Elizabeth Banks Movies

Want to know the best Elizabeth Banks movies?  How about the worst Elizabeth Banks movies?  Curious about Elizabeth Banks box office grosses or which Elizabeth Banks movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Elizabeth Banks movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.

For months now the vice president of video productions here at Ultimate Movie Rankings.com has been saying that a Elizabeth Banks (1974-) movie page not only needed to be written….but it would be very popular.  So, to make my oldest daughter happy…the time has finally come to publish a movie page that looks at the movie career of Elizabeth Banks.

Her IMDb page shows over 90 acting and directing credits since 1998. This page will rank Elizabeth Banks movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos and movies that were not released in North American theaters were not included in the rankings.  To do well in our rankings a movie has to do well at the box office, get good reviews by critics, be liked by audiences and get some award recognition.

Elizabeth Banks has appeared in all of the Hunger Games moes
Elizabeth Banks has appeared in all of the Hunger Games moes

Elizabeth Banks Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.

Elizabeth Banks Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table

The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies any way you want.

  • Sort Elizabeth Banks movies by her co-stars
  • Sort Elizabeth Banks movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
  • Sort Elizabeth Banks movies by yearly domestic box office rank
  • Sort Elizabeth Banks movies by how they were received by critics and audiences.  60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
  • Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Elizabeth Banks movie received.
  • Sort Elizabeth Banks movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score.  UMR puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.

Elizabeth Banks Adjusted World Wide Box Office Grosses 

Elizabeth Banks in 2015's Pitch Perfect 2
Elizabeth Banks in 2015’s Pitch Perfect 2

Possibly Interesting Facts About Elizabeth Banks

1.  Elizabeth Irene Mitchell was born February 10th, 1974 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.  She changed her name to Banks to avoid being confused with another actress, Elizabeth Mitchell.

2. Elizabeth Banks appeared in 2001’s Wet Hot American Summer.  Banks was part of the cast with other unknown actors (Bradley Cooper, Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler)  All of these current stars returned to their roles in an 8 part Netflix series in 2015.  If you take Cooper’s American Sniper, Rudd’s Ant-Man, Poehler’s Inside Out and Banks’ Pitch Perfect 2 movies and add up the worldwide box office grosses….you get a total of 1.88 BILLION dollars.  That is not a bad total for the Wet Hot American Summer alumni.

3.  Elizabeth Banks played Betty Brant in all three Sam Raimi/Tobey Maguire Spider-Man movies.  All three parts are very small (which is why they are not in the rankings)….but on repeated viewings she is hard not to spot.

4.  Although Wet Hot American Summer has cult following and the Spider-Man movies were a massive hit….Elizabeth Banks’ break-through role was playing Beth in 2005’s The 40-Year Old Virgin.

5.  Elizabeth Banks has appeared in two movies that won the Razzie® for Worst Movie of the Year……2002’s Swept Away and 2013’s Movie 43.  I have 23,567 movies ranked in my movie database…..Swept Away is ranked 23,563 or 4th worst.

6.  Elizabeth Banks character’s last name in  the Pitch Perfect movies is Abernathy. In The Hunger Games,  Woody Harrison’s character’s last name is also Abernathy.  I wonder if they are siblings or a married couple?

7.  Elizabeth Banks directorial debut was 2015’s Pitch Perfect 2.  The massive success of Pitch Perfect 2 is not only one of the most successful debuts for a female director but for ALL directors.

8.  Elizabeth Banks has been married one time.  She has been married to movie producer, Max Handelman, since 2003.  They met in college and they have two children.

9.  Roles Elizabeth Banks turned down or was seriously considered for:  Jessica Alba part in The Fantastic Four, female lead role in The Crazies and the Katherine Heigl role in Knocked Up.

10.  Quick Elizabeth Banks facts:  Has a recurring role on the television series Modern Family, loves playing fantasy football, Bad Santa is her favorite holiday movie, has a weakness for cupcakes and is an alumni of the University of Pennsylvania.

Check out Elizabeth Banks‘s career compared to current and classic actors.  Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.

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13 thoughts on “Elizabeth Banks Movies”

  1. I remember Seabiscuit with Jeff Bridges. That was a good movie. Not sure if I have seen any other of her movies that I can recall. GOOD SITE! Thank you.

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    2. Hey BERN1960….she is one of Katie’s favorites….if I had to guess which Elizabeth Banks movie you would like he best I would go with the Russell Crowe and Liam Neeson thriller The Next Three Days….I think you would really like that one.

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  2. I did not realize the woman in the Hunger Games movies had been in so many other movies that I have seen. Since we became Facebook Friends your links have really educated me. Look forward to the next one.

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    1. Glad my links are helping you out. As for The Hunger Games….I do not think you are the only one that does not realize that Banks plays that part…..thanks for stopping by.

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  3. I love Elizabeth Banks. Her movies are always entertaining and she seems to have a good head on her shoulders. This was a very fun read.

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  4. Hey Bruce, finally someone who’s still alive and attractive too! [wink] I first noticed Miss Banks in the Spider-Man movies and she has come a long way since then, now directing hit movies too! But looking at the list I’ve only seen 12 of the 37 films you’ve listed here. 15 if you include the Spider-Man films.
    I watched the first two Hunger Games without realizing it was her! I haven’t seen any of the Pitch Perfect films. I don’t think they were were ‘pitched’ at my gender, I might be wrong.
    The LEGO movie beats them all on the Ultimate chart, The Hunger Games wins at the box office. Watched Slither again recently, fun monster movie, has the director James Gunn directed anything recently? 😉
    Nice work Bruce, keep em coming.

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    1. Wow I have seen 30 of the 37 movies listed…..33 of 40 if I included the Spidey movies…I can not believe a see has made that many movies and that I have seen 83% of those movies. I was in the same boat when watching the Hunger Games. In my house Pitch Perfect is the Citizen Kane of movies….but I think you are correct the “pitch” is not for old guys like us….but for “young and impressionable daughters”….lol. Slither is one of the few Banks movies that I have not watched. As for James Gunn….I think Slither was his last movie….but then again he might have had something to do with Guardians of the Galaxy….but I am not sure…I will have to check that out on the internet. Thanks for checking out my latest movie page.

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  5. Thank you, Cogerson! I don’t think people realize how many movies she was in. As I was scrolling through the table I was constantly thinking, “I didn’t know she was in that!” My favorite Elizabeth Banks movie is definitely Pitch Perfect, and I love her portrayal of Effie in the Hunger Games franchise. Movie 43 was HORRENDOUS. Do NOT let your young and impressionable daughters watch that movie!

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    1. Hey Katie…..you are welcome. I agree…I was very surprised that she had almost 40 movies that I had to research. You liking Pitch Perfect is shocking…I say shocking…..lol. If I would have seen Movie 43 first there is no way I would let my young and impressionable daughter watch that movie. Hope your movie page is a success….thanks for the suggestions.

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