In little more than a decade, Australian powerhouse Margot Robbie has redefined what it means to be a modern Hollywood titan.
From bursting onto the international scene with fearless comedic and dramatic ferocity opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street, to conquering the global box office as producer and star of the billion-dollar cultural phenomenon Barbie, Robbie has continually shattered expectations. As co-founder of LuckyChap Entertainment, she has championed auteur-driven storytelling while earning three Academy Award nominations across acting and producing.
Whether portraying complex real-life figures like disgraced figure skater Tonya Harding, bringing manic punk energy to comic-book icon Harley Quinn, or delivering quiet cinematic grace as Sharon Tate, Robbie infuses every role with magnetic charisma and relentless commitment.
Whether you are exploring our rankings of the 10 best Ana de Armas movies, Sydney Sweeney’s top films and shows, Ryan Gosling’s greatest performances, or the top 10 Glen Powell movies, here is the definitive countdown of the 10 best Margot Robbie movies of all time, ranked with official posters, critical ratings, and character analysis.
The 10 Best Margot Robbie Movies at a Glance
★ 1. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) — Directed by Martin Scorsese
★ 2. Barbie (2023) — Directed by Greta Gerwig
★ 3. I, Tonya (2017) — Directed by Craig Gillespie
★ 4. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) — Directed by Quentin Tarantino
★ 5. Babylon (2022) — Directed by Damien Chazelle
★ 6. The Suicide Squad (2021) — Directed by James Gunn
★ 7. Bombshell (2019) — Directed by Jay Roach
★ 8. Birds of Prey (2020) — Directed by Cathy Yan
★ 9. About Time (2013) — Directed by Richard Curtis
★ 10. Asteroid City (2023) — Directed by Wes Anderson
1. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
- Role: Naomi Lapaglia
- Co-stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Matthew McConaughey
- Director: Martin Scorsese
- Rotten Tomatoes / Audience Score: 80% / 83%
The film that launched Margot Robbie into the Hollywood stratosphere remains one of the most explosive star-making turns in modern cinematic history. At just 22 years old, Robbie held her own against Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio, delivering a fearless, razor-sharp performance as Brooklyn-born Naomi Lapaglia.
From her iconic, improvised bedroom confrontation where she playfully tortures Jordan Belfort with her stilettos, to her water-throwing fury during their marriage’s implosion, Robbie transformed what could have been a standard trophy-wife archetype into a fiercely intelligent, formidable screen partner. Scorsese later remarked that Robbie secured the role by unexpectedly slapping DiCaprio across the face during her audition—a bold instinct that announced a once-in-a-generation talent.
2. Barbie (2023)
- Role: Stereotypical Barbie
- Co-stars: Ryan Gosling, America Ferrera, Will Ferrell, Simu Liu
- Director: Greta Gerwig
- Rotten Tomatoes / Audience Score: 88% / 83%
Grossing over \$1.44 billion worldwide and earning eight Academy Award nominations, Barbie was both a box-office colossus and an existential feminist comedy masterpiece. Beyond her immaculate performance as Stereotypical Barbie experiencing her first brush with mortality and cellulite, Robbie served as the visionary producer who fought Warner Bros. to give director Greta Gerwig complete artistic autonomy.
Robbie’s comedic timing—balancing literal plastic doll perfection with heartbreaking emotional awakening—anchored the film’s surreal musical numbers and social satire alongside Ryan Gosling’s Ken. It stands as one of the defining cultural touchstones of 21st-century cinema.
3. I, Tonya (2017)
- Role: Tonya Harding
- Co-stars: Sebastian Stan, Allison Janney, Paul Walter Hauser
- Director: Craig Gillespie
- Rotten Tomatoes: 90% (Academy Award Nominated for Best Actress)
Craig Gillespie’s darkly comedic mockumentary biopic earned Robbie her first Academy Award nomination for Best Actress and marked the maiden theatrical production from her company, LuckyChap Entertainment. Portraying disgraced Olympic figure skater Tonya Harding, Robbie delivered a ferocious, physically punishing performance that interrogated American classism, media tabloid cruelty, and domestic trauma.
Breaking the fourth wall while performing grueling on-ice choreography, Robbie made Harding both tragically sympathetic and stubbornly flawed. Her devastating pre-competition mirror breakdown—attempting to smile through mascara tears—is universally recognized as one of modern acting’s greatest masterclasses.
4. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)
- Role: Sharon Tate
- Co-stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Sydney Sweeney, Austin Butler
- Director: Quentin Tarantino
- Rotten Tomatoes: 86%
In Quentin Tarantino’s nostalgic fairytale love letter to 1969 Los Angeles, Robbie brought radiant joy and quiet humanity to late actress Sharon Tate. Rather than reducing Tate to a tragic crime statistic, Tarantino and Robbie focused on her buoyant spirit, love of cinema, and infectious Hollywood optimism.
The sequence where Tate slips into the Bruin Theater to watch herself on the big screen in The Wrecking Crew—smiling warmly as audience members laugh at her slapstick stunts—is the poetic emotional core of the entire film. Sharing credits with Sydney Sweeney and Brad Pitt, Robbie’s performance lingers as an angelic memorial to a lost golden era.
5. Babylon (2022)
- Role: Nellie LaRoy
- Co-stars: Diego Calva, Brad Pitt, Jean Smart, Tobey Maguire
- Director: Damien Chazelle
- Rotten Tomatoes: 57% / 78% (Audience)
Damien Chazelle’s sprawling, uninhibited epic chronicling Hollywood’s chaotic transition from silent film to talkies divided critics, but Robbie’s feral, volcanic turn as silent screen siren Nellie LaRoy was universally hailed as a bravura achievement.
From her bacchanalian arrival at a decadent Hollywood mansion party to her hilarious, sweat-drenched panic during early synchronized sound recordings (“College!”), Robbie threw herself into the madness with unrestrained physical commitment. It is Robbie at her most wild, unhinged, and tragically raw.
6. The Suicide Squad (2021)
- Role: Harley Quinn
- Co-stars: Idris Elba, John Cena, Viola Davis, Joel Kinnaman
- Director: James Gunn
- Rotten Tomatoes: 90%
While Robbie originated the role in David Ayer’s 2016 film, James Gunn’s R-rated 2021 soft reboot gave her Harley Quinn the ultimate creative canvas. Gunn crafted an elaborate, operatic solo escape sequence specifically for Robbie—where Harley decimates an entire platoon of palace guards while blooming cartoon flowers erupt around her lethal acrobatics.
Robbie’s effortless blend of bubbly psychopathy, deadly combat precision, and romantic optimism proved why she is widely regarded as the definitive on-screen comic book casting of the modern era.
7. Bombshell (2019)
- Role: Kayla Pospisil
- Co-stars: Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, John Lithgow
- Director: Jay Roach
- Rotten Tomatoes: 68% / 84% (Audience, Academy Award Nominated)
Earning Robbie her second Academy Award nomination (for Best Supporting Actress), Bombshell dramatized the sexual harassment scandal that toppled Fox News CEO Roger Ailes (John Lithgow). While Theron and Kidman played real-life figures Megyn Kelly and Gretchen Carlson, Robbie portrayed Kayla, a composite character representing the network’s young, vulnerable associate producers.
Robbie’s excruciating closed-door office scene with Lithgow—where Ailes demands she lift her skirt to prove her loyalty—is one of modern cinema’s most chilling, uncomfortable depictions of institutional power abuse, anchored entirely by Robbie’s trembling, silent devastation.
8. Birds of Prey (2020)
- Role: Harley Quinn
- Co-stars: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jurnee Smollett, Rosie Perez, Ewan McGregor
- Director: Cathy Yan
- Rotten Tomatoes: 78%
Produced under Robbie’s LuckyChap banner and directed by Cathy Yan, Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) freed Harley from the shadow of the Joker, letting her headline a colorful, punk-rock Gotham action farce.
Featuring inventive, John Wick-style fight choreography alongside a hyena named Bruce and an obsessive love for bodega egg sandwiches, Robbie turned comic-book spectacle into a joyous ode to female ensemble chaos and post-breakup independence.
9. About Time (2013)
- Role: Charlotte
- Co-stars: Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams, Bill Nighy
- Director: Richard Curtis
- Rotten Tomatoes: 70% / 82% (Audience)
Filmed just prior to her breakout in The Wolf of Wall Street, Richard Curtis’s heartwarming time-travel romantic comedy gave Robbie an early international supporting turn as Charlotte, the gorgeous summer houseguest and unattainable first crush of Domhnall Gleeson’s protagonist.
Robbie radiated effortless girl-next-door glamor, providing the sweet, poignant foil that teaches the time-traveling hero that you cannot manipulate genuine romantic connection through repetition.
10. Asteroid City (2023)
- Role: The Actress / Dead Wife
- Co-stars: Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks
- Director: Wes Anderson
- Rotten Tomatoes: 75%
Appearing for a single scene in Wes Anderson’s stylized sci-fi fable, Robbie left an indelible emotional mark. Playing an actress who was cut from the fictional play-within-a-film, she stands across a theater fire escape from Jason Schwartzman, reciting the deleted dialogue of his character’s deceased wife.
Robbie’s soft, melancholic cadence distilled the film’s complex meditation on grief, performance, and memory into three breathtaking minutes, proving she can command an auteur masterpiece even in limited screen time.
Margot Robbie Career Comparison Table
| Rank | Movie Title | Year | Director | Character | RT Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Wolf of Wall Street | 2013 | Martin Scorsese | Naomi Lapaglia | 80% |
| 2 | Barbie | 2023 | Greta Gerwig | Stereotypical Barbie | 88% |
| 3 | I, Tonya | 2017 | Craig Gillespie | Tonya Harding | 90% (Oscar Nom) |
| 4 | Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | 2019 | Quentin Tarantino | Sharon Tate | 86% |
| 5 | Babylon | 2022 | Damien Chazelle | Nellie LaRoy | 78% (Aud) |
| 6 | The Suicide Squad | 2021 | James Gunn | Harley Quinn | 90% |
| 7 | Bombshell | 2019 | Jay Roach | Kayla Pospisil | 84% (Oscar Nom) |
| 8 | Birds of Prey | 2020 | Cathy Yan | Harley Quinn | 78% |
| 9 | About Time | 2013 | Richard Curtis | Charlotte | 82% (Aud) |
| 10 | Asteroid City | 2023 | Wes Anderson | The Actress / Wife | 75% |
Frequently Asked Questions
How many Oscar nominations does Margot Robbie have?
Margot Robbie has earned three Academy Award nominations: Best Actress for I, Tonya (2017), Best Supporting Actress for Bombshell (2019), and Best Picture as producer of Barbie (2023).
What is Margot Robbie’s production company?
Margot Robbie co-founded LuckyChap Entertainment in 2014 alongside husband Tom Ackerley, Josey McNamara, and Sophia Kerr. The company has produced I, Tonya, Promising Young Woman, Maid, Saltburn, and Barbie.
Will Margot Robbie play Harley Quinn again?
While Robbie has stated she wants Harley Quinn to be passed between great actresses like Batman, she has not officially closed the door on reprising her signature comic-book role in future DC projects.
What was Margot Robbie’s first major Hollywood movie?
While she appeared in Richard Curtis’s About Time, her true breakout role was starring opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street (2013).