Jessica Chastain – 10 Best Movies

By Vlad Zakh · June 1, 2026

Zero Dark Thirty is controlled intensity, The Help shows the warmer ensemble side from the same era, and The Eyes of Tammy Faye earned her the Oscar for a completely different transformation. It: Chapter Two returns Beverly Marsh to confront a childhood horror, Miss Sloane burns bridges as a ruthless lobbyist, The Martian races to bring a stranded astronaut home, and Molly’s Game follows a former Olympic skier running an underground poker empire. Interstellar, A Most Violent Year and The Tree of Life round out the list.

It: Chapter Two (2019)

TMDB ★ 6.8

Jessica Chastain plays an adult Beverly Marsh returning to confront a childhood horror.

Directed by Andy Muschietti · 2h 49m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max · 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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Miss Sloane (2016)

TMDB ★ 7.4

A ruthless Washington lobbyist risks everything to win a controversial gun control campaign.

Directed by John Madden · 2h 13m · Rated R

Where to watch

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

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The Martian (2015)

IMDb ★ 8.0 RT 91% Metacritic 80

An astronaut stranded on Mars has to engineer his own survival with almost nothing.

Directed by Ridley Scott · 2h 21m · Rated PG-13

Nominated for 7 Oscars40 wins & 199 nominations

Where to watch

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

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Molly's Game (2017)

IMDb ★ 7.4 RT 82% Metacritic 71

A former Olympic skier runs the world's most exclusive underground poker game.

Directed by Aaron Sorkin · 2h 21m · Rated R

Nominated for 1 Oscar8 wins & 51 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, Lionsgate+ Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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A Most Violent Year (2014)

TMDB ★ 6.6

Jessica Chastain plays a steely business partner in New York's brutal early-80s underworld.

Directed by J.C. Chandor · 2h 05m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling

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The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021)

TMDB ★ 6.4

Jessica Chastain won an Oscar for her transformative performance as televangelist Tammy Faye.

Directed by Michael Showalter · 2h 06m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

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

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Interstellar (2014)

IMDb ★ 8.7 RT 73% Metacritic 74

A pilot leaves his children behind on a dying Earth to search the stars for humanity's next home.

Directed by Christopher Nolan · 2h 49m · Rated PG-13

Won 1 Oscar45 wins & 148 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · Rent: JustWatch TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Tree of Life (2011)

TMDB ★ 6.7

A man reflects on his childhood in 1950s Texas, weaving memory with cosmic questions about existence.

Directed by Terrence Malick · 2h 19m · 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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The Help (2011)

TMDB ★ 8.2

A young writer works with Black domestic workers to expose the injustices they face in the segregated South.

Directed by Tate Taylor · 2h 26m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

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

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Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

TMDB ★ 7.0

A CIA analyst's decade-long obsession culminates in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden.

Directed by Kathryn Bigelow · 2h 37m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: Netflix, Apple TV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Netflix Standard with Ads · 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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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.

Jessica Chastain – 10 Best Movies

It: Chapter Two (2019)

Miss Sloane (2016)

The Martian (2015)

Molly's Game (2017)

A Most Violent Year (2014)

The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021)

Interstellar (2014)

The Tree of Life (2011)

The Help (2011)

Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

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