65 Laura Dern Movies, Ranked Best to Worst

Dr Alan Grant and Dr. Ellie Sattler are amongst the group of expert invited by John Hammond to visit his theme park where cloned dinosaurs are the highlight. However, the tour goes wrong when a storms sets in and an employee shuts down the power leaving the man eating dinosaurs to roam around freely. Alan has to ensure a safe return for himself and Hammond’s two grandchildren.

Marriage Story is a critically acclaimed and award-winning drama film which tells the story of a married couple, a successful stage director and an actress, who are going through a divorce. However, the divorce gets more and more complicated over time.  

Little Women is a period drama film which is based on the popular novel of the same name by Louisa May Alcott.  The film revolves around four sisters, each determined to live her life according to her own terms.

Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore is a comedy drama film which tells the story of a woman who recently loses her husband. She hits the road with her young son, and is determined to make a new life for herself as a singer.

Named after Bobby Vinton’s song, Blue Velvet, is a neo-noir thriller by American filmmaker David Keith Lynch. It starts when a college student, who is in town visiting his ailing father, finds a human ear severed and thrown in a field. What follows, is his journey to try and uncover the mystery and getting involved with an enticing lounge singer.

The movie, which is based on John Green’s novel of the same name, follows the journey of two teenagers, Hazel Grace Lancaster and Augustus Gus Waters – both cancer patients – who meet and fall in love with each other. The two also travel together to meet her favourite author, though it does not turn to be what she expected.

The movie tells the story of Homer H. Hickam Jr., a coal miner’s son who beats all odds stacked against him to build rockets after being inspired by the launch of Sputnik 1. Despite having a disapproving father and hostile townspeople, Homer eventually earns his father’s support and goes on to become a NASA engineer. 

Sam Dawson is an intellectually disabled father raising his daughter Lucy with the help of a group of friends who also have disabilities. As Lucy grows up her intellectual superiority threatens their relationship. Things get more complicated when Lucy is placed in foster care but keeps coming back to her dad. 

Two escaped prisoners, Butch and Pugh, stumble into a house belonging to eight year old Philip and needing a hostage, grab the boy. Later, Butch kills Pugh as he tries to harm Phillip and the two continue with their journey, quickly developing a loving relationship. Chasing them is Red Garnett, honorable Texas Ranger, who wants to catch Butch alive.        

Sailor Ripley, released from prison after killing in self-defense, breaks his parole to set out for California with girlfriend, Lula Fortune. Lula’s mother, Marietta, sends a private detective and a contract-killer after them to eliminate Sailor. While on the run in a bid to keep one step ahead of Marietta’s plotting, they encounter offensives, and fight through challenges that test their love.

Rocky is a teenager who is intelligent, but suffers from a serious facial deformity. He manages to outlive his life expectancy, and his mother tries to get him accepted in the public school system. He tries to fit in and live a normal life under the circumstances.

In Star Wars: The Last Jedi, we see the good guys, aka the Resistance, battle it out with the bad guys, also known as the First Order in epic style. Featuring recurring heroes like Han Solo and Princess Leia, this epic space opera is the third part of the Star Wars sequel trilogy.

After the death of her mother, who had taken great pains to raise her and her brother, Cheryl Strayed finds herself sliding deep into drug addiction which breaks her marriage. To pull herself out of grief and addiction, Cheryl embarks alone on a 1000-miles Pacific Crest Trail hike. As she faces setbacks and hazards, it proves to be a journey of self-discovery. 

The biopic follows Ray Kroc, an unsuccessful traveling salesman of Price Castle milkshake mixers. Ray, who has ample but unsatisfactory experience of inefficiently run drive-ins, learns about Richard and Maurice McDonalds’ popular San Bernardino walk-up restaurant. With quality and consistency of food-products, speedy service and family atmosphere, Ray recognizes a franchise potential and enters a contract - creating history with McDonald Empire.

A construction worker named Dennis who is in need of money, has no other choice, but to accept a job with a ruthless real estate broker Rick Carver. Rick is the same person who evicted Dennis and his family from their home.

Having witnessed the horrors of WWII, Freddie Quell struggles to return to normal life and drifts from one job to another due to his alcoholism and violent nature. He is easily influenced by Lancaster Dodd, the charismatic leader of the philosophical movement, The Cause, but his rise within the cult makes the other members worried.

Bobby McKlusky is serving time in a prison in Arkansas for his illegal liquor business. However, when he learns that his younger brother Donny was murdered and Sheriff JC Connors was behind it, he manages to get out of prison, and starts to work undercover for a federal agency, in order to expose the sheriff and his wrongdoings.   

Inland Empire is a 2006 mystery drama film, revolving around an actress who begins to adopt the persona of her character in a film, and meanwhile, her world starts becoming nightmarish and surreal.  

When the Game Stands Tall is a sports drama film which tells the story of Bob Ladouceur, a coach for the De La Salle Spartans. His career eventually begins a downward spiral because of his personal problems. Eventually the 151-game winning streak of his team comes to an end after they lose a game against Bellevue, Washington.

Based on the true events of the 1940s notorious ‘Lonely Hearts Killings.’ Conman Raymond Fernandez seduces rich single women through personal ads, swindling their money. After meeting alike con-artist Martha Beck, they travel as a team, luring women, leaving a trail of homicides across several states. Detectives Robinson and Hildebrandt tenaciously hunt down the psychopaths, who are finally sentenced to death in 1949. 

Nick Halsey, a longtime salesman, loses his job when he shows up drunk too many times at work. The same day he also finds that his wife has dumped him, and she has left all his possessions on the front lawn of their house. In an attempt to start over, he starts holding a yard sale on his front lawn. 

This romantic drama film tells the story of two friends, Jack and Hank, who meet regularly for dinner, with their wives, but in reality, they are actually suffering from problems in their respective marriages. Jack and Hank soon realize that they are both in love with each other’s wives.

This drama film tells us the story of an attorney Laura Wells, who is dealing with a disgruntled client, Fuller, who is unemployed due to his disability from a workplace incident. The second story is about Gina and Ryan, a married couple building their new home, and the final story is about a ranch hand Jamie, who develops a friendship with a young lawyer named Beth.

Mamie had given up her only son for adoption as the father was Maime’s stepbrother. Ironically, she is now working as a counselor at an abortion clinic. However, her life takes a turn when one day, an aspiring filmmaker, tells her that he has information as well as proof of her son’s identity.

Peggy is a timid secretary whose whole life revolves around her adorable little dog, Pencil. However, when the dog passes away all of a sudden, her life turns upside down. She soon transitions to veganism and becomes an animal rights activist and starts working to help animals.

To fund his research, Dr. Grant reluctantly agrees to give an aerial tour of Isla Sorna to an affluent couple. Little does he know that the couple actually intends to find their son who went missing on the island. Grant is once again amidst dangerous predators who are fiercer and smarter. Along with the rest, he must find a way to survive and get out of the island.

Novocaine is a black comedy thriller film which revolves around the life of Steve Martin, a prosperous dentist, who seems to be having a happy and content life. However, when a new patient steps into his life, he finds himself lost in a world of sex, drugs and murder. He realizes how little control he has over his world.

In this last film in the Meet the Parents series, Greg and Pam are leading a contented life with their twins when Jack Byrnes shows up and appoints his son in law as the successor of the Byrnes family. However, despite his move, Jack is still doubtful of Greg. His suspicion is enhanced when he sees Greg with the beautiful Andi Garcia.

Paul Safranek, and his wife, Audrey, decide to take part in a process where scientists shrink people down to miniature size, to live in small communities. Although the procedure is irreversible, the people are able to live a life of wealth and leisure as it helps cut down on the consumption of resources. However, Paul eventually learns that his tiny suburb comes with its own set of problems. 

Dr Sullivan Travis is a wealthy gynecologist whose life gets complicated when all the important women close to him, start experiencing troubles that also start affecting him in ways he never expected.

Reacting to the slaughter of Grizzly bears by poachers, a giant Grizzly bear goes on a bloody rampage at a rock concert held at the Yellowstone National Park.