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Brie Larson has 23 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2020s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Room.
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Room
2015 · Movie · Actor
Top 1%Max · Included

Short Term 12
2013 · Movie · Actor
Top 6%Prime Video · Included

Lessons in Chemistry
2023 · Mini · Actor
Top 13%Apple TV+ · Included

Captain Marvel
2019 · Movie · Actor
Top 16%Disney+ · Included

The Glass Castle
2017 · Movie · Actor
Top 31%Prime Video · Included

The Spectacular Now
2013 · Movie · Actor
Top 32%Max · Included
Held captive for 7 years in an enclosed space, a woman and her young son finally gain their freedom, allowing the boy to experience the outside world for the first time.
Dir. Lenny Abrahamson · With Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay, Joan Allen

The powerful true story of Harvard-educated lawyer Bryan Stevenson, who goes to Alabama to defend the disenfranchised and wrongly condemned — including Walter McMillian, a man sentenced to death despite evidence proving his innocence. Bryan fights tirelessly for Walter with the system stacked against them.
Dir. Destin Daniel Cretton · With Michael B. Jordan, Brie Larson, Jamie Foxx

Grace, a compassionate young supervisor at a foster care facility, helps at-risk teens. But when a new charge dredges up memories of her own troubled past, Grace's tough exterior begins eroding.
Dir. Destin Daniel Cretton · With Brie Larson, John Gallagher Jr., Kaitlyn Dever

When cops Schmidt and Jenko join the secret Jump Street unit, they use their youthful appearances to go undercover as high school students. They trade in their guns and badges for backpacks, and set out to shut down a dangerous drug ring. But, as time goes on, Schmidt and Jenko discover that high school is nothing like it was just a few years earlier -- and, what's more, they must again confront the teenage terror and anxiety they thought they had left behind.
Dir. Phil Lord, Christopher Miller · With Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Brie Larson

In the 1950s, Elizabeth Zott's dream of being a scientist is challenged by a society that says women belong in the domestic sphere. She accepts a job on a TV cooking show and sets out to teach a nation of overlooked housewives way more than recipes.
Dir. Lee Eisenberg · With Brie Larson, Lewis Pullman, Aja Naomi King

The story follows Carol Danvers as she becomes one of the universe’s most powerful heroes when Earth is caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races. Set in the 1990s, Captain Marvel is an all-new adventure from a previously unseen period in the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Dir. Ryan Fleck, Anna Boden · With Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn

Explore the mysterious and dangerous home of the king of the apes as a team of explorers ventures deep inside the treacherous, primordial island.
Dir. Jordan Vogt-Roberts · With Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, John Goodman

A young girl is raised in a dysfunctional family constantly on the run from the FBI. Living in poverty, she comes of age guided by her drunkard, ingenious father who distracts her with magical stories to keep her mind off the family's dire state, and her selfish, nonconformist mother who has no intention of raising a family, along with her younger brother and sister, and her other older sister. Together, they fend for each other as they mature in an unorthodox journey that is their family life.
Dir. Destin Daniel Cretton · With Brie Larson, Woody Harrelson, Naomi Watts

Sutter, a popular party animal, unexpectedly meets the introverted Aimee after waking up on a stranger's lawn. As Sutter deals with the problems in his life and Aimee plans for her future beyond school, an unexpected romance blossoms between them.
Dir. James Ponsoldt · With Miles Teller, Shailene Woodley, Masam Holden

A vivid journey into the mysterious subterranean world of mycelium and its fruit— the mushroom. A story that begins 3.5 billion years ago, fungi makes the soil that supports life, connecting vast systems of roots from plants and trees all over the planet, like an underground Internet. Through the eyes of renowned mycologist Paul Stamets, professor of forest ecology Suzanne Simard, best selling author Michael Pollan, food naturalist Eugenia Bone and others, we experience the power, beauty and complexity of the fungi kingdom.
Dir. Louie Schwartzberg · With Brie Larson, Paul Stamets, Michael Pollan

Scott Pilgrim meets the girl of his dreams, Ramona Flowers, only to find out her seven evil exes stand in the way of their love.
Dir. Bryan Lee O'Malley, BenDavid Grabinski · With Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Satya Bhabha
Set in Boston in 1978, a meeting in a deserted warehouse between two gangs turns into a shoot-out and a game of survival.
Dir. Ben Wheatley · With Cillian Murphy, Brie Larson, Armie Hammer

Tara's multiple personalities include "T" the wild-child teenager, "Buck" the rough and tumble biker dude, and "Alice" the type-A homemaker. But with a family that loves her just the way she is, Tara never gives up hope that someday she can just be herself.
Dir. Diablo Cody · With Toni Collette, John Corbett, Rosemarie DeWitt

Literature professor Jim Bennett leads a secret life as a high-stakes gambler. Always a risk-taker, Bennett bets it all when he borrows from a gangster and offers his own life as collateral. Staying one step ahead, he pits his creditor against the operator of an illicit gambling ring while garnering the attention of Frank, a paternalistic loan shark. As his relationship with a student deepens, Bennett must risk everything for a second chance.
Dir. Rupert Wyatt · With Mark Wahlberg, John Goodman, Brie Larson

When her duties send her to an anomalous wormhole linked to a Kree revolutionary, Carol's powers become entangled with that of Jersey City super-fan Kamala Khan, aka Ms. Marvel, and Carol's estranged niece, now S.A.B.E.R. astronaut Captain Monica Rambeau. Together, this unlikely trio must team up and learn to work in concert to save the universe.
Dir. Nia DaCosta · With Brie Larson, Teyonah Parris, Iman Vellani

Roger Greenberg, a failed musician now making a living as a carpenter in New York, returns to Los Angeles to house-sit for his brother. He's stranded there—since he doesn't drive—until his brother's assistant, Florence, comes to his rescue. She's as much a lost soul as he is, and the pair form a significant connection—giving Roger a much-needed reason to be happy.
Dir. Noah Baumbach · With Ben Stiller, Greta Gerwig, Rhys Ifans
Desperate to improve their social status, four best friends enter into an all-night scavenger hunt against the popular clique in their school.
Dir. Joe Nussbaum · With Alexa PenaVega, Mika Boorem, Jane Lynch

A woman named Kit moves back to her parent's house, where she receives a mysterious invitation that would fulfill her childhood dreams.
Dir. Brie Larson · With Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Joan Cusack
A young man moves from Montana to Florida with his family, where he's compelled to engage in a fight to protect a population of endangered owls.
Dir. Wil Shriner · With Luke Wilson, Logan Lerman, Brie Larson

Ever since her father drilled into her head that monogamy isn't realistic, magazine writer Amy has made promiscuity her credo. As much as she enjoys an uninhibited life free of commitment, Amy is really in a rut. While writing a profile about charming and successful sports doctor Aaron Conners, she finds herself actually falling in love for the first time -- and what's more, Aaron seems to really like her too. Amy starts to wonder if it's time to clean up her act and face her fears.
Dir. Judd Apatow · With Amy Schumer, Bill Hader, Brie Larson

A New Jersey guy dedicated to his family, friends, and church, develops unrealistic expectations from watching porn and works to find happiness and intimacy with his potential true love.
Dir. Joseph Gordon-Levitt · With Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore
A manipulative childhood acquaintance worms her way into a teenager's circle of friends at an all-girls boarding school.
Dir. Tatiana von Fürstenberg, Francesca Gregorini · With Rooney Mara, Georgia King, Brie Larson
The story follows veteran police officer Dave Brown, the last of the renegade cops, as he struggles to take care of his family, and fights for his own survival.
Dir. Oren Moverman · With Woody Harrelson, Robin Wright, Sigourney Weaver
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