Cate Blanchett

Cate Blanchett


Filmography

21. Robin Hood

Robin Hood
Action Adventure History Epic Action Adventure Epic
6.6
20102h 20minUnited States

When soldier Robin happens upon the dying Robert of Loxley, he promises to return the man's sword to his family in Nottingham. There, he assumes Robert's identity; romances his widow, Marion; and draws the ire of the town's sheriff and King John's henchman, Godfrey.


22. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Born under unusual circumstances, Benjamin Button springs into being as an elderly man in a New Orleans nursing home and ages in reverse. Twelve years after his birth, he meets Daisy, a child who flits in and out of his life as she grows up to be a dancer. Though he has all sorts of unusual adventures over the course of his life, it is his relationship with Daisy, and the hope that they will come together at the right time, that drives Benjamin forward.


23. Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Drama History Romance Historical Drama Passionate Romance
6.8
20071h 54minFrance, United Kingdom

When Queen Elizabeth's reign is threatened by ruthless familial betrayal and Spain's invading army, she and her shrewd adviser must act to safeguard the lives of her people.


24. Notes on a Scandal

Notes on a Scandal
Drama Romance Relationship Drama Dark Romance
7.4
20061h 32minUnited Kingdom, United States

A veteran high school teacher befriends a younger art teacher, who is having an affair with one of her 15-year-old students. However, her intentions with this new "friend" also go well beyond platonic friendship.


25. Babel

Babel
Drama Tragic Drama
7.5
20062h 23minFrance, Mexico

Tragedy strikes a married couple vacationing in the Moroccan desert, which jumpstarts an interlocking story involving four different families.


26. Little Fish

Little Fish
Drama Crime Narcotics Crime Relationship Drama
6.1
20051h 54minAustralia, United Kingdom

Set in the Little Saigon district outside of Sydney, a woman trying to escape her past becomes embroiled in a drug deal.


27. The Aviator

The Aviator
Drama Entertainment Industry Drama
7.5
20042h 50minGermany, United States

A biopic depicting the life of filmmaker and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes from 1927 to 1947, during which time he became a successful film producer and an aviation magnate, while simultaneously growing more unstable due to severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.


28. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Adventure Comedy Drama Maritime Adventure Satire
7.2
20041h 59minUnited States

Renowned oceanographer Steve Zissou has sworn vengeance upon the rare shark that devoured a member of his crew. In addition to his regular team, he is joined on his boat by Ned, a man who believes Zissou to be his father, and Jane, a journalist pregnant by a married man. They travel the sea, all too often running into pirates and, perhaps more traumatically, various figures from Zissou's past, including his estranged wife, Eleanor.


29. The Missing

When rancher and single mother of two Maggie Gilkeson sees her teenage daughter, Lily, kidnapped by Apache rebels, she reluctantly accepts the help of her estranged father, Samuel, in tracking down the kidnappers. Along the way, the two must learn to reconcile the past and work together if they are going to have any hope of getting Lily back before she is taken over the border and forced to become a prostitute.


30. Veronica Guerin

Veronica Guerin
Drama Crime Thriller Narcotics Crime Investigation Suspense
6.8
20031h 38minIreland, United Kingdom

In this true story, Veronica Guerin is an investigative reporter for an Irish newspaper. As the drug trade begins to bleed into the mainstream, Guerin decides to take on and expose those responsible. Beginning at the bottom with addicts, Guerin then gets in touch with John Traynor, a paranoid informant. Not without some prodding, Traynor leads her to John Gilligan, the ruthless head of the operation, who does not take kindly to Guerin's nosing.