Zac Efron movies in order

In 2003, Zac Efron appeared in the drama movie, Melinda’s World. The following year the young actor appeared in the television film, The Unexpected Journey, before taking a role in 2005’s The Derby Stallion.

None of these movies did much for Efron’s career. They provided him with some early roles, but little beyond this, and they certainly didn’t elevate his on-screen status.

However, in 2006, Efron co-starred in the Disney Channel television movie, High School Musical, and this changed everything. Taking the role of Troy Bolton in the teen film, Efron was suddenly brought to a whole new audience and this in turn raised his star status and effectively launched his career.

From here, a collection of High School Musical sequels followed, as well as roles in films such as Hairspray, 17 Again, and The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud. Efron also appeared in a movie adaptation of hit ’90s show, Baywatch, took on a key role in The Greatest Showman, and became a household name.

But if you’re new to the movies of Zac Efron, you may be wondering what all of his films are. Well, wonder no longer, because below you will find a list of all of his movies presented in chronological order.

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Zac Efron movies in order

The 2000s

As noted above, Zac Efron’s movie career began in the 2000s with a small role in Melinda’s World. From here he would go on to appear in Hairspray, 17 Again, and the extremely popular High School Musical movies.

Efron’s films during the ’00s included:

• Melinda’s World (2003)
• The Unexpected Journey (2004)
• The Derby Stallion (2005)
• High School Musical (2006)
• If You Lived Here, You’d Be Home Now (2006)
• Hairspray (2007)
• High School Musical 2 (2007)
• Me and Orson Welles (2008)
• 17 Again (2009)

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The 2010s

Moving into the 2010s, and Efron began to grow as actor, taking on roles in films such as The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud, the romantic drama The Lucky One, and We Are Your Friends. Notable highlights during this period included The Greatest Showman and Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile.

Efron’s movies in the 2010s included:

• The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud (2010)
• New Year’s Eve (2011)
• Liberal Arts (2012)
• The Lorax (2012)*
• The Lucky One (2012)
• The Paperboy (2012)
• At Any Price (2012)
• Parkland (2013)
• That Awkward Moment (2014)
• Bad Neighbours (2014)
• We Are Your Friends (2015)
• Dirty Grandpa (2016)
• Bad Neighbours 2 (2016)
• Baywatch (2017)
• The Disaster Artist (2017)
• The Greatest Showman (2017)
• Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019)
• The Beach Bum (2019)

*Voice role

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The 2020s

Slipping into the 2020s, and after taking on a voice role for the animated feature, Scoob!, Zac Efron appeared in films including Gold, Firestarter, and the superb wrestling biographical drama, The Iron Claw.

Efron’s movies during the 2020s include:

• Scoob! (2020)*
• Gold (2022)
• Firestarter (2022)
• The Greatest Beer Run Ever (2022)
• The Iron Claw (2023)
• Ricky Stanicky (2024)

*Voice role

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Editor/writer/movie viewer

Alex Wiggan

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