Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's road to Hollywood superstar is a story of hard work, perseverance, and luck. Tall, and Doom) and family comedies ("Game Plan," "Tooth Fairy"). It was not until the success of 2011's Fast Five that Johnson's career shifted to blockbusters and adventure comedies.

The Rock is now an A-list movie star whose name alone has the power to get almost any movie made. His career has spanned more than two decades, during which Johnson has given some memorable performances. Here are the top five movies The Rock has appeared in.

In the early 2000s, The Rock was starting to get his foot in the door in Hollywood while wrestling for WWE. Johnson's second starring role, 2003's Rundown, remains one of his best performances 20 years later. Johnson plays Beck, a hard-nosed bounty hunter sent to collect a debt from loan shark boss Billy Walker (William Lucking). Beck, who is trying to make the transition from bounty hunter to chef, is ordered to do one last job. It is to bring Billy's treasure hunter son Travis (Sean William Scott) back from a Brazilian mining town.

Upon arrival, Beck meets the town's leader, Cornelius Bernard Hatcher (Christopher Walken). The odd couple of Beck and Travis must work together to escape Brazil before Hatcher corners them. What makes "Rundown" so memorable is the natural chemistry between Johnson and Scott, which makes one wonder why a sequel never materialized.

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Since 2011, Johnson has appeared as DSS agent Luke Hobbs in the "Wild Speed" series. Only one film from the Fast Saga was selected for this list. Otherwise, multiple "Wild Speed" films would occupy at least the third spot. Fittingly, Johnson's first appearance, "Fast Five," remains the best "Fast & Furious" film.

After escaping police custody in the United States, Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel), Brian O'Connor (Paul Walker), and Mia Toretto (Jordana Brewster) flee to Rio de Janeiro. Desperate for money and a new life, the three gather their friends to steal $100 million from Brazilian drug lord Hernan Reyes (Joaquim de Almeida). But Hobbs (Johnson) hot on their tail and tries to frame Toretto. For the first time in the franchise, Dom has a worthy adversary in Hobbs, and their vicious battle remains one of the most talked about scenes in the series.

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Johnson played football for four years at the University of Miami before becoming a professional wrestler; although his NFL dreams did not come true, Johnson's work as a coach in The Gridiron Gang has helped to restore the former football Recapturing the glamour, Shawn Porter (Johnson), a counselor at a detention center for teenage boys, decides to start a football program to instill a sense of belief, dedication, and triumph in their lives.

Initially, the team struggles due to inexperience and lack of coordination. However, as the boys learn to play as a team, they gradually learn to trust Porter's approach to discipline and coaching strategies. While the action on the field is interesting, it is the off-the-field relationships and interactions between the characters that elevate this film from a cheesy sports movie to an engaging drama.

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In 2013, Johnson was an action hero on the cusp of being a real superstar. At the time, Johnson was still starring in mid-budget action thrillers like The Snitch. Among his dramatic performances, Johnson starred as John Matthews, a construction company owner. His life falls apart when his son Jason (Raffi Gavron) is unexpectedly arrested for drug possession and sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Using his connections, John strikes a deal with the U.S. Attorney Joan Keegan (Susan Sarandon) goes undercover in the drug trade in exchange for a reduced sentence for Jason. The undercover operation goes haywire when Joan becomes involved with a Mexican cartel and he is forced to risk his life to carry out the mission.With a modest budget of $25 million, the film stars Johnson, Barry Pepper, Benjamin Bratt, Harold Perrineau, John Bernal, Michael Kenneth Williams, Melina Canacaredes, David Harbour, and Susan Sarandon.

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After nearly two decades in the ring against the best athletes, The Rock faces his toughest challenge, Mother Nature, in "San Andreas. After the San Andreas fault shifts, the largest earthquake in history wreaks havoc on California residents. Ray Gaines (Johnson), pilot of the LAFD rescue helicopter in Los Angeles, rescues his estranged wife Emma (Carla Gugino) from a collapsing high-rise building.

Ray and Emma's daughter Blake (Alexandra Daddario) is stranded in San Francisco when an earthquake strikes, but escapes destruction. Knowing that the fault line will shift again and cause more earthquakes, Ray and Emma fly to San Francisco to rescue their daughter. However, avoiding the destruction of the earthquake during the journey pushes the couple to their limits.

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