Anne Hathaway is one of the most popular and busiest actresses working today.
She began her career appearing in ‘The Princess Diaries‘ series, and went on to appear in such critically acclaimed films as ‘Brokeback Mountain‘, ‘The Devil Wears Prada‘, ‘Rachel Getting Married‘, ‘The Dark Knight Rises‘, ‘Interstellar‘, and ‘Les Misérables‘, for which she won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
In fact, Hathaway has five movies opening in 2026 including the recent ‘Mother Mary‘, ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2‘, and ‘The Odyssey‘, as well as the upcoming ‘Verity‘. But first, Hathaway can be seen opposite Ewan McGregor in ‘The End of Oak Street‘, which opens in theaters on August 14th.
In honor of her new film, Moviefone is counting down the top 20 movies of Anne Hathaway’s impressive career, including her latest.
Let’s begin!
Related Article: Movie Review: ‘The End of Oak Street’
(L to R) Anne Hathaway and Chris Pine in ‘The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement’. Photo: Buena Vista Pictures Distribution.
Mia Thermopolis (Hathaway) is now a college graduate and on her way to Genovia to take up her duties as princess. Accompanied by her friend Lilly (Heather Matarazzo), Mia continues her ‘princess lessons’, like riding horses side-saddle and archery. But her already complicated life is turned upside down once again when she learns that she is to take the crown as queen earlier than expected, all while she meets a mysteriously charming young man (Chris Pine).
19. ‘Rio 2‘ (2014)
It’s a jungle out there for Blu (Jessie Eisenberg), Jewel (Hathaway) and their three kids after they’re hurtled from Rio de Janeiro to the wilds of the Amazon. As Blu tries to fit in, he goes beak-to-beak with the vengeful Nigel (Jermaine Clement), and meets the most fearsome adversary of all: his father-in-law.
Two best friends (Hathaway and Kate Hudson) become rivals when their respective weddings are accidentally booked for the same day.
“Even best friends can’t share the same wedding day.”
Release Jan 9, 2009Runtime 1h 29mBudget $30M
Long-buried wounds rise to the surface when iconic pop star Mother Mary (Hathaway) reunites with her estranged best friend and former costume designer Sam Anselm (Michaela Coel) on the eve of her comeback performance.
Debbie Ocean (Sandra Bullock), a criminal mastermind, gathers a crew of female thieves to pull off the heist of the century at New York’s annual Met Gala.
After a mysterious cosmic event rips Oak Street from suburbia and transports their neighborhood to someplace unknown, the Platt family soon discovers that their very survival depends on them sticking together as they navigate their now unrecognizable surroundings.
14. ‘Rio‘ (2011)
Captured by smugglers when he was just a hatchling, a macaw named Blu (Jessie Eisenberg) never learned to fly and lives a happily domesticated life in Minnesota with his human friend, Linda (Leslie Mann). Blu is thought to be the last of his kind, but when word comes that Jewel (Hathaway), a lone female, lives in Rio de Janeiro, Blu and Linda go to meet her. Animal smugglers kidnap Blu and Jewel, but the pair soon escape and begin a perilous adventure back to freedom — and Linda.
“1 out of every 8 Americans is afraid of flying. Most of them don’t have feathers.”
Release Apr 15, 2011Runtime 1h 36mBudget $90M
Maggie (Hathaway) is an alluring free spirit who won’t let anyone – or anything – tie her down. But she meets her match in Jamie (Jake Gyllenhaal), whose relentless and nearly infallible charm serves him well with the ladies and the cutthroat world of pharmaceutical sales. Maggie and Jamie’s evolving relationship takes them both by surprise, as they find themselves under the influence of the ultimate drug: love.
“Addicted to one-night stands or dependent on one another?”
Release Nov 24, 2010Runtime 1h 52mBudget $30M
When members of the nefarious crime syndicate KAOS attack the U.S. spy agency Control and the identities of secret agents are compromised, the Chief (Alan Arkin) has to promote hapless but eager analyst Maxwell Smart (Steve Carell) to field agent. He is partnered with veteran and capable Agent 99 (Hathaway), the only spy whose cover remains intact. Can they work together to thwart the evil world-domination plans of KAOS and its crafty operative?
40-year-old single mom Solène (Hathaway) begins an unexpected romance with 24-year-old Hayes Campbell (Nicholas Galitzine), the lead singer of August Moon, the hottest boy band on the planet. As they begin a whirlwind romance, it isn’t long before Hayes’ superstar status poses unavoidable challenges to their relationship, and Solène soon discovers that life in the glare of his spotlight might be more than she bargained for.
“When the last thing you expect becomes the only thing you want.”
Release May 2, 2024Runtime 1h 56m
As Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep) nears retirement, she reunites with Andy Sachs (Hathaway) to face off against her former assistant turned rival: Emily Charlton (Emily Blunt).
Alice (Mia Wasikowska), now 19 years old, returns to the whimsical world she first entered as a child and embarks on a journey to discover her true destiny.
“You’re invited to a very important date.”
Release Mar 5, 2010Runtime 1h 48mBudget $200M
A young woman (Hathaway) who has been in and out from rehab for the past 10 years returns home for the weekend for her sister’s wedding.
“The perfect weekend for a wedding… but the storm is coming.”
Release Oct 3, 2008Runtime 1h 53mBudget $12M
A socially awkward but very bright 15-year-old girl (Hathaway) being raised by a single mom discovers that she is the princess of a small European country because of the recent death of her long-absent father, who, unknown to her, was the crown prince of Genovia. She must make a choice between continuing the life of a San Francisco teen or stepping up to the throne.
70-year-old widower Ben Whittaker (Robert De Niro) has discovered that retirement isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Seizing an opportunity to get back in the game, he becomes a senior intern at an online fashion site, founded and run by Jules Ostin (Hathaway).
Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart), Batman (Christian Bale) assumes responsibility for Dent’s crimes to protect the late attorney’s reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman encounters the mysterious Selina Kyle (Hathaway) and the villainous Bane (Tom Hardy), a new terrorist leader who overwhelms Gotham’s finest. The Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him an enemy.
An adaptation of the successful stage musical based on Victor Hugo’s classic novel set in 19th-century France. Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman), a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert (Russell Crowe). The pursuit consumes both men’s lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.
“Mankind was born on Earth. It was never meant to die here.”
Release Nov 7, 2014Runtime 2h 49mBudget $165M
In 1960s Wyoming, two men (Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal) develop a strong emotional and sexual relationship that endures as a lifelong connection complicating their lives as they get married and start families of their own.
A young woman from the Midwest (Hathaway) gets more than she bargained for when she moves to New York to become a writer and ends up as the assistant to the tyrannical, larger-than-life editor-in-chief (Meryl Streep) of a major fashion magazine.
“Meet Andy Sachs. A million girls would kill to have her job. She’s not one of them.”
Release Jun 30, 2006Runtime 1h 49mBudget $35M