Ben Is Back

  • Release year: 2018
  • Genre: Drama
  • Produce: Black Bear Image, 30West, Color Force
  • Directed by: Peter Hedges
  • Actors: Julia Roberts, Lucas Hedges, Courtney B. Vance, Kathryn Newton, Rachel Bay Jones, David Zaldivar, Alexandra Park, Michael Esper, Tim Guinee, Henry Stram, Myra Lucretia Taylor, Kristin Griffith, Mia Fowler

The film follows a mother, Holly (Julia Roberts)’s struggle to keep her son, Ben (Lucas Hedges) from becoming addicted to painkillers. On Christmas Eve, Ben comes home from a long stay in rehab.

This caused the extended family to mock him and Holly. Ben also gets into trouble with a drug dealer, Clayton (Michael Esper). Ben must carry out Clayton’s orders to free his dog, Ponce. What do you think will happen to Ben next?

Boy Erased

  • Release year: 2018
  • Genre: Biography, Drama
  • Production: Perfect World Pictures, Anonymous Content, Blue-Tongue Films
  • Directed by: Joel Edgerton
  • Actors: Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, Joel Edgerton, Joe Alwyn, Xavier Dolan, Troye Sivan, Britton Sear, Theodore Pellerin, Cherry Jones, Flea, Madelyn Cline, Emily Hinkler, Jesse LaTourette

Jared (Lucas Hedges) is considered unusual because he has a different sexual orientation than other men in his environment. This is made worse by the fact that he is the son of an Arkansas preacher, Marshall (Russell Crowe).

Nancy (Nicole Kidman), Jared’s mother, tries to assist Jared in conversion therapy to return to ‘normal’. In the end, though, Jared was still confident in his ‘difference’, and his parents began to accept it.

Manchester By The Sea

  • Release year: 2016
  • Genre: Drama
  • Production: K Period Media, Pearl Street Films, The Media Farm, The Affleck / Middleton Project, B Story
  • Directed by: Kenneth Lonergan
  • Actors: Casey Affleck, Lucas Hedges, Michelle Williams, Kyle Chandler, CJWilson, Tate Donovan, Kara Hayward, Anna Baryshnikov, Heather Burns, Gretchen Mol, Matthew Broderick, Josh Hamilton, Kenneth Lonergan

Lee Chandler (Casey Affleck) is a janitor living in Massachusetts. One day, he is given the responsibility of being the legal guardian of his nephew, Patrick (Lucas Hedges), who lives in Manchester because Patrick’s father, aka Lee’s brother, dies of a stroke. heart attack.

Lee, who is traumatized by the loss of three children in a house fire in Manchester, is looking for ways to keep him from having to go back there.

Because Patrick is attached to the community in Manchester, he cannot go to live with his uncle. So Lee tries to get Patrick adopted by George (CJWilson), a friend who lives in Manchester. Lee promised Patrick that he would find a place with more rooms so Patrick could visit whenever he wanted.

Lady Bird

  • Release year: 2017
  • Genre: Comedy, Drama
  • Production: IAC Films, Scott Rudin Productions, Management 360
  • Directed by: Greta Gerwig
  • Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Tracy Letts, Lucas Hedges, Timothée Chalamet, Beanie Feldstein, Lois Smith, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Odeya Rush, Jordan Rodrigues, Marielle Scott, Jake McDorman, John Karna

Christine (Saoirse Ronan) calls herself ‘Lady Bird’. She lives her life as a high school student and meets her first love, Danny (Lucas Hedges).

He later joined the school’s theater stage, and plans to attend college. However, he spends the night with Kyle (Timothée Chalamet), who destroys all his future plans.

To her disappointment, Christine moved to New York, as she had also been accepted to UC Davis. Although his relationship with Marion (Laurie Metcalf), his mother, is not good, it seems that Marion is secretly doing many things for Lady Bird. Although it was too late, Christine finally realized her mother’s hardship during the past time.

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

  • Release year: 2017
  • Genre: Crime, Drama
  • Production: Fox Searchlight Pictures, Film4 Productions, Blueprint Pictures, Cut Edge Group
  • Directed by: Martin McDonagh
  • Actors: Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, Abbie Cornish, Lucas Hedges, Eljko Ivanek, Caleb Landry Jones, Clarke Peters, Samara Weaving, John Hawkes, Peter Dinklage, Kerry Condon

Mildred (Frances McDormand) struggles to find the culprit who raped and murdered her daughter, Angela (Kathryn Newton). Although Mildred’s approach is opposed by his son, Robbie (Lucas Hedges), he remains steadfast.

Mildred encountered many obstacles, but she continued to struggle. Accompanied by Dixon (Sam Rockwell), a detective, will Mildred and Angela get justice?

Let Them All Talk

  • Release year: 2020
  • Genre: Comedy, Drama
  • Producer: Warner Max, Extension 765
  • Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
  • Actors: Meryl Streep, Candice Bergen, Dianne Wiest, Gemma Chan, Lucas Hedges, John Douglas Thompson, Christopher Fitzgerald, Daniel Algrant, Fred Hechinger, Samia Finnerty

This movie stars the leading actress, Meryl Streep. She plays Alice, a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer. Currently, he is on a transatlantic voyage on the Queen Mary 2 to receive the award in the UK.

On this trip, Alice is accompanied by her nephew, Tyler (Lucas Hedges). The conflict begins when Roberta (Candice Bergen) claims that Alice wrote her story in the book You Always / You Never.

They feuded until Alice died on the train, and the book was never completed. However, Alice’s death inspired Roberta to write about her own life experiences.

The Zero Theorem

  • Release year: 2013
  • Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Science Fiction
  • Production: MediaPro Studios, Voltage Pictures, Zanuck Independent, A&E Productions
  • Directed by: Terry Gilliam
  • Actors: Christoph Waltz, Mélanie Thierry, David Thewlis, Lucas Hedges

This English and Romanian-language film has made Lucas’s name even more so. Talk about a very talented computer operator. However, he is socially isolated. One day, he is tasked by the Management to prove the Zero Theorem, that the universe ends as nothing, making life meaningless.

Waves

  • Release year: 2019
  • Genre: Drama
  • Producer: Guy Grand Productions, JW Films
  • Directed by: Trey Edward Shults
  • Actors: Kelvin Harrison Jr., Taylor Russell, Sterling K. Brown, Lucas Hedges, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Alexa Demie, Clifton Collins Jr., Vivi Pineda, Neal Huff, Bill Wise, David Garelik, Ruben EA Brown, Harmony Korine

Tyler (Kelvin Harrison Jr.) is a high school student who works as a wrestler. However, all this time he kept his illness a secret, grade 5 SLAP Tear. He didn’t listen to the doctor’s advice to stop.

When Tyler was knocked down while wrestling, he was severely injured that could not be recovered, and ended his wrestling career. He becomes increasingly desperate after his girlfriend, Alexis (Alexa Demie), who is pregnant with his child, leaves him and is in a relationship with another man.

In the dark, Tyler is killed by Alexis. He also received a life sentence. Lucas Hedges in this film plays Luke, one of Tyler’s teammates and the love interest of Emily, Tyler’s sister.

Kill The Messenger

  • Release year: 2014
  • Genre: Biography, Crime, Horror
  • Producer: Bluegrass Films, The Combine
  • Directed by: Michael Cuesta
  • Actors: Jeremy Renner, Rosemarie DeWitt, Ray Liotta, Tim Blake Nelson, Barry Pepper, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Paz Vega, Oliver Platt, Michael Sheen, Richard Schiff, Andy Garcia, Robert Patrick, Lucas Hedges

The film is based on the true story of a journalist, Gary Webb (Jeremy Renner), who uncovers the CIA’s role in Nicaragua’s for-profit cocaine sales. Gary continues to publish his journal, which makes it difficult for him to maintain integrity and take care of his family.

Eventually, Gary was found dead in his apartment with two gunshot wounds to the head. However, his death was considered suicide. Will Gary’s death find light? Lucas Hedges plays Ian Webb, son of Gary Webb.

Moonrise Kingdom

  • Release year: 2012
  • Genre: Comedy, Drama
  • Production: American Empirical Pictures, Indian Paintbrush
  • Directed by: Wes Anderson
  • Actors: Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, Jason Schwartzman, Bob Balaban, Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward, Lucas Hedges, Charlie Kilgore, Andreas Sheikh, Chandler Frantz

Actually, Lucas also acted in movies when he was a kid, you know! The story of the movie is this: Sam (Jared Gilman) is an orphaned teenager. He has a crush on Suzy (Kara Hayward). Apparently, they fell in love and planned to run away together.

Sam was sent back to social services by adoptive parents, while Suzy was taken home by her parents. However, they fled again, and were eventually arrested because they nearly died when lightning struck the church tower. Captain Sharp (Bruce Willis) eventually adopts Sam, so that Sam can stay on Penzance Island, and still keep in touch with Suzy.

While casting, Wes Anderson saw Lucas Hedges and thought he was talented enough to be given an important role. And, Lucas also has the character of Redford, a scout.

Those are 10 Lucas Hedges movies that you shouldn’t miss. Have you seen all of them? Which Lucas movie do you like?