Not only Spider-Man: TOP 10 best films of Tobey Maguire (10 photos)

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3 July 2023

Tobey Maguire is a wonderful actor who started his career in very young age. During his journey, he managed to dream in many excellent films. films. However, first of all, Toby, of course, everyone associates with Peter Parker. When he was 46 years old, he starred in the film "Spider-Man: No Way Home" (2021) and thus set the world Guinness World Record for "longest-running superhero role" Marvel Movies". It is worth noting that before returning to the role of "spider", Toby had a 7-year career break. But Maguire, apparently, cheered up and already back in the game! This year the anthology series "Extrapolations" was released, in which not only Toby played, but also a whole platoon of the stars of the first quantities. Surely old Maguire is waiting for many more cool roles, and We offer you to watch his TOP 10 best films. By the way, what movie his participation is your favorite?

Cider House Rules (1999)





Toby starring in the film, which received 7 Oscar nominations.

His hero, Homer Wells, did not leave the orphanage all his life, where he trained as an obstetrician-gynecologist. One day a pregnant woman visits the shelter Candy Kendall (Charlize Theron) and her boyfriend Wally Worthington (Paul Rudd), going to the front (in the yard in 1943). Together with them Homer leaves the orphanage towards a life that he never knew about, but which always wished.

IMDb: 7.4

Brothers (2009)



Tobey Maguire in a movie about a sudden love triangle where there are two brothers and the wife of one of them. The eldest of the brothers, Samy (Tobey Maguire) is a family man who volunteers for the war in Afghanistan, where, according to the command, he is dying. His younger brother Tommy (Jake Gyllenhall), looking after Samy's family as best he can supports his wife Grace (Natalie Portman) in difficult times. Woe to both develops into a romance, but at that moment Sami returns home. Live and unscathed.

For this role, Toby received a Golden Globe nomination - this is the only nomination of this magnitude in the actor's career.

IMDb: 7.1

Favorite (2003)





Tobey Maguire reprises his role in the film, which received 7 Oscar nominations.

Here he is a jockey with a tragic fate, who, along with a small and uncontrollable horse named Seabiscuit suddenly begins to win local races, striving for the honorary title of "Best Horse 1938". The matter is complicated by the fact that due to part-time work in boxing fights the hero is almost blind in one eye.

IMDb: 7.3

Pleasantville (1998)



Young Tobey Maguire and Reese Witherspoon are brother and sister who suddenly moved from their native 90s inside the hero's favorite television series Maguire's Pleasantville, set in the 1950s. Once in the black and white world of a fictional town, the heroes change it and fate of its inhabitants.

The vibes of The Truman Show, released in the same 1998, are attached.

IMDb: 7.5

Pawn Sacrifice (2014)



Toby plays the role of the famous American chess player grandmaster Bobby Fischer, who opposed the Soviet chess player Boris Spassky at the 1972 World Championships. In the midst of the cold war.

Here it is worth pointing out that Tobey Maguire is not only an actor, but also a successful producer who had a hand in several well-known films, where he himself didn't film. Among them are "Nobody" (2021), "Best Enemies" (2019) and "25th hour" (2002).

IMDb: 7.0

Geeks (2000)



Michael Douglas, Frances McDormand, Robert Downey Jr., Katie Holmes and Tobey Maguire in a tragicomedy ensemble film where everyone a little crazy, and Maguire's hero especially.

IMDb: 7.2

The Great Gatsby (2013)



Maguire's hero, Nick Carraway, arrives in 1922 New York and enters the world of wealth, jazz and chic parties, led by stands the mysterious Jay Gatsby performed by Leonardo DiCaprio (by the way, Toby and Leo have been childhood friends.

IMDb: 7.2

Babylon (2022)



Toby played here alonein the most atypical roles for themselves - visually obnoxious and intimidating gangster James McKay. By the way, Maguire also served as an executive producer on the film.

The atmosphere of The Great Gatsby and Babylon is very similar, but what different characters Tobey Maguire plays in them!

IMDb: 7.2

Ice Wind (1997)



The story of one not the most prosperous family, whose members (including including the 16th birthday of the hero Maguire) on the eve of Thanksgiving are immersed in absolutely utter chaos.

IMDb: 7.4

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)



A small but memorable role as a fellow traveler with false hair in cheerful company of Johnny Depp and Benicio Del Toro. The embodiment of the answer to the question: “What would happen to Legolas if he got to Las Vegas?”

IMDb: 7.5

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