He has a knack for needing to be rescued, doesn't he? Since the late 1990s, Matt Damon has enjoyed rarified stardom in Hollywood as one of the industry's most bankable leading men. Versatile as both a dramatic performer and an action hero, Damon's movies span a million and one different genres. But which ones should actually be considered his greatest of all time? Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Damon discovered acting in high school.
That's also where he met his best friend Ben Affleck, who would later become a major Hollywood player in his own right. While at Harvard University, Damon and Affleck drafted the first versions of what would become their 1997 classic Good Will Hunting - a movie that would get them into the rarefied spaces of Hollywood. At age 18, Damon made his feature film debut with a one-line role in the 1988 movie Mystic Pizza (which famously stars a young Julia Roberts).
In 1992, Damon left Harvard to pursue acting full time despite being just 12 credits shy of graduation. Today, Damon is inescapable as one of the biggest movie stars around the world. In celebration of his ongoing career, these are the 33 greatest movies featuring one-half of Boston's finest sons.
33. The Brothers Grimm (2005) Directed by Terry Gilliam, this fanciful adventure co-stars Matt Damon and the late Heath Ledger who play the real-life authors Brothers Grimm. In French-occupied Germany during the 19th century, the Grimms are traveling con men who perform bogus exorcisms.
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