Top 10 Most Awesome Edward Norton Movies

 

Here you can find top 10 most awesome Edward Norton movies so far. We say so far because Edward Norton still has its future in front, he is a relatively young actor with a huge talent to give depth to any role played.
An interesting list of movies of any genre is proof value of this actor. Take a look below and enjoy.
10. The Italian Job


Charlie is the leader of a group of thieves who want to steal gold bars from a safe in Venice. He is supervised by John, an old thief who wants to retire. The kick is a total success and the band is heading to the Alps. But Steve Frezelli, one of them, decides to cheat them and runs away with the gold, killing the old John. Charlie swears revenge and with Stella, the daughter of John devises a plan which they expect to catch Steve and to recover the money.
09. The Painted Veil

Based on the novel of the same title by W. Somerset Maugham, the movie is the romance story of an English couple in the ’20s, Walter, a middle class doctor and Kitty, a lady belonging to high society, to marry without passion love between them and she moves to Shanghai where she falls for someone else. When he discovers her infidelity, Walter will want revenge and take a job in a Chinese village decimated by cholera, where he leads her. This journey will bring out their lacked passion.
08. The Illusionist


In a world where nothing is as it appears, an illusionist and a police commissioner is facing a challenge of wills that attempts to draw the line where reality ends and magic begins. Shows, the line between manipulation and science, draw attention of the Prince Leopold (Rufus Sewell), who sees the growing popularity of Eisenheim’s a threat to his power. There is a bigger stake in the confrontation, yet quiet, between the two of them. Wait and see. The Illusionist is one of the best Edward Norton movies.
07. The Incredible Hulk


The movie is based on the fictional character created by Marvel, is directed by Louis Leterrier and starring Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth and William Hurt. Explosive and action-packed adventure in one of the most famous superhero stories of all time begins with a cure for the most powerful force in the world caused by the fury: The Incredible Hulk. We can find the scientist Bruce Banner (Edward Norton) living in the shadow, wandering the world looking for the antidote. But those who dream to take advantage of his power don’t let him alone, nor his need to be with the only woman he ever loved, Betty Ross (Liv Tyler).
06. Primal Fear


Aaron Stampler is a church altar boy, found in a position to be accused of crimes against the priests that even host him in his home. The arrogant lawyer Martin Vail is one that takes the case of Aaron, being convinced of his innocence. Unfortunately for Aaron, all the evidence is against him and the case becomes more complex when the accused confesses that there was someone in the room when the crime occurs. The movie turned Edward Norton into a star, and he received an Oscar nomination for his work.
05. 25th Hour


The film describes the last day of freedom for a young man before serving a sentence of seven years in prison for drug trafficking. He spends his day in the company of two best friends of his: a professor of English and a stockbroker, and his girlfriend. In his last day he tries to reevaluate his life, trying to understand how he got in this terrible situation. The director Spike Lee brings to the fore the life of a guy who is not too sure how he led his destiny, so that now, in the 25th hour, he need to think what he wants to do in his life.
04. Rounders


Rounders is the story of a man who pursues the dream of a lifetime. Located in New York, in the world of poker players, the film has starring Matt Damon as the depiction of the game of cards, trying to start a new life. The hero is a student at a school of law, and for him the college is the right way to success, but also a life without emotions and unexpected that he lives in dark rooms in which they play poker. When his friend – played by Edward Norton – is released from prison, the dilemma arises: to return to the poker world for the sake of his entourage.
03. Down in the Valley


Harlan is an endless man, who dreams to be a cowboy. Tobe is a teenager who takes care of her brother all the time and that it hardly pays attention to her father. The two meet by chance, and she invites him to the beach with her friends. Harlan is a freak for young people, but Tobe is charmed by him and between the two begin a relationship of burning love. But when Wade, her father, meets him, comes and forbids her to see him. Because the girl doesn’t want to listen to him, a fight broke out between the two. The next day, Harlan takes Lonnie, Tobe’s brother, and teaches him how to shoot. Wade is very upset about it and threatened Harlan with a gun, asking to disappear. Is the event that triggers an avalanche of problems that culminated in an attempted of murder for Tobe, Lonnie’s abduction and a fight with guns like in the Wild West.
02. Fight Club


An insomniac becomes a veritable time bomb (Edward Norton) and a slick salesman (Brad Pitt) channels male aggression into a primary and shocking new form of therapy. Life is hell. Without money, with a monotonous and stressful job, with each new day like yesterday, a young man without hope of better lives and without ideals. But in his life appears someone than teach him to move and live freely. He penetrates the labyrinth of a tough game, anarchic, of some mortal combat. Becomes a member of a club where they learn to fight, replacing, to prove the strength, numbness spirit of aggressiveness. But soon he understands that this is not the answer to his questions.
01. American History X


The movie tells the story of broken family where the main character, a member of a neo-Nazi organization, is unwilling, a father and role model for his younger brother. A series of events that culminates with the murder of a young man of color will send Norton to prison, which will prove later, that is the first step toward salvation. Although experiences behind bars, will radically change his views and life, his sins catch up and at a certain point of view, will make him understand that change came too late however.