What is the best Russell Crowe movie?

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

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

The 2009 political thriller in which Crowe plays a journalist unraveling a Washington conspiracy.

975pts

3

Les Misérables

Tom Hooper's 2012 musical adaptation with Crowe as the relentless Inspector Javert.

975pts

4

Romper Stomper

The confronting 1992 Australian drama that launched Crowe as a Melbourne skinhead gang leader.

933pts

5

The Nice Guys

Shane Black's 2016 buddy crime-comedy pairing Crowe with Ryan Gosling as 1970s LA investigators.

889pts

6

American Gangster

Ridley Scott's 2007 crime saga where Crowe plays the dogged detective tracking Frank Lucas.

769pts

7

A Beautiful Mind

Ron Howard's 2001 Best Picture winner in which Crowe plays troubled mathematician John Nash battling schizophrenia.

666pts

8

The Insider

Michael Mann's 1999 thriller about a tobacco-industry whistleblower that earned Crowe his first Oscar nomination.

545pts

9

Body of Lies

Ridley Scott's 2008 espionage thriller with Crowe as a CIA handler opposite Leonardo DiCaprio.

545pts

10

Master and Commander

The 2003 Napoleonic-era naval epic with Crowe as Royal Navy captain Jack Aubrey.

400pts

11

L.A. Confidential

The acclaimed 1997 neo-noir crime drama where Crowe broke through as hot-headed cop Bud White.

400pts

12

Cinderella Man

Ron Howard's 2005 Depression-era drama with Crowe as comeback boxer James J. Braddock.

400pts

13

3:10 to Yuma

James Mangold's 2007 western remake featuring Crowe as charismatic outlaw Ben Wade.

400pts

14

Robin Hood

Ridley Scott's 2010 reimagining of the legend with Crowe in the title role.

222pts

15

Noah

Darren Aronofsky's 2014 biblical epic with Crowe as the ark-building patriarch.

222pts