TopTenREVIEWS presents the film career and movie reviews of Naomi Watts.

Naomi Watts
Birthdate: September 28, 1968

Naomi Watts

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CAREER SPAN

Decade
Movie Score
# Movies
1980s
No Reviews
1
1990s
2.3364
11
total ranking of 2.3364
2000s
3.1257
22
total ranking of 3.1257
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score: Naomi Watts is ranked overall as 3.0247 of of 4 stars3.0247

Naomi Watts Movie Rankings

1
Naomi Watts starring in King Kong
Naomi Watts scores a combined 3.3536 out of 4 stars for King Kong3.3536
A remake of the 1933 classic. A film crew goes to a remote island, captures a giant ape and brings him back to New York for exhibition. When Kong escapes he reeks havoc on the crowded city. ...more about King Kong
Actor Awards
  • Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA - Best Actress
  • ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards - Best Actress
  • ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards - Best Actress
  • Australian Film Institute - Best Actress
  • Empire Awards, UK - Best Actress
  • Online Film Critics Society Awards - Best Actress
2
Naomi Watts starring in Eastern Promises
Naomi Watts scores a combined 3.1458 out of 4 stars for Eastern Promises3.1458
The film follows the mysterious and ruthless Nikolai (Viggo Mortensen), who is tied to one of London's most notorious organized crime families. ...more about Eastern Promises
Actor Awards
  • Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA - Best Actress
3
Naomi Watts starring in Mulholland Drive
Naomi Watts scores a combined 3.0647 out of 4 stars for Mulholland Drive3.0647
In this complex tale of suspense, set in the unreal universe of Los Angeles, writer/director David Lynch explores the city's schizophrenic nature, an uneasy blend of innocence and corruption, love and loneliness, beauty and depravity. ...more about Mulholland Drive
4
21 Grams (2003)
Naomi Watts scores a combined 3.0382 out of 4 stars for 21 Grams3.0382
This is the story of three gentle persons: Paul Rivers (Penn) an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English emigré (Gainsbourg), Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife, happily married and mother of two little girls, and Jack ...more about 21 Grams
Actor Awards
  • Academy Awards, USA - Best Actress in a Leading Role
  • BAFTA Awards - Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
  • Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actress
  • Florida Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actress
  • Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actress
  • Online Film Critics Society Awards - Best Actress
  • Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards - Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
  • 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
  • Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actress
  • Venice Film Festival - Best Actress
  • Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actress
5
Painted Veil, The (2006)
Naomi Watts scores a combined 3.0200 out of 4 stars for Painted Veil3.0200
Estranged couple Kitty and Walter Fane move to a remote village in China, suffering from a major epidemic, when Walter finds out his wife has been having an affair. Through the sick they learn love and compassion for each other. ...more about Painted Veil
6
Ring, The (2002)
Naomi Watts scores a combined 2.9052 out of 4 stars for Ring2.9052
When her niece spontaneously dies of fright one week to the day she watched a disturbing video, a cynical journalist (Naomi Watts) travels to the Pacific Northwest in search of the tape's origins and its links to a string of suicides at a horse ranch. ...more about Ring
Actor Awards
  • Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA - Best Actress
7
Assassination of Richard Nixon, The (2004)
Naomi Watts scores a combined 2.8330 out of 4 stars for Assassination of Richard Nixon2.8330
Fact-based story about a disturbed office furniture salesman (Sean Penn) who in 1972 concocted a plot to kill then-President Nixon by hi-jacking a plane to fly over the White House to drop a gas bomb. ...more about Assassination of Richard Nixon
8
Dangerous Beauty (1998)
Naomi Watts scores a combined 2.8328 out of 4 stars for Dangerous Beauty2.8328
It's the 16th century, and Veronica Franco falls in love with Marco Venier. But Venier is from rich family and his parents are against their marriage. Veronica is advised by her mother Paola to become a courtesan, and Veronica agrees. ...more about Dangerous Beauty
9
I Heart Huckabees (2004)
Naomi Watts scores a combined 2.8278 out of 4 stars for I Heart Huckabees2.8278
Determined to solve the coincidence of seeing the same conspicuous stranger three times in a day, Albert hires a pair of existentialist detectives, who insist on spying on his everyday life while sharing their views on life and the nature of the universe. ...more about I Heart Huckabees
10
Matinee (1993)
Naomi Watts scores a combined 2.7760 out of 4 stars for Matinee2.7760
A showman introduces a small coastal town to a unique movie experience and capitalises on the Cuban Missile crisis hysteria with a kitschy horror extravaganza combining film effects, stage props and actors in rubber suits in this salute to the B-movie. ...more about Matinee
  • Not Available on DVD
11
We Don't Live Here Anymore (2004)
Naomi Watts scores a combined 2.7723 out of 4 stars for We Don't Live Here Anymore2.7723
In the quintenssencial American town two best friend couples frequently share holidys, birthdays and dinners together. All are struggling with their place in life and begin to take comfort in the affairs they are having with eachothers spouses. ...more about We Don't Live Here Anymore
12
Avenue Montaigne (2007)
Naomi Watts scores a combined 2.7255 out of 4 stars for Avenue Montaigne2.7255
Jessica, a waitress in a small Paris bistro, forms a relationship with several members of the restaurant’s famous clientele. Her oblivion to their celebrity accidentally exposes her to the lifestyle she secretly seeks. ...more about Avenue Montaigne
13
Flirting (1991)
Naomi Watts scores a combined 2.7209 out of 4 stars for Flirting2.7209
Danny has been sent to boarding school, in this sequal to The Year My Voice Broke. Against a backdrop of bullying and sadistic teachers Danny strikes up an affair with an African girl, Thandiwe, studying at a nearby girls school. ...more about Flirting
15
Stay (2005)
Naomi Watts scores a combined 2.5802 out of 4 stars for Stay2.5802
Standing in for an ill colleague, renowned New York psychiatrist Sam Foster is confronted with disturbed art student Henry Letham. ...more about Stay
16
Ned Kelly (2003)
Naomi Watts scores a combined 2.5328 out of 4 stars for Ned Kelly2.5328
Based on the book by Roberts Drewe, this is the story of Australian gunslinger and outlaw, Ned Kelly and his Kelly Gang, famous for their many robberies from 1878-1880. ...more about Ned Kelly
17
Tank Girl (1995)
Naomi Watts scores a combined 2.5131 out of 4 stars for Tank Girl2.5131
Tank Girl (Rebecca) and her friends are the only remaining citizens living in the wasteland that is Earth, where all the remaining water is controlled by Water and Power, the mega corporation/government that runs the territory. ...more about Tank Girl
18
Divorce, Le (2003)
Naomi Watts scores a combined 2.4853 out of 4 stars for Divorce2.4853
Isabel (Hudson) heads to Paris to help out her pregnant stepsister (Watts), and arrives to find that her husband (Poupaud) has abandoned her. ...more about Divorce
20
Down (2001)
Naomi Watts scores a combined 2.3654 out of 4 stars for Down2.3654
When the express elevators in the Millennium Building, one of New York's most famous landmarks, start to malfunction and behave in erratic ways, elevator mechanic Mark Newman is sent out to find the cause of the problems. ...more about Down
21
Ring Two, The (2005)
Naomi Watts scores a combined 2.2689 out of 4 stars for Ring Two2.2689
The story picks up six months after the horrifying events that terrorized Rachel Keller (Watts) and her son Aidan (Dorfman) in Seattle. ...more about Ring Two
22
Wide Sargasso Sea (1993)
Naomi Watts scores a combined 2.2232 out of 4 stars for Wide Sargasso Sea2.2232
A young female landowner in 1840s Jamaica marries a just-arrived Englishman to avoid losing her property. All seems to be perfect, love arises, and happiness is on the way, but she is hiding an old secret regarding her childhood and her mother. ...more about Wide Sargasso Sea
23
Funny Games (2008)
Naomi Watts scores a combined 2.1903 out of 4 stars for Funny Games2.1903
In this provocative and brutal thriller from director Michael Haneke, a vacationing family gets an unexpected visit from two deeply disturbed young men. Their idyllic holiday turns nightmarish as they are subjected to unimaginable terrors and struggle to stay alive. ...more about Funny Games
  • Not Available on DVD
24
Custodian, The (1993)
Naomi Watts scores a combined 1.9953 out of 4 stars for Custodian1.9953
Det. Quinlan has left his alcoholic wife, sprouting a bloom of insecurity, anger and self-motivation within him to expose the corrupt police force that surrounds him. He abondons his 'straight' life to partner in crime with his co-worker, Det. ...more about Custodian
  • Not Available on DVD
25
Never Date an Actress (2001)
Naomi Watts scores a combined 1.7214 out of 4 stars for Never Date an Actress1.7214
  • Not Available on DVD
26
Strange Planet (1999)
Naomi Watts scores a combined 1.5807 out of 4 stars for Strange Planet1.5807
This romantic comedy takes place over the course of one year - opening on New Year's Eve of one year and closing exactly one year later. The film focuses on three women living together in a house in Sydney and three male best friends. ...more about Strange Planet
27
Under the Lighthouse Dancing (1997)
Naomi Watts scores a combined 1.5296 out of 4 stars for Under the Lighthouse Dancing1.5296
The story of 6 friends who journey to an island off the coast of Australia for the weekend. Two of them (Emma and Harry) announce that they intend to get married, but have made no plans, nor do they have a proper license. ...more about Under the Lighthouse Dancing
28
Persons Unknown (1996)
Naomi Watts scores a combined 1.2602 out of 4 stars for Persons Unknown1.2602
When former cop and current security expert Jim Holland (Joe Mantegna) has a one night stand with Amanda (Kelly Lynch) after getting in her way roller-blading. ...more about Persons Unknown
29
Undertaking Betty (2005)
Naomi Watts scores a combined 0.9878 out of 4 stars for Undertaking Betty0.9878
A riotous look at small town Welsh country life centered around competing funeral homes. ...more about Undertaking Betty
30
Ellie Parker (2001)
No Reviews Available
"Ellie Parker" is a day in the life of an Australian actress (whom the film is named after) trying to survive in Hollywood. ...more about Ellie Parker
  • Not Available on DVD
31
For Love Alone (1986)
No Reviews Available
A poor young woman in 1930's Australia (Buday) falls in love with a dashing but arrogant teacher (Weaving) who preaches free love and watered down socialist precepts. She follows him to England, meeting a gentle banker (Neill) enroute. ...more about For Love Alone
  • Not Available on DVD
32
Gross Misconduct (1993)
No Reviews Available
Justin Thorne is a liberal arts professor. One of his college students is Jennifer Carter. She seduces Justin, then accuses him of rape. But it turns out that she has an unusual relationship with her father. ...more about Gross Misconduct
  • Not Available on DVD
33
House Divided, A (1998)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
34
Rabbits (2002)
No Reviews Available
A story of a group of humanoid rabbits and their depressive, daily life. The plot includes Jane ironing, Suzie sitting on a couch, Jack walking in and out of the apartment, and the occasional solo singing number by Suzie or Jane. ...more about Rabbits
  • Not Available on DVD