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What is the best Russell Crowe movie?

by YPB Team

From sword-and-sandal epics to brooding true-life dramas and a few genre detours, his career spans Oscar glory and cult favorites alike. Which performance takes the crown?

  1. Gladiator — ranked #11
    Gladiator
    The 2000 Ridley Scott Roman epic that won Best Picture and earned Crowe a Best Actor Oscar as the vengeful general Maximus.
    1000pts
  2. State of Play — ranked #22
    State of Play
    The 2009 political thriller in which Crowe plays a journalist unraveling a Washington conspiracy.
    975pts
  3. Les Misérables — ranked #33
    Les Misérables
    Tom Hooper's 2012 musical adaptation with Crowe as the relentless Inspector Javert.
    975pts
  4. Romper Stomper — ranked #44
    Romper Stomper
    The confronting 1992 Australian drama that launched Crowe as a Melbourne skinhead gang leader.
    933pts
  5. The Nice Guys — ranked #55
    The Nice Guys
    Shane Black's 2016 buddy crime-comedy pairing Crowe with Ryan Gosling as 1970s LA investigators.
    889pts
  6. American Gangster — ranked #66
    American Gangster
    Ridley Scott's 2007 crime saga where Crowe plays the dogged detective tracking Frank Lucas.
    769pts
  7. A Beautiful Mind — ranked #77
    A Beautiful Mind
    Ron Howard's 2001 Best Picture winner in which Crowe plays troubled mathematician John Nash battling schizophrenia.
    666pts
  8. The Insider — ranked #88
    The Insider
    Michael Mann's 1999 thriller about a tobacco-industry whistleblower that earned Crowe his first Oscar nomination.
    545pts
  9. Body of Lies — ranked #99
    Body of Lies
    Ridley Scott's 2008 espionage thriller with Crowe as a CIA handler opposite Leonardo DiCaprio.
    545pts
  10. Master and Commander — ranked #1010
    Master and Commander
    The 2003 Napoleonic-era naval epic with Crowe as Royal Navy captain Jack Aubrey.
    400pts
  11. L.A. Confidential — ranked #1111
    L.A. Confidential
    The acclaimed 1997 neo-noir crime drama where Crowe broke through as hot-headed cop Bud White.
    400pts
  12. Cinderella Man — ranked #1212
    Cinderella Man
    Ron Howard's 2005 Depression-era drama with Crowe as comeback boxer James J. Braddock.
    400pts
  13. 3:10 to Yuma — ranked #1313
    3:10 to Yuma
    James Mangold's 2007 western remake featuring Crowe as charismatic outlaw Ben Wade.
    400pts
  14. Robin Hood — ranked #1414
    Robin Hood
    Ridley Scott's 2010 reimagining of the legend with Crowe in the title role.
    0pts
  15. Noah — ranked #1515
    Noah
    Darren Aronofsky's 2014 biblical epic with Crowe as the ark-building patriarch.
    0pts

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