31 Rachel McAdams Movies Ranked (Send Help)
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Whether it’s a high school queen bee, investigative reporter, or hopeless romantic, Rachel McAdams has given incredible performances across several film genres.
McAdams first rose to fame for her breakout role as Regina George in Tina Fey’s Mean Girls (2004). Just two months later, McAdams earned praise for her emotional performance as Allie Hamilton in The Notebook. Both Mean Girls and The Notebook cemented McAdams as a fan-favorite movie star.
After showcasing her thriller chops in Red Eye (2005), McAdams continued to surprise audiences with a mix of genres. She appeared in Married Life (2008) and the romantic drama The Time Traveler’s Wife (2009), then shifted into political intrigue as a junior reporter in State of Play (2009). That same year, she joined the blockbuster Sherlock Holmes (2009), later returning for its sequel A Game of Shadows (2011). McAdams also charmed viewers in Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris (2011) and earned an Academy Award nomination for her role in the acclaimed newsroom drama Spotlight (2015).
She continued to show her comedic range in Game Night (2018), embraced musical absurdity in Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020), and marked a grand return to the big screen in Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. (2023).
Most recently, McAdams returns to the screen in Send Help, where she plays an undervalued employee stranded on a deserted island with her boss (Dylan O’Brien).
Read on to see all of Rachel McAdams’ movies ranked by Tomatometer. — Michael Cahn
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