Last Updated on 25 March 2024

The following list is the Official Definitive Ranked List of 67 movies that Meryl Streep was in.

I found 39 different ranked lists online of “best Meryl Streep movies” and pulled them all into Excel and merged them all to get this definitive compilation. See my Methodology page for the research process that was used, including links to all 39 lists that were averaged. Below is a checklist you can print to track which movies you’ve seen, followed by the ranked list.

  1. Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
  2. Sophie’s Choice (1982)
  3. The Deer Hunter (1978)
  4. The Bridges of Madison County (1995)
  5. The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
  6. Adaptation. (2002)
  7. Silkwood (1983)
  8. Manhattan (1979)
  9. Doubt (2008)
  10. Out of Africa (1985)
  11. The Hours (2002)
  12. Julie & Julia (2009)
  13. Postcards from the Edge (1990)
  14. The Post (2017)
  15. The French Lieutenant’s Woman (1981)
  16. Death Becomes Her (1992)
  17. Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
  18. A Cry in the Dark (1988)
  19. Mamma Mia! (2008)
  20. Defending Your Life (1991)
  21. The Iron Lady (2011)
  22. Little Women (2019)
  23. August: Osage County (2013)
  24. Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)
  25. One True Thing (1998)
  26. Into the Woods (2014)
  27. Marvin’s Room (1996)
  28. The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
  29. Angels in America (2003)
  30. It’s Complicated (2009)
  31. Ironweed (1987)
  32. Don’t Look Up (2021)
  33. A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
  34. Heartburn (1986)
  35. The River Wild (1994)
  36. Music of the Heart (1999)
  37. Ricki and the Flash (2015)
  38. Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018)
  39. Julia (1977)
  40. Hope Springs (2012)
  41. Suffragette (2015)
  42. Falling in Love (1984)
  43. Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
  44. A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
  45. The House of the Spirits (1993)
  46. Prime (2005)
  47. A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
  48. The Giver (2014)
  49. Lions for Lambs (2007)
  50. She-Devil (1989)
  51. Rendition (2007)
  52. The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979)
  53. Plenty (1985)
  54. The Ant Bully (2006)
  55. The Homesman (2014)
  56. Evening (2007)
  57. The Laundromat (2019)
  58. Still of the Night (1982)
  59. Dancing at Lughnasa (1998)
  60. Before and After (1996)
  61. Dark Matter (2007)
  62. The Prom (2020)
  63. …First Do No Harm (1997)
  64. Let Them All Talk (2020)
  65. Stuck on You (2003)
  66. Alice at the Palace (1982)
  67. The Deadliest Season (1977)

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