Depends what you consider to be the beginning of his 'mainstream' career. Besides The Fly (which was just a typical Cronenberg horror with a larger budget), for me, it was Naked Lunch that was the most widely acknowledged of his films up to that point but I guess their are many people on board here who can verify the fan reaction much more than I. Personally, I love Naked Lunch but it's far more artsy fartsy (which I like, I might add) than his previous body horror movies.
A History of Violence is adapted from one of my favorite graphic novels, so even though it might not be Cronenbergs best film it works as a solid adaptation that I don't cringe about when discussing the source material.
Crash never really did anything for me despite being visually stylish and cut. But damned if I can actually remember anything about it besides that. And Cosmopolis was just kind of.....meh.
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