Leonardo DiCaprio’s Top 10 Best Films Ranked

Leonardo DiCaprio has one of the best CV’s in the movie business and is truly one of the best actors of our generation. So we had great pleasure in aggregating his ratings from IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and Letterboxd to get a true average score for each of his movies… here is Leo’s top 10 movies ranked…

10 – The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

Directed by: Martin Scorsese

In the height of the free-flowing cash of the 1980s, stock broker Jordan Belfort transforms from a Wall Street newcomer to an unethical corrupt IPO cowboy. Flush with corruption and greed, Jordan’s company begins to soar, just as the SEC and the FBI are closing in on his family and his empire.
Death By Films Aggregate Score

7.76 out of 10

Once Upon A Time In Hollywood (2019) poster

9 – Once Upon A Time In Hollywood (2019)

Directed by: Quentin Tarantino

Los Angeles, 1969. TV star Rick Dalton, a struggling actor specializing in westerns, and stuntman Cliff Booth, his best friend, try to survive in a constantly changing movie industry. Dalton is the neighbor of the young and promising actress and model Sharon Tate, who has just married the prestigious Polish director Roman Polanski…
Death By Films Aggregate Score

7.78 out of 10

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8 – Titanic (1997)

Directed by: James Cameron

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets aboard the ship. Rose tells the whole story from Titanic’s departure through to its death—on its first and last voyage—on April 15, 1912.
Death By Films Aggregate Score

7.84 out of 10

7 – The Revenant (2015)

In an expedition of the uncharted American wilderness, legendary explorer Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) is brutally attacked by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team. In a quest to survive, Glass endures unimaginable grief as well as the betrayal of his confidant John Fitzgerald (Tom Hardy). Guided by sheer will and the love of his family, Glass must navigate a vicious winter in a relentless pursuit to live and find redemption
Death By Films Aggregate Score

7.91 out of 10

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6 – The Aviator (2004)

Directed by: Martin Scorsese

Billionaire and aviation tycoon Howard Hughes is a successful public figure: a director of big-budget Hollywood movies such as “Hell’s Angels (1930)”, a passionate lover of Hollywood’s leading ladies Katharine Hepburn and Ava Gardner, and an aviation pioneer who helps build TWA into a major airline. But in private, Hughes remains tormented, suffering from paralyzing phobias and depression. The higher he rises, the farther has to fall.
Death By Films Aggregate Score

7.94 out of 10

What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) poster

5 – What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)

Directed by: Lasse Hallström

Gilbert is caught between his love for Becky and his responsibilities towards his mentally-challenged brother Arnie and Bonnie, his morbidly obese mother.
Death By Films Aggregate Score

8.10 out of 10

Catch Me If You Can (2002) poster

4 – Catch Me If You Can (2002)

Directed by: Steven Spielberg

A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. An FBI agent makes it his mission to put him behind bars. But Frank not only eludes capture, he revels in the pursuit.
Death By Films Aggregate Score

8.44 out of 10

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3 – Django Unchained (2012)

Directed by: Quentin Tarantino

Django is a slave whose brutal history with his former owners lands him face-to-face with German-born bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz. Schultz is on the trail of the murderous Brittle brothers, and only Django can lead him to his bounty. The unorthodox Schultz acquires Django with a promise to free him upon the capture of the Brittles – dead or alive.
Death By Films Aggregate Score

8.52 out of 10

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2 – The Departed (2006)

Directed by: Martin Scorsese

To take down South Boston’s Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there’s a mole among them.
Death By Films Aggregate Score

8.53 out of 10

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1 – Inception (2010)

Directed by: Christopher Nolan

Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: “inception”, the implantation of another person’s idea into a target’s subconscious.

Death By Films Aggregate Score

8.53 out of 10

Honorable Mentions

It tells you a lot about leo’s body of work when these three films didn’t even make his top 10 ranked films!!!

Gangs of New York (2002) poster

Gangs of New York (2002) – 7.49

Shutter Island (2010) poster

Shutter Island (2010) – 7.52

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Blood Diamond (2006) – 7.60

 

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