The Best Zoe Saldana Movies, Ranked
30 credits from 2002 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Avengers: Infinity War (2018) comes out on top with a score of 85. The biggest box office hit is Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) with $2.34B worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Top Rated Zoe Saldana Movies
The 12 highest-rated films Zoe Saldana is credited on. Avengers: Infinity War (2018) leads with 85, followed by Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) at 85. The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings, cultural impact and how well a film holds up.
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#1 Movie Echo Score: Score 85 Avengers: Infinity War 2018 · Action -
#2 Movie Echo Score: Score 85 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 2017 · Action -
#3 Movie Echo Score: Score 78 Avatar: Fire and Ash 2025 · Action -
#4 Movie Echo Score: Score 78 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 2023 · Action -
#5 Movie Echo Score: Score 72 Missing Link 2019 · Adventure -
#6 Movie Echo Score: Score 72 Vivo 2021 · Adventure -
#7 Movie Echo Score: Score 71 The Absence of Eden 2024 · Drama -
#8 Movie Echo Score: Score 69 Elio 2025 · Animation -
#9 Movie Echo Score: Score 68 I Kill Giants 2018 · Drama -
#10 Movie Echo Score: Score 66 Avatar: The Way of Water 2022 · Action -
#11 Movie Echo Score: Score 63 The Adam Project 2022 · Action -
#12 Movie Echo Score: Score 54 My Little Pony: The Movie 2017 · Adventure
Biggest Zoe Saldana Box Office Hits
Zoe Saldana's films have made $9.89B worldwide in total. Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) is the biggest hit at $2.34B, ahead of Avengers: Infinity War (2018) ($2.05B). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
- 1 Avatar: The Way of Water 2022 · Action $2.34B $688M dom.
- 2 Avengers: Infinity War 2018 · Action $2.05B $679M dom.
- 3 Avatar: Fire and Ash 2025 · Action $1.49B $404M dom.
- 4 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 2017 · Action $864M $390M dom.
- 5 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 2023 · Action $846M $359M dom.
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Guardians of the Galaxy 2014 · Action $773M $334M dom. - 7
Star Trek Into Darkness 2013 · Action $467M $229M dom. - 8
Star Trek Beyond 2016 · Action $343M $159M dom. - 9 Elio 2025 · Animation $154M $73M dom.
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Guess Who 2005 · Comedy $103M $68.9M dom.
The Best Zoe Saldana Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Zoe Saldana has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Action leads with 11 films, and Avengers: Infinity War (2018) is the pick of them.
- Action 11 films Avengers: Infinity War 2018 · as Gamora Movie Echo Score: 85
- Drama 11 films The Absence of Eden 2024 · as Esmee, Carmen Movie Echo Score: 71
- Adventure 4 films Missing Link 2019 · as Adelina Fortnight Movie Echo Score: 72
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Comedy 2 films Emilia Pérez 2024 · as Rita Moro Castro Movie Echo Score: 42 - Animation 1 film Elio 2025 · as Olga Solís Movie Echo Score: 69
The Best Zoe Saldana Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Zoe Saldana's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 2000s to 2020s.
Most Awarded Zoe Saldana Movies
Zoe Saldana's films with wins at the Oscars, Golden Globes, BAFTA and the other ceremonies in the awards database, the most decorated first. Emilia Pérez (2024) leads with 18 wins from 65 nominations.
- Awards: 18 wins Emilia Pérez 2024 · 65 nominations
- Awards: 7 wins Avatar: The Way of Water 2022 · 29 nominations
- Awards: 2 wins Guardians of the Galaxy 2014 · 10 nominations
- Awards: 2 wins Avatar: Fire and Ash 2025 · 5 nominations
- Awards: 1 win Star Trek Beyond 2016 · 6 nominations
- Awards: 1 win Missing Link 2019 · 4 nominations
- Awards: 1 win Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 2023 · 12 nominations
- Awards: 1 win Avengers: Infinity War 2018 · 7 nominations
The Latest Zoe Saldana Movies
The most recent films Zoe Saldana is credited on, newest first — starting with Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- Avatar: Fire and Ash 2025 · Neytiri
- Elio 2025 · Olga Solís
- Emilia Pérez 2024 · Rita Moro Castro
- The Absence of Eden 2024 · Esmee, Carmen
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 2023 · Action
- Avatar: The Way of Water 2022 · Neytiri
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Amsterdam 2022 · Irma St. Clair - The Adam Project 2022 · Laura
- Vivo 2021 · Rosa
- Missing Link 2019 · Adelina Fortnight
- Avengers: Infinity War 2018 · Gamora
- I Kill Giants 2018 · Mrs. Mollé
The Best Zoe Saldana Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Zoe Saldana films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Zoe Saldana movie?
Avengers: Infinity War (2018) is the best-rated Zoe Saldana film, with a Movie Echo Score of 85, ahead of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) (85) and Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) (78). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Avengers: Infinity War: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Zoe Saldana movie?
Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) made the most at the box office, with $2.34B worldwide, followed by Avengers: Infinity War (2018) with $2.05B. Together, Zoe Saldana's films with box office figures have made $9.89B.
Which Zoe Saldana movie won the most awards?
Emilia Pérez (2024) is the most decorated Zoe Saldana film, with 18 wins from 65 nominations across the Oscars, Golden Globes, BAFTA and the other ceremonies in the awards database.
What is the best Zoe Saldana action movie?
Avengers: Infinity War (2018) is the best-rated of Zoe Saldana's action films, with a score of 85. In other genres: The Absence of Eden (drama), Missing Link (adventure) and Emilia Pérez (comedy).
What is the newest Zoe Saldana movie?
The newest film on Zoe Saldana's filmography is Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025), with Zoe Saldana as Neytiri.
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