Angelina Jolie is one of the most glamorous and talented actresses to ever grace the silver screen. However, she hasn’t appeared in a feature film since By the Sea in 2015. Thankfully, the Oscar-winner and three-time Golden Globe-winner will return to the big screen this weekend with the arrival of Maleficent: Mistress of Evil. Do you have your tickets yet?
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Well, until you do, let’s check the pulse of the masses regarding Jolie’s filmography. From period dramas to animated blockbusters to cult classics and much more, here are Angelina Jolie’s 10 Best Movies (According To IMDb).
10 Mr. & Mrs. Smith (6.5/10)
While Mr. & Mrs. Smith probably made more off-screen headlines than on, the success of the movie speaks for itself.
With nearly half a million IMDb votes, the story of two unhappily married assassins who work out their problems through violence struck a major chord with audiences. Jolie plays Jane Smith in the film, a butt-kicking badass who has no idea her husband John is also a professional killer. When the two finally discover each other’s real identity, a cat-and-mouse shoot-’em-up results in a high-octane action spectacle.
9 A Mighty Heart (6.6/10)
Jolie was nominated for a Golden Globe for her role in A Mighty Heart, a movie that won the hearts of critics and casual moviegoers alike.
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In the film, Jolie portrays the real-life journalist Mariane Pearl, who undertakes a heartbreaking journey to find her missing husband, Daniel (Dan Futterman). While pregnant, Pearl conducts an international search that begins in Turkey, where Daniel was last seen interviewing a religious fundamentalist. Emotionally rooted and politically charged, A Mighty Heart once again demonstrates Jolie’s superb acting chops.
8 The Good Shepherd (6.7/10)
Released in between Mr. & Mrs. Smith and A Mighty Heart, The Good Shepherd ranks as the seventh-best Jolie film to date.
Directed by Robert De Niro, Jolie is part of a huge ensemble including De Niro, Matt Damon, Joe Pesci, Alec Baldwin, Billy Crudup, and several others. In the film, Jolie plays Margaret “Clover” Russell who ultimately marries Damon’s character, Edward Wilson, who serves as the head of the CIA during the Bay of Pigs fiasco. The historical crime epic earned an Oscar nomination for Best Achievement in Art Direction.
7 The Bone Collector (6.7/10)
Angelina Jolie and Denzel Washington proved to be quite the potent pairing when was The Bone Collector was released in 2001. But who knew it would remain this popular for so long?
In the film, Jolie plays Amelia Donaghy, a junior detective who must assume more responsibility when her senior partner, Lincoln Rhyme (Washington), is confined to a hospital bed. Rhyme is a suicidal quadriplegic out to catch a serial killer in NYC, but can’t do so without Donaghy’s help. As she gets closer to the killer, she must reconcile with the memory of her father’s suicide.
6 Wanted (6.7/10)
Who can forget the sly Fox, the super-sexy assassin Jolie played to perfection in Wanted? Yeah, we didn’t think so.
The 2008 critical and commercial smash hit marked the return of Jolie as an assassin for the first time since Mr. & Mrs. Smith. In the film, Fox takes young office worker Wesley (James McAvoy) under her wicked wing and shows him the ropes of professional killing. As Wesley warms up to the idea, he learns to unlock the innate abilities he inherited from his estranged father, a world-famous hitman.
5 Gia (7.0/10)
In one of her sexiest and sultriest roles to date, Jolie won audiences over as real-life heroin-addicted fashion model Gia Carangi. The HBO movie also won two Golden Globes, including Jolie’s victory for Best Performance by an Actress in Motion Picture Made for Television.
In the biographic film, Gia’s triumphant rise and tragic fall in the drug-addled world of fashion are chronicled. So too are her sexual encounters, which include several steamy love-affairs. Despite the sad ending of Gia becoming one of the first women to die of AIDS, Jolie put her mark on the map with her performance.
4 Maleficent (7.0/10)
Believe it or not, until reprising the title character this weekend, Maleficent marked the last time Jolie appeared in a feature-length film since 2015’s By the Sea. What the heck took so long?
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In a role seemingly tailor-made for her, Jolie commanded the screen so powerfully in the dark Disney film that a sequel was all but inevitable. With more than 300,000 IMDb votes, fans made sure a follow-up would occur. Question is, will Maleficent: Mistress of Evil surpass the rating of the original or come up short?
3 Kung Fu Panda Series (7.3/10)
With an aggregate rating of 7.3/10 across all three films, there’s no doubt that the Kung Fu Panda series is among Jolie’s most popular movies so far.
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The series stars Jack Black as the lovably bumbling Po, a lazy Panda bear forced to partake in the ancient martial art. With no foreknowledge, Po must turn to a handful of trainers, including Jolie’s Tigress. The movie offers a rare opportunity for Jolie to flash her comedic chops in a broad family film.
2 Girl, Interrupted (7.3/10)
Jolie won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress following her performance as Lisa in Girl, Interrupted. As such, IMDb users have voted the movie as the second-best among her entire filmography, proving that quality can also equal popularity.
Based on Susanna Kaysen’s memoir, the movie revolves around Susanna’s (Winona Ryder) 18-month treatment in a mental institution during the late 1960s. While Jolie plays the supporting part, her tour de force turn in the film transformed her into one of the most sought-after A-list talents in Hollywood. 20 years later, she remains just that.
1 Changeling (7.7/10)
While it took nearly a decade, Jolie earned her second Oscar nomination — and first as Best Lead Actress — for Clint Eastwood’s Changeling.
The critical darling, set in 1920s Los Angeles, follows bereaved mother Christine Collins (Jolie) desperate to find her missing child. When the L.A.P.D. claims they found her child, Christine knows in her heart the boy is an imposter. Yet, when she confronts the department for wrongdoing, Christine is the one who is painted as a paranoid hysteric. With a great performance in a maddening mystery, Changeling is by far Jolie’s best movie according to IMDb.
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