Ben Mendelsohn’s 10 Best Movies (According To IMDb)

Ben Mendelsohn is a fantastic, yet understated actor. Today, we’re digging through his ten best movie roles according to their IMDb ratings.

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Known for primarily playing villains, Ben Mendelsohn has his foot in two of the world’s largest franchises with his starring roles in both Star Wars and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and he doesn’t seem to be slowing down anytime soon. The 50-year-old Australian has been acting since he was 14-years-old, but only began his rise to stardom in the United States in the early 2010’s starting with the hit sequel The Dark Knight Rises.

Far from just a film actor, Ben Mendelsohn has starred in a wide array of mediums from theater to hit television series such as Netflix’s Bloodline to doing voice work for the 2019 animated film Spies In Disguise. Here is a list of his ten top-rated filmed according to IMDb.

10 Babyteeth (7.2)

Recently premiering at the 76th Venice International Film Festival, the Australian dramedy Babyteeth takes the audience through a whirlwind of emotions from delight to grief and everything in between in a story about the joys and pains of simply being alive. Ben Mendelsohn stars as Henry, a psychiatrist struggling to hold his floundering family together after his teenage daughter, Milla (Eliza Scanlan), is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness and the only thing that seems to make her happy is a well-meaning but immature drug dealer boyfriend named Moses (Toby Wallace). Babyteeth is a tragically beautiful coming-of-age story that illustrates just how many shades of gray there are when trying to do what’s best for someone that you love.

9 The Year My Voice Broke (7.3)

Boy meets girl. Boy loves girl. Girl loves other boy. Ben Mendelsohn’s breakout hit back in 1987, The Year My Voice Broke, set in New South Wales in the 1960’s, follows a socially awkward teenager named Danny (Noah Taylor) coming to terms with his growing attraction for his best friend, Freya (Leone Carmen). Mendelsohn stars as Trevor Leishman, the sweet but obnoxious schoolyard bad boy, and Danny’s romantic rival. Inspired by his years in boarding school, director John Duigan originally wrote The Year My Voice Broke as a prequel to his screenplay Flirting, which was later produced in 1990. The Year My Voice Broke went on to win 5 AFI awards.

8 Animal Kingdom (7.3)

A highly successful film that would later inspire a TNT television series of the same name, Animal Kingdom explores the dark underworld of a Melbourne crime family.

When the young Joshua Cody’s (James Frecheville) mother dies of a drug overdose, he has no choice but to take shelter with the side of his family that his mother had always tried to protect him from, while also attempting to avoid tumbling down with them in their downward spiral. Arguably his first true “villain” role, Mendelsohn is chilling as Joshua’s sinister and unhinged uncle, Andrew “Pope” Cody, who has a scene that the actor himself describes as “horrific”.

7 The Place Beyond The Pines (7.3)

Directed and co-written by Derek Cianfrance, The Place Beyond The Pines is a film broken into three, distinct parts about action and consequence, and how mistakes made years ago can begin a damaging chain of events for the future. Upon finding out that he has a child that he never knew about, Luke Glanton (Ryan Gosling), a motorcycle stunt rider, gives up his nomadic life to attempt to have a relationship with his son.

Mendelsohn shines in the first act of the story, as the shockingly sweet mechanic, Robin van der Hook, who takes an immediate liking to Luke and gives him a job and a place to stay. Unable to make enough money to support himself, Luke turns to a life of crime that sets off a tragic domino effect that will affect both his and his son’s lives.

6 The King (7.3)

Though not his largest part, Ben Mendelsohn’s role in 2019’s The King as the tyrannical, ailing King Henry IV is a powerful one. Mendelsohn’s commanding presence makes his screen time feel so much more prominent than the few minutes that he’s allotted. Directed by David Michod (Animal Kingdom), he plays brilliantly alongside a cast that includes Timothee Chalemet, Robert Pattinson, and Joel Edgerton, in the Netflix historical drama that tells the famous tale of the reluctantly crowned Hal (Timothee Chalamet), otherwise known as Henry the V, and his rise to power as he’s forced to navigate his new position as king in a war he never wanted to inherit.

5 Starred Up (7.3)

Directed by David Mackenzie and written by a prison therapist named Jonathan Asser, Starred Up is a tragically real British prison drama that doesn’t shy away from the darker details and dehumanizing experiences of life behind bars. Eric Love is a violent, 19-year-old offender that is transferred from the tolerant environment of juvenile detention to the same prison facility as his estranged father, Neville (Ben Mendelsohn). Ben Mendelsohn gives a moving performance as a 15-year prison veteran who loves his son, but is torn between protecting and forming a bond with his unmanageable child, and compromising his social status at the prison.

4 Darkest Hour (7.4)

Nominated for 6 Oscars in 2017, Darkest Hour is a solemn and inspiring historical biopic about British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill (Gary Oldman), during the early days of World War II. Throughout the film, Churchill is faced with the difficult decision of either negotiating with Adolf Hitler for the safety of his country or refusing and facing his forces to the potential detriment of his people. Ben Mendelsohn stars as King George VI and the chemistry between him and Oldman sparks on screen. Whether in calm or argument, in every scene, the two seem to bounce off of each other’s energy and truly sell the relationship between George and Churchill.

3 Ready Player One (7.5)

Based on a novel that shares the same name and directed by Steven Spielberg, Ready Player One is a fun, action-packed adventure into the future. Set in 2045, when most of the world’s interactions are done through virtual reality in an Internet platform called the OASIS, Wade Watts is knee-deep in the contest of a lifetime.

OASIS creator, James Halliday, has devised his own Willy Wonka’s “golden ticket,” hidden somewhere in cyberspace. Whoever finds it, gets control of his company and his fortune. Ben Mendelsohn slips into the role of villain and greedy CEO seamlessly. Desperate to win the contest, Nolan Sorrento will stop at nothing to increase his riches and look cool while doing it.

2 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (7.8)

Set just before the original Star Wars trilogy, Rogue One covers the missing chapter of the story about the heroic group of rebels responsible for assisting in the destruction of the Death Star. Ben Mendelsohn stars as the lead antagonist and is easily the winner of “most fabulous costume” with that incredible white cape. A previous member of the Republic’s “Gifted Program” with Galen Erso, Director Krennic prides himself as being the mind behind the Death Star, despite Erso being the true brain behind the actual technology. Complete with epic scenes involving none other than Darth Vader himself, Rogue One is a Star Wars film true to the heart and soul of the original trilogy.

1 The Dark Knight Rises (8.4)

Following Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, this popular DC threequel introduces the audience to other popular comic book characters never before seen in the Nolan universe, such as Bane (Tom Hardy) and Cat Woman (Anne Hathaway). Ben Mendelsohn plays a lower level villain by the name of John Daggett, a rich businessman who attempts to take control of Wayne Enterprises by employing Bane. Like many Mendelsohn characters, his pride is his ultimate downfall.

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