Leonardo DiCaprio’s best films demonstrate the immense mark he has left in the history of American cinema. He has made some of the best movies in cinema history and he is not even 50 years old!
The Los Angeles-born actor seemed destined to succeed from the first time he was seen on the big screen, and he confirmed it in the 90s with movies like ‘Diary of a Rebel’. The rest is history. He has been in the best Martin Scorsese films of the last decade, has become a favorite actor in Quentin Tarantino’s films and has ended up winning the long-awaited Oscar for Best Actor in 2016 for ‘The Revenant’ by Alejandro G. Iñárritu .
There is no doubt that DiCaprio has accumulated in his filmography over three decades some of the favorite films of many moviegoers. We are talking, for example, of Christopher Nolan’s film ‘Origin’, a puzzle through dreams with an air of ‘Paprika’ that is still considered one of the great cinematographic works of the 21st century. We can also mention the acclaimed ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’, the adaptation of Jordan Belfort’s life for which many thought he would win the Best Actor Oscar , and the intense ‘Revolutionary Road’, where he reunited with Kate Winslet more than ten years after ‘ Titanic ‘. The James Cameron film is also on the list, of course.
Unfortunately, not all of them can fit on a list of these characteristics: some iconic films in the actor’s filmography have been left out by popular vote, such as ‘ R omeo + Juliet’, the crazy rereading of William Shakespeare’s work , and also his next job with Baz Luhrmann, ‘The Great Gatsby’, adaptation of the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Now we also have him in the Netflix movie catalog and with very good company: Jennifer Lawrence , Meryl Streep , Jonah Hill , Mark Rylance , Tyler Perry , Timothée Chalamet , Ron Perlman , Ariana Grande , Cate Blanchett are there with himand many more in ‘Don’t look up’. In it, the actor gets into the shoes of a professor who leads a research team. One of its members (Lawrence), finds a comet in orbit in the solar system whose course will make it collide directly with the Earth. Within this satire on the world in which we live, DiCaprio here plays a very unusual role in his career: a nondescript and ordinary guy whose life changes radically when he is the center of attention of the media.
Guiding us with the notes of IMDB users (the most complete database on the Internet in terms of public taste), we have prepared a top with the best movies that have Leonardo DiCaprio in their cast . Which is your favorite?
Diary of a Rebel (Scott Kalvert, 1995)
Before rising to worldwide fame and establishing himself as an actor, Leonardo DiCaprio starred in this film by Scott Kalvert, which received mixed reviews, but mainly positive ones. The story follows Jim Carroll (DiCaprio), a young poet, musician, and novelist whose life takes place in New York in the 1970s and early 1980s. The boy uses his experiences with alcohol, drugs and crime to develop his own artistic work.
Revolutionary Road (Sam Mendes, 2008)
More than a decade after ‘Titanic’, Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet reunited on the big screen to star in this intense film by Sam Mendes, set in the 1950s. The story follows a married couple who seem to have everything, but for what inside they are full of frustrations and regret that will end up consuming them.
Gangs of New York (Martin Scorsese, 2002)
The film that marks the beginning of the close creative bond between DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese was a resounding flop in its day, walking away empty-handed at the Oscars despite garnering 10 nominations. None, by the way, for the Italian-American actor and yes, on the other hand, for his filming partner Daniel Day-Lewis. Over time the film has been gaining followers. It is also one of the best Daniel Day-Lewis movies.
The Aviator (Martin Scorsese, 2004)
DiCaprio earned his second Oscar nomination, his first for Best Lead Actor, for his role as Howard Hughes in this powerful biopic with the unmistakable Martin Scorsese stamp, in which the actor faced a character with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder. .
Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood (Quentin Tarantino, 2019)
This new adventure with Quentin Tarantino is already among the best films by Leonardo DiCaprio, who plays an old Hollywood glory struggling to remain relevant. He does it together with his stunt double (Brad Pitt), between filming and drunkenness. At the same time, this is the summer of 1969, and we’ll meet Sharon Tate (Margot Robbie) and the Manson family. The explained ending of ‘Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood’ shows that Tarantino continues to play with historical reality to build his own fantasy.
Who does Gilbert Grape love? (Lasse Hallstrom, 1993)
DiCaprio earned his first Oscar nomination, for Best Supporting Actor, at just 19 years old, for playing a young man with mental retardation in this film starring Johnny Depp, who a few days ago confessed that he behaved really badly with his partner. during the filming of the film: “ I really tortured him. He was always talking about video games, you know? I was like, No, I’m not going to take a drag on my cigarette while you hide from your mom again, Leo.”
Titanic (James Cameron, 1997)
Jack Dawson’s is, without a doubt, his most popular role and the one that made him a world star. Curious, therefore, that ‘Titanic’ obtained 14 Oscar nominations (it won 11 awards) and that, however, the actor, unlike Kate Winslet, did not receive the nomination for Best Leading Actor. An injustice! But it is true that this is also one of Kate Winslet’s best movies.
Blood Diamond (Edward Zwick, 2006)
With Edward Zwick we moved to Sierra Leone, where there is a large market for the illegal diamond trade. DiCaprio plays a smuggler specializing in the sale of these precious stones who meets a native fisherman (Djimon Hounsou) who buried a huge diamond while he was working as a slave for the rebels. A social portrait of the place, but also an adrenaline thriller.
The Reborn (Alejandro G. Iñarritu, 2015)
The most difficult yet of Leonardo DiCaprio. An extreme challenge for which all the pools are betting that, this time, the actor will win the first Oscar of his career. All previous award galas have recognized him as the best actor of the year, so it would be a huge disappointment if the Academy did not award him this time.
Catch Me If You Can (Steven Spielberg, 2002)
Considered, perhaps wrongly, a minor Spielberg film, this fast-paced crime comedy-drama based on true events casts Tom Hanks as an FBI agent on the hunt for the elusive DiCaprio. The mastery of Spielberg’s trademark staging is combined with a high-altitude interpretive duel. It is also one of the best Tom Hanks movies.
Shutter Island (Martin Scorsese, 2010)
DiCaprio starred with Mark Ruffalo in this Martin Scorsese thriller that left us on edge. The story follows two bailiffs assigned to a remote island in Boston Harbor to investigate the disappearance of a dangerous assassin from Ashecliffe Mental Hospital. They will soon discover that the center keeps many secrets. It has one of the best surprise script twists in movie history. There is nothing!
The Wolf of Wall Street (Martin Scorsese, 2013)
Matthew McConaughey, for “Dallas Buyers Club,” stole DiCaprio’s Best Leading Actor Oscar two years ago. Time will put the level of both films in its right place: although McConaughey was brilliant in his, what DiCaprio does as the financial shark Jordan Belfort is truly historic and deserved better luck.
Django Unchained (Quentin Tarantino, 2012)
Although apparently their personal relationship was not really good, the truth is that the first collaboration between DiCaprio and Tarantino came out gold. His extraordinary role in a Western, playing slaver Calvin Candie, however, also did not earn him an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor. The award went to his filming partner Christoph Waltz (and this is one of his best films).
The Departed (Martin Scorsese, 2006)
The film with which Martin Scorsese won the long-awaited Oscar for Best Director and Best Picture did not even earn DiCaprio an Oscar nomination, recognition that Mark Wahlberg did obtain for this remake of the Hong Kong feature film ‘Infernal Affairs’ . It is undoubtedly one of the best spy movies in the history of cinema, and one of the best of the Scorsese/DiCaprio tandem.
Origen (Christopher Nolan, 2010)
It is one of those movies that will leave you thinking after the end. Probably his most complex film, a descent into the recesses of the human mind that has become a cult film, and in which DiCaprio was surrounded by an extraordinary cast: Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom Hardy, Ken Watanabe, Ellen Page. .. Nolan’s ego left no room for either of them to really shine in his narrative maze anyway. As you can imagine, it is well up in the ranking of the best Christopher Nolan movies.
