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    Top 10 Bizarre Christian Bale Movies

    TopTenzBy TopTenzJuly 18, 2008Updated:February 18, 201610 Comments6 Mins Read
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    Christian Bale continues the Batman movie saga with the sequel The Dark Knight. Christian has always chosen roles and movies that are a little off to left side of life and playing a crime fighting superhero follows that pattern. So in recognition of the release of The Dark Knight starring Christian Bale here are the Top 10 Bizarre Movies Starring Christian Bale.

    10. Equilibrium

    In a future where freedom is outlawed outlaws will become heroes.

    In a futuristic world, a strict regime has eliminated war by suppressing emotions: books, art and music are strictly forbidden and feeling is a crime punishable by death. Cleric John Preston (Bale) is a top ranking government agent responsible for destroying those who resist the rules. When he misses a dose of Prozium, a mind-altering drug that hinders emotion, Preston, who has been trained to enforce the strict laws of the new regime, suddenly becomes the only person capable of overthrowing it. Written by Anonymous

    9. Swing Kids

    In a world on the brink of war. You either march to one tune or dance to another.

    Kids all over the world and all through time want to rebel. Peter Muller (Robert Sean Leonard) and Thomas Berger (Christian Bale) are two such young men whose rebellion against the conformity of Nazi Germany took the form of a love of American swing music, British fashion, and Harlem slang. But when an innocent prank forces Peter into the Hitler Youth, their friendship and their loyalties are put to the test against the seductive power of Nazism. Written by Jack Gambol {[email protected]}

    8. The Prestige

    A friendship that became a rivalry. A rivalry that turned deadly

    A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy — full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences. From the time that they first met as young magicians on the rise, Robert Angier and Alfred Borden were competitors. However, their friendly competition evolves into a bitter rivalry making them fierce enemies-for-life and consequently jeopardizing the lives of everyone around them. Set against the backdrop of turn-of-the-century London. Written by RopeOfSilicone.com

    7. Reign of Fire

    Fight Fire with Fire

    In present-day London, twelve-year-old Quinn watches as his mother, a construction engineer, inadvertently wakes an enormous fire-breathing beast from its century-long slumber. Twenty years later, much of the world has been scarred by the beast and its offspring. As a fire chief, Quinn is responsible for warding off the beasts and keeping a community alive as they eke out a meager existence. Into their midst come a hotshot American, Van Zan, who says he has a way to kill the beasts and save mankind – a way Quinn’s never seen done. Fuses a medieval past with a post-apocalyptic future in this exciting tale of adventure and survival. Written by anonymous

    6. Velvet Goldmine

    The Rise Of A Star… The Fall Of A Legend!

    1971: Glamrock explodes all over the world and challenges the seriousness within the flower power generation by means of glitter and brutal music. Brian Slade, a young rockstar, inspires numerous teenage boys and girls to paint their nails and explore their own sexuality. In the end Slade destroys himself. Unable to escape the role he created for himself, he plots his own murder. When his fans discovers that the murder is a fake, his star falls and he is forgotten about. 1984: Arthur, a journalist working for a New York newspaper, gets assigned the story about the fake murder of Brian Slade. When Arthur was young and grew up in Manchester, he was more than a fan of Slade. Reluctantly he accepts the assignment and starts to investigate what happened his old glamrock hero. Written by Jack Fairy


    5. Batman Begins

    Fear is your weapon.

    A young Bruce Wayne falls into a cave where he encounters a swarm of bats. Bruce develops a fear of bats, and later urges his parents to leave an opera featuring bat-like creatures. Outside the theater, Bruce Wayne’s parents are both killed in a robbery by mugger Joe Chill. Bruce blames himself for his parents’ murder: had he not been frightened, the Waynes would not have encountered Chill. He is taken in by a mysterious instructor named Ducard and urged to become a ninja in the League of Shadows, but he instead returns to his native Gotham City resolved to end the mob rule that is strangling it. Written by Anthony Pereyra {[email protected]}

    4. Newsies

    A Thousand Voices. A Single Dream.

    In 1899, New York City got its news from an army of ragged orphans and runaways, called newsies. They sold the newspapers of Joseph Pulitzer, William Randolph Hearst, and other great publishers. Like many of his friends, newsie Jack Kelly (Christian Bale) dreams of a better life far from the hardship of the streets. But when Pulitzer and Hearst raise distribution prices at the newsies’ expense, Jack finds a cause to fight for, and must decide between his dreams and his newfound responsibility. Written by Jack Gambol {[email protected]}

    3. All the Little Animals

    Of All the Animals, The Cruelest is Man

    Bobby Platt is a mentally slow young man who escapes an abusive, hateful stepfather who has killed his pets one by one. To save himself, Bobby runs away and meets a strange old man who wanders the highways to bury roadkill animals. Bobby becomes the old man’s apprentice and learns to see the world of nature in a strange idyllic way. But soon the shadow of his stepfather catches up to him and Bobby’s world explodes into a grotesque nightmare. Written by Harrison {[email protected]}

    2. American Psycho

    No Introduction Necessary.

    Patrick Bateman, lives Wall Street by day and his nights are spent in ways impossible to fathom. Christian Bale plays this soul-less, modern monster whose zealous materialism and piercing envy fuels his homicidal activities. Written by JK2 {[email protected]}

    1. The Machinist

    How do you wake up from a nightmare, when you’re not asleep?

    Trevor Reznik is a lathe-operator who suffers from insomnia and hasn’t slept in a year. Slowly, he begins to doubt his sanity as increasingly bizarre things start happening at work and at home. Haunted by a deformed co-worker who no one seems to think exists, and an ongoing stream of indecipherable Post-It notes he keeps finding on his fridge, he attempts to investigate what appears to be a mysterious plot against him and, in the process, embroils two women in his madness. Written by J. Lake

    Movie descriptions & Reviews courtesy of IMDB.com


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    10 Comments

    1. nikka on August 13, 2010 9:38 pm

      American psycho should be at number 1

    2. Erika on September 26, 2009 3:50 pm

      Tom Cruse ? , Tom Hanks ? Come on ….

      They don't even have any talent , they play every character at the same way .

      CHRISTIAN BALE ? He's such a great actor . No matter in what kind of movie he is

      playing , he's just always fantastic . One of the best actor ever . I LOVE him so much .

      I can't wait to see him in more movies .

    3. Jason on August 22, 2009 8:21 pm

      What about Harsh Times?

    4. jess on July 1, 2009 7:13 pm

      but who can forget his portrayal of demetrius in a midsummer night's dream?

      if that's not bizarre, what is?

    5. Kat on June 16, 2009 6:08 am

      MOST of these movies are awesome and long-time favorites of mine. Christian Bale is extremely talented.

    6. nikki on February 27, 2009 4:57 pm

      i luv him he is a great actor!!!!

    7. Random Soliloquy on February 12, 2009 9:04 pm

      Christian Bale movies are generally a bot off-kilter. I think that's why he's hot, honestly. Sexy and dark and morbid…Yum.

    8. Barb on December 5, 2008 6:30 am

      The only two of these I haven't seen are 'Swing Kids' and 'Newsies'. Most of his movies are amazing, he is such a talented actor, and being hot doesn't hurt, so it's such a pity he was involved in the woeful 'Reign of Fire.'

      As they say in the classics, awful, just awful.

    9. MC on October 25, 2008 8:45 pm

      i agreed, christian bale is HOT, i never liked batman. but since chistian bale played as batman , it such a good movie, cant w8 for the 3rd one.

    10. amy on August 11, 2008 8:37 pm

      Christian Bale is a great actor !! He's the Best "batman" after Micheal Keaton!! he's SO HOT !!!!!

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