Meryl Streep Movie Rankings
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Meryl Streep scores a combined 3.5711 out of 4 stars for Manhattan
3.5711
This movie focuses on the life of 42-year-old Isaac Davis (Woody Allen) who is going through a midlife crisis. His wife, Jill (Meryl Streep), leaves him for another woman which provokes a relationship with Tracy (Mariel Hemingway), a 17-year-old high school student who falls in love with him. ... more about Manhattan
Actor Awards
BAFTA Awards - Best Supporting Actress
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards - Best Supporting Actress
National Board of Review, USA - Best Supporting Actress
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA - Best Supporting Actress
DVD from $5.69 
(4 sellers)
2
Meryl Streep scores a combined 3.3268 out of 4 stars for Deer Hunter
3.3268
Epic drama follows the lives of a group of Russian-American friends from a small Pennsylvannia industrial town as they prepare to leave for Vietnam, but when they return from the war, their lives are indelibly changed. ... more about Deer Hunter
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actress in a Supporting Role
American Movie Awards - Best Supporting Actress
BAFTA Awards - Best Actress
Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actress in a Supporting Role
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA - Best Supporting Actress
DVD from $2.37 
(8 sellers)
3
Meryl Streep scores a combined 3.1371 out of 4 stars for Adaptation.
3.1371
An account of screenwriter Charlie Kaufman's (Cage) attempt to adapt Susan Orlean's (Streep) non-fiction book The Orchid Thief, which is the story of John Laroche (Cooper), a plant dealer who clones rare orchids then sells them to collectors. ... more about Adaptation.
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actress in a Supporting Role
BAFTA Awards - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards - Best Supporting Actress
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards - Best Supporting Actress
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Supporting Actress
Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Online Film Critics Society Awards - Best Supporting Actress
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards - Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Satellite Awards - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, Comedy or Musical
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards - Best Supporting Actress
DVD from $3.69 
(8 sellers)
4
Meryl Streep scores a combined 3.0705 out of 4 stars for Fantastic Mr. Fox
3.0705
Mr and Mrs Fox live an idyllic home life with their son Ash and visiting young nephew Kristopherson. But after 12 years, the bucolic existence proves too much for Mr Fox's wild animal instincts. ... more about Fantastic Mr. Fox
Not Available on DVD
5
Meryl Streep scores a combined 3.0608 out of 4 stars for Hours
3.0608
The story of three women searching for more potent, meaningful lives. Each is alive at a different time and place; all are linked by their yearnings and their fears. ... more about Hours
Actor Awards
BAFTA Awards - Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Berlin International Film Festival - Best Actress
Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
L.A. Outfest - Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
DVD from $1.24 
(8 sellers)
6
Meryl Streep scores a combined 3.0013 out of 4 stars for One True Thing
3.0013
When a tough New Yorker's (Renee Zellweger) mother (Meryl Streep) is stricken with a serious illness, she is forced to quit her job and her relationship with her boyfriend to take care of her, finding out a lot of things she didn't know about her mother ... more about One True Thing
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actress in a Leading Role
Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
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
DVD from $4.28 
(1 sellers)
7
Meryl Streep scores a combined 2.9654 out of 4 stars for Marvin's Room
2.9654
Estranged since their father's first stroke some 17 years earlier, Lee and Bessie lead separate lives in separate states. Lee's son, Hank, finds himself committed to a mental institution after setting fire to his mother's house. ... more about Marvin's Room
Actor Awards
Chlotrudis Awards - Best Supporting Actress
Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
DVD from $6.36 
(1 sellers)
8
Meryl Streep scores a combined 2.9397 out of 4 stars for Manchurian Candidate
2.9397
As the entire nation watches the presidential campaign hurtle towards Election Day, one soldier races to uncover the conspiracy behind it -- a conspiracy that seeks to destroy democracy itself. ... more about Manchurian Candidate
Actor Awards
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA - Best Supporting Actress
BAFTA Awards - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
DVD from $0.90 
(8 sellers)
9
Meryl Streep scores a combined 2.9179 out of 4 stars for Prairie Home Companion
2.9179
For more than 30 years 'A Prairie Home Companion' radio show has been a staple of American radio history. Tomorrow the building will be demolished. The film shows each character as they prepare for their last broadcast. ... more about Prairie Home Companion
DVD from $4.59 
(5 sellers)
10
Meryl Streep scores a combined 2.9168 out of 4 stars for Out of Africa
2.9168
Follows the life of Karen Blixen, who establishes a plantation in Africa. Her life is Complicated by a husband of convenience (Bror Blixen), a true love (Denys), troubles on the plantation, schooling of the natives, war, and catching VD from her husband. ... more about Out of Africa
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actress in a Leading Role
BAFTA Awards - Best Actress
David di Donatello Awards - Best Foreign Actress (Migliore Attrice Straniera)
Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actress
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actress
DVD from $5.26 
(3 sellers)
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Meryl Streep scores a combined 2.8763 out of 4 stars for Cry in the Dark
2.8763
Based on the true story of Lindy Chamberlain: during a camping trip to Ayer's Rock in outback Australia, she claims she witnessed a dingo stealing her baby daughter Azaria from the family tent. Azaria's body is never found. ... more about Cry in the Dark
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actress in a Leading Role
Australian Film Institute - Best Actress in a Lead Role
Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actress
DVD from $2.43 
(7 sellers)
12
Meryl Streep scores a combined 2.8652 out of 4 stars for Defending Your Life
2.8652
Yuppie Daniel Miller is killed in a car accident and goes to Judgment City, a waiting room for the afterlife. ... more about Defending Your Life
Actor Awards
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA - Best Actress
DVD from $5.79 
(7 sellers)
13
Meryl Streep scores a combined 2.8612 out of 4 stars for Devil Wears Prada
2.8612
The best-selling novel about a young woman who stumbles into the hectic worlds of high fashion and publishing comes to the big screen. ... more about Devil Wears Prada
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
BAFTA Awards - Best Actress in a Leading Role
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actress
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actress
Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA - Best Supporting Actress
Online Film Critics Society Awards - 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
DVD from $2.25 
(7 sellers)
14
Meryl Streep scores a combined 2.8287 out of 4 stars for Silkwood
2.8287
Fairly accurate recounting of the story of Karen Silkwood, the Oklahoma nuclear-plant worker who blew the whistle on dangerous practices at the Kerr-McGee plant and who died under circumstances which are still under debate. ... more about Silkwood
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actress in a Leading Role
BAFTA Awards - Best Actress
Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actress
DVD from $3.74 
(2 sellers)
15
Meryl Streep scores a combined 2.8199 out of 4 stars for Julia
2.8199
From "Pentimento," the memoirs of late playwright Lillian Hellman, JULIA covers those years in the 1930s when Lillian attained fame with the production of her first play "The Childrens' Hour" on Broadway. ... more about Julia
DVD from $3.41 
(7 sellers)
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Meryl Streep scores a combined 2.8054 out of 4 stars for Julie & Julia
2.8054
Based on two true stories, Julie & Julia intertwines the lives of two women who, though separated by time and space, are both at loose ends...until they discover that with the right combination of passion, fearlessness and butter, anything is possible. ... more about Julie & Julia
Not Available on DVD
17
Meryl Streep scores a combined 2.7896 out of 4 stars for French Lieutenant's Woman
2.7896
A film is being made of a story, set in 19th century England, about Charles, a biologist who's engaged to be married, but who falls in love with outcast Sarah, whose melancholy makes her leave him after a short, but passionate affair. ... more about French Lieutenant's Woman
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actress in a Leading Role
BAFTA Awards - Best Actress
Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actress - Drama
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actress
DVD from $5.99 
(1 sellers)
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Meryl Streep scores a combined 2.7857 out of 4 stars for Music of the Heart
2.7857
The true story of a young teacher who fights against the board of education in her bid to teach underprivileged kids in a Harlem school the beauty of music through the violin. ... more about Music of the Heart
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actress in a Leading Role
Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Screen Actors Guild Awards - Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
DVD from $7.05 
(5 sellers)
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Meryl Streep scores a combined 2.7771 out of 4 stars for Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
2.7771
Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire are three intelligent young children who receive terrible news that their parents have died in a fire and have left them an enormous fortune not to be used until the eldest child is of age. ... more about Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
DVD from $2.00 
(7 sellers)
20
Meryl Streep scores a combined 2.7522 out of 4 stars for Bridges of Madison County
2.7522
The path of Francesca Johnson's future seems destined when an unexpected fork in the road causes her to question everything she had come to expect from life. ... more about Bridges of Madison County
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actress in a Leading Role
Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Screen Actors Guild Awards - Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
DVD from $3.28 
(4 sellers)
21
Meryl Streep scores a combined 2.7435 out of 4 stars for Doubt
2.7435
It's 1964, St. Nicholas in the Bronx. A vibrant, charismatic priest, Father Flynn, is trying to upend the school's strict customs, which have long been fiercely guarded by Sister Aloysius Beauvier, the iron-gloved Principal who believes in the power of fear and discipline. ... more about Doubt
DVD from $8.82 
(5 sellers)
22
Meryl Streep scores a combined 2.7188 out of 4 stars for Ant Bully
2.7188
New in town, friendless and tormented by a neighborhood bully, 10-year-old Lucas Nickle has been taking out his frustration on the innocent ant hill in his yard. But one day the ants retaliate. ... more about Ant Bully
DVD from $0.99 
(9 sellers)
23
Meryl Streep scores a combined 2.6804 out of 4 stars for Stuck On You
2.6804
The very essence of the relationship between co-joined twins Bob (Damon) and Walt (Kinear) is tested when Walt convinces them to move to L.A. so he can become an actor. ... more about Stuck On You
DVD from $1.49 
(7 sellers)
24
Meryl Streep scores a combined 2.6788 out of 4 stars for Dancing at Lughnasa
2.6788
A young boy tells the story of growing up in a fatherless home with his unmarried mother and four spinster aunts in 1930's Ireland. ... more about Dancing at Lughnasa
DVD from $13.92 
(6 sellers)
25
Meryl Streep scores a combined 2.6761 out of 4 stars for Prime
2.6761
Prime is a sophisticated, character comedy set in New York City about Rafi (Uma Thurman), a recently divorced 37-year-old career woman from Manhattan and what happens when Dave (Bryan Greenberg), a talented 23-year-old painter from the upper West Side of ... more about Prime
DVD from $0.01 
(6 sellers)
26
Meryl Streep scores a combined 2.6640 out of 4 stars for Postcards from the Edge
2.6640
Substance-addicted Hollywood actress Suzanne Vale is on the skids. ... more about Postcards from the Edge
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actress in a Leading Role
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
DVD from $3.14 
(7 sellers)
27
Meryl Streep scores a combined 2.5824 out of 4 stars for Death Becomes Her
2.5824
Helen and Madeline hate each other. Madeline is married to Ernest, who is having an affair with Helen. Both women rely on Ernest for plastic surgery for their continued good looks, so when Madeline finds a cure for aging, Helen gets it, too. ... more about Death Becomes Her
Actor Awards
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA - Best Actress
Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical
DVD from $3.63 
(7 sellers)
28
Meryl Streep scores a combined 2.5500 out of 4 stars for Before and After
2.5500
When teenage son Jacob is being accused of murdering his girlfriend, the well-respected and close-knit Ryan family is in turmoil. ... more about Before and After
DVD from $4.81 
(6 sellers)
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Meryl Streep scores a combined 2.5478 out of 4 stars for River Wild
2.5478
Gail, an expert at white water rafting, takes her family on a trip down the river to their family's house. Along the way, the family encounters two men who are unexperienced rafters that need to find their friends down river. ... more about River Wild
Actor Awards
Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Screen Actors Guild Awards - Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
DVD from $1.99 
(7 sellers)
30
Meryl Streep scores a combined 2.5272 out of 4 stars for Kramer vs. Kramer
2.5272
Ted Kramer is a career man for whom his work comes before his family. His wife Joanna cannot take this anymore, so she decides to leave him. Ted is now faced with the tasks of housekeeping and taking care of himself and their young son Billy. ... more about Kramer vs. Kramer
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actress in a Supporting Role
BAFTA Awards - Best Actress
Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actress in a Supporting Role
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Supporting Actress
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards - Best Supporting Actress
National Board of Review, USA - Best Supporting Actress
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA - Best Supporting Actress
New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Supporting Actress
DVD from $4.99 
(6 sellers)
31
Meryl Streep scores a combined 2.4071 out of 4 stars for House of the Spirits
2.4071
South America before the second world war. The poor Esteban marries Clara and they get a daughter, Blanca. Esteban works hard and eventually gets money to buy a hacienda and become a local patriarch. ... more about House of the Spirits
DVD from $9.99 
(0 sellers)
32
Meryl Streep scores a combined 2.3752 out of 4 stars for Mamma Mia!
2.3752
Meryl Streep leads an all-star cast in the feature-film adaptation of the beloved musical that has been seen by more than 30 million people in 160 cities and 8 languages around the world. ... more about Mamma Mia!
DVD from $5.49 
(6 sellers)
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Meryl Streep scores a combined 2.2787 out of 4 stars for Evening
2.2787
Michael Cunningham (author of THE HOURS) lends his screenwriting skills to Lajos Koltai's EVENING. This time, Cunningham adapts a book by Susan Minot for the big screen. ... more about Evening
DVD from $1.60 
(8 sellers)
34
Meryl Streep scores a combined 2.2126 out of 4 stars for Lions for Lambs
2.2126
Oscar winner Robert Redford directs Tom Cruise and Meryl Streep in this political drama about the war on terror. ... more about Lions for Lambs
Not Available on DVD
35
Meryl Streep scores a combined 2.1707 out of 4 stars for Heartburn
2.1707
Rachel and Mark are both Washington journalists. They meet at a wedding and not long after they get married themselves. Very soon they have a daughter, Annie. But one day Rachel learns that Mark was having an affair during her pregnancy. ... more about Heartburn
DVD from $3.90 
(6 sellers)
36
Meryl Streep scores a combined 2.1411 out of 4 stars for Sophie's Choice
2.1411
Sophie is the survivor of Nazi concentration camps, who has found a reason to live in Nathan, a sparkling if unsteady American Jew obsessed with the Holocaust. They befriend Stingo, the movie's narrator, a young American writer new to New York City. ... more about Sophie's Choice
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actress in a Leading Role
BAFTA Awards - Best Actress
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards - Best Actress
Golden Globes, USA - Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actress
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actress
National Board of Review, USA - Best Actress
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA - Best Actress
New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actress
DVD from $4.02 
(6 sellers)
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Meryl Streep scores a combined 2.0492 out of 4 stars for Plenty
2.0492
Susan Traherne has been irreparably changed by her wartime experiences as a Resistance fighter. She sets out in the post-war world to make her way to what she wants, no matter who is hurt, or how. ... more about Plenty
DVD from $6.06 
(0 sellers)
38
Meryl Streep scores a combined 1.8988 out of 4 stars for She-Devil
1.8988
Ruth is a wife and mother who tries to please her husband, even though she is fat. But when her husband falls into an affair with a certain romance novelist, Ruth goes bezerk and demands revenge. ... more about She-Devil
Actor Awards
Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical
DVD from $4.02 
(0 sellers)
39
Meryl Streep scores a combined 1.8761 out of 4 stars for Falling in Love
1.8761
During shopping for Christmas, Frank and Molly run into each other. This fleeting short moment will start to change their lives, when they recognize each other months later in the train home and have a good time together. ... more about Falling in Love
Actor Awards
David di Donatello Awards - Best Foreign Actress (Migliore Attrice Straniera)
DVD from $3.90 
(6 sellers)
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Meryl Streep scores a combined 1.7529 out of 4 stars for Seduction of Joe Tynan
1.7529
Respected liberal Senator Joe Tynan is asked to to lead the opposition to a Supreme Court appointment. It means losing an old friend and fudging principles to make the necessary deals, as well as further straining his already part-time family life. ... more about Seduction of Joe Tynan
Actor Awards
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards - Best Supporting Actress
National Board of Review, USA - Best Supporting Actress
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA - Best Supporting Actress
New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Supporting Actress
Not Available on DVD
42
Meryl Streep scores a combined 1.7264 out of 4 stars for Ironweed
1.7264
Albany, New York, Halloween, 1938. Francis Phelan and Helen Archer are bums, back in their birth city. She was a singer on the radio, he a major league pitcher. ... more about Ironweed
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actress in a Leading Role
Not Available on DVD
44
Meryl Streep scores a combined 0.8264 out of 4 stars for Dark Matter
0.8264
In this film based on a true story, Liu Ye (THE CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER) plays Liu Xing, a Chinese student attending college in the United States. ... more about Dark Matter
Not Available on DVD
45
Meryl Streep scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Dirty Tricks
0.0001
Not Available on DVD
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Meryl Streep scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Eternal Memory: Voices from the Great Terror
0.0001
A description of Josef Stalin's purges in Ukraine in the 1930s and 1940s. ... more about Eternal Memory: Voices from the Great Terror
Not Available on DVD
47
Meryl Streep scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for First Man
0.0001
Not Available on DVD
48
Meryl Streep scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for In Our Hands
0.0001
Not Available on DVD
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Meryl Streep scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Monet's Palate: A Gastronomic View from the Gardens of Giverny
0.0001
Monet's Palate is a documentary which examines the connection between fine art and fine cuisine as seen through the eyes of Claude Monet. ... more about Monet's Palate: A Gastronomic View from the Gardens of Giverny
Not Available on DVD
 
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Meryl Streep
Birthdate:
June 22, 1949

Meryl Streep

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Career Span:

Decade
# Movies
Movie Score
1970s
5
total ranking of 3.0019  3.0019
1980s
12
total ranking of 2.7691  2.7691
1990s
13
total ranking of 3.2062  3.2062
2000s
20
total ranking of 3.0676  3.0676
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score:
4.0000
Meryl Streep is ranked overall as 4.0000 of of 4 stars
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