All 10 Best Angelina Jolie Movies Ranked (Best to Worst)

James Mangold's adaptation of Susanna Kaysen’s memoir paints an atmospheric, bittersweet portrait of a 1960s psychiatric ward, grounding its adolescent alienation in quiet institutional grit and pitch-perfect ensemble textures. Across every scene, Lisa Rowe roars into the frame like an emotional hurricane. She injects the character with infectious, feral bravura that completely detonates the film's center, stealing attention with a feral smirk and terrifying psychological insight. It is the role that proved her generational potency, securing her Best Supporting Actress Oscar and defining her iconoclastic star identity forever.

Clint Eastwood's Changeling is a bleak, immaculate piece of historical neo-noir that exposes the systemic corruption of 1928 Los Angeles following the terrifying disappearance of a young boy. The picture's slow-burn fury works because Christine Collins refuses to be silenced by institutional gaslighting, trading melodrama for steely maternal resolve. Stripping away all vanity, she delivers an emotionally devastating, Oscar-nominated masterclass in quiet endurance. It remains one of her most disciplined and profoundly heartbreaking pieces of dramatic acting.

DreamWorks struck cinematic gold with this kinetic wuxia pastiche, marrying lush ancient Chinese aesthetic traditions with inventive, bone-crunching martial arts animation and genuine spiritual heart. Mark Osborne and John Stevenson balance screwball physical comedy against heartfelt philosophical lessons. Voicing Master Tigress, the fiercest member of the Furious Five, she lends icy discipline and stoic dignity to what could have been a standard archetype. Her vocal weight anchors the team's martial credibility, creating a memorable balance against Jack Black’s boisterous protagonist.

Doug Liman’s slick action-comedy operates as both an adrenaline-fueled spy thriller and a savage, razor-sharp parody of bourgeois marital boredom. The bullet-riddled domestic warfare sings on account of the unprecedented, white-hot screen chemistry shared with Brad Pitt. Slinking through suburban facades with lethally deadpan comedic precision, Jane Smith cemented her status as the absolute gold standard for modern cinematic action heroines. The project became an era-defining pop-culture phenomenon that redefined her celebrity power forever.

Director Jennifer Yuh Nelson raised the bar for studio animation with this darker, visually ambitious sequel that tackles genocide, identity, and personal trauma with staggering maturity. The fluid action sequences and gorgeous shadow-puppet aesthetics elevate Po's confrontation with his fractured origins. Reprising her role as Tigress, she provides the story's emotional ballast, evolving the character from an aloof enforcer into a fiercely loyal confidante. Her dry vocal delivery supplies both steady grounding and surprising warmth.

This revisionist fairytale reimagines Sleeping Beauty from the perspective of its wronged sorceress, turning a classic cartoon villain into an empathetic champion defending her desecrated homeland. The storytelling wobbles under standard Disney digital effects, yet the film soars purely on the strength of its lead casting. Donning the iconic prosthetic cheekbones and horned headdress, she commands every frame with regal, wounded theatricality. She elevates commercial fantasy into a personal vehicle of feminine wrath and redemption.

Timur Bekmambetov’s hyper-stylized adaptation of Mark Millar’s comic book series is an unrepentant, ballistic fever dream of curving bullets, shattered glass, and kinetic insanity. James McAvoy drives the coming-of-age journey, but Fox provides the cold-blooded discipline that makes the Fraternity’s lethal mythology work. Striding through ridiculous gunplay with icy glamour and total commitment, she exhibits the kind of lethal swagger that few actors could pull off with a straight face.

The concluding chapter of the original trilogy leans heavily into pastel-colored family fun, reuniting Po with his biological roots while defending against a spirit realm conqueror. While it lacks the narrative bite of its immediate predecessor, the animation craft remains dazzling throughout. Returning as Master Tigress, she easily steps back into her deadpan, maternal leadership role within the dojo. Her steady voice work helps sustain continuity across a franchise that consistently honored its martial arts roots.

Chloé Zhao attempts something vast and melancholic with this sprawling Marvel epic, meditating on immortal guilt, human civilization, and existential dread across seven millennia. The ambitious canvas occasionally buckles under dense lore, but the portrait of ancient warriors fracturing under time resonates. As Thena, the goddess afflicted by tragic dementia, she plays against blockbuster expectations, imbuing a mythic weapon-master with profound, fragile sadness that outshines the crowded ensemble.

Joachim Rønning’s sequel doubles down on digital chaos, dragging its central antihero into an overcooked fantasy war sparked by Michelle Pfeiffer's villainous queen. The narrative mechanics feel synthetic, bloated by CGI armies and rushed palace intrigue that drown out the emotional stakes. Even so, the sheer, unapologetic charisma she brings to the horned fae queen keeps the project watchable. Her camp theatricality outclasses the material, even if the film itself remains a textbook example of unnecessary franchise expansion.