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?
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.
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.
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.
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
The strongest Hunger Games entry, darker and more politically charged, with Lawrence at the height of her blockbuster power.
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.
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.
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.
Causeway
A quiet drama about a soldier recovering from traumatic brain injury, delivering one of Lawrence most restrained and emotionally precise performances.
Mother!
Darren Aronofsky polarizing psychological horror-allegory where Lawrence plays a woman whose home is increasingly invaded, delivering an unflinching performance.
X-Men: First Class
Lawrence plays a young Mystique torn between Charles Xavier optimism and Magneto radicalism, giving the shape-shifting villain emotional depth.
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.
Don't Look Up
Adam McKay star-studded satire about society ignoring a comet threat, with Lawrence bringing grounded humanity to an absurdist ensemble.
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.
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