The life of Oscar winner and three Golden Globes Angelina Jolie is filled with vibrant events, and her social activities delight as well as her brilliant movie play. How can a beautiful woman help solve world problems while continuing to delight fans with new movie roles and directorial work. In our selection we will present the best films with the participation of Angelina Jolie, and for a better perception we will arrange them in chronological order.
1
Hackers. 1995
What is the top of the best films of Jolie will be able to do without the film "Hackers", after the release of which in 1995 the whole cinema world started talking about the appearance of a new talented actress in the sky of Hollywood.
And although the film received low marks from critics, for the new generation it became a cult, and, in fact, opened the world to a new actress, who in a few years will become the most sought-after and highly paid star of the dream factory.
2
Gia / Gia. 1998
When director Michael Christopher decided to shoot a biographical film about the life of the star of the catwalks and gloss of the late 70s, he invited Angelina Jolie to the main role.
The actress refused for a long time, since the life of the model Gia Marie Carangi strongly reminded Angelina of her own fate. Under the pressure of the director, the actress surrendered, and the film turned out to be magnificent and true. The first “Golden Globe” appeared in the piggy bank of awards and film awards for the actress, and the film itself was awarded the same prize.
3
Interrupted Life / Girl, Interrupted. 1999
The film by James Mangold was a breakthrough in Jolie's acting career. At 24 years old, she brilliantly embodied the image of an aggressive sociopathic person named Fox, who in a psychiatric hospital is getting closer to the patient Susanna.
With her play, Angelina overshadowed the main character played by Winona Ryder, and received the Golden Globe and the coveted Oscar for the role of Fox. Note that this film is autobiographical, because it was shot based on the novel by Susanna Keysen, who herself spent two years in a psychiatric clinic.
4
Gone in Sixty Seconds. 2000
The action-packed action movie of Dominic Sen struck the viewer with the presence of a large number of beautiful cars, and the brilliant game of Nicolas Cage and Angelina Jolie.
A young, but already titled actress, did not get lost in a cohort of Hollywood stars, and fit perfectly into the crazy pace of the film. In addition to Hollywood stars and high-speed cars, the film is accompanied by a magnificent soundtrack.
5
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider / Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. 2001
The screen version of the popular game was severely criticized by film industry experts, but without the role of the adventurous archaeologist Lara Croft performed by Jolie, the list of her best films would be incomplete.
After the premiere, this film was the first to collect a record box office with a woman in the title role, ahead of Charlie's Angels in this indicator. In the film, the role of the father of an adventurer was played by John Voight, who is the father of Jolie in real life. After visiting during the filming of Cambodia, the actress began an active social activity.
6
Temptation / Original Sin. 2001
For the second time, Michael Christopher decided to invite the beautiful Jolie to the main role in his film, and the magnificent adaptation of the novel “Waltz in the Dark” took the actress to a new level.
In it, the graceful actress plays the charming and sexy adventurer Bonnie, who with her spells managed to turn the head of a coffee magnate. Due to frank scenes performed by Jolie and Banderas, the film entered the category “R”, and people under 17 years old are not allowed to watch such films without the presence of one of their parents.
We already wrote about this picture on the pages of our TheBiggest.ru in an article about the most popular explicit films in the world.
7
Beyond the Beyond Borders. 2003
Filming with director Martin Campbell in the movie Beyond the Boundary, Jolie again went to Cambodia. In the center, as always, is a love triangle.
The heroine Jolie works at the UN and actively helps refugees and children in Africa. Life with her husband has lost its former splendor, but fate gives her a chance to go to Cambodia, where she meets her lover. During the filming of "Beyond the Boundary," Angelina adopted her first child.
8
Mr. and Mrs. Smith & Mrs. Smith. 2005
Another fateful motion picture of Angelina, on the site of which she began an affair with the handsome Brad Pitt. The relationship of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt on the set did not go unnoticed by the paparazzi, no matter how the stars denied their connection. And a year after the premiere, Jolie admitted that she was expecting a baby from Pitt.
The film itself received mixed reviews from film critics, but the joint work of Jolie and Pitt was warmly received by the world viewer and gathered an excellent box office during the rental.
9
The Good Shepherd. 2006
Robert de Niro tackled the difficult topic of the relationship between the United States and the USSR during the Cold War. Matt Damon and Angelina Jolie were invited to the main roles, which fit perfectly into the historical era.
In the film, Jolie played the wife of the head of the CIA counterintelligence, Edward Wilson. The film was highly appreciated by the audience, but from the CIA, the directors and actors who took part in the film were criticized for not knowing the historical material, although archival materials were partially used during the filming of the film.
10
Her heart / A Mighty Heart. 2007
Playing real historical figures became commonplace for Angelina, and the biographical drama of director Michael Winterbottom was first shown at the Cannes Film Festival, where he went out of competition.
And again, the main character of Angelina is the wife of authoritative journalist Daniel Perle, who was executed in Pakistan. The film was created entirely according to the recollections of the journalist’s wife.
11
Particularly Dangerous / Wanted. 2008
In the American box office, a joint Russian-German-American action movie was called “Wanted”, but the Russian audience knows the picture in which Konstantin Khabensky and the stars of Hollywood played under the name “Especially Dangerous”.
Most viewers and experts considered the film a breakthrough in Russian cinema, and all the special effects, and there were more than 1,000 in the film, were shot at Timur Bekmambetov’s Moscow studio.
12
Substitution / Changeling. 2008
Clint Eastwood's dramatic thriller turned out to be exciting and touching, and Angelina Jolie was very convincing in the role of Christine Collins, who lost her child.
In English, the film is called by the name of a mythical creature - a child of an elf or fairy, whom the inhabitants of the other world leave in place of a child stolen from people. A year after the premiere, Jolie was awarded the prestigious Cesar Award, and the film itself raised $ 489,015 for the first days of rental.
13
Tourist / The Tourist. 2010
The American audience saw a remake of the French film "Elusive" in cinemas in 2010, and the main characters in the American version were embodied by the inimitable Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie.
The exciting action movie has received numerous awards and excellent criticism. Many experts in the world of cinema called the “Tourist” a beautiful gloss that successfully removes and distracts from the problems of everyday life.
14
Maleficent / Maleficent. 2014
There is in the piggy bank a brilliant Angelina and experience in the fantasy genre. The story about the villain Maleficent, based on the fairy tale “Sleeping Beauty”, was liked by the viewer, and in Russia many viewers called it the best fairy tale filmed in Hollywood pavilions.
A new interpretation of the well-known tale caused mixed reviews from critics, but everyone agreed that Jolie's talent and charm saved the feature film. Today, the last film Angelina is working on as an actress is a continuation of the story about the witch Maleficent.
15
Cote d'Azur / By the Sea. 2015
A brilliant and inimitable picture, where the director Angelina Jolie Pitt made, talks about a couple, where Jolie herself played one of the roles. A role was found for the (already former) spouse of Brad Pitt, and he played the role of a talented writer.
The film was the first collaboration of a star couple since the release of the cult "Mr. and Mrs. Smith." The director’s ingenious idea was to transfer the events of the film to the 70s of the twentieth century, when new-fashioned gadgets and the temptations of the modern world are not distracting, but allow you to focus on human emotions.
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In the Land of Blood and Honey. 2011
We complete our list with another directorial work of a talented and beautiful woman. Many famous directors addressed the topic of love in war, but Angelina wrote the script for her film herself.
The plot of the film takes the viewer to the 90s, when the Balkans were engulfed in the flames of war. But the name of the film, the actress and director borrowed from the stable version, according to which the word "Balkans" in Turkish consists of the phrase "ball" - honey and "kan" - blood.
In conclusion
All films with the participation of Angelina Jolie are always of particular interest to critics, and viewers are eagerly awaiting new premieres with the participation of their beloved actress. No wonder she is on the lists of the most beautiful actresses in many popular publications. The filmography of Jolie as an actress has more than 40 roles, and in 2007 the talented and inimitable woman first tried herself as a director, and has already shot 5 films.
Article author: Valery Skiba