Matt Damon is a pretty good actor. I wouldn’t say he is the best out there, since many of his roles are similar, but I really like the guy and I like most of the movies he stars in. I also like that he does not take himself too seriously, which is indicated by his ridiculous roles in Eurotrip and on Entourage.
Let’s discuss some of Matt Damon’s best films so far in his career.
Rounders is one film that definitely makes the list for me. Rounders is a movie about playing poker and hustling. This movie also stars Edward Norton, as well as John Malkovich in one of my favorite roles of his career.
Another awesome Matt Damon movies is Good Will Hunting. There is little doubt that this is the film that put both Damon and Ben Affleck on the map. In fact, they also wrote the screenplay together, for which they received an Academy Award.
Ocean’s Twelve is another film that I will include on this list. I loved the first film, Ocean’s Eleven, but Matt Damon has a bigger role in the second installment. This is the movie where they let Linus (Damon’s character) take on a bigger part of the heist.
One other film that I definitely have to mention is The Bourne Identity. The Bourne movies are based on the character made famous in the novels by Robert Ludlum, and while the action is better in the second film, the first installment is wherever everything begins.
The last movie that I will mention on this list is The Departed. This is easily one of the best movies of the past decade and Damon was a big part of the reason why. Both Damon and Leonardo DiCaprio are fantastic in this movie.
