• The Elephant Man
  • Return of the Jedi
  • Cast Away
  • Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
  • The Dark Knight
  • Back to the Future Part II
  • The Batman
  • Batman Returns
  • Beetlejuice
  • The Dark Knight

Metamorphosis

Mostafa
Mostafa 10 films

Best actor transformations

Original Showdown: letterboxd.conexionsite.com/showdown/metamorphosis/

My other Letterboxd Showdown lists are accessible here.

  • Raging Bull
  • Back to the Future Part II
  • Dick Tracy
  • Hook
  • The Whale

Metamorphosis - Best actor transformations

I decided to exclude films such as The Wizard of Oz, An American Werewolf in London and Legend because, while…

  • Longlegs
  • The Machinist
  • Lincoln
  • Dallas Buyers Club
  • The Dark Knight

“Metamorphosis in Motion” – A tribute to the art of becoming someone else entirely.

“How can you wake up from a nightmare if you are not asleep”? 

Whether it was weight loss, or gain,…

  • The Elephant Man
  • The Machinist
  • The Dark Knight
  • Vice
  • Monster

Showdown: Metamorphosis

zachmc
zachmc 20 films

Consensus for Showdown № 122: Metamorphosis (your favorite actor transformations)

  • The Elephant Man
  • The Fly
  • An American Werewolf in London
  • Suspiria
  • Longlegs
  • The Elephant Man
  • La Vie en Rose
  • Amadeus
  • Bram Stoker's Dracula
  • Mask
  • Monster
  • Raging Bull
  • My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
  • Boys Don't Cry
  • Gandhi

Metamorphosis: Best Actor Transformations

johnny422
johnny422 10 films

Prosthetic makeup, dodgy dentures, bald caps and wig work, not to mention insane workout regimes and inadvisable diets: who really…

  • Dick Tracy
  • Frankenstein
  • Gangs of New York
  • Hunger
  • Nosferatu

Letterboxd Showdown: Metamorphosis

Travis McClain
Travis McClain 10 films

My alphabetical picks for the Letterboxd Showdown, Metamorphosis. Guidelines:

Prosthetic makeup, dodgy dentures, bald caps and wig work, not to…

  • Possession
  • Eyes Without a Face
  • An American Werewolf in London
  • The Fly
  • Tetsuo: The Iron Man

Transformations

Skylar Izzard
Skylar Izzard 10 films

How did they make Danny DeVito look exactly like Arnold??

  • The Godfather
  • The Exorcist
  • Raging Bull
  • The Elephant Man
  • The Fly
  • Monster
  • Dallas Buyers Club
  • The Machinist
  • Bram Stoker's Dracula
  • Vice