Anya Taylor-Joy, who is popular for her role in Netflix’s Queen’s Gambit, has become a household name in less than a decade. In this article, we have made an attempt to rank her movies from best to worst.
Her roles in each movie and TV series naturally exhibit her skill as an actor, and she has starred in a lot of them in such a short time.
At the age of 25, Taylor-Joy has proven her prowess in acting, singing, and modeling. In turn, her exploits has earned her numerous awards such as Golden Globe Awards and Cannes Film Festival Awards. Here are Anya Taylor-Joy’s movies ranked from best to worst.
1. The Witch (2015)
The Witch was released in 2015 and turned Anya into one of the busiest and most sought-after young actresses in Hollywood.
The movie was about Thomasin, going out into the woods in 1630s New England to live with her Puritan family after being banished by a settlement. The family begin to experience pain and misery, with Thomasin at the center of it. The horror film was terrifying, yet enchanting as it entices the viewers to keep watching, dragging them to feel the pain and distress that consumed the family.
2. Here Are The Young Men (2020)
Here Are the Young Men is a 2020 movie based on a novel with the same title by Rob Doyle. It was written and directed by Eoin Macken and focused on three Irish teenagers living in Dublin with different personalities; Matthew (Dean-Charles Chapman), Rez (Ferdia Walsh-Peelo), and Kearney (Finn Cole).
The three teenagers are excited about the upcoming summer holiday that will be filled with partying, drugs and alcohol when the trio meets Jen (Taylor-Joy) and Matthew falls in love with her.
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3. Split (2016)
Split is a 2016 American psychological horror film written, directed and produced by M. Night Shyamalan. It stars James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Betty Buckley, and was notable because it was about a man with 24 personalities.
Kevin (James McAvoy) evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher (Betty Buckley), retaining one that was still submerged, set to materialize and dominate all the others. He abducts three teenage girls led by the willful, observant Casey (played by Anya Taylor-Joy).
4. Glass
A crossover and sequel to Split (above), Glass proved to be another M. Night Shyamalan masterpiece and Taylor-Joy held her own together by reprising the role of Casey. The movie grossed $247 million in the box office against a budget of $20 million.
5. Emma (2020)
Emma is a movie about a preening, rich and spoiled high-socialite in 19th-century England (played by Anya Taylor- Joy). The socialite sets out to find companionship in her quaint little village, but endures the hilarious trials and tribulations of one failed romance after another.
The movie is a charming tale that stresses the class differences of the time while celebrating the search for true love.
6. Barry (2016)
Barry (Devon Terrell) and Charlotte meet in college and begin to bond over their shared interest in politics. As Barry tries to navigate a world of racism while dating the young white woman, his eyes are opened to the harsh societal prejudices he’d go on to fight later in life as an elected politician.
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7. Marrowbone (2017)
Marrowbone is about a young man and his three younger siblings, who kept the death of their beloved mother a secret in order to remain together. The siblings Billy (Charlie Heaton), Jack (George McKay), Jane (Mia Goth), and Sam (Matthew Stagg) decide to hide out in a moldering old barn, known as Marrowbone Residence, only to become terrorized by an evil presence once they arrive.
8. Morgan (2016)
The movie Morgan is about a corporate troubleshooter (Kate Mara) who was sent to a top-secret location, where she is to investigate and evaluate a terrifying accident. She learns the event was triggered by a seemingly innocent “human,” who presents a mystery of both infinite promise and incalculable danger. The corporate risk-management consultant must determine whether or not to terminate an artificial being’s life that was made in a laboratory environment.
9. Thoroughbreds (2017)
Thoroughbreds is a 2017 American black comedy thriller film, written and directed by Cory Finley in his directorial debut. The movie is about childhood friends Lily and Amanda who reconnect in suburban Connecticut after years of growing apart. Lily has turned into a polished, upper-class teenager, with a fancy boarding school on her transcript and a coveted internship on her resume.
While Amanda has developed a sharp wit and her own particular attitude, but all in the process of becoming a social outcast. Though they initially seem completely at odds, the pair bond over Lily’s contempt for her oppressive stepfather, Mark, and as their friendship grows, they begin to bring out one another’s most destructive tendencies. Their ambitions lead them to hire a local hustler, Tim, and take matters into their own hands to set their lives straight.
10. Radioactive
It is sad that a movie about one of the most respected female scientists, Marie Curie, flopped this bad. Radioactive had Rosamund Pike in the lead role while Anya played her daughter, Irene Curie. Likely, the COVID-19 lockdown hit its planned theatrical release so bad that it got little to no promotion. There are likely even some movie lovers who are not aware that it exists but it was distributed digitally in the United Kingdom by StudioCanal and by Prime Video in the United States between June and July 2020.
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