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5 Must-Watch Daniel Radcliffe Movies That Helped Him Shrug Off Harry Potter

5 Must-Watch Daniel Radcliffe Movies That Helped Him Shrug Off Harry Potter
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Daniel Radcliffe is much more than just Harry Potter, but whatever role he picks, he’s still a wizard with it. Here are his five great movies that you should definitely watch! 5. Kill

Daniel Radcliffe is much more than just Harry Potter, but whatever role he picks, he’s still a wizard with it.

Here are his five great movies that you should definitely watch!

5. Kill Your Darlings (2013)

Kill Your Darlings is a biographical drama about four young prodigies from the Beat Generation who got involved in a murder investigation in their college.

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Daniel Radcliffe is brilliant as Allen Ginsberg as his performance allows the audience to dive deep into the poet’s character, and the movie itself was really well-received.

4. Escape From Pretoria (2020)

Like the previous movie, Escape From Pretoria is a thriller/drama based on real-life events and follows two political prisoners in South Africa who managed to escape their captors.

The ever-lasting tension, the impeccable performance by Radcliffe, and the strong and clear message of the movie earned it critical appraisal.

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3. The Lost City (2022)

Standing apart from all other films in this list, The Lost City is an adventure rom-com about an eccentric evil billionaire who kidnaps a novelist to make her help him find the mysterious treasure from her books.

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Radcliffe took on the role of the quirky and sociopathic antagonist, and it’s a change of character you don’t want to miss.

2. Jungle (2017)

We don’t know what’s up with Daniel Radcliffe and biographical movies but he’s just too good in these. Jungle tells a real story about a group of Amazon explorers who found themselves stranded in the middle of nowhere in a treacherous jungle.

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Dan’s performance in the film earned a lot of praise from the critics and the audience.

1. Imperium (2016)

The source of all those “You’re a Nazi, Harry” memes, Imperium follows a young FBI agent whose task is to infiltrate a dangerous neo-Nazi group and find out what their plans are.

Daniel Radcliffe’s character has to go through ideological hell and back to succeed in his task, and the actor goes through an impressive and unexpected transformation for this movie.

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