10 Years Later, Anya Taylor-Joy’s Best Psychological Thriller Still Holds Up

3 hours ago 3

Published Mar 21, 2026, 12:40 PM EDT

Adam Blevins began working in the entertainment industry in 2022 as a Staff Writer for Agents of Fandom, where he progressed to Senior Editor and interviewed talent from Marvel Studios, House of the Dragon, and Planet of the Apes. He joined Collider as a News Author in April 2024, was promoted to a Senior position in December 2024, and has written over 3,000 articles for the site, including exclusives relating to Avengers: Doomsday, The Penguin, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, and more. He primarily writes about the latest box office numbers and the hottest movies and TV shows on streaming, while also covering superhero and sci-fi news. He has completed a set visit for The Chosen and even has several months of experience writing Gaming Features at ScreenRant. You can find him on X, LinkedIn, and Muckrack.

10 years ago, most people didn’t know who Anya Taylor-Joy was, but now she’s one of the biggest movie stars in the world. She’s soon to reprise her role as Princess Peach opposite Chris Pratt in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, and she’ll also star in a new Apple TV series that’s set to arrive this summer. Taylor-Joy is fresh off a pair of big sci-fi movies in 2024 and 2025, Furiosa and The Gorge. The former is a Mad Max prequel co-starring Marvel veteran Chris Hemsworth, and the latter is an Apple TV original creature feature co-starring Miles Teller (Top Gun: Maverick).

10 years ago, one of Taylor-Joy’s breakout roles came from starring opposite James McAvoy in Split, the thriller directed by M. Night Shyamalan. The film cost only $9 million to make, but it proved to be more than a worthy investment by grossing over $278 million at the global box office. Split was met with a mostly strong response from critics and audiences, which led to it earning marks of 79% from both critics and audiences on Rotten Tomatoes. The film follows a trio of girls who are kidnapped by a man with dissociative identity disorder who has 23 personalities, but they must escape before the 24th emerges.

Although it’s been 10 years since Split first hit theaters, the film has aged well, and fans continue to rewatch it and discover it for the first time on streaming. This has led to it charging back into the Apple TV global top 10 on VOD in several countries around the world. In addition to Taylor-Joy and McAvoy, Split also stars Haley Lu Richardson, Betty Buckley, and Jessica Sula.

There's No Business Like Snow Business — The Collider Movie Quiz!

Tomorrow is the last day of winter, so let's dash through a one-horse-open-sleigh of movies that feature sledding, skiing, and/or a snowball fight.

Anya Taylor-Joy Returns to Arrakis This December

Back at the start of 2024, Taylor-Joy briefly appeared in the massive sci-fi blockbuster, Dune: Part Two. She stars as Alia Atreides, the younger sister of Paul Atreides, but her role was limited to only one scene. She will step into a much larger role later this year when Dune: Part Three hits theaters on December 18, due to the film featuring a significant time jump. Timothée Chalamet, Jason Momoa, Rebecca Ferguson, Robert Pattinson, Zendaya, and Florence Pugh will also star in the sci-fi blockbuster, which is opening on the same day as Avengers: Doomsday.