All Jodie Foster Movies Ranked 

Adjusted Score: 109296%

Critics Consensus: Director Jonathan Demme’s smart, taut thriller teeters on the edge between psychological study and all-out horror, and benefits greatly from stellar performances by Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster.

Adjusted Score: 101360%

Critics Consensus: Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore finds Martin Scorsese wielding a somewhat gentler palette than usual, with generally absorbing results.

Adjusted Score: 110848%

Critics Consensus: A must-see film for movie lovers, this Martin Scorsese masterpiece is as hard-hitting as it is compelling, with Robert De Niro at his best.

Adjusted Score: 93250%

Critics Consensus: Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan charm in Mark Waters’ nicely pitched — and Disney’s second — remake of the 1976 hit.

Adjusted Score: 94608%

Critics Consensus: Spike Lee’s energetic and clever bank-heist thriller is a smart genre film that is not only rewarding on its own terms, but manages to subvert its pulpy trappings with wit and skill.

Adjusted Score: 93809%

Critics Consensus: Nyad is an uplifting sports biopic strictly on the merits of its story, but it’s the outstanding performances from Annette Bening and Jodie Foster that really keep this picture afloat.

Adjusted Score: 83570%

Critics Consensus: A well-crafted and visually arresting drama with a touch of whimsy.

Adjusted Score: 79152%

Critics Consensus: The inter-cutting of animation by Spawn’s creator, Todd McFarlane, doesn’t always work, but the performances by the young actors capture the pains of growing up well.

Adjusted Score: 82403%

Critics Consensus: Elevated by David Fincher’s directorial talent and Jodie Foster’s performance, Panic Room is a well-crafted, above-average thriller.

Adjusted Score: 85839%

Critics Consensus: The Mauritanian takes a frustratingly generic approach to a real-life story that might have been inspirational in other hands, but Tahar Rahim’s performance elevates the uneven material.

Adjusted Score: 94719%

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Adjusted Score: 94116%

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Adjusted Score: 82090%

Critics Consensus: Delightfully bizarre, Bugsy Malone harnesses immense charm from its cast of child actors playing wise guys with precocious pluck.

Adjusted Score: 73612%

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Adjusted Score: 78846%

Critics Consensus: It isn’t as compelling on the screen as it was on the stage, but Carnage makes up for its flaws with Polanski’s smooth direction and assured performances from Winslet and Foster.

Adjusted Score: 71435%

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Adjusted Score: 72000%

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Adjusted Score: 72241%

Critics Consensus: Contact elucidates stirring scientific concepts and theological inquiry at the expense of satisfying storytelling, making for a brainy blockbuster that engages with its ideas, if not its characters.

Adjusted Score: 71675%

Critics Consensus: It isn’t terribly deep, but it’s witty and undeniably charming, and the cast is obviously having fun.

Adjusted Score: 76319%

Critics Consensus: After the heady sci-fi thrills of District 9, Elysium is a bit of a comedown for director Neill Blomkamp, but on its own terms, it delivers just often enough to satisfy.

Adjusted Score: 70183%

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Adjusted Score: 70355%

Critics Consensus: Jodie Foster’s visual instincts and Mel Gibson’s all-in performance sell this earnest, straightforward movie.

Adjusted Score: 64944%

Critics Consensus: Sommersby stumbles as a consistently compelling mystery, but typically solid work from Jodie Foster and Richard Gere fuels an engaging romance.

Adjusted Score: 72488%

Critics Consensus: Money Monster‘s strong cast and solidly written story ride a timely wave of socioeconomic anger that’s powerful enough to overcome an occasionally muddled approach to its worthy themes.

Adjusted Score: 58922%

Critics Consensus: Despite a committed performance by Jodie Foster, Nell opts for ponderous melodrama instead of engaging with the ethical dilemmas of socializing its titular wild child.

Adjusted Score: 47183%

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Adjusted Score: 66597%

Critics Consensus: Hotel Artemis has a few flashes of wit and an intriguing cast, but mostly it’s just a serviceable chunk of slightly futuristic violence — which might be all its audience is looking for.

Adjusted Score: 56725%

Critics Consensus: Despite good intentions, Nim’s Island flounders under an implausible storyline, simplistic stock characters, and distracting product placement.

Adjusted Score: 56715%

Critics Consensus: Beautiful cinematography can’t prevent Anna and the King from being boring and overly lengthy.

Adjusted Score: 53680%

Critics Consensus: Shadows and Fog recreates the chiaroscuro aesthetic of German Expressionism, but Woody Allen’s rambling screenplay retreads the director’s neurotic obsessions with derivative results.

Adjusted Score: 50146%

Critics Consensus: Magnetic by between Jodie Foster and Terrence Howard can’t quite compensate for The Brave One‘s problematic and unconvincing eye-for-an-eye moral.

Adjusted Score: 40023%

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Adjusted Score: 43431%

Critics Consensus: The actors are all on key here, but as the movie progress, tension deflates as the far-fetched plot kicks in.

Adjusted Score: 20006%

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.

Adjusted Score: 10696%

Critics Consensus: No consensus yet.