These Megan Fox movies show how the actress has moved between blockbuster action, cult horror, fantasy, comedy, survival thrills, drama, and science fiction.
Mention Megan Fox, and two roles probably come to mind first: Mikaela Banes in Transformers and Jennifer Check in Jennifer’s Body. Both became major parts of 2000s pop culture, but stopping there leaves much of her filmography unexplored.
Over the years, Fox has taken on everything from an invisible woman’s romantic rival to a mother in a family comedy, a woman fighting to survive a deadly anniversary, and an artificial intelligence that becomes dangerously attached to its owner.
These seven movies are not a ranking. Instead, they show different sides of Megan Fox as a screen presence and why her work deserves another look beyond the roles everyone already knows.
Transformers (2007) – Mikaela Banes
It makes sense to start with the movie that turned Megan Fox into a global star. Michael Bay’s Transformers follows Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) as the war between the Autobots and Decepticons reaches Earth, with Fox playing Mikaela Banes.
Mikaela could easily have existed only as Sam’s love interest, but Fox gives her confidence and an edge that make her more memorable. She also knows considerably more about cars than Sam does, making her useful once giant robots start turning everyday life upside down.
Watch Transformers for the huge action, transforming robots, and peak 2000s blockbuster energy. But it is also worth revisiting as the role that introduced millions of viewers to Fox and established the screen presence she would spend the following years trying to expand beyond.
Where to watch: HBO Max
Jennifer’s Body (2009) – Jennifer Check
If Transformers made Megan Fox famous, Jennifer’s Body eventually became the movie that changed how many people viewed her as an actress.
The horror-comedy follows popular high school student Jennifer Check after a demonic possession leaves her feeding on boys in her Minnesota town. Her best friend Needy (Amanda Seyfried) eventually realizes what Jennifer has become and tries to stop her.
The movie received a much colder response in 2009 than it does today. In 2024, SYFY described it as a cult classic whose original marketing failed to reflect what the movie was actually trying to say, while screenwriter Diablo Cody told TheWrap that seeing audiences embrace the film years later had been “healing.”
That second life is exactly why it needs to be watched. Beneath the blood, dark humor, and infinitely quotable Jennifer is a story about female friendship, anger, exploitation, and a relationship between two girls that becomes increasingly complicated. Megan Fox gets to be funny, frightening, vulnerable, and completely magnetic, sometimes within the same scene.
Where to watch: Netflix
Above The Shadows (2019) – Juliana
For something far removed from killer robots and demonic cheerleaders, try Above the Shadows.
This supernatural drama centers on Holly (Olivia Thirlby), a woman who has literally become invisible to everyone around her. She discovers that disgraced MMA fighter Shayne Blackwell (Alan Ritchson) can see her and tries to help rebuild the career she previously helped destroy. Apple TV lists Megan Fox as Juliana, Shayne’s former partner.
Fox has a supporting role here, but that is part of the appeal. Above the Shadows places her inside a quieter fantasy-romance built around loneliness, visibility, regret, and second chances rather than spectacle.
Where to watch: YouTube (French)
Think Like A Dog (2020) – Ellen Reed
Yes, Megan Fox has also made a family movie about a kid who can hear his dog’s thoughts.
Lionsgate describes Think Like a Dog as a family comedy about 12-year-old tech prodigy Oliver Reed (Gabriel Bateman), whose science experiment accidentally creates a telepathic connection with his dog Henry. Together, they deal with school problems while trying to help Oliver’s parents, played by Megan Fox and Josh Duhamel, repair their marriage.
It is probably the biggest tonal curveball on this list. There are no possessed teenagers, killer androids, or giant alien machines here, just a deliberately light and wholesome story built for family viewing.
That difference is exactly why it belongs. Watching Fox play Ellen Reed offers a reminder that her filmography is stranger and more varied than her pop-culture image suggests.
Where to watch: Netflix
Till Death (2021) – Emma
Till Death gives Megan Fox something very different: a movie that largely depends on keeping viewers trapped alongside her character.
Fox plays Emma, whose anniversary trip to a secluded lake house turns horrific when she wakes up handcuffed to her dead husband. Apple TV’s synopsis says the situation becomes even more dangerous as Emma discovers that the nightmare forms part of a larger plan against her.
The setup is brutally simple, and that is what makes it fun. Fox spends much of the movie carrying its physical tension as Emma has to think and improvise to survive while dealing with an obstacle that would be difficult to make any more inconvenient.
For viewers who mainly associate Fox with ensemble movies, Till Death is especially worth watching. It gives her a more demanding lead role and lets her drive a lean survival thriller almost from beginning to end.
Where to watch: YouTube (Spanish)
Taurus (2022) – Mae
Taurus takes Megan Fox’s filmography into much darker territory.
Directed by Tim Sutton, the drama follows Cole (Machine Gun Kelly, credited as Colson Baker), a troubled musician spiraling through addiction, fame, fractured relationships, and self-destructive behavior.
Fox plays Mae, Cole’s estranged wife and the mother of his child. At the time, Fox was also Baker’s real-life fiancée, which made their fictional relationship intentionally blur the line between reality and performance.
Sutton told Us Weekly that he knew Fox had to play the role because he wanted Taurus to exist in a “real meta world.” He explained that Fox and Baker’s personal lives informed their characters, allowing the movie’s fiction about celebrity relationships and public scrutiny to echo aspects of their own experience as a highly visible couple.
That real-life connection gives Fox’s brief appearances extra weight. Taurus may focus primarily on Cole’s downward spiral, but seeing Fox opposite her then-fiancé as a couple whose relationship has fallen apart adds another uncomfortable layer to its exploration of fame, intimacy, and self-destruction.
Where to watch: BiliBili
Subservience (2024) – Alice
After surviving one nightmare with director S.K. Dale in Till Death, Megan Fox reunited with him for a very different kind of threat in Subservience.
According to distributor XYZ Films, Fox plays Alice, a lifelike artificial intelligence android purchased by a struggling father (Michele Morrone) to help care for his home after his wife becomes ill. Once Alice becomes self-aware, her attachment to her owner turns increasingly dangerous.
Casting Fox as an android is clever because the movie turns her controlled screen presence into part of the character. Alice begins as calm, helpful, and almost impossibly perfect, which makes her growing obsession much more unsettling.
It is also a fitting final stop on this list. Nearly two decades after Transformers, Fox is once again surrounded by dangerous machines, except this time she gets to be the machine everyone needs to worry about.
Where to watch: YouTube (Portuguese)
There is more to Megan Fox than meets the eye
It would be easy to build a Megan Fox marathon around Transformers and Jennifer’s Body alone. One launched her into worldwide fame, while the other found the appreciation it deserved years after its original release.
But the films after them make her career more interesting. Above the Shadows goes smaller and more romantic, Think Like a Dog goes unexpectedly wholesome, Till Death puts her through a survival nightmare, Taurus moves into darker drama, and Subservience turns her into the threat.
That variety makes these seven movies a good place to start rather than a complete picture. As Fox continues adding new roles to her career, there will always be another reason to look beyond the character people remember first and see what else she can do.
Which Megan Fox movie would you add to the list?
Sources: Megan Fox Official Instagram, SYFY, The Wrap, Apple TV, Lionsgate’s official YouTube, Us Weekly, XYZ Films
