Also in 2016, Foster appeared in ''[[Hell or High Water (film)|Hell or High Water]]'' as the dangerous Tanner Howard, opposite [[Chris Pine]] and [[Jeff Bridges]]. Foster was acclaimed for his roles and has received numerous awards nominations.
Foster has often received praise from critics for his "intense" and "unhinged" performances in numerous films.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Ebiri, Bilge|author-link=Bilge Ebiri|title=Ben Foster on Shooting The Messenger's Most Harrowing Scenes|url=http://www.vulture.com/2009/11/the_messengers_ben_foster_on.html|website=[[New York (magazine)#Digital expansion and blogs|Vulture]]|access-date=26 February 2017|date=13 November 2009|quote=Ben Foster has been attracting attention for some time thanks to his intense (sometimes even downright unhinged) portrayals in action flicks...}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author1=Lumenick, Lou|author-link=Lou Lumenick|title=BEST WESTERN|url=https://nypost.com/2007/09/07/best-western/|website=[[New York Post]]|publisher=NYP Holdings, Inc.|access-date=26 February 2017|date=7 September 2007|quote=The role [of [[Charlie Prince]]] is played with great flamboyance by Ben Foster, who manages to steal scenes left and right from [[Russell Crowe|Crowe]] and [[Christian Bale|Bale]] – no easy feat.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author1=Scott, A. O.|author1-link=A. O. Scott|title=Delivering Bad News and Truths About War|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/13/movies/13messenger.html|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=26 February 2017|date=12 November 2009|quote=... with this performance Mr. Foster, having shown intriguing promise in “Alpha Dog” and “3:10 to Yuma,” places himself in the first rank of young American screen actors.}}</ref> Film critic [[Matt Zoller Seitz]] described Foster in 2016 as "one of those actors who makes even a bad film worth seeing. Sometimes he suggests the film you'd rather be watching."<ref>{{cite tweet|author=Matt Zoller Seitz|author-link=Matt Zoller Seitz|user=mattzollerseitz|number=759231040464576512|date=29 July 2016|title=Ben Foster's one of those actors who makes even a bad film worth seeing. Sometimes he suggests the film you'd rather be watching.|access-date=26 February 2017}}</ref>
