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Keanu Reeves has been a phenomenal performer for over 30 years! Passing down blockbusters to not-so-great performances over time Reeve has been long enough in the industry that he genuinely qualifies as a heartthrob for a generation as well as the "cool dude nice guy" for others.
Apart from it all he has played a wide variety of roles and is very well known for some of them such as Ted Theodore Logan and Neo. Many critics often view Reeve's zen and sternness as boring and unenthusiastic but as every great actor, he blends his persona into the role creating leads with his touch.
We have brought to you the 30 BEST Keanu Reeve movies so that you don't have to waste your time looking for some of his amazing works- get to your binge-watching ASAP after picking the right one for you to watch anywhere anytime!
1)TO THE BONE
Keanu Reeve is well known for his caring and natural persona over Hollywood and its many-many viewers, making him the perfect fit in the movie "to the bone" where he plays the character of a patient and caring doctor dealing with teenagers with eating disorders. The young leader in the Film is played by none other than Lily Collins (famous for her role as Emily - Emily in Paris Netflix) Ellen is a college drop out- affected by anorexia the young adult who faces a hard life and is then sent to a facility where she feels uncomfortable but gradually open up to William Beckham (Reeves) and starts healing emotionally and physically.
This is one of the most comforting and educational films highlighting the struggles of eating disorders- if not this should be on your list of best Keanu Reeve movies.
2)THE GIFT
Be prepared cause the upcoming role is something much unexpected from Reeves. Usually playing the naturally charismatic and friendly roles Reeve's certainly stepped out of his comfort zone for this one.
The director of the film Sam Raimi well appreciated for his horror genre all over Hollywood- they both decided to try something new and created "The Gift", a supernatural mystery with a hint of horror where Keanu played the role of a neurotic and impulsive abuser.
3)THE NEON DEMON
The neon demon is another dark horror played out fantastically by Reeve,
He plays the role of a manager in a stale cheap motel in Los Angeles where a young woman named Jesse(played by Elle Fanning) has moved to pursue her dream in the fashion and modeling industry.
The beauty of the young woman skyrockets her career and dreams when the photographer (Dean)- Played by Karl Gusman undertakes her projects. Making other models envious of her success. Jesse has overwhelming night terrors of Hank(Keanu Reeve's) assaulting her. The movie also does the job of covering the dark side of the fashion and beauty industry and how it exploits women and others to meet its unrealistic standards.
Another one of Reeve's educational to the slightly terrifying movie to watch is THE NEON DEMON.
4)MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
If you're a sucker for literature and works of Shakespeare this one's for you.
Much Ado About Nothing is one of the comic plays written by Shakespeare and has had many interpretations over the years. Yet one of its most popular and best-revived ones is the movie by Kenneth Branahagh's 19913. Known as one of the best adaptations of the theme. Reeve is seen playing the role of the witty villain Don John which makes him perfect because of his zen and stern nature, it reflects the slyness and witty characteristics of Don John's plans.
5)PARENTHOOD
If any of you think talent comes by experience, Keanu Reeve's Parenthood is here to prove you wrong - even at the brink of his career, Reeve delivered one of his best performances in the film. It has well-written comic elements that will make you fall out of your seat but the roots are seeded in reality and humbly relates to everyone with its take on real-life familial relationships.
6)POINT BREAK
Facing hardcore criticism the movie Point Break is still one of Reeve's best takes on his popular character "Utah". As many people saw the film as completely insensible the movie delivers a strong sense of enthusiasm.
The movie is based on an undercover mission in which an FBI agent partakes to catch a group of surfers who are also robbers. Phew. Utah's chemistry with the group leader bodhi is seen as erotic and strong making it stand out from the rest of the "we fell in love while committing the crime" stories.
This Reeve movie is perfect for a lazy Sunday night and should be a must-watch on your- best Keanu Reeve's movies to watch bucket list.
7)BILL AND TED'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE
Most viewers regarded the movie as bird-headed just like its characters Bill and Ted. However, the film does a commendable job of creating parodies of historical events and simply delivering them.
Most of all Reeve has made time travel a key element of the movie plain and simple to grasp making it a light-hearted yet crisp movie to watch.
8)THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE
A 90's hit "the devil's advocate" is one of those movies that humbly asked Reeve to renew his persona completely and lose his amiability for the role which was a huge step for Reeve's however being the talented and dextrous actor that he is, Reeve's shook it off and adapted to this new persona indicating his work and efforts towards his profession as an actor.
Adaptation of the 1990 novel by Andrew Neiderman, "The Devil's Advocate" the film follows the effective Florida lawyer Kevin Lomax, Kevin (Reeve's) isn't opposed to utilizing tricky strategies to win his cases.
9)SPEED
Among a variety of action films coming out in the 1990s, speed is one of the best movies to watch. Created by director Jan De Bront "Speed" will keep you hooked on the edge of your seat as it maintained its thrill throughout the thriller sequence.
The crux of the movie revolves around an alarming situation where LAPD officer Jack Traven (Reeve) gets informed about the detonation of a bus with a bomb that will explode if the bus crosses 50mph. He quickly rushes to the bus and boards it although he is a bit too late. The co-star of Reeve's in this movie is none other than Sandra Bullock who plays the role of a passenger in the following bus, they bond and their chemistry through the screen is palpable.
10)THE MATRIX
Even if you haven't heard of science fiction, I bet you have heard of this indeed. One of the most popular science fiction movies ever made is The Matrix.
Also, the movie introduced ground-breaking Kung foo battles combined with slo-mo gunfights to the Hollywood industry. The matrix is pretty much where Elon Musk got the idea "We're living in a simulation" with its complex allegory around many complicated topics especially Greek philosopher Plato's "allegory of the cave" this movie is one of the best and most phenomenal action sci-fi films in the history of the film industry worldwide. If you haven't watched it already or worse- haven't heard of it GO WATCH IT NOW. As it truly is one of the best Keanu Reeve movies to watch out there.
11)Dangerous Liaisons
If you enjoy plays and especially costume-based themes this one is for you.
Albeit the film happens in eighteenth-century France, the subject material doesn't feel unimportant. The unrefined sexual substance in "dangerous Liaisons" is more surprising than in most movies of its age. The characters in "dangerous Liaisons" are heartless. The film investigates the unfortunate outcomes of a shameful plan.
The previous sweethearts Vicomte Sébastien de Valmont (John Malkovich) and the Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil (Glenn Close) enjoy taunting their peers. They guess about the different heartfelt affairs that are secretly happening in the upper-class world. Merteuil needs to seek retribution on her previous life partner, the Comte de Bastide. Merteuil initiates Valmont to allure the Comte de Bastides' new life partner, Cécile de Volanges (Uma Thurman).
In any case, Cécile starts to fall head over heels for her music educator, the hapless Le Chevalier Raphael Danceny (Keanu Reeves). This enjoyments Merteuil greatly. She realizes that Danceny is an ordinary citizen, and gets no opportunity to truly wedding a rich young lady.
12)BRAM STROKERS DRACULA
With countless adaptations to the role of Dracula or Vampires it is extremely difficult to bring life to the character with so many existing versions, but don't you worry our versatile actor Keanu Reeves has done just the job of creating a perfect Dracula in the film "BRAM STROCKERS DRACULA"
13)CONSTANTINE
With many of Reeve's fans requesting him to be a part of the Marvel universe- his work in DC is overseen. Keanu Reeve has played the role of the villain in one of the most popular DC comics as "John Constantine", the movie came out in 2005 where Reeve's character was created for the hell blazer.
14)BILL AND TED FACE THE MUSIC
A sequel series of the previous Bill and Ted movies, this was proof that even sequels can be great. The story revolves around Bill and Ted who are on a mission to find themselves, a version of themselves they had always dreamed of to be the perfect musicians and write the song they had imagined would be a breakthrough, on this journey both the protagonists realize their role as fathers in their daughter's lives and turn to another life as the daughters become flourishing musicians, this film truly is one of the best heart touching Keanu Reeves films to watch.
15) JOHN WICK
A popular series where Keanu has not failed to display his stoic side as the character John who loses his wife due to terminal illness. After the demise of his beloved wife, he turns to the beagle pup (Daisy) left behind by his wife, however on a harsh encounter between him and a Russian mob he gets mobbed losing his car and daisy, leading to multiple enraged events afterward.
16)THE NIGHT BEFORE
Oh well well well, this one's another typically written rom-com satire following many such films in the genre at the time, to be fair it isn't a great watch and would be considered something "typical" if not for Reeve's upbringing of the movie.
Followed by the two lead characters Winston Connelley (Reeves) and Tara Mitchell (Lori Laughlin) - Winston the not-so-popular loner scores a date with Tara the hot and popular cheerleader who does so only on a bet- however as they both lose their way back the feelings spark…. You already know the rest.
17)SIDE BY SIDE
Another project taken up by Reeves that not only entertains us but educates us is "Side By Side" the film emerges from Reeves' experience in the industry working with some of the greatest over time and undertaking many successful and unsuccessful projects. He explains many intriguing insights about the industry, especially the role of technology.
18)ALWAYS BE MY MAYBE
The following is one of the recent rom-com projects Reeves took up- an exclusively Netflix-produced film the plot line pirouettes around the life of Ali Wong and Randall Park jolting how Park's life is undermined by Wong's success
19)A SCANNER DARKLY
A Scaner Darkly, a sci-fi film adjusted from a Philip K. Dick novel of a similar name, Linklater utilized the movement strategy of rotoscoping, where genuine entertainers are shot, and afterward, illustrators follow over the recording outline by-edge to give the symbolism a fantasy like quality. Reeves stars in the trippy film as a cop in reality as we know it where a colossal area of the populace is dependent on a secretive psychedelic drug.
20) SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE
Caught up in the complexities of relationships Reeves doesn't play the role of the guy who falls in love in this movie- however, the opposite happens when someone is feeling the spark for Reeves in the first place-
As Nicholson has a heart arrest on a vacation Reeves (his doctor) makes him stay as an in-patient few more days where Keaton (Nicholson's girlfriend's mother) finds herself falling helplessly for the doctor.
21)MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO
My own private Idaho is another Gus Van Sant project which highlights the dark sides of many lives out there. Based on the circumstances of poverty, sex work and closeted sexuality Reeves plays out the role of a miserable sex worker- Mikey who falls in love with a fellow man Scott. However, as destiny had planned Scott leaves him for a woman making him worse than before.
22)UNDER THE INFLUENCE
This one, in particular, is hard to find as it came out in the form of a television movie in 86' - As CBS's of the course films this movie deals with the alcoholism of a father whose son (Reeves) unfortunately falls into his steps.
23)RIVER'S EDGE
Another film from the beginning in Keanu Reeves' great vocation is the unbelievably dull wrongdoing show River's Edge. In it, Reeves plays Matt, a more established youngster who got up to speed in an undeniably upsetting homicide situation. With a lot of underage sex, brutality, and drug abuse in the film- which likewise interprets the disturbed life of many teenagers in America. It reflected a great vehicle for Reeves' acting abilities.
24)SWEET NOVEMBER
I would not want to ruin the plot as this is one of my ONLY favorite romcoms of all time, it truly shines Keanu's romantic side in bright light instead of portraying him as a slice of action meat or disturbed homeless, with the numerous movies that Reeves has been charming in- this one is the best.
25)HARDBALL
There is the thing about Keanu's brilliant acting that even in his zen-ness you get to feel the emotions he's displaying deeply- he has the ability to transcend his emotions through the screen to us. One such great example is hardball where Reeves plays the character of a coach who is in charge of handling a small team of children with who he connects the duration.
26)THE REPLACEMENTS
The cloth label band of lushes and has-beens meet up collectively under the main thrust of the quarterback (you got it), Keanu Reeves. It's inexactly founded on a 1987 NFL strike by the Redskins, however, Keanu causes it a to feel great flick that is charming regardless of whether you're all the more a lacrosse sort of fellow. Keanu, we would follow you on the field quickly.
27)JOHNNY MNEMONIC
Johnny Mnemonic was surely one of the only films with less or comparatively no criticism, the movie was specially labeled by Wired Magazine as ahead of its time as the film's plot stood out and characters would seem to be complex and undermined IF NOT FOR REEVES. Just as the savior he is, Reeves successfully made his role "Neo" embed its footprint on the history of cyber sci films and made the movie fun for the general audience.
The 1995 release's hit has to do almost everything with Keanu's performance in the movie.
28)1996
Even if it's not the best of the best of Reeves' talents- this movie still offers quite something with its subtle thrill and adventure, as Keanu becomes the researcher Eddie who finds the world-changing secret of making water into fuel he encounters dangers to his secret and life!
29)MAN OF TAI CHI
Reeves demonstrates how he has a very remarkable ability behind the camera as he is in front, getting his own significant experience in the activity class to catch some lengthy, perplexing, and phenomenally arranged battle scenes. the plot of the movie underlines Tiger Hu Chen's young Tai Chi master Tiger Chen Lin Hu brought into a baffling underground battling ring by Reeves' evil Donaka Mark.
30)PERMANENT RECORD
As of now, you might already be sure that Keanu has a taste for movies that deliver some sort of a sublime message under its skin. One such movie again is Permanent Record which the film focuses on Reeves' character as a teen facing the loss of his best friend. The role played by Keanu here is to majorly ensure the way many young teens cope and serve it in his style of grunge cluttered aesthetic.
