3. Blood Diamond (2006)
Leos turn as sometimes detestable, eventually winning Danny Archer was a great character upheaval piece and an engrossing affair. The many facets of Archers personality were explored throughout the average good Blood Diamond and was the best aspect of Edward Zwicks epic look at the Sierra Leone Civil War. DiCaprio breaks type here by adopting the personality of someone who is unlikeable throughout the majority of the film but still allows us to be sympathetic with his plight until the end where we really start to feel and root for him. This is another case where his performance outshone the film as a whole, anyone who likes this film and doesnt use his performance as a contributing factor is lying. Despite being nominated he lost to Forest Whitaker in The Last King of Scotland.