The Top 10 Julia Roberts Movies, Ranked
It Almost Seems Like Julia Roberts Has Always Been a Movie Star, Shining Bright Even Among the Biggest Actors and Actresses in the World. It’s Almost...
It almost seems like Julia Roberts has always been a movie star, shining bright even among the biggest actors and actresses in the world. It’s almost impossible to imagine Hollywood without one of its most successful and skilled talents. Ever since she popped on the scene in movies like Mystic Pizza and Steel Magnolias in the late 1980s, Roberts has been a ubiquitous part of the world of movies. It’s hard to overstate just how bankable a star Roberts became in the ‘90s and early 2000s, earning millions of dollars for each role and helping movies earn hundreds of millions of dollars at the box office. Though she has slowed down as she has aged, she remains a power to be reckoned with and now, as we prepare for the release of her newest movie Ticket To Paradise, a romantic comedy with George Clooney, we have ranked her the top ten movies of her long and storied career.
10. Closer (2004)
This 2004 drama follows the story of a doomed “love square” which features such beautiful people as Jude Law, Natalie Portman, Clive Owen and, of course, Roberts. Directed by Mike Nichols, this is a story of deception, where each lie spins into a dozen more and everyone is chasing their tail. The shift from its original form as a play to the screen is a bit of a bumpy transition but the movie is worth the price of admission simply for seeing all these talented actors share the screen.
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9. Ocean’s Twelve (2007)
Okay so this one is a bit complicated. Sure, Roberts is but a side player in this sprawling ensemble heist film but, notably, she is one of the twelve, something that wasn’t true in Ocean’s Eleven. Even more important, is one scene specifically within the movie in which, as part of a complicated plan, Roberts plays Tess Ocean pretending to be a pregnant Julia Roberts to fool a real-life Bruce Willis. It is purposefully convoluted but no less hilarious to see this huge movie star essentially winking toward the audience. This may not be her most nuanced or essential performance, but hell if it isn’t a lot of fun.
Alexander Ross has covered the video game industry for a decade, writing deep dives on game design, esports tournaments, VR developments, and gaming culture.
