"The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist." Oscar #1 & in my book still Spacey's finest hour. Irony & menace was never so subtle - and the whole cast is great.

Kevin Spacey as the most ambiguous of a group of bad cops wanting to do good in this outstanding adaptation of James Ellroy's hard-boiled neo-noir set in 1950s' L.A. Another great ensemble piece.

The Seven Deadly Sins: Spacey at his creepiest as serial murderer John Doe, hunted by two cops (Morgan Freeman & Brad Pitt). Some of film history's most graphic violence ... but a true masterpiece.

"Go to lunch!" Kevin Spacey up against heavies Al Pacino and Jack Lemmon in the all-star screen version of David Mamet's starkly depressing tale of a group of down and out real estate salesmen.

Ditto here, 6 years earlier with Kevin Kline and M.E. Mastrantonio in Alan J. Pakula's look at the fruits of the ultimate poisoned tree. An early look at Spacey at his most manipulative.

Comic relief courtesy of Pixar with Kevin Spacey as a very villainous grasshopper out to get antsy hero Flik & his assorted hoopla bug buddies. In this kind of story, the good guys still get to win...

Very (!) loosely based on Irish gangster Martin Cahill; Spacey as a cocky, loveable rogue in a short, sweet & not too fast-paced crime caper. That brogue could've used some more coaching, though!

Spacey's Mel Profitt was one of the most memorable characters of the "Wiseguy" series starring Ken Wahl ... and "only the toes knows" (where Mel's sister stashes her cocaine)!

Sort of "Glengarry Glen Ross" redux (& also a screen adaptation of a play): 3 salesmen (Spacey, Danny DeVito & Peter Facinelli) holed up in a hotel suite, talking shop & the meaning of life. Intense!

Not your average Christmas: Cat burglar Denis Leary trapped in the suburban home of Lloyd (Spacey) & wife Caroline (Judy Davis), playing ref to a couple who've turned verbal fencing into high art.

Talk about underused ... but ok, everybody's gotta start somewhere. Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver & Melanie Griffith star in this Cinderella-secretary story about the fruits of cleverness.

"Clarence Darrow for the defence" ... and Kevin Spacey in the title role of the influential early 20th century American attorney. Interestingly, not available in the U.S.!

Similarly: The movie's stars are Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson - but look out for one of Kevin Spacey's earliest appearances as a subway thief!