There are few actors with a filmography as outstanding as Leonardo DiCaprio's. The Oscar winner has worked almost exclusively with auteurs and fellow iconic stars since making his film debut with 1991’s Critters 3 (itself cult classic). It was 1993 Tobias Wolfe biopic This Boy's Life that led to DiCaprio’s decades-spanning collaboration with Martin Scorsese at the behest of his co-star Robert De Niro. And, of course, DiCaprio made box office history just six years into his career with James Cameron’s Titanic. Mind you, that was already after DiCaprio had worked with Meryl Streep, Baz Luhrmann, Sharon Stone, Johnny Depp and Drew Barrymore to cap off his ‘90s run.
When it comes to directors, in addition to Scorsese, DiCaprio has paired up with Christopher Nolan, Danny Boyle, Steven Spielberg and Quentin Tarantino. It’s almost shocking that it took 30 years for DiCaprio to make his Paul Thomas Anderson debut with One Battle After Another, which hits theaters on Sept. 26. But if the rave reviews are any indication, it’s well worth the wait, with many already rooting for another DiCaprio Oscar win this winter.
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In honor of One Battle After Another, below we revisit DiCaprio’s most beloved roles and do the impossible: rank his films.
Here are Leonardo DiCaprio's ten best movies ranked. Do you agree with our picks?
Leonardo DiCaprio's Best Movies, Ranked
Leonardo DiCaprio stars in The Revenant10. The Revenant (2015)
OK, yes, we know that we’re being subversive putting DiCaprio’s only Oscar-winning role as tenth. But you know what? We stand by it. DiCaprio has been robbed by the Academy for years, and while his turn in Alejandro González Iñárritu’s epic is no doubt impressive, it’s not the best, best, best performance of DiCaprio's. The Revenant centers on frontiersman Hugh Glass (DiCaprio) who sustains life-threatening injuries from a bear attack while exploring the uncharted wilderness in 1823. After his own hunting team, led by Tom Hardy, leaves him for dead, Hugh puts his survival skills to the test to trek back to civilization and exact revenge.
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9.The Great Gatsby (2013)
DiCaprio’s reunion with Romeo + Juliet director Baz Luhrmann is one of his more understated performances, but arguably outdoes the late Robert Redford’s version of Jay Gatsby. DiCaprio brings the literary character to life with a quiet yearning that is masterfully coupled with Carey Mulligan’s take on the elusive Daisy, Jay’s long-overdue love. DiCaprio grounds the film that puts Luhrmann’s more bombastic tastes on display, and that is no easy feat.
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8. Shutter Island (2010)
DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese have changed the course of 21st century cinema with their creative partnership as producers. Scorsese’s reimagining of paranoia noir novel Shutter Island works solely because of DiCaprio (and that stunning set design). DiCaprio plays a WWII veteran turned U.S. marshal who is tasked with investigating the disappearance of a patient from a mental hospital. Yet after arriving on the premises, he realizes that not everything is as it seems…
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Leonardo DiCaprio as Jordan Belfort in The Wolf of Wall StreetCourtesy of Paramount Home Entertainment
7. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
Where does Jordan Belfort begin and DiCaprio end? Leave it to DiCaprio to fully transform once again onscreen, this time into a coked-out ambitious Wall Street broker who quickly descends into “greed is good”-esque mania. The film is based on the true story of Belfort’s brokerage firm Stratton Oakmont. And it’s not just DiCaprio giving it his all onscreen: Jonah Hill, Matthew McConaughey, Rob Reiner and Jon Bernthal all give career best turns. We can also thank Wolf of Wall Street for introducing American audiences to Margot Robbie.
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6. Catch Me If You Can (2002)
In another crime-fueled true story, DiCaprio teams with Steven Spielberg for the underrated classic Catch Me If You Can. DiCaprio portrays teen con man Frank Abagnale, Jr., who infamously became the most successful bank robber in U.S. history by the age of 17. The film follows Frank on the run as FBI Agent Carl Hanratty (Tom Hanks) is set on capturing him.
Leonardo DiCaprio in Titanic.CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images
5. Titanic (1997)
We all know there was room for DiCaprio on that raft… James Cameron’s Titanic sailed past all other films in the history of cinema to become the highest-grossing feature ever made. DiCaprio stars alongside Kate Winslet as two passengers on the ill-fated ship. The epic film of course is grounded in the romance of a high society socialite (Winslet) who falls for a stowaway (DiCaprio).
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4. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)
DiCaprio is at the center of Quentin Tarantino’s love letter to Hollywood. The film is set in 1969 Los Angeles as aging actor Rick Dalton (DiCaprio) looks to revive his career with the help of his stunt man, Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt). While Rick and Cliff are fictional characters – albeit inspired by Burt Reynolds and his stunt man Hal Needham – the ensemble film does have some very real familiar faces. Margot Robbie portrays Sharon Tate, while Austin Butler is a member of the Manson family.
Jamie Foxx and Leonardo DiCaprio star in a story of slavery, directed spaghetti-western style by Quentin Tarantino. (R)3. Django Unchained (2012)
DiCaprio deliciously embodies pure evil as slave owner Calvin Candie in Tarantino’s Django Unchained. The feature centers on a titular former slave (Jamie Foxx) whose freedom is purchased by a traveling German bounty hunter (Christoph Waltz) in exchange for his help unleashing revenge.
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2. The Departed (2006)
DiCaprio and Scorsese do it again with the reimagining of Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs. The Departed actually made history at the Oscars as being the first English language remake of an international film to win Best Picture. DiCaprio plays a South Boston cop who goes undercover to infiltrate a mob gang led by longtime neighborhood staple Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson). Yet a fellow police officer (Matt Damon) is a mole for Frank, and the duo have to figure out each other's identities before either of them are killed.
The Aviator1. The Aviator (2004)
DiCaprio himself has called The Aviator his favorite film that he made. He told Esquirethat the 2004 Howard Hughes biopic was a “special moment” in his career, and that he still rewatches the feature. “I had worked with Marty [Scorsese] on Gangs of New York, and I’d been toting around a book on Howard Hughes for 10 years. I almost did it with Michael Mann, but there was a conflict and I ended up bringing it to Marty. I was 30. It was the first time as an actor I got to feel implicitly part of the production, rather than just an actor hired to play a role,” DiCaprio said. “I felt responsible in a whole new way. I’ve always felt proud and connected to that film as such a key part of my growing up in this industry and taking on a role of a real collaborator for the first time.”
DiCaprio portrays billionaire aviation tycoon Howard Hughes as he attempts to direct Hell's Angels amid his romances with Katharine Hepburn (Cate Blanchett) and Ava Gardner (Kate Beckinsale), all while his TWA airline is on the line. Howard’s struggle with OCD is captured in the decades-spanning epic that remains DiCaprio’s best role.
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