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[NMFried]

I'm going with Catch Me If You Can.

Next would be Django.

 

[Bitanator]

Catch Me If You Can is my favorite performance from him. The Aviator is a fine performance too

 

[ahoyle77]

Christian Bale would give him a run for his money. The thing is though, Bale is in more bad movies as well because he's not as picky as DiCaprio tends to be.


Oh, and my answer is The Departed, sorry fans of Asian cinema.

Just went to Bales IMDB. Your spot on, his highs are right there with him. Just too inconsistent and occasionally overshadowed. Only time I can think of Leo being overshadowed is Gangs of NY, and he was still great.

For me The Aviator.

 

[Extra Sauce]

 

[SRG01]

The Talented Mr. Ripley for sure.

 

[-Gozer-]

What's Eating Gilbert Grape

 

[sytadel]

 

[B.O.O.M]

Aviator! And it's not even close

 

[yogloo]

Titanic.

 

[inner-G]

We all know that clearly his best work is in The Beach.

Def my favorite movie of his, not even joking.

 

[WyndhamPrice]

Wolf of Wall Street and The Aviator, for me.

 

[HStallion]

Before the Flood

 

[Depths of Orion]

It's honestly so hard to choose. Will probably go down as one of the most talented actors of all time. Personally i would say Aviator, Catch me if you can, and The Departed in that order.

I honestly wish Leo won an Oscar for Aviator. Not that The Revenant wasn't a good movie. He's just been in way better movies.

 

[120v]

Aviator

when oscars passed that up i stopped taking the awards seriously at all.

 

[Kozak]

It's honestly so hard to choose. Will probably go down as one of the most talented actors of all time. Personally i would say Aviator, Catch me if you can, and The Departed in that order.

I honestly wish Leo won an Oscar for Aviator. Not that The Revenant wasn't a good movie. He's just been in way better movies.

Yeah, as amazing as it was, Revenant definitely felt like "lets give him one".

 

[LewieP]

Definitely Catch Me If You Can.

 

[mnemonicj]

I like a lot of his movies, even The Beach which is not considered to be good by critics. Blood Diamond is really entertaining. Also, The Wolf of Wall Street and even Romeo + Juliet is cool.

 

[TaterTots]

1. The Aviator
2. The Wolf of Wall Street
3. What's Eating Gilbert Grape
4. The Revenant
5. Django Unchained
6. The Departed
7. Catch Me If You Can
8. Basketball Diaries
9. Blood Diamond
10. Revolutionary Road

What a magnificent fucking actor. One for the ages.

Fuck. Dude has been in some good movies. One of my favorite movies of all time is The Departed...not seeing that mentioned a lot. The Titanic may not be popular anymore, but I remember people talking about his performance in that movie back in the day.

 

[Myriadis]

What's eating Gilbert Grape, absolutely. I also really liked him in the Revenant and Django.
And to be honest, I don't remember his performance at all in Catch Me If You Can - guess that movie didn't do anything for me. Any scene in that movie that displays his good acting?

Def my favorite movie of his, not even joking.

You're certainly not.

 

[Megalosaro]

His awful Boston accent in the Depahted was pretty awesome.

 

[Henchmen21]

He is best at comedy. His stressed/concerned face gets boring exceedingly fast

You obviously never watched Growing Pains

 

[superdeluxe]

Blood diamond

 

[ErasureAcer]

Def my favorite movie of his, not even joking.

Mine as well. The Beach is awesome....the book is even better.

 

[Clydefrog]

The Bee Movie?

No, wait, I meant The Aviator.

 

[forrest]

I like Leo a lot and I think he is a damn good actor though he sometimes misses in terms of being believable in a role.

That being said, he is fucking fantastic in What's Eating Gilbert Grape and should have gotten an oscar for that role a long time ago.

 

[MutFox]

Good Will Hunting

 

[secretanchitman]

Blood Diamond. He absolutely nailed the role, and what a great movie it was too.

 

[Discotheque]

Kinda meh on the guy overall but I thought he was at his best in wolf of wall Street and aviator

He makes great movie choices but he's often upstaged by those around him. Gilbert Grape he was good in too. Would prolly put that third

Despite my opinion about him tho I still think him and Damon did a better job than the infernal affairs leads. Personally think departed is an improved remake

 

[Psychoward]

Funnily enough, definitely not the Revenant. Hell I was more impressed by Hardy.

 

[Rosvoja Torilla]

Dude.

https://youtu.be/72nK7APr6Xs

In this scene, didn't he improvise after accidentally cutting his hand?

Funnily enough, definitely not the Revenant. Hell I was more impressed by Hardy.

Yeah, absolutely. Hardy did better.

For the best acting, I'll go with Gilbert Grape.

 

[Always-honest]

What's Eating Gilbert Grape. Leo was up there with Bale when it comes to phenomenal child actors. As an adult? I'd probably go with Django Unchained. He could have done his Wolf of Wall Street performance in his sleep, and he clearly put his heart and soul into The Revenant but there just wasn't enough material there. Catch me on the right day and I'd probably change my answer to The Aviator.

This

 

[gogosox82]

The Aviator or Catch me if you Can.

 

[Joyful]

the aviator
imo

 

[Xun]

The Aviator.

He captured someone with OCD perfectly and I know this from firsthand experience.

 

[HarryKS]

The only movie where he wasn't trying too hard and was in-character was What's Eating Gilbert grape.

Otherwise, his range is limited. He gives you the illusion of range but he's mostly playing the same neurotic character in different chords.

 

[Klocker]

The Departed
Blood Diamond

 

[Heavy's Sandvich]

What's Eating Gilbert Grape.

was waiting for this

 

[Bishop89]

 

[ManUnkindH]

Django no doubt, followed by Wolf of Wall Street.

Funnily enough, definitely not the Revenant. Hell I was more impressed by Hardy.

Hardy was beyond amazing in Revenant.

 

[iuxion]

Django.

 

[nawwafh]

Shutter Island

 

[Blablurn]

Wolf of Wall Streets, m8

 

[Romars202129]

Tough one. Wolf of Wall Street, j Edgar, maybe Titanic?

We all know that clearly his best work is in The Beach.

He is honestly great in that not amazing movie.

 

[CrimsonSquall]

Catch me if you can, Aviator, Wolf of Wall Street in that order. Django was great but not Oscar worthy imo

 

[Lupercal]

Oscars have been a joke since 10 years ago, Revenant was one of Leo's worst movies.

Catch me if you can, Departed, Wolf of Wall Street, Gangs of New York, Inception were all better performances as The Revenant.

 

[RipperGrim]

All the films he's done with martin scorsese should have netted him one.

 

[Disagree Guy]

Being a junkie in the Basketball Diaries sent chills down my spine when I watched it.

He must have hung out with some dope fiends for that.

Yes to this. He carries this film.

He's a fantastic actor. One I can't think has ever actually done a bad job.

Special mention to the improv on Django with the blood bit, although it's gross as fuck

 

[crimsondynamics]

Being a junkie in the Basketball Diaries sent chills down my spine when I watched it.

He must have hung out with some dope fiends for that.

I concur.

 

[Hambulance]

The way of the future.

 

[KillGore]

Wolf of wall street