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Annette Bening
Birthdate: May 29, 1958

Annette Bening

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CAREER SPAN

Decade
Movie Score
# Movies
1980s
0.1256
2
total ranking of 0.1256
1990s
3.1777
13
total ranking of 3.1777
2000s
2.8792
8
total ranking of 2.8792
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score: Annette Bening is ranked overall as 3.1170 of of 4 stars3.1170

Annette Bening Movie Rankings

1
Annette Bening starring in American Beauty
Annette Bening scores a combined 3.4389 out of 4 stars for American Beauty3.4389
Suburban husband Lester is becoming increasingly dissatisfied with his life, his wife is cheating on him and his daughter hates him. In the mitts of a mid-life crisis, Lester quits his job, starts smoking weed and begins fantasizing about his daughter's teenage friends. ...more about American Beauty
Actor Awards
  • Academy Awards, USA - Best Actress in a Leading Role
  • American Comedy Awards, USA - Funniest Actress in a Motion Picture (Leading Role)
  • BAFTA Awards - Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
  • Blockbuster Entertainment Awards - Favorite Actress - Drama
  • Chicago Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actress
  • Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
  • Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards - Best Actress
  • Online Film Critics Society Awards - Best Actress
  • San Diego 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
2
Annette Bening starring in Richard III
Annette Bening scores a combined 3.0852 out of 4 stars for Richard III3.0852
William Shakespeare's classic play is brought into the present with the setting as Great Britian in the 1930s. ...more about Richard III
3
Annette Bening starring in American President
Annette Bening scores a combined 3.0330 out of 4 stars for American President3.0330
The world's most powerful man has met his match! Michael Douglas is the widower President wooing environmental lobbyist Annette Bening in this romantic hit by Rob Reiner. ...more about American President
Actor Awards
  • American Comedy Awards, USA - Funniest Actress in a Motion Picture (Leading Role)
  • Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical
4
Open Range (2003)
Annette Bening scores a combined 2.8903 out of 4 stars for Open Range2.8903
A group of cattle herders are temporally detoured when a young ranch hand is beaten and jailed by a corrupt land baron and the sheriff. Wanting to acquire the group's heard the baron’s henchmen attack them, killing several men. The herders return to the old town to enact their revenge. ...more about Open Range
Actor Awards
  • Satellite Awards - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, Drama
5
Being Julia (2004)
Annette Bening scores a combined 2.8858 out of 4 stars for Being Julia2.8858
Tale of amorous folly and revenge set in the world of the London stage in the late 1930's. Reigning diva Julia Lambert's success and fame grow suddenly wearisome. ...more about Being Julia
Actor Awards
  • Academy Awards, USA - Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
  • Bangkok International Film Festival - Best Actress
  • Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actress
  • Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
  • National Board of Review, USA - Best Actress
  • Satellite Awards - Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical
  • Screen Actors Guild Awards - Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
  • Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actress
6
Grifters, The (1990)
Annette Bening scores a combined 2.8503 out of 4 stars for Grifters2.8503
Lily works for a bookie, placing bets to change the odds at the track. When her son is hospitalized after an unsuccessful con job and resultant beating, she finds that even an absentee parent has feelings for her child. ...more about Grifters
Actor Awards
  • Academy Awards, USA - Best Actress in a Supporting Role
  • BAFTA Awards - Best Actress in a Supporting Role
  • National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA - Best Supporting Actress
7
Mars Attacks! (1996)
Annette Bening scores a combined 2.8419 out of 4 stars for Mars Attacks!2.8419
The Martians decide to attack our planet and devastate everything. ...more about Mars Attacks!
8
Bugsy (1991)
Annette Bening scores a combined 2.8330 out of 4 stars for Bugsy2.8330
New York gangster Ben 'Bugsy' Siegel takes a brief business trip to Los Angeles. A sharp-dressing womaniser with a foul temper, Siegel doesn't hesitate to kill or maim anyone crossing him. In L.A. ...more about Bugsy
Actor Awards
  • Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
9
Siege, The (1998)
Annette Bening scores a combined 2.6970 out of 4 stars for Siege2.6970
After the abduction by the US military of an Islamic religious leader, New York City becomes the target of escalating terrorist attacks. ...more about Siege
Actor Awards
  • Blockbuster Entertainment Awards - Favorite Actress - Suspense
10
Postcards from the Edge (1990)
Annette Bening scores a combined 2.6594 out of 4 stars for Postcards from the Edge2.6594
Substance-addicted Hollywood actress Suzanne Vale is on the skids. ...more about Postcards from the Edge
11
In Dreams (1999)
Annette Bening scores a combined 2.6429 out of 4 stars for In Dreams2.6429
Claire Cooper dreams strange things from time to time. One night, she dreams about a little girl being taken away by a stranger, right in her neighbourhood. ...more about In Dreams
12
What Planet Are You From? (2000)
Annette Bening scores a combined 2.5726 out of 4 stars for What Planet Are You From?2.5726
A highly-evolved planet, whose denizens feel no emotion and reproduce by cloning, plans to take over Earth from the inside by sending an operative, fashioned with a humming, mechanical penis, to impregnate an earthling and stay until the birth. ...more about What Planet Are You From?
13
Regarding Henry (1991)
Annette Bening scores a combined 2.5411 out of 4 stars for Regarding Henry2.5411
Henry is a lawyer who survives a shooting only to find he cannot remember anything. If that weren't enough, Henry also has to recover his speech and mobility, in a life he no longer fits into. Fortunately, Henry has a loving wife and daughter to help him. ...more about Regarding Henry
14
Love Affair (1994)
Annette Bening scores a combined 2.5284 out of 4 stars for Love Affair2.5284
Ex-football star Mike Gambril meets Terry McKay on a flight to Sydney, which is forced to land on a small atoll. Both engaged to others, they become romantic on board the ship sent to take the 'plane passengers to a larger island. ...more about Love Affair
15
Running with Scissors (2006)
Annette Bening scores a combined 2.3625 out of 4 stars for Running with Scissors2.3625
An adult man looks back on his childhood with his bipolar and self-centered mother. ...more about Running with Scissors
16
Mrs. Harris (2005)
Annette Bening scores a combined 2.2893 out of 4 stars for Mrs. Harris2.2893
Fact-based story about Jean Harris (Annette Bening), a woman who was accused of murdering famed Scarsdale Diet Dr. Herman (Hi) Tarnower (Ben Kingsley) after being in a relationship with him for 14 years. Depicted as a womanizer, Dr. ...more about Mrs. Harris
Actor Awards
  • Emmy Awards - Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
  • Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
  • Satellite Awards - Best Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television
  • Screen Actors Guild Awards - Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
17
Guilty by Suspicion (1991)
Annette Bening scores a combined 1.9379 out of 4 stars for Guilty by Suspicion1.9379
David Merrill (Robert DeNiro), a fictitious 1950s Hollywood director, returns from filming abroad in France to find that his loyalty has been called into question by the House Committee on Un-American Activities and he is unable to work until cleared. ...more about Guilty by Suspicion
18
Women, The (2008)
Annette Bening scores a combined 1.7447 out of 4 stars for Women1.7447
George Cukor's THE WOMEN gets updated with this female-friendly film from Diane English (MURPHY BROWN). Meg Ryan, Eva Mendes, and Annette Bening star in this comedy where a group of close friends meet to talk about their relationships. ...more about Women
  • Not Available on DVD
19
Book That Wrote Itself, The (1999)
Annette Bening scores a combined 1.5113 out of 4 stars for Book That Wrote Itself1.5113
Vincent Macken has wriiten his magnus Opus but nobody will publish it. To prove to the publishers and his detractors that his novel is great, he decides to live out the story of his novel. ...more about Book That Wrote Itself
  • Not Available on DVD
20
Valmont (1989)
Annette Bening scores a combined 1.2921 out of 4 stars for Valmont1.2921
Set in Baroque France, a scheming widow and her lover make a bet regarding the corruption of a recently married woman. The lover, Valmont, bets that he can seduce her, even though she is an honorable woman. ...more about Valmont
21
Great Outdoors, The (1988)
Annette Bening scores a combined 0.2952 out of 4 stars for Great Outdoors0.2952
Big-hearted Chicago family man Chet has brought his family to a lakeside resort area, and although his wife and kids aren't quite as excited as he is, Chet has high hopes for the vacation. ...more about Great Outdoors
22
Dirty Tricks (2008)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
23
Hole in the Earth, A (2006)
No Reviews Available
A HOLE IN THE EARTH tickles your funny bone and tugs at your heart-strings when Henry Porter (Macy) who has great difficulty accepting and expressing his feelings comes to terms with himself, his daughter, Nicole (Christensen) and his lover, Elizabeth ...more about Hole in the Earth
  • Not Available on DVD