TopTenREVIEWS presents the film career and movie reviews of Cate Blanchett.

Cate Blanchett
Birthdate: May 14, 1969

Cate Blanchett

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CAREER SPAN

Decade
Movie Score
# Movies
1990s
2.9229
9
total ranking of 2.9229
2000s
3.2781
22
total ranking of 3.2781
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score: Cate Blanchett is ranked overall as 3.6177 of of 4 stars3.6177

Cate Blanchett Movie Rankings

1
Cate Blanchett starring in Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Cate Blanchett scores a combined 3.6919 out of 4 stars for Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring3.6919
A small Hobbit named Frodo is entrusted with sealing Middle Earth's fate by destroying the 'One Ring.' Accompanying him is a fellowship of eight, all sworn to protect Frodo and his mission. ...more about Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Actor Awards
  • Florida Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Supporting Actress
  • National Board of Review, USA - Best Supporting Actress
2
Cate Blanchett starring in Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Cate Blanchett scores a combined 3.6351 out of 4 stars for Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King3.6351
The final chapter in the Lord of the Rings epic. Frodo is on a mission to destroy the 'One Ring' and struggling to resist its power. Meanwhile, the rest of the fellowship is preparing for a war against the evil wizard Sauron. ...more about Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
3
Cate Blanchett starring in Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Cate Blanchett scores a combined 3.4768 out of 4 stars for Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers3.4768
In the second installment of the trilogy the fellowship must split up. Frodo and Samwise forge on to destroy the 'One Ring' and the rest must save two captured Hobbits and prepare for the war ahead. ...more about Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
4
Notes on a Scandal (2006)
Cate Blanchett scores a combined 3.1118 out of 4 stars for Notes on a Scandal3.1118
Based on the bestselling novel by Zoe Heller, "Notes on a Scandal" explores the relationship and eventual affair between a high-school art teacher, and one of her male students. Meanwhile, her private and professional life spirals out of control. ...more about Notes on a Scandal
Actor Awards
  • Academy Awards, USA - 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
  • Dallas-Fort Worth 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 Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
  • Satellite Awards - Best Actress in a Supporting Role
  • Screen Actors Guild Awards - Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
5
Aviator, The (2004)
Cate Blanchett scores a combined 3.0462 out of 4 stars for Aviator3.0462
Leonardo DiCaprio stars as aviation pioneer Howard Hughes in this biopic directed by Martin Scorsese. ...more about Aviator
Actor Awards
  • Academy Awards, USA - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
  • BAFTA Awards - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
  • Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards - Best Supporting Actress
  • Empire Awards, UK - Best Actress
  • Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
  • Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Supporting Actress
  • Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards - Best Supporting Actress
  • Online Film Critics Society Awards - Best Supporting Actress
  • Satellite Awards - Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Drama
  • Screen Actors Guild Awards - Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
  • Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards - Best Supporting Actress
6
Talented Mr. Ripley, The (1999)
Cate Blanchett scores a combined 2.9666 out of 4 stars for Talented Mr. Ripley2.9666
The 1950s. Manhattan lavatory attendant, Tom Ripley, borrows a Princeton jacket to play piano at a garden party. ...more about Talented Mr. Ripley
Actor Awards
  • BAFTA Awards - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
  • Blockbuster Entertainment Awards - Favorite Supporting Actress - Suspense
  • Chlotrudis Awards - Best Supporting Actress
7
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
Cate Blanchett scores a combined 2.9441 out of 4 stars for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull2.9441
In 1957, Indiana Jones is thrust back in action, venturing into the jungles of South America in a race against Soviet agents to find the mystical Crystal Skull. ...more about Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
  • Not Available on DVD
8
Elizabeth (1998)
Cate Blanchett scores a combined 2.9428 out of 4 stars for Elizabeth2.9428
The story of Elizabeth's ascendency to the throne, the plot of the movie is full of palace intrigues, attempted assassinations and executions. The movie starts with England divided by faith, Protestant vs. Catholic. ...more about Elizabeth
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
  • Chicago Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actress
  • Chlotrudis Awards - Best Actress
  • Empire Awards, UK - Best Actress
  • Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
  • Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards - Most Promising Actor
  • 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
  • Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actress
9
Ideal Husband, An (1999)
Cate Blanchett scores a combined 2.9126 out of 4 stars for Ideal Husband2.9126
Sir Robert Chiltern is a successful Government minister, well-off and with a loving wife. All this is threatened when Mrs Cheveley appears in London with damning evidence of a past misdeed. ...more about Ideal Husband
Actor Awards
  • Chlotrudis Awards - Best Supporting Actress
  • Satellite Awards - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, Comedy or Musical
10
I'm Not There (2007)
Cate Blanchett scores a combined 2.9067 out of 4 stars for I'm Not There2.9067
This re-enactment of the life of musician, Bob Dylan, features multiple actors embodying different stages in the singer's life. ...more about I'm Not There
11
Babel (2006)
Cate Blanchett scores a combined 2.8542 out of 4 stars for Babel2.8542
Alexander Gonzáles Iñárritu, the director of AMORES PERROS and 21 GRAMS, presents another series of interconnected dramas--this time set in Mexico, Morocco, Tunisia, and Japan, with an impressive international cast that includes Brad Pitt, Cate ...more about Babel
12
Oscar and Lucinda (1997)
Cate Blanchett scores a combined 2.8166 out of 4 stars for Oscar and Lucinda2.8166
In mid-1800's England, Oscar (Ralph Fiennes) is a young Anglican priest, a misfit and an outcast, but with the soul of an angel. ...more about Oscar and Lucinda
Actor Awards
  • Australian Film Institute - Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
  • Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards - Best Actor - Female
13
Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The (2004)
Cate Blanchett scores a combined 2.8028 out of 4 stars for Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou2.8028
Steve Zissou, sea-film auteur a la Jacques Cousteau, has reason to be melancholy: his partner has been eaten, perhaps by a mythic jaguar shark, his wife may be taking up with her ex-husband, a young man appears claiming Steve is his father (Steve hates ...more about Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Actor Awards
  • Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards - Best Supporting Actress
14
Bandits (2001)
Cate Blanchett scores a combined 2.7671 out of 4 stars for Bandits2.7671
A charismatic convict (Bruce Willis) and a hypochondriac inmate (Billy Bob Thornton) break out of prison in a cement truck and immediately start a bank robbing spree. ...more about Bandits
Actor Awards
  • AFI Awards, USA - AFI Featured Actor of the Year - Female - Movies
  • Florida Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Supporting Actress
  • Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
  • Screen Actors Guild Awards - Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
15
Coffee and Cigarettes (2003)
Cate Blanchett scores a combined 2.7576 out of 4 stars for Coffee and Cigarettes2.7576
A comic series of short vignettes in which Jarmusch delves into the normal pace of the world from an extraordinary angle, showing just how absorbing the obsessions, joys and addictions of life can be. ...more about Coffee and Cigarettes
16
Gift, The (2000)
Cate Blanchett scores a combined 2.7443 out of 4 stars for Gift2.7443
In the bayous near Savannah lives Annie, a widow with three young sons and a gift: she's clairvoyant, supporting her family by reading cards. ...more about Gift
Actor Awards
  • Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA - Best Actress
  • Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards - Best Actress in a Leading Role
17
Veronica Guerin (2003)
Cate Blanchett scores a combined 2.6783 out of 4 stars for Veronica Guerin2.6783
Based on a true story, this is about the Irish journalist Veronica Guerin (Cate Blanchett), a reporter for The Sunday Independent, who exposed some of Dublin's most powerful crime barons and drug lords in 1996. ...more about Veronica Guerin
Actor Awards
  • Empire Awards, UK - Best Actress
  • Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
18
Pushing Tin (1999)
Cate Blanchett scores a combined 2.6587 out of 4 stars for Pushing Tin2.6587
Nick and the other boys (and Vicki Lewis) working the hotspot of air traffic control in New York are impressed with themselves, to say the least. They thrive on the no-room-for-error, fast-paced job and let it infect their lives. ...more about Pushing Tin
19
Shipping News, The (2001)
Cate Blanchett scores a combined 2.6330 out of 4 stars for Shipping News2.6330
An inksetter in New York, Quoyle returns to his family's longtime home, a small fishing town in Newfoundland, with his young daughter, after a traumatizing experience with her mother, Petal, who sold her to an illegal adoption agency. ...more about Shipping News
Actor Awards
  • Florida Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Supporting Actress
  • National Board of Review, USA - Best Supporting Actress
20
Paradise Road (1997)
Cate Blanchett scores a combined 2.6246 out of 4 stars for Paradise Road2.6246
The group of women from different countries and social levels are prisoners in a Japanese concentration camp, where one of them, Adrienne, who is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music, organizes a vocal band in spite of their guards resistance. ...more about Paradise Road
21
Missing, The (2003)
Cate Blanchett scores a combined 2.5516 out of 4 stars for Missing2.5516
This bone-chilling suspense thriller tells the story of Maggie Gilkeson (Blanchett), a young woman raising her two daughters in an isolated and lawless wilderness. ...more about Missing
Actor Awards
  • Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA - Best Actress
22
Charlotte Gray (2001)
Cate Blanchett scores a combined 2.5360 out of 4 stars for Charlotte Gray2.5360
Charlotte, a young Scottish woman, who has studied in France, is living in London during World War II. Within weeks she both falls in love with a young pilot and is recruited by the Secret Service to act as a courier for the French Resistance. ...more about Charlotte Gray
Actor Awards
  • Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards - Best Actress
  • Satellite Awards - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama
23
Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)
Cate Blanchett scores a combined 2.3611 out of 4 stars for Elizabeth: The Golden Age2.3611
An exploration of the relationship between Elizabeth I (Blanchett) and the adventurer Sir Walter Raleigh (Owen). ...more about Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Actor Awards
  • Academy Awards, USA - Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
  • BAFTA Awards - Best Leading Actress
  • Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards - Best Actress
  • Empire Awards, UK - Best Actress
  • Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
24
Good German, The (2006)
Cate Blanchett scores a combined 2.1981 out of 4 stars for Good German2.1981
Based on the novel by Joseph Kanon, The Good German takes place in the ruins of post-World War II Berlin, where U.S. ...more about Good German
  • Not Available on DVD
25
Little Fish (2006)
Cate Blanchett scores a combined 2.1765 out of 4 stars for Little Fish2.1765
How do you learn to love again when the pain of the past won't let you go? When you're 32 with a troubled history and a doubtful future, it’s a question that isn't so easy to answer. ...more about Little Fish
  • Not Available on DVD
26
Man Who Cried, The (2000)
Cate Blanchett scores a combined 1.9552 out of 4 stars for Man Who Cried1.9552
A girl whose name and language are taken away, who loses everything and everyone she loves and is driven into silence, nevertheless finds a singing voice and finally manages to find her long lost father. ...more about Man Who Cried
Actor Awards
  • Chlotrudis Awards - Best Supporting Actress
  • Florida Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Supporting Actress
  • National Board of Review, USA - Best Supporting Actress
27
Thank God He Met Lizzie (1997)
Cate Blanchett scores a combined 0.7808 out of 4 stars for Thank God He Met Lizzie0.7808
Guy marries Lizzie. Dreamy Guy wanders around at his own wedding reception, recalling fond days of the girlfriend that got away; his long-time, de facto relationship with the warm and funny Jenny. ...more about Thank God He Met Lizzie
Actor Awards
  • Australian Film Institute - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
  • Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards - Best Supporting Actor - Female
  • Not Available on DVD
28
Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The (2007)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD
29
Parklands (1996)
No Reviews Available
Rosie returns to her home city on the death of her father, a former policeman. His diaries hint at corruption, and she also receives hints and veiled threats which support her suspicions. ...more about Parklands
  • Not Available on DVD
30
Police Rescue (1994)
No Reviews Available
Constable Laurie Gordon transfers from the Drugs Squad to Sydney's elite Police Rescue squad after her partner and lover is killed when a raid goes wrong. ...more about Police Rescue
  • Not Available on DVD
31
Stories of Lost Souls (2005)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD