12 Michael Keaton movies that show off his acting chops, from most outlandish to most serious

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• Micheal Keaton has had an incredible talent over his career to play silly and outrageous roles as easily as he does super serious and dramatic ones.
• Here we look at 12 of his movies and rank them from most outlandish to most serious.
• See where movies like "Beetlejuice," "Jack Frost," "Toy Story 3," "Birdman," and "Spotlight" fall in the list.

Over Michael Keaton's successful career that spans all the way back to the late 1970s, the Oscar-nominated actor has played a wide range of characters. But what really stands out is his talent to play outlandish parts as easily he does dramatic ones.

Though most people will always link Keaton with playing Batman in the late 1980s, that's just one chapter in his career. Through the decades, he's also played everything from a deranged ghost named Beetlejuice and a self-absorbed Ken doll in "Toy Story 3," to a man struggling with addiction in "Clean and Sober" and a newspaper editor, twice, in "The Paper" and "Spotlight."

Here we highlight 12 of his movies to journey from Keaton's most outlandish movie to his most serious.