He’s considered one of the great actors of our time, and the movie studios keep hiring him despite personality clashes, negative publicity and the controversy that surrounds every Russell Crowe movie! All personal anger, judgmentalism and rationality problems aside, Russell Crowe has done some brilliant work in his films. Today we contrast the best Russell Crowe movies against the worst Russell Crowe movies!

The best Russell Crowe movies

Yes, there have been quite a few!

• LA Confidential: Before that massive ego was quite so developed, he and Guy Pearce sizzled together (in a very platonic way) in this Russell Crowe movie.
• The Insider: Russell Crowe managed to play an ordinary, decent, sometimes moody guy beautifully in this action where he had to pack on the pounds.
• A Beautiful Mind: Another non-standard Russell Crowe movie and a great achievement.

The worst Russell Crowe movies

• Proof of Life: This Meg Ryan collaboration by Russell Crowe left a lot of people saying ’meh…’. Not bad … certainly not great.
• A Good Year: The titlereally gives the game away … it’s not a great year, it’s notthe best year ever, it’s not the ‘year my voice broke’ …just another old year. Dull, uninspired … and probably justan excuse for Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe to chillax in Italy!
• Virtuosity: Bad idea, bad Russell Crowe movie …even good acting can’t save a silly premise.