasoline, oil. Not to mention the constant waxing! More impressive than DeNiro's "Raging Bull" method transformation? I think so.

well the two films (The Hustler/Cool Hand Luke) the OP mentioned i would say are Newman's best followed by 'The Color of Money' (1986)
although 'The Sting' and 'Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid' where pretty close behind it
although from what i can tell it does seem like 'Cool Hand Luke' is one of his most popular/most liked performances.
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take a look:)

Out of these, I'll go with the hustler. but The Verdict is still his best to me.
And for favorite, gotta got with Slap Shot, but im a hockey fan so kinda biased

Newman should have won an Oscar for at least one of those films.
I believe of the three, his best performance was from Cool Hand Luke. Love 'em all, though.
"Watch me run a 50-yard dash with my legs cut off!"

He was also very good in COOL HAND LUKE, and nearly as good in HUD and THE VERDICT. Ironically, his oscar-winning performance in COLOR OF MONEY was not equal to any of these. I liked him best in THE HUSTLER, but I also liked the movie better than the others.