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Your Top 5 Favorite Meryl Streep Movies

1-Death Becomes Her

2-The Bridges of Madison County

3-Julie & Julia

4-Out of Africa

5-Kramer Vs Kramer

by Anonymousreply 50July 26, 2025 7:17 AM

I liked She Devil.

by Anonymousreply 1July 25, 2025 2:49 PM

None of them because they are all terrible

by Anonymousreply 2July 25, 2025 2:49 PM

1) Sophie's Choice

2) The Devil Wears Prada

3) Karmer vs. Kramer

4) Death Becomes Her

5) Silkwood

by Anonymousreply 3July 25, 2025 2:50 PM

1) The Devil Wears Prada

2) Death Becomes Her

3) Defending Your Life

4) Cry in The Dark (aka Evil Angels)

5) Adaptation or Out of Africa or Kramer v. Kramer

Alt: Sophie's Choice or Silkwood

by Anonymousreply 4July 25, 2025 2:56 PM

1. One True Thing

2. The Devil Wears Prada

3. She-Devil

4. Death Becomes Her

5. Silkwood

Alt: Postcards From The Edge

by Anonymousreply 5July 25, 2025 2:59 PM

I liked Silkwood. But that's it.

by Anonymousreply 6July 25, 2025 3:35 PM

1. Death Becomes Her

2. The Devil Wears Prada

3. Don’t Look Up

4. Adaptation

5. Postcards from the Edge

by Anonymousreply 7July 25, 2025 3:43 PM

French Lieutenant's Woman. Heartburn. She-Devil. Prada.Postcards.

I'll admit it. I like Meryl Streep. I don't care if she clapped for Polanski.

by Anonymousreply 8July 25, 2025 3:51 PM

Out of Africa, Sophie's Choice, Prada, Bridges and The Hours.

by Anonymousreply 9July 25, 2025 3:54 PM

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by Anonymousreply 10July 25, 2025 3:55 PM

1. Postcards From The Edge 2. Defending Your Life 3. She Devil 4. Before and After 5. Adaptation

by Anonymousreply 11July 25, 2025 3:56 PM

Out of Africa

Manhattan

Bridges of Madison County

Defending Your Life

French Lieutenant's Woman

by Anonymousreply 12July 25, 2025 3:59 PM

R6 Did you watch her other movies?

by Anonymousreply 13July 25, 2025 4:09 PM

Ooh I forgot about The Hours. I'm going to add that one to my list. R8 also the Deer Hunter.

by Anonymousreply 14July 25, 2025 4:11 PM

Florence Foster Jenkins - BRILLIANT!!!

by Anonymousreply 15July 25, 2025 4:11 PM

The dingo baby one

by Anonymousreply 16July 25, 2025 4:15 PM

Rikki and the Flash

by Anonymousreply 17July 25, 2025 4:16 PM

The House of Spirits

Still of the Night

Ricki and the Flash

The River Wild

Mamma Mia!

by Anonymousreply 18July 25, 2025 4:19 PM

"Sophie's Choice"

"The Deer Hunter"

by Anonymousreply 19July 25, 2025 4:29 PM

“Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again”

by Anonymousreply 20July 25, 2025 4:32 PM

1. Sophie's Choice

2. Postcards From The Edge

3. Julie and Julia

4. August: Osage County

5. Doubt

6. The Devil Wears Prada

by Anonymousreply 21July 25, 2025 4:33 PM

She-Devil and Silkwood are my favorites. I'm not a huge fan of her, but I enjoyed her in both of those films.

by Anonymousreply 22July 25, 2025 4:34 PM

She-Devil was an awful movie, but Meryl's performance was so brilliantly comic, she completely stole the show from the so-called comedienne Roseanne Barr.

by Anonymousreply 23July 25, 2025 4:36 PM

I didn't like Sophie's Choice but I love your other picks, r21. Doubt was probably her strongest performance. I don't think of her as Meryl Streep when I'm watching that movie.

by Anonymousreply 24July 25, 2025 4:38 PM

No mention of Marvin's Room? I thought she was great in that.

by Anonymousreply 25July 25, 2025 4:47 PM

Sophie's Choice

The French Lieutenant's Woman

The Bridges of Madison County

The Devil Wears Prada

The first ten minutes of Death Becomes Her (with the great awful song)

by Anonymousreply 26July 25, 2025 5:46 PM

Heartburn

Sophie’s Choice

The French Lieutenant’s Woman

Mamma Mia

by Anonymousreply 27July 25, 2025 5:56 PM

Yeah, the dingo one…A Cry in the Dark?

by Anonymousreply 28July 25, 2025 5:57 PM

Devil Wears Prada

Doubt

Out of Africa

Sophie's Choice

by Anonymousreply 29July 25, 2025 6:01 PM

Silkwood

Adaptation

The Bridges of Madison County

Death Becomes Her

Defending Your Life

by Anonymousreply 30July 25, 2025 6:07 PM

1. Sophie's Choice

2. Postcards from the Edge

3. French Lieutenant's Woman

4. Bridges of Madison County

5. Out of Africa

alt: The Deer Hunter

by Anonymousreply 31July 25, 2025 6:15 PM

1. Sophie's Choice

2. Devil Wears Prada

3. Adaptation

4. The Hours

5. Kramer vs. Kramer

by Anonymousreply 32July 25, 2025 7:27 PM

I'm glad someone mentioned Doubt, because that movie is probably underrated. Look at the cast and how successful they were as a team. Good film for showcasing actors.

Meryl has one of the better filmographies for an enduring star. I hope young people seek out her movies.

By all accounts, the TDWP2 is going very well. The cast is all performing.

by Anonymousreply 33July 26, 2025 12:01 AM

She's horrible in Doubt. Compared to Cherry Jones?! Not even a contest. I HAVE DOUBTS is one of the worst line readings in history.

Hopefully the sequel puts her back on track, because everything post the original Prada is one dimensional and broad overacting. All of those movies could have been played by better actresses.

The one actress whose work truly plunged because she believed her own hype.

by Anonymousreply 34July 26, 2025 1:24 AM

I would say that’s a broad generalization but thanks for stopping by.

by Anonymousreply 35July 26, 2025 1:36 AM

No mention of that drag queen performance she gave in The Iron Lady?

by Anonymousreply 36July 26, 2025 1:43 AM

After Postcards From the Edge and Devil Wears Prada, I can't think of three more. Maybe that Robert Altman movie With Lily Tomlin?

by Anonymousreply 37July 26, 2025 1:45 AM

Florence Foster Jenkins made me laugh with a friend who passed later. I have fond memories of laughing in theater.

by Anonymousreply 38July 26, 2025 1:47 AM

The Bridges of Africa.

by Anonymousreply 39July 26, 2025 2:21 AM

I've been moved by a handful of her performances but even though she gets cast in everything, and as everyone, she really is sort of mediocre in the end. I think she stayed too long at the fair, or something. Meaning, in her own lifetime, she has already lost a lot of standing and isn't a "living legend" like Davis or Hepburn.

by Anonymousreply 40July 26, 2025 3:13 AM

(Like they were, that is.)

by Anonymousreply 41July 26, 2025 3:14 AM

She doesn't have enough eccentricity or a strong enough personality to be that kind of star.

by Anonymousreply 42July 26, 2025 3:15 AM

Silkwood

A Cry in the Dark

Devil Wears Prada

Plenty

Adaptation

by Anonymousreply 43July 26, 2025 3:32 AM

She’s definitely a legend like Davis or Hepburn. A few jealous cranky people on Datalounge don’t matter. Hopefully she stays creative and healthy.

by Anonymousreply 44July 26, 2025 3:37 AM

The only Meryl Streep films I would rewatch:

Postcards from the Edge

A Cry in the Dark

The Devil Wears Prada

Doubt

Death Becomes Her

by Anonymousreply 45July 26, 2025 3:39 AM

R44 Jealous of what?

by Anonymousreply 46July 26, 2025 3:42 AM

I have a feeling that a lot of her films unseen by me: Out of Africa, Plenty, Sophie's Choice, The French Lieutenant's Woman, One True Thing, Julia and Julia, Ironweed, The Iron Lady, Music of the Heart, Still of the Night, She-Devil, The House of Spirits, Marvin's Room, Dancing at Lughnasa . . .are dreadful

of those I've seen Heartburn, Falling in Love, Kramer vs Kramer, Mamma Mia and Florence Foster Jenkins are trite; Death Becomes Her, The Deer Hunter, The Devil Wears Prada, Postcards from the Edge, Silkwood, and Doubt are better.

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by Anonymousreply 48July 26, 2025 7:10 AM

Most of us film buffs at DL adore Be Kind, Rewind.

by Anonymousreply 49July 26, 2025 7:13 AM

Sophie’s Choice Out Of Africa Devil Wears Prada The Deer Hunter Julia and Julia

by Anonymousreply 50July 26, 2025 7:17 AM
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