Who doesn’t know Angelina Jolie? Whose stardom made her a tabloid magnet. She is an Oscar-winning American actress with many other accolades, including an Academy Award and Golden Globe thrice. She is also known as Hollywood’s highest-paid actress.
Jolie got her start in Hollywood as a child star in 1982, acting alongside her father, Jon Voight, in Lookin’ To Get Out and came to prominence in Girl, Interrupted (1999) for her intriguing performance as Lisa Rowe, and has since landed a title role in the “Lara Croft” blockbuster films; also Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Wanted, Salt, Maleficent and many other notable flicks. With her charismatic and well-immersed performances, she’s still dazzling on the big screen.
Her advanced age did her no harm as she is still among the in-demand actresses of Hollywood, and her fans find her well-sculpted face, sultry eyes, and seductive looks as appealing as before.
Aside from her successful career as a Hollywood most acclaimed star, she is also a humanitarian and conversationalist who used her massive platform to cultivate kindness and make the world a better place for its inhabitants. Jolie proved to be a true example of the beauty inside out through the variety of her charitable efforts, which included women’s empowerment, refugee rights, and sexual violence.
We’ve picked out 10 amazing pieces of work by Angelina Jolie and compiled a catalog for you.
10. Changeling (2011)
- IMDB Rating 7.8/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Rating 62%
The mystery flick, Changeling, is based on real-life events and explores themes like political corruption, women’s disempowerment, and the mistreatment of mental health patients. The story revolves around a single mother, Christine (Jolie), who asks LAPD to initiate the investigations when she finds her nine-year-old son Walter gone missing. Eventually, she gets to know that the police have found a little guy in Illinois who matches the description of her son, But when the police bring back her lost son (an imposter), she denies to accept him and says that he is not her son Walter. She is tagged as an unfit single parent and sent to the psychiatric ward.
9. Salt (2010)
- IMDB Rating 6.4/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Rating 62%
Who doesn’t love a strong, talented female lead? Phillip Noyce’s Salt is crime fiction, and it’s all a hook to hang a thriller. There’s no wonder that Angelina Jolie’s portrayal of Evelyn Salt, a super-spy, is more like a female version of James Bond. It’s no surprise for 34-years old Jolie to perform most of her stunts.
The story is about Evelyn, who works as an efficient CIA agent and is accused of being a Russian spy by a defector, Orlov, who claims to be FSB and spills the beans about the Russian Sleeper Cells and reveals their mission to infiltrate the American system. The irony occurs when he names the agent in charge of gunning down the Russian President during his visit to NY to attend the funeral of the lately deceased American Vice President: Evelyn Salt.
Concerning this controversy, Evelyn becomes more worried about her husband Mike’s safety, whom she cannot contact. She tries hard to puzzle out the truth behind her identity, but her efforts to prove herself white cast doubt upon her intentions, which continues to leave a question mark on her motives.
8. Maleficent (2014)
- IMDB Rating 6.9/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Rating 54%
Walt Disney’s Maleficent has taken inspiration from the original fairy tale by Charles Perrault, which tells a story about a bad fairy named Maleficent who protects her moor for years after the sudden military invasion. Maleficent was pure-hearted as a young girl and lived a wonderful life in her forest kingdom. The beautiful young fairy turns into a vengeful creature after being ruthlessly betrayed by her friend. She also battles against the invading King’s successor, curses his newly-born child, Arora, and realizes later that the child may hold the key to peace in the land.
7. Sky Captain And The World Of Tomorrow (2004)
- IMDB Rating 6.1/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Rating 70%
Get action-packed and ready to roll with the American sci-fi The Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, written and directed by Kerry Conran. The reporter Polly Perkins (Gwyneth Paltrow) meets up with Dr. Jennings (Trevor Baxter) to discuss the mysteriously missing scientists. As Polly returns to her office, the gigantic flying robots encroach on New York City again, attacking with their laser rays and destroying the city and hitting people by trampling them under their giant feet.
To detangle the mystery behind the attacks and missing scientists, Polly teams up with Sky Captain Harry Joseph “Joe” Sullivan (Jude Law), the ex-boyfriend of Polly, who appears at the scene with his amazing high-tech airplane to combat the enormous humanoids. With the help of Joe’s right-hand Dex (Giovanni Ribisi), they ultimately find the connection between both cases and set off on the quest to unleash the mastermind behind the plot.
Jolie is taking the action to new heights through her appearance as Franky, Joe’s friend who helps out Joe and Polly in their mission.
6. The One And Only Ivan (2020)
- IMDB Rating 6.5/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Rating 71%
A heart-touching and inspiring animal fable, The One and Only Ivan is an American fantasy drama film by Disney Plus with a perfect blend of adventure and comedy and is directed by Thea Sharrock. The captivating story is based on Katherine’s prize-winning novel The Basis of Mike White’s Screenplay. That tells a tale about a friendship between a mountain gorilla Ivan (voiced by Sam Rockwell), who is a star attraction in a shopping mall circus and dreams about freedom, a stray dog Bob (voiced by Danny DeVito), and an elephant named Stella (Angelina Jolie), who performs in a circus. The story is full of emotional moments and represents how animals desire freedom and to live in the wild.
5. BEOWULF (2007)
- IMDB Rating 6.3/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Rating 71%
The movie is an ultimate battle between good and evil, a fantasy action feature based on the Old English epic heroic poem of the same name Beowulf, produced and directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Neil Gaiman. The film recounts the heroic deeds of the Germanic legend warrior, Beowulf (Gerard Butler), who earns fame by battling and defeating the evil temptation demon Albeit (Angelina Jolie), who controls the dark forces and her malicious son Grendel (Ingvar Eggert). Afterward, when Beowulf becomes a King, he dwells against the dragon and kills it but also dies shortly after. Angelina steals the show with her sultry gold animated form.
4. Wanted (2008)
- IMDB Rating 6.7/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Rating 71%
Timur Bekmambetov’s Wanted is a must-watch for you if you are a thrill seeker and want to experience the ultimate rush of action. The story plot centers around a young guy Wesley Gibson (McAvoy), who gets recruited by Fox (Angelina Jolie) in his father’s secret organization shortly after his father’s death. Sloan (Morgan Freeman), leader of the Fraternity, trains Wesley. Although he appreciates his newly discovered abilities, he soon senses the truth about his father’s secret society of professional assassins.
3. A Mighty Heart (2007)
- IMDB Rating 6.6/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Rating 79%
A mighty heart is an American historical fiction drama film directed by Michael Winterbottom. The story is based on the screenplay by John Orloff, which features the teeming streets of Karachi, Pakistan, an overcrowded city that seems to be jammed shoulder to shoulder. Out of the blue, the terrorists appear and kidnap an American journalist, Daniel Pearl (Dan Futterman). While his pregnant wife, Mariane (Angelina Jolie), a French radio journalist, masks her grief and starts a desperate search for her husband.
The tragedy shows a true picture of our society where hatred is unconfined and victimizes the innocents.
2. Kung Fu Panda (2008)
- IMDB Rating 7.6/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Rating 87%
An American martial arts animated franchise Kung Fu Panda with the perfect blend of comedy is a great PG-rating flick that especially targets children and teens, directed by Mark Osborne and John Stevenson. The title makes the story obvious as it seems inconceivable to imagine a big roly-poly panda performing martial arts. The movie beautifully presents the idea of being contrary to all expectations.
As the movie is animated, Angelina Jolie shows her vocal skills as Tigress while the title role Po is played by (Jack Black).
1. GIA (1998)
- IMDB Rating 6.9/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Rating 93%
The life story of Gia Carangi, an American supermodel from the late 1970s, inspires the biographic drama film, Gia. The movie begins with her arrival in New York City with a dream of becoming a top model. She meets Wilhelmina Cooper (Faye Dunaway), one of the movers and shakers in the Modeling world; with Cooper’s support and her innate intuitions, she gains a dramatic rise in the fashion industry. After Cooper’s death, Gia (Angelina Jolie) becomes high on drugs which drowns her to a tragic death. Her demise casts a pall over her fans as the news spreads around the city.
