The 22 Best Natalie Portman Movies of All Time

From an Oscar-winning ballerina's unraveling to a teenage assassin's apprentice and a princess from a galaxy far away, this lineup spans every era of her career. Cast your vote!

1

Black Swan

2010 psychological thriller for which Portman won the Best Actress Oscar as an obsessive ballerina.

1000pts

2

Leon: The Professional

Portman's 1994 breakout as a young girl taken in by a hitman after her family's murder.

829pts

3

Brothers

2009 war drama with Portman as a wife caught between her husband and his brother.

663pts

4

Cold Mountain

2003 Civil War epic featuring Portman in a supporting dramatic role.

609pts

5

Thor: The Dark World

2013 Marvel sequel continuing Jane Foster's storyline.

546pts

6

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

2005 finale of the prequel trilogy closing out Padme's arc.

546pts

7

Jackie

2016 biopic with Portman as Jackie Kennedy in the days after JFK's assassination, earning her second Oscar nod.

473pts

8

Garden State

2004 indie favorite with Portman as the quirky love interest opposite Zach Braff.

473pts

9

The Darjeeling Limited

2007 Wes Anderson film featuring Portman in a memorable extended cameo.

473pts

10

Vox Lux

2018 drama with Portman as a damaged pop star navigating fame.

473pts

11

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

1999 sci-fi epic that introduced Portman as Padme Amidala, Queen of Naboo.

473pts

12

Thor

2011 Marvel debut with Portman as astrophysicist Jane Foster.

473pts

13

Everyone Says I Love You

1996 Woody Allen musical comedy featuring a young Portman.

387pts

14

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

2002 sequel deepening Padme's romance with Anakin Skywalker.

284pts

15

No Strings Attached

2011 romantic comedy co-starring Ashton Kutcher.

284pts

16

Beautiful Girls

1996 ensemble drama featuring a young Portman in a memorable supporting role.

284pts

17

Heat

1995 crime epic where Portman played Al Pacino's troubled stepdaughter.

284pts

18

V for Vendetta

2005 dystopian thriller starring Portman as a young woman drawn into a masked revolutionary's plot.

284pts

19

Closer

2004 romantic drama that earned Portman her first Oscar nomination as a stripper caught in a love quadrangle.

158pts

20

May December

2023 drama with Portman as an actress studying a tabloid-scandal survivor.

158pts

21

Thor: Love and Thunder

2022 Marvel film where Portman's Jane Foster becomes the Mighty Thor.

158pts

22

Annihilation

2018 sci-fi thriller with Portman leading an expedition into a mysterious mutating zone.

158pts