Primal Fear (1996)

In his memorable debut, Norton played a murder suspect with Richard Gere for a lawyer. With his scared face and scary eyes, it was easy to tell we were going to be seeing a lot more of our man Ed.

The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)

When Edward Norton is the voice of reason in a movie, you know there's some wild stuff going on. But here, he gets to be the lawyer!

American History X (1998)

Norton takes his character from innocent kid to brutal racist to something approaching redemption in this harrowing movie.

Fight Club (1999)

This one'll mess with your head. I'd tell you more, but the first rule of fight club . . . hell, you know the rest.

Keeping the Faith (2000)

Okay, I haven't actually seen this one. And it didn't really look all that good. But five is a nice round number, so it makes the list.