01 A man aging backward, told with quiet, melancholy restraint.
Brad Pitt – 10 Best Movies
By Vlad Zakh · January 7, 2026
United States Drama thought provoking
Fight Club, Se7en, and Inglourious Basterds get quoted constantly, but Twelve Monkeys’ unhinged energy and Moneyball’s restraint show more range. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is the film where the charisma and the supporting-player instinct meet.
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02 A globe-trotting zombie outbreak thriller built around his everyman instincts.
03 A big-budget swing at Achilles that leaned fully into old-school epic scale.
04 A baseball drama built on numbers, carried by his understated charisma.
05 A manic, unhinged performance in a time-travel thriller that still holds up.
06 The coolest member of a very cool heist crew.
07 A laid-back stuntman role that won him a long-overdue Oscar.
08 Tarantino's WWII revenge fantasy, played with gleeful, dry menace.
09 A detective thriller with one of cinema's most infamous endings.
10 A subversive, era-defining role that still gets quoted decades later.