Julia Roberts, the best part, there is a Julia Roberts movie for every mood and for all kinds of movie night. Be it romantic comedies, romantic drama, thriller, crime or fantasy. Not just her movies are loved by audiences, most of them are loved by critics as well. It’s difficult to select the top one’s, but we tried and here are the Julia Roberts best movies to watch.
Pretty Woman
Romantic Comedy – 1h 59 m
IMDb –7.0/10
Edward Lewis is a rich man but he has a legal and hurtful business and needs an escort for some social events. He hired Vivian Ward who was a prostitute by offering $3,000 for six days and a new wardrobe. Eventually, they fall in love. One of the best movies of Julia Roberts.
Why to watch
- Richard Tiffany Gere and Julia Roberts in the lead
- Chemistry between Edward and Vivian
- Falling in love with a prostitute
- A lovely story of hope and the true purity of falling madly in love
My Best friend’s Wedding
Romantic Comedy Drama – Duration – 1h 45m
IMDb – 6.3/10
Julianne Potter is a successful and independent food critic. She receives a call from her lifelong friend Michael O’Neal. He said he is engaged and within four days he is getting married to Kim Wallace. Jules realizes that she has feelings for him and sets out to get him, only a few days before their marriage.
Why to watch
- Friendship between Jules and Michael
- Jules gay friend George
- A comedy about winning heart and losing head
- Finding love and decide what to do next
- Good songs
Notting Hill
Romantic Drama – 2h 4m
IMDb – 7.1/10
William Thacker owns an independent travel book store in Notting Hill, London. His life changes when he met Hollywood actress Anna Scott who enters in his shop incognito.
Why to watch
- Famous film star falls in love with an ordinary guy
- Complications in life of a celebrity
- Surroundings affected in love life
- Chemistry between Anna and William
- Julia Roberts and Hugh Grants
Mystic Pizza
Romantic Drama – 1h 44m
IMDb – 6.3/10
Three fresh outta high school, teenage girls working at a pizza parlor in the Connecticut town of Mystic. The movie revolves around the love lives of three girls. Jojo has stood at the altar but couldn’t go through with a marriage, Daisy hasn’t found Mr Right yet, and Kat hasn’t got time for boyfriends.
Why to watch
- A movie about love, friendship, dreams and life.
- Teenage girls
- Annabeth Gish, Julia Roberts and Lili Taylor playing the leads
Eat Pray Love
Self Discovery Drama – 2h 13m
IMDb –5.8/10
The movie is based on the biography of Elizabeth Gilbert, who has everything a modern woman is supposed to dream of having – a husband, a house, a successful career. But she realizes that her marriage is unhappy. After a painful divorce she takes off on a round-the-world journey to “find herself”. One of the Julia Roberts best movies to watch.
Why to watch
- Based on the true story of American journalist and author Elizabeth Gilbert
- Inner lives and pursuits for balance and happiness
- Self discovery
- Inspiring
- Life lessons
Stepmom
Comedy Drama – 2h 5m
IMDb –6.8/10
Jackie and Luke are getting divorced. They have two children Anna and Ben. Meanwhile, Luke started dating a famous and successful photographer Isabel. She tried her best to treat their kids and also doesn’t plan to give up on her work. Jackie finds it offensively insufficient and a conflict started between them.
Why to watch
- Complications in relationship
- Broken family
- Bonding that later created between Isabel and Jackie
- Emotional ending
- Julia Roberts, Susanne Sarandon, Ed Harris
Closer
Romantic Drama – 1h 44m
IMDb – 7.2/10
Alice and Dan are a couple and on the other hand, Larry and Anna are in a relationship. The couple duo met through a photo exhibition and their relationship become complicated and deceitful when Larry met Alice.
Why to watch
- Love at first sight
- Complications in relationship
- Affair
- A fun and light hearted watch
August Osage County
Comedy, Drama – 2h 1m
IMDb –7.2/10
Beverly Weston a strong-willed woman whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Oklahoma house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them.
Why to watch
- Adaptation of Tracy Letts Pulitzer Prize winning play eponymous 2007 play
- John Wells directorial
- Julia Roberts as Barbara Weston
- Inspiring
Steel Magnolias
Romantic Comedy Drama – 1h 57m
IMDb – 7.3/10
Annelle Dupuy is a newly graduated beautician who recently moved to north-western Louisiana town where he found a job at a home based beauty salon. A small group of women share a close bond of friendship over there, and welcome her into the fold.
Why to watch
- Friendship and bonding between the girls group
- A funniest movie that will make you cry
- Love, apathy, pain, loss, secrecy and a desperate attempt at living a life of happiness.
- Love between mother and child
- Bonds that unbreakable between true friends
Ben is Back
Drama – 1h 43m
IMDb – 6.7/10
Ben is a drug addict teenager boy who has been in rehab shows up unexpectedly at his family’s home on Christmas Eve. One of the Julia Roberts best movies to watch.
Why to watch
- Ben dealing with drug
- Mother son relationship
- Brother sister chemistry
- Black man, white woman marriage
- Group therapy
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