5 Leonardo DiCaprio Unfairly Forgotten Movies to Watch After 'One Battle After Another'
From a poignant family drama to an underrated Clint Eastwood biopic.
Leonardo DiCaprio has long been established as a Hollywood icon whose name in the credits guarantees quality and box-office success.
We're familiar with his triumphant works, from Titanic and Inception to The Revenant, for which he earned an Oscar.
However, behind these big hits lies a whole host of brilliant films starring DiCaprio that have been undeservedly forgotten.
1. 'Total Eclipse', 1995
IMDb Score: 6.4/10
Agnieszka Holland's movie is a love story about two deeply unhappy, self-destructive poets: Arthur Rimbaud (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Paul Verlaine (David Thewlis).
Unlike most of DiCaprio's early roles, Rimbaud is a difficult character to empathize with: he is irritating and deliberately provocative, behaving irrationally and seeking to undermine any semblance of stability.
2. 'J. Edgar', 2011
IMDb Score: 6.5/10
After Titanic, virtually every DiCaprio role became a major event. One of the few movies featuring DiCaprio that received little attention was Clint Eastwood's biopic about the first FBI director, J. Edgar Hoover.
Throughout his life, Hoover rose to great heights of power, becoming the most powerful man in America.
As head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, he stopped at nothing to protect his country. Having outlived eight presidents and three wars, Hoover fought real and imagined threats, often breaking the rules to keep his fellow citizens safe.
3. 'Marvin's Room', 1996
IMDb Score: 6.7/10
This adaptation of Scott McPherson's play of the same name centers on a family crisis. A woman (Meryl Streep), who has been estranged from her family for a long time, returns home to her ailing father (Hume Cronyn) and her sister (Diane Keaton), who needs a bone marrow donor.
A potential donor may be the woman's eldest son (DiCaprio), a troubled young man with whom no one can find common ground.
DiCaprio's character becomes the movie's main power. With his performance in Marvin's Room, DiCaprio took a major step toward future greatness, portraying a character with a more complex psychology for the first time.
4. 'This Boy's Life', 1993
IMDb Score: 7.3/10
This Boy's Life is an adaptation of Tobias Wolff's memoir about how he and his mother moved in with his stepfather, who turned out to be a tyrant.
DiCaprio shares the screen with Robert De Niro for the first of many times and confronts a Hollywood giant. The relationship between Wolff and his abusive stepfather is a tense psychological duel that transforms the character.
DiCaprio faced the formidable challenge of playing De Niro's on-screen rival and showing how fear and repressed anger transformed Wolff into an aggressive teenager.
5. 'Celebrity', 1998
IMDb Score: 6.3/10
Celebrity was released the year after Titanic, which turned Leonardo DiCaprio into a global star.
Woody Allen's movie is a collection of show business stories. A former journalist (Kenneth Branagh) attends film parties and tries to sell his unfinished script to everyone he meets. He also crosses paths with Brandon (DiCaprio), a narcissistic playboy and teen heartthrob.
