The Aviator

In this epic biographical drama, Howard Hughes (Leonardo DiCaprio) is portrayed as an aviation pioneer and film producer who becomes increasingly unstable due to severe obsessive-compulsive disorder. As he pumps money into the embryonic aircraft industry, Hughes designs outlandish flying machines that push boundaries and inspire expansion of TWA. Meanwhile, he falls in and out of love with actress Katharine Hepburn (Cate Blanchett) and actress Ava Gardner (Kate Beckinsale), while struggling to maintain his grip on reality amidst growing paranoia and hallucinations.