Kermode Uncut: My Top Five Leonardo DiCaprio Films

The Wolf Of Wall Street is the big film released this week. Here are my top five Leonardo DiCaprio films.

[@Gewok666]

I remember Martin Scorsese talking about how Robert De Niro told him to watch Gilbert Grape to see how good DiCaprio was in it. Scorsese said he watched the film and couldn't find him; he genuinely believed the kid in the film was handicapped.

[@Crunch_Buttsteak]

As did I when I first watched it as a kid. "Match in the gas tank, boom boom."

[@rafaelnadalismyboo]

The Basketball Diaries would've been somewhere on my list, I thought that performance deserved an Oscar nod.

[@JackoJ15]

He was brilliant in the forever underrated shutter island.

[@Survivethejive]

Blood Diamond Mark! surely that was his greatest performance. The accent and the character were very convincing..

[@aazell]

He's amazing in Blood Diamond...

[@lyricsfromsweden]

I feel like I'm the only one who likes The Beach

[@chanceie12]

Me too

[@not_henry_the_fifth]

I like the beach. I don't know why, nut it seems barely anyone knows about it for some reason! much like the island in the film...

[@saltycrunch]

There is nothing to "forgive" for Titanic. The end.

[@shawndimery]

The Aviator for me, great performance.

[@Biring1]

Great list as always, Mark! In my opinion Wolf of Wall Street is his greatest achievement

[@dantilley]

1. The Aviator 2. The Departed 3. Basketball Diaries 4. Django Unchained 5. Gangs of New York

[@ThemowofChow]

No Shutter Island? No Blood diamond? Both bring me to tears.

[@Jove89]

In no particular order without mentioning Wolf of Wall Street... The Aviator, Inception, Blood Diamond, Django Unchained, Revolutionary Road.

[@s40shorty]

Loved so many of his movies so its hard to give them a ranking. Here are some of my favourites.. Revolutionary Road, Catch Me if You Can, Shutter Island, Inception, Romeo and Juliet and of course a most watch....The Wolf Of Wall Street!

[@luks655]

Obviously the Departed is Leo's greatest performance

[@DJGrice13]

Very good top five. Would like to also mention The Departed, Shutter Island, Django Unchained, Blood Diamond and Revolutionary Road

[@bennoclassico]

Mine? 5. Inception 4. Revolutionary Road 3. The Departed 2. Shutter Island 1. The Aviator I'd also mention Catch Me If You Can, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Django Unchained and The Beach. Amazing actor, and hoping to see The Wolf Of Wall Street this week sometime! Excited!

[@tobyfermoyhd]

My favourite is The Great Gatsby, I love the book and he embodied both sides of Gatsby so well he raised up what might of been an average movie into one I really love

[@jamesquinn4830]

Blood Diamond, The Departed and Gangs of New York surely deserve a serious mention Mark.

[@davidgrant3712]

It's an absolute disgrace that Critters 3 isn't on that list

[@adamchabbi6]

Looking forward to see The Wolf of Wall Street. My top five would have to be 5) Gangs of New York, 4) Inception, 3) The Basketball Diaries, 2) The Departed, 1) Django Unchained.

[@petewasbristol]

I saw the Wolf Of Wall Street last week in South Korea. Absolutley fantastic. Putting that movie aside my top 5 Leo films would be as follows. 1. What's Eating Gilbert Grape 2 The Aviator 3. Catch me if you can 4. Shutter Island 5. Inception Underated performance: Body of lies. Leo was sublime in this movie. The movie itself was...ok. I also have a soft spot for The Beach. It's a mess of a film (the video game section in particular...) but it was the film that inspired me to see the world. So yeah, thank you Danny Boyle, Alex Garland and Leonardo DiCaprio :)

[@billyrudling9159]

I bloody love catch me of you can

[@Otherwise88]

No love for Blood Diamond or Shutter Island?

[@victorarielvivatdk65]

I think shutter island is another spectacular film of Leonardo Dicaprio

[@roxyqueen2]

I actually think that his performance as Gatsby was vastly underrated this year, I would've loved to have seen him be nominated for that. Catch Me if You Can and The Aviator are favourites of mine too.

[@chiara8561]

My favourite Leo performances are: The Aviator What's eating Gilbert Grape? Revolutionary Road The Revenant The Departed

[@Hamilton7776]

And He DOES Vanish into the roles in Revolutionary Road, Blood Diamond, Inception, Django Unchained and The Wolf of Wall Street

[@OldBluesChapterandVerse]

What’s Eating Gilbert Grape and Blood Diamond are easily my two favorite of his performances.

[@MusicByJordanSmith]

I agree, Gilbert Grape was a crappy dvd I got free in my newspaper, I watched it when bored & it blew me away - Dicaprio was outstanding and he should have won an oscar.

[@dipakchowdhury31]

Ditto. Took me ages to get round to sticking that free dvd in my player. Glad I did though.

[@DodderingOldMan]

The Aviator should be number one, IMO, for both performance and the actual quality of the film. The other choices are... interesting. Can't argue with them too much. Although if we're talking purely the quality of his performance rather than the quality of the film, Django Unchained should probably be there.

[@ThePlacatorySock]

Critters 3. What a performance.

[@mred2071]

A good list from Mark but for me Gilbert Grape would be out & I would find room for The Aviator, The Quick and the Dead (which I'm surprised no one mentioned! ) & possibly Django. Not yet seen The Wolf ... but I'm sure he's great.

[@tomashize]

love him in The Departed. He's on edge and vunerable the whole time. So smart, angry and such righteous fury!

[@DivineHeartprints]

The Basketball diaries was one of Leos earlier movies & I think he was really good in it

[@Rog5446]

For a sort of bio-pick, Catch Me if You Can manages to create a superb atmosphere with its minimalistic music soundtrack, even before the first scene is opened after the introductory credits. The semi-cartoon based credits themselves match the soundtrack to a tee. Not sure if Christopher Walken was the right choice for Frank's father, but absolutely sure that Tom Hanks was the right choice as the FBI agent. This is my favourite DiCap.

[@philipbembridge7797]

what?! no Blood Diamond?

[@COMMANDRofAWESUM]

The two greatest performances (by a mile) of the 21st century by any actor in a motion picture are Daniel Day-Lewis as Daniel Plainview in "There Will Be Blood" and Leonardo DiCaprio as Howard Hughes in "The Aviator". To not include his performance in The Aviator on this list is a crime against cinema.

[@neildorrans2939]

Revolutionary Road is his greatest performance along with The Departed and The Aviator.

[@R4MBO999]

His role as Arnie group was amazing

[@samuelcooper7311]

Departed for me, however I do think that is partly because it is one of my favourite all-time movies.

[@R4MBO999]

His role as Arnie grape was amazing

[@MrDili4sure]

i loved the wolf of wall street

[@skinwalkerxxx]

1. Catch Me If You Can 2. The Departed 3. The Beach 4. The Wolf of Wallstreet 5. The Quick and the Dead The reason Decaprio worked so well on Catch me if You Can it's cause Leo is the eternal teenager and in that movie he played one, someone that's closer to who he is. He didn't play against type like on Aviator for example or in J Edgar and it lacked something.

[@rorrt]

For me, in order. From 5 to 1. The Beach. The Departed. J. Edgar. Catch Me if You Can and The Aviator. And i totally agree with him about Catch Me If You Can, Tom Hanks and Leonardo were just electric in this film. I saw it for my 12th birthday. And i still watch it at least once or twice a year. In fact, i might even put it in my top 5 films from Spielberg.

[@filthybrit73]

Great List as always, I would maybe throw Django Unchained in there as well, he should definitely play more antagonists in films. Just such a disturbing character!

[@theperfectimperfect]

has to be revolutionary road, plus I also find the quick and the dead completely re-watchable

[@YinvsYang]

Thats one thing with Di Caprio that If he that he is in it, it is probably going to be worth a watch. H didn't mention Departed which is another excellent performance, The Man in the Iron Mask was another good performance from him

[@Raguman1427]

Leonardo DiCaprio is an amazing actor. One of the best next to Pacino and Christian Bale. Nuff said!!!!

[@potterpotty01]

I was praying catch me if you can would be on this list. The departed and the aviator are also terrific performances.

[@sh4rkybloke]

Not seen Gilbert Grape... but no mention of Blood Diamond?? I'm quite surprised by that. Thought he was excellent in that, although it's been a while since I saw it.

[@fuzzylumpkin49]

His performance in "The Basketball Diaries" was incredible; I would insert it in the list in "Inceptions" place, and that would be my top five Leo movies.

[@fraukeschmidt8364]

Yes, yes, I'm so glad What's Eating Gilbert Grape is there at the top. :) Agreed.

[@scribetribe]

maybe not one of his best but Basketball diaries is most definitely worth a special mention.

[@HisagiShuhei1]

5. Blood Diamond 4. The Wolf of Wall Street 3. Inception 2. Aviator 1. The Departed But then he's good in The beach, catch me if you can, revolutionary road pretty much everything he's in.

[@JohnSpawn1]

1) The Aviator 2) Inception 3) The Departed 4) Catch me if you can 5) Django Unchained

[@hjscollages]

What scene in Poison Ivy is Leo in? I've never spotted him in it. Did he have a speaking part?

[@pocketsesmcflurry2146]

My favorites for him are Wolf of Wall Street, Inception and Shutter Island (Both the movie and his performance are severely overlooked)

[@sarahtey9935]

I have to totally agree with this top 5. I remember seeing Gilbert Grape in the theatre when it first came out and thinking he was great. I would add the movie Marvin's Room to the list too.

[@MagnificentFiend]

Delighted to see so many people saying What's Eating Gilbert Grape?... but no mentions of Gangs of New York?!

[@jblack5736]

Definitely What's Eating Gilbert Grape, but I don't think you should overlook his performance in The Wolf just because the film doesn't agree with your sentiments, as I'd say that performance was second only to Gilbert. Also amazing in The Basketball Diaries.

[@codmaninfull]

The Basketball diaries of course!

[@jendoh3559]

I'm surprised 'The Basketball Diaries' isn't mentioned tbh. He did a messed up Catholic school-dropout junkie as well if not better than a coke and qualude huffing yuppie. He certainly represented Planet Opiate better than Streep did in Osage County

[@lakshmimittal]

I think he was at his best in The Departed, an otherwise second league film. The desperation he invests in his character sears through the screen. Having said that, they were all upstaged by Mark Wahlberg.

[@jackhadaway-weller667]

The Departed for me is definitely his best performance. Despite a large ensemble cast it felt like DiCaprio really stood out. Also, surely Django Unchained would make the top five I'm really not a fan of The Beach though. I thought that was a horrendous movie.

[@johnstarrett3397]

The Basketball Diaries!!

[@markbradford2301]

Shutter Island and The Departed have got to be up there for me

[@labguru7628]

I think the Aviator performance should be on the list.

[@themadafaka6839]

1 The Wolf of Wall Street 2 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood 3 Django Unchained 4 The Aviator 5 This Boy's Life Honors: The Departed Catch Me If You Can

[@MrStephenJBarr]

Can't believe Gangs of New York and The Aviator weren't in there.

[@whitelight7733]

My top 5; 5. The Wolf of Wallstreet, 4. The Beach, 3. What's Eating Gilbert Grape, 2. This Boy's Life, 1. THE BASKETBALL DIARIES!!! Honorable Mentions- Django Unchained, Marvin's Room, Shutter Island, The Man in the Iron Mask & Titanic (sorry!)

[@Matthyo815]

5.romeo and juliet 4.the great gatsby 3.titanic 2.shutter island 1.inception

[@undead2live]

1.Romeo + Juliet 2.Django Unchained 3.Gangs of New York 4.Inception 5.The Beach

[@bigneon_glitter]

5. The Aviator 4. Django Unchained 3. Once Upon A Time In Hollywood 2. Wolf Of Wall Street 1. The Departed

[@fringelilyfringelily391]

It may not be his most popular film, but DiCaprio's best performance has to be in Revolutionary Road, which has an equally good performance from Kate Winslett.

[@theridleyrocks]

Mmm, tough call here. Lot of good stuff Leo's done. Well, here's what I think: 1. The Wolf of Wall Street 2. What's Eating Gilbert Grape 3. Blood Diamond 4. The Departed 5. Inception

[@Hamilton7776]

I've never seen Whats eating Gilbert Grape But I Love This Boys Life. Would love to see DiCaprio and De Niro together again, hopefully in a Martin Scorsese movie. Wouldn't that be great.

[@andreakumar2984]

well he's never really given a "bad" performance really...but can't believe he left out departed and aviator! Kermode's personal favorite 5 I guess.

[@ianhookham3500]

Aviator and The Departed should be on this list

[@cutthr0atjake]

I love him in The Quick and the Dead.

[@themadafaka6839]

Hey...u picked This Boy's Life too..😁

[@evesapple]

he is great in revolutionary road too

[@johnnyhagz]

Am I wrong in thinking Blood Diamond was a great performance and believable accent.

[@fundo6666]

Basketball diaries!

[@akinalcitepe9130]

Basketball Diaries -- so underrated

[@itteshadhossain]

Leo is my absolute favourite actor so a top 5 is almost impossible, but I would say his best performance pre-Wolf has to be between Gilbert grape and the aviator, roles where he was completely lost into the characters

[@alexrogersanimation]

I love: The Beach, Catch me if you can, The Departed.

[@Inatio]

I could only see part of the title of this video on my phone. How gutted I was when it turned out not to be 'Top 5 Leonard Nemoy Moments'

[@perfectvshart]

1) inception 2)shutter Island 3) whats eating gilbert grape 4) Gangs of new york 5) catch me if you can

[@johnstares8313]

What about Gangs of New York?

[@steffen9089]

What do you have against Titanic?

[@ChristianDoig]

1. What's Eating Gilbert Grape 2. The Wolf of Wall Street 3. The Departed 4. Total Eclipse 5. Revolutionary Road

[@krisinsaigon]

i love him in Django Unchained, he really commits to the character

[@euresearcher733]

what's eating gilbert grape? did not see that coming

[@neobliviscarisa650]

i liked his raw performance in Basket Ball Diaries

[@jrodger93]

The Departed, Inception, The Basketball Diaries, Catch Me If You Can and The Aviator. How on Earth did you miss The Departed, Mark?

[@stephenwood463]

Loved catch me if you can, but no departed? Shutter island? Django? Body of lies is very underrated film, should of done at top 10 :)

[@themopass]

Has to be The Aviator, hands down!

[@williamcalvert6162]

Revolutionary Road ... a devastating performance.

[@grenbaygrl1]

Romeo + Juliet is a gem and you can fight me on that

[@hitotastic1007]

He was good in Blood Diamond, too