9 Best Aubrey Plaza Movies

By Vlad Zakh · January 1, 2026

Aubrey Plaza spent years as television’s reigning deadpan comedian before steering her film career toward roles that use that flatness to unsettling effect. Emily the Criminal has a woman drowning in debt drawn into credit card fraud, Black Bear has a filmmaker’s stay with a couple unravelling, and Ingrid Goes West has a social media obsessive inserting herself into an influencer’s life. Digging for Fire, Life After Beth, The To Do List, Safety Not Guaranteed, Scott Pilgrim and Funny People round out the list.

Digging for Fire (2015)

TMDB ★ 5.9

A married couple's discovery of a mysterious bone and gun in their backyard sends their weekend in wildly different directions.

Directed by Joe Swanberg · 1h 23m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Emily the Criminal (2022)

TMDB ★ 6.9

A woman drowning in debt is drawn deeper into a dangerous credit card fraud scheme.

Directed by John Patton Ford · 1h 37m · Rated R

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Black Bear (2020)

TMDB ★ 6.0

A filmmaker's tense stay with a couple unravels into a mind-bending look at art, jealousy and control.

Directed by Lawrence Michael Levine · 1h 46m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Philo, Lionsgate+ Amazon Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Ingrid Goes West (2017)

TMDB ★ 6.8

A lonely, unstable woman becomes dangerously obsessed with an Instagram influencer and infiltrates her life.

Directed by Matt Spicer · 1h 38m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Life After Beth (2014)

IMDb ★ 5.7 RT 46% Metacritic 50

A grieving boyfriend's dead girlfriend inexplicably comes back, and not entirely herself.

Directed by Jeff Baena · 1h 29m · Rated R

6 nominations

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling

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The To Do List (2013)

TMDB ★ 5.9

Aubrey Plaza plays an overachieving high school valedictorian who methodically works through a sexual bucket list before college.

Directed by Maggie Carey · 1h 44m · Rated R

Where to watch

Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Safety Not Guaranteed (2012)

IMDb ★ 6.9 RT 91% Metacritic 72

A magazine team investigates a classified ad seeking a partner for real time travel.

Directed by Colin Trevorrow · 1h 26m · Rated R

8 wins & 19 nominations

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)

TMDB ★ 7.5

A slacker musician must defeat his new girlfriend's seven evil exes in video-game-style battles.

Directed by Edgar Wright · 1h 53m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Funny People (2009)

TMDB ★ 6.4

A famous but lonely comedian facing a serious illness takes a struggling young comic under his wing.

Directed by Judd Apatow · 2h 26m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: Starz Apple TV channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Streaming availability data from JustWatch, via TMDB. Availability changes often, so check the service before you plan a movie night.

Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.

9 Best Aubrey Plaza Movies

Digging for Fire (2015)

Emily the Criminal (2022)

Black Bear (2020)

Ingrid Goes West (2017)

Life After Beth (2014)

The To Do List (2013)

Safety Not Guaranteed (2012)

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)

Funny People (2009)

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