When it comes to versatile male actors in Hollywood these days, there are only a few. Daniel Day Lewis is the king; Leonardo Di Caprio is great, as is Johnny Depp. But another fantastic actor that was overlooked until recently is Christian Bale.

Here are some of my favorite Christian Bale movies.

The Dark Knight – Let’s get the obvious out of the way. Arguably the greatest comic book movie of all time, this movie is truly a masterpiece. It took a bunch of tries before Hollywood was able to invigorate the Batman franchise before they got it right with Christian Bale.

The Prestige – Another great Christopher Nolan and Christian Bale collaboration, The Prestige is a turn of the century story about rival magicians and is an incredible movie. I catch something new every time I watch it.

The Machinist – This movie is the epitome of an actor devoting himself to a role. Bale lost over 70 pounds for this movie, eating only an apple and a can of tuna every day for months in preparation for a movie that was in limited release.

Based on the book of the same name, Bale plays Patrick Bateman in American Psycho, a psychopathic New York investment banker in the 80s. This movie has as many memorable lines as any for me.

Inspired by a true story, in Werner Herzog’s Rescue Dawn, Christian Bale plays an imprisoned US pilot during the Vietnam War who plans an escape into the jungles of Laos. Sufficed to say, he lost a ton of weight for this movie as well.

Finally, 3:10 to Yuma was another fantastic performance by Christian Bale. A good western is hard to come by these days, but Bale and Russell Crowe managed to pull it off.

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