# What is the best Elle Fanning movie?

> Sofia Coppola dramas, a Disney fairy tale, a neon nightmare and a Cannes winner make for a strange, satisfying mix.

*By YPB Team · Published October 31, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/what-is-the-best-elle-fanning-movie*

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## Current results (no votes yet)

1. **Predator: Badlands** — score 1000/1000
   The 2025 Predator film with Fanning as the synthetic Thia.
2. **We Bought a Zoo** — score 754/1000
   Cameron Crowe's 2011 family drama starring Matt Damon.
3. **Mary Shelley** — score 636/1000
   A 2017 biopic with Fanning as the young author of Frankenstein.
4. **The Neon Demon** — score 636/1000
   Nicolas Winding Refn's 2016 neon horror film about the Los Angeles fashion world.
5. **20th Century Women** — score 636/1000
   Mike Mills' 2016 Santa Barbara drama co-starring Annette Bening.
6. **The Beguiled** — score 538/1000
   Sofia Coppola's 2017 Civil War thriller set in a Virginia girls' school.
7. **A Complete Unknown** — score 538/1000
   James Mangold's 2024 Bob Dylan biopic with Fanning as Sylvie Russo.
8. **Babel** — score 538/1000
   Alejandro G. Inarritu's 2006 multi-continent drama in which a young Fanning plays one of the stranded children.
9. **Somewhere** — score 418/1000
   Sofia Coppola's 2010 Chateau Marmont drama about a movie star and his daughter.
10. **Maleficent: Mistress of Evil** — score 418/1000
   The 2019 sequel to Disney's Maleficent.
11. **Sentimental Value** — score 418/1000
   Joachim Trier's 2025 Cannes Grand Prix-winning family drama.
12. **Maleficent** — score 0/1000
   Disney's 2014 retelling of Sleeping Beauty with Fanning as Princess Aurora.
13. **Super 8** — score 0/1000
   J.J. Abrams' 1979-set 2011 sci-fi adventure about kids filming a monster movie.
14. **Ginger & Rosa** — score 0/1000
   Sally Potter's 2012 coming-of-age drama set in 1960s London.
15. **Teen Spirit** — score 0/1000
   A 2018 music drama about a shy teenager entering a singing competition.

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