Welcome to our ranking of movies and series of Anya Taylor-Joy! We start with her Certified Fresh works, including her career introduction in The Witch, Netflix’s addictive chess miniseries The Queen’s Gambit, Edgar Wright’s swinging Last Night in Soho, and the fifth season of Peaky Blinders. Those are followed by Glass, the sequel to M. Night Shyamalan’s surprising Split, and the long-delayed New Mutants, the last in Fox’s run with Marvel and X-Men. Her latest was Furiosa, the lore-deep prequel Mad Max: Fury Road.
Adjusted Score: 106400%
Critics Consensus: Its moves aren’t always perfect, but between Anya Taylor-Joy’s magnetic performance, incredibly realized period details, and emotionally intelligent writing, The Queen’s Gambit is an absolute win.
#2
Adjusted Score: 116722%
Critics Consensus: Retroactively enriching Fury Road with greater emotional heft if not quite matching it in propulsive throttle, Furiosa is another glorious swerve in mastermind George Miller’s breathless race towards cinematic Valhalla.
#3
Adjusted Score: 106552%
Critics Consensus: As thought-provoking as it is visually compelling, The Witch delivers a deeply unsettling exercise in slow-building horror that suggests great things for debuting writer-director Robert Eggers.
#4
Adjusted Score: 111203%
Critics Consensus: A bloody revenge epic and breathtaking visual marvel, The Northman finds filmmaker Robert Eggers expanding his scope without sacrificing any of his signature style.
#5
Adjusted Score: 106081%
Critics Consensus: While its social commentary relies on basic ingredients, The Menu serves up black comedy with plenty of flavor.
Adjusted Score: 95468%
Critics Consensus: An epic fantasy adventure that will please old and new fans alike, Age of Resistance expertly builds on the lore of The Dark Crystal, crafting compelling new mythos without losing sight of the humanity at the story’s heart.
#7
Adjusted Score: 96834%
Critics Consensus: Thoroughbreds juggles genres with panache, delivering a well-written and refreshingly unpredictable entry in the teen thriller genre.
#8
Adjusted Score: 100854%
Critics Consensus: Other adaptations may do a better job of consistently capturing the spirit of the classic source material, but Jane Austen fans should still find a solid match in this Emma.
Adjusted Score: 87647%
Critics Consensus: While Peaky Blinders‘s fifth season suffers somewhat from superficial characterization, it remains one of TVs most visually thrilling endeavors.
#10
Adjusted Score: 81350%
Critics Consensus: Barry opens a speculative window into a future president’s formative college years, offering a flawed yet compelling glimpse of American history in the making.
#11
Adjusted Score: 92951%
Critics Consensus: Split serves as a dramatic tour de force for James McAvoy in multiple roles — and finds writer-director M. Night Shyamalan returning resoundingly to thrilling form.
#12
Adjusted Score: 92822%
Critics Consensus: Although it struggles to maintain its thrilling early momentum, Last Night in Soho shows flashes of Edgar Wright at his most stylish and ambitious.
Adjusted Score: 101639%
Critics Consensus: Peaky Blinders‘ sixth season gracefully addresses the untimely passing of star Helen McCrory while setting the stage for a fitting climax to this epic saga of likable scalawags.
#14
Adjusted Score: 69852%
Critics Consensus: Radioactive‘s flawed script and counterproductive storytelling choices are offset by Rosamund Pike’s central performance in a sincere tribute to a brilliant scientific mind.
#15
Adjusted Score: 52332%
Critics Consensus: Marrowbone‘s effective setting and strong cast can’t make up for thinly conceived characters and a story short on genuine scares.
#16
Adjusted Score: 42894%
Critics Consensus: Strong acting and good intentions aren’t enough to overcome all the obvious turns in Here Are the Young Men‘s derivative story.
#17
Adjusted Score: 43924%
Critics Consensus: Morgan neglects to develop its decent premise, opting instead to settle for a garden-variety sci-fi thriller with more action than ideas.
#18
Adjusted Score: 58770%
Critics Consensus: Glass displays a few glimmers of M. Night Shyamalan at his twisty world-building best, but ultimately disappoints as the conclusion to the writer-director’s long-gestating trilogy.
#19
Adjusted Score: 43505%
Critics Consensus: Rendering a list of potentially explosive ingredients mostly inert, The New Mutants is a franchise spinoff that’s less than the sum of its super-powered parts.
#20
Adjusted Score: 45843%
Critics Consensus: Amsterdam has a bunch of big stars and a very busy plot, all of which amounts to painfully less than the sum of its dazzling parts.
#21
Adjusted Score: 20452%
Critics Consensus: Much like the toys it advertises, Playmobil: The Movie seems sadly destined to be regarded as a superficially similar yet less desirable alternative to the competition.