The beguiling mystique of Keanu Reeves can neither be overstated nor underestimated. One of the most popular and influential movie stars of all time, Keanu Reeves has quite the resume for an actor. But which of his movies are rightfully considered some of the greatest of all tim♔e?
Born in Beirut to an English💧 mother and a multiethnic father, Keanu Reeves lived in Sydney and New York City before his family settled in Toronto. Reeves' stepfather was director Paul Aaron, who men♓tored Reeves even after his mom divorced him and fostered his love for acting and theater. While Reeves briefly entertained a career in the Ontario Hockey League, an injury sidelined him, which led him to consider full-time acting.
Reeves' acting career started🐈 with the Canadian TV show Hangin' In, but made his feature𝕴 film debut in the 1986 sports film Youngblood. After 1989, Reeves' career reached new heights and hasn't come down since.
Amid his dalliances in rock music and comic book creation, Keanu Reeves is still a celꦆebrated actor whose name instantly raises the profile 🎶of any project he's in. In celebration of his ongoing career, here are 35 of the greatest Keanu Reeves movies.
35. The Bad Batch (2017)
In Ana Lily Amimpour's mystifying dystopian thriller The Bad Batch, Suki Waterhouse stars as a young woman who wanders the lawless Texas desert. She endures the wrath of cannibals, led by the brawny Miami Man (played by Jason Momoa) only to end up in a safe settlement called Comfort that isn't all that it seems. Keanu R𝐆eeves has a supporting role as "The Dream," Comfort's charismatic leader who exercises power through addictive hallucinogens and all-night raves. While Reeves doesn't show up until more than halfway through the movie, he's in fine form as a dangerous cult of personality.
34. 47 Ronin (2013)
The legendary folktale of the 47 masterless samurai (called "ronin") who sought revenge for the death of a feudal lord in 18th century Japan is loosely retold in this Hollywood blockbuster from director Carl Risnch and released in 2013. We say "loosely," because this version of the story has witches, giants, and heavenly beasts running amok. While 47 Ronin was a major box office bomb, it's still a pretty🌺 cool Keanu Reeves flick, with Reeves carrying himself with steely stoicism as an ice cool samurai warrior. Think of it as an unofficial Sekiro movie, and suddenly 47 Ronin comes off a lot cooler than its 16% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
33. The Replacements (2000)
Taking heavy inspiration from the real-life 1987 NFL strike that saw a team of "r🤪eplacement" players for the Washington Redskins win Super Bowl XXII, Keanu Reeves is a hail mary in this early 2000s comedy from Howard Deutch. Gene Hackman leads as a coach for the fictional Washington Sentinels who is tasked with putting together a team of "replacements" amid a league-wide player's strike. His first draft pick: Shane Falco (Reeves), a faded college football star whose pro career went to pieces after one bad season. The Replacements is far from a division leader among the greatest sports comedies, but Reeves is nonetheless an all-star.
23. Side by Side (2012)
Shortly after the digital filmmaking revolution took off, it was none other than Keanu Reeves who gave audiences an insider's glimpse into cinema's imminent future. In this riveting documentary that is catnip to cinephiles and technology obsessives, Reeves grills A-list directors like Martin Scorsese, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:James Cameron, David Fincher, Danny Boyle, George Lucas, Christopher Nolan and many, many more, all of them offering their two cents on th🃏e benefits of digital filmmaking while pondering what artists and audiences are losing in 𝓡the process.
13. A Scanner Darkly (2006)
From director Richard Linklater and boasting immaculate use of rotoscope animation, A Scanner Darkly is a star-studded sci-fi gem from the 2000s that needs to be seen to be believed. Based on Philip K. Dick's novel, A Scanner Darkly takes place in a near-future United States to follow an undercover officer (played by Keanu Reeves) who struggles to separate his physical reality from his mind-melting hallucinations. Winona Ryder, Robert Downey Jr., and Woody Harrelson co-star in thisꦇ trippy feature that ominously anticipated a paranoid nation split apart by fascist police states.
12. Point Break (1991)
Undercover feds meet extreme sports in this '90s action classic from director Kathryn Bigelow. In Point Break, Keanu Reeves plays an undercover FBI agent who embeds himself into a group of daredevil 🍌bank robbers; over time, Reeves' character develops a complex bond with its charismatic leader, played by Patrick Swayze. Beyond its memorable set pieces and masculine melodrama is the chemistry between Swayne and Reeves, whose characters you might believe would be best friends if not for the circumstances they find each other. In a movie all about adrenaline junkies, it's this bit of poetry which makes Point Break a real thrill.
11. John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019)
John Wick is on the run, and he's fighting like hell to stop running. In the third John Wic😼k movie, again directed by franchise co-creator Chad Stahelski, Keanu Reeves suits up once more as his famous assassin who is now exiled from New York. Besieged by hitmen everywhere he turns, John Wick escapes to Casablanca to recruit a fellow assassin, Sofia (Halle Berry), to help him meet the elusive figure known as "The Elder" who can put an end to his excommunicado status. John Wick: Chapter 3 turns the dial up from its predecessors, elevating John Wick into more than just slick action movies but genre-bending revenge epics.
10. Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
Shakespeare's most chillaxing play about love, secrets, and mischief comes to life in this scenic and sunkissed ಌadaptation from director Kenneth Branagh. Among the movie's ensemble cast is Keanu Reeves, who leads as the main antagonist Don John who conspires to ruin everyone's fun. Brimming with stars like Denzel Washington, Kate Beckinsale, Emma Thompson, Richard Briers, Michael Keaton, and more, Much Ado About Nothing 𝔉is a whole lot of something, yet another handsome Shakespeare production from Branagh, a filmmaker who knows The Bard better than most.
9. Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
A gothic romantic epic that can appeal to fans of Dark Souls and Bloodbourne, Bram Stoker's seminal horror novel is given life by master director Francis Ford Coppola. Keanu Reeves stars as Jonathan Harker, a solicitor from London who is dispatched to Transylvania to close a real-estate deal with the elusive Count Dracula (Gary Oldman). What Jonathan doesn't know is that his beloved Mina (Winona Ryder) may be the reincarnation of Dracula's long-deceased wife. Macabre and magnificent in equal measure, Bram Stoker's Dracula is a true '90s goth 🦄classic with a serious bite.
8. Toy Story 4 (2019)
Keanu Reeves has never been bigger than when he voiced the four-inch-tall Duke Caboom in Disney and Pixar's Toy Story 4. In this emotional sequel to the Toy Story series, Woody (Tom Hanks) is separated from his fellow toys after he tries to rescue the existentially-panicked Forky (Tony 🌠Hale). Upon reuniting with his old flame Bo Peep (Annie Potts), Wo𒀰ody must decide how he wants to spend the rest of his plastic life. Reeves' Duke Caboom — an enthusiastic stunt motorcyclist, from Canada — is a supporting player who aids Woody in his journey home.
