8 Best Ansel Elgort Movies, Ranked by IMDb
If you only know Ansel Elgort from The Fault in Our Stars, it's time to check out his other roles – from romantic teens to professional racers.
Although Ansel Elgort's filmography is not very extensive, it already includes box office blockbusters and horror movies based on Stephen King classics.
8. 'November Criminals', 2017
IMDb Score: 5.3/10
Addison (Ansel Elgort) is deeply distressed by the recent death of his mother. Six months later, fate throws him another test when an unknown person kills his friend Kevin in a café.
The police attribute the killing to gang warfare. Addison realizes that the case is not progressing and that no one will find Kevin's killer. With the support of his girlfriend, Phoebe, he decides to begin his own investigation.
7. 'Billionaire Boys Club', 2018
IMDb Score: 5.6/10
The plot is set in Los Angeles in the early 1980s. It focuses on the rise and fall of Joe Hunt (Ansel Elgort) and Dean Karny.
Together, they develop a simple scam to earn huge sums of money. Its success depends only on the ability to persuade other people and appear confident.
Joe and Dean quickly get rich by manipulating wealthy heirs, but at a certain point, become hostages of their own scheme, endangering themselves and their loved ones. As a result, Hunt decides to commit murder to recoup his investments.
6. 'Carrie', 2013
IMDb Score: 5.8/10
Carrie has had telekinetic powers since birth. The pressure from her religious mother and the constant bullying she endured at the hands of her peers only served to strengthen her abilities. At prom, her classmates play a cruel joke on her that leads to disaster.
Carrie is a simple but sincere story about growing up. Director Kimberly Peirce treats the main character with great tenderness and love. Instead of a psychological horror, she made a teenage coming-of-age tale about self-doubt.
While the 2013 adaptation pales in comparison to its 1976 predecessor in terms of horror, it much more accurately depicts the state of both Carrie and her mother. Ansel Elgort plays Tommy, who invites Carrie to the prom.
5. 'The Goldfinch', 2019
IMDb Score: 6.4/10
The Goldfinch is based on the novel of the same name by famous writer Donna Tartt, which won the Pulitzer Prize and has become a modern classic.
Young Theo Decker (Ansel Elgort) lost his mother in a terrible explosion at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In the aftermath of the explosion, an old dying man gave him a rare painting, The Goldfinch, and a ring. Thus begins Theo's journey of discovering underground art.
4. 'Divergent', 2014
IMDb Score 6.6/10
Like other teenagers, Beatrice Prior undergoes tests of cunning, courage, loyalty, and wisdom. She eventually discovers that she is suitable for all factions. People like her are called Divergents. Subsequently, Tris' unusual nature causes tension and contradictions in society.
As in The Fault in Our Stars, Ansel Elgort once again appears on the screen with Shailene Woodley, who portrayed Tris. The actor played her brother Caleb, who ended up in the Erudite faction.
3. 'West Side Story', 2021
IMDb Score: 7.1/10
In a neighborhood destined to disappear, two youth gangs, the Jets and the Sharks, are at war. Each gang has its own leader: the Jets are led by Riff and the Sharks by Bernardo.
Riff's best friend is Tony (Ansel Elgort), who used to be with the Jets. Bernardo has a younger sister named María who recently moved to New York. One day at a dance party, Tony and María's eyes meet.
The original West Side Story was a breakthrough in movie musicals. If anyone could bring this story back to the big screen, it was Steven Spielberg. In his version, Ansel Elgort plays Tony, and Rachel Zegler portrays María.
2. 'Baby Driver', 2017
IMDb Score: 7.5/10
Ansel Elgort plays a guy nicknamed Baby who loves music, fast driving, and adrenaline. His whole life consists of chases and shootouts because he works as a getaway driver for criminals.
One day, he falls in love and decides to leave the life of crime, but first he must complete one last task. He becomes involved in a robbery that gets out of control, and everything goes wrong.
1. 'The Fault in Our Stars', 2014
IMDb Score: 7.6/10
The Fault in Our Stars has set the standard for its own genre: love and illness on the threshold of adulthood. The trembling glances and smiles of Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort could melt even an icy heart.
Hazel has cancer, and although the disease has temporarily retreated, she does not feel any joy. She attends a support group where she meets Augustus and instantly falls in love with him.
Together, Augustus and Hazel embark on a passionate and life-affirming journey that once again shows them that life's meaning can be found in every moment.
