Top 10 Best Edward Norton Movies
Edward Norton is one of the best actors of these times and there is no question to this. With many successful movies and 2 academy award nominations, he is still going strong in giving some of his best performances. He made his breakthrough performance in the movie, Primal Fear for which he got the academy award nomination for best supporting actor. So it is obvious that this top ten ranking is dedicated to Norton. Let us take a look at the top 10 best Edward Norton Movies.
10. The People VS. Larry Flynt
The movie is more like a biographical drama film. The plot of the movie circles around the real life story a controversial magazine publisher named Larry Flynt. The theme of this movie deals with how the magazine publisher became one of the greatest defenders of free speech. Based on ratings given by the critics and rotten tomatoes, Edward Norton did a good job by playing the role of a young lawyer.
9. Everyone Says I Love You
The movie is considered to be one most critically successful movies made by Woody Allen. The theme of the movie revolves around the life of two lovers, whose romance is what makes the movie an amazing musical comedy of its kind. As expected Edward Norton was applauded for the kind of acting he did, as most of the people believe that he is not much of a romantic guy.
8. Rounders
The excitement of playing poker and the exhilaration which people fell while playing this game is more than enough to give you an idea about what the movie deals with. Matt Damon starred alongside Edward Norton in this movie. Although the film only did not manage a huge sum of money, still it came to be known as one of the best movies by Edward Norton.
7. The Painted Veil
Now here we have a film which is marked by (7.5) IMDB rating. Edward Norton plays the role of a British Medical doctor who plans to eradicate a cholera outbreak which covers an entire village in China. All around the movie, you will see how he has to fight the disease as well as the marriage problems created by his unfaithful wife.
6. Red Dragon
Red Dragon is one of his most successful movies, as it managed to earn nearly $ 209 million. In this psychological thriller, Edward Norton plays the role of an FBI agent who has retired from his job, but thing change when a serial killer named “The Tooth Fairy” spreads panic and chaos all around. So, Norton is assigned the task for tracking this inhumane murderer. What makes this film more interesting is the fact that the film is also connected with the movie “Silence of the Lambs”, as Anthony Hopkins reprises the role of Dr. Hannibal Lecter.
5. The Illusionist
The Illusionist was applauded from the side of the fans for being his best romantic love story. The theme of the movie is inspired from a short story which was written by Steven Millhauser. Playing the lead in the movie, Norton appears in the role of a magician in Vienna who baffles the local residents and a number of state officials by showing his magic trips, which in the end proved to nothing more than visual illusions. From the kind of tricks the magician performed, people started to believe that he had super natural powers. The movie is a clear expression of the fact that Norton really chooses movies for which he is best suited for.
4. Fight Club
You never talk about the Fight Club! But here I am bound to talk about it, as the article is about best Edward Norton movies. Norton plays the role of a narrator who tells us about the dramatic changes his life witnessed, as soon as he became friends with a so called salesman named Tyler Durden. Bradd Pitt had played the role of the Tyler for which he was also received well by the critics. It is one of those movies of Norton in which he initially appears to be soft spoken and a kind hearted man, but as things start to unfold, more brutal and hidden aspects of his persona start to appear.
3. 25th Hour
Imagine how are you going to feel and what would your life be, when you would be required to reevaluate your life in a matter of 24 hours before being sentenced to 7 years of rigorous imprisonment in jail. Although a fragment of the critics considered some of the dialogues to be damaging for the people of various faiths, still most of them applauded the performance put forward by Norton. Not to forget a (7.8) IMDB rating the movie received.
2. American History X
American history was the second movie for which Norton received an academy award nomination. Norton played one of his most cruel as well controversial roles as he was to exhibit himself as a Neo Nazi in the movie. The movie seems to be inspired by Racism, prejudice and feelings of hatred from the people of different ethnic background, but it managed to leave a strong impact and a deep message at the very end. “We are Not Enemies, But Friends” is the core message of the movie.
1. Primal Fear
Nobody could have believed that such a young actor could give an amazing and critically applauded performance in his first film ever. Norton played the role of a soft and kind hearted altar boy who was accused of carrying out the murder of a priest. Soon a cocky defense attorney takes the case, but very soon Aaron Stampler (Edward Norton) manages to make the attorney develop a soft corner for him. Norton nailed the role by showing a multiple personality disorder at the same time, for which he is declared to be “Not Guilty”. For being one of his greatest performances ever, Norton was given an academy award nomination. What happened in the end, I am going to leave that part for you.
