Liam Neeson is one of the most versatile actors in film. From his early small roles to his breakout roles in historical dramas and major motion pictures, Neeson has worked in almost every genre. The Irish actor has played important historical figures such as freedom fighters and scientists and has been pivotal in franchises such as "Star Wars" and "The Chronicles of Narnia." Later in his career, he became an action star in lean, propulsive B-movies such as the "Taken" series.

Neeson brings gravitas and emotional heft to every role, whether it be in the bizarre world of science fiction or in a white-knuckle fight with street criminals. His body of work ranges from popular hits to lesser-known films. Here are the seven best Neeson films available for streaming right now.

Neeson's performance in the title role in Steven Spielberg's Best Picture-winning Holocaust drama was his only Oscar nomination. Heavy subject matter and a running time of over three hours make "Schindler's List" difficult to watch, but it is also deeply rewarding, and Neeson's performance as German industrialist Oskar Schindler is crucial to the film's success.

The film tells the true story of Schindler's efforts to prevent Jewish workers from being rounded up and killed by the Nazis during World War II. Neeson captures Schindler's journey from a cold-hearted playboy who hired Jews simply because they were cheap to a crusader for justice who sacrificed himself. Neeson never downplays Schindler's arrogance, which makes the character's ultimate sacrifice all the more meaningful.

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Richard Curtis' multifaceted ensemble romantic comedy has a story for everyone, but Neeson's story is the most wholesome, pairing young Thomas Brodie-Sangster teaming up to tell a sweet father-son story. Daniel, played by Neeson, has been struggling with his relationship with his son-in-law, Sam (Brodie-Sangster), since the death of his wife and Sam's mother. When Sam reveals that he has feelings for a classmate, the two find common ground and Daniel helps him find love for the first time.

While the other stories focus on romantic entanglements, Daniel and Sam's interaction is about their growing bond as father and son. Teaming up to help Sam approach the girl he loves helps them both process their grief and shows them the way forward as a family after such a devastating loss. It's a nice little family drama in the midst of a sticky romance.

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Neeson is often lumped together because he makes so many forgettable action films, but this thriller from director and co-writer Joe Carnahan sets itself apart by focusing on psychological anguish and wilderness survival Neeson is the first to be beaten by a wolf. People will remember the image of Neeson bracing himself to punch a wolf in the face, but it is only a brief moment in an otherwise somber and tense drama about men facing the harsh winter conditions of Alaska.

Neeson plays a despondent widower who ends up leading a group of oil workers stranded in the mountains after their plane crashes and surrounded by a deadly wolf pack. The savage wolf attack is secondary to a meditation on manhood and the relationship between man and the natural world. Neeson is as adept at conveying the character's grief as he is at bringing down the wolf. [Neeson would have been able to lead an entire franchise featuring private detective Matthew Scudder, because he would have been able to lead an entire franchise featuring a private detective, Matthew Scudder. Author Lawrence Block has written 19 Scudder books, and writer/director Scott Frank has adapted one of them into a film that tells the story of Scudder's pursuit of a pair of killers who target the families of vulnerable drug dealers.

Frank delivers the requisite thrills, chase sequences, and violent confrontations, but he also provides a sophisticated character study of Scudder, a former cop and recovering alcoholic. Neeson embodies the weariness of a man who knows he will never truly find redemption, but continues to do everything in his power to seek it.

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Neeson has a supporting role in Martin Scorsese's somber historical drama, but his presence has a profound impact on the story. Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver play Jesuit missionaries from Portugal who travel to Japan to search for their missing mentor (Neeson) and spread Christianity. since Christianity was outlawed in 17th century Japan, the missionaries are detained and ordered to renounce their faith or face torture and or death.

Both Garfield and Driver give powerful performances as devout men wrestling with the value of their faith in the face of such horrific consequences, and Neeson adds to the intensity later in the film when he reappears as a former priest who renounces his Christian faith and takes on a Japanese name. His emaciated figure and despondent expression show the anguish that comes with losing one's faith.

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Academy Award-nominated Liam Neeson and Lesley Manville team up for this quiet portrait of a long-term marriage. Tom and Joan have been together for many years. Tom and Joan have been together for many years and lead an ordinary life together with their outstanding love. One day, while Joan is taking a shower, she finds a lump in her breast, and their routine is disrupted.

After she is diagnosed with breast cancer, the couple faces adversity together. The ordeal tests their relationship, but through it all, they find humor and kindness and survive. It is also one of the few recent Liam Neeson films in which his character does not earn a body count.

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Brian Mills (Neeson) is semi-retired, but when something is taken from him, he is drawn back to killing more people. In this case, it is not a dog, but his daughter (Maggie Grace), and Neeson shoots up Paris in an attempt to find her.

Part of the success of "Taken" lies in the fact that Neeson is so unassuming that it is hard to believe that he is a former Special Forces operative, easily dispatching assassins and kidnappers. And the 90-minute "Taken" is a very tense action film that moves at a brisk pace. It was so popular that it spawned two sequels, but the original is still the best.

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