Cate Blanchett films and TV shows, ranked by your taste

Actor · 59 films and 3 TV shows on Boxlist

Known for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.

See which ones match your taste

Starring Cate Blanchett

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003 · Film
8.5/10 · TMDB
Aragorn is revealed as the heir to the ancient kings as he, Gandalf and the other members of the broken fellowship struggle to save Gondor from Sauron's forces. Meanwhile, Frodo and Sam take the ring closer to the heart of Mordor, the dark...
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001 · Film
8.4/10 · TMDB
Young hobbit Frodo Baggins, after inheriting a mysterious ring from his uncle Bilbo, must leave his home in order to keep it from falling into the hands of its evil creator. Along the way, a fellowship is formed to protect the ringbearer...
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002 · Film
8.3/10 · TMDB
Frodo and Sam are trekking to Mordor to destroy the One Ring of Power while Gimli, Legolas and Aragorn search for the orc-captured Merry and Pippin. All along, nefarious wizard Saruman awaits the Fellowship members at the Orthanc Tower in...
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
Don't Look Up
2021 · Film
8.3/10 · TMDB
Two astronomers go on a media tour to warn humankind of a planet-killing comet hurtling toward Earth. The response from a distracted world: Meh.
Where to watch:
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
2022 · Film
8.1/10 · TMDB
During the rise of fascism in Mussolini's Italy, a wooden boy brought magically to life struggles to live up to his father's expectations.
Where to watch:
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
2010 · Film
8.1/10 · TMDB
For decades, Freddy Krueger has slashed his way through the dreams of countless youngsters, scaring up over half a billion dollars at the box office across eight terrifying, spectacular films.
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
2019 · Film
7.8/10 · TMDB
As Hiccup fulfills his dream of creating a peaceful dragon utopia, Toothless’ discovery of an untamed, elusive mate draws the Night Fury away. When danger mounts at home and Hiccup’s reign as village chief is tested, both dragon and rider...
Where to watch:Rent or buy
How to Train Your Dragon 2
2014 · Film
7.7/10 · TMDB
The thrilling second chapter of the epic How To Train Your Dragon trilogy brings back the fantastical world of Hiccup and Toothless five years later. While Astrid, Snotlout and the rest of the gang are challenging each other to dragon...
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
Nightmare Alley
2021 · Film
7.7/10 · TMDB
An ambitious young carny with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychiatrist who is even more dangerous than he is.
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
Mrs. America
2020 · TV
7.7/10 · TMDB
The true story of the movement to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, and the unexpected backlash led by a conservative woman named Phyllis Schlafly, aka “the sweetheart of the silent majority.”
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
Thor: Ragnarok
2017 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDB
Thor is imprisoned on the other side of the universe and finds himself in a race against time to get back to Asgard to stop Ragnarok, the destruction of his home-world and the end of Asgardian civilization, at the hands of a powerful new...
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2013 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDB
The Dwarves, Bilbo and Gandalf have successfully escaped the Misty Mountains, and Bilbo has gained the One Ring. They all continue their journey to get their gold back from the Dragon, Smaug.
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2008 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDB
I was born under unusual circumstances. And so begins. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, adapted from the 1920s story by F. Scott Fitzgerald about a man who is born in his eighties and ages backwards: a man, like any of us, who is...
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema
2022 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDB
With mesmerizing footage and time lapses of animators at work, this behind-the-scenes special captures the artistry of a unique tale years in the making.
Where to watch:
Hot Fuzz
2007 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
As a former London constable, Nicholas Angel finds it difficult to adapt to his new assignment in the sleepy British village of Sandford. Not only does he miss the excitement of the big city, but he also has a well-meaning oaf for a...
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
Eyes Wide Shut
1999 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
After Dr. Bill Harford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their meetings -- and quickly...
Where to watch:Rent or buy
Carol
2015 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
In 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
Spielberg
2017 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
A documentary on the life and career of one of the most influential film directors of all time, Steven Spielberg.
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
Disclaimer
2024 · TV
7.4/10 · TMDB
When an intriguing novel appears at the bedside of a journalist whose career has been built on revealing transgressions, she is horrified to realize she's a key character in a long-buried story—one that exposes her darkest secret.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2012 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit enjoying his quiet life, is swept into an epic quest by Gandalf the Grey and thirteen dwarves who seek to reclaim their mountain home from Smaug, the dragon.
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
Immediately after the events of The Desolation of Smaug, Bilbo and the dwarves try to defend Erebor's mountain of treasure from others who claim it: the men of the ruined Laketown and the elves of Mirkwood. Meanwhile an army of Orcs led by...
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
The Aviator
2004 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
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...
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
Babel
2006 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
In Babel, a tragic incident involving an American couple in Morocco sparks a chain of events for four families in different countries throughout the world. In the struggle to overcome isolation, fear, and displacement, each character...
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
The Talented Mr. Ripley
1999 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Opportunity knocks in the form of a wealthy U.S. shipbuilder who hires Tom to travel to Italy to bring back his playboy son, Dickie...
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
2004 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
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...
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
TÁR
2022 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
Renowned musician Lydia Tár is days away from recording the symphony that will elevate her career. However, Lydia's elaborate facade begins to unravel, revealing dirty secrets and the corrosive nature of power.
Where to watch:Rent or buy
Elizabeth
1998 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
The story of the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, the endless attempts by her council to marry her off, the Catholic hatred of her and her romance with Lord Robert Dudley.
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
The School for Good and Evil
2022 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
Best friends Sophie and Agatha navigate an enchanted school for young heroes and villains — and find themselves on opposing sides of the battle between good and evil.
Where to watch:
Notes on a Scandal
2006 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
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.
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
Coffee and Cigarettes
2003 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
Coffee And Cigarettes is a collection of eleven films from cult director Jim Jarmusch. Each film hosts star studded cast of extremely unique individuals who all share the common activities of conversing while drinking coffee and smoking...
Where to watch:
Ocean's Eight
2018 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
Debbie Ocean, a criminal mastermind, gathers a crew of female thieves to pull off the heist of the century at New York's annual Met Gala.
Where to watch:Rent or buy
Blue Jasmine
2013 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
After experiencing a traumatic misfortune, Jasmine French, a wealthy woman from New York, moves to San Francisco to live with her foster sister Ginger and the firm purpose of getting a new life, but she will be haunted by anxiety and...
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
Stateless
2020 · TV
7.0/10 · TMDB
Four strangers — a flight attendant escaping a suburban cult, an Afghan refugee fleeing persecution, a young Australian father escaping a dead-end job, and a bureaucrat caught up in a national scandal — are stuck in an immigration...
Cinderella
2015 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
When her father unexpectedly passes away, young Ella finds herself at the mercy of her cruel stepmother and her daughters. Never one to give up hope, Ella's fortunes begin to change after meeting a dashing stranger in the woods.
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
Black Bag
2025 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
When his beloved wife is suspected of betraying the nation, an intelligence agent faces the ultimate test – loyalty to his marriage or his country.
Where to watch:Rent or buy
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
2007 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
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.
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
2019 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
When architect-turned-recluse Bernadette Fox goes missing prior to a family trip to Antarctica, her 15-year-old daughter Bee goes on a quest with Bernadette's husband to find her.
Where to watch:Rent or buy
Veronica Guerin
2003 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
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...
Where to watch:Rent or buy
Hanna
2011 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
Raised by her father, an ex-CIA agent, in the wilds of Finland, Hanna's upbringing has been geared to making her the perfect assassin. Sent into the world by her father on a mission, Hanna journeys across Europe, eluding agents dispatched...
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
I'm Not There
2007 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
Six actors portray six personas of music legend Bob Dylan in scenes depicting various stages of his life, chronicling his rise from unknown folksinger to international icon and revealing how Dylan constantly reinvented himself.
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
Heaven
2002 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
A woman takes the law into her own hands after police ignore her pleas to arrest the man responsible for her husband's death, and finds herself not only under arrest for murder but falling in love with an officer.
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
Truth
2015 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
As a renowned producer and close associate of Dan Rather, Mary Mapes believes she’s broken the biggest story of the 2004 election: revelations of a sitting U.S. President’s military service. But when allegations come pouring in, sources...
Where to watch:Rent or buy
Father Mother Sister Brother
2025 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
Three stories concerning the relationships between adult children, their somewhat distant parent (or parents), and each other: a reclusive father visited by his grown children in the US, sisters visiting their novelist mother in Dublin...
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
2018 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
A human child raised by wolves, must face off against a menacing tiger named Shere Khan, as well as his own origins.
Where to watch:
Robin Hood
2010 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
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...
Where to watch:Rent or buy
The Gift
2000 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
When a local woman disappears and the police can't seem to find any leads, her father turns to a poor young woman with psychic powers. Slowly she starts having visions of the woman chained and in a pond. Her visions lead to the body and...
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
An Ideal Husband
1999 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
Sir Robert Chiltern is a successful Government minister, well-off and with a loving wife. All this is threatened when Mrs Cheveley appears in London with damning evidence of a past misdeed. Sir Robert turns for help to his friend Lord...
Bandits
2001 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
Two bank robbers fall in love with the girl they've kidnapped.
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
The House with a Clock in Its Walls
2018 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
When ten-year-old Lewis is suddenly orphaned, he is sent to live with his Uncle Jonathan in a creaky (and creepy) old mansion with a mysterious ticking noise that emanates from the walls. Upon discovering that his uncle is a warlock, Lewis...
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
The Missing
2003 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
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...
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
The Shipping News
2001 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
An emotionally-beaten man with his young daughter moves to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to reclaim his life.
Where to watch:Rent or buy
Voyage of Time: Life's Journey
2017 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
A celebration of the universe, displaying the whole of time, from its start to its final collapse. This film examines all that occurred to prepare the world that stands before us now: science and spirit, birth and death, the grand cosmos...
The Man Who Cried
2000 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
A young refugee travels from Russia to America in search of her lost father and falls in love with a gypsy horseman.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
2008 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
Set during the Cold War, the Soviets—led by sword-wielding Irina Spalko—are in search of a crystal skull which has supernatural powers related to a mystical Lost City of Gold. Indy is coerced to head to Peru at the behest of a young man...
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
The Monuments Men
2014 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action drama focusing on seven over-the-hill, out-of-shape museum directors, artists, architects, curators, and art historians who went to the front...
Where to watch:Rent or buy
The Wrong Girls
2026 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
Two codependent best friends living paycheck to paycheck and bong rip to bong rip get caught in a case of mistaken identity that throws their lives into chaos.
Pushing Tin
1999 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
Two air traffic controllers who thrive on living dangerously compete to outdo each other on several levels.
Where to watch:Rent or buy
The Good German
2006 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
An American journalist arrives in Berlin just after the end of World War Two. He becomes involved in a murder mystery surrounding a dead GI who washes up at a lakeside mansion during the Potsdam negotiations between the Allied powers. Soon...
Where to watch:Rent or buy
Knight of Cups
2015 · Film
5.6/10 · TMDB
Rick is a screenwriter living in Los Angeles. While successful in his career, his life feels empty. Haunted and confused, he finds temporary solace in the decadent Hollywood excess that defines his existence. Women provide a distraction to...
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
Song to Song
2017 · Film
5.4/10 · TMDB
In this modern love story set against the Austin, Texas music scene, two entangled couples — struggling songwriters Faye and BV, and music mogul Cook and the waitress whom he ensnares — chase success through a rock ‘n’ roll landscape of...
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
Borderlands
2024 · Film
5.3/10 · TMDB
Returning to her home planet, an infamous outlaw forms an unexpected alliance with a team of unlikely heroes. Together, they battle alien monsters and dangerous bandits to find a missing girl who holds the key to unimaginable power.
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
Rumours
2024 · Film
5.1/10 · TMDB
En route to the annual G7 summit, the seven leaders of the world’s wealthiest liberal democracies get lost in the woods and face increasing peril while attempting to draft a provisional statement regarding a global crisis.
Where to watch:+ rent/buy

Credits from TMDB, for the films and shows in the Boxlist catalogue. Star ratings are quality scores, not fit.