Between the "Batman" and "Bordmenom" 20 best roles of Michael Keaton

Real name Michael Keaton - Michael Douglas. However, at the start of his career in Hollywood, everyone knew the person with that name. And then the young actor took the surname of the famous comedian Buster Keaton. Remember best his films, from comedies and first collaboration with Tim Burton to a triumphant return after a lull.

1. Night shift

Night Shift

• USA, 1982.
• Comedy.
• Duration: 108 minutes.
• IMDb: 6,5.

Quiet guy Chuck and his friend Bill work in the morgue. Once they find out that their friend was killed prostitute pimp. Friends decide to seize the business of the deceased, without assessing properly the risks of the enterprise.

The first role Michael Keaton on the big screen has defined its future for the next few years. Funny Bill is constantly coming up with solutions for all of the world's current problems, the actor made a favorite of comedy directors.

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2. Johnny Dangerously

johnny Dangerously

• United States, 1984.
• Comedy, Crime.
• Duration: 90 minutes.
• IMDb: 6,5.

Modest paperboy Johnny goes to work

gangster Dzhosko Dundee to pay for the treatment of his mother. Johnny honest by nature itself, but again and again the circumstances force him to continue to engage in criminal activity. And once he becomes elusive mafia boss.

3. Enthusiast

gung Ho

• United States, 1986.
• Comedy.
• Duration: 111 minutes.
• IMDb: 6,2.

Hunt Stevenson urges the Japanese company to open in the city of his large automobile plant, for which all the citizens are very grateful. But then Asians decide to hire the same Hunt to restore order in the work on his own, Japanese style.

4. Clean and Sober

Clean and Sober

• USA, 1988.
• Drama.
• Duration: 124 minutes.
• IMDb: 6,7.

real estate broker Daryl Poynter addicted to alcohol and drugs. After he finds in his bed a woman who died of an overdose, Daryl is sent to the clinic for rehabilitation. Gradually he begins to realize that he was exactly where his place.

The first dramatic role Michael Keaton. The image of a daring addict allowed the actor to move away from comedy roles, causing them to become interested and more serious filmmakers.

5. Beetlejuice

Beetlejuice

• USA, 1988.
• Mystic, black comedy, horror.
• Duration: 92 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,5.

Young couple hires a ghost "exorcist of the living" Beetlejuice that he expelled from their homes to instill tenants. However, from the specialist more problems than good.

This role has become a real breakthrough in her acting career Keaton. He more than once returned to a collaboration Tim BurtonBut fans are still waiting for the continuation of Beetlejuice adventure.

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6. Dream Team

The Dream Team

• United States, 1989.
• Comedy.
• Duration: 113 minutes.
• IMDb: 6,5.

Four patients psychiatric hospital under the supervision of a physician go to a baseball game. The doctor becomes a witness to a crime, he is attacked and hit on the head. The doctor is taken to the hospital, and patients now are left to themselves, besides their looks for the police, suspecting a crime.

7. Batman

Batman

• United States, 1989.
• Superhero thriller.
• Duration: 126 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,5.

After the death of his parents at the hands of the robber a young Bruce Wayne decides to dedicate his life to fighting crime. Many years later he was already terrifies the mafia, hunting them at night in the bat suit. But he will face the main enemy - the boss of the underworld insane Joker.

After "Beetlejuice" Tim Burton undoubtedly took Michael Keaton in the title role of Batman, proving that he could be reincarnated in the superhero. The more so because he was here a couple of magnificent Jack Nicholson.

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8. tenant

pacific Heights

• United States, 1990.
• Thriller.
• Duration: 102 minutes.
• IMDb: 6,4.

A young couple buys a house. But in order to pay off the bank, they have to pass the first floor of a stranger. At first, he seems nice and pleasant, but soon begins to terrorize the masters, trying to take away their property.

9. Batman returns

batman Returns

• United States, 1992.
• Superhero thriller, fantasy.
• Duration: 126 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,0.

Batman continues to protect Gotham City from criminals and corrupt police officers. But he has a new opponent - Oswald Kobblpot, bred penguins. Meanwhile, the quiet secretary Selina Kyle transforms into a daring woman-cat.

The film was criticized for many of his gloom. Burton at the time became interested in gothic style, and the studio wanted to produce more vibrant and positive picture of the superheroes. Therefore, the director, and together with him and Keaton left the franchise after the second part.

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10. My life

My Life

• USA, 1993.
• Drama.
• Duration: 117 minutes.
• IMDb: 6,8.

Life Bob is in full swing. He is quite young and very energetic, and his wife is pregnant. But then he learns that he has kidney cancer and would live very long. Bob decides to take his life with a video camera, so that it could meet the child with the father, even after his death.

11. Newspaper

The Paper

• USA, 1994.
• Drama, comedy.
• Duration: 112 minutes.
• IMDb: 6,6.

The film tells about one day of work of the newspaper The New York Sun. Henry Hacket collects information about the murder, while the chief editor is already preparing to print a front-page article accusing innocence to the crime of people.

12. Jackie Brown

jackie Brown

• United States, 1997.
• Crime drama.
• Duration: 154 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,5.

Jackie Brown was a flight attendant and secretly transporting to cash for the arms dealer. Once it still caught by federal agents. FBI offers a heroin deal: she can go free if the customer will open. Jackie Brown decides to take the risk of cheating and agents, and arms dealer.

In the nineties, Michael Keaton rarely appeared in really colorful and interesting roles. In "Jackie Brown," he, too, got only a minor character. But everyone knows that in the movies Quentin Tarantino no bad actors.

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13. the price of victory

A Shot at Glory

• US, UK, 2000.
• Sports drama.
• Duration: 114 minutes.
• IMDb: 6,3.

The manager of the Scottish football team have to solve several problems at once. His club's new boss from America, in family life issues. And at the same time, his team must win the Cup Football.

14. Live from Baghdad

Live from Baghdad

• United States, 2002.
• Drama.
• Duration: 108 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,4.

In 1990, a veteran journalist who visited the hot spots, and his partner removed sensational material in Baghdad just before the war began. Almost all correspondents are leaving the country, but the characters are willing to risk in order to remove the really hot shots.

Career of Michael Keaton experienced at the moment is not the best of times. The film "Live from Baghdad", where he played together with Helena Bonham Carter, was very bright and emotional, but it was a TV project for the channel HBOAnd in wide release tape does not come out.

15. Last time

The Last Time

• United States, 2006.
• Thriller, drama, comedy.
• Duration: 96 minutes.
• IMDb: 6,2.

Sharp and cynical businessman Ted hires a young clerk Jamie. He soon realizes that the fell in love with the bride his subordinate. Ted does not know what to do, because under the influence of emotions he loses business acumen, but remembers what it is - to be in love.

16. Mr Jolly

The Merry Gentleman

• United States, 2008.
• Drama, Crime.
• Duration: 110 minutes.
• IMDb: 6,6.

Keith Frazier sees on the ledge of the building a man with a rifle who is going to commit suicide. It prevents him from doing so, but then it turns out that he - the hired killer, tired of life. The killer begins to stalk Kate, and gradually heroes learn that they have a lot in common.

17. Bordmen

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

• United States, 2014.
• Black tragicomedy.
• Duration: 108 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,7.

An aging actor who once played the popular comic book hero Bordmena, wants to regain popularity. He decides to take part in the Broadway production. But first he must deal with the ghosts of the past and the past glory, which do not give rest.

The plot of this film is not difficult to notice the irony. Biographical picture largely because Keaton himself once played Batman, and after many years he did not have as much successful roles. but in "Bordmene" actor won his skill and the audience and critics, for which he received many well-deserved premiums.

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18. In the spotlight

Spotlight

• USA, Canada, 2015.
• Drama, Biography.
• Duration: 129 minutes.
• IMDb: 8,1.

The plot tells the story of real investigative reporters of the newspaper The Boston Globe, which came to light in the course of a great number of cases of pedophilia among Catholic Church.

Each hero of this film is a real prototype. After the release of pictures of Michael Rezendes, played by Keaton, he said that he "stole" his personality. So the on-screen character by their behavior of the original.

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19. Founder

The Founder

• USA, Canada, 2016.
• Drama, Biography.
• Duration: 115 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,2.

Biographical drama about the life of Ray Kroc - one of the most famous and successful businessmen in the world. It Kroc once bought the rights from the McDonald brothers in their family restaurant and organized the largest fast food chain - McDonald's.

After starring in the movie "In the Spotlight" directors realized that Michael Keaton is well able to get used to real people in the images. And his role in the "Founder" - another confirmation.

20. Spider-Man: The Homecoming

Spider-Man: Homecoming

• United States, 2017.
• Superhero, fantasy, thriller.
• Duration: 133 minutes.
• IMDb: 7,5.

After becoming acquainted with Tony Stark and "The Avengers" Peter Parker is trying to live the life of an ordinary schoolboy. But it always draws on heroic deeds. And soon he meets this villain - the Vulture, which can destroy everything that is dear to Peter.

Again, irony: Michael Keaton once again plays the hero with wings. However, this time he got a negative role. But the image of the Vulture he embodied perfectly, making this character no less memorable than himself Spiderman.

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