Want to know the best Meryl Streep movies? How about the worst Meryl Streep movies? Curious about Meryl Streep box office grosses or which Meryl Streep movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Meryl Streep movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.
If Lon Chaney was nicknamed “The Man of a Thousand Faces,” then Meryl Streep is “The Woman of a Thousand Accents”. Besides her skill at using accents, Meryl Streep is synonymous with the Academy Awards®. Streep has been nominated 20 times for an Academy Award® for acting. That is the record for most nominations for an actor or actress in the history of movies. She won Best Supporting Actress for 1979’s Kramer vs Kramer and Best Actress for 1982’s Sophie’s Choice and 2011’s The Iron Lady.
Meryl Streep’s (1949-) IMDb page shows 90 acting credits since 1975. This page will rank Meryl Streep movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. His cameos, television roles, shorts, and straight to DVD movies were not included in the rankings.
Meryl Streep 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
1978
The Deer Hunter (1978)
AA Best Picture Win
AA Best Supp Actress Nom
1979
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
AA Best Picture Win
AA Best Supp Actress Win
1985
Out of Africa (1985)
AA Best Picture Win
AA Best Actress Nom
1979
Manhattan (1979)
1977
Julia (1977)
AA Best Picture Nom
2019
Little Women (2019)
AA Best Picture Nom
1995
The Bridges of Madison County (1995)
AA Best Actress Nom
2004
A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
2018
Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
2006
The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
AA Best Actress Nom
2014
Into the Woods (2014)
AA Best Supp Actress Nom
2001
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
Voice Only
2002
The Hours (2002)
AA Best Picture Nom
2008
Mamma Mia! (2008)
1982
Sophie's Choice (1982)
AA Best Actress Win
1983
Silkwood (1983)
AA Best Actress Nom
2017
The Post (2017)
AA Best Picture Nom
AA Best Actress Nom
2009
Julie & Julia (2009)
AA Best Actress Nom
2018
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018)
1990
Postcards from the Edge (1990)
AA Best Actress Nom
2009
It's Complicated (2009)
2004
The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
1981
The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
AA Best Actress Nom
2002
Adaptation. (2002)
AA Best Supp Actress Nom
1992
Death Becomes Her (1992)
2009
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
Voice Only
1994
The River Wild (1994)
2012
Hope Springs (2012)
2008
Doubt (2008)
AA Best Actress Nom
1991
Defending Your Life (1991)
1998
One True Thing (1998)
AA Best Actress Nom
2016
Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)
AA Best Actress Nom
2006
A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
2013
August: Osage County (2013)
AA Best Actress Nom
1996
Marvin's Room (1996)
1987
Ironweed (1987)
AA Best Actress Nom
1988
A Cry in the Dark (1988)
AA Best Actress Nom
1986
Heartburn (1986)
1979
The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979)
2021
Don't Look Up (2021)
AA Best Picture Nom
2006
The Ant Bully (2006)
2014
The Homesman (2014)
1999
Music of the Heart (1999)
AA Best Actress Nom
2011
The Iron Lady (2011)
AA Best Actress Win
2015
Suffragette (2015)
1984
Falling in Love (1984)
2015
Ricki and the Flash (2015)
2005
Prime (2005)
1985
Plenty (1985)
2014
The Giver (2014)
2020
Let Them All Talk (2020)
HBO Movie
1982
Still of the Night (1982)
2020
The Prom (2020)
Netflix
1998
Dancing at Lughnasa (1998)
2007
Rendition (2007)
1993
The House of the Spirits (1993)
1989
She-Devil (1989)
2007
Lions for Lambs (2007)
2007
Evening (2007)
1996
Before and After (1996)
2019
The Laundromat (2019)
Netflix
2007
Dark Matter (2007)
Meryl Streep 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 Meryl Streep movies by co-stars of her movies.
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- Sort Meryl Streep movies 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 Meryl Streep movie received.
- Sort Meryl Streep movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR). UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 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 | UMR Score | S |
| 1 | The Deer Hunter (1978) AA Best Picture Win AA Best Supp Actress Nom |
Robert De Niro & Christopher Walken |
49.00 | 225.6 | 225.60 | 9 | 87 | 09 / 05 | 99.9 | |
| 2 | Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) AA Best Picture Win AA Best Supp Actress Win |
Dustin Hoffman | 106.30 | 456.4 | 519.50 | 1 | 76 | 09 / 05 | 99.8 | |
| 3 | Out of Africa (1985) AA Best Picture Win AA Best Actress Nom |
Robert Redford | 87.10 | 264.4 | 808.30 | 5 | 66 | 11 / 07 | 99.7 | |
| 4 | Manhattan (1979) | Woody Allen | 39.90 | 171.6 | 171.60 | 22 | 91 | 02 / 00 | 98.1 | |
| 5 | Julia (1977) AA Best Picture Nom |
Jane Fonda & Vanessa Redgrave |
35.30 | 170.6 | 170.60 | 26 | 71 | 11 / 03 | 97.4 | |
| 7 | Little Women (2019) AA Best Picture Nom |
Emma Watson | 108.10 | 127.2 | 242.10 | 27 | 86 | 06 / 01 | 96.3 | |
| 8 | The Bridges of Madison County (1995) AA Best Actress Nom |
Clint Eastwood | 71.50 | 177.2 | 451.10 | 21 | 82 | 01 / 00 | 96.2 | |
| 6 | A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) | Jim Carrey | 118.60 | 205.9 | 362.90 | 18 | 70 | 04 / 01 | 96.1 | |
| 9 | Mary Poppins Returns (2018) | Emily Blunt & Dick Van Dyke |
172.00 | 203.5 | 413.10 | 18 | 69 | 04 / 00 | 95.6 | |
| 10 | The Devil Wears Prada (2006) AA Best Actress Nom |
Anne Hathaway & Emily Blunt |
124.70 | 204.4 | 535.00 | 18 | 71 | 02 / 00 | 95.5 | |
| 11 | Into the Woods (2014) AA Best Supp Actress Nom |
Emily Blunt & Chris Pine |
128.00 | 168.9 | 281.20 | 24 | 69 | 03 / 00 | 92.8 | |
| 14 | A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) Voice Only |
Directed by Steven Spielberg | 78.60 | 150.0 | 450.10 | 28 | 72 | 02 / 00 | 91.9 | |
| 12 | The Hours (2002) AA Best Picture Nom |
Nicole Kidman | 41.70 | 77.5 | 202.30 | 57 | 83 | 09 / 01 | 91.8 | |
| 13 | Mamma Mia! (2008) | Colin Firth & Pierce Brosnan |
144.10 | 216.4 | 915.60 | 14 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 91.6 | |
| 15 | Sophie's Choice (1982) AA Best Actress Win |
Kevin Kline | 30.00 | 110.1 | 110.10 | 23 | 79 | 05 / 01 | 90.7 | |
| 16 | Silkwood (1983) AA Best Actress Nom |
Kurt Russell & Cher |
35.60 | 121.9 | 121.90 | 19 | 74 | 05 / 00 | 90.4 | |
| 17 | The Post (2017) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Actress Nom |
Tom Hanks & Directed by Steven Spielberg |
81.90 | 98.4 | 209.70 | 39 | 78 | 02 / 00 | 90.3 | |
| 18 | Julie & Julia (2009) AA Best Actress Nom |
Amy Adams | 94.10 | 135.3 | 186.20 | 32 | 73 | 01 / 00 | 90.0 | |
| 19 | Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018) | Cher & Pierce Brosnan |
120.60 | 142.7 | 467.10 | 26 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 89.9 | |
| 20 | Postcards from the Edge (1990) AA Best Actress Nom |
Shirley MacLaine & Gene Hackman |
39.10 | 99.6 | 99.60 | 33 | 78 | 02 / 00 | 88.8 | |
| 21 | It's Complicated (2009) | Alec Baldwin & Steve Martin |
112.70 | 162.0 | 314.90 | 27 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 88.7 | |
| 22 | The Manchurian Candidate (2004) | Denzel Washington & Liev Schreiber |
66.00 | 114.5 | 166.80 | 45 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 88.5 | |
| 24 | The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981) AA Best Actress Nom |
Jeremy Irons | 26.90 | 104.3 | 104.30 | 28 | 69 | 05 / 00 | 86.5 | |
| 23 | Adaptation. (2002) AA Best Supp Actress Nom |
Nicolas Cage | 22.50 | 41.8 | 61.00 | 102 | 88 | 04 / 01 | 86.4 | |
| 25 | Death Becomes Her (1992) | Bruce Willis & Goldie Hawn |
58.40 | 151.8 | 387.10 | 24 | 55 | 01 / 01 | 86.2 | |
| 26 | Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) Voice Only |
George Clooney & Bill Murray |
21.00 | 30.2 | 66.80 | 104 | 88 | 02 / 00 | 83.5 | |
| 27 | The River Wild (1994) | Kevin Bacon | 46.80 | 123.7 | 123.70 | 29 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 83.0 | |
| 28 | Hope Springs (2012) | Tommy Lee Jones & Steve Carell |
63.50 | 86.0 | 154.80 | 51 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 82.5 | |
| 29 | Doubt (2008) AA Best Actress Nom |
Philip Seymour Hoffman & Amy Adams |
33.40 | 50.2 | 76.40 | 85 | 77 | 05 / 00 | 82.1 | |
| 30 | Defending Your Life (1991) | Albert Brooks | 16.40 | 41.9 | 41.90 | 69 | 83 | 00 / 00 | 81.8 | |
| 31 | One True Thing (1998) AA Best Actress Nom |
William Hurt | 23.20 | 53.4 | 53.40 | 74 | 76 | 01 / 00 | 80.7 | |
| 32 | Florence Foster Jenkins (2016) AA Best Actress Nom |
Hugh Grant | 27.40 | 34.1 | 60.90 | 98 | 80 | 02 / 00 | 79.1 | |
| 33 | A Prairie Home Companion (2006) | Woody Harrelson & Directed by Robert Altman |
20.30 | 33.3 | 42.60 | 114 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 76.6 | |
| 34 | August: Osage County (2013) AA Best Actress Nom |
Julia Roberts & Sam Shepard |
37.70 | 50.0 | 98.40 | 78 | 69 | 03 / 00 | 74.8 | |
| 35 | Marvin's Room (1996) | Robert DeNiro & Leonardo DiCaprio |
12.80 | 31.2 | 48.30 | 110 | 76 | 01 / 00 | 74.5 | |
| 36 | Ironweed (1987) AA Best Actress Nom |
Jack Nicholson | 7.40 | 20.4 | 20.40 | 92 | 78 | 02 / 00 | 74.5 | |
| 37 | A Cry in the Dark (1988) AA Best Actress Nom |
Sam Neill | 6.90 | 18.1 | 18.10 | 110 | 79 | 01 / 00 | 74.0 | |
| 38 | Heartburn (1986) | Jack Nicholson | 25.30 | 73.6 | 73.60 | 38 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 70.6 | |
| 39 | The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979) | Alan Alda | 19.60 | 84.2 | 84.20 | 46 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 69.1 | |
| 40 | Don't Look Up (2021) AA Best Picture Nom |
Leonardo DiCaprio | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.80 | 205 | 70 | 04 / 00 | 66.4 | |
| 41 | The Ant Bully (2006) | Nicolas Cage & Julia Roberts |
28.10 | 46.1 | 90.40 | 97 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 64.7 | |
| 42 | The Homesman (2014) | Tommy Lee Jones | 2.40 | 3.2 | 3.20 | 166 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 61.4 | |
| 43 | Music of the Heart (1999) AA Best Actress Nom |
Aidan Quinn | 14.90 | 31.7 | 31.70 | 100 | 64 | 02 / 00 | 61.2 | |
| 44 | The Iron Lady (2011) AA Best Actress Win |
Jim Broadbent | 30.00 | 40.8 | 156.30 | 101 | 59 | 02 / 02 | 60.7 | |
| 45 | Suffragette (2015) | Carey Mulligan | 4.70 | 6.0 | 20.50 | 141 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 57.1 | |
| 46 | Falling in Love (1984) | Robert DeNiro | 11.10 | 35.7 | 35.70 | 72 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 57.0 | |
| 47 | Ricki and the Flash (2015) | Kevin Kline | 26.80 | 34.3 | 52.80 | 85 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 56.0 | |
| 48 | Prime (2005) | Uma Thurman | 22.80 | 38.4 | 38.40 | 112 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 54.0 | |
| 49 | Plenty (1985) | Sam Neill | 6.10 | 18.7 | 18.70 | 107 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 53.2 | |
| 50 | The Giver (2014) | Jeff Bridges | 45.10 | 59.5 | 88.40 | 76 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 50.9 | |
| 51 | Let Them All Talk (2020) HBO Movie |
Candice Bergen | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 287 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 45.4 | |
| 52 | Still of the Night (1982) | Roy Scheider | 6.00 | 21.9 | 21.90 | 85 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 41.6 | |
| 53 | The Prom (2020) Netflix |
Nicole Kidman | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 233 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 41.3 | |
| 54 | Dancing at Lughnasa (1998) | Rhys Ifans | 2.30 | 5.3 | 5.30 | 165 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 40.7 | |
| 55 | Rendition (2007) | Reese Witherspoon & Jake Gyllenhaal |
9.70 | 15.3 | 42.40 | 140 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 37.2 | |
| 56 | The House of the Spirits (1993) | Glenn Close | 6.30 | 16.3 | 16.30 | 131 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 27.7 | |
| 57 | She-Devil (1989) | Roseanne Barr | 15.40 | 41.7 | 41.70 | 64 | 44 | 00 / 00 | 24.8 | |
| 58 | Lions for Lambs (2007) | Tom Cruise & Robert Redford |
15.00 | 23.5 | 99.10 | 123 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 19.4 | |
| 59 | Evening (2007) | Glenn Close | 12.50 | 19.6 | 20.30 | 132 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 17.5 | |
| 60 | Before and After (1996) | Liam Neeson & John Heard |
8.80 | 21.5 | 21.50 | 133 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 16.1 | |
| 61 | The Laundromat (2019) Netflix |
Gary Oldman & Antonion Banderas |
0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 376 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 15.7 | |
| 62 | Dark Matter (2007) | Aidan Quinn | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 443 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 14.8 |
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Immaculately written movie page on this Hollywood Powerhouse- Meryl Streep! I watched most of her current films. I liked her mindblowing performances in some noted films such as The Devil wears Prada and Julie & Julia. I am eager to view her latest film, The Iron Lady. An unique star in her own right!
Hey ishwaryaa33…thanks for such a nice compliment. I am sure we will be hearing more and more about her The Iron Lady performance. First she got the Golden Globe…next Tuesday she will get her record breaking 17th nomination…and in February I think she will pick up her 3rd Oscar win…..thanks for the visit and the compliment.
Oh…Magical Meryl. An actress beyond compare. The woman is flawless. She has such enormous talent, when I view any movie of hers, it’s as though her character is so authentic, you can reach out and touch her. What else can I say? She truly is amazing…and yet, she’s modest and down-to-earth!
Hey fpherj48…thanks for stopping by. I agree with your comment….and I think her peers really think the same way….just look at the stats….45 movies…..and she has 24 Golden Globe nominations….and 16 Oscar nominations….or another way to look at every other movie she get a Golden Globe nomination and every third movie she will get an Oscar nomination….nobody with the exception of James Dean, can show anything close to these numbers….and James Dean only made three movies….thanks for the comments.
If I decide to study more films I will definitely look up her movies for starters. I’ve seen a few but certainly not enough. What I have seen is genius and I see why she’s lasted this long. I think I’ll definitely watch Iron Lady just because I’m fascinated by Margaret Thatcher. Thanks for the information Cogerson!
Hey Alecia…since I updated this hub…she went out and won her 5th Golden Globe for The Iron Lady. She has so many interesting movies…it is really hard to pick one…I have always enjoyed watching Death Becomes Her…as it is something she does not normally do…..thanks for stopping by
Well done movie page. Your movie score and review system is ingenious! I will be back often to read your reviews. Thanks for providing such entertaining hubs. Rated up your page up and awesome.
Thank you very much for such a nice compliment…thanks for reading.
I came back to check out more movies – I could use a dose of Meryl Streep. I remember seeing Out of Africa at the theater and cried through most of it – it was so beautiful.
Thanks for commenting Dolores….I agree with you she should have won for Julia/Julia, she made me forget I was watching Meryl Streep playing Julia Child…great performance.