Superb acting on Leo's part, holds his own beside Robert Di Niro and look for an early sighting of Tobey Maguire.
This Boy's Life(1993) Starring:Eliza Dushku, Jonah Blechman, Ellen Barkin Director:Michael Caton-Jones Certificate:
Memoir-based drama about a teenage boy and his abusive stepfather starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro. Toby (DiCaprio), based on author Tobias Wolff, and his mother, Caroline (Ellen Barkin), are an unsettled pair. Toby's father left them when the boy was young and the abusive behaviour of ..read more »
Amazing acting from all the cast. A story to make your heart weap.
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
on DVD
(1993) Starring:John C. Reilly, Mary Steenburgen, Juliette Lewis Director:Lasse Hallstrom Certificate:
Swedish director Lasse Hallstrom's follow-up to the underrated Once Around earned far more attention than its predecessor thanks to the judicious casting of perennial thinking woman's heartthrob Johnny Depp and a certain up-and-coming thespian by the name of Leonardo DiCaprio. A prisoner of his ..read more »
Leo for the girls, western and Sharon Stone for the guys.
The Quick and the Dead
on DVD
(1995) Starring:Pat Hingle, Sharon Stone, Lance Henriksen Director:Sam Raimi Certificate: Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
Mayor Herod (Gene Hackman) has turned the town of Redemption from a friendly and safe place into a haven for criminals and thugs. In return for keeping these men on the streets, Herod receives fifty cents out of every dollar they make. Every year he holds a quick-draw shoot-out contest with a huge ..read more »
The Basketball Diaries(1995) Starring:James Madio, Patrick McGaw, Bruno Kirby Director:Scott Kalvert Certificate:
In early Seventies New York, drug addict Jim (Leonardo DiCaprio) keeps a diary detailing the course of his dissolute life. His grip on reality loosens as his consumption of illicit substances increases, until a spell at Riker's Island juvenile reformatory gives him a chance to regain control of his ..read more »
Have yet to see this. It's one i've been trying to get for a while.
Total Eclipse(1995) Starring:Romane Bohringer, Dominique Blanc, Leonardo DiCaprio Director:Agnieszka Holland Certificate:
Arthur Rimbaud (Leonardo DiCaprio) is called to Paris in 1871 by fellow poet Paul Verlaine (David Thewlis), and their common love of literature develops into an intense, but ultimately destructive, relationship. Rimbaud drinks and rampages his way through society life, refusing to live by the ..read more »
Two star-crossed lovers. Baz Luhrmann's version for the modern era.
Romeo And Juliet
on DVD
(1996) Starring:Paul Sorvino, Pete Postlethwaite, Diane Venora Director:Baz Luhrmann Certificate:
Shakespeare's play is transferred to the futuristic urban backdrop of Verona Beach, California. The Montague and Capulet families are embroiled in a long-running feud. When Romeo (Leonardo DiCaprio), a Montague, attends a Capulet ball in disguise, he falls in love with the beautiful Juliet (Claire ..read more »
Wonderful performance from DiCaprio, Streep and Keaton.
Marvin's Room
on DVD
(1996) Starring:Cynthia Nixon, Hal Scardino, Gwen Verdon Director:Jerry Zaks Certificate: Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
Sisters Bessie (Diane Keaton) and Lee (Meryl Streep) have not spoken for twenty years. Bessie nurses their ailing father Marvin (Hume Cronyn) and eccentric aunt Ruth (Gwen Verdon) in Florida, while Lee struggles to bring up her troublesome son Hank (Leonardo DiCaprio) in Ohio. When Bessie's doctor (..read more »
I'm sure i don't need to say anything here. Kate and Leo you know the story.
Titanic(1997) Starring:Leonardo Di Caprio, Billy Zane, Kate Winslet Director:James Cameron Certificate:
The journey of "Titanic" begins in the present, at the site of the ship's watery grave, two-and-a-half miles under the ocean surface. An ambitious fortune hunter (Bill Paxton) is determined to plumb the treasures of this once-stately ship, only to bring to the surface a story left untold. The ..read more »
Leo as King and as the imprisoned brother. All for one. One for all.
The Man in the Iron Mask
on DVD
(1998) Starring:Leonardo DiCaprio, John Malkovich, Jeremy Irons Director:Randall Wallace Certificate: Watch now: Unavailable
In Paris, 1662, the three Musketeers have now retired. Aramis (Jeremy Irons) is a priest, charged alongside the corrupt King Louis (Leonardo DiCaprio) with finding and eliminating the leader of the Jesuits in France. He reunites with Porthos (Gerard Depardieu) and Athos (John Malkovich), when they ..read more »
The Beach
on DVD
(2000) Starring:Guillaume Canet, Virginie Ledoyen, Tilda Swinton Director:Danny Boyle Certificate:
The desire to find something real - to connect with something or someone - is what drives Richard, a young American backpacker who arrives in Thailand with adventure on his mind. Travel, he asserts, is the search for experience, the quest for something different. At a cheap hotel in Bangkok, ..read more »