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Amy Adams has 37 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2020s. 2 sit in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Catch Me If You Can.
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Jab Harry Met Sejal
2017
Comedy · Drama

The Notorious Bettie Page
2006
Comedy · Drama

La La Land
2016
Comedy · Drama

Café Society
2016
Comedy · Drama

Rules Don't Apply
2016
Romance · Comedy

My One and Only
2009
Comedy · Drama

The Hoax
2006
Comedy · Drama

The Artist
2011
Drama · Comedy

Catch Me If You Can
2002 · Movie · Actor
Top 1%Paramount+ · Included

Zack Snyder's Justice League
2021 · Movie · Actor
Top 1%Max · Included

Arrival
2016 · Movie · Actor
Top 4%Paramount+ · Included

The Fighter
2010 · Movie · Actor
Top 13%Prime Video · Included

Enchanted
2007 · Movie · Actor
Top 21%Disney+ · Included

Sharp Objects
2018 · Mini · Actor
Top 22%Max · Included

A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. An FBI agent makes it his mission to put him behind bars. But Frank not only eludes capture, he revels in the pursuit.
Dir. Steven Spielberg · With Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken

Determined to ensure Superman's ultimate sacrifice was not in vain, Bruce Wayne aligns forces with Diana Prince with plans to recruit a team of metahumans to protect the world from an approaching threat of catastrophic proportions.
Dir. Zack Snyder · With Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot

Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.
Dir. Denis Villeneuve · With Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker

Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics professor whose family vacation turns violent.
Dir. Tom Ford · With Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Shannon

Boxer "Irish" Micky Ward's unlikely road to the world light welterweight title. His Rocky-like rise was shepherded by half-brother Dicky, a boxer-turned-trainer who rebounded in life after nearly being KO'd by drugs and crime.
Dir. David O. Russell · With Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams

The beautiful princess Giselle is banished by an evil queen from her magical, musical animated land and finds herself in the gritty reality of the streets of modern-day Manhattan. Shocked by this strange new environment that doesn't operate on a "happily ever after" basis, Giselle is now adrift in a chaotic world badly in need of enchantment. But when Giselle begins to fall in love with a charmingly flawed divorce lawyer who has come to her aid - even though she is already promised to a perfect fairy tale prince back home - she has to wonder: Can a storybook view of romance survive in the real world?
Dir. Kevin Lima · With Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, James Marsden

Reporter Camille Preaker confronts the psychological demons from her past when she returns to her hometown to investigate the murders of two young girls.
Dir. Marti Noxon · With Amy Adams, Patricia Clarkson, Chris Messina

A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation and become the symbol of hope for all mankind.
Dir. Zack Snyder · With Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon

In 1964 Bronx, two Catholic school nuns question the new priest's ambiguous relationship with a troubled African-American student.
Dir. John Patrick Shanley · With Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams

When yet another anniversary passes without a marriage proposal from her boyfriend, Anna decides to take action. Aware of a Celtic tradition that allows women to pop the question on Feb. 29, she plans to follow her lover to Dublin and ask him to marry her. Fate has other plans, however, and Anna winds up on the other side of the Emerald Isle with handsome, but surly, Declan -- an Irishman who may just lead Anna down the road to true love.
Dir. Anand Tucker · With Amy Adams, Matthew Goode, Adam Scott

Freddie, a volatile, heavy-drinking veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, finds some semblance of a family when he stumbles onto the ship of Lancaster Dodd, the charismatic leader of a new "religion" he forms after World War II.
Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson · With Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams

With the wedding of her younger sister fast approaching, Kat Ellis faces the undesirable prospect of traveling alone to London for the ceremony. While this is bad enough, Jeffrey, the man who left her as they moved closer to marriage, happens to be the groom's best man. Determined to show everyone -- most of all Jeffrey -- that her romantic life is as full and thrilling as ever, Kat hires a charming male escort as her date.
Dir. Clare Kilner · With Debra Messing, Dermot Mulroney, Amy Adams

When Kermit the Frog and the Muppets learn that their beloved theater is slated for demolition, a sympathetic human, Gary, and his felt-faced brother, Walter, swoop in to help the gang put on a telethon show and raise the $10 million they need to save the day.
Dir. James Bobin · With Jason Segel, Amy Adams, Chris Cooper

George W. Bush picks Dick Cheney, the CEO of Halliburton Co., to be his Republican running mate in the 2000 presidential election. No stranger to politics, Cheney's impressive résumé includes stints as White House chief of staff, House Minority Whip and Defense Secretary. When Bush wins by a narrow margin, Cheney begins to use his newfound power to help reshape the country and the world.
Dir. Adam McKay · With Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carell

Disillusioned with life in the city, feeling out of place in suburbia, and frustrated that her happily ever after hasn’t been so easy to find, Giselle turns to the magic of Andalasia for help. Accidentally transforming the entire town into a real-life fairy tale and placing her family’s future happiness in jeopardy, she must race against time to reverse the spell and determine what happily ever after truly means to her and her family.
Dir. Adam Shankman · With Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, James Marsden

Julia Child and Julie Powell – both of whom wrote memoirs – find their lives intertwined. Though separated by time and space, both women are at loose ends... until they discover that with the right combination of passion, fearlessness and butter, anything is possible.
Dir. Nora Ephron · With Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci

In the late 1950s and early '60s, artist Walter Keane achieves unbelievable fame and success with portraits of saucer-eyed waifs. However, no one realizes that his wife, Margaret, is the real painter behind the brush. Although Margaret is horrified to learn that Walter is passing off her work as his own, she is too meek to protest too loudly. It isn't until the Keanes' marriage comes to an end and a lawsuit follows that the truth finally comes to light.
Dir. Tim Burton · With Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz, Danny Huston

Slowed by age and failing eyesight, crack baseball scout Gus Lobel takes his grown daughter along as he checks out the final prospect of his career. Along the way, the two renew their bond, and she catches the eye of a young player-turned-scout.
Dir. Robert Lorenz · With Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams, Justin Timberlake

A single mother and her slacker sister find an unexpected way to turn their lives around in this off-beat dramatic comedy. In order to raise the tuition to send her young son to private school the mom starts an unusual business – a biohazard removal/crime scene clean-up service.
Dir. Christine Jeffs · With Amy Adams, Emily Blunt, Steve Zahn

A Texas congressman sets a series of events in motion when he conspires with a CIA operative to aid Afghan mujahideen rebels fighting the Soviets.
Dir. Mike Nichols · With Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman

On the way to meet with an independent artist in the South, newlywed art dealer Madeleine is convinced by her husband, George, that they should stop to meet his family in North Carolina. Madeleine's affluent lifestyle clashes with the family, but she befriends George's wide-eyed and pregnant sister-in-law, Ashley, who is nearing her due date. Through the family, Madeleine gains greater insight into George's character.
Dir. Phil Morrison · With Amy Adams, Embeth Davidtz, Ben McKenzie

In a small Minnesota town, the annual beauty pageant is being covered by a TV crew. Former winner Gladys Leeman wants to make sure her daughter follows in her footsteps; explosions, falling lights, and trailer fires prove that. As the Leemans are the richest family in town, the police are pretty relaxed about it all. Despite everything, main rival (but sweet) Amber Atkins won't give up without a fight.
Dir. Michael Patrick Jann · With Kirsten Dunst, Ellen Barkin, Denise Richards

A conman and his seductive partner are forced to work for a wild FBI agent, who pushes them into a world of Jersey power-brokers and the Mafia.
Dir. David O. Russell · With Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams

London, England, on the eve of World War II. Guinevere Pettigrew, a strict governess who is unable to keep a job, is fired again. Lost in the hostile city, a series of fortunate circumstances lead her to meet Delysia LaFosse, a glamorous and dazzling American jazz singer whose life is a chaos ruled by indecision, a continuous battle between love and fame.
Dir. Bharat Nalluri · With Frances McDormand, Amy Adams, Lee Pace

The fastest man on four wheels, Ricky Bobby, is one of the greatest drivers in NASCAR history. A big, hairy American winning machine, Ricky has everything a dimwitted daredevil could want, a luxurious mansion, a smokin' hot wife, and all the fast food he can eat. But Ricky's turbo-charged lifestyle hits an unexpected speed bump when he's bested by flamboyant Euro-idiot Jean Girard and reduced to a fear-ridden wreck.
Dir. Adam McKay · With Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Sacha Baron Cohen

An urgent phone call pulls a Yale Law student back to his Ohio hometown, where he reflects on three generations of family history and his own future.
Dir. Ron Howard · With Amy Adams, Glenn Close, Gabriel Basso

Fuelled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman's selfless act, Bruce Wayne and Diana Prince assemble a team of metahumans consisting of Barry Allen, Arthur Curry and Victor Stone to face the catastrophic threat of Steppenwolf and the Parademons who are on the hunt for three Mother Boxes on Earth.
Dir. Zack Snyder · With Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams

Chicklet is a sixteen-year old tomboy who's desperate to be part of the in-crowd of Malibu beach surfers. She's the typical American girl - except for one little problem: her personality is split into more slices than a pepperoni pizza.
Dir. Robert Lee King · With Lauren Ambrose, Thomas Gibson, Nicholas Brendon

Hapless museum night watchman Larry Daley must help his living, breathing exhibit friends out of a pickle now that they've been transferred to the archives at the Smithsonian Institution. Larry's (mis)adventures this time include close encounters with Amelia Earhart, Abe Lincoln and Ivan the Terrible.
Dir. Shawn Levy · With Ben Stiller, Amy Adams, Owen Wilson

Fearing the actions of a god-like Super Hero left unchecked, Gotham City’s own formidable, forceful vigilante takes on Metropolis’s most revered, modern-day savior, while the world wrestles with what sort of hero it really needs. And with Batman and Superman at war with one another, a new threat quickly arises, putting mankind in greater danger than it’s ever known before.
Dir. Zack Snyder · With Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Jesse Eisenberg
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