His approach to acting may be seen as too serious, bit it seems to work for him. I was not sure whether this top 10 would be worth typing, but I was so wrong.
There is quite a lot of films that he is in that I forgot that they were that good. Bale is definitely not on the way out, I cannot wait to see his next projects.
An honorable mention just misses out is Velvet Goldmine. A bit of a surreal viewing, but quite a beautiful one. It sees Bale play a journalist investigating the career of a famous 70's glam-rock star. Director Todd Haynes shows us he delicate style of directing, and he manages to give a feast of visuals, top performances and Oscar nominated costumes.
Out of his 50 films, I have seen 31 of them. So I have decided to do a full ranking of all the films, and give a short review of each of my top 10:
31) Knight Of Cups
30) Pocahontas
29) Terminator Salvation
28) Hostiles
27) Mowgli: Legend Of The Jungle
26) Exodus: Gods And Kings
25) Equilibrium
24) Public Enemies
23) The Machinist
22) The Promise
21) Vice
20) Thor: Love And Thunder
19) Reign Of Fire
18) A Midsummer Night's Dream
17) Out Of The Furnace
16) The Big Short
15) The New World
14) The Fighter
13) Little Women
12) Rescue Dawn
11) Velvet Goldmine
10) American Hustle - Bale latest attempt of Oscar glory as he plays con-man Irving Rosenfeld.
A very interesting picture by director David O. Russell that is full of top performances, not just by Bale.
This crime drama sucks you into the world of the mafia, power-brokers and FBI agents during the 1970's in New Jersey.
9) Le Mans '66 - His latest role and it is one that steals the show.
He plays controversial racing drive Ken Miles, who is hired to represent Ford as they set out to do defeat Ferrari in the 24 Hour Race of Le Mans.
It's a thrilling, exciting and surprisingly moving biographical drama.
8) Empire Of The Sun - Probably seen as Bale's earliest role, this brilliant war drama directed by Steven Spielberg works for all ages.
Bale plays a young schoolboy struggling to survive in Japan during WWII after losing his parents.
Nominated for 6 Oscars, this is a powerful piece of survival and meeting some fascinating characters along the way.
7) American Psycho - This one really caught me off guard.
Bale plays a wealthy banker who has an alter-ego as a psychopath. After reading that, you would think it sounds like a bog-standard slasher movie.
There is definitely something much more deeper in this one.
Quite disturbing at times, but weirdly always have a lot of fun watching this one.
6) 3:10 To Yuma - A re-make of the brilliant 1957 original, this re-make on this western classic manages to pull it off nicely.
Bale plays a rancher who gets caught up in the capture of a notorious outlaw brilliantly played by Russell Crowe.
His on-screen relationship with Crowe is great to watch and the intensity of the story is still there even after 50 years of the release of the original.
5) Batman Begins - Director Christopher Nolan reboot's the Batman franchise with this surprisingly arty feel to the superhero genre.
Bale plays Bruce Wayne who is returning to his home Gotham City to rid the world of crime after being trained in the skills of martial arts
4) The Dark Knight Rises - The final part of this ground-breaking trilogy has the epic finale we all wanted.
Bale is back as Bruce Wayne who is recovering after his battles with The Joker and is forced to put the cape back on as a new evil rises.
3) The Prestige - Another epic Christopher Nolan feature where Bale plays a magician in Victorian times who has a rivalry with fellow magician played by Hugh Jackman.
As their rivalry becomes more extreme, their attempt to perform the ultimate trick takes a disturbing turn into something quite haunting.
2) Howl's Moving Castle - Probably not a well known role, but still involved in one of the best animated films of all-time.
Directed by legendary director Hayao Miyazaki, Bale voices Howl, a troubled young wizard who helps this shy young woman who gets cursed by a horrible witch.
Lots of imagination and gorgeous animation that everyone can love.
1) The Dark Knight - Part two of Nolan's Batman trilogy is a terrific action epic that ground-breaks the superhero genre to something that I cannot see being surpassed for quite some time, if ever.
Bale is back as Batman who faces The Joker played the late great Heath Ledger, who is let out by the mob to cause terror around Gotham City.
19) Reign Of Fire
18) A Midsummer Night's Dream
17) Out Of The Furnace
16) The Big Short
15) The New World
14) The Fighter
13) Little Women
12) Rescue Dawn
11) Velvet Goldmine
A very interesting picture by director David O. Russell that is full of top performances, not just by Bale.
This crime drama sucks you into the world of the mafia, power-brokers and FBI agents during the 1970's in New Jersey.
He plays controversial racing drive Ken Miles, who is hired to represent Ford as they set out to do defeat Ferrari in the 24 Hour Race of Le Mans.
It's a thrilling, exciting and surprisingly moving biographical drama.
Bale plays a young schoolboy struggling to survive in Japan during WWII after losing his parents.
Nominated for 6 Oscars, this is a powerful piece of survival and meeting some fascinating characters along the way.
Bale plays a wealthy banker who has an alter-ego as a psychopath. After reading that, you would think it sounds like a bog-standard slasher movie.
There is definitely something much more deeper in this one.
Quite disturbing at times, but weirdly always have a lot of fun watching this one.
Bale plays a rancher who gets caught up in the capture of a notorious outlaw brilliantly played by Russell Crowe.
His on-screen relationship with Crowe is great to watch and the intensity of the story is still there even after 50 years of the release of the original.
Bale plays Bruce Wayne who is returning to his home Gotham City to rid the world of crime after being trained in the skills of martial arts
Bale is back as Bruce Wayne who is recovering after his battles with The Joker and is forced to put the cape back on as a new evil rises.
As their rivalry becomes more extreme, their attempt to perform the ultimate trick takes a disturbing turn into something quite haunting.
Directed by legendary director Hayao Miyazaki, Bale voices Howl, a troubled young wizard who helps this shy young woman who gets cursed by a horrible witch.
Lots of imagination and gorgeous animation that everyone can love.
Bale is back as Batman who faces The Joker played the late great Heath Ledger, who is let out by the mob to cause terror around Gotham City.
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