Leonardo DiCaprio is maybe our last movie star. So it's cool to unpack the movies he loves that made him go into this line of work and to see what inspires him. In a recent viral clip, the Academy Award-winning actor sat down to list his "Mount Rushmore" of movies. His choices lean heavily into character-driven narratives and revolutionary acting performances, so it's easy to see him in these picks. Let's dive in.Leonardo DiCaprio's Favorite Movies - YouTube www.youtube.com East of Eden (1955)Director: Elia KazanWriter: Paul Osborn (based on the novel by John Steinbeck)Cast: James Dean, Julie Harris, Raymond Massey, Burl Ives, Jo Van FleetDiCaprio kicks it off with Elia Kazan’s classic. If you look at early DiCaprio roles—This Boy’s Life or Romeo + Juliet—you can see the direct line to James Dean from him. We're just lucky we've gotten so many great movies from DiCaprio, and we get to see him entering a new era now.Taxi Driver (1976)Director: Martin ScorseseWriter: Paul SchraderCast: Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel, Peter Boyle, Albert BrooksYou can’t talk about DiCaprio without talking about Scorsese, and you can’t talk about Scorsese without talking about De Niro. So again, you kind of see the seeds planted in DiCaprio here. This movie is the ultimate study in character isolation—something DiCaprio has chased in his own work with Scorsese in The Aviator and Shutter Island.2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)Director: Stanley KubrickWriters: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. ClarkeCast: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Douglas Rain...
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