American actor and film producer Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (/diˈkaeprioʊ, dɪ-/; Italian: [diˈkaːprjo]) was born on November 11, 1974. Known for his work in historical and biographical films, he has won three Golden Globes, an Academy Award, and a British Academy Film Award, among other honors. His movies have brought in over $7.2 billion globally as of 2019, and he has been ranked eighth time in the annual lists of the highest-paid actors in the world.

1. Titanic (1997)

James Cameron directed, wrote, produced, and co-edited Titanic, an epic romantic catastrophe movie released in 1997 in the United States. Based on stories of the RMS Titanic disaster in 1912, it combines elements of fiction and history. Starring as members of various social strata who fall in love during the ship’s maiden trip are Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Frances Fisher, Gloria Stuart, Bernard Hill, Jonathan Hyde, Victor Garber, David Warner, Suzy Amis, and Bill Paxton are among the ensemble cast members that appear in the movie as well.

2. Inception (2010)

The 2010 science fiction action movie Inception was written and directed by Christopher Nolan, who also co-produced it with his wife, Emma Thomas. Leonardo DiCaprio plays a professional burglar in the movie who collects information by breaking into his victims’ minds. In exchange for implanting someone else’s notion into a target’s brain, he is given the opportunity to have his criminal history removed from record. Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Elliot Page, Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, Tom Berenger, Dileep Rao, and Michael Caine are among the ensemble cast members.

3. Romeo + Juliet (1996)

Baz Luhrmann is the director, producer, and co-writer of William Shakespeare’s 1996 romantic criminal drama Romeo + Juliet, which is frequently abbreviated as Romeo + Juliet. Though it still uses Shakespearean English, it is a modernized version of the same-named tragedy by William Shakespeare. In spite of being from rival families, Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes play the lead characters in the movie, which centers on two teens who fall in love. In supporting parts are Brian Dennehy, John Leguizamo, Diane Venora, Pete Postlethwaite, Harold Perrineau, and Paul Sorvino. This is the play’s third major motion picture adaptation, after George Cukor’s 1936 and Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 versions.

4. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

Based on Jordan Belfort’s 2007 biography of the same name, The Wolf of Wall Street is a 2013 American biographical comedy film co-produced, directed, and written by Terence Winter. It describes how Belfort’s firm, Stratton Oakmont, engaged in widespread fraud and corruption on Wall Street, ultimately leading to his collapse. Belfort began his career as a stockbroker in New York City. The movie stars Matthew McConaughey as his mentor and former boss Mark Hanna, Jonah Hill as his buddy and business partner Donnie Azoff, Margot Robbie as his second wife, Naomi Lapaglia, and Kyle Chandler as FBI agent Patrick Denham. Leonardo DiCaprio plays Belfort. This marks DiCaprio and Scorsese’s fifth joint venture.

5. Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (2019)

Quentin Tarantino is the writer and director of the 2019 comedy-drama film Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood. China, the United States, and the United Kingdom co-produced the film, which was distributed by Sony Pictures and produced by Columbia Pictures, Bona Film Group, Heyday Films, and Visiona Romantica. Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, and Leonardo DiCaprio lead a large ensemble cast in it. With the Tate murders hanging over them, the film, which is set in 1969 Los Angeles, follows a fading actor and his stunt double as they make their way through the quickly evolving film industry.

6. Shutter Island (2010)

Martin Scorsese’s 2010 neo-noir psychological thriller Shutter Island is an American production. Laeta Kalogridis adapted it from Dennis Lehane’s 2003 novel of the same name. The story follows a Deputy U.S. Marshal who arrives on Shutter Island to look into a mental health facility after one of the inmates disappears. Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo play the lead parts, while Michelle Williams, Ben Kingsley, and Max von Sydow provide supporting turns.

7. The Revenant (2015)

Alejandro G. Iñárritu is the director of the 2015 American Western action drama film titled The Revenant. The Revenant, a 2002 novel by Michael Punke that recounts the experiences of frontiersman Hugh Glass in 1823, is partially based on the 1915 poem The Song of Hugh Glass. Mark L. Smith and Alejandro Iñárritu wrote the screenplay. Tom Hardy and Leonardo DiCaprio are the film’s stars.

It took in five BAFTAs, including Best Picture in each of the awards, and three Golden Globes. The movie was nominated for twelve Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Supporting Actor (Hardy). It took home the Oscars for Best Actor (DiCaprio, his first after five nominations), Best Director (Iñárritu, his second consecutive), and Best Cinematography (Emmanuel Lubezki, his third consecutive in that category). In addition, DiCaprio received the Critics’ Choice Award for Best Actor, the BAFTA Award, the Screen Actors Guild Award, and the Golden Globe Award.

8. J. Edgar (2011)

Clint Eastwood directed, produced, and composed the 2011 American biographical drama film J. Edgar, which is based on the life of FBI director J. Edgar Hoover. The film, which was written by Dustin Lance Black, centers on Hoover’s life starting with the Palmer Raids in 1919. Along with Armie Hammer, Naomi Watts, Josh Lucas, Judi Dench, and Leonardo DiCaprio in the lead role, Adam Driver makes his feature debut in the movie.

November 3, 2011 saw J. Edgar open the AFI Fest 2011 in Los Angeles. On November 9, 2011, he had a limited release, then on November 11, he had a wide release. Despite receiving mixed reviews from reviewers, DiCaprio’s performance was highly lauded, and the picture brought in $84 million at the box office worldwide. It was nominated for a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and was named one of the best ten films of 2011 by the American Film Institute and National Board of Review. DiCaprio also received a nomination for the same honor.

9. Catch Me If You Can (2002)

Steven Spielberg is the director and producer of the 2002 American biographical criminal comedy-drama film Catch Me If You Can, which stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks. Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen, Amy Adams, Nathalie Baye, and James Brolin play supporting roles. The semi-autobiographical book of the same name by Frank Abagnale Jr., who states that he successfully carried out scams worth millions of dollars before turning 19 by posing as a Pan American World Airways pilot, a Georgia doctor, and a Louisiana parish prosecutor, is the basis for Jeff Nathanson’s screenplay. His story’s veracity is hotly debated.

10. The Aviator (2004)

Martin Scorsese and John Logan wrote the epic biographical drama film The Aviator, which was released in 2004 in the United States. In it, Kate Beckinsale plays Ava Gardner, Cate Blanchett plays Katharine Hepburn, and Leonardo DiCaprio plays Howard Hughes. Ian Holm, John C. Reilly, Jude Law, Gwen Stefani, Kelli Garner, Matt Ross, Willem Dafoe, Alan Alda, and Edward Herrmann are among the supporting cast members.

The film tells the story of aviation pioneer Howard Hughes, who also directed the movie Hell’s Angels. It is based on Charles Higham’s 1993 nonfiction book Howard Hughes: The Secret Life. The movie chronicles Hughes’s life from 1927 to 1947, when he flourished as an aviation tycoon and film producer while also becoming increasingly unstable as a result of severe obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).