Drew Barrymore is an American actress, producer, talk show host, and author. Receiving several awards and nominations including a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, Drew Barrymore also received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2004.
Steven Spielberg cast Drew Barrymore in his science fiction film E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial after he felt like she had the right imagination. Barrymore’s role in E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial helped her become known as one of the most famous child actors of all time.
Drew Barrymore has since starred in many successful films including Charlie’s Angels, Scream, Never Been Kissed, Ever After, Firestarter, and Donnie Darko. Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore have co-starred together in several romantic comedies including The Wedding Singer, 50 First Dates, and Blended. Here are Drew Barrymore’s best movies according to Rotten Tomatoes.
10 Big Miracle – 74%
Big Miracle is an adventure drama film that was directed by Ken Kwapis starring Drew Barrymore and John Krasinski. The film is based on the book that was written by Tom Rose called Freeing the Whales.
John Krasinski portrays Adam Carlson, a reporter based in a small town in northern Alaska who lands a story of a lifetime. When a family of gray whales are discovered trapped by rapidly formed ice near the Arctic Circle, Adam’s ex-lover and environmental activist, Rachel Kramer (Drew Barrymore) try to rally an international coalition to save the whales before it’s too late.
9 Everyone Says I Love You – 77%
Everyone Says I Love You is an American musical film that was written and directed by and starred Woody Allen. The film features singing by actors who are not usually known for musical roles, except for Drew Barrymore, who convinced Woody Allen that her singing was too awful, even for the “realistic singing voice.” The musical also stars Julia Roberts, Alan Alda, Edward Norton, and Goldie Hawn.
Drew Barrymore stars as Skylar Dandridge, who is engaged to Holden portrayed by Edward Norton. Skylar lives with a large extended family in Manhattan with her parents Bob Dandridge (Alan Alda) and Steffi Dandridge (Goldie Hawn). Steffi manages to break up Skylar and Holden by introducing Skylar to an ex-con named Charles Ferry (Tim Roth).
8 Confessions of a Dangerous Mind – 80%
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind is a biographical spy film surrounding the fictional life of game show host and producer Chuck Barris who claimed he was an operative for the CIA, which the CIA denies. The film was written by Chuck Barris and Charlie Kaufman and directed by George Clooney.
Chuck Barris, is energetic and at the top of his career in the growing television industry when he becomes romantically involved with Penny Pacino (Drew Barrymore). After Barris is kicked out of a bar for fighting, he is approached by a suspicious character, CIA agent Jim Byrd (George Clooney), who recruits Chuck as an assassin.
Later in the film, Chuck and Penny get married, and Chuck confesses to Penny that he has a double life as a CIA assassin. Penny laughs at Chuck, assuming he is joking, and Chuck decides not to correct Penny.
7 Scream – 81%
Scream is an American slasher film directed by Wes Craven and written by Kevin Williamson. The film launched one of the biggest and most iconic horror franchises. Scream stars David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Matthew Lillard, Rose McGowan, Skeet Ulrich, and Drew Barrymore.
The film centers around high school student Sidney Prescott (Campbell) and her friends who become a target of a costumed serial killer known as Ghostface. Casey Becker (Drew Barrymore) is home alone when she receives a phone call from an unknown person “Ghostface.”
They discuss horror films until the caller begins to threaten her life and Steve, her boyfriend’s life. Ghostface demands that Casey answer questions about horror films to save Steve’s life however she gives the wrong answer regarding the film, Friday the 13th, and Steve is killed. Someone wearing a “Ghostface” costume catches Casey while she tries to escape.
6 Altered States – 85%
Altered States is a science fiction horror film that centers around Dr. Edward Jessup (William Hurt), a psychopathologist who is studying schizophrenia and begins to think that our “other states of consciousness are as real as our waking states.”
Edward Jessup begins experimenting with sensory deprivation using a floatation tank and hallucinogenic drugs in an attempt to unlock different states of consciousness. Drew Barrymore starred as Margaret Jessup, the daughter of Edward Jessup.
5 Whip It – 85%
Drew Barrymore directed, co-produced, and starred in the film Whip It, a sports comedy-drama starring Elliot Page as a teenager who joins a roller derby team. The film centers around Bliss Cavendar (Elliot Page) who lives in small-town Texas and wants to break free of her mother’s world of beauty pageants.
While shopping with her mother, Bliss becomes intrigued by three roller derby team members and tries out for a team. Bliss becomes friends with her teammates who include Maggie Mayhem (Kristen Wiig), Bloody Holly (Zoe Bell), Rosa Sparks (Eve), and Smashley Simpson (Drew Barrymore).
4 Donnie Darko – 87%
Donnie Darko is a science fiction psychological thriller written and directed by Richard Kelly and produced by Flower Films. The film takes place in 1988 and follows Donnie Darko (Jake Gyllenhaal), an emotionally troubled teenager who inadvertently escapes a bizarre accident by sleepwalking.
Donnie has visions of Frank (James Duval), a mysterious figure in a rabbit costume who informs Donnie that the world will end in just over 28 days. Drew Barrymore portrays Karen Pomeroy, the dedicated English teacher at Donnie’s high school.
3 Grey Gardens – 88%
Grey Gardens is a biographical drama film directed by Michael Sucsy and co-written by Patricia Rozema. The film is based on the life stories of the eccentric aunt and Jackie Kennedy’s first cousin, Edith Bouvier Beale.
Jackie Kennedy’s aunt, who was referred to as “Big Edie” is played by Jessica Lange, and her daughter, who was referred to as “Little Edie,” is played by Drew Barrymore. The Beale women were members of the NYC high society, who later withdrew from New York City life and stayed at their Long Island summer home, Grey Gardens.
2 Ever After – 91%
Ever After, is a romantic drama that was inspired by Charles Perrault’s fairy tale, Cinderella. The film was directed by Andy Tennant and is set in the Renaissance era in France. Drew Barrymore stars as Danielle de Barbara, a vibrant young woman who is forced to become a servant to her stepmother Baroness Rodmilla De Ghent (Anjelica Huston), and stepsisters Marguerite (Megan Dodds) and Jacqueline (Melanie Lynskey), after the death of her father.
Danielle’s stepmother Rodmilla is a heartless woman who forces Danielle to do all the cooking and cleaning while attempting to marry off her own two daughters. Danielle wishes for nothing more than to not be controlled by her Stepmother and stepsisters. Danielle meets the charming, Prince Henry of France (Dourgray Scott) one morning and later Henry professes his love for her and proposes marriage by slipping the perfect slipper onto her foot.
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is a science fiction film that was produced and directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Melissa Mathison. The film’s concept was based on an imaginary friend that Spielberg created after his parent’s divorce.
The film surrounds a boy who befriends an extraterrestrial, E.T., after leaving a trail of candy out to lure the alien into his house. Elliott (Henry Thomas) introduces his older brother Michael (Robert MacNaughton) and his seven-year-old sister Gertie (Drew Barrymore) to the alien, deciding to keep him hidden from their mother, Mary (Dee Wallace).
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