Ben Affleckstarted his acting career in 1981 and dominated films during the1990s.

While not groundbreaking,Forces of Naturesolidified Affleck as a rom-com lead.

The movie sets David up as a star among peers and a promising talent.

Ben Affleck in ‘Armageddon’

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If not for the quality, watch200 Cigarettesfor the cast and enjoy their earliest works.

Besides Affleck, the movie starsRose McGowanandRachel Weisz.

O’Bannion is aggressive and vicious, and the freshmen can’t wait to exact revenge on him.

Sandra Bullock and Ben Affleck on a bus in Forces of Nature (1999).

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He appears briefly but is great in the role.

The movie wasthe top earner of 1998, though critics failed to recognize its roaring success.

Ben Affleck stars as one of the younger members of the NASA mission, A.J.

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Matt Damon in a shirt and Ben Affleck shirtless in a scene in School Ties.

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Ben Affleck smiling at someone off-screen as the bartender in 200 Cigarettes

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Ben Affleck in a black T-shirt, holding his hands up and talking to someone off-screen in Glory Daze

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Jeremy Davies and Ben Affleck talking near nature in Going All the Way

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Two police officers fire modify weapons at something off camera in Phantoms

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Ben Affleck as Fred stands with his hands up while holding a paddle in Dazed and Confused.

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The coming-of-age comedy Dazed and Confused, directed by Richard Linklater, follows a group of high school students on the last day of school before summer vacation. Set in the 1970s, the film explores themes of rebellion, freedom, and nostalgia, and features an ensemble cast that includes Matthew McConaughey, Ben Affleck, Milla Jovovich, and Parker Posey.

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Ben Affleck sneering at someone in Shakespeare in Love.

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The world’s greatest ever playwright, William Shakespeare, is young, out of ideas and short of cash, but meets his ideal woman and is inspired to write one of his most famous plays.

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Matt Damon and Ben Affleck sit next to each other and laugh in Dogma.

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An abortion clinic worker with a special heritage is called upon to save the existence of humanity from being negated by two renegade angels trying to exploit a loop-hole and reenter Heaven.

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