{"id":297110,"date":"2024-04-05T15:36:47","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T20:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/the-22-best-jodie-foster-movies-every-fan-needs-to-watch"},"modified":"2024-04-05T15:37:14","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T20:37:14","slug":"the-22-best-jodie-foster-movies-every-fan-needs-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/the-22-best-jodie-foster-movies-every-fan-needs-to-watch","title":{"rendered":"The 22 Greatest Jodie Foster Films Each Fan Must Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div readability=\"382.392332497\">\n<p>Few actors as young as Jodie Foster can say they\u2019ve enjoyed making excellent movies for five decades. From the moment she made her debut in 1972\u2019s <em>Napoleon and Samantha<\/em>, after years of TV and commercial work, Foster took control of the screen.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, she\u2019s worked with major directors such as Martin Scorsese and Spike Lee, she\u2019s directed several films herself, and she won two Academy Awards. Across the years and genres, Foster has proven herself as one of the 20th century\u2019s most exciting cinematic talents. It&#8217;s time to celebrate the greatest Jodie Foster movies.<\/p>\n<h2>1. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1175516\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1175516\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1175516 size-full perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20width='1280'%20height='720'%20viewBox='0%200%201280%20720'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Silence-of-the-Lambs-1991.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Silence-of-the-Lambs-1991.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Silence-of-the-Lambs-1991-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Silence-of-the-Lambs-1991-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Silence-of-the-Lambs-1991-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Silence-of-the-Lambs-1991-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Silence-of-the-Lambs-1991-150x84.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1175516 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Silence-of-the-Lambs-1991.jpg\" alt=\"Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs (1991)\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Silence-of-the-Lambs-1991.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Silence-of-the-Lambs-1991-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Silence-of-the-Lambs-1991-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Silence-of-the-Lambs-1991-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Silence-of-the-Lambs-1991-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Silence-of-the-Lambs-1991-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1175516\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: Orion Pictures.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Foster\u2019s second Academy Award win came playing FBI recruit Clarice Starling in <em>The Silence of the Lambs<\/em>, an adaptation of the Thomas Harris novel directed by Jonathan Demme. Although most conversations about the movie focus on her co-star Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter, <em>The Silence of the Lambs<\/em> rests on Foster\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n<p>Demme\u2019s use of shot\/revere-shot underscores the way Clarice lives in the gaze of men. And while Clarice sometimes buckles under that attention, Foster does not. She plays the determination and self-confidence of the character, even if Clarice herself doesn\u2019t know how to show it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>2. Taxi Driver (1976)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_606492\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-606492\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-606492 perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20width='1280'%20height='720'%20viewBox='0%200%201280%20720'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Taxi-Driver\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Taxi-Driver.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Taxi-Driver.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Taxi-Driver-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Taxi-Driver-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Taxi-Driver-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Taxi-Driver-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Taxi-Driver-180x100.jpg 180w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Taxi-Driver-150x84.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-606492\" src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Taxi-Driver.jpg\" alt=\"Taxi-Driver\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Taxi-Driver.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Taxi-Driver-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Taxi-Driver-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Taxi-Driver-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Taxi-Driver-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Taxi-Driver-180x100.jpg 180w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Taxi-Driver-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-606492\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: Columbia Pictures.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Foster already worked with Martin Scorsese, having done a small part in his previous movie <em>Alice Doesn\u2019t Live Here Anymore<\/em>. However, even he must have been shocked at the presence she brought to <em>Taxi Driver<\/em>, in which she plays Iris, the underaged streetwalker who draws the attention of Robert De Niro&#8217;s vigilante Travis Bickle.<\/p>\n<p>Even at that tender age, Foster plays notes of vulnerability under Iris\u2019s bitter exterior. Thanks to Foster\u2019s measured take, Iris never becomes the victim that Travis thinks he sees.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>3. The Accused (1988)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1175514\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1175514\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1175514 size-full perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20width='1280'%20height='720'%20viewBox='0%200%201280%20720'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Jodie Foster in The Accused (1988)\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Accused-1988.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Accused-1988.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Accused-1988-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Accused-1988-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Accused-1988-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Accused-1988-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Accused-1988-150x84.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1175514 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Accused-1988.jpg\" alt=\"Jodie Foster in The Accused (1988)\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Accused-1988.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Accused-1988-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Accused-1988-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Accused-1988-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Accused-1988-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Accused-1988-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1175514\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: Paramount Pictures.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Although she received a Best Supporting Actress nomination for <em>Taxi Driver<\/em>, Foster\u2019s first win came for lead actress in <em>The Accused<\/em>, directed by Jonathan Kaplan and written by Tom Topor.<\/p>\n<p>Despite playing a waitress who is assaulted by several men, Foster never relies on audience sympathies. She crafts a complex and resolute character in Sarah Tobias, who joins District Attorney Kathryn Murphy (Kelly McGillis) in a fight to see all the men prosecuted for their crimes for no other reason than she knows that she deserves justice.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>4. Contact (1997)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1009820\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1009820\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1009820 perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20width='1280'%20height='720'%20viewBox='0%200%201280%20720'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Contact Jodie Foster\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Contact-3-e1691193836114.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Contact-3-e1691193836114.png 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Contact-3-e1691193836114-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Contact-3-e1691193836114-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Contact-3-e1691193836114-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Contact-3-e1691193836114-50x28.png 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Contact-3-e1691193836114-180x100.png 180w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Contact-3-e1691193836114-150x84.png 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1009820\" src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Contact-3-e1691193836114.png\" alt=\"Contact Jodie Foster\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Contact-3-e1691193836114.png 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Contact-3-e1691193836114-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Contact-3-e1691193836114-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Contact-3-e1691193836114-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Contact-3-e1691193836114-50x28.png 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Contact-3-e1691193836114-180x100.png 180w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Contact-3-e1691193836114-150x84.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1009820\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: Warner Bros.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The hard science fiction novel <em>Contact<\/em> by Carl Sagan doesn\u2019t seem like something that lends itself to a big-budget Hollywood adaptation. The story of researcher Ellie Arroway has its emotional arcs, but Sagan has more interest in searching the stars than the depths of the human heart.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, when director Robert Zemeckis took on the adaptation, written by James V. Hart and Michael Goldenberg, he grounded the scientific speculation in real pathos. Zemeckis made that switch by casting Foster as Ellie, a smart and determined woman with a complex relationship with her father (David Morse). Playing off of Matthew McConaughey as religious devotee Palmer Joss, Foster keeps <em>Contact<\/em> on relatable ground, even if its head gets lost in the stars. Regardless, the film ranks as a sci-fi masterpiece and one of the greatest Jodie Foster movies.<\/p>\n<h2>5. Panic Room (2002)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1175511\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1175511\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1175511 perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20width='1280'%20height='720'%20viewBox='0%200%201280%20720'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Jodie Foster and Kristen Stewart in Panic Room (2002)\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Panic-Room-2002-Image-Credit_-Sony-Pictures-Releasing.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Panic-Room-2002-Image-Credit_-Sony-Pictures-Releasing.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Panic-Room-2002-Image-Credit_-Sony-Pictures-Releasing-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Panic-Room-2002-Image-Credit_-Sony-Pictures-Releasing-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Panic-Room-2002-Image-Credit_-Sony-Pictures-Releasing-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Panic-Room-2002-Image-Credit_-Sony-Pictures-Releasing-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Panic-Room-2002-Image-Credit_-Sony-Pictures-Releasing-150x84.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1175511\" src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Panic-Room-2002-Image-Credit_-Sony-Pictures-Releasing.jpg\" alt=\"Jodie Foster and Kristen Stewart in Panic Room (2002)\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Panic-Room-2002-Image-Credit_-Sony-Pictures-Releasing.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Panic-Room-2002-Image-Credit_-Sony-Pictures-Releasing-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Panic-Room-2002-Image-Credit_-Sony-Pictures-Releasing-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Panic-Room-2002-Image-Credit_-Sony-Pictures-Releasing-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Panic-Room-2002-Image-Credit_-Sony-Pictures-Releasing-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Panic-Room-2002-Image-Credit_-Sony-Pictures-Releasing-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1175511\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: Sony Pictures Releasing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Foster had made her name playing tough ladies who know how to handle a difficult situation. However, David Fincher\u2019s thriller <em>Panic Room<\/em> put a unique spin on Foster\u2019s signature character type, by casting her as a mother and recent divorcee who moves into an apartment once owned by an eccentric millionaire.<\/p>\n<p>The script by David Koepp pits Foster\u2019s character Meg Altman against a trio of burglars, whose break-in drives her and her daughter (Kristen Stewart) into the titular room. While Fincher gives his leading lady room to show off her grit as an actor, the Jodie Foster movie also lets her play a character as cunning, caring, and strong.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>6. Freaky Friday (1976)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1175505\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1175505\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1175505 size-full perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20width='1280'%20height='720'%20viewBox='0%200%201280%20720'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Jodie Foster in Freaky Friday (1976)\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Freaky-Friday-1976-Image-Credit_-Buena-Vista-Distribution.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Freaky-Friday-1976-Image-Credit_-Buena-Vista-Distribution.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Freaky-Friday-1976-Image-Credit_-Buena-Vista-Distribution-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Freaky-Friday-1976-Image-Credit_-Buena-Vista-Distribution-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Freaky-Friday-1976-Image-Credit_-Buena-Vista-Distribution-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Freaky-Friday-1976-Image-Credit_-Buena-Vista-Distribution-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Freaky-Friday-1976-Image-Credit_-Buena-Vista-Distribution-150x84.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1175505 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Freaky-Friday-1976-Image-Credit_-Buena-Vista-Distribution.jpg\" alt=\"Jodie Foster in Freaky Friday (1976)\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Freaky-Friday-1976-Image-Credit_-Buena-Vista-Distribution.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Freaky-Friday-1976-Image-Credit_-Buena-Vista-Distribution-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Freaky-Friday-1976-Image-Credit_-Buena-Vista-Distribution-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Freaky-Friday-1976-Image-Credit_-Buena-Vista-Distribution-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Freaky-Friday-1976-Image-Credit_-Buena-Vista-Distribution-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Freaky-Friday-1976-Image-Credit_-Buena-Vista-Distribution-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1175505\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image CreditL Buena Vista Distribution.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The same year that she shocked audiences as Irene in <em>Taxi Driver<\/em>, Foster won them over in the more age-appropriate Disney movie <em>Freaky Friday<\/em>. Well, almost age-appropriate.<\/p>\n<p>When Foster\u2019s Annabelle wishes that she could swap places with her mother Ellen (Barbara Harris), she finds herself in her parent\u2019s body. Based on the novel by Mary Rodgers, who also wrote the screenplay, <em>Freaky Friday<\/em> makes gentle jokes about the battle between generations. And yet, Gary Nelson\u2019s pleasing if unremarkable direction still finds plenty of moments for Foster to play a believable adult, in between playing a believable kid.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>7. Maverick (1994)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1175515\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1175515\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1175515 size-full perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20width='1280'%20height='720'%20viewBox='0%200%201280%20720'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Maverick (1994)\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Maverick-1994.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Maverick-1994.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Maverick-1994-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Maverick-1994-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Maverick-1994-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Maverick-1994-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Maverick-1994-150x84.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1175515 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Maverick-1994.jpg\" alt=\"Maverick (1994)\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Maverick-1994.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Maverick-1994-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Maverick-1994-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Maverick-1994-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Maverick-1994-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Maverick-1994-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1175515\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: Warner Bros.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the hands of actor, Annabelle Bransford would be no more than a naive waif, swept away by the charming gambler Bret Maverick (Mel Gibson). Although Bransford does present herself as a pretty no-nothing at the start of <em>Maverick<\/em>, written by William Goldman and directed by Richard Donner.<\/p>\n<p>However, Bransford reveals herself as a savvy con artist who can handle anything the duplicitous Maverick and the untrustworthy Marshal Zane Cooper (James Garner) can throw at them. This change in motivation makes <em>Maverick<\/em> a rollicking good time and also shows off Foster\u2019s range as an actor.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>8. The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1175503\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1175503\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1175503 size-full perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20width='1280'%20height='720'%20viewBox='0%200%201280%20720'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Jodie Foster in The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976)\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Little-Girl-Who-Lives-Down-the-Lane-1976.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Little-Girl-Who-Lives-Down-the-Lane-1976.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Little-Girl-Who-Lives-Down-the-Lane-1976-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Little-Girl-Who-Lives-Down-the-Lane-1976-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Little-Girl-Who-Lives-Down-the-Lane-1976-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Little-Girl-Who-Lives-Down-the-Lane-1976-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Little-Girl-Who-Lives-Down-the-Lane-1976-150x84.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1175503 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Little-Girl-Who-Lives-Down-the-Lane-1976.jpg\" alt=\"Jodie Foster in The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976)\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Little-Girl-Who-Lives-Down-the-Lane-1976.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Little-Girl-Who-Lives-Down-the-Lane-1976-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Little-Girl-Who-Lives-Down-the-Lane-1976-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Little-Girl-Who-Lives-Down-the-Lane-1976-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Little-Girl-Who-Lives-Down-the-Lane-1976-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Little-Girl-Who-Lives-Down-the-Lane-1976-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1175503\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: American International Pictures.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>1976 saw five Jodie Foster movies hit screens and while <em>The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane<\/em> may be less loved than <em>Taxi Driver<\/em>, <em>Freaky Friday<\/em>, or <em>Bugsy Malone<\/em>, it provided a rich showcase for the talented teen performer.<\/p>\n<p>Directed by Nicolas Gessner and written by Laird Koenig, <em>The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane<\/em> follows Rynn Jacobs (Foster), a thirteen-year-old girl left alone in an unfamiliar town by her vagabond poet father. When landlord Mrs. Hallet (Alexis Smith) dies during a visit, Rynn becomes the subject of scrutiny, which allows unsavory characters to attempt to take advantage. Both innocent and wise, vulnerable and resourceful, Rynn best underscores Foster\u2019s acting prowess, even at a young age. \u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>9. The Mauritanian (2021)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1175507\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1175507\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1175507 size-full perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20width='1280'%20height='720'%20viewBox='0%200%201280%20720'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Jodie Foster in The Mauritanian (2021)\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Mauritanian-2021-Image-Credit_-STXfilms.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Mauritanian-2021-Image-Credit_-STXfilms.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Mauritanian-2021-Image-Credit_-STXfilms-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Mauritanian-2021-Image-Credit_-STXfilms-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Mauritanian-2021-Image-Credit_-STXfilms-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Mauritanian-2021-Image-Credit_-STXfilms-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Mauritanian-2021-Image-Credit_-STXfilms-150x84.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1175507 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Mauritanian-2021-Image-Credit_-STXfilms.jpg\" alt=\"Jodie Foster in The Mauritanian (2021)\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Mauritanian-2021-Image-Credit_-STXfilms.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Mauritanian-2021-Image-Credit_-STXfilms-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Mauritanian-2021-Image-Credit_-STXfilms-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Mauritanian-2021-Image-Credit_-STXfilms-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Mauritanian-2021-Image-Credit_-STXfilms-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Mauritanian-2021-Image-Credit_-STXfilms-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1175507\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: STX Pictures.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For the past decade, Foster has split her time between big goofy genre films and smaller and challenging indies.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Mauritanian<\/em> falls into the latter category. Based on the memoir by Guantanamo Bay prisoner Mohamedou Ould Slahi and directed by Kevin Macdonald, <em>The Mauritanian<\/em> features Foster as American lawyer Nancy Hollander, who defends Mauritanian national Slahi (Tahar Rahim). Macdonald\u2019s sober approach leaves little room for big acting moments, but Foster captures Hollander\u2019s righteous passion, playing her as a woman who still believes in the law even after witnessing all manner of abuse. \u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>10. A Very Long Engagement (2004)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1175502\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1175502\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1175502 size-full perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20width='1280'%20height='720'%20viewBox='0%200%201280%20720'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Jodie Foster in A Very Long Engagement (2004)\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/A-Very-Long-Engagement-2004-Image-Credit_-Warner-Independent-Pictures.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/A-Very-Long-Engagement-2004-Image-Credit_-Warner-Independent-Pictures.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/A-Very-Long-Engagement-2004-Image-Credit_-Warner-Independent-Pictures-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/A-Very-Long-Engagement-2004-Image-Credit_-Warner-Independent-Pictures-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/A-Very-Long-Engagement-2004-Image-Credit_-Warner-Independent-Pictures-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/A-Very-Long-Engagement-2004-Image-Credit_-Warner-Independent-Pictures-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/A-Very-Long-Engagement-2004-Image-Credit_-Warner-Independent-Pictures-150x84.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1175502 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/A-Very-Long-Engagement-2004-Image-Credit_-Warner-Independent-Pictures.jpg\" alt=\"Jodie Foster in A Very Long Engagement (2004)\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/A-Very-Long-Engagement-2004-Image-Credit_-Warner-Independent-Pictures.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/A-Very-Long-Engagement-2004-Image-Credit_-Warner-Independent-Pictures-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/A-Very-Long-Engagement-2004-Image-Credit_-Warner-Independent-Pictures-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/A-Very-Long-Engagement-2004-Image-Credit_-Warner-Independent-Pictures-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/A-Very-Long-Engagement-2004-Image-Credit_-Warner-Independent-Pictures-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/A-Very-Long-Engagement-2004-Image-Credit_-Warner-Independent-Pictures-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1175502\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: Warner Independent Pictures.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>French director Jean-Pierre Jeunet followed up his whimsical worldwide smash <em>Am\u00e9lie<\/em> with <em>A Very Long<\/em> Engagement, the least fantastical entry in his filmography. Based on the novel <em>Un long dimanche de fian\u00e7ailles<\/em> by S\u00e9bastien Japrisot, <em>A Very Long Engagement<\/em> stars Audrey Tautou as Mathilde, a woman searching for her missing fianc\u00e9 (Gaspard Ulliel), a soldier in the French army during World War I.<\/p>\n<p>Foster has a minor part in the film as \u00c9lodie Gordes, one of the women whose letters Mathilde. Despite acting in French instead of her native English, Foster shines here as well, using \u00c9lodie\u2019s plight to underscore Mathilde\u2019s struggle.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>11. Inside Man (2006)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1175509\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1175509\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1175509 size-full perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20width='1280'%20height='720'%20viewBox='0%200%201280%20720'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Jodie Foster in Inside Man (2006)\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Inside-Man-2006-Image-Credit_-Universal-Pictures.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Inside-Man-2006-Image-Credit_-Universal-Pictures.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Inside-Man-2006-Image-Credit_-Universal-Pictures-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Inside-Man-2006-Image-Credit_-Universal-Pictures-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Inside-Man-2006-Image-Credit_-Universal-Pictures-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Inside-Man-2006-Image-Credit_-Universal-Pictures-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Inside-Man-2006-Image-Credit_-Universal-Pictures-150x84.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1175509 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Inside-Man-2006-Image-Credit_-Universal-Pictures.jpg\" alt=\"Jodie Foster in Inside Man (2006)\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Inside-Man-2006-Image-Credit_-Universal-Pictures.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Inside-Man-2006-Image-Credit_-Universal-Pictures-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Inside-Man-2006-Image-Credit_-Universal-Pictures-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Inside-Man-2006-Image-Credit_-Universal-Pictures-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Inside-Man-2006-Image-Credit_-Universal-Pictures-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Inside-Man-2006-Image-Credit_-Universal-Pictures-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1175509\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: Universal Pictures.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Foster is just one of the impressive names in the cast of <em>Inside Man<\/em>, the underrated crime thriller from director Spike Lee. Alongside<\/p>\n<p>Denzel Washington as hostage negotiator Keith Frazier, Clive Owen as bank robber Dalton Russell, and Christopher Plummer as bank founder Arthur Case, Foster plays fixer Madeleine White. At first, Madeleine acts like a heavy who makes Fraizer\u2019s job harder by forcing him to play ball with Russell for the sake of her employer Case. However, as she learns about Russell\u2019s position and Case\u2019s secrets, Madeleine changes her approach to Frazier, a story that allows Foster to play a subtle character arc alongside her fellow screen legends.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>12. Foxes (1980)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1175499\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1175499\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1175499 size-full perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20width='1280'%20height='720'%20viewBox='0%200%201280%20720'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Foxes (1980)\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Foxes-1980-Image-Credit_-United-Artists.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Foxes-1980-Image-Credit_-United-Artists.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Foxes-1980-Image-Credit_-United-Artists-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Foxes-1980-Image-Credit_-United-Artists-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Foxes-1980-Image-Credit_-United-Artists-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Foxes-1980-Image-Credit_-United-Artists-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Foxes-1980-Image-Credit_-United-Artists-150x84.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1175499 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Foxes-1980-Image-Credit_-United-Artists.jpg\" alt=\"Foxes (1980)\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Foxes-1980-Image-Credit_-United-Artists.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Foxes-1980-Image-Credit_-United-Artists-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Foxes-1980-Image-Credit_-United-Artists-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Foxes-1980-Image-Credit_-United-Artists-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Foxes-1980-Image-Credit_-United-Artists-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Foxes-1980-Image-Credit_-United-Artists-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1175499\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: United Artists.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>Foxes<\/em> seems like a far cry from the work first-time director Adrian Lyne would make later in his career, well-regarding thrillers such as <em>Fatal Attraction<\/em> and <em>Indecent Proposal<\/em>. This slice of teenage life follows four unsupervised girls as they deal with their parents and make poor decisions in 1980 Hollywood.<\/p>\n<p>However, <em>Foxes<\/em> does fall in line with the types of parts given to Foster at that point in her career. Foster\u2019s Jeanie does a party with her friends, including the reckless Annie (played by Cherie Currie of the rock band the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Runaways\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Runaways<\/a>). However, she also feels the need to take care of them (and her struggling mother, portrayed by Sally Kellerman), making Jeanie another kid character who must act like an adult. \u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>13. Five Corners (1987)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1175519\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1175519\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1175519 size-full perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20width='1280'%20height='720'%20viewBox='0%200%201280%20720'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Five Corners (1987)\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Five-Corners-1987-Cineplex-Odeon-Films.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Five-Corners-1987-Cineplex-Odeon-Films.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Five-Corners-1987-Cineplex-Odeon-Films-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Five-Corners-1987-Cineplex-Odeon-Films-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Five-Corners-1987-Cineplex-Odeon-Films-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Five-Corners-1987-Cineplex-Odeon-Films-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Five-Corners-1987-Cineplex-Odeon-Films-150x84.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1175519 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Five-Corners-1987-Cineplex-Odeon-Films.jpg\" alt=\"Five Corners (1987)\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Five-Corners-1987-Cineplex-Odeon-Films.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Five-Corners-1987-Cineplex-Odeon-Films-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Five-Corners-1987-Cineplex-Odeon-Films-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Five-Corners-1987-Cineplex-Odeon-Films-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Five-Corners-1987-Cineplex-Odeon-Films-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Five-Corners-1987-Cineplex-Odeon-Films-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1175519\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Five Corners (1987)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Based on a screenplay by <em>Moonstruck<\/em> writer John Patrick Flannery and directed by Tony Bill, <em>Five Corners<\/em> attempts to tell a screwball story about a man called Harry (Tim Robbins) who attempts to live a life of non-violent resistance. However, Harry lives in an absurd world of violence, in which random arrows kill innocent people and his girlfriend Linda (Foster).<\/p>\n<p>Flannery and Bill seem at odds with one another, resulting in a film that never settles into a consistent tone or theme. However, Foster and her co-stars do an admirable job trying to make the movie work, trying to find a medium between the script and direction. \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>14. Catchfire (1990)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1175606\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1175606\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1175606 size-full perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20width='1280'%20height='720'%20viewBox='0%200%201280%20720'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Dennis Hopper and Jodie Foster in Catchfire (1990)\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Catchfire-1990.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Catchfire-1990.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Catchfire-1990-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Catchfire-1990-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Catchfire-1990-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Catchfire-1990-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Catchfire-1990-150x84.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1175606 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Catchfire-1990.jpg\" alt=\"Dennis Hopper and Jodie Foster in Catchfire (1990)\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Catchfire-1990.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Catchfire-1990-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Catchfire-1990-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Catchfire-1990-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Catchfire-1990-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Catchfire-1990-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1175606\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: Vestron Pictures.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Director Dennis Hopper took his name off of <em>Catchfire<\/em>, also known as <em>Backtrack<\/em>, replacing his name with a credit for Alan Smithee. Looking at any of the cuts released to home video, one can understand why Hopper would disassociate himself as the film, based on a screenplay credited to Rachel Kronstadt Mann and Ann Louise Bardach, cannot do justice to its many big ideas.<\/p>\n<p>However, Foster has reason to take pride in her contributions to the film as radical artist Anne Benton, a complex and challenging character that stands out in her filmography.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>15. Little Man Tate (1991)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1175501\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1175501\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1175501 size-full perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20width='1280'%20height='720'%20viewBox='0%200%201280%20720'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Little Man Tate (1991)\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Little-Man-Tate-1991-Image-Credit_-Orion-Pictures.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Little-Man-Tate-1991-Image-Credit_-Orion-Pictures.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Little-Man-Tate-1991-Image-Credit_-Orion-Pictures-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Little-Man-Tate-1991-Image-Credit_-Orion-Pictures-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Little-Man-Tate-1991-Image-Credit_-Orion-Pictures-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Little-Man-Tate-1991-Image-Credit_-Orion-Pictures-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Little-Man-Tate-1991-Image-Credit_-Orion-Pictures-150x84.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1175501 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Little-Man-Tate-1991-Image-Credit_-Orion-Pictures.jpg\" alt=\"Little Man Tate (1991)\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Little-Man-Tate-1991-Image-Credit_-Orion-Pictures.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Little-Man-Tate-1991-Image-Credit_-Orion-Pictures-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Little-Man-Tate-1991-Image-Credit_-Orion-Pictures-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Little-Man-Tate-1991-Image-Credit_-Orion-Pictures-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Little-Man-Tate-1991-Image-Credit_-Orion-Pictures-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Little-Man-Tate-1991-Image-Credit_-Orion-Pictures-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1175501\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: Orion Pictures.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In addition to working in front of the camera, Foster has directed multiple TV shows and four feature films, starting with <em>Little Man Tate<\/em>. Written by Scott Frank, <em>Little Man Tate<\/em> stars Adam Hann-Byrd and Fred Tate, a rare genius born from a working-class single mother (Foster). As Fred goes to college and participates in a study operated by academics, he grows distant from his mother, who feels intimidated by her son\u2019s brilliance.<\/p>\n<p>When focusing on the mother\u2019s love and insecurity, <em>Little Man Tate<\/em> sings and Foster turns in another flinty and fascinating performance. However, when the movie focuses on Tate\u2019s exploits, it falls into schmaltz with too little character, playing like a lesser version of a John Irving novel.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>16. Bugsy Malone (1976)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1175512\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1175512\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1175512 size-full perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20width='1280'%20height='720'%20viewBox='0%200%201280%20720'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Jodie Foster and Scott Baio in Bugsy Malone (1976)\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Bugsy-Malone-1976-Image-Credit_-Paramount-Pictures.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Bugsy-Malone-1976-Image-Credit_-Paramount-Pictures.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Bugsy-Malone-1976-Image-Credit_-Paramount-Pictures-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Bugsy-Malone-1976-Image-Credit_-Paramount-Pictures-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Bugsy-Malone-1976-Image-Credit_-Paramount-Pictures-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Bugsy-Malone-1976-Image-Credit_-Paramount-Pictures-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Bugsy-Malone-1976-Image-Credit_-Paramount-Pictures-150x84.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1175512 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Bugsy-Malone-1976-Image-Credit_-Paramount-Pictures.jpg\" alt=\"Jodie Foster and Scott Baio in Bugsy Malone (1976)\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Bugsy-Malone-1976-Image-Credit_-Paramount-Pictures.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Bugsy-Malone-1976-Image-Credit_-Paramount-Pictures-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Bugsy-Malone-1976-Image-Credit_-Paramount-Pictures-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Bugsy-Malone-1976-Image-Credit_-Paramount-Pictures-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Bugsy-Malone-1976-Image-Credit_-Paramount-Pictures-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Bugsy-Malone-1976-Image-Credit_-Paramount-Pictures-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1175512\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: Paramount Pictures.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At first glance, <em>Bugsy Malone<\/em> sounds like another movie in which Foster must play a child thrust into an adult world. After all, she plays Talulah, a nightclub singer with a complicated relationship to the titular gangster. However, despite its Prohibition-era trappings the world of <em>Bugsy Malone<\/em> is not adult. In fact, no adults appear in the movie at all.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, writer and director Alan Parker cast the parts with kids, including Scott Baio as the title character, and arms them with whipped-cream-shooting Tommy guns. Critics at the time couldn\u2019t decide if <em>Bugsy Malone<\/em> was a serious film or an unconvincing gimmick. But they all agreed that Foster once again stole the show.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>17. The Brave One (2007)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1175518\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1175518\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1175518 size-full perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20width='1280'%20height='720'%20viewBox='0%200%201280%20720'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"JODIE FOSTER stars as Erica Bain in Warner Bros. Pictures' and Village Roadshow Pictures' psychological thriller &quot;The Brave One,&quot; distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Brave-One-2007-Warner-Bros.-Pictures.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Brave-One-2007-Warner-Bros.-Pictures.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Brave-One-2007-Warner-Bros.-Pictures-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Brave-One-2007-Warner-Bros.-Pictures-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Brave-One-2007-Warner-Bros.-Pictures-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Brave-One-2007-Warner-Bros.-Pictures-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Brave-One-2007-Warner-Bros.-Pictures-150x84.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1175518 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Brave-One-2007-Warner-Bros.-Pictures.jpg\" alt=\"JODIE FOSTER stars as Erica Bain in Warner Bros. Pictures' and Village Roadshow Pictures' psychological thriller &quot;The Brave One,&quot; distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Brave-One-2007-Warner-Bros.-Pictures.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Brave-One-2007-Warner-Bros.-Pictures-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Brave-One-2007-Warner-Bros.-Pictures-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Brave-One-2007-Warner-Bros.-Pictures-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Brave-One-2007-Warner-Bros.-Pictures-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Brave-One-2007-Warner-Bros.-Pictures-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1175518\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>By 2007, Jodie Foster had played many women in terrible situations. But with director Neil Jordan\u2019s <em>The Brave One<\/em>, she finally got to play someone who fought back with the same dirty tactics. The screenplay by Roderick Taylor, Bruce A. Taylor, and Cynthia Mort follows radio host Erica Bain (Foster), who becomes a gun-toting vigilante after the brutal death of her fiance.<\/p>\n<p>Despite <em>The Brave One<\/em>\u2019s mainstream Hollywood presentation, it channels the nastiness of exploitation flicks from the 70s and 80s, Charles Bronson\u2019s <em>Death Wish<\/em> in particular. <em>The Brave One<\/em> doesn\u2019t make for an easy watch, and Jordan doesn\u2019t always know how to handle the nasty material, but no viewer can help but pull for Foster\u2019s Erica.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>18. Nyad (2023)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1175520\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1175520\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1175520 size-full perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20width='1280'%20height='720'%20viewBox='0%200%201280%20720'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Jodie Foster and Annette Benning in Nyad (2023)\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Nyad-2023-Image-Credit_-Netflix.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Nyad-2023-Image-Credit_-Netflix.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Nyad-2023-Image-Credit_-Netflix-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Nyad-2023-Image-Credit_-Netflix-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Nyad-2023-Image-Credit_-Netflix-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Nyad-2023-Image-Credit_-Netflix-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Nyad-2023-Image-Credit_-Netflix-150x84.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1175520 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Nyad-2023-Image-Credit_-Netflix.jpg\" alt=\"Jodie Foster and Annette Benning in Nyad (2023)\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Nyad-2023-Image-Credit_-Netflix.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Nyad-2023-Image-Credit_-Netflix-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Nyad-2023-Image-Credit_-Netflix-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Nyad-2023-Image-Credit_-Netflix-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Nyad-2023-Image-Credit_-Netflix-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Nyad-2023-Image-Credit_-Netflix-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1175520\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: Black Bear Pictures \/ Mad Chance Productions \/ Netflix.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On one hand, the Netflix movie <em>Nyad<\/em> follows the standard awards-bait route. It tells the inspirational true story of Olympic swimmer Diana Nyad (Anette Benning), who decides at the age of 61 to become the first woman to swim non-stop from Florida to Cuba.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, Benning brings real depth and humanity to her character, as does Foster as Nyad\u2019s long-suffering best friend, Bonnie. Throughout the movie, Bonnie gives constant love (albeit often tough love) and encouragement to the prickly Nyad. The believable friendship between the duo makes the movie worth watching, even when the story fails to generate much interest.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>19. Sommersby (1993)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1175517\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1175517\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1175517 size-full perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20width='1280'%20height='720'%20viewBox='0%200%201280%20720'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Jodie Foster and Richard Gere in Sommersby (1993)\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Sommersby-1993-Warner-Bros.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Sommersby-1993-Warner-Bros.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Sommersby-1993-Warner-Bros-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Sommersby-1993-Warner-Bros-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Sommersby-1993-Warner-Bros-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Sommersby-1993-Warner-Bros-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Sommersby-1993-Warner-Bros-150x84.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1175517 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Sommersby-1993-Warner-Bros.jpg\" alt=\"Jodie Foster and Richard Gere in Sommersby (1993)\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Sommersby-1993-Warner-Bros.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Sommersby-1993-Warner-Bros-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Sommersby-1993-Warner-Bros-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Sommersby-1993-Warner-Bros-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Sommersby-1993-Warner-Bros-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Sommersby-1993-Warner-Bros-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1175517\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: Warner Bros.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When her husband Jack Sommersby (Richard Gere) left to fight in the Civil War, the life of his wife Laurel (Foster) improved a great deal. Without her abusive husband around, Laurel could live in peace. When reports of Jack\u2019s death reached her, Laurel could pursue a marriage to neighbor Orin (Bill Pullman). But when Jack returns several years later, just before her re-marriage, he proclaims himself a changed man and works to win Laurel back.<\/p>\n<p>For all of the high drama in director Jon Amiel\u2019s <em>Sommersby<\/em>, based on a screenplay by Nicholas Meyer and Sarah Kernochan, Laurel does little more than fret about men. Foster brings the flat character to life in Ameil\u2019s handsome film, but the character does fall short of her qualifications as an actor.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>20. Anna and the King (1999)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1175506\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1175506\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1175506 size-full perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20width='1280'%20height='720'%20viewBox='0%200%201280%20720'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Jodie Foster and Chow Yun-fat in Anna and the King (1999)\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Anna-and-the-King-1999-Image-Credit_-20th-Century-Fox.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Anna-and-the-King-1999-Image-Credit_-20th-Century-Fox.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Anna-and-the-King-1999-Image-Credit_-20th-Century-Fox-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Anna-and-the-King-1999-Image-Credit_-20th-Century-Fox-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Anna-and-the-King-1999-Image-Credit_-20th-Century-Fox-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Anna-and-the-King-1999-Image-Credit_-20th-Century-Fox-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Anna-and-the-King-1999-Image-Credit_-20th-Century-Fox-150x84.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1175506 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Anna-and-the-King-1999-Image-Credit_-20th-Century-Fox.jpg\" alt=\"Jodie Foster and Chow Yun-fat in Anna and the King (1999)\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Anna-and-the-King-1999-Image-Credit_-20th-Century-Fox.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Anna-and-the-King-1999-Image-Credit_-20th-Century-Fox-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Anna-and-the-King-1999-Image-Credit_-20th-Century-Fox-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Anna-and-the-King-1999-Image-Credit_-20th-Century-Fox-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Anna-and-the-King-1999-Image-Credit_-20th-Century-Fox-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Anna-and-the-King-1999-Image-Credit_-20th-Century-Fox-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1175506\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: 20th Century Fox.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Most people know the story of Anna Leonowens, the English teacher who befriended Siamese King Mongkut through the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical <em>The King and I<\/em>. For <em>Anna and the King<\/em>, director Andy Tennant does not repeat the same beats and does not include the songs from <em>The King and I<\/em>, nor does the screenplay by Steve Meerson and Peter Krikes stick to the story in Leonowens\u2019s diary.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, it plays for a romantic drama, an approach that does not always work, despite Foster as Leonowens and Hong Kong action star Chow Yun-fat as King Mongkut. Still, despite its shortcomings, <em>Anna and the King<\/em> entertains, thanks to the chemistry between Foster and Chow.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>21. Hotel Artemis (2016)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1175508\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1175508\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1175508 size-full perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20width='1280'%20height='720'%20viewBox='0%200%201280%20720'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Jodie Foster in Hotel Artemis (2016)\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hotel-Artimes-2016-Image-Credit_-Global-Road-Entertainment.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hotel-Artimes-2016-Image-Credit_-Global-Road-Entertainment.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hotel-Artimes-2016-Image-Credit_-Global-Road-Entertainment-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hotel-Artimes-2016-Image-Credit_-Global-Road-Entertainment-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hotel-Artimes-2016-Image-Credit_-Global-Road-Entertainment-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hotel-Artimes-2016-Image-Credit_-Global-Road-Entertainment-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hotel-Artimes-2016-Image-Credit_-Global-Road-Entertainment-150x84.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1175508 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hotel-Artimes-2016-Image-Credit_-Global-Road-Entertainment.jpg\" alt=\"Jodie Foster in Hotel Artemis (2016)\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hotel-Artimes-2016-Image-Credit_-Global-Road-Entertainment.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hotel-Artimes-2016-Image-Credit_-Global-Road-Entertainment-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hotel-Artimes-2016-Image-Credit_-Global-Road-Entertainment-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hotel-Artimes-2016-Image-Credit_-Global-Road-Entertainment-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hotel-Artimes-2016-Image-Credit_-Global-Road-Entertainment-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hotel-Artimes-2016-Image-Credit_-Global-Road-Entertainment-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1175508\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: Global Road Entertainment.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If she wanted to, Foster could have phoned in performance as the Nurse in <em>Hotel Artemis<\/em>. After all, writer\/director Drew Pearce has no interest in realism or depth and instead presents his action thriller, about a group of criminals double-crossing each other in a secret hospital, as a glossy bit of ridiculous fun. And yet, Foster leans into the role, barking out orders and playing along with the big performances from co-stars Sterling K. Brown and Brian Tyree Henry.<\/p>\n<p>Foster\u2019s commitment to the bit reminds viewers of her comic chops, a quality too often overlooked by those following Foster\u2019s career.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>22. The Hotel New Hampshire (1984)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1175500\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1175500\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1175500 size-full perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20width='1280'%20height='720'%20viewBox='0%200%201280%20720'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Hotel New Hampshire (1984)\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hotel-New-Hampshire-1984-Orion-Pictures.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hotel-New-Hampshire-1984-Orion-Pictures.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hotel-New-Hampshire-1984-Orion-Pictures-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hotel-New-Hampshire-1984-Orion-Pictures-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hotel-New-Hampshire-1984-Orion-Pictures-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hotel-New-Hampshire-1984-Orion-Pictures-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hotel-New-Hampshire-1984-Orion-Pictures-150x84.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1175500 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hotel-New-Hampshire-1984-Orion-Pictures.jpg\" alt=\"Hotel New Hampshire (1984)\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hotel-New-Hampshire-1984-Orion-Pictures.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hotel-New-Hampshire-1984-Orion-Pictures-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hotel-New-Hampshire-1984-Orion-Pictures-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hotel-New-Hampshire-1984-Orion-Pictures-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hotel-New-Hampshire-1984-Orion-Pictures-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hotel-New-Hampshire-1984-Orion-Pictures-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1175500\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: Orion Pictures.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>The Hotel New Hampshire<\/em> director and writer Tony Richardson deserves credit for retaining the humor and ickiness of the John Irving novel he adapts. The film never turns away from flatulent dogs, whacky neighbors, and the sexual tension between brother and sister John and Franny (Rob Lowe and Foster).<\/p>\n<p>However, Richardson deserves blame for fumbling all of these aspects, relying on sped-up film and obnoxious close-ups instead of trusting the jokes that Irving set up. Still, one has to credit Foster for playing Franny straight, despite the absurd and uncomfortable demands of <em>The Hotel New Hampshire<\/em>\u2019s plot.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/best-jodie-foster-movies\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Few actors as young as Jodie Foster can say they\u2019ve enjoyed making excellent movies for five decades. 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