All 29 Leonardo DiCaprio Movies, Ranked

Leonardo DiCaprio took home his first little gold statue forhis carrying out inThe Revenantat the 2016 Oscars , a happening that validate his long quest for acting immortality . Now , with his self - deprecating crook inOnce Upon a Time in Hollywood , he’sback on the laurels campaign trail again , desire to foot up a nominating speech for his work as cowboy television receiver doer Rick Dalton . Whether or not that particular role is more worthy of Best Actor glory than others he ’s taken on over the years is surely up for debate , but there ’s no denying this : the dude can act .

Ranking DiCaprio ’s moving-picture show by how Oscar - desirable he is in them was no well-heeled job ; his performances were vivid even back when he was a odorous - faced child actor . But in Robert William Service to DiCaprio ’s committedness to take emotional risk of infection , work with unbelievable directors , and grow disparate type of facial hairsbreadth , we scratched and claw our way to a authoritative listing of his skillful performance . Now , like Leo , we ’re quick for a beach holiday .

29.Critters 3(1991)

Like Jennifer Aniston ( Leprechaun ) and Matthew McConaughey ( Texas Chainsaw Massacre : The Next contemporaries ) , Leonardo DiCaprio ’s filmography kicks off with a turn in a camp horror movie that likely haunt the award - win actor to this day . ButCritters 3put him in a role that he ’d become customary to : a Thomas Kid surviving a broken home ( complete with abusive stepfather ) . This would be his last face-off with fanged , furry freak ever again , unless you count Jonah Hill inThe Wolf of Wall Street . – Matt Patches

28.Poison Ivy(1992)

A 17 - year - previous Leonardo DiCaprio appears in this titillating teenage Drew Barrymore thriller for all of five seconds . It ’s the most enjoyable five second of the moving picture . Yes , sound thanCritters 3!– Anna Silman

27.The Man in the Iron Mask(1998)

There ’s nothing Leo hump more than challenge , so it ’s unsurprising that he ’d follow up his bounteous role inTitanicwith this stuffy , melodramatic period drama in which he play twins . He ’s great as bratty King Louis XIV , suggesting DiCaprio would ’ve made a great Joffrey Baratheon . But as noble hero Philippe he ’s a short sleep , and the movie itself is too self - serious to solve as camp . The only really notable part of the whole thing is you get to see DiCaprio plug himself in the face . – Dan Jackson

26.The Basketball Diaries(1995)

It speaks to DiCaprio ’s ambitions as a performing artist that he tackled drug addiction so betimes in his vocation , play a untested diacetylmorphine user in this consummate , unremarkable adaptation of Jim Carroll ’s memoir . DiCaprio did n’t have the chops to elevate the material , though it ’s far from an awkward carrying out . His heartbreaking fit with Lorraine Bracco ( who trifle his female parent in the motion picture ) have a stark naked power to them and show that peachy things were just around the corner.– DJ

25.Total Eclipse(1995)

River Phoenix was originally slat to asterisk in this romanticistic stop drama , about the assignation between nineteenth - century poet Paul Verlaine and Arthur Rimbaud , his libertine contemporary . But when theMy Own Private Idahoactor tragically died , DiCaprio took over and it did n’t go so well . If Jack fromTitanicwas even more rarefied , igneous , and poetical , he ’d sound like DiCaprio ’s Rimbaud , and neither scantily cloak sex scenes nor Leo ’s seeming Gollum notion can keep open this maudlin misfire.– MP

24.J. Edgar(2011)

J. Edgaris a weird photographic film doom to cause your less - tapped - in protagonist to say , " await , what the underworld was that ? ! ? " when the Leo - as - Hoover part of the clip reel arrive during the presentation for his inevitable lifespan accomplishment prize . But the Oscar - snubbed drama is worth seeking out for DiCaprio ’s doom Romance language with Armie Hammer and all the curious latent hostility that exists on projection screen between Dustin Lance Black ’s sly , subversive script and Clint Eastwood ’s heterosexual person - forward , sepia - toned guidance . Plus , you get to see DiCaprio emote beneath piles of wet hotcake former - age war paint that might flow off his human face at any moment . Acting!– DJ

23.The Beach(2000)

A movie about beautiful multitude on a beautiful island making beautiful love on beautiful drug and the not - so - beautiful literal world that poison the well . DiCaprio dials up the frenetic in this bro - tastic variant ofEat , Pray , Love , and a scene in which his protagonist , Richard , trips hard enough to become the character in aMario - alike picture game is the closest we have toStrutting Leo : The Movie . But the New Age mumbo - jumbo dialogue ca n’t surpass the privileged core of this Danny Boyle - directed adventure.– MP

22.Don’s Plum(2001)

Although it has never been exhaust stagily in the United States and is primarily known now as " the motion picture Leonardo DiCaprio and his brother Tobey Maguire do n’t want you to see!“Don ’s Plumfeatures a scene - slip performance by Leo as a heckle , dining compartment - go forged son . It ’s an interesting ' ninety timepiece that fan of Leo , Maguire , Kevin Connolly , Jenny Lewis , and many other co - whizz of bill would bonk to see de jure . But , thanks to the recently renewed injunction , they ’ll have to keep waiting to see R.D. Robb ’s talky indie , which was filmed prior to DiCaprio ’s star - make purpose inRomeo + JulietandTitanic.– John Sellers

21.Body of Lies(2008)

This spy thriller has a lot of thing proceed for it : direction from the reliably efficient Ridley Scott , a smart hand from Oscar - winner William Monahan , and performances from peak chinstrap beard DiCaprio and peak tender Russell Crowe . Then why is this movie so forgettable ? For one thing , Crowe spends a beneficial dowery of the film in his bathrobe , shout out in DiCaprio ’s spy eccentric ’s phone , so the two do n’t even get that many prospect together . DiCaprio is sharply competent , make all the correct implicated look as ethically compromise CIA playing area federal agent Roger Ferris , but he never rises above the tangled World Wide Web of forward-looking espionage cliches the movie is intent on spinning.– DJ

20.Celebrity(1998)

contribute heartthrob business leader to Woody Allen ’s rumination of Hollywood , Celebritywould be DiCaprio’sEntourageif it were n’t for the neurotic Kenneth Branagh performance at its center . in all probability a good matter . DiCaprio slide comfortably – too comfortably , perhaps – into the world of Brandon Darrow , a bad - son doer who chug Champagne , gamble away stacks of cash , and trashes hotel rooms , all while dolling out hand banker’s bill to his originative partners . His geezerhood in"the pussy posse"served him well.– military policeman

19.This Boy’s Life(1993)

Even at a young age , DiCaprio was n’t afraid of divvy up the screen with intimidate co - stars . In this fairly rote adjustment of Tobias Wolff ’s acclaimed memoir , the smart spots come in from watching DiCaprio square off against fellow Scorsese muse Robert De Niro , who alternates from savage to pitiable as the young actor ’s stepdad . In the many acute confrontation between the two , it ’s easy to imagine DiCaprio select notes on De Niro ’s fearless , authentically unlikeable performance . It ’s the type of gutsy , empathic villain role DiCaprio would later excel at . For now , he ’s still in apprentice mode.– DJ

18.Gangs of New York(2002)

In his first collaboration with Martin Scorsese , DiCaprio shakes off his heartthrobTitanicreputation by getting down and dirty as goatee - sporting bad guy Amsterdam Vallon . But Leo has an iceberg - sized trouble : Daniel Day - Lewis . As the red , poorly - tempered Bill the Butcher , the method worker extraordinaire is a brat in a top hat , slip the whole movie with his wild - eyed magnetic attraction . He slice , he dice , and he chop up DiCaprio to little hunk - ish bit . Poor Leo – he did n’t stand a chance.– DJ

17.The Quick and the Dead(1995)

There ’s a turn of madden debonair Bruce Campbell in Leonardo DiCaprio . He can be cracked . He can be coolheaded . He can be terrified . And he can play it all at once . Evil Deaddirector Sam Raimi wrings every Campbellian Panthera uncia out of him in this tilt Western . DiCaprio ’s " Kyd " is a sharp - tongued jackanapes who oozes confidence . He ’s also broken , wanting nothing more than impress his estranged father ( Gene Hackman).The Quick and the Deadis DiCaprio unfurl , treating zany cowboy costumes and Western slang like Pulitzer Prize - winning material.– MP

16.Blood Diamond(2006)

Again , DiCaprio set up a test for himself : can he do a South African accent ? While the jury is still out on the accent ’s verisimilitude , there ’s no denying that he fully intrust to Rhodesian contrabandist Danny Archer , bestow a dose of roguish Bogart - lite swagger to this white - Jesus of Nazareth narration . He put off bullets , wears cool dark glasses , and romances Jennifer Connelly with his trademark combination of appeal and vividness . It ’s just a pity the surrounding movie is so weighted ; it ’s a well - intend , 143 - minute after - school especial masquerading as a hard - hitting expose.– disk jockey

15.The Revenant(2015)

DiCaprio is a forcible doer , but not a " rugged guy . " The remainder is the beating , blooming horse heart ofThe Revenant , which stone a scrawny backwoodsman against abrasive , elementary force . DiCaprio ’s work is from - the - gut bluster . He claws his way across snowscapes . He plummets from several cliffsides . He ’s mangled by a mama bear . He froth at the mouth , allow his golden veneer to sour . The public presentation is presently entangled in awards bombination , which feel right ; it ’s totally commendable , and dramatically passable . If only the movie were as convincing.– MP

14.The Great Gatsby(2013)

Few actors have the bone - deep personal appeal to personify a nearly mythological character who turns up 30 instant into the flick possessing " one of those rare smiles that you may come across four or five time in life , that seemed to believe in you and sympathise you just as you would like to be understood and believed in . " No big peck , that ’s Leo . While Baz Luhrmann ’s movie is mostly vogue over substance , DiCaprio provides profoundness . you could always feel Gatsby ’s hollow desperation pulsate beneath his slick window dressing . Plus , he sounds so good enounce " old sport " in his bougie ' 20s twang we ’re considering integrating it into our everyday vocabulary.– AS

13.Marvin’s Room(1996)

As Hank , DiCaprio plays the quintessential angsty teen , only one with a few screws light . It ’s a complex character to crack . At the beginning of the movie , Hank dress his kinfolk ’s home on fire – but he ’s chill about it . As emotions swirl , DiCaprio holds his own against Diane Keaton , Meryl Streep , and the kid fromIndian in the Cupboard . One of the doer ’s rarified performances that flower with compassion.– military police

12.Romeo + Juliet(1996)

The film that plow DiCaprio into a bona - fide bedroom - bill sticker heartthrob – a position he would cement inTitanica year later . As Romeo , DiCaprio brings his twinkly eyed , floppy - hairy charisma , register off an ability to channel mystifying wells of indite - up yearning in a individual word , and distinguish chemistry with every scene partner ( perfect here opposite a wide - eyed , 16 - year - old Claire Danes ) . Few could charm while talk in iambic pentameter and wearing a Hawaiian shirt . When we drop off him , we understand Juliet ’s plight.– AS

11.The Departed(2006)

Despite succeed multiple Oscars , playing on a near - ceaseless eyelet on cable for the last tenner , and somehow give the Dropkick Murphys a Platinum I , The Departedalmost feels underrated . Which is a pity . Do n’t lease your annoying college roomy ’s affection for it ruin the movie for you – it ’s an staggeringly entertaining criminal offence motion-picture show . DiCaprio ’s practiced sluggish - boil performance as undercover cop Billy Costigan is gravid rationality for that and marked a major vocation footstep onward ; he stood tall against the Scorsese celluloid ’s many big - name scene chewersandkept his Boston accent under control.– DJ

10.What’s Eating Gilbert Grape(1993)

DiCaprio earned his first Oscar nod at the right young eld of 19 for his role as developmentally disabled teen Arnie Grape . In less - skilled workforce , Arnie could easily have been an emotionally manipulative Lifetime movie trope , but DiCaprio plays him with remarkable nuance , endowing Arnie with such specific mannerisms and excited grasp that you could tell you ’re watching a once - in - a - generation endowment from the movie ’s first moments . It ’s not easy to go toe - to - toe with hunky 24 - yr - onetime Johnny Depp , but DiCaprio ran away with every scene he was in , prefiguring a calling where he would overshadow all manner of A - list view partners.– AS

9.Revolutionary Road(2008)

Sometimes , you just want to view a great actor explode . WithMad Mensoaring , maybe we did n’t need Sam Mendes ' version of the acclaimed Richard Yates novel , but the descent into suburban malaise offered DiCaprio and Kate Winslet the reunification of a lifetime . Their acerbic feud lay waste to ceramic kitchenware . Their looks , bubble in living portrait after exist portrayal , singe heavily . Revolutionary Roadis stage move suitable of Broadway . On screen , it ’s a salvo of in - your - grimace confrontations , DiCaprio and Winslet pushing themselves to extremes.– MP

8.Django Unchained(2012)

Has Leo ever been more detestable ? We intend that as a compliment . In his only pure - vicious role to date , DiCaprio cribs from the Christoph Waltz school of Tarantino villainy , playing a reference whose inner malevolence is cloaked beneath genteel fashion . It ’s a course credit to DiCaprio that even with his many conniption - chew monologues and pithy verbal tucket , there ’s nothing tolikeabout his sadistic plantation owner Calvin Candie . He really move ball out with playing against case , harnessing his common personal appeal and warping it into something grotesque , all toothy sneers and raw spitefulness . We may root on when he finally gets his just desserts ( " we will be serving whhhite cake " ) , but he ’s still an undeniable treat to watch.– AS

7.Shutter Island(2010)

It ’s difficult to dramatise grief . In his haunted version of Dennis Lehane ’s pulpy medieval novel , manager Martin Scorsese use nonrational horror imaging to convey despair . DiCaprio ’s terrified fool is the cinema ’s nervous special effect . With every face , furrowed forehead , and anguished dickhead , he bring you into the rack psyche of Edward Daniels , a human who can not break away his past times no matter how intemperately he tries . It ’s a carefully modulated performance that avail sell the motion picture ’s occasionally skew-whiff twists . More than anything , it makes you wish DiCaprio will return to the horror genre in the future . No , The Revenantdoesn’t count.– DJ

6.Inception(2010)

Inceptionis known for Christopher Nolan ’s noteworthy directing , sprawl action sequence , an ambitious , sometimes incomprehensible premise . DiCaprio is the motion-picture show ’s totem , making us manage about the conscious dramatic play behind the subconscious firework . DiCaprio does n’t do a mess of sci - fi popcorn pic , but here he show he can care ream of meaninglessness exposition and fast - paced action sequence with aplomb . We do n’t know if that infernal top ever stopped spinning , but after his work inInception , we ’re more than willing to pursue Leo into the abyss.– AS

5.Titanic(1997)

Do n’t let the swooning mother - fueled box - federal agency number , Céline Dion radio manoeuvre , andTiger Beatcoverage fool you : Titanicis tremendous . James Cameron ’s historical epic was an unsinkable blockbuster because of classic Hollywood romance . Millions in state - of - the - artistic creation extra effects serve DiCaprio and Winslet ’s combustible chemical science , strewn from the pinnacle of luxury to a frozen abyss . DiCaprio turn on the edge imitation like Jack Dawson sliding down a bannister . His warmth is tangible . His courage is human . He is a literal - wad romanticist , the last histrion with enough lead glow to pull off a public presentation of this magnitude.– MP

4.The Aviator(2004)

The first of his truly unforgivable Oscar snubs , The Aviatoris a tour - Diamond State - force historical epic that hinges on DiCaprio as rag American aviator Howard Hughes , whose genial State Department stymies la-di-da ambitiousness . DiCaprio jazz a good man tormented by inner and external demons , but in this three - hour masterpiece , Martin Scorsese pushes the 30 - year - previous Leo to work all of Howard Hughes ' many contradiction in terms to life : the overbearing new playboy billionaire , the starlet romancer , the temerarious trailblazer , and the shrunken lunatic , unshorn , guzzle milk , wee in bottles , and muttering " the way of the future " over and over again . It ’s one of the most torturesome on - screen depiction of how genial illness can turn a life apart , and one of Leo ’s unobjectable triumphs.– AS

3.Once Upon a Time in Hollywood(2019)

Both riotously funny and achingly melancholy , Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is a movie about an industry in a bloated , strained transition period that perhaps sign a shift in expressive style for conductor Quentin Tarantino , a Generation X icon come on his self - title creative twilight years . While Margot Robbie ’s Sharon Tate provides historical ponderosity to the fabric , the friendship between DiCaprio ’s fictitious actor Rick Dalton and Brad Pitt ’s made - up stuntman Cliff Booth is the pith of this dazzling , becharm epical in toy , which unfolds over a couple lazy good afternoon . The scene where DiCaprio , embarrassed and ashamed after flubbing some lines during a tense taping of a westerly tv set show , berates himself in his trailer might be the actor ’s most affecting work . Even at his most ridiculous , you ca n’t help but feel for the guy.– DJ

2.The Wolf of Wall Street(2013)

" There ’s no noblesse in poverty , " sneers Jordan Belfort in Martin Scorsese ’s financial lark . " I ’ve been a inadequate man , and I ’ve been a fat man . And I select richevery fucking clock time . " By finally embracing the most home , profane , and outlandish look of his cartoonish public persona , The Wolf of Wall Streetfinally set DiCaprio free of reputability . It ’s a performance that rent him play a naive young go - getter , an malefic brain , and a world who likes a burn candle up his butt . Do you detest him or have it off him ? It really does n’t matter . Both absurdly funny , like in its show - stopping methaqualone succession , and deeply moving , it ’s the role that made filmgoers in every fiscal angle bracket either express joy in recognition or wretch in disgust . Either way , you felt something heavy . Forget Oscars ; he should ’ve won a Nobel Peace Prize for this one.– DJ

1.Catch Me If You Can(2002)

A motion picture that asks , " Whatcan’tLeonardo DiCaprio do ? " then answers , with card , calmness , style : " perfectly nothing . " Before he was 19 years old , Frank Abagnale conned his way into zillion by impersonating a pilot , a doctor , and a lawyer . Steven Spielberg and DiCaprio , interiorise a full - scoped character study , tap terpsichore through Abagnale ’s history , reflecting America ’s many face in the physical process . DiCaprio kicked off his rolling relationship with Martin Scorsese at the same fourth dimension he teamed for his Spielberg one - off . The latter lucked out . Catch Me If You Canis the snowballed DiCaprio . He is a caper ringleader , a romanticistic ( heartbreaking against Amy Adams ) , a clown – his expression in the " Do you concur ? " sequence alone deserved an Oscar – and a regular Joe , growing up under the watch of a stern Tom Hanks . There ’s no good DiCaprio movie because , in the goal , Catch Me If You Canis a movie about guys like DiCaprio.– MP

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