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List of Shailene Woodley Movies: Ranked Best To Worst

1. The Fault in Our Stars (2014)
27
7
The Fault in Our Stars
PG-13
27
7

The movie, which is based on John Green’s novel of the same name, follows the journey of two teenagers, Hazel Grace Lancaster and Augustus Gus Waters – both cancer patients – who meet and fall in love with each other. The two also travel together to meet her favourite author, though it does not turn to be what she expected.

Role:
Hazel
Starring:
Directed By:
Josh Boone
Awards:
MTV Movie & TV Award for Best Kiss, MTV Movie & TV Award for Best Female Performance
2. The Mauritanian (2021)
10
3
The Mauritanian
R
10
3

After being subjected to horrific torture and spending six years in imprisonment, a prisoner  eventually confesses to crimes of terrorism. A defense attorney makes it her mission to defend him, and she soon uncovers a deep conspiracy.

Role:
Teri Duncan
3. The Descendants (2011)
19
7
The Descendants
R
19
7

The Descendants follows the story of islander Matt King who lives in Kauai, Hawaii. His world comes to a stop when his wife Elizabeth ends up in a coma. Matt must find a way to cope with his wife’s will who wants her life support to be discontinued, save his land, and connect to his two troubled daughters. 

Role:
Alexandra King
Starring:
Judy Greer, George Clooney, Amara Miller, Nick Krause, Patricia Hastie
Directed By:
Alexander Payne
Awards:
MTV Movie & TV Award for Breakthrough Performance
4. Snowden (2016)
14
5
Snowden
R
14
5

Edward Snowden, an employee and sub-contractor of National Security Agency, becomes disillusioned after discovering that the government is amassing virtual data even from ordinary citizens. Feeling accountable and outraged, he quits and putting his safety at risk, exposes this highly classified information about NSA’s illegal mass surveillance to the press, which makes him one of the most wanted men in the world.

Starring:
Directed By:
5. The Spectacular Now (2013)
13
5
The Spectacular Now
R
13
5

Sutter Keely, a charismatic high school senior who loves to party, gets heavily drunk after sudden breakup with his girlfriend and is awakened the next morning in a stranger's lawn by shy and studious peer Aimee Finecky. Despite being polar opposites, they gradually begin to develop a bond after he convinces her to teach him geometry.

Role:
Aimee
Directed By:
James Ponsoldt
6. Divergent (2014)
26
12
Divergent
PG-13
26
12

In a futuristic society where each adult must choose one of five factions for life, Tris Prior trains to join Dauntless, the faction of the brave, hiding that she is a Divergent who will not fit into any group. However, after uncovering a plot to kill all Divergents, she must use her divergence to save the world.

Role:
Tris
Directed By:
Neil Burger
Awards:
People's Choice Award for Favorite Movie Duo, MTV Movie & TV Award for Favorite Character
7. Adrift (2018)
8
4
Adrift
PG-13
8
4

Adrift is a survival drama film which tells the story of a young couple who gets stuck in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, as they face one of the most catastrophic hurricanes recorded in human history.  

Role:
Tami Oldham
Starring:
Sam Claflin, Jeffrey Thomas, Elizabeth Hawthorne, Grace Palmer
Directed By:
Baltasar Kormákur
8. The Last Letter from Your Lover (2021)
9
3
The Last Letter from Your Lover
13
9
3

The Last Letter from your Lover is a romantic drama film which revolves around Ellie, a journalist who discovers several love letters from 1965. She decides to set out to find the people who had written them.

Role:
Jennifer Stirling
Starring:
9. White Bird in a Blizzard (2014)
7
4
White Bird in a Blizzard
R
7
4

White Bird in a Blizzard is a mystery drama film which tells the story of a teenage girl who relishes her newfound freedom after her disturbed mother disappears. However, soon she starts being haunted by strange facts regarding the disappearance, and her life descends into chaos.

Role:
Kat Connors
Directed By:
Gregg Araki
10. Insurgent (2015)
15
8
Insurgent
PG-13
15
8

The second installment in The Divergent Series, the movie finds Tris Prior, Four, the rest of the Divergents, and the Factionless going to war against Jeanine Matthews and the Dauntless faction. Eventually captured, Tris unlocks a box to reveal that the faction system was an experiment and that the world is waiting outside the walled city. 

Role:
Tris
Directed By:
Robert Schwentke
11. Allegiant (2016)
8
7
Allegiant
PG-13
8
7

In this third movie in the The Divergent series, Tris, her brother, Caleb, and her lover, Four, escape the walled Chicago and come across truths that shatter previous knowledge. Facing dangers that threaten humanity, Tris is forced to make bold decisions in order to survive.

Role:
Tris
Starring:
Jeff Daniels, Theo James, Maggie Q, Ansel Elgort, Zoë Kravitz, Naomi Watts, Mekhi Phifer
Directed By:
Robert Schwentke
12. Endings, Beginnings (2020)
5
4
Endings, Beginnings
5
4
Role:
Daphne
Starring:
Jamie Dornan, Sebastian Stan, Kyra Sedgwick, Matthew Gray Gubler
13. Felicity: An American Girl Adventure (2005)
6
3
Felicity: An American Girl Adventure
6
3
Role:
Felicity Merriman
Starring:
Kevin Zegers, David Gardner, John Schneider, Marcia Gay Harden
Directed By:
Nadia Tass
14. A Place Called Home (2004)
6
3
A Place Called Home
6
3
Role:
California "Cali" Ford
Starring:
Ann-Margret, Matthew Settle, Hunter Tylo, Gary Sandy
Directed By:
Michael Tuchner
15. 9 Kisses (2014)
6
3
9 Kisses
6
3
Starring:
Rosario Dawson, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Steve Carell, Julianne Moore, Patricia Arquette, Kristen Stewart, Reese Witherspoon
Directed By:
Elaine Constantine
16. Replacing Dad (1999)
4
4
Replacing Dad
4
4
Starring:
Camilla Belle, Tippi Hedren, Mary McDonnell, William Russ, Jack Coleman, Erik von Detten
Directed By:
Joyce Chopra
17. Moola (2007)
3
4
Moola
PG-13
3
4
Starring:
Daniel Baldwin, William Mapother, Treat Williams, Charlotte Ross, Efren Ramirez
Directed By:
Don Most
18. Final Approach (2007)
3
4
Final Approach
3
4
Starring:
Anthony Michael Hall, Dean Cain, Jennifer Morrison, Ernie Hudson, Sunny Mabrey
Directed By:
Armand Mastroianni

TV Shows

Big Little Lies
33
6
Big Little Lies
TV-MA
33
6
Role:
Jane Chapman
Starring:
Nicole Kidman, Zoë Kravitz, Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern, Meryl Streep, Laura Dern
Directed By:
Andrea Arnold
Jack & Bobby
8
2
Jack & Bobby
TV-14
8
2
Starring:
Logan Lerman, Carrie Fisher, Bradley Cooper, Lou Diamond Phillips, John Slattery, Neil Patrick Harris, Alex D. Linz
Directed By:
David Petrarca, Perry Lang, Michael Schultz, Peter Markle, David Nutter
My Name Is Earl
19
5
My Name Is Earl
TV-PG
19
5
Starring:
Jason Priestley, Juliette Lewis, Katy Mixon, Adam Goldberg, John Leguizamo, Beth Riesgraf, Page Kennedy
Directed By:
Marc Buckland, Eyal Gordin, Michael Fresco, Chris Koch, Gregory Thomas Garcia
Cold Case
10
3
Cold Case
TV-14
10
3
Starring:
Summer Glau, John Aniston, Jonathan Banks, Veronica Cartwright, Adrienne Barbeau, Megan Boone, Elinor Donahue
Directed By:
The O.C.
17
6
The O.C.
TV-PG
17
6
Starring:
Chris Pratt, Mischa Anne Marsden Barton, Rachel Sarah Bilson, Linda Lavin, Michael Schur, Paris Hilton, Kat Graham
Directed By:
Ian Toynton, Michael Lange, Michael Fresco, Tony Wharmby, Patrick R. Norris
Our Deal (2011)
7
2
Our Deal
7
2
Role:
Day Trotter
Starring:
Donald Glover, Drew Barrymore, Tyler Posey, Chloë Grace Moretz, Alia Shawkat, Miranda Cosgrove
Directed By:
Everybody Loves Raymond
14
5
Everybody Loves Raymond
TV-PG
14
5
Starring:
Kevin James, Ray Romano, Cris Judd, Doris Roberts, Jean Stapleton, Cheryl Hines, Fred Willard
Directed By:
Gary Halvorson, Will Mackenzie, Jerry Zaks, Kenneth Shapiro, Steve Zuckerman
The District
7
3
The District
7
3
Starring:
Ving Rhames, Craig T. Nelson, Danny Trejo, Sarah Rafferty, Ernest Borgnine, Ashley Benson, Frank Grillo
Directed By:
Crossing Jordan
7
3
Crossing Jordan
7
3
Starring:
Paul Winfield, Joel Grey, Ariel Winter, Emily Deschanel, Miguel Ferrer, Boris Kodjoe, Ashley Greene
Directed By:
Allan Arkush, Roxann Dawson, Michael Gershman, Donna Deitch, Ian Toynton
CSI: NY
11
5
CSI: NY
TV-14
11
5
Starring:
Wayne Knight, Dianna Agron, Josh Groban, Katheryn Winnick, Michael K. Williams, Peter Fonda, Judd Nelson
Directed By:
Without a Trace
8
4
Without a Trace
TV-14
8
4
Starring:
Corey Stoll, Laz Alonso, Laura Marano, Elizabeth Berkley, Alex Kingston, Martin Landau, Ben Savage
Close to Home
6
3
Close to Home
6
3
Starring:
Joe Manganiello, Jennette McCurdy, Lyndsy Fonseca, Ann Cusack, Jessica Chastain, Patrick J. Adams, Eric Stoltz
Directed By:
The Black Eyed Peas: #WHERESTHELOVE Feat. The World (2016)
5
3
The Black Eyed Peas: #WHERESTHELOVE Feat. The World
5
3
Starring:
Jaden Smith, Snoop Dogg, Bridgit Mendler, Jamie Foxx, Taye Diggs, LL Cool J, Vanessa Hudgens
The Secret Life of the American Teenager
4
5
The Secret Life of the American Teenager
TV-14
4
5
Role:
Amy Juergens
Starring:
Danica McKellar, Bianca Lawson, Jennifer Coolidge, Chaz Bono, Rumer Willis, Christian Serratos, Haylie Duff
Directed By:

Animation Movies

The Wonderful World of Disney
11
4
The Wonderful World of Disney
11
4
Starring:
Linda Hamilton, Ben Mendelsohn, Jenna Haze, Ricki Lake, George Lopez, Jonathan Pryce, Christopher Lloyd
Directed By:

Shailene Woodley Awards

People's Choice Awards
Winner Favorite Action Movie Actress 2016
Divergent Favorite Movie Duo 2015
MTV Movie & TV Awards
The Fault in Our Stars Best Female Performance 2015
The Fault in Our Stars Best Kiss 2015
Divergent Favorite Character 2014
The Descendants Breakthrough Performance 2012