Brad Pitt turns 60: 7 best roles of Hollywood's sex symbol

7. "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"

• 2007
• USA, Canada, UK
• Biography, western, crime, drama
• Director: Andrew Dominik
• Starring: Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Sam Rockwell, Paul Schneider
• IMDb Rating: 7.5

Jesse James (Brad Pitt) is one of the most notorious criminals of the 20th century in the United States. One day Robert Ford decides to join him — a kid for whom the legendary bandit is an idol. However, over time, he realizes that James is not just a charismatic robber who earned the fame of Robin Hood, but a ruthless killer, intoxicated by fame and impunity. Realizing that his mentor will soon go over the heads of his accomplices, Robert decides to betray him.

The movie was nominated in two categories at the Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor (Casey Affleck) and Best Cinematography (Roger Deakins). Brad Pitt admitted in an interview that "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" is his favorite movie of all time.

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6. "Moneyball"

• 2011
• USA
• Drama, biography, history
• Director: Bennett Miller
• Starring: Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Chris Pratt, Robin Wright
• IMDb Rating: 7.6

The general manager of the Oakland Athletics baseball team, Billy Beane (Brad Pitt), is forced to form a new team with a paltry budget. Under such circumstances, star players can be forgotten about. One day he meets Peter Brando (Jonah Hill), a young economist who has developed a mathematical system for calculating the performance of athletes based on their personal performance. Beane decides to use this methodology at his own risk when recruiting a new team.

The movie is based on a true story about the manager of the Oakland Athletics baseball team, Billy Beane. Before shooting in the next movie in this list critics considered the role of Billy Beane the best in the career of Brad Pitt. The picture received Oscar nominations, including for best film of the year, four Golden Globe nominations and three BAFTA nominations.

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5. "Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood" 

• 2019
• USA, UK, China
• Drama, comedy
• Director: Quentin Tarantino
• Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Emile Hirsch, Margaret Qualley
• IMDb Rating: 7.6

Los Angeles, late 1960s. Actor Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio), experiencing the decline of his career, is nervously trying to cling to his slipping fame. His only support is understudy Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt), aka Rick's assistant and best friend. While the boss drowns his creative crisis with alcohol, Booth grabs any job. In the meantime, he takes a look at a cute hippie girl (Margaret Qualley) from a nearby community. And something is clearly wrong with this community.

The movie received a wide list of nominations and awards. For the role in this movie Brad Pitt finally gor the coveted acting Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.

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4. "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"

• 2008
• USA
• Drama, fantasy
• Director: David Fincher
• Starring: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Julia Ormond, Taraji Henson, Jason Fleming
• IMDb Rating: 7.8

One day, an infant who looks like an old man is dropped off at a nursing home. A childless couple working there decides to take him in and raise him as their own son. Gradually Benjamin (Brad Pitt) — so his adoptive parents named him — gains strength, recovers and... gets younger. Benjamin's first friend becomes a girl Daisy (Cate Blanchett). Only the girl grows up, but Benjamin continues to grow younger. At some point, the pair finally find each other as lovers, but they both know that the romance can't last because Benjamin becomes a young man and later a teenager, while Daisy fades.

The film received 13 Academy Award nominations, including the categories of Best Picture, Best Director, Best Leading Actor (Brad Pitt), and Best Supporting Actress (Taraji Henson). As a result, the picture won three statuettes for best sets, visual effects and makeup. In total, the film has 83 awards and 160 nominations from various film festivals and awards around the world. Box office receipts of the film amounted to $335.8 million with a budget of $167 million.

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3. "The Big Short" 

• 2015
• USA
• Drama, comedy, biography, history
• Director: Adam McKay
• Starring: Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Brad Pitt, Melissa Leo
• IMDb Rating: 7.8

Based on a true story, the film follows a group of financiers who predicted the 2008 real estate market crash, including Ben Rickert (Brad Pitt). Skillfully using the imperfections of the system, their knowledge, and the belief that not even financial institutions can keep the impending real estate market crash at bay, they circumvent the system and emerge victorious.

The film won an Oscar and a BAFTA for Best Adapted Screenplay, and Brad Pitt was involved with the film not only as an actor but also as a producer.

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2. "Snatch"

• 2000
• Great Britain, USA
• Crime, comedy, action
• Directeor: Guy Ritchie
• Starring: Jason Statham, Stephen Graham, Brad Pitt, Alan Ford, Robbie Gee
• IMDb Rating: 8.2

Four-fingered Frankie (Benicio Del Toro) doesn't have a very difficult task: smuggle an incredibly valuable yet stolen diamond from Britain to New York. But he manages to get himself into big trouble by deciding to place a bet with a bookie on an underground fight. Frankie gets in touch with the wrong people, and an 84-carat diamond goes "walking" all over the city.

The role of an inarticulate gypsy in "Snatch" remains for many one of the most favorite roles of Brad Pitt. When the actor learned that he was to play the role of a boxer again, he was puzzled, because he had just finished shooting in "Fight Club" and wanted something new. However, he decided to take part in the shoot anyway because of his longtime dream of working with Richie.

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1. "Fight Club" 

• 1999
• USA, Germany
• Thriller, drama, crime
• Director: David Fincher
• Starring: Edward Norton, Brad Pitt, Helena Bonham Carter, Mit Lowe, Zach Grenier
• IMDb Rating: 8.8

A typical "white-collar" (Edward Norton) working at an insurance company and suffering from insomnia, meets by chance the charismatic rebel Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt), who lives with very different attitudes. Together, they organize a private fight club that is not to be talked about. However, Tyler's ambitions go beyond that: he wants to destroy the consumer system itself.

"One of Fincher's favorite films and one of my favorite book adaptations. Generally a big fan of Palanick. I don't get tired of re-watching "Fight Club" once every couple years", — Koluchka98.

"The movie is brilliant. It is impossible to describe it with one opinion, because everyone will get something out of this picture for himself. All the actors are completely different, everyone has their own view of the world and everything that is going on around them", — Hotchu_chipsov.

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