10 Best Jennifer Lawrence Movies, Ranked

10. Like Crazy (2011)

Like Crazy is literally crazy, it follows the storyline of a British girl who goes to the United States of America for an exchange program. She falls for an American student Jacob, and she is so in love that she overstays her visa and gets banned from visiting the US. The couple grows apart due to distance and little chance of meeting again. Jacob starts dating Samantha, played by Jennifer Lawrence, but later realises he still loves Anna and goes back to her.

9. Causeway (2022)

What do you do if you are told you can’t do what you love anymore, the thing you gave your everything for? Life feels meaningless at that point when everything depends on forces outside your control. Lynsey, a soldier with a traumatic brain injury, returns home to New Orleans and lives with her unreliable, toxic family. She meets James, a mechanic, and they slowly bond, but Lynsey kisses James, which breaks their friendship.

8. Joy (2015)

Nothing is better than standing on your own feet and earning for yourself, that feeling is truly irreplaceable. Joy Mangano, a struggling single mother working an airline booking job, is in a financial crunch and finds it hard to make ends meet. She unknowingly invents a self-wringing mop. After TV promotion, it sells out and turns her into a successful businesswoman.

7. No Hard Feelings (2023)

What is the most embarrassed you have ever been? Falling in a crowd? Go into the opposite gender’s bathroom? Nothing can beat parents hiring a woman to have a relationship with their child since he is a noob in that field cause that’s what happens in No Hard Feelings, a 30 something woman is hired to date a 19 year old boy to get him out of his shell and basically wild him up. Percy eventually finds out about the deal, gets upset, and angrily ends their so called relationship.

6. Mother! (2017)

Jennifer Lawrence is a very versatile actor; put her in any role and she delivers. Mother! is a psychological horror film that breaks away from traditional storytelling. A peaceful life of a young couple is disrupted when mysterious guests arrive at their home. Strange and disturbing events begin unfolding, turning their quiet house into a chaotic and unsettling nightmare.

5. X-Men: First Class (2011)

Jennifer Lawrence is also widely known for her performance in X-Men as Raven / Mystique, a mutant who plays a very important role in Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr’s team of X-Men. The story is set during the Cold War era, as Mystique finds it difficult to understand her true identity and where she belongs, so she eventually switches sides and teams up with Magneto.

4. American Hustle (2013)

If you love scheming and manipulation-centred movies, then this one’s for you. American Hustle follows an FBI sting operation set up to expose corrupt politicians. Richie DiMaso, an ambitious FBI agent, forces two con artists, Irving and Sydney, to help him target powerful figures, especially the mayor of Camden. He also involves Rosalyn Rosenfeld as his unpredictable wife to keep the operation convincing.

3. Winter’s Bone (2010)

I genuinely get amazed by Jennifer Lawrence’s acting bandwidth, it is truly bizarre. She plays the role of a 17-year-old in Winter’s Bone who is struck with poverty and struggles to find her father, Jessup, and is in a hurry because if she doesn’t find him and bring him to court by the trial date, her house will get seized. She takes care of her two siblings and ill mother, and to save their livelihood she must find her father, and if he is dead she must find proof. The poor girl wanders everywhere she can to track him down but finds nothing.

2. Silver Linings Playbook (2012)

Well, it’s a good film when you have Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper in it. Silver Linings Playbook is a must-watch rom-com. Pat returns home after rehab for bipolar disorder and tries to rebuild his life. He meets Tiffany Maxwell, who agrees to help him reunite with his wife in exchange for a dance competition partnership, and love slowly develops.

1. The Hunger Games Trilogy (2012-2015)

I’m sure you must have heard about The Hunger Games at least once in your life, might have read it, watched it, or seen an interview of Jennifer Lawrence and the cast. The Hunger Games is an insanely popular story that comes to life through Katniss Everdeen, a poverty-stricken girl from a poor district who volunteers herself into a deadly televised competition and ends up sparking a huge rebellion across the nation.