Rooney Mara – 10 Best Movies

By Vlad Zakh · November 3, 2025

United States Drama

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo earned her an Oscar nomination for a completely committed, unsettling lead role, and Carol, a few years later, showed a much quieter, more restrained side of the same intensity.

Don't Look Up (2021) 01

Don't Look Up (2021)

IMDb ★ 7.2

A sharp supporting turn in a starry ensemble satire.

Trash (2014) 02

Trash (2014)

IMDb ★ 7.1

An underseen thriller showing her range outside American productions.

Mary Magdalene (2018) 03

Mary Magdalene (2018)

IMDb ★ 6.1

A restrained, dignified lead role in a quiet biblical drama.

Nightmare Alley (2021) 04

Nightmare Alley (2021)

IMDb ★ 6.7

Cold and calculating in a stylish neo-noir throwback.

Her (2013) 05

Her (2013)

IMDb ★ 8.0

A small but pivotal role in one of the decade's most acclaimed romances.

Side Effects (2013) 06

Side Effects (2013)

IMDb ★ 7.1

A twisty psychological thriller she anchors with real ambiguity.

A Ghost Story (2017) 07

A Ghost Story (2017)

IMDb ★ 6.8

A quietly devastating grief drama told from an unusual perspective.

The Social Network (2010) 08

The Social Network (2010)

IMDb ★ 7.7

A brief opening scene that sets the entire tone of the film to come.

Carol (2015) 09

Carol (2015)

IMDb ★ 7.2

Restrained longing played almost entirely through small, controlled gestures.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) 10

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)

IMDb ★ 7.8

Cold Swedish atmosphere with a genuinely unsettling, committed lead performance.

Vlad Zakh

Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix, built to fix a specific annoyance: most recommendation sites are just algorithm-driven noise. Our lists are researched and organized by who's in a film, where it's from, and the mood you're actually in tonight.