After being introduced to the world in the early 1990's with some promising performances to a lot of impressive leading roles at the turn of the century. We then get an unfortunate change in film roles as we see him get casted into several poor rom-coms. By then, we were all thinking that his career is going down the drain and his talent will become wasted.
Thankfully, after a two year gap from the film industry. We see some glimpses of hope with performances in The Lincoln Lawyer and Killer Joe.
Then in 2012, we officially see the start of what is known as the 'McConaughsence' era. With a scene stealing in Magic Mike and a truly amazing leading role in Mud to the culmination of his comeback with his Oscar winning role in Dallas Buyers Club.
This top 10 list shows us how promising the beginning of his career and how great it is now. But it definitely does not feel definitive just yet.
I would have had Tropic Thunder at 10 in my list. But I felt to discount it as there was not enough of McConaughey to be seen as a film involving the man himself.
Out of his 50 films, I have only seen 26 of them. I will rank all of the films I have seen and give a short review for each of my top 10:
26) The Return Of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
25) Angels In The Outfield
24) The Paperboy
23) The Dark Tower
22) Magic Mike
21) Fool's Gold
20) Sing 2
19) Sahara
18) U-571
17) A Time To Kill
16) Reign Of Fire
15) White Boy Rick
14) Gold
13) Killer Joe
12) The Lincoln Lawyer
11) The Gentlemen
10) Sing - A really fun animated family film that sees McConaughey plays a theatre owner looking to save his building by hosting a singing competition.
There's lots of great characters, very crowd-pleasing songs and has great re-watchability.
9) Lone Star - Highly under-rated and not well known by many mainstream audiences.
When one skeleton is found, a local sheriff discovers unearths many other buried secrets in his local town.
McConaughney plays the sheriffs father, a legendary sheriff who put great success to his own.
8) Free State Of Jones - A really well made war drama where McConaughey an army deserter during the Civil War. He leads a militia of fellow deserters to rise up against the Confederates.
McConaughey is a big draw and holds the film together really well.
It's hard-hitting powerful stuff and does not hold back on the violence.
7) Mud - One of 2012's hidden gems that includes and over-looking performance by McConaughey.
This gripping drama sees two boys encounter a fugitive and form a pact with him to help avoid some vigilantes that are out to track him down.
McConaughey is brilliant and makes this film essential viewing.
6) Kubo And The Two Strings - McConaughey voice the character of Beetle who becomes a companion for Kubo, who is on a quest to avenge his fathers death.
The stop-motion animation and imagery is breath-taking and is very mature in its story-telling.
McConaughey plays good comedic relief.
5) Dazed And Confused - McConaughey's debut on the big screen which sees his character steal the show.
If you like American Pie and American Grafitti, then to many people this is american teen genre gem.
The film is all about the last day of school for a group students in 1976.
4) The Wolf Of Wall Street - He may have only been in Martin Scorsese's latest feature for only the opening few scenes. But McConaughey's presence was so unforgettable that it added extra spice to this enjoyable over-the-top tale on famous stock brocker Jordan Beflort.
McConaughey plays Belfort's first boss within the stock-brocker business world.
3) Dallas Buyers Club - McConaughey's ultimate transformation that landed him the Oscar for Best Actor in last years Academy Awards.
Leading the way as electrician and hustler Ron Woodroof who suddenly gets diagnosed with AIDS.
After realising his situation, he helps fellow patients to get their much needed medication in order to survive.
Also, check out the mesmerising supportive role Jared Leto gives.
2) Interstellar - McConaughey's newest role in Christopher Nolan's sci-fi epic.
With an over-populating world losing food supplies. It is up McConaughey's character and a group astronauts to find an alternative beyond our own galaxy.
It is an ambitious film but one that must be viewed. For many, a second viewing may be needed to crack the story.
But McConaughey's performance only needs one to confirm how talented this guy is and how much deserved credit he is getting.
1) Contact - Many people forget how great this late 1990's sci-fi epic was.
McConaughey stars alongside Jodie Foster as scientists searching for proof intelligent life beyond Earth.
With his latest film Interstellar, this could be a great companion piece to watch before heading off to the cinema.
19) Sahara
18) U-571
17) A Time To Kill
16) Reign Of Fire
15) White Boy Rick
14) Gold
13) Killer Joe
12) The Lincoln Lawyer
11) The Gentlemen
There's lots of great characters, very crowd-pleasing songs and has great re-watchability.
When one skeleton is found, a local sheriff discovers unearths many other buried secrets in his local town.
McConaughney plays the sheriffs father, a legendary sheriff who put great success to his own.
McConaughey is a big draw and holds the film together really well.
It's hard-hitting powerful stuff and does not hold back on the violence.
This gripping drama sees two boys encounter a fugitive and form a pact with him to help avoid some vigilantes that are out to track him down.
McConaughey is brilliant and makes this film essential viewing.
The stop-motion animation and imagery is breath-taking and is very mature in its story-telling.
McConaughey plays good comedic relief.
If you like American Pie and American Grafitti, then to many people this is american teen genre gem.
The film is all about the last day of school for a group students in 1976.
McConaughey plays Belfort's first boss within the stock-brocker business world.
Leading the way as electrician and hustler Ron Woodroof who suddenly gets diagnosed with AIDS.
After realising his situation, he helps fellow patients to get their much needed medication in order to survive.
Also, check out the mesmerising supportive role Jared Leto gives.
With an over-populating world losing food supplies. It is up McConaughey's character and a group astronauts to find an alternative beyond our own galaxy.
It is an ambitious film but one that must be viewed. For many, a second viewing may be needed to crack the story.
But McConaughey's performance only needs one to confirm how talented this guy is and how much deserved credit he is getting.
McConaughey stars alongside Jodie Foster as scientists searching for proof intelligent life beyond Earth.
With his latest film Interstellar, this could be a great companion piece to watch before heading off to the cinema.
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