Jason Momoa: Top 10 Movies

American actor Jason Momoa is mostly known for portraying Khal Drogo in HBO’s celebrated epic fantasy drama ‘Game of Thrones and DC Comics’ Aquaman.

The forty-three years old actor Jason Momoa was born in Honolulu of Hawaii and has been active in his acting career since 1999. Other than ‘Game of Throne’s and ‘Aquaman’ he has starred in a number of other tv series and films too.

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Following is the List of the Top 10 Movies of Jason Momoa:

Bullet to the Head (2012)-

Jason Momoa
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Walter Hill has directed this action movie that is adapted from ‘Du Plomb Dans la tête’, Matz’s French graphic novel. The plot of the movie revolves around a hitman and a cop who have to work together in order to defeat a corrupted businessman as they become targeted by the assassin of that businessman.

Momoa played the role of the assassin Keegan in the film. The movie premiered at Rome Film Festival on November 14, 2012, and was later released in the United States on February 1, 2013.

Road to Paloma-

Road to Paloma
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This film marks the directorial debut of Momoa which is also produced, co-written, and starred by him. This thriller drama revolves around a Native American named Wolf who is on a journey across the West by motorcycle to redeem himself after he kills the murderer of his mother.

Momoa portrayed the protagonist Robert Wolf in the movie. It premiered in Sarasota Film Festival on April 12, 2014, and the same year released in the United States on July 11.

Debug (2014)-

Jason Momoa
THE GATE

David Hewlett directed this sci-fi horror movie that centers on six computer programmers’ efforts of bringing down a psychopathic artificial intelligence on an Interstellar spaceship.

Momoa starred as the hostile AI known as I am. And the programmers were played by Jeananne Goossen, Adam Butcher, Adrian Holmes, Kjartan Hewitt, Jadyn Wong, and Sidney Leeder. The movie was released in the UK on November 3, 2014.

Sugar Mountain (2016)-

Sugar Mountain
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This is a thriller movie by director Richard Gray that revolves around a man’s plan along with his girlfriend and brother to fake disappearance in the wilderness of Alaska. But things get an uglier turn as the townsfolk’s truth begins to unfold.

Momoa played the role of Joe Bright in the movie. The movie was released on December 9, 2016, in the United States.

The Bad Batch (2017)-

Jason Momoa
Roger Ebert

Ana Lily Amirpour has directed this dystopian thriller movie that revolves around a woman’s exile to a desert and her unconventional experiences there. First a group of cannibals under the leadership of a person named Miami Man attacks her.

And when she barely escapes them, she comes across a bizarre comfort settlement that is run by a charismatic leader, known as The Dream.

Suki Waterhouse starred as the young woman protagonist Arlen in the movie with Momoa playing Miami Man and Keanu Reeves playing The Dream. The movie premiered at the Venice International Film Festival on September 6, 2016, and competed for the Golden Lion. It was later released in the United States on June 23, 2017.

Justice League (2017)-

Justice League
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Centred around the same named superhero team of DC Comics, this movie is directed by Zack Snyder and is the fifth installment of the DC Extended Universe.

The plot of the film follows the incidents of ‘Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice as Batman and Wonder Woman after the death of Superman recruit other superheroes like Aquaman, The Flash, Cyborg to defeat the villainous Steppenwolf.

This Momoa’s first main role as Aquaman in the DC movies. The movie premiered at Dolby Theatre on November 13, 2017, and was later released in the United States on November 17 of the same year.

Braven (2018)-

Braven
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Lin Oeding has directed this action thriller movie that revolves around a logger named Joe Braven who is determined to protect his father and his wife by fighting at a mountain cabin with a group of drug traffickers.

Momoa starred as the protagonist Joe Braven in the movie. It released in the United States on February 2, 2018.

Aquaman (2018)-

Jason Momoa
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This is the sixth installment of DC Extended Universe and is based on the same named DC superhero. The plot shows Arthur Curry aka Aquaman leading the underwater kingdom of Atlantis to prevent King Orm, his half brother from destroying the surface world by uniting all the underworld kingdoms.

Momoa reprised his role as Aquaman in the movie with Amber Heard starring as Mera and Patrick Wilson playing King Orm. The movie was released in the United States on December 21, 2018.

Dune (2021)-

Dune
Entertainment Weekly

This is Denis Villeneuve’s epic sci-fi movie adapting mainly the first part of Frank Herbert’s 1965 novel. The film premiered at the Venice International Film Festival on September 3, 2021, and used an ensemble cast including Momoa, Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Oscar Isaac, etc.

Slumberland (2022)-

Jason Momoa
Den Of Geek

This is a recently released fantasy adventure movie adapted from Winsor McCay’s comic strip ‘Little Nemo in Slumberland. It cast Momoa as the con artist Flip. The movie was released on November 18, 2022, on Netflix.