Sandra Bullock has been acting for decades. Though her film debut was a small role in the 1987 Hangmen, her big break came back in 1994 when she starred in the smash-hit film Speed with Keanu Reeves. She’s more recently known for her role in movies like Netflix’s 2018 record-breaking hit Bird Box and other classic movies like Miss Congeniality. From rom-coms and comedies to thrillers, the 57-year-old actress has demonstrated such a range that has made her a star for more than thirty years.
Bullock most recently starred in The Lost City, and is reportedly taking a break from acting following her role in the movie. The industry veteran has apparently made the decision to step away from acting to focus on her family. Bullock has been in over fifty movies, some she admittedly regretted. Here we rank her ten biggest movies based on Rotten Tomatoes audience scores.
10 Practical Magic (1998)
Practical Magic has a 73% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. The film stars Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman as sisters Sally and Gillian Owens, who are descendants of powerful witches. After their parents died from a family curse, the sisters were raised by their aunts who taught them practical magic. Before an evil spirit kills them, Sally and Gillian must use their magic to destroy it.
9 The Unforgivable (2021)
She plays Ruth Slater, who is released from prison after serving twenty years for murdering a sheriff in an attempt to evict her and her five-year-old sister. In the wake of her release, she gets two jobs, and searches for her estranged younger sister. Critics gave the film a 38% score, but audiences gave it a 74%.
8 Speed (1994)
This was perhaps the most pivotal role in Bullock’s acting career, as her portrayal of Annie Porter was her breakthrough role in Hollywood. The film also starred Keanu Reeves, Joe Morton and other big names. Speed grossed $350.4 million on a $30 million dollar budget, making it the fifth highest grossing film that year. It is currently rated 76% based on over 250,000 ratings from audiences. Despite the success of Speed, A sequel, Speed 2: Cruise Control, was released on June 13, 1997, without Reeves' involvement. The follow-up film would go down in infamy as one of the worst sequels of all time. It is one of Bullock’s five lowest rated films.
7 While You Were Sleeping (1995)
This classic romantic comedy stars Sandra Bullock as a hopelessly romantic Chicago Transit Authority token collector who is mistaken for the fiancée of a coma patient and falls for his brother instead. While You Were Sleeping has a 79% approval rating from audiences, based on over one hundred thousand ratings. Critics also rated the movie at an impressive 81%.
6 Gravity (2013)
In addition to a 96% score on the tomatometer, Gravity also garnered a 79% score from audiences. In the movie, Sandra Bullock and George Clooney play astronauts stranded in space after their space shuttle is destroyed mid-orbit and attempt to return to Earth. It earned over $723 million worldwide against a production budget of around $100 million, making it the eighth highest-grossing film of 2013.
5 The Lost City (2022)
The Lost City is an action-adventure comedy, with Sandra Bullock starring alongside Channing Tatum and Harry Potter star Danielle Radcliffe. Bullock plays a romance novelist who must escape a greedy billionaire(Radcliffe) with her cover model(Tatum) who is more than what meets the eye. The two must find the lost ancient city described in one of her books. It is rumored that this is Bullock’s last movie as she decided earlier in 2022 to step away from the industry to focus on family. TLC has an 83% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.
4 A Time To Kill (1996)
With over 50,000 ratings on Rotten Tomatoes, A Time To Kill has an 85% audience score. Bullock appears in the film alongside a star-studded cast including Samuel L. Jackson, Matthew McConaughey and disgraced actor Kevin Spacey. A Time To Kill is an American legal drama based on John Grisham's 1989 novel of the same name.
3 The Blind Side (2009)
The Blind Side is an American biographical sports drama film based on the 2006 book of the same name. It tells the story of Michael Oher, an American football offensive lineman who overcame an impoverished upbringing to play in the NFL with the help of his adoptive parents Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy. It stars Sandra Bullock as Leigh Anne Tuohy, Tim McGraw as Sean Tuohy, and Quinton Aaron as Oher. In addition to receiving an 85% audience score, Bullock's performance won her the Academy Award for Best Actress. Bullock also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role. The Blind Side also received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Picture.
2 Crash (2004)
The film features Sandra Bullock as part of an ensemble cast including Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, William Fichtner, Brendan Fraser, Terrence Howard, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Thandiwe Newton, Michael Peña, and Ryan Phillippe. The film, which has an 88% audience score, features racial and social tensions in Los Angeles and was inspired by a real-life incident in which Paul Haggis' (Director/Co-Writer/Producer) Porsche was carjacked in 1991 outside a video store on Wilshire Boulevard.
1 The Prince Of Egypt (1998)
The animated film by DreamWorks is the highest rated film in the icon’s repertoire. She voiced Miriam in The Prince of Egypt. The DreamWorks’ classic has been rated over a hundred thousand times by fans, who have given the movie a 91% audience score. Prince of Egypt was also loved by critics, who scored the movie an incredible 80% on the tomatometer.