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Jared Leto Movies and Series Ranked by Tomatometer
We’re ranking all the movies and series starring Jared Leto, including his career-launching cult ’90s show My-So-Called Life, beloved indies (Requiem for a Dream and Dallas Buyers Club, the latter which got him the Best Supporting Actor Oscar), sci-fi efforts (Blade Runner 2049, Mr. Nobody), superhero forays (Suicide Squad, Morbius), and most recently TRON: Ares! —Alex Vo
94%
92%
Critics Consensus: Effectively avoiding cliche and cheesy exposition, My So-Called Life's realistic portrayal of the average American girl is ahead of its time.
Starring: Bess Armstrong, Wilson Cruz, Claire Danes, Devon Gummersall
92%
Critics Consensus: Dallas Buyers Club rests squarely on Matthew McConaughey's scrawny shoulders, and he carries the burden gracefully with what might be a career-best performance.
Synopsis: In mid-1980s Texas, electrician Ron Woodroof is stunned to learn that he has AIDS. Though told that he has just 30 days left to live,... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Jared Leto, Denis O'Hare
Directed By: Jean-Marc Vallée
88%
Critics Consensus: Visually stunning and narratively satisfying, Blade Runner 2049 deepens and expands its predecessor's story while standing as an impressive filmmaking achievement in its own right.
Synopsis: Officer K (Ryan Gosling), a new blade runner for the Los Angeles Police Department, unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what's... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Ana de Armas, Sylvia Hoeks
Directed By: Denis Villeneuve
80%
Critics Consensus: Solid acting, amazing direction, and elaborate production design make Fight Club a wild ride.
Synopsis: A depressed man suffering from insomnia meets a strange soap salesman named Tyler Durden and soon finds himself living in his squalid house after his... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Helena Bonham Carter, Meat Loaf
Directed By: David Fincher
80%
Critics Consensus: Though the movie may be too intense for some to stomach, the wonderful performances and the bleak imagery are hard to forget.
Synopsis: Imaginatively evoking the inner landscape of human beings longing to connect, to love and feel loved, the film is a parable of happiness gloriously found... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans
Directed By: Darren Aronofsky
80%
Critics Consensus: The Thin Red Line is a daringly philosophical World War II film with an enormous cast of eager stars.
Synopsis: In 1942, Private Witt (Jim Caviezel) is a U.S. Army absconder living peacefully with the locals of a small South Pacific island. Discovered by his... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Sean Penn, Adrien Brody, Jim Caviezel, Ben Chaplin
Directed By: Terrence Malick
76%
Critics Consensus: Elevated by David Fincher's directorial talent and Jodie Foster's performance, Panic Room is a well-crafted, above-average thriller.
Synopsis: Trapped in their New York brownstone's panic room, a hidden chamber built as a sanctuary in the event of break-ins, newly divorced Meg Altman (Jodie... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Jodie Foster, Forest Whitaker, Dwight Yoakam, Jared Leto
Directed By: David Fincher
69%
Critics Consensus: If it falls short of the deadly satire of Bret Easton Ellis's novel, American Psycho still finds its own blend of horror and humor, thanks in part to a fittingly creepy performance by Christian Bale.
Synopsis: In New York City in 1987, a handsome, young urban professional, Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale), lives a second life as a gruesome serial killer by... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto, Reese Witherspoon
Directed By: Mary Harron
65%
81%
Critics Consensus: The pacing can be frustrating, but WeCrashed still works thanks to its compelling central relationship and Anne Hathaway's knockout performance.
Starring: Jared Leto, Anne Hathaway, Kyle Marvin
65%
81%
Synopsis: Inspired by actual events — and the love story at the center of it all. WeWork grew from a single coworking space into a global... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Jared Leto, Anne Hathaway, Kyle Marvin
64%
Critics Consensus: Mr. Nobody's narrative tangles may bedevil as much as they entertain, but its big ambitions and absorbing visuals make for an intriguing addition to director Jaco Van Dormael's filmography.
Synopsis: In 2092, the last mortal human on Earth reflects on his long past and thinks about the lives he might have led.
Starring: Jared Leto, Sarah Polley, Diane Kruger, Linh Dan Pham
Directed By: Jaco Van Dormael
62%
Critics Consensus: While Lord of War is an intelligent examination of the gun trade, it is too scattershot in its plotting to connect.
Synopsis: The 20-year arms dealing career of Queens, N.Y., outcast Yuri Orlov (Nicolas Cage) serves as a window onto the end of the Cold War and... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Jared Leto, Bridget Moynahan, Ian Holm
Directed By: Andrew Niccol
62%
Critics Consensus: How to Make an American Quilt is a bit of a patchwork from a storytelling standpoint, but a strong ensemble cast led by Winona Ryder helps hold it all together.
Synopsis: Soon-to-be-wed graduate student Finn Dodd (Winona Ryder) develops cold feet when she suspects her fiancé is cheating on her. In order to clear her head,... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Winona Ryder, Maya Angelou, Anne Bancroft, Ellen Burstyn
Directed By: Jocelyn Moorhouse
61%
Critics Consensus: House of Gucci vacillates between inspired camp and dour drama too often to pull off a confident runway strut, but Lady Gaga's note-perfect performance has a timeless style all its own.
Synopsis: House of Gucci is inspired by the shocking true story of the family behind the Italian fashion empire. When Patrizia Reggiani (Lady Gaga), an outsider... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Lady Gaga, Adam Driver, Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons
Directed By: Ridley Scott
53%
Critics Consensus: A sensory feast of vivid neon hues and a hypnotic soundtrack, Tron: Ares is gorgeous to behold but too narratively programmatic to achieve an authentically human dimension.
Synopsis: "TRON: Ares" follows a highly sophisticated Program, Ares, who is sent from the digital world into the real world on a dangerous mission, marking humankind's... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Jared Leto, Jodie Turner-Smith, Gillian Anderson, Jeff Bridges
Directed By: Joachim Rønning
54%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: Olympic defeat matures a selfish distance runner (Jared Leto) into a sports activist before his 1975 death in a car crash.
Starring: Jared Leto, R. Lee Ermey, Ed O'Neill, Amy Locane
Directed By: Steve James
53%
Critics Consensus: Angelina Jolie gives an intense performance, but overall Girl, Interrupted suffers from thin, predictable plotting that fails to capture the power of its source material.
Synopsis: Set in the changing world of the late 1960s, "Girl, Interrupted" is the searing true story of Susanna Kaysen (Winona Ryder), a young woman who... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Winona Ryder, Angelina Jolie, Clea Duvall, Brittany Murphy
Directed By: James Mangold
53%
Critics Consensus: The Outsider may satisfy Western fans, but despite a winning performance from Country music legend Trace Adkins it's too predictable to really leave a mark.
Synopsis: A railroad worker unwittingly finds himself on the wrong side of a group of corrupt lawmen in the Old West. When tragedy forces him to... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Trace Adkins, Sean Patrick Flanery, Jonathan Patrick Foo, Danny Trejo
Directed By: Timothy Woodward Jr.
48%
Critics Consensus: Several genres and plotlines intertwine in Lonely Hearts but don't connect, creating an uneven and unsatisfying film.
Synopsis: Det. Elmer Robinson (John Travolta), still grieving the loss of his suicidal wife, pursues two notorious murderers in 1940s New York. Martha Beck (Salma Hayek)... View Full Synopsis
Starring: John Travolta, James Gandolfini, Salma Hayek, Jared Leto
Directed By: Todd Robinson
45%
Critics Consensus: An exceptionally well-cast throwback thriller, The Little Things will feel deeply familiar to genre fans -- for better and for worse.
Synopsis: Deputy Sheriff Joe "Deke" Deacon joins forces with Sgt. Jim Baxter to search for a serial killer who's terrorizing Los Angeles. As they track the... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Denzel Washington, Rami Malek, Jared Leto, Natalie Morales
Directed By: John Lee Hancock
39%
Critics Consensus: The atmosphere is affecting, and the story, at times, is compelling, but with a lean script and limp direction, Black and White doesn't add up to much.
Synopsis: Rich Bower (Power) is an up-and-coming star in the hip-hop world. Everyone wants to be around him, including Raven (Gaby Hoffman) and her fellow upper-class... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Scott Caan, Robert Downey Jr., Stacy Edwards, Allan Houston
Directed By: James Toback
38%
Critics Consensus: Haunted Mansion's talented cast makes the movie a pleasant enough destination, although it's neither scary nor funny enough to wholeheartedly recommend.
Synopsis: A woman and her son enlist a motley crew of so-called spiritual experts to help rid their home of supernatural squatters.
Starring: LaKeith Stanfield, Tiffany Haddish, Owen Wilson, Danny DeVito
Directed By: Justin Simien
31%
Critics Consensus: Elements of Scream reappear in a vastly inferior vehicle.
Synopsis: A university is beset by a rash of gruesome murders that resemble old urban legends. When her friend Michelle (Natasha Gregson Wagner) is killed by... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Jared Leto, Alicia Witt, Rebecca Gayheart, Michael Rosenbaum
Directed By: Jamie Blanks
26%
Critics Consensus: Suicide Squad boasts a talented cast and a little more humor than previous DCEU efforts, but they aren't enough to save the disappointing end result from a muddled plot, thinly written characters, and choppy directing.
Synopsis: Figuring they're all expendable, a U.S. intelligence officer decides to assemble a team of dangerous, incarcerated supervillains for a top-secret mission. Now armed with government... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Joel Kinnaman
Directed By: David Ayer
18%
Critics Consensus: Despite Jared Leto's committed performance, Chapter 27 fails to penetrate to mind of Mark David Chapman, John Lennon's killer.
Synopsis: In this dramatization, mentally disturbed Mark David Chapman (Jared Leto) arrives in 1980 New York City to stalk his idol, John Lennon (Mark Lindsay Chapman).... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Jared Leto, Lindsay Lohan, Judah Friedlander, Ursula Abbott
Directed By: Jarrett Schaefer
15%
Critics Consensus: Cursed with uninspired effects, rote performances, and a borderline nonsensical story, this dreary mess is a vein attempt to make Morbius happen.
Synopsis: One of the most compelling and conflicted characters in Sony Pictures Universe of Marvel Characters comes to the big screen as Oscar® winner Jared Leto... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Jared Leto, Matt Smith, Adria Arjona, Jared Harris
Directed By: Daniel Espinosa
15%
Critics Consensus: Even at nearly three hours long, this ponderous, talky, and emotionally distant biopic fails to illuminate Alexander's life.
Synopsis: The story is an epic that is as daring and ambitious as its subject, a relentless conqueror who by the age of 32 had amassed... View Full Synopsis
Starring: Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie, Val Kilmer, Christopher Plummer
Directed By: Oliver Stone
0%
Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.
Synopsis: A wealthy young man pursues a beautiful woman and ignores the restraints of aristocracy and his overbearing, disapproving father.
Starring: Christian Slater, Jared Leto, Jack Wild, Claire Forlani
Directed By: Radha Bharadwaj
