01 An Oscar-nominated performance as a father reckoning with his wife's infidelity and mortality.
George Clooney – 10 Best Movies
By Vlad Zakh · April 27, 2026
United States Drama thought provoking
Michael Clayton and Syriana show him at his most restrained and least movie-star; Ocean’s Eleven is here because the charm itself is the whole point. Up in the Air splits the difference between the two modes.
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02 A soldier chasing hidden gold in the chaotic aftermath of the Gulf War.
03 A supporting role in the film he also directed, about journalist Edward R. Murrow.
04 A veteran astronaut guiding Sandra Bullock through a catastrophic space disaster.
05 A charming bank robber falling for the U.S. Marshal chasing him.
06 A fast-talking escaped convict on an odyssey through Depression-era Mississippi.
07 An Oscar-nominated role as a man whose entire life is built around avoiding attachment.
08 An Oscar-winning turn as a CIA operative caught in the global oil trade.
09 An Oscar-nominated performance as a burned-out legal fixer with a conscience.
10 Danny Ocean, the smoothest ringleader of the smoothest heist crew in modern film.