Chris Pratt’s 10 Best Movies, According To Ranker

As Jurassic World Dominion heads to the multiplex for a June 10, 2022 release, all eyes are on to see how Grady, Dearing, Grant and Stattler will deal with the prehistoric predators ravaging the world. Leading the charge among the ensemble’s stellar cast is Chris Pratt, an actor who’s become far more popular in the past 10 years than he was in the first half of his career.

Whether it’s his iconic roles in Lego movies, the jurassic world franchise, or the beloved guardians of the galaxy series, Ranker moviegoers have spoken loud and clear about the cinematic heights of Chris Pratt’s career to date.

Note: Ranking lists are live and continue to accumulate votes, so some rankings may have changed after this posting.

ten Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

2012 marked a major turning point in Pratt’s career, starting with his small role in the award-winning war drama Dark Zero Thirty, a poignant chronicle of the American hunt for Osama Bin Laden that lasted 10 years after the September 11 attacks. Pratt plays Justin Lenihan, the operator of SEAL Team 6 who gives key commands to his elite squadron.

As Pratt fulfills her role well, the inspiring story of CIA agent Maya Harris (Jessica Chastain) slowly piecing together years of minor clues, subtle clues and conflicting intelligence to find Bin Laden is what makes the story so resonant, especially since it raises the difficult question of whether the toll when searching was really worth the outcome.

9 Passengers (2016)

Despite a critical beating, Ranker users feel Passengers is one of Pratt’s top 10 films to date. Pratt shares combustible chemistry with Jennifer Lawrence as two hypersleeping astronauts who suddenly wake up 90 years before they did. Themes of isolation, cabin fever, self-reliance and romance give way to an unsettling sense of Stockholm Syndrome.

Compared to Titanic set in outer space by some critics, many felt the film did a good job of creating a believable romance between Jim (Pratt) and Aurora (Lawrence), and while the ending felt disappointing, the first half is strong enough to carry the story a long way.

8 The Magnificent Seven (2016)

A remake (of a remake) of Akira Kurosawa’s all-time great samurai film, Seven Samurai, Pratt holds his own on screen with Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke in the macho western action flick about a septet of brutal bandits to protect a village from a ruthless real estate developer. Pratt plays Josh Faraday, a mischievous gambler with a penchant for explosives.

Directed with great energy by Antoine Fuqua, the amusing interplay between the seven charismatic men and the stylish gunfights they engage in is visceral, exhilarating and a whole lot of fun to watch. While Denzel deservedly steals the show, the film proves that Pratt can handle big-budget supporting roles as deftly as a main character.

seven The Lego Movie (2014)

Pratt voices lead character Emmet Brickowski with great humor and heartfelt pathos in the mega-popular Lego movie franchise. In the highly acclaimed original, Emmet is an ordinary Lego worker recruited to join the team to lead the resistance against a dictatorial business magnate who has ruined all the Lego blocks for his own vanity project.

With stunning computer animation, hilarious verbal jokes and sight gags that come up to the minute, and a far more involved story than you’d expect from a movie about a children’s toy line, The Lego Movie far exceeded expectations while further proving Pratt’s comedic chops.

6 The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)

While most fans feel The Lego Movie: Part Two is an inferior film to the original, Ranker voters think otherwise. Pratt reprises his role in the sequel, which finds director Mike Mitchell replacing the writer voices of Phil Lord and Christopher Miller.

Story-wise, the well-received animated sequel picks up five years after the events of the original, when the Legos have to deal with an incursion from space by Lego Duplo invaders who threaten the toys’ entire existence. in plastic. Along with playing Emmet again, Pratt is having even more fun voicing the role of Rex Dangervest, a mash-up of all of Pratt’s most iconic movie roles who happens to be a future version of Emmet himself. More self-aware than in the first film, Pratt shines brightly in dual roles.

5 Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)

In Pratt’s second time portraying the role of Navy veteran and ethologist Owen Grady in the popular jurassic world franchise, fallen kingdom reunites the character with Claire Dearing (Bryce Dallas Howard) to rescue the dinosaurs of Isla Nublar from a newly active volcano previously believed to be dormant. Despite the scintillating action sequences done by JA Bayona, most felt the film didn’t quite live up to its predecessor.

More of a throwback environmental disaster flick than the thrilling man vs. dinosaur model that made the original franchise so special, the film has been praised for its epic set pieces, solid action scenes that stretch beyond the park, and its much darker tone than the previous one. movies.

4 Jurassic World (2015)

After 14 long years away from the cinema audience, jurassic world marked the thrilling return of the beloved blockbuster franchise ushered in by Steven Spielberg from 1993 to 2001. With an engrossing plot that introduces the big and bad Indominus Rex, a genetically engineered apex predator who escapes from the newly renovated park and goes on a killing spree. crazy rampage, director Colin Trevorrow hit all the right notes that made the original so remarkable.

For his part, Pratt proved he could carry a big-budget blockbuster on his back as a bona fide movie star, something he’d only done once before in guardians of the galaxy. With Trevorrow back in the director’s chair, I hope Jurassic World Dominion is a superior sequel in every sense of the word.

3 Onward (2020)

After voicing Emmet in The Lego Movie with a great emotional range, Pratt was chosen to do something similar in Ahead, Pixar’s touching story about the brotherly bond between two elves seeking one last visit to their dead father. Besides the excellent computer animation, the witty and tender interplay between Pratt and co-star Tom Holland as highly relatable Pixar characters Barley and Ian Lightfoot is what makes the film so memorable.

Whereas Ahead lost the Oscar for Best Animated Feature to its Pixar brethren Soulthe film shows that Pratt doesn’t need to rely on his physical instrument to put on a good performance as a leading man, and that his voice acting is just as strong as his live-action roles.

2 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)

In arguably his most iconic movie role to date, Pratt absolutely owns the character of Peter Quill aka Star-Lord in the hyper-kinetic, colorful, dazzling, and ultra-gonzo MCU franchise. guardians of the galaxy. Seemingly tailor-made for his brand of laid-back laconic sense of humor, Pratt leads a lovable team of eccentric alien criminals across the cosmos for various ends.

In Guardians Vol. 2, Star-Lord is confronted by his estranged father Ego (Kurt Russell), a celestial entity with zany goals that must be addressed before it’s too late. Despite lacking the refreshing newness of the original, the film has been praised for its sparkling visuals, irreverent humor, and scintillating action scenes.

1 Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

As many might have guessed, guardians of the galaxy is the best film in Chris Pratt’s filmography to date, according to Ranker. Aside from becoming his starring role as a legitimately bankable Hollywood leading man, the sheer craziness, mania and frenzied fun that James Gunn imbued into the film is what big-budget blockbuster entertainment is all about.

Based on the Marvel Comic superhero team of alien criminals, the story follows the Guardians on the run from villain Ronan the Accuser (Lee Pace) after stealing a powerful ancient artifact sought by many across the galaxy. With hyperkinetic verve, extremely funny characters, impressive visual effects, and a heartfelt story to anchor the proceedings, Pratt’s finest hour is truly worthy.