What is the best Aubrey Plaza movie?

From cult indie darlings to horror remakes and awards-season dramas, this lineup spans deadpan comedy to full-throttle intensity. Which performance stands above the rest?

1

Life After Beth

A 2014 zombie horror-comedy with Plaza as a young woman who returns from the dead and gradually turns feral.

1000pts

2

Happiest Season

A 2020 holiday romantic comedy in which Plaza plays a woman entangled in her ex's family drama.

954pts

3

My Old Ass

A 2024 coming-of-age comedy-drama in which Plaza plays the older version of the teenage protagonist during a mushroom trip.

930pts

4

Emily the Criminal

A 2022 crime thriller starring Plaza as a debt-ridden woman drawn into credit card fraud.

848pts

5

Ingrid Goes West

A 2017 dark comedy-thriller in which Plaza plays an unhinged social media stalker obsessed with an Instagram influencer.

636pts

6

Spin Me Round

A 2022 dark comedy where Plaza plays a restaurant manager swept into a chaotic corporate retreat in Italy.

636pts

7

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

A 2010 action-comedy where Plaza plays the sharp-tongued Julie Powers opposite Michael Cera.

636pts

8

Black Bear

A 2020 psychological drama starring Plaza as a filmmaker whose stay at a cabin unravels a couple's relationship.

520pts

9

Dirty Grandpa

A 2016 raunchy comedy co-starring Robert De Niro, with Plaza as a spring-break party girl.

520pts

10

The To Do List

A 2013 coming-of-age comedy starring Plaza as a straight-laced high school valedictorian tackling a sexual bucket list.

520pts

11

Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates

A 2016 comedy where Plaza and Anna Kendrick play troublemaking women hired as wedding dates.

382pts

12

Megalopolis

A 2024 Francis Ford Coppola epic in which Plaza plays an ambitious television reporter.

382pts

13

Safety Not Guaranteed

A 2012 indie comedy-drama in which Plaza plays a magazine intern investigating a man who claims he can time travel.

212pts

14

Child's Play

A 2019 horror remake in which Plaza plays the mother of a boy terrorized by a possessed doll.

212pts