What is the best Jennifer Lawrence movie?

Oscar bait, dystopian blockbusters, dark arthouse choices, and raucous comedy — she has done it all. The spectrum of her filmography is wider than most realize. Which one wins?

1. 1
   Silver Linings Playbook

   Lawrence won her first Academy Award for Best Actress playing Tiffany Maxwell, a young widow navigating grief and mental illness alongside Bradley Cooper.
2. 2
   Winter's Bone

   Lawrence's breakthrough role as Ree Dolly, a tenacious Ozark teenager searching for her missing father to save her family's home.
3. 3
   The Hunger Games

   Lawrence became a global icon as Katniss Everdeen, a young woman who volunteers for a televised death match in this culturally defining blockbuster.
4. 4
   The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

   The strongest Hunger Games entry, darker and more politically charged, with Lawrence at the height of her blockbuster power.
5. 5
   American Hustle

   Lawrence steals the film as Rosalyn Rosenfeld, the chaotic scheming wife of a con artist, earning a SAG Award and showcasing her comedic range.
6. 6
   Joy

   Lawrence plays real-life inventor Joy Mangano who built a business empire against all odds, earning a Golden Globe in her third David O. Russell collaboration.
7. 7
   No Hard Feelings

   A raucous R-rated comedy in which Lawrence plays a woman hired to date a socially awkward young man, proving her fearless comedic range.
8. 8
   Causeway

   A quiet drama about a soldier recovering from traumatic brain injury, delivering one of Lawrence most restrained and emotionally precise performances.
9. 9
   Mother!

   Darren Aronofsky polarizing psychological horror-allegory where Lawrence plays a woman whose home is increasingly invaded, delivering an unflinching performance.
10. 10
    X-Men: First Class

    Lawrence plays a young Mystique torn between Charles Xavier optimism and Magneto radicalism, giving the shape-shifting villain emotional depth.
11. 11
    X-Men: Days of Future Past

    Lawrence's Mystique is central to the time-travel sequel plot, with her choice determining humanity's fate in the most consequential arc for the character.
12. 12
    Don't Look Up

    Adam McKay star-studded satire about society ignoring a comet threat, with Lawrence bringing grounded humanity to an absurdist ensemble.
13. 13
    Red Sparrow

    Lawrence plays a Russian ballerina-turned-spy in this cold-blooded thriller, a demanding role that showed her willingness to take risks outside franchise comfort zones.