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Helena Bonham Carter
Birthdate: May 26, 1966

Helena Bonham Carter

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CAREER SPAN

Decade
Movie Score
# Movies
1980s
1.6512
4
total ranking of 1.6512
1990s
2.9349
13
total ranking of 2.9349
2000s
3.1183
14
total ranking of 3.1183
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score: Helena Bonham Carter is ranked overall as 3.1821 of of 4 stars3.1821

Helena Bonham Carter Movie Rankings

1
Helena Bonham Carter starring in Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Helena Bonham Carter scores a combined 3.4400 out of 4 stars for Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit3.4400
Humane pest controllers Wallace and Gromit are commissioned to catch the horrible beast that has been ravishing local prize-winning gardens. However, they must contend with an angry local that would rather shoot the rabbit and rid the town of it for good. ...more about Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
2
Helena Bonham Carter starring in Fight Club
Helena Bonham Carter scores a combined 3.1027 out of 4 stars for Fight Club3.1027
You're young. You have an easy, well-paid deskjob. You have a condo, Swedish furniture, artistic coffee tables and a fridge full of condiments. Yet you feel emotionally and spiritually empty. ...more about Fight Club
Actor Awards
  • Empire Awards, UK - Best British Actress
3
Helena Bonham Carter starring in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Helena Bonham Carter scores a combined 3.1013 out of 4 stars for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street3.1013
Sweeney Todd a.k.a Benjamin Barker returns to London after being sent away by Judge Turpin with the help of a sailor, Anthony Hope. He opens a barber shop above Mrs. Lovett's Meat Pie Shop were she sells "the worst pies in London." With the help of Mrs. ...more about Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Actor Awards
  • Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA - Best Actress
  • Evening Standard British Film Awards - Best Actress
  • Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
  • London Critics Circle Film Awards - British Actress of the Year
4
Howards End (1992)
Helena Bonham Carter scores a combined 3.0189 out of 4 stars for Howards End3.0189
Encounter of three social classes of the England at the beginning of the century : the victorian capitalists (the Wilcoxes) considering themselves as aristocrats, whose only god is money ; the enlightened bourgeois (the Schlegels), humanistic and ...more about Howards End
Actor Awards
  • BAFTA Awards - Best Actress in a Supporting Role
5
Big Fish (2003)
Helena Bonham Carter scores a combined 3.0076 out of 4 stars for Big Fish3.0076
The story revolves around a dying father and his son, who is trying to learn more about his dad by piecing together the stories he has gathered over the years. ...more about Big Fish
6
Wings of the Dove, The (1997)
Helena Bonham Carter scores a combined 2.9715 out of 4 stars for Wings of the Dove2.9715
Based on the Henry James novel, this is a provocative tale of passion, temptation, and greed. ...more about Wings of the Dove
Actor Awards
  • Academy Awards, USA - Best Actress in a Leading Role
  • BAFTA Awards - Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
  • Boston Society of Film Critics Awards - Best Actress
  • Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actress
  • Chlotrudis Awards - Best Actress
  • Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actress
  • Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
  • Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actress
  • Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards - Best Actress
  • London Critics Circle Film Awards - British Actress of the Year
  • Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actress
  • National Board of Review, USA - Best Actress
  • Online Film Critics Society Awards - Best Actress
  • Satellite Awards - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
  • Screen Actors Guild Awards - Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
  • Society of Texas Film Critics Awards - Best Actress
  • Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actress
7
Corpse Bride (2005)
Helena Bonham Carter scores a combined 2.9578 out of 4 stars for Corpse Bride2.9578
While rehearsing his wedding vows, for a pre-arranged marriage, Victor places the wedding ring on what he thinks is a tree branch. Unknown to him he has just put the ring on a cursed corpse and unintentionally married her. ...more about Corpse Bride
8
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
Helena Bonham Carter scores a combined 2.9237 out of 4 stars for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory2.9237
Charlie Bucket comes from a poor family, and spends most of his time dreaming about the chocolate that he loves but usually can't afford. ...more about Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
9
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
Helena Bonham Carter scores a combined 2.9093 out of 4 stars for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix2.9093
With their warning about Lord Voldemort's return scoffed at, Harry and Dumbledore are targeted by the Wizard authorities as an authoritarian bureaucrat slowly seizes power at Hogwarts. ...more about Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
10
Mighty Aphrodite (1995)
Helena Bonham Carter scores a combined 2.8167 out of 4 stars for Mighty Aphrodite2.8167
Lenny adopts, convinced by his wife, a boy who becoming older surprises them with his intelectual qualities. Therefore both deceide to search for his real, biological mother. ...more about Mighty Aphrodite
11
Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1997)
Helena Bonham Carter scores a combined 2.7220 out of 4 stars for Keep the Aspidistra Flying2.7220
Gordon Comstock is a copywriter at an ad agency, and his girlfriend Rosemary is a designer. Gordon believes he is a genius, a marvelous poet and quits the ad agency, trying to live on his poems, but poverty soon comes to him. ...more about Keep the Aspidistra Flying
  • Not Available on DVD
12
Planet of the Apes (2001)
Helena Bonham Carter scores a combined 2.7000 out of 4 stars for Planet of the Apes2.7000
It is the year 2029: Astronaut Leo Davidson (Mark Wahlberg) boards a pod cruiser on a Space Station for a "routine" reconnaissance mission. ...more about Planet of the Apes
Actor Awards
  • Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA - Best Supporting Actress
  • Empire Awards, UK - Best British Actress
13
Frankenstein (1994)
Helena Bonham Carter scores a combined 2.6614 out of 4 stars for Frankenstein2.6614
Dr. Frankenstein creates a simple creature from various body parts. The creature turns into a monster when Dr. Frankenstein rejects him. ...more about Frankenstein
Actor Awards
  • Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA - Best Actress
14
Twelfth Night: Or What You Will (1996)
Helena Bonham Carter scores a combined 2.6597 out of 4 stars for Twelfth Night: Or What You Will2.6597
Brother and sister Viola and Sebastian, who are not only very close but look a great deal alike, are in a shipwreck, and both think the other dead. ...more about Twelfth Night: Or What You Will
15
Hamlet (1990)
Helena Bonham Carter scores a combined 2.6593 out of 4 stars for Hamlet2.6593
Zefferelli does yet another Shakespeare, with less success than he had with Taming of the Shrew or Romeo and Juliet. Hamlet returns to Denmark when his father, the King, dies. His mother Gertrude has already married Hamlet's uncle Claudius, the new King. ...more about Hamlet
17
Heart of Me, The (2002)
Helena Bonham Carter scores a combined 2.5631 out of 4 stars for Heart of Me2.5631
Upper crust England before, during and after WWII provides the backdrop for The Heart of Me, a richly emotional drama about the seductive -- and destructive -- nature of passion. ...more about Heart of Me
Actor Awards
  • British Independent Film Awards - Best Actress
19
Conversations With Other Women (2006)
Helena Bonham Carter scores a combined 2.4491 out of 4 stars for Conversations With Other Women2.4491
Aaron Eckhart and Helena Bonham Carter star as two people who meet at a wedding reception and enjoy a hotel-room fling in CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHER WOMEN. Director Hans Canosa uses a split-screen effect throughout the entire movie. ...more about Conversations With Other Women
20
Theory of Flight, The (1998)
Helena Bonham Carter scores a combined 2.2978 out of 4 stars for Theory of Flight2.2978
A dreamer (Kenneth Branagh) who aspires to human flight is assigned public service after one of his attempts off a public building. This leads him to meeting a young woman (Helena Bonham Carter), who is dying of motor neuron disease. ...more about Theory of Flight
Actor Awards
  • Satellite Awards - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
  • Not Available on DVD
21
Till Human Voices Wake Us (2002)
Helena Bonham Carter scores a combined 2.2767 out of 4 stars for Till Human Voices Wake Us2.2767
A supernatural romance, this film probes the mystifying nature of attraction, memory, identity and a ghostly past that will not go away. ...more about Till Human Voices Wake Us
22
Portraits Chinois (1999)
Helena Bonham Carter scores a combined 2.1954 out of 4 stars for Portraits Chinois2.1954
A group of artistically inclined Parisian friends fall in love and out of love while trying to set their skewered priorities straight. ...more about Portraits Chinois
23
Margaret's Museum (1995)
Helena Bonham Carter scores a combined 2.1323 out of 4 stars for Margaret's Museum2.1323
In a town where half the men die down the coalpit, Margaret MacNeil is quite happy being single. Until she meets Neil Currie, a charming and sincere bagpipe-playing, Gaelic-speaking dishwasher. ...more about Margaret's Museum
Actor Awards
  • Chlotrudis Awards - Best Actress
  • Fantasporto - Best Actress
  • Genie Awards - Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
  • Not Available on DVD
24
Lady Jane (1986)
Helena Bonham Carter scores a combined 2.0677 out of 4 stars for Lady Jane2.0677
The death of King Henry VIII throws his kingdom into chaos because of succession disputes. His weak son Edward, is on his deathbed. ...more about Lady Jane
25
Sixty Six (2008)
Helena Bonham Carter scores a combined 2.0134 out of 4 stars for Sixty Six2.0134
It is the summer of '66, and England is about to be consumed by World Cup Fever. For 12 year-old Bernie though, the biggest day of his life is looming: his Bar Mitzvah, the day he becomes a man. ...more about Sixty Six
  • Not Available on DVD
26
Carnivale (2000)
Helena Bonham Carter scores a combined 1.9542 out of 4 stars for Carnivale1.9542
Animated tale by former Tim Burton art director Deane Taylor has many of Burton's dark themes. Children playing by the sea shore are lured into a time travel portal where they are taken to an amusement park. ...more about Carnivale
  • Not Available on DVD
27
Getting It Right (1989)
Helena Bonham Carter scores a combined 1.9336 out of 4 stars for Getting It Right1.9336
Gavin is 31 years old and still lives with his parents. He is awfully shy but before he knows it there are three women interested in him. ...more about Getting It Right
  • Not Available on DVD
28
Room with a View, A (1986)
Helena Bonham Carter scores a combined 1.7898 out of 4 stars for Room with a View1.7898
Based on E.M. Forster's novel, Lucy, a young English woman (Bonham Carter), and her aunt (Smith) travel to Florence in the early 1900's. ...more about Room with a View
29
Women Talking Dirty (1999)
Helena Bonham Carter scores a combined 1.4200 out of 4 stars for Women Talking Dirty1.4200
  • Not Available on DVD
30
Revengers' Comedies, The (1998)
Helena Bonham Carter scores a combined 1.4155 out of 4 stars for Revengers' Comedies1.4155
Depressed businessman Henry Bell and aristocrat Karen Knightly save each other's lives one night when they are ready to jump off London's Tower Bridge. ...more about Revengers' Comedies
31
Vision, The (1987)
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  • Not Available on DVD