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Julia Roberts (1967-) was born in Smyrna, Georgia. She is a four time Oscar® nominated actress (Steel Magnolias, Pretty Woman, and Erin Brockovich). Roberts won the Oscar® for her performance in Erin Brockovich. She is also a eight time Golden Globe® nominated actress. She has won the Golden Globe® three times (Steel Magnolias, Pretty Woman and Erin Brockovich).
Her IMDb page shows over 70 acting credits since 1987. This page will rank Julia Roberts 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.
When we first started writing movie web pages back in January 2011, the first pages we wrote were on my favorite two current actors, Bruce Willis and Tom Hanks, and on my wife’s favorite actress, Julia Roberts. Since then her page has moved to new website providers and has been updated many times over the years.
Julia Roberts Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Year
Movie (Year)
Rating
S
Year Movie (Year) Rating S
2000
Erin Brockovich (2000)
AA Best Picture Nom
AA Best Actress Win
2001
Ocean's Eleven (2001)
1999
Notting Hill (1999)
1990
Pretty Woman (1990)
AA Best Actress Nom
1989
Steel Magnolias (1989)
AA Best Supp Actress Nom
2017
Wonder (2017)
1997
My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)
1993
The Pelican Brief (1993)
2004
Ocean's Twelve (2004)
1998
Stepmom (1998)
2006
Charlotte's Web (2006)
1991
Hook (1991)
1997
Conspiracy Theory (1997)
2007
Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
1999
Runaway Bride (1999)
1990
Flatliners (1990)
1991
Sleeping with the Enemy (1991)
2001
America's Sweethearts (2001)
2001
The Mexican (2001)
2004
Closer (2004)
2022
Ticket To Paradise (2022)
2013
August: Osage County (2013)
AA Best Supp Actress Nom
2009
Duplicity (2009)
1995
Something to Talk About (1995)
2003
Mona Lisa Smile (2003)
2002
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
1996
Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
2010
Eat Pray Love (2010)
2012
Mirror Mirror (2012)
1996
Michael Collins (1996)
2010
Valentine's Day (2010)
1988
Mystic Pizza (1988)
2016
Money Monster (2016)
2006
The Ant Bully (2006)
2018
Ben is Back (2018)
1991
Dying Young (1991)
2017
Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017)
Voice Only
2023
Leave The World Behind (2023)
Netflix
2011
Larry Crowne (2011)
1994
I Love Trouble (1994)
2015
Secret in Their Eyes (2015)
1994
Ready To Wear (1994)
1996
Mary Reilly (1996)
2016
Mother's Day (2016)
1988
Satisfaction (1988)
2002
Grand Champion (2002)
Cameo
2002
Full Frontal (2002)
2008
Fireflies in the Garden (2008)
1989
Blood Red (1989)
Julia Roberts 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 anyway you want.
- Sort Julia Roberts movies by co-stars of her movies
- Sort Julia Roberts movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Julia Roberts movies by adjusted worlwide box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Julia Roberts 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 Julia Roberts movie received.
- Sort Julia Roberts movies by Ultimate Movie Ranking (UMR) Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
| CreditRank | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Review % | Oscar Nom / Win | S | UMR Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CreditRank | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review % | Oscar Nom / Win | S | UMR Score |
| 1 | Erin Brockovich (2000) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Actress Win |
Albert Finney & David Brisbin |
125.60 | 251.2 | 512.5 | 13 | 79 | 05 / 01 | 98.9 | |
| 2 | Ocean's Eleven (2001) | Brad Pitt & George Clooney |
183.40 | 350.0 | 860.0 | 8 | 80 | 00 / 00 | 97.5 | |
| 3 | Notting Hill (1999) | Hugh Grant & Rhys Ifans |
116.10 | 247.3 | 775.2 | 16 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 96.2 | |
| 4 | Pretty Woman (1990) AA Best Actress Nom |
Richard Gere & Jason Alexander |
178.40 | 454.7 | 1,181.0 | 4 | 68 | 01 / 00 | 94.8 | |
| 5 | Steel Magnolias (1989) AA Best Supp Actress Nom |
Sally Field & Shirley MacLaine |
83.80 | 227.4 | 260.4 | 14 | 68 | 01 / 00 | 94.5 | |
| 8 | Wonder (2017) | Owen Wilson | 132.40 | 159.1 | 359.0 | 23 | 77 | 01 / 00 | 93.8 | |
| 7 | My Best Friend's Wedding (1997) | Cameron Diaz & Dermot Mulroney |
127.10 | 298.6 | 702.9 | 8 | 63 | 01 / 00 | 93.2 | |
| 7 | The Pelican Brief (1993) | Denzel Washington & Sam Shepard |
100.80 | 262.4 | 508.5 | 8 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 92.7 | |
| 9 | Ocean's Twelve (2004) | Brad Pitt & George Clooney |
125.50 | 217.9 | 629.7 | 14 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 92.5 | |
| 11 | Stepmom (1998) | Ed Harris & Susan Sarandon |
91.10 | 209.5 | 367.1 | 19 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 91.1 | |
| 13 | Charlotte's Web (2006) | Robert Redford & Oprah Winfrey |
83.00 | 136.0 | 237.4 | 26 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 90.0 | |
| 10 | Hook (1991) | Robin Williams & Dustin Hoffman |
119.70 | 306.4 | 770.4 | 6 | 49 | 05 / 00 | 89.9 | |
| 15 | Conspiracy Theory (1997) | Mel Gibson | 76.00 | 178.5 | 321.7 | 18 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 89.2 | |
| 14 | Charlie Wilson's War (2007) | Tom Hanks & Amy Adams |
66.70 | 104.4 | 186.5 | 40 | 77 | 01 / 00 | 88.0 | |
| 15 | Runaway Bride (1999) | Richard Gere | 152.30 | 324.4 | 659.3 | 9 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 88.0 | |
| 17 | Flatliners (1990) | Kiefer Sutherland & Kevin Bacon |
61.50 | 156.7 | 156.7 | 18 | 59 | 01 / 00 | 87.8 | |
| 16 | Sleeping with the Enemy (1991) | Patrick Bergin & Kevin Anderson |
101.60 | 260.2 | 448.1 | 8 | 40 | 00 / 00 | 85.3 | |
| 18 | America's Sweethearts (2001) | John Cusack & Christopher Walken |
93.60 | 178.6 | 263.7 | 23 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 84.3 | |
| 19 | The Mexican (2001) | Brad Pitt & James Gandolfini |
66.80 | 127.5 | 282.1 | 36 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 81.5 | |
| 20 | Closer (2004) | Natalie Portman & Jude Law |
34.00 | 59.0 | 200.5 | 82 | 71 | 02 / 00 | 78.3 | |
| 21 | Ticket To Paradise (2022) | George Clooney | 68.30 | 69.9 | 176.6 | 27 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 78.1 | |
| 21 | August: Osage County (2013) AA Best Supp Actress Nom |
Meryl Streep | 37.70 | 50.0 | 98.4 | 78 | 69 | 03 / 00 | 74.8 | |
| 22 | Duplicity (2009) | Lily Collins & Armie Hammer |
40.60 | 58.3 | 112.3 | 72 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 74.7 | |
| 26 | Something to Talk About (1995) | Dennis Quaid & Robert Duvall |
50.90 | 126.1 | 172.9 | 34 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 73.4 | |
| 27 | Mona Lisa Smile (2003) | Kirsten Dunst & Maggie Gyllenhaal |
63.90 | 114.2 | 252.7 | 46 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 72.7 | |
| 26 | Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002) | Drew Barrymore & George Clooney |
16.00 | 29.8 | 61.4 | 121 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 72.5 | |
| 27 | Everyone Says I Love You (1996) | Woody Allen & Goldie Hawn |
9.80 | 23.8 | 84.3 | 128 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 70.3 | |
| 30 | Eat Pray Love (2010) | James Franco & Javier Bardem |
80.60 | 110.1 | 279.5 | 42 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 70.3 | |
| 29 | Mirror Mirror (2012) | Lily Collins & Armie Hammer |
64.90 | 87.9 | 225.0 | 49 | 53 | 01 / 00 | 69.0 | |
| 29 | Michael Collins (1996) | Liam Neeson | 11.10 | 27.1 | 87.5 | 119 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 68.9 | |
| 33 | Valentine's Day (2010) | Bradley Cooper & Anne Hathaway |
110.50 | 151.0 | 295.8 | 24 | 32 | 00 / 00 | 68.2 | |
| 31 | Mystic Pizza (1988) | Lili Taylor & Annabeth Gish |
12.80 | 33.6 | 33.6 | 75 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 67.6 | |
| 31 | Money Monster (2016) | George Clooney | 41.00 | 51.1 | 116.3 | 77 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 65.9 | |
| 32 | The Ant Bully (2006) | Nicolas Cage & Paul Giamatti |
28.10 | 46.1 | 90.4 | 97 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 64.7 | |
| 35 | Ben is Back (2018) | Lucas Hedges | 3.70 | 4.4 | 10.8 | 170 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 55.8 | |
| 36 | Dying Young (1991) | Campbell Scott & Vincent D'Onofrio |
33.70 | 86.2 | 210.6 | 41 | 42 | 00 / 00 | 49.4 | |
| 37 | Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017) Voice Only |
Rainn Wilson | 45.00 | 54.1 | 237.0 | 59 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 45.7 | |
| 38 | Leave The World Behind (2023) Netflix |
Mahershala Ali & Kevin Bacon |
0.10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 195 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 43.4 | |
| 38 | Larry Crowne (2011) | Tom Hanks | 35.60 | 48.4 | 97.9 | 92 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 33.6 | |
| 39 | I Love Trouble (1994) | Nick Nolte | 30.80 | 81.4 | 163.6 | 44 | 33 | 00 / 00 | 26.8 | |
| 40 | Secret in Their Eyes (2015) | Nicole Kidman | 20.20 | 25.8 | 44.6 | 95 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 19.3 | |
| 41 | Ready To Wear (1994) | Sophia Loren & Directed by Robert Altman |
11.30 | 29.9 | 29.9 | 107 | 44 | 00 / 00 | 17.5 | |
| 42 | Mary Reilly (1996) | John Malkovich & Glenn Close |
5.70 | 13.9 | 30.2 | 145 | 44 | 00 / 00 | 11.1 | |
| 46 | Mother's Day (2016) | Jennifer Aniston & Kate Hudson |
32.50 | 40.5 | 60.3 | 88 | 35 | 00 / 00 | 11.0 | |
| 44 | Satisfaction (1988) | Liam Neeson | 8.30 | 21.6 | 21.6 | 101 | 41 | 00 / 00 | 10.8 | |
| 46 | Grand Champion (2002) Cameo |
Bruce Willis | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 296 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 10.5 | |
| 45 | Full Frontal (2002) | Catherine Keener & David Duchovny |
2.50 | 4.7 | 6.4 | 181 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 9.7 | |
| 47 | Fireflies in the Garden (2008) | Ryan Reynolds | 0.10 | 0.1 | 5.1 | 293 | 41 | 00 / 00 | 4.6 | |
| 48 | Blood Red (1989) | Dennis Hopper & Eric Roberts |
0.00 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 237 | 31 | 00 / 00 | 0.9 |
Possibly Interesting Facts About Julia Roberts
1. Julia Roberts is the sister of actor Eric Roberts of Runaway Train and The Dark Knight fame. She is also the aunt of Emma Roberts of Nancy Drew, Scream 4 and We’re The Millers fame.
2. Julia Roberts has been named one of People magazine’s “50 Most Beautiful People in the World” a record tying eleven times.
3. Julia Roberts has a production company called Red Om Films. That is her husband, Daniel Moder, name spelled backwards.
4. One of Julia Roberts first television appearances was as a juvenile rape victim in the initial season of the series Crime Story in 1986.
5. Meg Ryan was initially under contract to play Shelby, the Julia Roberts role in Steel Magnolias, but the producers let her out of it to play Sally in When Harry Met Sally. It turned out well for both of them ….Harry was a huge hit for Meg Ryan and Julia Roberts got an Oscar nomination for playing Shelby.
6. The very next year Disney did not want to use Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman…..they instead wanted to use….you guessed it…. Meg Ryan in the role of Vivian. Daryl Hannah also turned down the role that would make Julia Roberts a household name.
7. Three of Julia Roberts biggest box office hits were directed by Garry Marshall….they were Pretty Woman, Runaway Bride and Valentine’s Day.
8. When Julia Roberts won the Academy Award® for best actress for her role as Erin Brockovich, she famously forgot to thank Brockovich in her acceptance speech. Afterward she was quoted as saying, “It doesn’t bring out the Einstein moment that you hoped it would.”
9. Movies Julia Roberts has turned down over the years….Sleepless in Seattle, Shakespeare in Love, The Blind Side, Godfather 3, While You Were Sleeping and Basic Instinct.
10. Check out Julia Roberts‘s career compared to current and classic actors. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.
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I think the power of Julia depends on your sex, most men think she is sexy and her movies are ok, while women associate with her and put her on a pedastol. I like her in some of her movies, but I think the last three or four I have seen she has been in some bad movies. But I am a guy, and my girlfriend thinks Eat Pray Love is the best movie in twenty years
You could be onto something YankeesRule….I know that Julia Roberts is a very good looking woman….and I know my wife really identifies with her. We did not like Eat Pray Love so maybe Julia is losing her hold over my wife. Thanks for the comments.
I’m in complete agreement with Rob here. The only film of hers I enjoyed was Pretty Woman and that was 20 years ago. I’ll probably find it unwatchable now.
Oh and I liked Flatliners for some obscure reason.
That Joker’s smile of hers scares me. 😉
Voted down and… kidding Voted Up and Interesting. 🙂
Hey Steve….thanks for the comments…..no love for Notting Hill? That has to have been filmed somewhere near you….Grant is very funny in the film and Richard Curtis makes pretty good movies. I can not believe that Pretty Woman is not in your watch it once a year rotation…..lol. Maybe her Joker smile will be put to good use in her next role The Evil Queen in Snow White. Thanks for the votes up.
Maybe its me, but I never really saw the appeal of Julia Roberts. She’s an Okay actress and she’s fairly pretty but I don’t think she’s any great shakes. I’m trying to think of an outstanding film she was in but none come to mind.
I must be missing something. I don’t get it.
Rob
Hey Rob….”I’m trying to think of an outstanding film she was in but none come to mind” that would be fighting words in my house….lol. Knowing your movie taste a little bit…I would have thought Charlie Wilson’s War would have ranked well with you….although Phillip Seymour Hoffman has the best part…..or Closer…..although Closer is done very well….of the 4 main parts…there is nobody to pull for….they all seem pretty horrible people…..so maybe you are right there are no great Julia Roberts movies….but I will deny having ever said that….lol. Thanks for commenting.
Come on Robwrite, if Tom Hanks is the king of hollywood, julia roberts is the queen of hollywood, maybe her peak is over but talk about a great run. Her romantic comedies made her our aubrey hepburn of our generations, and julia then goes out and does one awesome dramatic role in erin brockovich. If you do not behave Cogerson I am going to tell your wife, LMAO.
Hey KellyE1967….calm down…..everything is going to be ok…..I can not speak for Rob…..but I agree she is one of the most popular actresses to ever appear on the big screen. I think you have to agree that her specialty is romantic comedy….which does not seem to get much critical acclaim…that being said Notting Hill is one of my favorite movies….so you do not have to tell my wife…lol.
Hi. Here are my five favourite julia Roberts films, keeping in mind that she hasn’t made enough films for me to make a top 10 list where they would actually be *favuorites* rather than films I’ve seen ,period, as recent films and I have a spotty relationship. I’d rather watch TCM.
Here they are in alphabetical order:
Notting Hill
Pelican Brief
Pretty Woman
Steel Magnolias-the first time I ever saw Julia Roberts ever
Sleeping with the Enemy
That being said, I have yet to see the following films, but I plan to:
Eat Pray Love
Erin Brochavich
Hey Flora, well your list of movies represents some fine quality movies….my wife loves Julia Roberts….Notting Hill and Pretty Woman are ones we seem to watch over and over. As for Eat, Pray, Love….neither my wife or myself were very impressed with it. Erin Brockovich is very good….and I was hoping Albert Finney(a great classic actor) would have won an Oscar for his part in Brockovich….he got a nomination but no win….now that my pages have been fixed…I am on to new material…can anyone say Richard Widmark.
I wait with baited breath 🙂
Excellent glad to see you are waiting with baited breathe Flora…an Widmark update….IMDB list 75 projects for him….13 are tv movies/shows….gets us down to 62 movies ..I easily found box office numbers for 39 of his movies…now the hard or fun part….the search for the last 23 movies….so I am 62.90% complete.
Very well-writed
Thanks for the compliment froch…..and thanks for reading my updated Roberts page