Best Val Kilmer Films: Here are the 10 most critically-acclaimed films starring the late actor - including Top Gun: Maverick

Val Kilmer: Two movies to celebrate the late actor's peculiar 'Genius'

"Top Gun" is Tom Cruise's movie, but Maverick never could have soared without Lieutenant Tom "Iceman" Kazansky goading him on. The same could be said of the film's decades-in-the-making sequel: Without Val Kilmer reprising his role, "Top Gun: Maverick" wouldn't have flown so high. 'I was thinking of the immortal words of Socrates, who said, "... I drank what?"' The 2022 film proved to be Kilmer's last. Robbed of the ability to speak by throat …

Val Kilmer was a magnetic and sensual actor, of singular beauty and imposing presence, whose career was characterized by a constant oscillation between Hollywood stardom and artistic experimentation. Of partial Cherokee ancestry and classical formation in Juilliard, Kilmer emerged in cinema as a charismatic figure, debuting in Top Secret! (1984) a stupendous parody to the films of Elvis Presley and to the spy cinema that launched him to stardom.…

Val Kilmer Brought a Wonderfully Weird Sensibility to Every Role

Val Kilmer doesn’t even need to appear on screen as Iceman in “Top Gun: Maverick” (2022) for the audience to feel his presence.

He got the role alongside Tom Cruise without trying very hard himself.

Val Kilmer, Remembered Through His Very Best Performances

A tribute to the late Val Kilmer that walks through his best performances, from "Top Gun" to "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" to "MacGruber."

Top 10 Val Kilmer movies ranked and Top Gun Maverick isn’t No 1

The Top 10 Val Kilmer movies have been ranked by film fans on IMDb and Top Gun Maverick isn't No 1.