What is the best Paul Mescal movie?

From a quiet indie heartbreaker to a Roman Colosseum epic, Mescal's filmography swings between intimate and spectacular. Which performance wins your vote?

Aftersun

A hauntingly intimate 2022 A24 drama in which Mescal plays a young father on holiday with his daughter, with a devastating emotional undercurrent that announced him as a major talent.

1/6

All of Us Strangers

Andrew Haigh's 2023 supernatural romance in which Mescal and Andrew Scott play two lonely men falling in love while grappling with grief and memory.

2/6

Gladiator II

Ridley Scott's 2024 epic sequel in which Mescal steps into the Colosseum as Lucius, the grandson of Marcus Aurelius, in a high-octane follow-up to the 2000 original.

3/6

Normal People

The 2020 BBC and Hulu miniseries adaptation of Sally Rooney's novel in which Mescal's portrayal of Connell earned him a BAFTA and made him a global star.

4/6

Foe

A 2023 science-fiction drama set in the near future in which Mescal and Saoirse Ronan play a couple torn apart by a government programme that sends him to an orbiting space station.

5/6

The History of Sound

Oliver Hermanus's 2024 romantic drama set across several decades in which Mescal and Josh O'Connor play two musicians whose brief wartime encounter shapes their entire lives.

6/6