84 thoughts on “Cameron Diaz Movies”

1. Added Steve’s video and our comments on his You Tube channel to our Cameron Diaz page.

   This one should make Bob happy….as he is a big Cameron fan. Overall I have seen 33 Cameron Diaz movies. Our website lists 34 movies, yours 30. We did not include Gambit as it did not open in North American theaters. I have not seen her The Invisible Circus or Head Above Water. Favorites would include #7 Something In Mary’s Hair, #2 Shrek, #8 My Best Friend’s Wedding and #14 A Life Less Ordinary….weird but interesting movie. Not a huge fan of some of her highest rated movies…#1 Being John Malkovich….I like it…but it is too depressing…though John Malkovich does a good job playing John Malkovich…lol. #3 Gangs of New York….I thought it was ok…probably time for a re-visit. Good video. I miss her being on the big screen. Voted up and shared

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   1. Hi Bruce, welcome back to the fold. So you’ve seen 33 Cameron Diaz films out of 30? Impressive. 🙂

      I haven’t seen Gangs of New York in ages and I’m a Scorsese fan, for shame. My tally 21, Flora 2. Thanks for the comment, vote and share, it is appreciated.

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2. HI STEVE Please see below my recent exchanges with Bruce about Cameron. Their summary is that I personally think that Cameron is among the dozen biggest stars to emerge in the last 30 years but that doesn’t manifest itself under Bruce’s scoring system. Apart from saying that your fine array of posters and stills reinforce my impression of Cam’s massive iconic star power in her day, there is nothing that I now wish to add to what I have said before so I will now go straight into commenting on your video.

   The best POSTERS in my view are: (1) Charlie’s Angels 2 (2) 2nd and 3rd for Sex Tape (3) The Counselor (4) 2 for Gambit (5) 2 for The Box (6) 2 for Green Hornet (7) The Sweetest Thing (8) A Life Less Ordinary (9) In Her Shoes (10) 2 for The Mask (11) foreign language one for Gangs o New York (12) Being John Malkovich (13) Bad Bruce (14) Very Bad Things (15) Night and Day.

   NOTE: Cruise had it in his contracts that HIS name alone would go above the title on posters and there were very few stars whose names he would allow to go alongside his. Some exceptions were Redford and Streep and of course Tom’s own wife at one time Nicole Kidman, but he refused to permit Gene Hackman for example to share above the title billing on the posters for The Firm in 1993. That Cam’s name is equal beside that of Cruise on the Knight & Day posters illustrates the esteem in which she was held within the movie industry in her heyday.

   The STILLS are all very classy and my own favourites are: (1) sexy opener for Charlie’s Angels 2 (2) Cam & Keanu (3) car wash Cam (4) the 3 angels in Charlie’s Angels One (5) Shrek 3rd (6) Vanilla Sky [Cam had just a cameo (no pun intended) in that one so rightly her name is not prominent on your poster] (7) What Happens in Manchester (8) Knight & Day (9) two of my sexy gals together -Cam and Julia (10) Cam showing off her legs in There’s Something about Myrna (11) The Counselor (12) The Sweetest Thing (13) The Mask (14) Being Joel Malkovich (15) closing very sexy one of Cameron at her most sizzling.

   The video is 99.0% rated by me – your very best for some time I think. You and WH agree on 4 of Cameron’s Top 6 best reviewed. Your greatest contrast relates to Any Given Sunday which you rank 6th with a 72.2% rating and he ranks a much lower 15th with only a 58% rating. I liked Any Given Sunday and Cam was at her best in it, in one scene for example brazenly walking into the men’s changing room and reading the riot act to them, so I must support your ranking of the movie.

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   1. Hi Bob, thanks for the review, generous rating (ooh), info and comparison, much appreciated. Glad you liked the posters and stills.

      Poor Diaz nearly had a cartoon as her number one movie, but luckily she agreed to star in the weird fantasy Being John Hirschhorn… sorry… Being John Malkovich. Tell the truth I enjoyed Shrek a lot more than Weird John.

      She was a naughty girl as the posters and stills amply demonstrate, romantic and funny too. I can’t remember if she was effective at serious drama, it’s been a while since I watched Gangs of New York. The Box might be worth another look. The Counselor looks interesting, good cast.

      One film scored 10 out of 10 from my sources and that was Being Malkovich, one more scored 9 out of 10 – Gangs of New York. Seven more scored 8 out of 10.

      Malkovich is no.1 at Rotten Tomatoes and Shrek tops IMDB charts.

      Diaz on her first movie – “I didn’t realize The Mask (1994) was a fairly large film that I was a part of. Halfway through I was going, “Is there any place that my mom and dad can see this film?” and they’re going, “Cameron, at the theaters”. I had no idea. Durrrrrrr. I’m blonde. I’m allowed.”

      “The fountain of youth for me, let’s see…I guess it’s exercise, healthy diet, lots of water, lots of laughter, lots of sex – yes, we all need that as human beings. Its healthy, it’s natural, it’s what we are here to do. Sex is my favorite sport. I’m always in the mood.”

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      1. HI STEVEThanks for interesting feedback including some good quotes from Cam.

         She seems to like blue jokes because on one TV talk show that I watched she was in hysterics at some of the smut that fellow guest Russell Crowe was coming out with – or maybe she was frightened that she would get a stiff hiding if she didn’t pretend Russell’s stuff was funny!

         Regarding her suggestion that plenty of sex helped preserve youth, I am recalling that in The Picture of Dorian Gray Lord Henry Wotton said that he would do anything to preserve youth – “except rise early in the morning and take exercise!”

         However if Cam’s right about sex preserving youth BoJo will live forever!

         Keep safe and have a good weekend.

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3. 1/=Adjusted domestic career gross
   2/=Average gross per movie domestically.
   3/=Adjusted worldwide gross, where available.

   ANNE BANCROFT
   1/$3.4 billion
   2/$69.2 million

   JODIE FOSTER
   1/$2.5 billion
   2/$64.6 million

   CHARLIZE THERON
   1/$2.1 billion
   2/$54.4 million
   3/$6.1 billion [36 movies, average $170 million]

   KATE WINSLETT
   1/$2.3 billion
   2/$64 million
   3/$6.9 billion [28 movies, average $246 million]

   CAMERON DIAZ
   1/$4.2 billion
   2/$122.3 million
   3/$10 billion [26 movies average $385 million]

   NOTE: About two thirds of Kate’s worldwide gross is taken up by one film, Titanic, so that her worldwide gross for the remaining 27 movies for which we have such grosses average out at just an adjusted $100 million globally per movie. It will be noted that Cam’s average domestic gross is the only one to exceed $100 million and of course the US represents a massive and the biggest single chunk of the global market.

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   1. Hey Bob….thanks for putting all of these stats together. Diaz is awesome in theaters. The other four are ok at the box office (excluding Titanic from Winslet). The first four are all Best Actress Oscar winners….with a combined 18 Oscar nominations between them. Just saying…..that has to be considered when making a list of greatest actresses. Good stuff as always.

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4. Hey Bob…good stat breakdown on Cameron Diaz. The Shrek franchise makes her numbers look very very impressive. I did not know she was (a) retired and (b) dealing with those issues. I bet she will return to movies one day. Granted…it might be in supporting roles….but I would like to see her overcome these issues and make it back to the big screen. As for her exclusion on my list….I am happy with a 96% Bob approval rate….lol.

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   1. HI BRUCE Thanks for further thoughts on Cam and I join you in hoping she makes a return to the screen though as you say [given the lengthy career disruption even to date coupled with the workings of The Curse of 39] it is doubtful if the Top Star days will return.

      As you know I have always been in two minds about whether voice roles should be included in box office stats summaries [as the stars themselves don’t actually appear] but it was only fair that Cam should be credited with them, as you have indeed done, given that other actors have gotten them in their Cogerson tables – Mel Gibson for example for Pocahontas and Chicken Run to the tune of a whopping adjusted $1 billion + worldwide.

      Also I suppose Cameron and Mel could argue that they were paid huge sums for their voice participation in the movies concerned so that their names could be used to publicise the films and therefore it is only fair that those films are credited to them as legitimate commercially successful projects.

      However even if you exclude the Shrek figures from Cam’s totals they are still good because they reduce to a whopping $6 billion worldwide over 22 movies averaging out at just under $275 million.

      That compares favourably with-

      1/Greta Garbo whose 20 movies for which you provide worldwide figures come to an adjusted figure worldwide of around $3,7 billion, average $185 million. I know you don’t make too much of Greta but she IS an AFI Legend.

      2/My Doris for whose movies you provide us with 22 worldwide grosses totalling approx. $3.5 billion and averaging out at around $160 million and of course Doris is officially recognised as one of the greatest box office females among Classic Era stars, though her career extended slightly beyond that era.

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5. Thanks for your response to my point about Cam. on my Doris’ page. You’re right in that I hadn’t realised it has been 5 years since she made a movie – boy how time flies!

   However longevity and output in themselves whilst commendable are not definitive in determining Legend status. My Cameron’s 20 year career is as long as my Doris’ one and Cam’s film output is nearly twice that of the Marx boys. Dean of course made only 3 full-lengthfilms and my Deanna released 21 over just a 12 year film career.

   Sadly Cam retired from films at the age of 42/43 [at least outlasting the Dreaded Curse of 39** by around 4 years] because of a double illness infliction – Obsessive Compulsive Disorder [OCD] and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder – which in layman’s terms is I think a serious inability to concentrate and excessive activity and behaviour without regard to consequence [Hey Bob – leave Statham and Crowe alone for once!]

   Nevertheless her statistical record is highly robust-
   Net Worth $140 million
   Awards 29/Noms 83 overall
   Cogerson adjusted domestic gross 34 films $4.2 billion [ave nearly $125 mill per movie]
   Cogerson adjusted worldwide gross 26 films: just under $10 billion averaging out at approx. $380 million per movie.

   But hey- leaving even all that aside why do I find myself on the defensive on this matter? Cam’s exclusion is the only one that I seriously contended in relation to the modern actresses in your wonderfully detailed 1950-2010 Greatest actresses table, so let me have my little moment in the sun dreaming of what might have been!

   **MEMO to Wo C -Sounds like something that Joel might have inflicted on actresses rather than the results of a scientific survey by you!]

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   1. Hey Bob…..For awhile I was listing vocal roles on a different table….however when we went “dynamic” we were forced to merge the two tables. Now that they are together I like it. I admit that her box office record is among the best of all-time for actresses. Not as stellar as Myrna Loy but pretty awesome.

      However…..our rankings consider two other catergories….reviews and awards. When looking at the awards side….she has no Oscar nominations..4 Golden Globe nomination (no wins)…..only one of her movies received a Best Picture Nomination (Gangs of New York) and only a total of 7 received at least one Oscar nomination. Both are pretty low when looking at the Top 100 thespians of all-time.

      When looking at reviews…she has 12 “good movies” over 60%….and 22 “bad movies” under 60%….that 35.29% is among the lowest of leading ladies in our database. When looking at your favorites….the numbers are Doris Day 28/39 movies or 72%. Deanna Durbin 18/21 or 86%, Joan Crawford 36/78 or 46%. Joan % is the lowest…but she has three time the amount of good movies.

      I am a fan of hers. I have seen almost all of her movies. I just recently re-watched The Last Supper because she was in it. Two of her “lesser” movies….She’s The One and A Life Less Ordinary are two of my hidden gems. I wish she would have made that list back in the day. But after a deeper look, I stand by my decision to list her in the honorable mentions. Good feedback as always.

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      1. Thanks for your explanations. I have no doubt that under your statistical scoring system you are correct. However a performer can fail to tick some of the appropriate boxes and still be massive as the public do not tend to “do boxes” when they choose their Legends

         Indeed your own book acknowledges that potential dichotomy because on page 133 you say “Marlon Brando is widely considered the greatest movie actor of all time, just not statistically.” Cam is not in THAT league but it may be that your scoring system has not accurately picked up her true relative STAR status. See Part 2.

         Also in setting criteria for ranking stars it often depends where you draw the line. For example Cameron Diaz OVERALL has more Awards and Nominations [29/83] than Anne Bancroft [15/38].

         Also you may recall that some time ago we had a fun rankings exercise among us on the site and you joined the exercise and introduced Joel’s star ratings to the men’s side of the list but for some reason not the women’s. That had the consequence of penalizing in particular Brando’s ranking position but despite reservations expressed by Flora and me you declined to apply the Hirschhorn criterion to both genders.

         Speaking of Hirsch, as you know he in his vilification of Marlon Brando said among other things that “nobody was interested in Desiree” [1954] but as the public actually flocked to see it, what Joel may really have meant was that critics such as he didn’t like it – ie he discounted the public. Only 31% of your equation relates to box office grosses the best measure of public approval in my opinion and it would be interesting to learn if that % reflects the priority that studios and their backers would give to box office grosses.

         The movie industry itself certainly seemed to have valued Cam highly in her day because for example-

         “When Cameron Diaz signed on to lend her voice to Princess Fiona in 2001’s animated fairy tale “Shrek,” she earned a modest six figures for the work. But after the third installment of the Paramount/DreamWorks Animation franchise earned more than $320 million domestically, Diaz saw her paycheck balloon to more than $30 million.[The Hollywood Reporter 12 April 2007]

         By contrast Kate Winslet’s pay for one of her last movies, 2017’s The Mountain Between Us was $3.5 million though both women have amassed large fortunes, Diaz more so. When they made The Holiday together in 2006 Cam was billed above Kate – see actual posters on Wikipedia and IMDB – and of course billing normally reflects who the studios see as the more important stars.

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         1. A surreal moment…..when you used my own book as an argument against me…..lol. At first I was like “my book…what is he talking about….oh….my book.” I think to studios box office is way more important than reviews. Good box office keeps jobs…..bad box office takes jobs. Good reviews are probably an email in the office. One day…I will revisit the Joel rankings and women. Your thoughts and suggestions might just work there way into that thought process of the rankings. I like Cameron Diaz….so I feel weird arguing about her greatness. My final thought. Like Myrna Loy….she was a beast at the box office….and is missed in theaters. Good stuff.

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            1. Of COURSE I use your own arguments against you – as I’ve said before I steal from only The Best! Indeed without the valuable and massive body of work on your site and in your book I would be stuck for what I would regard as good arguments in most instances. No system is perfect but yours is one of the best and under it you were absolutely correct to exclude Cam, as the bottom line is that consistency at least must prevail – ie apples with apples.

               However my point was that traditional pigeon-holes and box ticking are often insufficient to reflect the total greatness of even those special performers who come along every once in a while and, as it is, are normally highly ranked in surveys.

               For example how do you quantify the phenomenon that were Elvis and Monroe? How do you quantify the unique impact of Brando? His influence has been such that even thespians who were as statistically successful, and even more so at times, than he rave about HIS influence on THEM “When he died we all moved up one.” -Jack Nicholson.

               To be fair your proclamation of the Top 50 stars is qualified with the modest definition “statistically speaking” and in his piece on Elvis The Master does acknowledge the public’s part in establishing a star’s legend beyond the traditionally accepted norms.

               “No single individual has sold as many records, nor inspired such a fanatic cult following. For a while he was the box office king too, in a series of silly, tailor-made vehicles. Fans never minded his total lack of talent as an actor.”

               Currently the ATP major annual tennis tournament in Rome is underway and the top tennis stars are all competing. Federer didn’t appear in it for the last 3 years and decided at only the last moment to participate this year. When he announced his attendance the organisers [to protests] immediately doubled the price of tickets. Future hard statistics in the tennis achievement record books will never on their own be able to reflect THAT kind of amazing impact of one player on contemporary tennis.

            2. Hey Bob….thanks for the kind words about our “formula”. So your boy Roger got the ticket prices doubled…now that is impressive. Good quotes for Jack. Good points on Elvis. Good feedback…as always.

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