What is the best Nicholas Hoult movie?

Child-star comedy, prestige period drama, comic-book villainy and gothic horror sit side by side here, two decades of one actor's swerves. Decide which role he'll be remembered for.

1. 1
   Mad Max: Fury Road

   George Miller's 2015 post-apocalyptic chase film, which won six Oscars, with Hoult as Nux, a War Boy who turns against Immortan Joe.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Superman

   James Gunn's 2025 film launching the new DC Universe, with Hoult as billionaire Lex Luthor opposite David Corenswet's Superman.
   750pts
3. 3
   The Favourite

   Yorgos Lanthimos's 2018 period black comedy about Queen Anne's court, with Hoult as the scheming Tory politician Robert Harley.
   676pts
4. 4
   The Order

   Justin Kurzel's 2024 crime thriller in which Hoult plays white supremacist leader Bob Mathews, pursued by Jude Law's FBI agent.
   643pts
5. 5
   X-Men: Days of Future Past

   A 2014 time-travel X-Men film directed by Bryan Singer in which Hoult returns as Hank McCoy alongside the original trilogy's cast.
   566pts
6. 6
   Nosferatu

   Robert Eggers's 2024 gothic horror remake, with Hoult as estate agent Thomas Hutter, whose wife Ellen is haunted by Count Orlok.
   500pts
7. 7
   The Menu

   Mark Mylod's 2022 satirical thriller in which Hoult plays Tyler, an obsessive foodie who brings Anya Taylor-Joy to Ralph Fiennes's island restaurant.
   500pts
8. 8
   X-Men: First Class

   Matthew Vaughn's 2011 prequel set during the Cuban Missile Crisis, in which Hoult first plays Hank McCoy, the scientist who becomes Beast.
   423pts
9. 9
   Jack the Giant Slayer

   Bryan Singer's 2013 fantasy adventure retelling the beanstalk fairy tale, with Hoult in the title role of a farmhand caught in a war with giants.
   333pts
10. 10
    About a Boy

    A 2002 Weitz brothers adaptation of Nick Hornby's novel in which Hoult plays Marcus, a bullied 12-year-old who befriends Hugh Grant's idle bachelor.
    333pts
11. 11
    A Single Man

    Tom Ford's 2009 directorial debut, with Hoult as Kenny, a student who reaches out to Colin Firth's grieving professor in 1962 Los Angeles.
    333pts
12. 12
    Tolkien

    A 2019 biopic directed by Dome Karukoski that stars Hoult as J. R. R. Tolkien, from his school friendships to the trenches of the Somme.
    227pts
13. 13
    Renfield

    A 2023 horror comedy directed by Chris McKay, starring Hoult as Dracula's long-suffering servant opposite Nicolas Cage's Count.
    227pts
14. 14
    Juror #2

    Clint Eastwood's 2024 courtroom drama starring Hoult as Justin Kemp, a juror who comes to suspect he caused the death at the centre of the trial.
    227pts
15. 15
    Warm Bodies

    A 2013 zombie romantic comedy directed by Jonathan Levine, starring Hoult as R, a zombie who falls for a human survivor played by Teresa Palmer.
    0pts

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