30 Best Julianne Moore Movies of All Time!
From 'Boogie Nights' to 'Still Alice,' Moviefone counts down the top 35 movies of Julianne Moore's impressive career.
Julianne Moore in 'The Room Next Door'. Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures.
Julianne Moore is one of the most talented and accomplished actresses of her generation.
Moore has been nominated for five Academy Awards for her work in 'Oscar for Best Actress in 2015.
The actress has also appeared in such popular movies as 'Part 2.'
Her new movie, 'in theaters on January 17th.
In honor of her latest film, Moviefone is counting down the 30 best movies of Julianne Moore's impressive career, including 'The Room Next Door.'
Let's begin!
30. 'Assassins' (1995)
(L to R) Sylvester Stallone and Julianne Moore in 'Assassins'. Photo: Warner Bros.
Assassin Robert Rath (Antonio Banderas) complete the job for him -- with grisly results. Horrified by the murder of innocent bystanders, Rath decides to take one last job and then return to civilian life. But finding his way out of the world of contract killing grows ever more dangerous as Rath falls for his female target (Moore) and becomes a marked man himself.
Assassins
29. 'Psycho' (1998)
A young female embezzler (Danny Elfman and recorded in stereo.
28. 'Evolution' (2001)
A comedy that follows the chaos that ensues when a meteor hits the Earth carrying alien life forms that give new meaning to the term "survival of the fittest." Seann William Scott, and Julianne Moore are the only people standing between the aliens and world domination... which could be bad news for the Earth.
27. 'Nine Months' (1995)
When he finds out his longtime girlfriend (Moore) is pregnant, a commitment-phobe (Hugh Grant) realizes he might have to change his lifestyle for better or much, much worse.
Nine Months
When he finds out his longtime girlfriend is pregnant, a commitment-phobe realizes he might have to change his lifestyle for better or much, much worse. Read the Plot
26. 'Next' (2007)
Las Vegas showroom magician Cris Johnson (Nicolas Cage) has a secret which torments him: he can see a few minutes into the future. Sick of the examinations he underwent as a child and the interest of the government and medical establishment in his power, he lies low under an assumed name in Vegas, performing cheap tricks and living off small-time gambling "winnings." But when a terrorist group threatens to detonate a nuclear device in Los Angeles, government agent Callie Ferris (Moore) must use all her wiles to capture Cris and convince him to help her stop the cataclysm.
25. 'Carrie' (2013)
(L to R) Chloë Grace Moretz and Julianne Moore in 2013's 'Carrie'. Photo: Sony Pictures Releasing.
A reimagining of the classic horror tale about Carrie White (Chloe Grace Moretz), a shy girl outcast by her peers and sheltered by her deeply religious mother (Moore), who unleashes telekinetic terror on her small town after being pushed too far at her senior prom.
24. 'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1' (2014)
Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) reluctantly becomes the symbol of a mass rebellion against the autocratic Capitol.
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
23. 'The Hand that Rocks the Cradle' (1992)
A suburban family chooses seemingly sweet Peyton Flanders (Annabella Sciorra), realize Peyton's true intentions -- to destroy Claire and replace her in the family. The nail-biting suspense builds quickly in this chilling psychological thriller about deception and bitter revenge.
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
22. 'Non-Stop' (2014)
Bill Marks (Liam Neeson) is a burned-out veteran of the Air Marshals service. He views the assignment not as a life-saving duty, but as a desk job in the sky. However, today's flight will be no routine trip. Shortly into the transatlantic journey from New York to London, he receives a series of mysterious text messages ordering him to have the government transfer $150 million into a secret , or a enger will die every 20 minutes.
21. 'A Single Man' (2009)
The life of George Falconer (Colin Firth), a British college professor, is reeling with the recent and sudden loss of his longtime partner. This traumatic event makes George challenge his own will to live as he seeks the console of his close girl friend Charley (Moore), who is struggling with her own questions about life.
20. 'Maps to the Stars' (2014)
Julianne Moore in 'Maps to the Stars'. Photo: Entertainment One Films.
Driven by an intense need for fame and validation, of a dysfunctional Hollywood family are chasing celebrity, one another and the relentless ghosts of their pasts.
19. 'I'm Not There' (2007)
Six actors (Bob Dylan in scenes depicting various stages of his life, chronicling his rise from unknown folksinger to international icon and revealing how Dylan constantly reinvented himself.
I'm Not There
18. 'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2' (2015)
With the nation of Panem in a full scale war, Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) confronts President Snow (Josh Hutcherson) – Katniss goes off on a mission with the unit from District 13 as they risk their lives to stage an assassination attempt on President Snow who has become increasingly obsessed with destroying her. The mortal traps, enemies, and moral choices that await Katniss will challenge her more than any arena she faced in The Hunger Games.
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
17. 'The Lost World: Jurassic Park' (1997)
Four years after Jurassic Park's genetically bred dinosaurs ran amok, multimillionaire John Hammond (Vince Vaughn) an expedition to document the lethal lizards' natural behavior in this action-packed thriller.
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
16. 'The Fugitive' (1993)
Wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife (Harrison Ford) escapes from the law in an attempt to find the real killer and clear his name.
The Fugitive
15. 'Hannibal' (2001)
(L to R) Anthony Hopkins and Julianne Moore in 'Hannibal'. Photo: MGM Distribution Co.
After having successfully eluded the authorities for years, Hannibal (Anthony Hopkins) peacefully lives in Italy in disguise as an art scholar. Trouble strikes again when he's discovered leaving a deserving few dead in the process. He returns to America to make with now disgraced Agent Clarice Starling (Moore), who is suffering the wrath of a malicious FBI rival as well as the media.
Hannibal
14. 'Kingsman: The Golden Circle' (2017)
When an attack on the Kingsman headquarters takes place and a new villain rises, Eggsy (Mark Strong) are forced to work together with the American agency known as the Statesman to save the world.
13. 'Safe' (1995)
Carol (Moore), a typical upper middle-class housewife, begins to complain of vague symptoms of illness. She "doesn't feel right," has unexplained headaches, congestion, a dry cough, nosebleeds, vomiting, and trouble breathing. Her family doctor treats her concerns dismissively and suggests a psychiatrist. Eventually, an allergist tells her that she has Environmental Illness.
12. 'Short Cuts' (1993)
Many loosely connected characters cross paths in this film, based on the stories of Bruce Davidson), about his past affairs. Meanwhile, a baker starts harassing the family when they fail to pick up the boy's birthday cake.
Short Cuts
Many loosely connected characters cross paths in this film, based on the stories of Raymond Carver. Waitress Doreen Piggot accidentally runs into a boy with her... Read the Plot
11. 'Far from Heaven' (2002)
In 1950s Connecticut, a housewife (Moore) faces a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in the outside world.
Far from Heaven
10. 'The Room Next Door' (2025)
(L to R) Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore in 'The Room Next Door'. Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures.
Ingrid (Moore) and Martha (Tilda Swinton) were close friends in their youth, when they worked together at the same magazine. Ingrid went on to become an autofiction novelist while Martha became a war reporter, and they were separated by the circumstances of life. After years of being out of touch, they meet again in an extreme but strangely sweet situation.
9. 'May December' (2023)
Twenty years after their notorious tabloid romance gripped the nation, a married couple (Moore and Natalie Portman) arrives to do research for a film about their past.
8. 'The Hours' (2002)
"The Hours" is the story of three women (Meryl Streep) searching for more potent, meaningful lives. Each is alive at a different time and place, all are linked by their yearnings and their fears. Their stories intertwine, and finally come together in a surprising, transcendent moment of shared recognition.
The Hours
7. 'Still Alice' (2014)
Alice Howland (Moore), happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a devastating diagnosis, Alice and her family find their bonds tested.
6. 'Magnolia' (1999)
An epic mosaic of many interrelated characters in search of happiness, forgiveness, and meaning in the San Fernando Valley.
Magnolia
5. 'Children of Men' (2006)
(L to R) Clive Owen and Julianne Moore in 'Children of Men'. Photo: Universal Pictures.
In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist (Clare-Hope Ashitey) to a sanctuary at sea, where her child's birth may help scientists save the future of humankind.
Children of Men
4. 'The Kids Are All Right' (2010)
Two women, Nic (Mark Ruffalo). Life becomes so much more interesting when the father, two mothers and children start to become attached to each other.
The Kids Are All Right
3. 'Crazy, Stupid, Love.' (2011)
Cal Weaver (Ryan Gosling), a self-styled player who takes Cal under his wing and teaches him how to be a hit with the ladies.
Crazy, Stupid, Love.
2. 'The Big Lebowski' (1998)
Jeffrey 'The Dude' Lebowski (David Huddleston), a wheelchair-bound millionaire, and finds himself dragged into a strange series of events involving nihilists, adult film producers, ferrets, errant toes, and large sums of money.
The Big Lebowski
1. 'Boogie Nights' (1997)
Julianne Moore in 'Boogie Nights'. Photo: New Line Cinema.
Set in 1977, back when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, idealistic porn producer Jack Horner (Mark Wahlberg), a hot young talent working as a busboy in a nightclub, and welcomes him into the extended family of movie-makers, misfits and hangers-on that are always around. Adams' rise from nobody to a celebrity adult entertainer is meteoric, and soon the whole world seems to know his porn alter ego, "Dirk Diggler". Now, when disco and drugs are in vogue, fashion is in flux and the party never seems to stop, Adams' dreams of turning sex into stardom are about to collide with cold, hard reality.
Boogie Nights
