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Every Hollywood superstar has to start somewhere.

But which movies actually star famous peoplebeforethey were famous?

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Below are 32 great movies that will most certainly make you say, “Theywere inthat?”

(In his own movie debut, no less!)

In retrospective interviews, Chan hilariously recalls when Lee accidentally injured him on set.

Johnny Depp in A Nightmare on Elm Street

Honestly, it should surprise nobody that Superman would outshine Daredevil.

In Drunken Tai Chi, Yen stars as a young man on the run from a killer.

Drunken Tai Chi is a rollicking good time that gives audiences a glimpse at a future superstar.

Jackie Chan in Enter the Dragon

But the truth is that Powell, like other actors, have grinded away at his craft for years.

Then why areyoupeople here?"

But a microbudget rom-com from 2002 can lay claim to getting Mara beforehand.

Anya Taylor-Joy in Barry

The Faculty (with Elijah Wood and Jordana Brewster)

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In the end we came back to Kirsten–she’s quite extraordinary in the part."

(Tyler is the daughter of Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler.)

Charlie Cox in Stardust

Marvel stardom followed not long afterward.

Along the way the two men meet a young woman named Deliverance who runs a dingy motel.

The part earned Bale instant acclaim and recognition, setting him down the path of a Hollywood superstar.

Chris Hemsworth in Star Trek

Carrey followed it up with a supporting role in Francis Ford Coppola’s Peggy Sue Got Married.

But it wasn’t until In Loving Color that Carrey’s name started to mean something to everyone else.

The movie also stars future sitcom star Jennifer Aniston, playing the teenage daughter of the family.

The Rock in Beyond the Mat

After Cruel Intentions and Election, both in 1999, Witherspoon became a giant.

A marriage compelled her to retire from her acting career.

In 2023, she won her first Oscar for Everything Everywhere All at Once.

Donnie Yen in Drunken Tai Chi

May God be with you."

Hinton’s YA novel The Outsiders.

Taps is quite the exhibition of Tom Cruise demonstrating his future stardom.

The Midnight Meat Train

The Dark Knight Rises

Tadpole

The Faculty

A Kid in King Arthur’s Court

A River Runs Through It

Interview With The Vampire

Coming to America

Liv Tyler in Empire Records

Ghost World

Brad Pitt in Cutting Class

Brie Larson in Short Term 12

Tobey Maguire in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Viola Davis in Out of Sight

Florence Pugh in The Commuter

Brittany Murphy in Drive

Seth Rogen in Donnie Darko

Empire of the Sun

Matthew McConaughey in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation

Jim Carrey in Once Bitten

Jennifer Aniston in Leprechaun

The Man in the Moon

Supercop

Spider-Man

Taps

Iron Man

Al Pacino in Jack and Jill

10 Things I Hate About You

Gene Kelly in Singin� in the Rain

Ryan Gosling in Crazy, Stupid, Love

Bloodsport

Star Wars #1

Lewis Pullman as "Bob" in Thunderbolts*

Eva Victor as Agnes in Sorry, Baby

Mister Terrific in Superman

Road House

Thor shirt

Oblivion Remastered at night

Lego Mario Kart, Endgame Final Battle, Jango Fett�s Firespray-Class Ship, and Chopper divided by white lines, with a �GamesRadar+ new Lego� badge in the middle

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle screenshot of Indiana dressed as priest, looking over a book

Days Gone Remastered protagonist Deacon running from hundreds of zombies in the rain

PS5 Pro reveal from trailer

The cast of Thunderbolts standing in an elevator during the trailer for the upcoming Marvel Phase 5 movie.

Articulate box, cards, board, and tokens on a wooden table

Logan Kim as Hershel and Lauren Cohan as Maggie in The Walking Dead: Dead City season 2