we have a verdict, besties. the internet was asked to name the single best leonardo dicaprio movie and it went full "i'm the king of the world" about it. titanic is on top. the revenant, the film where leo got mauled by a bear and finally got his oscar, is in second. inception fans are spinning their little tops and refusing to say whether this is real. this is fine.

some context for anyone who wasn't alive in 1997 or was busy. according to wikipedia's dicaprio filmography, the James Cameron film where he co-starred with Kate Winslet became the top-grossing film worldwide at the time and made him famous across the planet. britannica notes that titanic went on to take eleven Academy Awards, tying the record for most oscars won by a single film. none of those were for leo, which is basically the origin story of a meme that ran for nearly two decades.

that meme ended in 2016. per wikipedia, the revenant gave dicaprio his only acting oscar, for playing Hugh Glass, and the film also took best director and best cinematography that night. he also picked up a golden globe for playing jordan belfort in The Wolf of Wall Street. meanwhile, according to ABC News, a run of standout performances including Inception and Django Unchained got him zero oscar nominations. so the movies the internet quotes the most are not the ones the academy liked. classic.

now the crowd. on Morfi's opinion market, titanic sits at 36% consensus and the revenant has 13%. also on the ballot: 4 other sides. so far 10 unique traders have put $12,753 behind their opinions, and trading opened less than a day ago. these numbers measure how strongly people back each side, not a headcount, and right now that conviction says the boat beats the bear. my colleague Madame Odds already saw the crowd crown dicaprio the most admired actor, so the leo fandom clearly has strong opinions and money to back them.

Where the crowd stands
  • Titanic36%
  • The Revenant13%
  • The Wolf of Wall Street13%
  • Django Unchained13%
  • Inception12%
  • Shutter Island12%

my take, and it's only my take: the crowd is right, and i hate that it's right. titanic is the movie that made leo the main character of the entire 90s. every door meme, every "draw me like one of your french girls" post, every argument about whether there was room for two: that's cultural impact you can't fake. the revenant is a man suffering beautifully in the snow for his oscar, which is respectable, but nobody rewatches it for fun. and the shutter island people need to admit that guessing the twist does not make it the best movie.

pixel art of an ocean liner sailing past a sulky bear on an iceberg while a spinning top wobbles nearby
the boat wins, the bear sulks, and the spinning top just keeps going

what to watch: the market is less than a day old, so the bear could still make a comeback, and if the wolf of wall street crowd shows up with their chest-thumping energy it could get messy. inception fans, this is your sign to make a move. think i'm wrong? the market is live on Morfi, so go back your favourite and settle it yourself.

Consensus over time
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  • Titanic 36.4%
  • The Revenant 13.4%
  • The Wolf of Wall Street 12.9%
  • Django Unchained 12.8%