What Actor Has The Best Five Movie Resume?

If you only took the five best movies in an actors career, whose would be the most impressive?  It doesn't matter if they were the lead or an extra, as long as they were in the film it counts. 

Brad Pitt

Fight Club

Snatch

True Romance

Seven

Inglourious Basterds 

Robert De Niro

Goodfellas

Godfather Part II

Taxi Driver

Meet The Parents

Raging Bull

Vince Vaughn

Swingers

Made

Old School

Wedding Crashers

Anchorman

Samuel L. Jackson

Goodfellas

True Romance

Jurassic Park

Pulp Fiction

The Avengers

Christian Bale

The Dark Knight

Batman Begins

American Psycho

The Prestige

The Fighter

Bruce Willis

Die Hard

Die Hard 2

Pulp Fiction

Sin City

Grindhouse: Planet Terror

Steve Buscemi
Reservoir Dogs
Pulp Fiction
Fargo
The Big Lebowski
Armageddon 

Morgan Freeman

The Shawshank Redemption

Unforgiven

Seven
Batman Begins

The Dark Knight

Harrison Ford

Star Wars Epsiode IV: A New Hope

Star Wars Episode V: Empire Strikes Back

Star Wars Episdoe VI: Return of the Jedi

Apocalypse Now

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Ed Norton

Rounders

American History X

Fight Club

25th Hour

The Illusionist

Joe Pesci

Goodfellas

Raging Bull

Home Alone

Casino

JFK

Denzel Washington

Training Day

Glory

Remember the Titans

Man on Fire

American Gangster

Christopher Walken

Deer Hunter

Man on Fire

Pulp Fiction

True Romance

Wedding Crashers

Note: Al Pacino not on this list is not an oversight.  Scarface is the most overrated movie ever, he's got the first two Godfathers on this resume but whatever else you choose doesn't stack up with this group. 

My pick?  Brad Pitt. Ridiculous list.  It doesn't even include Sleepers and 12 Monkeys.  

I'm sure I missed some, let me know. 

Rich Reviews: The Fighter

The Fighter tells the story of Lowell, Mass, boxer Mickey Ward (Mark Wahlberg) and his rise to fame along with his relationship with half-brother Dicky Eklund (Christian Bale). The audience is introduced to Ward as just a hard working guy in a tough town in Massachusetts. He's lost 3 fights in a row and is considering giving up boxing for good. His brother Eklund, a former boxer with hopes of a comeback of his own, encourages Ward to stick with it. Eklund's support proves to be a blessing and a curse.

The film stands out because of it's amazing cast and acting performances. Walhberg was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actor, Bale for Supporting Actor. But it wasn't just a male dominated show. Amy Adams (Ward's girlfriend) and Melissa Leo (Ward's mom) both were deservedly nominated for Best Supporting Actress. I don't know if either of them will win, they could, but I can promise you Bale cleans up the Globes, Oscars, People's Choice, Sports Brief Picks, you name it.

Bale's depiction of Dicky Eklund is nothing short of fantastic. I have not been as impressed with a supporting character since Heath Ledger as The Joker in The Dark Knight, which he starred in along side Bale. Eklund was the previous "Pride of Lowell," with his claim to fame being he knocked down Sugar Ray Leonard, or did he slip? Either way Eklund was a hero in the working class town of Lowell. Eklund, however, turned to drugs and was a flat mess. Bale made a character very likable despite so many destructive acts. Dicky was/is charismatic even with all his faults and Bale pulls it off with perfection.

Without a doubt Bale steals the show, but The Fighter still lives up to it's title with a number of great boxing sequences. I thought the fights in Ali, with Will Smith were pretty good, these are better, and they don't have the advantages that a Muhammad Ali film has. Unless you are a die hard boxing fan you don't know most of the guys Ward fought on his way to the top. Walhberg, a known boxing fan himself, does a great job in this scenes. I would be surprised if he wins any awards for this performance, but I do believe the nomination is justified.

I recommend this movie for everyone, clearly not just a boxing film. Family is one of the central themes as well, and the aforementioned acting in it makes it worth while for any movie buff. Also if you are one of those people who has to watch all the Academy Award nominated films, you might as well get this one out of the way now because it will surely be well represented.

Keefe's Call: 8.6/10