Sandra Bullock - Her Top 25 Best Movies Ranked - Part Two

13 – Wrestling Ernest Hemingway (1993)

…and other lies your friends let you get away with.

IMDb:

7.0

RT Users:

6.9

Letterboxd:

6.38

6.76

Drama

Directed by:

Randa Haines

Top Billed Cast:

Robert Duvall, Richard Harris, Shirley MacLaine, Sandra Bullock, Marty Belafsky, Piper Laurie

SYNOPSIS:

Two old men in a Florida town become friends more out of loneliness than compatibility. Ex-sea captain Frank (Richard Harris) is a garrulous teller of tales; Walter (Robert Duvall), a dignified former barber. Frank hopes to bed either the woman he meets at the movies (Piper Laurie) or his flinty landlady (Shirley MacLaine). Walter frequents a café, where he shyly flirts with a young waitress (Sandra Bullock). But it’s the bond between the two men that thrives — until their bitter falling-out.

12 – The Lake House (2006)

How do you hold on to someone you’ve never met?

IMDb:

6.8

RT Users:

7.3

Letterboxd:

6.28

6.79

Drama, Mystery, Romance

Directed by:

Alejandro Agresti

Top Billed Cast:

Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, Christopher Plummer, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Willeke van Ammelrooy, Dylan Walsh,

SYNOPSIS:

Fantasy romance about a relationship that forms between an architect and the doctor who lived in his new lakeside house two years previously. Only able to communicate by passing letters into the house’s mailbox, the pair begin to fall for each other, but will they ever be together? Hollywood remake of the acclaimed South Korean film `Siworae’.

11 – The Lost City (2022)

The adventure is real. The heroes are not.

IMDb:

6.1

RT Users:

8.3

Letterboxd:

5.98

6.79

Action, Adventure, Comedy

Directed by:

Adam Nee

Top Billed Cast:

Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum, Daniel Radcliffe, Brad Pitt, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Patti Harrison

SYNOPSIS:

Reclusive author Loretta Sage writes about exotic places in her popular adventure novels that feature a handsome cover model named Alan. While on tour promoting her new book with Alan, Loretta gets kidnapped by an eccentric billionaire who hopes she can lead him to an ancient city’s lost treasure from her latest story. Determined to prove he can be a hero in real life and not just on the pages of her books, Alan sets off to rescue her.

10 – Infamous (2006)

There’s more to the story than you know

IMDb:

7.1

RT Users:

6.9

Letterboxd:

6.48

6.83

Crime, Drama

Directed by:

Douglas McGrath

Top Billed Cast:

Sigourney Weaver, Toby Jones, Gwyneth Paltrow, Sandra Bullock, Isabella Rossellini, Peter Bogdanovich

SYNOPSIS:

In Kansas, with childhood friend Harper Lee (Sandra Bullock), author Truman Capote (Toby Jones) developed an intense and complex relationship with convicted killer Perry Smith (Daniel Craig) while researching what would become one of his greatest works, “In Cold Blood.”

9 – Practical Magic (1998)

For two sisters from a family of witches, falling in love is the trickiest spell of all.

IMDb:

6.2

RT Users:

7.3

Letterboxd:

7.04

6.85

Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

Directed by:

Griffin Dunne

Top Billed Cast:

Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Goran Visnjic, Stockard Channing, Dianne Wiest, Aidan Quinn,

SYNOPSIS:

Sally (Sandra Bullock) and Gillian Owens (Nicole Kidman), born into a magical family, have mostly avoided witchcraft themselves. But when Gillian’s vicious boyfriend, Jimmy Angelov (Goran Visnjic), dies unexpectedly, the Owens sisters give themselves a crash course in hard magic. With policeman Gary Hallet (Aidan Quinn) growing suspicious, the girls struggle to resurrect Angelov — and unwittingly inject his corpse with an evil spirit that threatens to end their family line.

8 – The Unforgivable (2021)

No one walks free of their past

IMDb:

7.1

RT Users:

7.4

Letterboxd:

6.28

6.93

Crime, Drama

Directed by:

Nora Fingscheidt

Top Billed Cast:

Sandra Bullock, Viola Davis, Vincent D’Onofrio, Jon Bernthal, Richard Thomas, Linda Emond

SYNOPSIS:

Ruth Slater, a woman released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and attempts to re-enter society. She must try to put her life back together again in a world that refuses to forgive her past.

7 – While You Were Sleeping (1995)

A story about love at second sight.

IMDb:

6.7

RT Users:

7.9

Letterboxd:

6.90

7.17

Comedy, Romance

Directed by:

Jon Turteltaub

Top Billed Cast:

Sandra Bullock, Bill Pullman, Peter Gallagher, Peter Boyle, Jack Warden

SYNOPSIS:

Lonely transit worker Lucy Eleanor Moderatz (Sandra Bullock) pulls her longtime crush, Peter (Peter Gallagher), from the path of an oncoming train. At the hospital, doctors report that he’s in a coma, and a misplaced comment from Lucy causes Peter’s family to assume that she is his fiancée. When Lucy doesn’t correct them, they take her into their home and confidence. Things get even more complicated when she finds herself falling for Peter’s sheepish brother, Jack (Bill Pullman).

6 – Bullet Train (2022)

The end of the line is just the beginning.

IMDb:

7.3

RT Users:

7.6

Letterboxd:

7.16

7.35

Action, Comedy, Thriller

Directed by:

David Leitch

Top Billed Cast:

Brad Pitt, Joey King, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Brian Tyree Henry, Andrew Koji, Sandra Bullock

SYNOPSIS:

Ladybug is an unlucky assassin who’s determined to do his job peacefully after one too many gigs has gone off the rails. Fate, however, may have other plans as his latest mission puts him on a collision course with lethal adversaries from around the globe — all with connected yet conflicting objectives — on the world’s fastest train.

5 – Speed (1994)

Get ready for rush hour.

IMDb:

7.3

RT Users:

7.6

Letterboxd:

7.24

7.38

Action, Adventure, Crime

Directed by:

Jan de Bont

Top Billed Cast:

Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, Dennis Hopper, Jeff Daniels, Joe Morton

SYNOPSIS:

Los Angeles police officer Jack (Keanu Reeves) angers retired bomb squad member Howard Payne (Dennis Hopper) by foiling his attempt at taking hostages. In revenge, Payne arms a bus with a bomb that will explode if it drops below 50 miles per hour. With the help of spunky passenger Annie (Sandra Bullock), Jack and his partner Harry (Jeff Daniels) try to save the people on the bus before the bomb goes off, while also trying to figure out how Payne is monitoring them.

4 – Crash (2004)

You think you know who you are. You have no idea.

IMDb:

7.8

RT Users:

8.8

Letterboxd:

5.76

7.45

Drama

Directed by:

Paul Haggis

Top Billed Cast:

Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Michael Peña, Jennifer Esposito, Brendan Fraser

SYNOPSIS:

Writer-director Paul Haggis interweaves several connected stories about race, class, family and gender in Los Angeles in the aftermath of 9/11. Characters include a district attorney (Brendan Fraser) and his casually prejudiced wife (Sandra Bullock), dating police detectives Graham (Don Cheadle) and Ria (Jennifer Esposito), a victimized Middle Eastern store owner and a wealthy African-American couple (Terrence Dashon Howard, Thandie Newton) humiliated by a racist traffic cop (Matt Dillon).

3 – Gravity (2013)

Don’t Let Go

IMDb:

7.7

RT Users:

7.9

Letterboxd:

6.98

7.53

Drama, Thriller, Science Fiction

Directed by:

Alfonso Cuarón

Top Billed Cast:

Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Ed Harris, Orto Ignatiussen,

SYNOPSIS:

Dr. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) is a medical engineer on her first shuttle mission. Her commander is veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky (George Clooney), helming his last flight before retirement. Then, during a routine space walk by the pair, disaster strikes: The shuttle is destroyed, leaving Ryan and Matt stranded in deep space with no link to Earth and no hope of rescue. As fear turns to panic, they realize that the only way home may be to venture further into space.

2 – The Blind Side (2009)

Based on the extraordinary true story

IMDb:

7.6

RT Users:

8.5

Letterboxd:

6.54

7.55

Drama

Directed by:

John Lee Hancock

Top Billed Cast:

Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Quinton Aaron, Jae Head, Lily Collins, Ray McKinnon,

SYNOPSIS:

Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron), a homeless black teen, has drifted in and out of the school system for years. Then Leigh Anne Tuohy (Sandra Bullock) and her husband, Sean (Tim McGraw), take him in. The Tuohys eventually become Michael’s legal guardians, transforming both his life and theirs. Michael’s tremendous size and protective instincts make him a formidable force on the gridiron, and with help from his new family and devoted tutor, he realizes his potential as a student and football player.

1 – A Time to Kill (1996)

Experience a time you’ll never forget.

IMDb:

7.5

RT Users:

8.5

Letterboxd:

7.16

7.72

Crime, Drama, Thriller

Directed by:

Joel Schumacher

Top Billed Cast:

Matthew McConaughey, Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey, Ashley Judd, Donald Sutherland

SYNOPSIS:

Carl Lee Hailey (Samuel L. Jackson) is a heartbroken black father who avenges his daughter’s brutal rape by shooting the bigoted men responsible for the crime as they are on their way to trial. He turns to Jake Brigance (Matthew McConaughey), an untested lawyer, to defend him. Brigance struggles to believe that he can get Hailey acquitted in this small, segregated Southern town, given Hailey’s race and the deliberate nature of his crimes, but Carl has unshakable faith in him.

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