Every Aaron Taylor-Johnson Movie Ranked From Worst To Best

The best Aaron Taylor-Johnson the films prove that he is one of the most exciting young actors in Hollywood. Born Aaron Johnson in 1990, he began his film career as a child actor in the early 2000s. He rose to stardom with his performance as the young John Lennon in the biopic Nowhere, boy in 2009. During that star-studded production, he met his now-wife, Sam Taylor-Johnson, who made her directorial debut with the film. Since then, Aaron Taylor-Johnson has appeared in all manner of Hollywood productions, from a litany of comic book adaptations to elaborate fantasy dramas.

Aaron Taylor-Johnson continues his career as a Hollywood leading man in 2024 Kraven the Hunterwhere he plays the titular character as part of the Sony film Spider-Man Universe (SSU), in the same multiverse as Poison and Morbius. He is also set to appear in David Leitch's film The fallen guy alongside Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt, following their previous collaboration in 2022 bullet train.

28

Chat Room (2010)

William Collins

Chat Room doesn't seem to understand the internet or teenagers, which is a big problem for a film about teenagers chatting on the internet. The film commits the crime of completely wasting an incredibly talented cast that would go on to be immensely successful: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Daniel Kaluuya, Imogen Poots and several members of the Game of Thrones cast in Hannah Murray, Michelle Fairley, Jacob Anderson and Richard Madden.

Chat RoomThe stilted dialogue could have hurt their careers, but thankfully, they all seem to have thrived despite the film. Ultimately, Chat Room looks like a reject Black Mirror road map. The film had a poor rating of 9% on Rotten Tomatoes and was a box office failure.

27

Too Cool (2004)

George

Aaron Taylor-Johnson makes an early appearance in forgotten British comedy-drama Very cool. The plot concerns a teenager named David Cohen (Steven Geller), a young man whose father has died and whose mother has met and married a new man. David then sees his father's ghost and tries to ruin his mother's new relationship.

pulp FictionRosanna Arquette appears in the film as David's mother, while Aaron Taylor-Johnson plays David's younger half-brother. Most critics dismissed the film, pointing out the weak dialogue and its unfocused feel, so most reviews ranged from average to poor. Taylor-Johnson had a very small role in the nearly forgotten project.

26

Savages (2012)

John “Chon” McAllister Jr.

Wild Director Oliver Stone has always been a controversial filmmaker, but this film doesn't have a sharp enough script to live up to his earlier, more successful efforts. Aaron Taylor-Johnson and his co-star, Taylor Kitsch, are surrounded by a barrage of other actors wandering through the film and devouring every bit of scenery. The film fails to establish the love triangle with “O” (Blake Lively), which was the purpose of Wild plot.

It all culminates in a surprise ending that feels more like a cop-out than a genuine surprise.

The film follows two best friends who grow marijuana with seeds smuggled out of Afghanistan. They are both dating “O”, but things go wrong for them when a Mexican cartel moves into their area and demands that they fall in line. It all culminates in a surprise ending that feels more like a cop-out than a genuine surprise. However, one advantage of the film is the stunning, highly saturated cinematography that really captures Wild' context.

25

Smash 2 (2013)

Dave Lizewski / Kick-Ass

Slay 2 it fails to capture the chaotic, fun atmosphere that made the first film fun. Slay 2 suffers from the loss of the director of the first film and Nicolas Cage, who provided some of the best moments of the Smash. Slay 2 loses sight of the careful tone of the first Smash and as such, it becomes an exercise in ever-increasing levels of violence.

Not even adding the usually hilarious Jim Carrey and a Mean Girls-that subplot manages to save the tone of Slay 2. The action scenes were considered disappointing, with many scenes filmed against a painfully obvious green screen. The source material was also controversial for going too far with regards to gratuitous violence, which the film chose to elevate.

24

Kraven the Hunter (2024)

Kraven the hunter

Kraven the Hunter had the misfortune of taking place in the Sony Spider-Man universe, where the company wasn't allowed to use Spider-Man and instead forged ahead making films about its villains, mostly anti-heroes. While the Poison the films were successful, received critical acclaim as they went along, and both Morbius and Lady Teia received bad reviews. Fans mostly came in Kraven the Hunter expecting bad things too. However, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and director JC Chandor tried to make it work.

In the comics, Kraven is a villain because he is a master hunter and chooses to prove himself against the best and most elusive targets. He finally laid eyes on Spider-Man. The film couldn't use Spider-Man, but it kept his family relationships intact by bringing in his half-brother, a classic Spider-Man villain known as The Chameleon (he was Spider-Man's first villain in the comics). The film had Kraven targeting bad people in the name of revenge.

23

Shanghai Knights (2003)

Charlie Chaplin

Aaron Taylor-Johnson plays a young Victorian street urchin named Charlie in the martial arts comedy sequel Shanghai Knights. The film is a continuation of the comedy Shanghai noonin which Jackie Chan plays a Chinese detective who comes to the American West to investigate a case and teams up with Owen Wilson's Cowboy, Roy O'Bannon. In this sequence, the two men end up like fish out of water when they go to London to investigate another case. While there, they encounter a litany of historical figures.

It was a scene-stealing performance for the 13-year-old actor.

The film has a lot of great jokes, including why Jack the Ripper stopped killing and disappeared. It also included the appearance of “Artie”, a young Arthur Conan Doyle who used these adventures to create Sherlock Holmes. There was also a young street urchin who made Chon and Roy's lives miserable, played by Aaron Taylor-Johnson. This child grew up to become Charlie Chaplin. It was a scene-stealing performance for the 13-year-old actor.

22

A Million Little Pieces (2018)

James Frey

A million little pieces is the second collaboration between Aaron Taylor-Johnson and his wife, director Sam Taylor-Johnson. The couple co-wrote and produced the film together, with Sam directing and Aaron starring as drug addict James Frey. The book on which the film is based was sold as a true storywith the real Frey appearing on the Oprah Winfrey Show, only for many segments of the memoir's story to later be revealed to be pure fiction.

The film adaptation strangely decides not to acknowledge this and plays the story straight. As a result, A million little pieces It could have been a moving drama, but it just plays like a collection of clichés. Most critics panned the film, with a 27% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. While they praised Taylor-Johnson's performance and his wife's direction, he never managed to escape the shadow of his troubled memoir.

21

Tom and Thomas (2002)

Tom and Tomás

Aaron Taylor-Johnson pulls double duty like a pair of identical twins in Tom and Tomás. Thomas's father (Sean Bean) insists that Tom is just Thomas's imaginary friend until a corrupt orphanage sends both boys into a child smuggling ring. This Anglo-Dutch co-production has a very dark plot for a film that aims to be conventional family entertainment, but Taylor-Johnson is impressive in playing both twins at such a young age.

The film tries to be a holiday classic for families, and Taylor-Johnson was very impressive in her role, playing two different characters, but things were on the nose throughout the film, and it never caught on like the studio could have. expected.

20

The King's Man (2021)

Archie Reid

The king's man is the third entry in the Kingsman franchise. Instead of following the sequence Kingsman: The Golden Circle, The king's man is a prequel, taking place around the First World War. Aaron Taylor-Johnson has little more than a cameo as Lance Corporal Archie Reid, a soldier with whom Conrad Oxford (Harris Dickinson) fatally switches places to fight in the Great War.

Furthermore, The king's man is a complete tonal mess, never deciding whether to commit to the silly nature of the first two Kingsman films or to try to capture the seriousness of war films as 1917. Critics gave it a 41% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with praise for the acting, especially Ralph Fiennes' performance. However, Taylor-Johnson didn't participate enough to merit more than a mention.

19

The Lord Thief (2006)

Thrive

Based on the best-selling children's novel by Cornelia Funke, The Lord Thief tells the fantastic story of a group of Venetian street children tasked with stealing a segment of a magical carousel, which can change the age of its rider. The cast of The Lord Thief includes young Aaron Taylor-Johnson and 1917is George MacKay as two of the young pickpockets.

The film attempts to capitalize on the relevance of the Harry Potter films, but there is no budget or script compatible with the boy who lived. Critics, however, were mixed, with a rating as high as 50% on Rotten tomatoes and praise for the young cast.

18

Mannequin (2008)

Danny

Fictitious is a serious attempt at drama, but it never fully lives up to its potential due to its low budget. Aaron Taylor-Johnson plays the older of two brothersnow left alone after the tragic death of their mother. Her performance is fueled by anger, but her vulnerability is still visible beneath the surface. The anger directed at her younger brother is sometimes difficult to watch, but Taylor-Johnson sells it well.

The story follows Danny as he has to take care of his younger brother and take care of him, even though he is in no way prepared to deal with it. Although the film is not high-budget and lacks many aspects of more expensive films, Taylor-Johnson's performance and original script make it worth checking out, even though it is one of the actors' lesser-known films.

17

The Greatest (2009)

Bennett Brewer

Aaron Taylor-Johnson stars as doomed father-to-be, Bennett Brewer, in The biggesta drama about grief. Bennett dies at the beginning of the film in a car accident, and his girlfriend, Rose (She said(Carey Mulligan), quickly discovers she is pregnant with his child. The biggest has an all-star cast, complemented by Pierce Brosnan, Susan Sarandon and Michael Shannon, who deliver great performances.

Unfortunately, the film often delves into pure melodrama that keeps it from being truly great. Critics gave it a 53% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with many relying on its predictable plot twists, while praising the acting.

16

The Wall (2017)

Sergeant Allen “Ize” Isaac

The Wall It's two-handed war drama focused on an American sniper (John Cena) and his lookout (Aaron Taylor-Johnson)pinned against a wall by an infamous Iraqi sniper. It's an intriguing premise, but unfortunately the film doesn't live up to director Doug Liman's previous efforts, such as The Bourne Identity and the exemplary time loop action film Edge of Tomorrow.

The Wall It starts tensely, but when Taylor-Johnson starts talking to the unseen gunman on the radio, all suspense is lost in favor of a try to delve deeper into themes that have been explored before in much better war dramas. However, as a film primarily for two people (with a third as a voice), Both Cena and Taylor-Johnson deliver in their performancesalthough the balance between tension and action was what dragged it down a bit.

15

Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

Pietro Maximoff/ Mercury

Avengers: Age of Ultron is the continuation of 2012 The Avengers. The film spends much of its energy setting up future MCU stories rather than telling a cohesive story. The film follows the Avengers as they fight a robot created thanks to the misguided arrogance and negligence of Tony Stark's Iron Man. However, when the robot Ultron creates duplicates of his form, Earth's Mightiest Heroes must find a way to beat all odds to save the planet.

Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Elizabeth Olsen make their MCU debut (outside of an earlier post-credits scene) as Quicksilver and The Scarlet Witch, a pair of siblings whose family died when they were children and Hydra had been auditioning ever since. Taylor-Johnson's Quicksilver gets some of the most memorable lines and action scenes (Image: BBC)“you didn't expect that”), but the MCU version of Quicksilver pales in comparison to Evan Peters in X-Men: Days of Future Past.

14

Albert Nobbs (2011)

Joe Mackins

In Albert Nobbs, Aaron Taylor-Johnson plays the role of villain Joe Mackinsa man willing to pave the way for a ticket to a new life in America. As a result, he orders his lover Helen (Mia Wasikowska) to romantically lead Albert Nobbs (Glenn Close), a man assigned female at birth, so they can get the money needed for a boat ticket.

Taylor-Johnson is an effectively cruel villain, and Glenn Close is as brilliant as ever. However, the drama never really explores the interesting theme of breaking the gender binary that it establishes. It received a slightly positive rating of 56% on Rotten Tomatoes and gained Oscar attention, with Close nominated for Best Actress and Janey McTeer for Best Supporting Actress, although neither actress won an award.

13

Anna Karenina (2012)

Count Alexei Kirillovich Vronsky

With Anna Karenina Being an adaptation of a Leo Tolstoy novel, the film has a lot of ground to cover in its 130-minute running time. Aaron Taylor-Johnson plays Count Vronsky, the lover of Keira Knightley's titular character. While the cast is fantastic, they are almost overshadowed by director Joe Wright's elegant but disturbing vision for the film. Wright reimagines the novel as a grand opera contained in a beautiful theater.

The entire filming process was a film that moved between scenes as if it were being told on a theatrical stage, and that alone made it one of the most impressive releases of 2012. However, it also took some of the attention away from the Performance, which was uniformly great, particularly from Knightley, Taylor-Johnson and Jude Law. The film received four Oscar nominations, winning for Best Costume Design.

12

Outlaw King (2018)

James Douglas, Lord of Douglas

Outlaw King get it where Brave heart leaves aside, both in terms of plot and historical inaccuracies. However, a much grittier, more realistic tone is needed. Taylor-Johnson plays James Douglas, an important ally of Chris Pine's Robert the Bruce, and steals the film from him with an incredibly charismatic performance. The film begins with a fantastic long take that establishes all the major players and conflicts, but the rest of the film struggles to match up.

After the opening, the film is at its best in its brutal, bloody, and muddy battle sequences, but Outlaw King It regularly fails at the real story in favor of telling a well-known story. Critics appreciated the attempt, giving it a 63% score on Rotten Tomatoes, but most of the credit went to the bloody and violent action scenes rather than the acting.

11

Godzilla (2014)

Lieutenant Ford Brody

Gareth Edwards' Godzilla acts as a reboot for the American side of the franchise after Roland Emmerich's colossal misfire in 1998. Although the film impresses with several incredible set pieces, including the memorable skydiving scene, the characters, including Aaron Taylor-Johnson, leave a little behind. to be desired. Yet, Godzilla it's a truly impressive spectacle and is one of the few films where the titular monster is treated as a truly destructive force.

However, this violent aspect of the character would be better explored two years later in Hideaki Anno's film. Shin Godzilla. Interestingly, between their two MCU appearances as siblings, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Elizabeth Olsen play lovers in Godzilla.

10

The Fallen Guy (2024)

Tom Ryder

A very loose adaptation of Lee Majors' classic TV show of the same name, The fallen guy stars Ryan Gosling as Colt Seavers, a Hollywood stuntman who had been out of action since breaking his back during a bad maneuver. However, he gets a job as a stuntman in a new film directed by his ex-girlfriend Jody Moreno (Emily Blunt), although she doesn't want him there because she is still bitter about the breakup. However, when the lead actor goes missing, Jody asks Colt to help find him to save her film.

Aaron Taylor-Johnson is a disappearing actor named Tom Ryder, a famous action movie star whose disappearance sets him and Colt on a crash course toward disaster. The film was praised as a love letter to the stunt industry, and critics praised it for its comedy, action, and romantic plot points, offering something for everyone.

9

The Illusionist (2006)

Young Eisenheim

Aaron Taylor-Johnson plays a younger version of Edward Norton's titular character in flashback scenes, filmed with a warm, sepia-toned vignette. Taylor-Johnson quietly embodies his character's sense of wonder at the illusions he learns from an old mystical magician (David Forest). He then falls in love with Sophie, a young duchess, and their inevitable separation due to class division is painfully realized by Taylor-Johnson.

The sequence could have made an excellent short film. Instead, the rest of the film unfolds with Norton using his skills as an illusionist to hatch a plan that would allow him and Sophie to be together. Critics mostly praised the film for its clever story about magic and intrigue, and although Taylor-Johnson did well in her small role, this was the showcase for Edward Norton's film.