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Jul 30, 2020 · We revisited all of JJ Abrams movies thus far and ranked them from worst to best, digging deep into Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Super 8 and more.
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- Star Wars: The Force Awakens. A common critique of Abrams' Star Trek films is that they were Star Wars movies in Star Trek clothing. So it isn't surprising Abrams was at the height of his powers when he got to make an actual Star Wars movie.
- Star Trek. After Abrams gave Mission: Impossible a shot in the arm, Paramount gave him the keys to Star Trek, hoping for similar results. In the post-Star Wars prequel landscape, there was a void for a big-scale space adventure, and Abrams' Star Trek reboot delivered in spades.
- Mission: Impossible III. While watching Alias, Tom Cruise thought Abrams would be a good choice to helm a Mission: Impossible film, and that hunch proved to be correct.
- Super 8. Super 8 is at its best when it's a coming of age drama about a young boy trying to cope with his mother's death while making films with his friends.
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- Star Trek. Through all of his accomplishments, 2009's Star Trek still stands as Abrams's best work. While bringing Star Wars back was a daunting task, Star Trek presented a whole host of other challenges.
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens. When Disney announced that they were making Star Wars Episode VII, it was one of the most coveted jobs in Hollywood that every director wanted a chance at, yet J.J Abrams really seemed like the perfect person to bring Star Wars: The Force Awakens to the big screen.
- Felicity. Felicity was Abrams's first television series, and also is one that distinctly stands out from his entire body of work. Abrams is primarily known for science fiction and high concept stories, as well as playing around with franchise material.
- Lost. While often cited for an ending that divides fans to this day, it is hard to emphasize just how groundbreaking Lost was as a television series when it aired in 2004.
Abrams wrote and produced such films as Regarding Henry (1991), Forever Young (1992), Armageddon (1998), Cloverfield (2008), Star Trek (2009), Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019).
- Star Trek (2009) For many folks, Star Trek (2009) was the blockbuster that firmly announced J.J. Abrams as a filmmaker to watch. Understandably so, too.
- Super 8 (2011) In many respects, Super 8 is not only J.J. Abrams' most personal film, but also his love letter to filmmaking and the spark through which young eyes find themselves enamored with the craft of moviemaking, as well as collaborating with your friends and learning to see the world around you with a creative new exciting lens.
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) Nine years after his feature directorial debut, J.J. Abrams finally made the movie that his whole filmmaking career was building up to: a brand new Star Wars saga.
- Mission: Impossible III (2006) After being severely stalled by the lackluster Mission: Impossible II back in 2000, Mission: Impossible III was the movie that not only turned the big screen TV adaptation into one of the most dependable action franchises in Hollywood, but it firmly announced J.J.
Abrams had previously turned down Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy's offer to launch the new "Star Wars" films. "I’d done a 'Mission: Impossible' movie; I’d done 'Star Trek.'
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