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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), and superhero forays (Suicide Squad, Morbius)! Alex Vo

My So-Called Life (1994)
94%

#1
Synopsis: "My So-Called Life" is a bastion of teen angst. Angela is a high schooler in constant turmoil over her exposure... [More]

#2

Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
Tomatometer icon 92%

#2
Adjusted Score: 104437%
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 (Matthew McConaughey) is stunned to learn that he has AIDS. Though told that he... [More]

#3

Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
Tomatometer icon 88%

#3
Adjusted Score: 112980%
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... [More]

#4

The Thin Red Line (1998)
Tomatometer icon 80%

#4
Adjusted Score: 86414%
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... [More]

#5

Fight Club (1999)
Tomatometer icon 80%

#5
Adjusted Score: 89687%
Critics Consensus: Solid acting, amazing direction, and elaborate production design make Fight Club a wild ride.
Synopsis: A depressed man (Edward Norton) suffering from insomnia meets a strange soap salesman named Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt) and soon... [More]

#6

Requiem for a Dream (2000)
Tomatometer icon 78%

#6
Adjusted Score: 83347%
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... [More]

#7

Panic Room (2002)
Tomatometer icon 76%

#7
Adjusted Score: 82346%
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,... [More]

#8
Adjusted Score: 86978%
Critics Consensus: Zack Snyder's Justice League lives up to its title with a sprawling cut that expands to fit the director's vision -- and should satisfy the fans who willed it into existence.
Synopsis: In ZACK SNYDER'S JUSTICE LEAGUE, determined to ensure Superman's (Henry Cavill) ultimate sacrifice was not in vain, Bruce Wayne (Ben... [More]

#9

American Psycho (2000)
Tomatometer icon 68%

#9
Adjusted Score: 74083%
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... [More]

#10

Mr. Nobody (2009)
Tomatometer icon 67%

#10
Adjusted Score: 67342%
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 (Jared Leto) on Earth reflects on his long past and thinks about the lives... [More]

WeCrashed (2022)
65%

#11
Synopsis: Inspired by actual events — and the love story at the center of it all. WeWork grew from a single... [More]

#12

House of Gucci (2021)
Tomatometer icon 62%

#12
Adjusted Score: 81105%
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... [More]

#13
Adjusted Score: 64951%
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... [More]

#14

Lord of War (2005)
Tomatometer icon 62%

#14
Adjusted Score: 67331%
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... [More]

#15

Prefontaine (1997)
Tomatometer icon 56%

#15
Adjusted Score: 57774%
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... [More]

#16

Girl, Interrupted (1999)
Tomatometer icon 53%

#16
Adjusted Score: 58630%
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... [More]

#17

The Outsider (2019)
Tomatometer icon 50%

#17
Adjusted Score: 50002%
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.... [More]

#18

Lonely Hearts (2006)
Tomatometer icon 48%

#18
Adjusted Score: 48922%
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... [More]

#19

The Little Things (2021)
Tomatometer icon 45%

#19
Adjusted Score: 58404%
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... [More]

#20

Black and White (1999)
Tomatometer icon 39%

#20
Adjusted Score: 42744%
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... [More]

#21

Suicide Squad (2016)
Tomatometer icon 26%

#21
Adjusted Score: 45153%
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... [More]

#22

Urban Legend (1998)
Tomatometer icon 29%

#22
Adjusted Score: 32616%
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... [More]

#23

Chapter 27 (2007)
Tomatometer icon 18%

#23
Adjusted Score: 19184%
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,... [More]

#24

Alexander (2004)
Tomatometer icon 16%

#24
Adjusted Score: 22731%
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... [More]

#25

Morbius (2022)
Tomatometer icon 15%

#25
Adjusted Score: 30808%
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... [More]

#26

Basil (1998)
Tomatometer icon 0%

#26
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.... [More]