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Leonardo DiCaprio · Filmography Ranked

Best Leonardo DiCaprio Films, Ranked by IQ Score

Three decades of cinema's most-deliberately-curated leading-man catalog. Every DiCaprio film, ranked.

Leonardo DiCaprio's filmography is the most-deliberately-curated post-1990 leading-man catalog. He's worked with Scorsese six times (Gangs of New York, The Aviator, The Departed, Shutter Island, The Wolf of Wall Street, Killers of the Flower Moon) — the most-sustained recent actor-director collaboration after De Niro/Scorsese.

Anchor picks: The Departed (2006), Inception (2010), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019). Plus Catch Me If You Can (2002), Shutter Island (2010), Django Unchained (2012).

12 titles · ranked by IQ Score

  1. 1
    Killers of the Flower Moon poster — IQ Score 185/200 — Masterclass tier

    Killers of the Flower Moon

    Masterclass historical, drama, crime

    The FBI investigates the murder of Osage Nation members during the oil boom. Educational about the Osage murders and American racism. Cognitive engagement from the historical justice and the detective work. Entertainment…

    185/200
  2. 2
    The Wolf of Wall Street poster — IQ Score 180/200 — Masterclass tier

    The Wolf of Wall Street

    Masterclass biography, crime, drama

    A finance broker builds a fraud operation dealing cocaine and defrauding investors. Educational about securities fraud and addiction. Cognitive engagement from the protagonist's charisma and self-delusion. Entertainment…

    180/200
  3. 3
    Catch Me If You Can poster — IQ Score 170/200 — Masterclass tier

    Catch Me If You Can

    Masterclass biography, crime, drama

    An FBI agent pursues a brilliant con artist. Educational about conning and investigation. Cognitive engagement from the cat-and-mouse game. Entertainment from the crime thriller.

    170/200
  4. 4
    Django Unchained poster — IQ Score 162/200 — Masterclass tier

    Django Unchained

    Masterclass western, drama

    A slave becomes a bounty hunter and pursues his wife's captor. Educational about slavery and revenge. Cognitive engagement from the protagonist's agency. Entertainment from the action and the dialogue.

    162/200
  5. 5
    The Departed poster — IQ Score 160/200 — Masterclass tier

    The Departed

    Masterclass crime, drama, thriller

    An undercover cop and a mob informant inside the police force hunt each other. Educational about organized crime and corruption. Cognitive engagement from the parallel infiltration. Entertainment from the cat-and-mouse d…

    160/200
  6. 6
    Gangs of New York poster — IQ Score 160/200 — Masterclass tier

    Gangs of New York

    Masterclass drama, historical, epic

    Scorsese's long-gestating 2002 Civil War-era Five Points epic, anchored by Daniel Day-Lewis's Bill the Butcher — one of the most committed villain performances of 2000s American film. The Five Points set construction (Ci…

    160/200
  7. 7
    The Aviator poster — IQ Score 160/200 — Masterclass tier

    The Aviator

    Masterclass drama, biography, historical

    Scorsese's 2004 Howard Hughes biopic anchored by DiCaprio's most carefully-rendered mid-career performance. The aviation-history specificity (the H-1 Racer test flight, the Spruce Goose maiden flight, the Hughes-vs-Pan-A…

    160/200
  8. 8
    Shutter Island poster — IQ Score 153/200 — Stimulating tier

    Shutter Island

    Stimulating drama, mystery, thriller

    Layers 1950s detective noir with unreliable protagonist and possible mental illness across island-set mystery, demanding viewers parse reality from psychological construct.

    153/200
  9. 9
    Titanic poster — IQ Score 153/200 — Stimulating tier

    Titanic

    Stimulating drama, romance

    Cameron's historical romance interweaves a love story across class divides with the Titanic's documented sinking, making human connection the metaphor for historical tragedy. The film's elaborate recreation of maritime d…

    153/200
  10. 10
    Inception poster — IQ Score 152/200 — Stimulating tier

    Inception

    Stimulating sci-fi, action

    A thief who specializes in extracting secrets from dreams is offered a chance at redemption through 'inception' — implanting an idea. Cognitive demands are high from tracking multiple dream layers and the shifting rules…

    152/200
  11. 11
    Once Upon a Time in Hollywood poster — IQ Score 148/200 — Stimulating tier

    Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

    Stimulating drama, comedy

    Quentin Tarantino's valentine to 1969 Hollywood featuring a fading TV actor and his stuntman. Exceptional craft — the recreation of late-1960s Los Angeles is extraordinary. Educational about the Hollywood system of the p…

    148/200
  12. 12
    The Revenant poster — IQ Score 147/200 — Stimulating tier

    The Revenant

    Stimulating drama, adventure, historical

    2015 Best Picture nominee and Best Actor winner (Leonardo DiCaprio). A frontiersman's survival and revenge journey in the 1820s American wilderness. Moderate cognitive demands. Educational value from the frontier setting…

    147/200

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