Phoenix starred in four movies released in 2018 : In the first , Phoenix portrayed Jesus in Garth Davis 's '' Mary Magdalene '' , opposite Rooney Mara . It was released in the United Kingdom on March 16 , 2018 to mixed reviews . The film 's original distributor has been the cause of the film 's delayed U.S. release . Later , Phoenix starred as Joe , a former FBI agent and Gulf War veteran suffering from PTSD , in the Amazon Studios thriller '' You Were Never Really Here '' ( 2017 ) , written and directed by Lynne Ramsay . The film premiered in competition at the Cannes Film Festival , where it received wide critical acclaim , and won Phoenix the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor . The film began its US release on April 6 , 2018 . Many critics agreed the performance is one of Phoenix ' best to date , with Justin Chang of '' The Los Angeles Times '' describing it as " the most rivetingly contained " work of his career . In his third feature of the year , Phoenix portrayed quadriplegic cartoonist John Callahan in his second feature with director Gus Van Sant , the biopic '' Do n't Worry , He Wo n't Get Far on Foot '' . The film was released on July 13 , 2018 and Phoenix 's lead performance received critical acclaim . His last film role of 2018 was as Charlie Sisters in Jacques Audiard 's English-language debut , an adaptation of Patrick deWitt 's historical novel , '' The Sisters Brothers '' . The film was released on September 21 , 2018 . This same year , he also collaborated with Rooney Mara , Sia , Sadie Sink and Kat von D to narrate Chris Delforce 's animal rights documentary '' Dominion ''
Cannes Film Festival
2017 Cannes Film Festival
Joaquin Phoenix