The ever-evolving movie world is full of surprises. While most directors sit behind the camera and orchestrate the magic on screen, there are several filmmakers who can shine both in front of and behind the camera. These films remain unique as it brings out an introspective perspective in character development and storytelling. Most filmmakers experiment with different roles before becoming a director, after all, a director needs the insight of every artistic department when making films. The most popular directors such as Alfred Hitchcock and Martin Scorsese have also made cameos in their own films.
This transactional relationship between acting and directing has been iconic throughout the ages, most famously exemplified by Orson Welles' Burger Kane, who played an important role in American cinema. Welles' background as a theater and radio actor contributed to understanding the multidimensionality of Charles Foster Kane as a character, which changed the way we view the journey of a protagonist in film history. Here are 10 movies where actors have proven they can wear the director's cap too and make it count!
10 Argo
Argo is a historical drama thriller film directed by Ben Affleck, who also stars as Tony Mendez, who led the rescue mission of six American diplomats from Iran who were taken hostage during the Iran hostage crisis. The team was disguised as a film crew looking for locations in Iran and training the refugees to perform. The movie was based on the memoir The master of disguise written by Mendezand the article How the CIA used a fake sci-fi movie to rescue Americans from Tehran by Joshua Bearman.
The film was praised for its screenplay and Affleck impressed critics and audiences alike with his directorial chops. Affleck struck the right balance of suspense and pathos in this true historic event where Mendez and his team risk their lives for fellow Americans. The film received seven Academy Awards nominations, winning three for Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Film Editing.
9 In the wilderness
In the wilderness is an adventure biopic directed by Sean Penn and based on the story of Christopher McCandless who trekked through the Alaskan wilderness, leaving behind a life of material wealth. The film is based on the book of the same name by Jon Krakauer. The film was known for its serene cinematography and background score, which was composed by Eddie Vedder. The film won Best Original Song in the Golden Globe Awards and was nominated for Best Editing and Best Supporting Actor for Hal Holbrook. Several admirers of the film believe that Emile Hirsch was replaced by his performance as McCandless, who went through a physical transformation as he exposed the character's philosophical vulnerabilities.
8 A quiet place
A quiet placeis a unique science fiction horror film set in a post-apocalyptic world, directed by John Krasinski, who also played the protagonist in the film. The film follows a family trying to survive in a world where blind aliens feed on creatures through their hearing. The family must survive in silence, as the slightest whisper can provoke danger and cost their lives. Krasinski was praised for his take on a film with an unconventional approach to sound design, in which deafness is not met with empathy but associated with danger.
The film was nominated for Best Original Score at the Golden Globe Awards, Best Sound Editing for the Academy Awards, and the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay. Krasinski, who played the father of the family, also wore the terrifying creature's motion capture suit in some scenes. According to him, the biggest compliment he received was from Stephen King, who complimented the performances and how silence enhances the drama in the film.
7 Out
Out is a psychological thriller film written and the directorial debut of Key and Peele's famed Jordan Peele. The story follows Chris and the harrowing events he witnessed when he met his girlfriend's family. The film was known for reinventing the horror genre and combining it with social commentary about racial politics in America.
The film was a critical favorite in 2010 and continues to be the most talked about film in pop culture and academia in terms of genre and black representation in film. It was a surprising experience to see Peele experiment with the horror genre as he is best known for his comedic performance with Keygan Michael Key on Comedy Central's sketch comedy show. Key and Peele. The influence of the show can be seen in Out in terms of his observations of interracial families. Peele won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and the film was also nominated for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor for Daniel Kaluuya who played Chris.
6 Unbroken
Unbroken is a biopic war drama directed by Angelina Jolie and written by the Coen Brothers, Richard LaGravenese and William Nicholson. The film is inspired by the life of Louie Zamperini, who survived World War II in an ocean and was later captured as a prisoner of war in Japan. The film may be difficult to watch, but is a testament to human willpower and forgiveness in wartime. The film was praised for Roger Deakin's cinematography and Jolie's direction while paying homage to the greatest generation. Jolie does not shy away from depicting the inhumanity and how Zamperini persisted in the hell of POW camps.
5 mystical river
mystical river is a neo-noir crime drama directed by Clint Eastwood, who is also credited as the composer of the score. The film follows a hard-hitting story where an ex-con, played by Sean Penn, loses his daughter to murder. Jimmy takes matters into his own hands and suspects a worker is the culprit. The film was loved by audiences and critics and praised for its performances and cinematography. Sean Penn and Tim Robbins won the Academy Awards for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor, respectively, making them the first film to win both awards since Ben Hur. Eastwood combines the theme of childhood trauma and an investigative thriller to tell a compelling story of the loss of a father and the apathetic masculinity of criticism.
4 One night in Miami...
A night in Miami…is Regina King's feature debut, a fictionalized take on a real-life encounter between Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, Sam Cooke and Jim Brown. The four celebrate Ali's real-life victory over Sonny Liston and passionately discuss African American identity against the backdrop of the civil rights movement. The film was praised for King's directing, Kingsley Ben-Adir's portrayal of Malcolm X, and Leslie Odom Jr's portrayal of Sam Cooke.
The film was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Odom, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Song and King was nominated for Best Director at The Golden Globe Awards. While the film was an imaginative take on what transpired on that evocative night between the four African-American icons, the film makes a compelling argument about how the night could have turned out through the authentic portrayal of not only the beliefs of the characters, but also of the beliefs of the characters. their personalities.
3 Life is Beautiful
Life is Beautiful is a drama directed by Roberto Benigni that follows the life of a Jewish Italian bookshop named Guido Orefice, played by Benigni, who uses humor to uphold his son's hopes in the backdrop of Nazism-ravaged Germany. The movie is inspired by the book iIn the end I defeated Hitler written by Rubino Romeo Salmonì and by Benigni's father who spent two years in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp during World War II. Although the film is mainly about the Holocaust, Benigni makes the film about hope and the role of humor in times of tragedy.
Benigni won the Academy Award for Best Actor, making him the second actor to win an Oscar for directing himself and the fourth filmmaker to be nominated for Best Actor, Best Director and Best Screenplay in the same year. Several critics compared the film and Benigni's performance to Charlie Chaplin's The great dictator for its physical comedy Chaplinesque and the historical context on which the film is based.
2 The great dictator
The great director is a satirical comedy directed by Charlie Chaplin that became Chaplin's first true sound film. Chaplin continued to make silent movies after movies with sound were made. Chaplin plays two characters in the film, a Jewish barber and a dictator named Adenoid Hynkel, a composite character based on Adolf Hitler. Both seem identical in appearance, the barber being mistaken for Hynkel when he returns to his neighborhood. Chaplin made the film because he disagreed with the views of fascism and Nazism while Germany was still under Hitler's power.
The film is considered historically significant for its position at the time of war and its use of political satire. The film was financed entirely by Chaplin and is the only Oscar nominee to star Chaplin. Initially, the idea was that the film was based on the life of Napoleon Bonaparte, but with the rise of Hitler and Mussolini, Chaplin decided to make the film based on the dictators.
1 Burger Kane
Burger Kaneis a drama directed by Orson Welles that is based on the life of a newspaper mogul named Charles Forster Kane who is played by Welles. The film is Welles' first feature film and is regarded as one of the greatest films in cinema history. The film is known for its non-linear narrative structure, masterful cinematography by Gregg Toland, and its inventive way of following a character's journey and what makes a multi-dimensional character.
The film's open climax remains iconic and has established itself Rose bud as a metaphor that completes one's purpose in life. It's interesting to follow the history of the movie's reaction as the movie was considered a flop at the box office and was booed at the Academy Awards every time the nine nominations for the movie were announced. It was later voted the greatest film ever made by every credible film journalism poll.
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