Top 10 Best Timothée Chalamet Movies

In just a few years, Timothée Chalamet built a career ranging from small arthouse dramas to huge science fiction blockbusters. From a teenager in love during an Italian summer to a messianic desert leader, his best roles show an actor who deliberately takes risks. These films show it most clearly.

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#1

Call Me by Your Name (2017): Elio Perlman

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As seventeen-year-old Elio, who falls in love with an older visiting student during an Italian summer, Chalamet delivered the role that launched his career. The film received worldwide acclaim, and the final scene by the fireplace is now one of the most intimate moments in modern arthouse cinema.

#2

Lady Bird (2017): Kyle

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In Greta Gerwig's directorial debut, Chalamet plays a pretentious classmate the protagonist falls for. A small but memorable supporting role in one of the best-received coming-of-age films of the decade.

#3

Little Women (2019): Laurie

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As the charming neighbor Laurie in Greta Gerwig's adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's classic, Chalamet shows a lighter, more romantic side. His chemistry with Saoirse Ronan carries much of the film.

#4

Dune (2021): Paul Atreides

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As Paul Atreides in Denis Villeneuve's adaptation of Frank Herbert's novel, Chalamet carries a major blockbuster for the first time. The role requires a gradual transformation from young nobleman to messianic leader across two films.

#5

Beautiful Boy (2018): Nic Sheff

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Based on a true story, Chalamet plays a young man struggling with methamphetamine addiction. The role earned him Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations and is one of his most physically demanding performances.

#6

Bones and All (2022): Lee

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In this unconventional love story in which the leads share cannibalistic urges, Chalamet plays a drifting young man with a dark secret. One of his darkest and riskiest roles.

#7

Wonka (2023): Willy Wonka

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As a young, still unknown Willy Wonka before he opens his famous chocolate factory, Chalamet shows a musical, comic side rarely seen before in his career. An origin story full of song and fantasy.

#8

The King (2019): Henry V

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As the young English King Henry V in this adaptation of Shakespeare's history plays, Chalamet shows a somber, power-conscious side, following his transformation from reckless prince to calculating monarch.

#9

The French Dispatch (2021): Zeffirelli

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In Wes Anderson's ensemble film about a fictional French magazine, Chalamet plays a young revolutionary student, fitting Anderson's distinctive, highly stylized direction.

#10

Interstellar (2014): Young Tom Cooper

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In one of his earliest film roles, Chalamet plays the son of Matthew McConaughey's character in Christopher Nolan's sci-fi epic. A small role, but in one of the most influential films of the past decade.

#11

Dune: Part Two (2024): Paul Atreides

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As Paul Atreides, who rises among the Fremen to become a messianic leader, Chalamet leads Denis Villeneuve's acclaimed sequel, widely seen as one of his best films yet.

#12

A Complete Unknown (2024): Bob Dylan

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As a young Bob Dylan turning the Greenwich Village folk scene upside down in the early sixties, Chalamet leads James Mangold's biopic. He sang all the songs himself, and the role earned him an Oscar nomination.

#13

Marty Supreme (2025): Marty Mauser

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As a character inspired by table tennis champion Marty Reisman, obsessively chasing fame and recognition in the 1950s, Chalamet leads this film by Josh Safdie.

#14

Dune: Part Three (2026): Paul Atreides

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As Paul Atreides, whose reign as emperor and marriage to Princess Irulan strain his relationship with Chani, Chalamet returns in the conclusion of Villeneuve's trilogy.

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