20 Best Margot Robbie Movies
From 'Amsterdam' to 'Whiskey Tango Foxtrot,' Moviefone counts down the best movies of Margot Robbie's impressive career.
Actor/Producer Margot Robbie attends the 'Barbie' Press Junket Photo Call at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA. Photo by Eric Charbonneau.
Margot Robbie is one of the most popular and talented performers of her generation.
The Australian actress and producer first gained attention on the big screen for her role in Martin Scorsese's 'The Wolf of Wall Street,' before playing DC Comics character Harley Quinn in 'Suicide Squad,' 'Birds of Prey' and 'The Suicide Squad.'
She has also appeared in such critically acclaimed movies as 'I, Tonya,' 'Bombshell,' 'Once Upon A Time in Hollywood,' 'Amsterdam' and 'Babylon.'
In honor of her new film 'Barbie,' which she stars in and produced, Moviefone is counting down the 20 best movies of Margot Robbie's career, including her latest.
Let's begin!
20. 'Suicide Squad' (2016)
Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn in 'Suicide Squad'
From DC Comics comes the Suicide Squad, an antihero team of incarcerated supervillains who act as deniable assets for the United States government, undertaking high-risk black ops missions in exchange for commuted prison sentences.
19. 'Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway' (2021)
Peter Rabbit (James Corden) runs away from his human family when he learns they are going to portray him in a bad light in their book. Soon, he crosses paths with an older rabbit who ropes him into a heist.
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway
18. 'Mary Queen of Scots' (2018)
In 1561, Mary Stuart (Saoirse Ronan), widow of the King of France, returns to Scotland, reclaims her rightful throne and menaces the future of Queen Elizabeth I (Robbie) as ruler of England, because she has a legitimate claim to the English throne. Betrayals, rebellions, conspiracies and their own life choices imperil both Queens. They experience the bitter cost of power, until their tragic fate is finally fulfilled.
17. 'Whiskey Tango Foxtrot' (2016)
In 2002, cable news producer Kim Barker (Tina Fey) decides to shake up her routine by taking a daring new assignment in Kabul, Afghanistan. Dislodged from her comfortable American lifestyle, Barker finds herself in the middle of an out-of-control war zone. Luckily, she meets Tanya Vanderpoel (Robbie), a fellow journalist who takes the shell-shocked reporter under her wing. Amid the militants, warlords and nighttime partying, Barker discovers the key to becoming a successful correspondent.
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
16. 'Peter Rabbit' (2018)
Peter Rabbit's (James Corden) feud with Mr. McGregor (Sam Neill) escalates to greater heights than ever before as they rival for the affections of the warm-hearted animal lover who lives next door.
15. 'Amsterdam' (2022)
(L to R) Christian Bale, Margot Robbie and John David Washington in director David O. Russell's 'Amsterdam.' Photo courtesy of Walt Disney Studios.
In the 1930s, three friends—a doctor (Christian Bale), a nurse (Robbie), and an attorney—witness (John David Washington) a murder, become suspects themselves and uncover one of the most outrageous plots in American history.
14. 'Asteroid City' (2023)
(L to R) Jake Ryan, Jason Schwartzman and Tom Hanks in director Wes Anderson's 'Asteroid City,' a Focus Features release. Credit: Courtesy of Pop. 87 Productions/Focus Features.
The itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention (organized to bring together students and parents from across the country for fellowship and scholarly competition) is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events.
13. 'Goodbye Christopher Robin' (2017)
The behind the scenes story of the life of A.A. Milne (Domhnall Gleeson) and the creation of the Winnie the Pooh stories inspired by his son Christopher Robin.
12. 'The Big Short' (2015)
The men who made millions from a global economic meltdown.
11. 'The Legend of Tarzan' (2016)
Tarzan (Alexander Skarsgård), having acclimated to life in London, is called back to his former home in the jungle to investigate the activities at a mining encampment.
10. 'Babylon' (2022)
Margot Robbie plays Nellie LaRoy in 'Babylon' from Paramount Pictures.
From Damien Chazelle, 'Babylon' is an original epic set in 1920s Los Angeles and tells the tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, it traces the rise and fall of multiple characters during an era of unbridled decadence and depravity in early Hollywood.
9. 'About Time' (2013)
(L to R) Rachel McAdams as Mary and Domhnall Gleeson as Tim Lake in 'About Time.'
The night after another unsatisfactory New Year's party, Tim's father (Bill Nighy) tells his son (Domhnall Gleeson) that the men in his family have always had the ability to travel through time. They can't change history, but they can change what happens and has happened in their own lives. Thus begins the start of a lesson in learning to appreciate life itself as it is, as it comes, and most importantly, the people living alongside us.
About Time
8. 'Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)' (2020)
(L to R) Rosie Perez, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Margot Robbie, Ella Jay Basco and Jurnee Smollett-Bell in 'Birds of Prey.' Credit: Claudette Barius/Warner Bros.
Harley Quinn (Robbie) joins forces with a singer (June Smollett), an assassin (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) and a police detective (Rosie Perez) to help a young girl (Ella Jay Basco) who had a hit placed on her after she stole a rare diamond from a crime lord.
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
7. 'Focus' (2015)
Nicky (Will Smith), an accomplished con artist, gets romantically involved with his disciple Jess (Robbie) but later ends their relationship. Years later, she returns as a femme fatale to spoil his plans.
6. 'Bombshell' (2019)
Bombshell is a revealing look inside the most powerful and controversial media empire of all time; and the explosive story of the women (Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman and Robbie) who brought down the infamous man (John Lithgow) who created it.
5. 'The Wolf of Wall Street' (2013)
(L to R) Margot Robbie is Naomi Lapaglia and Leonardo DiCaprio is Jordan Belfort in 'The Wolf of Wall Street,' from Paramount Pictures and Red Granite Pictures.
A New York stockbroker (Leonardo DiCaprio) refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration.
4. 'I, Tonya' (2017)
Competitive ice skater Tonya Harding (Robbie) rises amongst the ranks at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, but her future in the sport is thrown into doubt when her ex-husband intervenes (Sebastian Stan).
3. 'The Suicide Squad' (2021)
(L to R) Margot Robbie, Daniela Melchior, Idris Elba, Sylvester Stallone, and David Dastmalchian in 'The Suicide Squad'
Welcome to Belle Reve, the prison where the worst Super-Villains are kept and where they will do anything to get out, even join the super-secret Task Force X. Today's assignment? Assemble a collection of cons, including Bloodsport (Idris Elba), Peacemaker (John Cena), Ratcatcher 2 (Daniela Melchior), King Shark (Sylvester Stallone), and everyone's favorite psycho, Harley Quinn (Robbie).
Now arm them heavily and drop them on the enemy-infused island of Corto Maltese. Trekking through a jungle teeming with militant adversaries and guerrilla forces at every turn, the Squad is on a search-and-destroy mission with only Colonel Rick Flag (Joel Kinnaman) on the ground to make them behave, and Amanda Waller's (Viola Davis) government techies in their ears, tracking their every movement.
2. 'Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood' (2019)
(L to R) Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt star in 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.'
Los Angeles, 1969. TV star Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio), a struggling actor specializing in westerns, and stuntman Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt), his best friend, try to survive in a constantly changing movie industry. Dalton is the neighbor of the young and promising actress and model Sharon Tate (Robbie), who has just married the prestigious Polish director Roman Polanski (Rafał Zawierucha).
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
1. 'Barbie' (2023)
Margot Robbie as Barbie in Warner Bros. Pictures’ 'Barbie,' a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo Credit: Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures. Copyright: © 2023 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.
To live in Barbie Land is to be a perfect being in a perfect place. Unless you have a full-on existential crisis. Or you're a Ken (Ryan Gosling).
