01 A small-town sheriff cleaning up corruption with a wooden plank in hand.
Dwayne Johnson – 10 Best Movies
By Vlad Zakh · February 23, 2026
United States Drama thought provoking
Fast Five is where his oversized charisma clicked with a franchise built to use it, and Moana shows a warmer, funnier register. Pain & Gain is the outlier, a genuinely dark performance far from the rest of his action work.
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02 An early star vehicle as a bounty hunter sent into the Amazon.
03 A long-in-development DC role as a morally gray antihero.
04 A darker, more dramatic register as part of a real-life bodybuilder crime crew.
05 A CIA agent reconnecting with his old high school classmate, played by Kevin Hart.
06 A buddy-action spinoff built entirely around his rivalry with Jason Statham.
07 A rescue-helicopter pilot racing to save his family during a catastrophic earthquake.
08 The voice of Maui, a demigod with a chip on his shoulder and a great singing voice.
09 A nerdy teenager trapped inside his own hulking avatar, played for maximum comedy.
10 Hobbs became the franchise's biggest new addition, all charisma and muscle.