Top Ten Leonardo DiCaprio Movies

Hey guys, it's Madison here from The Film Magic and I am back for another video. Before we get into it, don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe if you want to see more movie content. We are doing something that I am extremely excited about. We are going to be ranking the top 10 Leonardo DiCaprio films. And if you've watched previous videos, you know I'm a Leo fan. I love him, honestly, to put it frankly. He is a phenomenal actor. He is appealing to watch. He's a phenomenal actor. I think he's so versatile and I think he's grown so much throughout his career. I kind of basically focused on his performance more than the film itself, but also took into account the film itself. Like if the film was terrible, but he had a really good performance, it's probably not on the list. But I mostly looked at each one of Leonardo DiCaprio's performance throughout his careers when considering this top 10 list. So in number 10, we have The Aviator starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Cate Blanchett. Personally, I didn't really like this film as a film, but Leonardo DiCaprio's performance was phenomenal in it. And I feel like, you know, Leonardo DiCaprio has been in like over like 20 films, you know what I mean? So this taking top 10 does make it one of his best performances. And I honestly think it was. I think he did such good of a job that again, you start watching it and you're like, is this even Leo right now? That was kind of my criteria when picking what performance is going to be on this list. It had to really be like, is this Leo? If it was making it on this list. So that's why Aviator is taking our top 10 spot. Taking our number nine spot is the 1997 flick starring Cate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio, Titanic. First of all, this movie is a classic. It will go down in history as a classic film. I know that. Leonardo DiCaprio was honestly perfectly picked to play Jack. He just fits all the criteria of Jack perfectly. He really embodies kind of that young, poor boy, if that makes sense. He just, he really captured, I think everyone's hearts in this film. And that's why it is taking our number nine spot on the list. Taking our number eight spot is the 2002 flick by Steven Spielberg, Catch Me If You Can, starring Tom Hanks and yes, you guessed it, Leonardo DiCaprio. This is probably actually on like my top 10 favorite films of all time. I like literally love this film. And there's so much talent in this film. Jennifer Gardner's in there, Amy Adams. I just, I really, really enjoyed this film. And again, Leo, he just captured my heart in this film. He was so good at playing not only a charming young man, but also like a deviant scammer. You know what I mean? And he was able to convey his real life charmingness into the role perfectly. And I just feel like overall, it was a great film. That's why it kind of bumped itself up on the list. But again, Leonardo DiCaprio's performance was phenomenal. And Tom Hanks was great too. It's just a fantastic film. And that's why it's taking our number eight spot on the list. Taking our number seven spot on the list is What's Eating Gilbert Grape, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Johnny Depp. This film was actually earlier on in DiCaprio's career. I think he was 17 or 18 when this came out. But he played a 13-year-old autistic boy. And I mean, that's a heavy role to play. And that's an intense role to play. And Leonardo DiCaprio literally did it so phenomenally. It's again, it's one of those roles where you're watching it and you're like, is this DiCaprio? Like, oh my gosh, he's literally, he just, he played everything so perfectly. And I mean, honestly, I didn't really fully like the film itself. I thought it got a little boring after a while. And that's why this is kind of lower on the list. I would actually put this higher performance acting wise, because I think this was honestly a highlight of DiCaprio's career by far. It was just such an intense role to play at such a young age to understand. And I think he did phenomenal at it. Number six on our list is the 2006 flick by Martin Scorsese, The Departed, starring Matt Damon, Mark Wahlberg, and of course, Leonardo DiCaprio. This film, I actually just watched this again yesterday. I literally can watch this film once a month. I love it so much. It is such a great film. First of all, Leonardo DiCaprio plays such an intense character, such a kind of like paranoid, you know, like you rarely see an inch of happiness in his character. I would describe it as like he's very intense and very kind of serious all the time because he's living a double life essentially. And he just played it so perfectly. He played off the kind of sleep deprived. That's what I would describe it. He was very sleep. His character was extremely sleep deprived. And you can see it when you look in this guy's face. It was just great. And the movie itself, I mean, The Departed is a masterpiece. It's just even just the ending shot where you see the little rat run across the apartment balcony. I mean, altogether, this film is just tied up with a big bow. And Leonardo DiCaprio just added to that big present, man. Like this film was phenomenal. Leonardo DiCaprio's performance was phenomenal. And that's why it is taking our number six spot on the list. Taking our number five spot is one of my favorite films, the 2010 flick by, again, Martin Scorsese, Shutter Island, starring Leonardo DiCaprio. And man, movie wise, this is not the best film Leonardo DiCaprio's been in. But acting wise, I mean, DiCaprio played a mentally ill man who wasn't mentally ill, essentially. You know what I'm trying to say? He played someone who was actually mentally ill, but didn't believe he was mentally ill. And he did it perfectly. Again, I feel like this was another really intense role. You don't see a lot of, you know, smiling or laughing as he was like a war veteran. You know, he PTSD, all of that. But I think he literally played this character so well. It was one of those characters where you're just memorized to the screen. His Boston accent was great, as it was great in The Departed. He had some practice previously. But I was just memorized by this performance. Like, this is one of the performances I go back and I watch because it was just so phenomenal. And that's why Shutter Island is taking our top five spot on the list. Now, taking our number four spot, I think it's no surprise that the 2015 film The Revenant is on the list, considering that Leo finally got his well-deserved Oscar for Best Actor for this role. In my opinion, he should have got an award a long time ago, but I'm not going to argue with the Academy. But yeah, he took home an Oscar for this. And this was a really, really, really intense role for him. Like, if I said The Departed and Shutter Island were intense, then The Revenant was, like, top tier on the intense scale. This was such an intense film to do. I mean, he played a guy out in the wilderness. Leonardo DiCaprio, who's actually a vegetarian, said that he actually ate a piece of raw meat for this role. Like, this role was intense. Like, and the movie itself was intense. Personally, I didn't really like it. Not my type of film, but his acting in it. Like, oh my gosh, is that Leo? Like, you literally forget that's Leonardo DiCaprio. It was amazing. And that's why it's leading us into our top three Leonardo DiCaprio films, taking our number four spot on the list. Now, taking our number three spot is one of Leo's most recent films, the Quentin Tarantino flick Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, starring Leo, Brad, and Margot, three of my favorite people. But yeah, Leonardo DiCaprio plays a struggling actor in this, and I feel like that's probably one of the hardest things to do, considering you are the opposite of it in real life. I mean, Leonardo DiCaprio is far from struggling, and I don't think he's really ever had a struggling actor moment throughout his career. His career has been very fruitful, and I think he played it just perfectly. Again, it's different from some of his other intense roles, because this film was very, like, I'm not gonna, it was comedic in a way, you know what I mean? There was lots of, like, laughs to it, and personally, I think the film itself was a masterpiece, so that also helped its ranking on the list. But Rick Dalton was a struggling actor, and that's something Leonardo DiCaprio's not, and he played it so well to the T that this definitely deserves our number three spot on the list. Coming in number two is another Tarantino flick, none other than the 2012, I believe, Django Unchained, and I mean, this film itself is a favorite for me. I think Jamie Foxx was great, but I think Leonardo DiCaprio was particularly great in this film, because he played such an evil character. He made you hate him. He made you watch, and you're like, I do not like this guy. And my thing is, if an actor can make you hate them, that's a bigger than them making you like them. You can make someone hate you just by watching you act. You are great. There's also a scene in this film where he breaks a glass, and he actually broke it in real life. Like, he actually was wounded for this role, so I think it definitely deserves our number two spot, and again, the film itself was phenomenal. I mean, it's Quentin Tarantino. What do we expect? But I think this may be unpopular that it got ranked this high up on the list, but I think DiCaprio was just amazing in this film. And now taking our number one spot is none other than, I don't know if this is expected or not, but taking our number one spot is the 2013 Martin Scorsese film, The Wolf of Wall Street. And I've read a lot of things in the comments and said, oh, Wolf of Wall Street is so overrated. Leonardo DiCaprio's performance in Wolf of Wall Street is nowhere near overrated. DiCaprio completely transformed into Jordan Belfort. I mean, he was ruthless in this film. He was the Quaalude scene. I mean, guys, this deserves our number one spot. There's no doubt. There's so many aspects to this film. I mean, look at his character development. He started off with this nice, you know, you do drugs at work. How do you manage to and then go back to work? You know what I'm saying? He started off with this nice guy with a nice wife, and he totally transformed. I feel like this film took us on a rollercoaster, and, man, Leonardo DiCaprio governed that rollercoaster perfectly, and I will argue with anyone who doesn't think this deserves our number one spot, because, I mean, the Quaalude scene alone. I mean, like, oh my gosh. He was just phenomenal in this film. Like, totally forget he's Leo. He was not Leo in this film. That was Jordan Belfort I was watching because that was not Leo, and that's what really makes a good actor. So before I end off the video, because Leonardo DiCaprio just has so many amazing films, I wanted to add in some honorable mentions before we kind of end off the video. I wanted to add in his performance in the 2010 film Inception. I also wanted to add his performance in The Great Gatsby. That was amazing. Also, his earlier film, The Basketball Diaries. And finally, Revolutionary Road. I think all these films also deserve a little mention because they were great Leonardo DiCaprio films, but we only had 10 spots and 10 movies could fill it, but I just wanted to add in these honorable mentions personally because I feel like the video wouldn't be complete without mentioning these films. But anyways, guys, thank you guys so much for tuning in. I hope you enjoyed this video. Don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe what you guys want to see next. Thank you guys so much for tuning in.