 Since then, Culkin has appeared in numerous films, "Signs" being the most famous, in which he starred alongside Mel Gibson and Joaquin Phoenix.As a teenager, Rory started moving into more independent films, such as "The Chumscrubber", "Hick" and "Down in the Valley".He took a leading role in "Mean Creek", a 2004 independent film about a group of teenagers that plan to get revenge on a bully.