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Every single Leonardo DiCaprio movie, ranked by critics
Entertainment- Leonardo DiCaprio is arguably one of the best actors — and biggest movie stars — in Hollywood, and has amassed a huge fanbase.
- DiCaprio's first movie was the direct-to-video "Critters 3," and he has since starred in some of the most iconic movies of the last 20 years, earning six Oscar nominations and one win.
- Insider has ranked every single one of DiCaprio's films from worst to best using Rotten Tomatoes scores.
- His worst film, according to Rotten Tomatoes was "Critters 3" with a score of 0%, while his best was "Catch Me If You Can" with a score of 96%.
- Also on the list is "Titanic" with 89%, "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" with 85%, and "The Revenant" with 78%.
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In 2002, he teamed up with Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks to play Frank Abagnale Jr. in 'Catch Me If You Can' — his best-reviewed film.
IMDB Synopsis: "A seasoned FBI agent pursues Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully forged millions of dollars' worth of checks while posing as a Pan Am pilot, a doctor, and a legal prosecutor."
He starred as Billy Costigan in Scorsese's 2006 masterpiece 'The Departed.'
IMDB Synopsis: "An undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston."
He earned his first Oscar nomination for playing Arnie Grape in 1993's 'What's Eating Gilbert Grape.'
IMDB Synopsis: "A young man in a small Midwestern town struggles to care for his mentally-disabled younger brother and morbidly obese mother while attempting to pursue his own happiness."
In 1997, he took on the now-iconic role of Jack Dawson in James Cameron's 'Titanic.'
IMDB Synopsis: "A seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic."
He played Calvin Candie in Tarantino's 2012 movie 'Django Unchained.'
IMDB Synopsis: "With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner."
In 2010, he teamed up with Christopher Nolan to play Dom Cobb in 'Inception.'
IMDB Synopsis: "A thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a C.E.O."
In 2004, he was Oscar-nominated for playing Howard Hughes in Scorsese's 'The Aviator.'
IMDB Synopsis: "A biopic depicting the early years of legendary Director and aviator Howard Hughes' career from the late 1920s to the mid 1940s."
He was Oscar-nominated for playing Rick Dalton in Quentin Tarantino's 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.'
IMDB Synopsis: "A faded television actor and his stunt double strive to achieve fame and success in the film industry during the final years of Hollywood's Golden Age in 1969 Los Angeles."
In 1996, he played Hank in 'Marvin's Room.'
IMDB Synopsis: "After 20 years caring for her father, a woman with cancer now must re-connect with her trashy sister and nephews she's never met after being diagnosed. Her love helps the angry teen nephew, and her sister learns to relate to people."
He teamed up with Scorsese again to play Jordan Belfort in 2013's 'The Wolf of Wall Street,' and was Oscar-nominated for it.
IMDB Synopsis: "Based on the true story of Jordan Belfort, from his rise to a wealthy stock-broker living the high life to his fall involving crime, corruption and the federal government."
DiCaprio won the best actor Oscar for playing Hugh Glass in 2015's 'The Revenant.'
IMDB Synopsis: "A frontiersman on a fur trading expedition in the 1820s fights for survival after being mauled by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team."
He played Toby in 'This Boy's Life' in 1993.
IMDB Synopsis: "The story about the relationship between a rebellious 1950s teenager and his abusive stepfather, based on the memoirs of writer and literature Professor Tobias Wolff."
He played Amsterdam Vallon in Scorsese's 2002 movie 'Gangs of New York.'
IMDB Synopsis: "In 1862, Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points area of New York City seeking revenge against Bill the Butcher, his father's killer."
He gave us his version of Romeo in Baz Luhrmann's 'Romeo + Juliet' in 1996.
IMDB Synopsis: "Shakespeare's famous play is updated to the hip modern suburb of Verona still retaining its original dialogue."
He played Teddy Daniels in Martin Scorsese's 'Shutter Island' in 2010.
IMDB Synopsis: "In 1954, a U.S. Marshal investigates the disappearance of a murderer who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane."
In 2008's 'Revolutionary Road,' he played Frank.
IMDB Synopsis: "A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children."
He was Oscar-nominated for playing Danny Archer in 2006's 'Blood Diamond.'
IMDB Synopsis: "A fisherman, a smuggler, and a syndicate of businessmen match wits over the possession of a priceless diamond."
In 1995's 'The Quick and the Dead,' he played Kid.
IMDB Synopsis: "A female gunfighter returns to a frontier town where a dueling tournament is being held, which she enters in an effort to avenge her father's death."
He played Roger Ferris in 2008's 'Body of Lies.'
IMDB Synopsis: "A CIA agent on the ground in Jordan hunts down a powerful terrorist leader while being caught between the unclear intentions of his American supervisors and Jordan Intelligence."
In 2013, he gave us his version of Jay Gatsby in 'The Great Gatsby.'
IMDB Synopsis: "A writer and wall street trader, Nick, finds himself drawn to the past and lifestyle of his millionaire neighbor, Jay Gatsby."
In 1995, DiCaprio played Jim Carroll in 'The Basketball Diaries.'
IMDB Synopsis: "A teenager finds his dreams of becoming a basketball star threatened after he free falls into the harrowing world of drug addiction."
He took on the titular role in 2011's 'J. Edgar.'
IMDB Synopsis: "J. Edgar Hoover, powerful head of the F.B.I. for nearly fifty years, looks back on his professional and personal life."
DiCaprio played Brandon in Woody Allen's 'Celebrity' in 1998,
IMDB Synopsis: "The fortunes of a husband and wife differ drastically after they divorce."
He was credited as '1st Guy' in 1992's 'Poison Ivy.'
IMDB Synopsis: "A seductive teen befriends an introverted high school student and schemes her way into the lives of her wealthy family."
In 1998, he played King Louis and Philippe in 'The Man in the Iron Mask.'
IMDB Synopsis: "The cruel King Louis XIV of France has a secret twin brother whom he keeps imprisoned. Can the twin be substituted for the real king?"
He played Arthur Rimbaud in 1995's 'Total Eclipse.'
IMDB Synopsis: "Young, wild poet Arthur Rimbaud and his mentor Paul Verlaine engage in a fierce, forbidden romance while feeling the effects of a hellish artistic lifestyle."
In 2000, he played Richard in 'The Beach.'
IMDB Synopsis: "Vicenarian Richard travels to Thailand and finds himself in possession of a strange map. Rumours state that it leads to a solitary beach paradise, a tropical bliss. Excited and intrigued, he sets out to find it."
DiCaprio played Josh in 'Critters 3' in 1991.
IMDB Synopsis: "The tiny fur ball aliens that will eat anything or anyone set their sights on a Los Angeles apartment tower."
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