The 7 Best Daniel Day-Lewis Movies Ranked

There Will Be Blood (2007)

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Lincoln (2012)

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Gangs of New York (2002)

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My Left Foot (1989)

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Phantom Thread (2017)

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The Last of the Mohicans (1992)

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In the Name of the Father (1993)

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