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The actress has been delivering cunningly layered, unapologetically sensual, and exaggeratedly comedic performances for decades now.
This woman has stolen scenes from Daniel Day-Lewis in two different period pieces!
She deserves our respect!
20.Show Me a Hero(2015)
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In contrast, Ryders Restiano radiates sureness.
19.Destination Wedding(2018)
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The two bicker and banter and then fall into bed together!
18.Alien Resurrection(1997)
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Alien Resurrectionis not a particularly good movie, but it does feel like an omniscient one.
17.Drunk History, Boston (2013) and Philadelphia (2014)
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Sometimes its nice just to watch Ryder have a little fun!
16.Beetlejuice Beetlejuice(2024)
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This is nostalgia bait, sure.
15.Girl, Interrupted(1999)
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Ryders wide-eyed gaze gets overused, but that pixie cut really did open up her face.
14.Friends, The One With Rachels Big Kiss (2001)
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Some things are better left in the early aughts!
13.Star Trek(2009)
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12.The Plot Against America(2020)
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11.Stranger Things(2016-present)
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10.Reality Bites(1994)
- during one of Troy and Lelainas fights was an all-timer of a line delivery.
She was a hypocrite, but she was our hypocrite!
9.Black Swan(2010)
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Ryder is basically only in one scene inBlack Swan, and man, does she make it memorable.
Her facetiously toasting Nina with a derisive You make the most of it, Nina!
is the films only laugh-out-loud moment, and its a welcome one.
More opportunities for Ryder to play an old-dame bitch, hey!
8.Beetlejuice(1988)
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She doesnt play young, although she actuallywasyoung.
7.Little Women(1994)
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She might not have gotten a Women!
Rory Gilmore wouldnt exist without her.
6.A Scanner Darkly(2006)
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You gotta pay attention!
5.Edward Scissorhands(1990)
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4.The Crucible(1996)
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3.Bram Stokers Dracula(1992)
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This was Ryders first grown-up role, and she made the transition with seemingly no effort at all.
2.The Age of Innocence(1993)
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This is Ryder in stone-cold-killer mode, and she excels at it.
Every accommodating smile feels barbed, every curtsy an attack, every look of serene placidity a mask.
1.Heathers(1988)
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