This article will tell you about the top 10 best movies in which Chris Evans completely killed the role.
No Hollywood casting director can put Chris Evans in a box, from starring romantic comedies to thrillers, tragedies, and even animated films.
Evans has played a heroin addict, an astronaut, a vengeful ex-boyfriend, a malicious playboy, and a foster father during the course of his two-decade career.
Following his recent performances in Apple TV’s action-comedy Ghosted, we thought it would be a good opportunity to review some of the actor’s best work.
10. Cellular (2004)
Evans directed his first action-thriller film, Cellular. After receiving a phone call from a kidnapped woman (Kim Basinger), an innocent man named Ryan (Evans) runs through the streets of Los Angeles uncovering LAPD corruption and crime rings. While not universally acclaimed, this is Evans’ first step into the action genre as he adopts a more serious image.
9. Not Another Teen Movie (2001)
Evans made his Hollywood debut as Jake Wyler in Not Another Teen Movie, playing his first “loveable schmuck” role.
In the film, Wyler is the popular high school jock with the apparently perfect life and cheerleader girlfriend, until, of course, the school’s most unpopular (but clever!) girl receives a makeover that draws the popular jock’s attention away from her.
Evans’ ability to be douchey and charming at this stage of his early career is the perfect beginning for his eventual roles as the leading man in other romantic comedies like What’s Your Number, which was written as a parody of other popular teen romantic comedies like Pretty in Pink, American Pie, and 10 Things I Hate About You.
8. Scott Pilgrim vs The World (2010)
Prepare to face the wrath of the evil exes’ league. Evans plays Lucas Lee in Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, an overconfident action star and overzealous ex who sets out to ruin the life of the titular Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera) after discovering he’s been dating his former middle school girlfriend (Mary Elizabeth Winstead).
Though Evans only appears briefly in the film, his character’s quirky swagger and lovely skateboarding antics have left a lasting impression on Evans’ renowned career.
7. What’s Your Number? (2011)
If you’re looking for a step up from Evans’ romance part in Not Another Teen Movie, What’s Your Number is a must-see.
Ally Darling (Anna Farris), a quirky thirty-something, enlists the help of her beautiful neighbor Colin Shea (Evans) to search down her ex-boyfriends owing to her outmoded sexual concerns.
It’s a ludicrous situation, and along with Farris’ comedic prowess, the film has one of Evans’ most undervalued, hilarious, and greatest romantic lead portrayals to date.
The best part about this picture is that it intentionally relies on Evans’ physical self-awareness, allowing more of his inherent comedic skill and charm to shine through during vulnerable moments.
6. Puncture (2011)
Evans plays the late lawyer Mike Weiss in Puncture, who campaigned against “Big Pharma” to ensure that doctors and nurses have access to safe single-use syringes in hospitals.
Puncture is an inconsistent picture, but it gives Evans one of his most difficult parts, as a troubled and passionate amateur lawyer dealing with significant addiction. This picture, released the same year as Captain America: The First Avenger, displays Evans’ range in powerful performances regardless of the theme.
5. Snowpiercer (2013)
Snakes in the air? What about Chris taking the train? The fate of lower-class rebels is in the hands of Curtis Everett (Evans) in South Korean writer-director Bong Joon Ho’s political sci-fi thriller Snowpiercer.
The year is 2031, and mankind has failed to stabilize the effects of climate change, leaving the last living humans to build a semi-functional society aboard a train that circles the frozen earth indefinitely.
The train has an unjust socioeconomic hierarchy, with wealthier passengers riding in luxury cars at the front and low-income passengers jammed in the back.
When Everett leads his rebel team to the front of the train, all hell breaks loose, revealing terrible secrets in the process.
Everett, like Captain America, has a deep dislike for societal injustice, which Evans portrays with emotional depth.
Snowpiercer’s R-rating, on the other hand, allows Evans’ grit and rage to come through. It’s a one-way ticket to a badass show you don’t want to miss.
4. Gifted (2017)
Gifted is a sentimental picture that takes Evans away from his customary elements in action and romantic comedy. Evans plays Frank, a guy who is caring for his genius niece (McKenna Grace) until he is thrust into a difficult custody struggle with his own mother.
It’s a tearjerker that shows Evans’ softer paternal side as he uses his range to provide a sympathetic portrayal that doesn’t veer too far into melodrama.
3. Captain America: Winter Soldier (2014)
Captain America: Winter Soldier sends the unshakeably confident hero down a dark path as he attempts to reconnect with his best friend-turned-HYDRA-assassin Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan).
Along the way, Cap finds himself at war with the government’s unjust policies, which he formerly admired.
Evans does a heartbreakingly wonderful job of expressing Cap’s fierce dedication to his allies, even when they’ve gone too far over the deep end, in a callback to a pledge he made to Bucky in his debut film (“I’m with you ’til the end of the queue”). Oh, and if we could simply give Evans an award for that awesome lift battle scene, we would.
2. Knives Out (2019)
Evans put down the shield and picked up the knife in Rian Johnson’s hilarious murder-mystery flick Knives Out, in his second-best portrayal to date.
Evans’ extraordinary range of talents is all on display as he transitions from seductive charmer to calculated cold-blooded killer as Ransom Drysdale, the devilishly attractive and affluent family misfit.
Evans’ ability to show a man’s decline into lunacy after playing the hero for so long makes this performance immensely fun to watch, thanks to Johnson’s witty witticisms and dark comedy.
Chris’ seductively sly performance takes the cake in an ensemble that includes Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Shannon, Daniel Craig, Toni Collete, and Ana de Armas. Should we call it the donut hole?
1. Avengers: Endgame (2019)
Evans plays Captain America’s final hurrah with the Avengers with grace after nearly a decade of horrible conflicts, tremendous losses, and the occasional win.
He is able to maximize his limited screen time in this grandiose and absorbing conclusion to the Avengers trilogy by hitting essential emotional character beats with conviction.
Evans’ ability to traverse from fear to failure to courage makes for an emotionally powerful watch, from his team-up with Spider-Man (whom he lovingly refers to as “Queens”), his wielding of Mjolnir, his triumph against Thanos, to his final attempt at getting one last dance with his true love Peggy Carter.
We dare you not to cry at the end as the old Cap thinks about his life in emotional earnestness before giving his legendary shield to Falcon.
