Timothée Chalamet is an increasingly popular young movie star that has acted in numerous major films. Chalamet’s range has seen him play in heartfelt holiday movies to gritty dramas, acting as everything from sensitive gentlemen to cannibals. As a result, his repertoire is filled with a versatile, highly-acclaimed filmography that show off the virtuosic performers acting chops.
Chalamet is already slated to appear in the upcoming films, Dune 2 and Wonka, and shows no signs of slowing down. Since he launched himself into stardom due to good looks and genuine talent, Chalamet has become a household name and Academy Award regular. Here is a breakdown of every Timothée Chalamet movie, ranked worst to best.
17. Love The Coopers
The 2015 movie Love The Coopers is the one and only holiday movie actor Timothée Chalamet has been in. The ensemble film follows the chaotic life of the Coopers leading up to their holiday dinner together. Chalamet plays Charlie, the grandson of the Sam and Charlotte, the soon-to-be divorced couple hosting Christmas. The film received very negative reviews for cheesiness and lack of depth, earning it an 18% on rotten tomatoes. Chalamet still does well in the film, acting-wise, but the script truly leaves something to be desired.
16. The Adderall Diaries
The Adderall Diaries follows a drug-addicted writer who reconnects with his father while doing research for an upcoming true crime novel. With Chalamet as the young version of the main character, Stephen played by versatile actor James Franco, he helps to lay down the foundation for the main character’s drug addiction and estrangement from his family. The film did poorly with critics, calling it sloppy and lacking profundity, but Timothée Chalamet’s performance is gritty and worthy of praise.
15. One and Two
One and Two is a magical thriller directed by Andrew Droz Palermo, relased in 2015 and starring Timothée Chalamet and Kiernan Shipka. The two actors play siblings who possess the power to teleport small distances. However, the two are forced to live on an isolated farm with their extremely religious parents. Their father is a cruel man who does not allow them to use their powers and their mother is ailing from an unknown aggressive illness. Despite the interesting premise, the film received primarily negative reviews, with complaints that it was boring and uninspired, but with praise for Chalmaet’s performance.
14. A Rainy Day in New York
A Rainy Day in New York is a 2019 romantic comedy directed by controversial director Woody Allen. It stars actor Timothée Chalamet and Elle Fanning as Gatsby Welles and Ashleigh Enright, liberal art students at a college in upstate New York. When the duo takes a trip to Manhattan, they both end up finding romance and adventure with people that are not each other. While Chalamet’s performance in A Rainy Day in New York works, it is not unlike the characters he has portrayed in the past. However, the primary problem with the film is its release in the midst of sexual abuse allegations being levied at its director Allen.
13. Don’t Look Up
Netflix’s Don’t Look Up is a 2001 satirical black comedy about a group of scientists trying to inform the population that the world is ending. It features countless movie stars like Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, and Jonah Hill, and was created by the acclaimed director Adam McKay. With a monstrous, world-ending comet on its way to earth, a team of scientists set out to find a solution before it is too late. While they expect mass hysteria instead they are met with apathy and denial from the populace and its leaders.
Frustrated and resigned to the state of the world, one of the scientists, Kate, played by seasoned actress Jennifer Lawrence, begins a relationship with a shoplifter and punk, Yule, played by Timothée Chalamet. The film was met with extremely mixed reviews, many criticizing the ham-fisted satire that makes light of the very serious climate crisis, but still received a Best Picture nod at the Oscars. Don’t Look Up is one of many movies in which Timothée Chalamet plays an unbothered jerk, and while he does well at it, it is nothing audiences have not seen before.
12. Hot Summer Nights
Hot Summer Nights, released in 2019, is a crime drama about drug dealing in Cape Cod. While in Cape Cod for the summer, Daniel Middleton, played by actor Timothée Chalamet, quickly gets whisked into the world of dealing marijuana, and later, cocaine. Trying to navigate this new money-making stressor and a blooming romance with McKayla, the younger sister of his drug-dealing partner, Daniel is masterfully depicted by Chalamet, just 23 at the time. Despite the performances of the film’s main characters, however, the majority of audiences found that the film’s plot was nothing to write home about, leaving Hot Summer Nights as one of Chalamet’s good, but least memorable films.
11. Hostiles
Scott Cooper’s beautifully shot Hostiles is a 2017 Western/war film following a group of men sent to rescue a cancer-ridden chief named Yellow Hawk in 1893. The youngest in the rescue party, a newcomer Frenchman, Philippe Dejardin, is played by Chalamet. Featuring a star-studded cast including Christian Bale, Rosamund Pike, and Jesse Plemmons, Hostile received satisfactory reviews from critics and audiences. Chalamet is very minorly featured in the Hostiles movie as he is killed in an attack by Comanches early on in their journey. Overall, Hostiles is an excellent action film but does not allow Timothée Chalamet to shine as an actor.
10. The King
The King is a 2019 Netflix original film following the life and rise of King Henry V. The film is loosely based on the plays by WIlliam Shakespeare and shows a young prince grappling with leaving behind his drinking, partying days to be king. While the large-budget film features an all-star cast, many viewers found it slow or boring, or critiqued the historical and Shakespearean accuracy of the piece. The King is still a solid film in the repertoire of the superstar, with many praising his performance as the young King Henry V, but all in all, The King left something to be desired for its audience.
9. Bones and All
Timothée Chalamet stars in the Bones and All 2022 cast, as one of two leads in the cannibalistic romance movie, directed by Luca Guadagnino, about young couple driving across the country. When Maren is abandoned by her family due to her cannibalistic urges, she flees to seek her mother, whom she has never met. Along the way, Maren discovers she is not alone as she meets several other “eaters,” including Lee (Chalamet), with whom she learns from and forms a romance. Chalamet’s performance as Lee is great, but simple and similar to many of the roles he has played in the past.
8. Miss Stevens
Miss Stevens is a lesser known, but delightful, teen dramatic comedy about a theatre teacher chaperoning her students to a competition. Chalamet plays Billy Mitman, a very talented by struggling student, grappling with a behavioral disorder. Chalamet’s performance as the troubled teen is believable, but the most moving moment in the comedy movie is when Chalamet delivers a monologue from Death of a Salesman, it is heartbreaking and a testament to Chalamet’s skill as an actor. While the movie itself falls flat in a few areas, Chalamet’s performance as BIlly shines through as masterful, moving, and memorable.
7. The French Dispatch
Chalamet is featured in Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch as Zeffirelli, a student and revolutionary. The film follows a newspaper making its final issue after the recently deceased editor has died and expressed in his will that he wanted the paper to cease. The movie unfolds as a newspaper would, with five separate sections, featuring new and unique characters from the newspaper company. Chalamet appears in the section entitled “Revisions to a Manifesto.” His character, Zeffirelli, is the leader of a revolution, who is writing a manifesto. The French Dispatch marks a turn in Chalamet’s career, as he plays an eccentric character, unlike anything he had played in the past.
6. Interstellar
While Chalamet only has a minor role in the Interstellar movie, the Christopher Nolan sci-fi epic sees him play his role with great nuance. Chalamet plays Tom, the son of astronaut-turned-farmer, Joseph Cooper, who gets invited on a mission through a black hole to find a new inhabitable planet for humanity. Chalamet’s Tom, whose older version is played by Casey Affleck, is an excellent depiction of a son who really cares for his father, blended with the casual angst that makes him believable. The transcendent, unforgettable space epic received five Academy Award nominations and is remembered as one of Christopher Nolan’s best films to date.
5. Beautiful Boy
Beautiful Boy is a harrowing and fascinating movie adaptation of a real story about a young boy, Nic Sheff, as him and him and his father, David Sheff, navigate his struggles with addiction. As the father and son pair, Timothée Chalamet and Steve Carrell pull at the heartstrings with their incredible performances. Based on the memoirs of both Nic and David Sheff, Chalamet shines in Beautiful Boy as he depicts a boy’s immense turmoil as he struggles with the highs and lows of addiction recovery. His performance, combined with the magnificently heartbreaking storytelling and the chemistry between Chalamet and Carrell is what makes the film one of Chalamet’s best.
4. Little Women
2019’s Little Women is a period drama based on the novel of the same name by Louisa May-Alcott, starring Saoirse Ronan, Timothée Chalamet, and rising star Florence Pugh. Timothée Chalamet is Theodore “Laurie” Laurence, the March family’s neighbor and friend. Laurie forms a strong bond with Jo March, played by Saoirse Ronan, and in the most memorable scene in the film, Laurie confesses his love to her, and she turns him down. While the story of Little Women has been adapted or remade plenty of times, many see Gerwig’s 6-time Academy Award-nominated version as the best, in no small part to Chalamet’s unique, nuanced performance as Laurie.
3. Lady Bird
Lady Bird stars four-time oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan as Christine “Lady Bird” McPherson, an individualistic high school student who longs to leave her hometown of Sacramento, California forever. Chalamet plays a brooding, popular student at their Catholic school who lies about being a virgin in order to sleep with her. While Chalamet’s role is small in Lady Bird he plays a crucial part in the development and coming-of-age of “Lady Bird,” and the film would not be the same without him. His portrayal of Kyle makes him hateable, but realistic. Without Chalamet’s portrayal of Kyle the highly decorated, Academy Award-nominated film, Lady Bird, would not be the same.
2. Dune
The 2021 Denis Villeneuve epic, Dune, based on the Frank Herbert novel of the same name, with a sequel on the way, stars Timothée Chalamet as the main protagonist, Paul Atreides. The classic science fiction tale follows the Atreides family as they navigate a war on the borderline uninhabitable planet, Arakis. Chalamet’s dignified portrayal of Paul perfectly captured the pensiveness and wit off the beloved sci-fi character sits at the crux of the highly acclaimed movie.
The film received a plethora of accolades including six Academy Award wins, making it the most-awarded film of the season. Though not the first film adaptation of Dune, the Villeneuve version is regarded by many as a perfect adaptation of the supremely popular book. This in no small part due to Chalamet’s believable and intriguing performance as its protagonist Paul Atreides.
1. Call Me By Your Name
Luca Guadagnino’s coming-of-age film, Call Me By Your Name, one of ScreenRant’s best movies of the decade, utilizes the talent of several magnificent actors and the mesmerizing backdrop of Northern Italy. The film, based on the novel of the same name by André Aciman, follows Elio, an Italian boy who falls for a doctoral student, Oliver, who is staying with him for the summer. The sun-soaked, touching, indie piece earned several nods during awards season.
Call Me By Your Name earned Academy Award nominations for Best Picture and Original Song. Similarly, Chalamet received a Best Actor nomination, making him the 3rd youngest actor to be nominated for the award. Chalamet’s nuanced and enticing performance launched him into stardom, making Call Me By Your Name an important stepping stone in Timothée Chalamet becoming the star he is known as today, and his best film.
