Ten Favorite Ben Affleck or Matt Damon Movies
(in order of preference, and including only the movies in which they acted, which means that Gone Baby Gone, which Affleck wrote and directed but did not appear in, doesn’t count even though it’s great)
Dazed and Confused (with Affleck, directed by Richard Linklater, 1993)
The Departed (with Damon, directed by Martin Scorsese, 2006)
Margaret (with Damon, directed by Kenneth Lonergan, 2011)
The Bourne Identity (with Damon, directed by Doug Liman, 2002)
The Talented Mr. Ripley (with Damon, directed by Anthony Minghella, 1999)
The Accountant (with Affleck, directed by Gavin O’Connor, 2016)
Mystic Pizza (with Damon, directed by Donald Petrie, 1988)
Daddy and Them (with Affleck, directed by Billy Bob Thornton, 2001)
Contagion (with Damon, directed by Steven Soderbergh, 2011)
Chasing Amy (with Affleck and Damon, directed by Kevin Smith, 1997)
— September 2, 2024