My Top 10: Michael Fassbender Films

For almost the last 10 years, German born Irish actor Michael Fassbender has become one of the most popular and wanted actor of the modern era.

His screen presence is second-to-none and there are many people calling him the new Marlon Brando, which really shows how good he is becoming.

What I really like about him is that he seems to be interested in both the big blockbusters and the independent features.
Fassbender is certainly on his way to winning an Oscar. When he will get it, we will just have to wait and see.

Just missing on my top 10 that is worthy of an honourable mention, is Frank. A strange comedy drama that is loved by many hardcore film fans.

This unique story sees Fassbender play Frank, an eccentric musician who recruits a new member to his band and shows him his expressive style of music.

Out of his 38 films, I have only seen 25 of them. I will rank all of the films that I have seen, and give a short review for each of my top 10:

25) The Snowman
24) Jonah Hex
23) The Counsellor
22) Haywire
21) X-Men: Dark Phoenix
20) Assassin's Creed
19) Centurion
18) Prometheus
17) Eden Lake
16) Alien: Covenant
15) Jane Eyre
14) Macbeth
13) Slow West
12) X-Men: Apocalypse
11) Frank

10) X-Men: Days Of Future Past - After his debut in First Class, Fassbender returns as the dangerous Magneto.

We see the X-Men send Wolverine back in time to prevent an event that puts both humans and mutants in peril.

9) Shame - The first of three Steve McQueen films in this list and Fassbender has become a regular fixture within his films.

Michael leads as New York City native whose private life is disrupted by the arrival of his sister.

8) 300 - Fassbender's first performance on the big screen. After a few TV movie's and TV series, Fassbender begins his cinematic life in Zack Snyder's visual epic based on the battle of Thermopylae.

It may be a minor role, but it is quite an impressive debut for the big screen.

7) The Light Between Oceans - Fassbender's latest project and it is the one that brought him and girlfriend Alicia Vikander together.

This heart-breaking romantic drama sees a lighthouse keeper and his wife rescue a baby in boat adrift at sea.

This film is all about the strong performances of Fassbender and Vikander.

6) Kneecap - More of a minor role for Fassbender. But enough to make him an integral character.

It sees a chance encounter with a teacher and two troubled youngsters create an Irish rap group that prides itself on its native language.

It's funny, hard-hitting and pulls no punches. A very satisfying watch.

5) Hunger - After 14 years of directing short films, Steve McQueen's first feature sees Fassbender star as an Irish prisoner that sees his fellow inmates go on a hunger striker.

It is quite a transformation for Fassbender and is a tough watch, but the wonderful technical features makes this an intense watch.

4) 12 Years A Slave - Steve McQueen's Oscar winning feature that tells the true story of Soloman Northup, a free man who is abducted into slavery.

With many terrific performances, this is another hit by McQueen.

I personally would not have given Best Picture, but it is captivating viewing.

3) Fish Tank - Before he was famous, Fassbender was breaking through with this dramatic British indie.

It sees a teenage girls life on a rough London council estate turn around when her mother dates a new man.

Its raw and gritty vibe brings some amazing performances. Its gripping and moving viewing and yet it still manages to bring out that all important cinematic quality. A real hidden gem.

2) X-Men: First Class - After a few failures in the franchise, we are back with a romping thrill ride as we see the early years of the X-Men.

We see a group of mutants helping out the U.S Government to stop a malicious dictator looking to start a world war.

Fassbender plays a young Magneto who is a wonderful replacement for Sir Ian McKellan.

1) Inglourious Basterds - Probably the film that everyone got introduced to Fassbender in Quentin Tarantino's amazing war drama.

It sees the adventures of a group of U.S soldiers known as 'The Basterds' defacing Nazi soldiers in Nazi-occupied France coinciding with a cinema owner exacting revenge on the German high command.

Fassbender plays a British agent looking to help 'The Basterds'.