Though the best Adam Driver movies are often dramas or comedies, the actor is known by most for playing Kylo Ren in the Star Wars sequel trilogy. However, the actor has portrayed different characters during his 10-year big-screen career, collaborating with indie directors and renowned auteurs, national and international alike. Before reaching worldwide fame thanks to Star Wars, Driver had already acted in movies by acclaimed directors such as Steven Spielberg and Noah Baumbach. Still, at the time, his most prominent role had been in television, where Adam Driver starred in Lena Dunham’s Girls as her on-again, off-again boyfriend, Adam Sackler.

His ongoing career as a screen actor started around the same time as his television and Broadway careers. Driver’s first role on Broadway was that of Frank Gardner in Mrs. Warren’s Profession. 2021 was one of Driver’s busiest years, with Leos Carax’s Annette and Ridley Scott...