Sarah Paulson films and TV shows, ranked by your taste

Actor · 22 films and 6 TV shows on Boxlist

Known for 12 Years a Slave, American Horror Story and Carol.

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Starring Sarah Paulson

Adele One Night Only
2021 · Film
8.6/10 · TMDB
A primetime special with performances from the superstar including Adele’s first new material in six years plus her chart-topping hits. The special will also feature an exclusive interview with Adele by Oprah Winfrey from her rose garden...
American Horror Story
2011 · TV
8.1/10 · TMDB
An anthology horror drama series centering on different characters and locations, including a house with a murderous past, an asylum, a witch coven, a freak show, a hotel, a farmhouse in Roanoke, a cult, the apocalypse and a summer camp.
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12 Years a Slave
2013 · Film
7.9/10 · TMDB
In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his...
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Ratched
2020 · TV
7.8/10 · TMDB
An origins story, beginning in 1947, which follows Ratched's journey and evolution from nurse to full-fledged monster tracking her murderous progression through the mental health care system.
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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.”
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Abominable
2019 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDB
A group of misfits encounter a young Yeti named Everest, and they set off to reunite the magical creature with his family on the mountain of his namesake.
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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.
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American Crime Story
2016 · TV
7.5/10 · TMDB
An anthology series centered around some of history's most famous criminal investigations.
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Serenity
2005 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
When the renegade crew of Serenity agrees to hide a fugitive on their ship, they find themselves in an action-packed battle between the relentless military might of a totalitarian regime who will destroy anything – or anyone – to get the...
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Run
2020 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
Chloe, a teenager who is confined to a wheelchair, is homeschooled by her mother, Diane. Chloe soon becomes suspicious of her mother and begins to suspect that she may be harboring a dark secret.
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The Goldfinch
2019 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
A boy in New York is taken in by a wealthy family after his mother is killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In a rush of panic, he steals 'The Goldfinch', a painting that eventually draws him into a world of crime.
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Mud
2013 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
Two boys find a fugitive hiding out on an island in the Mississippi River and form a pact to help him reunite with his lover and escape.
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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.
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The Post
2017 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between journalist and government. Inspired by true events.
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Bird Box
2018 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
Five years after an ominous unseen presence drives most of society to suicide, a survivor and her two children make a desperate bid to reach safety.
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Game Change
2012 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
During the Republican run of the 2008 Presidential election, candidate John McCain picks a relative unknown, Alaskan governor Sarah Palin, to be his running mate. As the campaign kicks into high gear, her lack of experience, in both...
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Glass
2019 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
In a series of escalating encounters, former security guard David Dunn uses his supernatural abilities to track Kevin Wendell Crumb, a disturbed man who has twenty-four personalities. Meanwhile, the shadowy presence of Elijah Price emerges...
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Martha Marcy May Marlene
2011 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
After several years of living with a cult, Martha finally escapes and calls her estranged sister, Lucy, for help. Martha finds herself at the quiet Connecticut home Lucy shares with her new husband, Ted, but the memories of what she...
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Rebel in the Rye
2017 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
The life of celebrated but reclusive author, J.D. Salinger, who gained worldwide fame with the publication of his novel, The Catcher in the Rye.
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What Women Want
2000 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
Advertising executive Nick Marshall is as cocky as they come, but what happens to a chauvinistic guy when he can suddenly hear what women are thinking? Nick gets passed over for a promotion, but after an accident enables him to hear...
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The Notorious Bettie Page
2005 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
Bettie Page grew up in a conservative religious family in Tennessee and became a photo model sensation in 1950s New York. Bettie's legendary pin-up photos made her the target of a Senate investigation into pornography, and transformed her...
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Down with Love
2003 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
In 1962 New York City, love blossoms between a playboy journalist and a feminist advice author.
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Hold Your Breath
2024 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
In 1930s Oklahoma amid the region's horrific dust storms, a woman is convinced that a sinister presence is threatening her family.
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New Year's Eve
2011 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
The lives of several couples and singles in New York intertwine over the course of New Year's Eve.
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All's Fair
2025 · TV
4.8/10 · TMDB
A team of female divorce attorneys leave a male-dominated firm to open their own powerhouse practice. Fierce, brilliant, and emotionally complicated, they navigate high-stakes breakups, scandalous secrets, and shifting allegiances—both in...
The Runner
2015 · Film
4.8/10 · TMDB
In the aftermath of the BP oil spill, an idealistic but imperfect New Orleans politician (Nicolas Cage) finds his plans of restoration unraveling as his own life becomes contaminated with corruption, scandal and deceit.
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The Spirit
2008 · Film
4.7/10 · TMDB
Down these mean streets a man must come. A hero born, murdered, and born again. A Rookie cop named Denny Colt returns from the beyond as The Spirit, a hero whose mission is to fight against the bad forces from the shadows of Central City...
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Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story
2026 · TV
7.1/10 · TMDB
Trapped in a cruel Victorian-era household, Lizzie Borden kills her parents in a gory ax murder that shocks the nation.
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