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Joseph Leonard Gordon-Levitt began his acting career as a child and was quick to earn critical acclaim. Starting with musical theater at the age of four, he went on to make his mark on both small and big screens with appearances in projects such as ‘Holy Matrimony,’ ‘Angels in the Outfield,’ and ‘3rd Rock from the Sun.’ Following a short hiatus, Joseph’s popularity significantly increased, with him starring in movies like ‘Mysterious Skin,’ ‘500 Days of Summer,’ ‘Inception,’ and ‘The Dark Knight Rises.’ Stepping behind the camera, Joseph made his directorial debut with ‘Don Jon’ in 2013, and has since continued to take up the role on multiple occasions. If you seek to dive into movies starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt on Netflix, the following list is all you need.
6. Snowden (2016)
‘Snowden’ is a political thriller featuring Gordon-Levitt as Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) subcontractor-turned-whistleblower Edward Snowden. The movie borrows from the books ‘The Snowden Files’ by Luke Harding and ‘Time of the Octopus’ by Anatoly Kucherena, to show how Edward turned from serving the CIA to becoming a whistleblower, revealing the NSA’s questionable malpractices overseas to the press in 2013. With the risks he took, people he met, politics, surveillance, and corporate interests, ‘Snowden’ has no shortage of revelations for viewers. The cast also includes Shailene Woodley as Snowden’s love interest, blogger Lindsay Mills, and Nicholas Cage as cryptologist Hank Forrester, Edward’s mentor. You can watch the Oliver Stone feature right here.
5. The Night Before (2015)
Jonathan Levine’s comedy drama ‘The Night Before’ centers on a trio of dudes, Isaac (Seth Rogen), Ethan (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), and Chris (Anthony Mackie), who have been celebrating Christmas together for the last 14 years. However, with how their lives have turned out, this Christmas seems to be the last one, and they decide to make it worth remembering forever. Together, they decide to spend the evening at the best Christmas party in New York and hit as many traditions as they can. This doesn’t go the way they planned it, or perhaps they wanted it to go the unplanned way, as a celebration of traditions takes the shape of a drug-laced chaos. From mass vomits to switched phones to stolen marijuana, ‘The Night Before’ is a hilarious stoner flick about what not to do on Christmas. It can be streamed here.
4. Don Jon (2013)
Gordon-Levitt has both directed and starred in the sex comedy ‘Don Jon’ that revolves around a sex and porn addict bartender named Jon Martello (Gordon-Levitt). He is a regular porn user and takes pleasure in casual sex. It is only when me meets the attractive Barbara Sugarman (Scarlett Johansson) that he realizes that he may be in love, or some other thing that goes beyond sex. Barbara, however, shoves off his advances, offering rather a serious relationship, which may lead to sex in the future. Can Jon wait that long? For support, he has his high school friend Esther (Julianne Moore), who has her own views regarding intimacy and sex. With a fresh approach to the sex comedy genre, ‘Don Jon’ is a commendable directorial attempt by Gordon-Levitt, who also wrote it. You can watch the movie here.
3. The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
Helmed by Aaron Sorkin, ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ tells the story of a group of anti-Vietnam War protesters who get charged with conspiracy and crossing state lines with the intention of inciting riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Among them are Students for a Democratic Society leader Tom Hayden (Eddie Redmayne), Youth International Party members Abbie Hoffman (Sacha Baron Cohen) and Jerry Rubin (Jeremy Strong), and Black Panther Party national chairman Bobby Seale (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II), who has not even been at the incident, but is held accused by the hostile Nixon administration. As the visibly unfair trial proceeds, the defendants are prosecuted by the reluctant yet duty-bound assistant federal prosecutor Richard Schultz (Joseph Gordon-Levitt). Watch the historical legal drama here.
2. Project Power (2020)
‘Project Power’ revolves around a mysterious drug that becomes available on the streets of New Orleans, giving users unique temporary superpowers. As a result, the crime rate in the street skyrockets, and law enforcement has a hard time trying to rein it in. In a desperate attempt to nab the gang flooding the streets with the substance, local cop Frank Shaver (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) forms a ragtag team with a teenage dealer, Robin Reilly (Dominique Fishback), and ex-military Art (Jamie Foxx). The trio decides to fight fire with fire and takes the drug themselves. You can view the science fiction action film helmed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman here.
1. Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (2024)
Directed by Mark Molloy, ‘Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F’ is the fourth film in the ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ series. Eddie Murphy reprises his role of the titular Detroit Police Detective Axel Foley, who learns that his estranged daughter Jane’s (Taylour Paige) life is in danger. To get to the bottom of the situation, Axel returns to Beverly Hills and reunites with his old friends, Billy Rosewood (Judge Reinhold) and John Taggart (John Ashton). He also teams up with the hotshot young police officer Bobby Abbott (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), and soon discovers something very sinister afoot. You can stream the action comedy film on Netflix.
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