Actor
Leonardo DiCaprio
Thirty years of choosing directors over franchises, graded film by film.
Leonardo DiCaprio has spent three decades picking directors rather than franchises, and the list shows it: Scorsese, Tarantino, Nolan, Iñárritu, Anderson. Every film of his this site reviews is graded here, with the performances that define him and the partnership that made the most of them.
The performances
His ten best turns, ranked.
- Jordan BelfortThe Wolf of Wall Street, 2013
- Hugh GlassThe Revenant, 2015
- Arnie GrapeWhat's Eating Gilbert Grape, 1993
- Rick DaltonOnce Upon a Time in Hollywood, 2019
- Frank Abagnale Jr.Catch Me If You Can, 2002
- Billy CostiganThe Departed, 2006
- Calvin CandieDjango Unchained, 2012
- Teddy DanielsShutter Island, 2010
- Howard HughesThe Aviator, 2004
- Jack DawsonTitanic, 1997
With Scorsese
Six films over twenty-one years, the longest partnership of his career.
- 2002Gangs of New YorkThe first, and the one where Daniel Day-Lewis takes the film from him.
- 2004The AviatorHoward Hughes, from Hollywood golden boy to a locked screening room.
- 2006The DepartedAn undercover cop coming apart, and a Best Picture.
- 2010Shutter IslandA detective story that becomes a study of grief.
- 2013The Wolf of Wall StreetThree hours of excess played as physical comedy.
- 2023Killers of the Flower MoonThe weak man at the centre of a murder conspiracy.