List of the best Elijah Wood movies: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King(2003), The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring(2001), The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers(2002), The Adventures of Huck Finn(1993), Everything Is Illuminated(2005), The Bumblebee Flies Anyway(1999), Maniac(2012), Try Seventeen(2002), Come to Daddy(2019), Day Zero(2007), Grand Piano(2013), Set Fire to the Stars(2014) ... ...
Adventure, Fantasy
New Zealand|USA
2003
200 Minutes
Elijah Wood Ian McKellen Liv Tyler Viggo Mortensen Sean Astin Cate Blanchett John Rhys-Davies Bernard Hill Billy Boyd Dominic Monaghan Orlando Bloom
hobbit wizard warrior elf dwarf orc dark intense suspenseful middle-earth mordor mount doom battlefield journey ring teamwork survival showdown war quest
Gandalf and Aragorn lead the World of Men against Sauron's army to draw his gaze from Frodo and Sam as they approach Mount Doom with the One Ring.
Adventure, Fantasy
New Zealand|USA
2001
178 Minutes
Elijah Wood Ian McKellen Liv Tyler Viggo Mortensen Sean Astin Cate Blanchett John Rhys-Davies Billy Boyd Dominic Monaghan Orlando Bloom Christopher Lee
hobbit wizard elf dwarf warrior orc dark intense suspenseful middle-earth village cave forest mountain journey magic ring survival teamwork showdown
A meek Hobbit from the Shire and eight companions set out on a journey to destroy the powerful One Ring and save Middle-earth from the Dark Lord Sauron.
Adventure, Fantasy
New Zealand|USA
2002
179 Minutes
Elijah Wood Ian McKellen Liv Tyler Viggo Mortensen Sean Astin Cate Blanchett John Rhys-Davies Bernard Hill Christopher Lee Billy Boyd Dominic Monaghan
hobbit wizard warrior elf dwarf orc dark intense suspenseful middle-earth forest field village rohan tower journey ring teamwork survival showdown
While Frodo and Sam edge closer to Mordor with the help of the shifty Gollum, the divided fellowship makes a stand against Sauron's new ally, Saruman, and his hordes of Isengard.
Comedy, Kids & Family, Drama
Australia
1993
108 Minutes
Huck Finn
Elijah Wood Courtney B. Vance Robbie Coltrane Jason Robards Ron Perlman Dana Ivey Anne Heche James Gammon Paxton Whitehead Tom Aldredge Curtis Armstrong
boy slave father con artist young girl partner engaging suspenseful emotional st. petersburg, miss. mississippi river woods jail raft slavery father/son relationship on the run kidnapping huckleberry finn race relations
Two drag performers and a transgender woman travel across the desert to perform their unique style of cabaret.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2005
106 Minutes
Elijah Wood Eugene Hutz Boris Leskin Laryssa Lauret Jonathan Safran Foer Jana Hrabetova Stephen Samudovsky Oleksandr Choroshko
writer guide grandfather dog grandmother quirky emotional ukraine odessa countryside road trip family history world war ii anti-semitism search culture clash discovery adventure quest 2000s
A young Jewish American man endeavors to find the woman who saved his grandfather during World War II in a Ukrainian village, that was ultimately razed by the Nazis, with the help of an eccentric local.
Drama
USA
1999
95 Minutes
Elijah Wood Janeane Garofalo Rachael Leigh Cook Roger Rees George Gore III Christopher Mark Petrizzo Joseph Perrino
patient friend sister doctor touching sad engaging intricate hospital amnesia illness experiments young love discovery quest 1990s
An amnesiac youth tries to piece together his past, but what he discovers may jeopardize his future.
Horror
France|USA
2012
89 Minutes
Frank
Elijah Wood Nora Arnezeder Megan Duffy Jan Broberg Genevieve Alexandra Sammi Rotibi Joshua De La Garza America Olivo
maniac serial killer photographer gory shop women business danger transformation 2010s
As he helps a young artist with her upcoming exhibition, the owner of a mannequin shop's deadly, suppressed desires come to the surface.
Romance
Canada|USA
2002
92 Minutes
Jones
Elijah Wood Franka Potente Mandy Moore Chris William Martin Deborah Harry Elizabeth Perkins Aaron Pearl Aloma Wright
The story of a young man who enters college only to discover that he can learn more about life and love from his neighbors in the apartment building where he lives.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
Ireland|Canada|New Zealand|USA
2019
93 Minutes
Elijah Wood Stephen McHattie Martin Donovan Michael Smiley Madeleine Sami Simon Chin Ona Grauer Ryan Beil
estranged father estranged son gripping gritty intense cheeky cabin united states woods estrangement reunion mystery discovery rivalry 21st century
A man in his thirties travels to a remote cabin to reconnect with his estranged father.
Drama
USA
2007
92 Minutes
Aaron Feller
Elijah Wood Jon Bernthal Chris Klein Ginnifer Goodwin Elisabeth Moss Ally Sheedy Sofia Vassilieva Daniel Oreskes
The military draft is back, three best friends are drafted and given 30 days to report for duty. In that time, they're forced to confront everything they believe about courage, duty, love, friendship and honor.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, Music
Spain|UK|USA
2013
90 Minutes
Tom Selznick
Elijah Wood John Cusack Tamsin Egerton Kerry Bishé Alex Winter Dee Wallace Allen Leech Don McManus Don Kress
pianist stranger wife suspenseful dark concert hall chicago piano fear music ransom underdog
A pianist with stage fright endures a performance under the eyes of a mysterious sniper, who will shoot and kill him if a wrong note is played.
Biography, Drama
UK
2014
96 Minutes
John M. Brinnin
Elijah Wood Celyn Jones Steven Mackintosh Shirley Henderson Kevin Eldon Kelly Reilly Maimie McCoy Richard Brake
An aspiring poet in 1950s New York has his ordered world shaken when he embarks on a week-long retreat to save his hell raising hero, Dylan Thomas.
Kids & Family, Adventure
USA
1996
96 Minutes
Sandy
Elijah Wood Paul Hogan Chelsea Field Isaac Hayes Jonathan Banks Jason Fuchs Jessica Wesson Robert Deacon Mark Casella Luke Halpin
teenager uncle dolphin neighbor fisherman sheriff heartwarming thrilling florida island boat beach teen angst friendship flipper hurricane toxic waste divorce adventure rivalry
A teenage boy sent to spend the summer with his eccentric uncle on the Florida coast befriends a remarkable dolphin and takes on local bad guys who are polluting the water.
Mystery & Thriller
Spain|USA
2014
100 Minutes
Nick Chambers
Elijah Wood Sasha Grey Neil Maskell Nacho Vigalondo Iván González Trevante Rhodes Adam Quintero Scott Weinberg
actress fan stranger thrilling cellar internet danger life pursuit
A jilted fan soon finds himself pulled into a deadly game of cat-and-mouse after he accepts the opportunity to spy on his favorite actress via his laptop.
Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
2008
110 Minutes
Martin
Elijah Wood John Hurt Leonor Watling Julie Cox Jim Carter Alex Cox Dominique Pinon Burn Gorman Anna Massey
professor graduate student thrilling tense oxford university secret amateur detectives team mystery 1990s
A graduate student (Elijah Wood) and a professor (John Hurt) try to put their philosophical differences aside to solve an elderly woman's apparent murder.
Crime, Drama
USA
2017
96 Minutes
Tony
Melanie Lynskey Elijah Wood David Yow Jane Levy Devon Graye Christine Woods Robert Longstreet Derek Mears Gary Anthony Williams Jana Lee Hamblin Jason Manuel Olazabal
When a depressed woman is burgled, she finds a new sense of purpose by tracking down the thieves alongside her obnoxious neighbour. But they soon find themselves dangerously out of their depth against a pack of degenerate criminals.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1993
87 Minutes
Mark Evans
Macaulay Culkin Elijah Wood Wendy Crewson David Morse Daniel Hugh Kelly Jacqueline Brookes Quinn Culkin Ashley Crow
young boy father uncle aunt cousin sociopath chilling dark tense cliff highway minnesota beach suburbia evil loss murder family death evil child
A young boy stays with his aunt and uncle and be friends with his cousin, a boy of the same age who shows increasing signs of violent and psychopathic behavior.
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
USA|China|Canada
2015
106 Minutes
Vin Diesel Elijah Wood Rose Leslie Julie Engelbrecht Michael Caine Ólafur Darri Ólafsson Isaach De Bankolé Rena Owen Joseph Gilgun Dawn Olivieri Lotte Verbeek
witch warrior wife daughter priest warlock brooding intense dark apartment street church forest car castle immortality curse witchcraft anger saving the world
The last witch hunter is all that stands between humanity and the combined forces of the most horrifying witches in history.
Drama
1997
97 Minutes
Richard Dreyfuss Elijah Wood Alex Trench David O'Hara Antoine Byrne Olivia Caffrey Anthony Finnegan Maria Charles Des Braiden Eileen Colgan Eilish Moore
Dickens' London orphan (Alex Trench) is forced to join Fagin's (Richard Dreyfuss) gang of pickpockets, mentored by the Artful Dodger (Elijah Wood).
Documentary, Biography, Music
USA
2012
98 Minutes
Alice Cooper Jeff Howlett Kid Rock Henry Rollins Elijah Wood Questlove Vernon Reid
A documentary on the 1970s punk trio Death, and their new-found popularity decades after they disbanded.
Sci-Fi, Romance
USA
2004
108 Minutes
Patrick
Jim Carrey Kate Winslet Kirsten Dunst Mark Ruffalo Elijah Wood Tom Wilkinson Jane Adams David Cross Deirdre O'Connell Debbon Ayer Thomas Jay Ryan
boyfriend girlfriend employee secretary doctor profound creative new york state boston train office love breakup memory love metamorphosis 2000s
When their relationship turns sour, a couple undergoes a medical procedure to have each other erased from their memories.
Sci-Fi, Music
USA
2008
82 Minutes
George Salisbury Steven Drozd Wayne Coyne Steve Burns Fred Armisen Elijah Wood Scott Booker Adam Goldberg
Major Syrtis goes insane as he tries to improve morale in an abandoned colony on Mars through a Christmas pageant, where the first colonist baby will be born.
Drama
USA
1997
113 Minutes
Mikey Carver
Kevin Kline Joan Allen Henry Czerny Adam Hann-Byrd David Krumholtz Tobey Maguire Christina Ricci Jamey Sheridan Elijah Wood Sigourney Weaver Katie Holmes
father mother son daughter neighbor temptress dark amusing melodramatic sad connecticut small town new york city house party woods family small town sexual awakening first love
In suburban New Canaan, Connecticut, 1973, middle class families experimenting with casual sex and substance abuse find their lives beyond their control.
Drama
USA
1990
126 Minutes
Michael Kaye
Armin Mueller-Stahl Aidan Quinn Elizabeth Perkins Leo Fuchs Eve Gordon Lou Jacobi Joan Plowright Kevin Pollak Israel Rubinek Elijah Wood Grant Gelt
immigrant wife son salesman cousin endearing emotional touching united states baltimore immigration culture clash family family history aspirations ambition growing up discovery rise underdog
A Polish-Jewish family comes to the U.S. at the beginning of the twentieth century. There, the family and their children try to make themselves a better future in the so-called promised land.
Romance
USA
2012
90 Minutes
Rashida Jones Andy Samberg Chris Messina Ari Graynor Eric Christian Olsen Will McCormack Rebecca Dayan Rich Sommer Matthew Del Negro Rafi Gavron Elijah Wood
wife husband lover love interest friend cheeky amusing touching los angeles household office marital problems opposites attract separation parenthood friendship transformation love 2010s
A divorcing couple tries to maintain their friendship while they both pursue other people.
Drama, History
2006
119 Minutes
Anthony Hopkins Harry Belafonte William H. Macy Sharon Stone Christian Slater Freddy Rodriguez Laurence Fishburne Demi Moore Emilio Estevez Martin Sheen Helen Hunt
hotel manager hairdresser singer husband wife emotional moving hotel los angeles robert f. kennedy political activism assassination political campaign race relations vietnam war discovery fall 1960s
In 1968 the lives of a retired doorman, lounge singer, busboy, beautician and others intersect in the wake of Robert F. Kennedy's assassination at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.
Horror, Sci-Fi
USA
1998
102 Minutes
Jordana Brewster Clea DuVall Laura Harris Josh Hartnett Shawn Hatosy Salma Hayek Famke Janssen Piper Laurie Christopher McDonald Bebe Neuwirth Robert Patrick
high-school student drug dealer teacher high-school principal cheerleader football player gory frightening creepy tense emotional intricate high school ohio locker room classroom possession alien invasion conformity high school
Students suspect that their teachers are aliens after bizarre occurrences.
Adventure, Fantasy
New Zealand|USA
2012
169 Minutes
Ian McKellen Martin Freeman Richard Armitage Ken Stott Graham McTavish William Kircher James Nesbitt Stephen Hunter Dean O'Gorman Aidan Turner John Callen
hobbit wizard dwarf villain dragon friend charming spectacular thrilling middle-earth village kingdom mountain magic friendship expedition daunting task quest temptation unknown era
A reluctant Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, sets out to the Lonely Mountain with a spirited group of dwarves to reclaim their mountain home, and the gold within it from the dragon Smaug.
Fantasy, Action, Crime, Drama
USA
2005
124 Minutes
Frank Miller Jessica Alba Devon Aoki Alexis Bledel Powers Boothe Rosario Dawson Benicio Del Toro Michael Clarke Duncan Carla Gugino Josh Hartnett Rutger Hauer
thug tough guy ex-convict vigilante girlfriend killer brutal dark spectacular city street car laboratory prison farm prostitution violence vigilantism crime ring vengeance
A movie that explores the dark and miserable town, Basin City, tells the story of three different people, all caught up in violent corruption.
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
USA
1999
98 Minutes
Scott Caan Robert Downey Jr. Stacy Edwards Allan Houston Gaby Hoffmann Kidada Jones Jared Leto Marla Maples Joe Pantoliano Bijou Phillips Power
rapper gangster filmmaker high-school student basketball player corrupt cop dark dense unrestrained manhattan central park high school harlem, n.y. apartment race relations rap music coming of age filmmaking crime sexual identity
A group of white high school teens become involved with Harlem's black hip-hop crowd.
Fantasy, Kids & Family, Adventure, Action
USA
2003
89 Minutes
Antonio Banderas Carla Gugino Alexa PenaVega Daryl Sabara Ricardo Montalban Holland Taylor Sylvester Stallone Mike Judge Emily Osment Cheech Marin Bobby Edner
special agent brother sister father mother villain amusing positive thrilling playful earth moon virtual world video games virtual reality kidnapping family gadgets espionage adventure
Carmen's caught in a virtual reality game designed by the Kids' new nemesis, the Toymaker. It's up to Juni to save his sister, and ultimately the world.