Scoot McNairy Ranked

Welcome to "Ranked", a weekly series where I rank a franchise or filmography from worst to best and hand out assorted related superlatives. This week, I'm profiling the work of Scoot McNairy-whose latest project "Nightbitch" is in select theaters now.

Scoot McNairy's Filmography Ranked:

17.The Rover (D-)

16.Killing Them Softly (C-)

15.Luckiest Girl Alive (C)

14.Monsters (C)

13.The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter (B-)

12.Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice (B-)

11.Our Brand is Crisis (B-)

10.Sleepless (B-)

9.Destroyer (B)

8.Speak No Evil (B)

7.12 Years a Slave (B)

6.C'mon C'mon (B+)

5.Non-Stop (B+)

4.Argo (B+)

3.A Quiet Place: Part II (B+)

2.Once Upon a Time in Hollywood... (A)

1.Gone Girl (A)

Top Dog: Gone Girl (2014)

If Gone Girl does indeed prove to be the last pure theatrical release of David Fincher's career, at least he went out with a bang. The Gillian Flynn-penned mystery thriller simultaneously manages to be a masterful deconstruction of a failed marriage, darkly comedic takedown of modern sensationalist media and twisty, wildly compelling procedural. Rosamund Pike burns up the screen with her layered, powerhouse performance as Amy Dunne-the daughter of a famous author who goes missing on the day of her fifth wedding anniversary while Ben Affleck shines almost as brightly as a cold, smug prick whose accused of being behind the disappearance of his estranged wife. Throw in an incredible supporting cast (Carrie Coon, Tyler Perry, Neil Patrick Harris, Kim Dickens, Emily Ratajkowski, Casey Wilson, Missi Pyle) and Fincher's reliably terrific visual eye and you have a real masterpiece on your hands.     

Bottom Feeder: The Rover (2016)

The scene where Robert Pattinson's character jams out to "Pretty Girl Rock" in the car is hilarious. Other than that, The Rover is a remarkably dour and dull dystopian tale that is well beneath the talent level of its director David Michod.     

Most Underrated: Non-Stop (2014)

Ah yes, the good old days of the mid-2010's where Liam Nesson was still ripping out really fun action movies on a regular basis. Non-Stop is a borderline perfect propulsive B-thriller that makes great use of its confined setting (an airplane that's mid-flight) to build suspense, has a cast of consummate pros (Julianne Moore, Michelle Dockery, McNairy, Lupita Ny'ongo, Nate Parker, Corey Stoll, Anson Mount) that are happy to ride the silliness wave of its twist-happy story and ends with an awesome, chaotic setpiece that Jaume Collet-Serra directs the hell out of. Check it out on Netflix before Collet-Serra's next airplane-based action thriller Carry-On drops on the platform next Friday.         

Most Overrated: 12 Years a Slave (2013)

At its best, 12 Years a Slave is a stirring portrayal of the horrors of slavery and Solomon Northup's harrowing, infuriating journey from free man to slave and back again. At its worst, it's shamelessly melodramatic awards bait. The prevalence of the latter, particularly in the final third of the film when Michael Fassbender's Edwin Epps becomes a regular fixture on screen, is why I've long felt 12 Years a Slave is a good but not great film that fails to live up to its Best Picture Winner pedigree.