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Saoirse Ronan · Filmography Ranked

Best Saoirse Ronan Films, Ranked by IQ Score

Two decades of one of contemporary cinema's most-disciplined young leading-actresses. Ranked.

Saoirse Ronan's filmography is the most-canonical post-2007 young-leading-actress catalog. Four Oscar nominations, Atonement (age 13), Brooklyn, Lady Bird, Little Women, making her one of the youngest performers to receive four Oscar nominations.

Anchor picks: Lady Bird (2017). Brooklyn (2015). Atonement (2007).

5 titles · ranked by IQ Score

  1. 1
    Atonement poster, IQ Score 166/200, Masterclass tier

    Atonement

    Masterclass drama, mystery, romance

    Joe Wright's adaptation of McEwan's novel explores how a false accusation destroys multiple lives across decades, interweaving intimate family drama with the devastation of WWII. The intricate narrative structure and exa…

    166/200
  2. 2
    Little Women poster, IQ Score 164/200, Masterclass tier

    Little Women

    Masterclass drama, period, romance

    Greta Gerwig's 2019 Louisa May Alcott adaptation, anchored by Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh, Emma Watson, Eliza Scanlen, Timothée Chalamet, and Laura Dern. The structural commitment to non-linear timeline (the film interw…

    164/200
  3. 3
    Brooklyn poster, IQ Score 164/200, Masterclass tier

    Brooklyn

    Masterclass drama, romance, immigration

    John Crowley's 2015 Colm Tóibín adaptation anchored by Saoirse Ronan (Oscar-nominated) as an Irish immigrant in 1950s Brooklyn caught between two countries and two romantic possibilities. The structural commitment to let…

    164/200
  4. 4
    Mary Queen of Scots poster, IQ Score 159/200, Stimulating tier

    Mary Queen of Scots

    Stimulating drama, biography, historical

    Josie Rourke's 2018 historical drama anchored by Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie as the rival queens Mary Stuart and Elizabeth I. The structural commitment to letting two-protagonist alternating-perspective Tudor-period…

    159/200
  5. 5
    Lady Bird poster, IQ Score 156/200, Stimulating tier

    Lady Bird

    Stimulating comedy, drama

    2017 Best Picture and Best Actress nominee (Saoirse Ronan). Greta Gerwig's semi-autobiographical portrait of a Sacramento teenager's senior year. Moderate cognitive demands with extraordinary emotional precision. Educati…

    156/200
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Questions about this ranking

What is the best Saoirse Ronan film?

By IQ Score on TV Intelligentsia, Lady Bird (2017) anchors the catalog. Brooklyn (2015), Atonement (2007), and Little Women (2019) round out her Oscar-nominated entries.

Has Ronan won an Oscar?

Not yet, four nominations, no wins. She's one of the youngest performers to receive four Oscar nominations.

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