Cast: Sophie Nélisse

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Sophie Nélisse. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Monsieur Lazhar

2011 · Movie · 94 min. · Canada

Direction Philippe Falardeau

Cast Mohamed Fellag · Sophie Nélisse · Émilien Néron · Marie-Ève Beauregard

Synopsis In Monsieur Lazhar (2011), a middle school class in Montreal is left traumatized after their teacher's sudden death. Bachir Lazhar, an Algerian immigrant, steps in as their substitute. While helping the children navigate grief, his own past and unresolved pain...

6.8

9K votes

6.8

9K votes

The Book Thief

2013 · Movie · 131 min. · United States

Direction Brian Percival

Cast Sophie Nélisse · Geoffrey Rush · Emily Watson · Nico Liersch

Synopsis The 550-page, World War II-era novel, narrated by Death, tells the story of Liesel Meminger from the time she is taken at age 9 to live with a foster family in a German working-class neighborhood. Liesel arrives having just stolen...

6.6

25K votes

6.6

25K votes

Yellowjackets (TV Series)

2021 · Series · 53 min. · United States

Direction Ashley Lyle · Bart Nickerson · Eva Sørhaug · Karyn Kusama

Cast Melanie Lynskey · Juliette Lewis · Christina Ricci · Ava Allan

Synopsis A team of wildly talented high school girls soccer players who become the (un)lucky survivors of a plane crash deep in the remote northern wilderness. The series chronicles their descent from a complicated but thriving team to savage clans, while...

6.4

1K votes

6.4

1K votes

Irena's Vow

2023 · Movie · 120 min. · Canada

Direction Louise Archambault

Cast Sophie Nélisse · Dougray Scott · Andrzej Seweryn · Eliza Rycembel

Synopsis Follows the life of a Polish nurse Irene Gut Opdyke who was awarded the Righteous Among the Nations medal for showing remarkable courage in her attempt to save Polish Jews during World War II.

6.3

594 votes

6.3

594 votes

Pawn Sacrifice

2014 · Movie · 114 min. · United States

Direction Edward Zwick

Cast Tobey Maguire · Peter Sarsgaard · Liev Schreiber · Michael Stuhlbarg

Synopsis Pawn Sacrifice (2014) follows the gripping true story of chess prodigy Bobby Fischer as he rises to fame during the Cold War. The film captures Fischer's intense journey to challenge Soviet grandmaster Boris Spassky in the 1972 World Chess Championship....

6.2

5K votes

6.2

5K votes

The Kid Detective

2020 · Movie · 97 min. · Canada

Direction Evan Morgan

Cast Adam Brody · Sophie Nélisse · Tzi Ma · Wendy Crewson

Synopsis A once-celebrated kid detective, now 31, continues to solve the same trivial mysteries between hangovers and bouts of self-pity. Until a naive client brings him his first 'adult' case, to find out who brutally murdered her boyfriend.

6.1

991 votes

6.1

991 votes

Mean Dreams

2016 · Movie · 108 min. · Canada

Direction Nathan Morlando

Cast Josh Wiggins · Sophie Nélisse · Bill Paxton · Colm Feore

Synopsis 'Mean Dreams' is a thriller about a fifteen-year-old boy who steals a bag of drug money and runs away with the girl he loves while her corrupt cop father hunts them down. This coming-of-age fable brings together the desperation of...

6.0

82 votes

6.0

82 votes

1:54

2016 · Movie · 106 min. · Canada

Direction Yan England

Cast Antoine-Olivier Pilon · Sophie Nélisse · Lou-Pascal Tremblay · David Boutin

Synopsis Tim, a shy 16 years old athlete, is both brilliant and talented. But the pressure he undergoes pushes him to the edge, where human limits reach the pint of no return.

5.8

90 votes

5.8

90 votes

The Rest of Us

2019 · Movie · 80 min. · Canada

Direction Aisling Chin-Yee

Cast Heather Graham · Sophie Nélisse · Jodi Balfour · Abigail Pniowsky

Synopsis Two mother-daughter duos must contend with their grief and complicated relationships with one another when the person who connects them dies.

5.6

168 votes

5.6

168 votes

The History of Love

2016 · Movie · 134 min. · France

Direction Radu Mihaileanu

Cast Derek Jacobi · Sophie Nélisse · Gemma Arterton · Elliott Gould

Synopsis The story of a long-lost book that mysteriously reappears and connects an old man searching for his son with a girl seeking a cure for her mother's loneliness.

5.5

301 votes

5.5

301 votes

The Great Gilly Hopkins

2015 · Movie · 99 min. · United States

Direction Stephen Herek

Cast Sophie Nélisse · Kathy Bates · Glenn Close · Octavia Spencer

Synopsis Attitude's got a new name in twelve-year-old Gilly Hopkins (Sophie Nélisse) - a brilliant, brash, and totally unmanageable foster kid who's determined to alienate herself from every foster family she's placed with - until there's no choice but to let...

5.4

415 votes

5.4

415 votes

Endorphine

2015 · Movie · 84 min. · Canada

Direction André Turpin

Cast Sophie Nélisse · Mylène MacKay · Lise Roy · Guy Thauvette

Synopsis Three women named Simone, each with her own story. The first is a twelve year old girl who needs to recover from a trauma. The second is a reclusive young woman who suffers from panic attacks. The third is a...

5.0

89 votes

5.0

89 votes

Close

2019 · Movie · 94 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Vicky Jewson

Cast Noomi Rapace · Sophie Nélisse · Indira Varma · Eoin Macken

Synopsis A bodyguard and counter-terrorism expert Sam (Noomi Rapace) takes a job protecting Zoe (Sophie Nélisse) a rich young heiress. Neither party is keen on the arrangement until a violent kidnap forces them to go on the run.

4.5

963 votes

4.5

963 votes

47 Meters Down: Uncaged

2019 · Movie · 89 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Johannes Roberts

Cast Sophie Nélisse · Corinne Foxx · Brianne Tju · Sistine Rose Stallone

Synopsis Sequel to "47 Meters Down". Four teen girls diving in a ruined underwater city quickly learn they've entered the territory of the deadliest shark species in the claustrophobic labyrinth of submerged caves.

4.3

3K votes

4.3

3K votes

Wait Till Helen Comes

2016 · Movie · 88 min. · Canada

Direction Dominic James

Cast Maria Bello · Sophie Nélisse · Callum Keith Rennie · Isabelle Nelisse

Synopsis When a reconstructed family moves to a converted church in the country, 14-year-old Molly, must save her new troubled step-sister from a dangerous relationship with the desperate ghost of a young girl.

3.6

35 votes

3.6

35 votes

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Exodus (S)

2017 · Movie · 5 min. · Canada

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Not rated

Vertige (TV Miniseries)

2012 · Movie · Canada

Direction Patrice Sauvé

Cast Fanny Mallette · Normand Daneau · Marilyn Castonguay · Noémie Godin-Vigneau

Synopsis TV Miniseries (2012). 6 episodes. Daphnée Roussel, who is in a coma for three months after falling from the rooftop of the skateboarding center Dédales. Her best friend Jennifer wonders if it really was a suicide attempt.

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Two Women

2025 · Movie · 100 min. · Canada

Direction Chloé Robichaud

Cast Karine Gonthier-Hyndman · Laurence Leboeuf · Félix Moati · Sami Soleymanlou

Synopsis Two struggling mothers grapple with unfulfilled expectations and societal pressures. As they navigate their roles as wives and professionals, one woman's unexpected affair sparks a reevaluation of their lives and priorities.

Not rated

Not rated

Whistle

2024 · Movie · Canada

Direction Corin Hardy

Cast Dafne Keen · Sophie Nélisse · Nick Frost · Percy Hynes White

Synopsis A misfit group of unwitting high school students stumble upon a cursed object, an ancient Aztec Death Whistle. They discover that blowing the whistle and the terrifying sound it emits will summon their future deaths to hunt them down.

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Not rated