Critics Consensus: Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity is an eerie, tense sci-fi thriller that’s masterfully directed and visually stunning.

Synopsis: Dr. Ryan Stone is a medical engineer on her first shuttle mission. Her commander is veteran astronaut Matt Kowalski, helming his last flight before retirement…. View Full Synopsis

Starring: Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Ed Harris, Orto Ignatiussen

Directed By: David Heyman, Christopher DeFaria, Nikki Penny, Stephen Jones

Critics Consensus: A terrific popcorn thriller, Speed is taut, tense, and energetic, with outstanding performances from Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, and Sandra Bullock.

Synopsis: Los Angeles police officer Jack (Keanu Reeves) angers retired bomb squad member Howard Payne (Dennis Hopper) by foiling his attempt at taking hostages. In revenge,… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, Sandra Bullock, Joe Morton

Directed By: Jan de Bont, Ian Bryce

Critics Consensus: While You Were Sleeping is built wholly from familiar ingredients, but assembled with such skill — and with such a charming performance from Sandra Bullock — that it gives formula a good name.

Synopsis: Lonely transit worker Lucy Eleanor Moderatz pulls her longtime crush, Peter, from the path of an oncoming train. At the hospital, doctors report that he’s… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Sandra Bullock, Bill Pullman, Peter Gallagher, Peter Boyle

Directed By: Jon Turteltaub, Steve Barron, Arthur M. Sarkissian

Critics Consensus: The Prince of Egypt‘s stunning visuals and first-rate voice cast more than compensate for the fact that it’s better crafted than it is emotionally involving.

Synopsis: In this animated retelling of the Book of Exodus, Egyptian Prince Moses (Val Kilmer), upon discovering his roots as a Jewish slave, embarks on a… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Val Kilmer, Ralph Fiennes, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sandra Bullock

Directed By: Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner, Simon Wells, Jeffrey Katzenberg

Critics Consensus: The Lost City doesn’t sparkle quite as brightly as some classic treasure-hunting capers, but its stars’ screwball chemistry make this movie well worth romancing.

Synopsis: Reclusive author Loretta Sage writes about exotic places in her popular adventure novels that feature a handsome cover model named Alan. While on tour promoting… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum, Daniel Radcliffe, Da'Vine Joy Randolph

Directed By: Adam Nee, Aaron Nee, Dana Fox, Jonathan Hook

Critics Consensus: Though comparisons with last year’s Capote may be inevitable, Infamous takes a different angle in its depiction of the author, and stands up well enough on its own.

Synopsis: In Kansas, with childhood friend Harper Lee (Sandra Bullock), author Truman Capote (Toby Jones) developed an intense and complex relationship with convicted killer Perry Smith… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Toby Jones, Sandra Bullock, Daniel Craig, Peter Bogdanovich

Directed By: Douglas McGrath, John Wells

Critics Consensus: A raw and unsettling morality piece on modern angst and urban disconnect, Crash examines the dangers of bigotry and xenophobia in the lives of interconnected Angelenos.

Synopsis: Writer-director Paul Haggis interweaves several connected stories about race, class, family and gender in Los Angeles in the aftermath of 9/11. Characters include a district… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito

Directed By: Paul Haggis, Sven Clement, Marina Grasic, Jan Korbelin

Critics Consensus: Ocean’s 8 isn’t quite as smooth as its predecessors, but still has enough cast chemistry and flair to lift the price of a ticket from filmgoers up for an undemanding caper.

Synopsis: Debbie Ocean assembles an all-female team of thieves and specialists for a heist during the Met Gala, aiming for the $150 million worth of diamonds… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter

Directed By: Gary Ross, Michael Tadross, Diana Álvarez, Jesse Ehrman

Critics Consensus: A better-than-average sci-fi shoot-em-up with a satirical undercurrent, Demolition Man is bolstered by strong performances by Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, and Sandra Bullock.

Synopsis: With innocent victims caught in the crossfire in Los Angeles’ intensifying war on crime, both cop John Spartan (Sylvester Stallone) and violent thug Simon Phoenix… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Sandra Bullock, Nigel Hawthorne

Directed By: Marco Brambilla, Steven Bratter, Pete Catalano, Aaron Schwab

Critics Consensus: The Heat is predictable, but Melissa McCarthy is reliably funny and Sandra Bullock proves a capable foil.

Synopsis: FBI Special Agent Sarah Ashburn (Sandra Bullock) is a methodical investigator with a long-standing reputation for excellence — and arrogance. In contrast, foul-mouthed, hot-tempered detective… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Sandra Bullock, Melissa McCarthy, Demián Bichir, Marlon Wayans

Directed By: Paul Feig, Michele Imperato, Dylan Clark

Critics Consensus: Overlong and superficial, A Time to Kill nonetheless succeeds on the strength of its skillful craftsmanship and top-notch performances.

Synopsis: Carl Lee Hailey (Samuel L. Jackson) is a heartbroken black father who avenges his daughter’s brutal rape by shooting the bigoted men responsible for the… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson, Matthew McConaughey, Kevin Spacey

Directed By: Joel Schumacher

Critics Consensus: It might strike some viewers as a little too pat, but The Blind Side has the benefit of strong source material and a strong performance from Sandra Bullock.

Synopsis: Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron), a homeless black teen, has drifted in and out of the school system for years. Then Leigh Anne Tuohy (Sandra Bullock)… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Quinton Aaron, Jae Head

Directed By: John Lee Hancock, Molly Smith, Erwin Stoff, Timothy M. Bourne

Critics Consensus: Bird Box never quite reaches its intriguing potential, but strong acting and an effectively chilly mood offer intermittently creepy compensation.

Synopsis: When a mysterious force decimates the population, only one thing is certain — if you see it, you die. The survivors must now avoid coming… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Sandra Bullock, Trevante Rhodes, Jacki Weaver, Rosa Salazar

Directed By: Susanne Bier, Sandra Bullock, Susanne Bier, Ainsley Davies

Critics Consensus: Predictable but moving, Wrestling Ernest Hemingway is an understated and melancholic drama that gets plenty of mileage out of an outstanding cast that includes Robert Duvall, Richard Harris, Shirley MacLaine, and Sandra Bullock.

Synopsis: Two old men in a Florida town become friends more out of loneliness than compatibility. Ex-sea captain Frank (Richard Harris) is a garrulous teller of… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Robert Duvall, Richard Harris, Shirley MacLaine, Sandra Bullock

Directed By: Randa Haines

Critics Consensus: The last film River Phoenix completed before his death, The Thing Called Love doesn’t have much new to say about show business, but it’s energetic and well acted.

Synopsis: Hoping to become a country music star, Miranda Presley (Samantha Mathis) moves from New York to Nashville, Tenn. She gets a job waiting tables at… View Full Synopsis

Starring: River Phoenix, Samantha Mathis, Dermot Mulroney, Sandra Bullock

Directed By: Peter Bogdanovich, George Folsey Jr.

Critics Consensus: The Minions’ brightly colored brand of gibberish-fueled insanity stretches to feature length in their self-titled Despicable Me spinoff, with uneven but often hilarious results.

Synopsis: Evolving from single-celled yellow organisms at the dawn of time, Minions live to serve, but find themselves working for a continual series of unsuccessful masters,… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm, Michael Keaton, Allison Janney

Directed By: Pierre Coffin, Kyle Balda, Chris Renaud

Critics Consensus: Bullet Train‘s colorful cast and high-speed action are almost enough to keep things going after the story runs out of track.

Synopsis: In Bullet Train, Brad Pitt stars as Ladybug, an unlucky assassin determined to do his job peacefully after one too many gigs gone off the… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Brad Pitt, Joey King, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Brian Tyree Henry

Directed By: David Leitch, Brent O'Connor, Ryosuke Saegusa, Yuma Terada

Critics Consensus: The Vanishing copies the form of its pulse-pounding predecessor but loses much of its thrilling function along the way, leaving American audiences with one more rote remake.

Synopsis: Barney (Jeff Bridges) is a disturbed man intent on abducting a woman. After numerous failed attempts, he manages to kidnap young Diane (Sandra Bullock), who… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Jeff Bridges, Kiefer Sutherland, Nancy Travis, Sandra Bullock

Directed By: George Sluizer, Pieter Jan Brugge, Lauren Weissman

Critics Consensus: Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds exhibit plenty of chemistry, but they’re let down by The Proposal‘s devotion to formula.

Synopsis: Faced with deportation to her native Canada, high-powered book editor Margaret Tate says she’s engaged to marry Andrew Paxton, her hapless assistant. Andrew agrees to… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds, Mary Steenburgen, Craig T. Nelson

Directed By: Anne Fletcher, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Mary McLaglen

Critics Consensus: Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close has a story worth telling, but it deserves better than the treacly and pretentious treatment director Stephen Daldry gives it.

Synopsis: Oskar (Thomas Horn), who lost his father (Tom Hanks) in the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center, is convinced that his dad left a… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, Thomas Horn, Zoe Caldwell

Directed By: Stephen Daldry, Celia D. Costas, Mark Roybal, Nora Skinner

Critics Consensus: A distinct lack of chemistry between Ben Affleck and Sandra Bullock, coupled with a screwball sensibility that’s a touch too screwy, scupper Forces of Nature‘s modest ambition to serve up romantic charm.

Synopsis: All Ben Holmes (Ben Affleck) wants to do is make it from New York to Savannah, Ga., in time for his wedding. When a seagull… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Sandra Bullock, Ben Affleck, Maura Tierney, Steve Zahn

Directed By: Bronwen Hughes

Critics Consensus: The premise isn’t without potential and Sandra Bullock is as likable as ever, but The Net lacks sufficient thrills — or plausible plot points — to recommend catching.

Synopsis: Computer programmer Angela Bennett (Sandra Bullock) starts a new freelance gig and, strangely, all her colleagues start dying. Does it have something to do with… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Sandra Bullock, Jeremy Northam, Dennis Miller, Diane Baker

Directed By: Irwin Winkler

Critics Consensus: Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood is more melodramatic than emotionally truthful, and uneven in its mixture of time periods, actresses, laughter and tears.

Synopsis: A classic Southern tale of hilarious sadness set in a sleepy Louisiana parish. A group of lifelong friends stage a rather unorthodox intervention to help… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Sandra Bullock, Ellen Burstyn, Fionnula Flanagan, James Garner

Directed By: Callie Khouri, Bette Midler, Mary McLaglen, Lisa Stewart

Critics Consensus: Though Two Weeks Notice has nothing new to add to the crowded genre, Hugh Grant and Sandra Bullock make the movie a pleasant, if predictable, sit.

Synopsis: Dedicated environmental lawyer Lucy Kelson (Sandra Bullock) goes to work for billionaire George Wade (Hugh Grant) as part of a deal to preserve a community… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Sandra Bullock, Hugh Grant, Alicia Witt, Dana Ivey

Directed By: Marc Lawrence, Mary McLaglen, Bruce Berman

Critics Consensus: Though critics say Bullock is funny and charming, she can’t overcome a bad script that makes the movie feel too much like a fluffy, unoriginal sitcom.

Synopsis: When a terrorist threatens to bomb the Miss United States pageant, the FBI rushes to find a female agent to go undercover as a contestant…. View Full Synopsis

Starring: Sandra Bullock, Michael Caine, Benjamin Bratt, William Shatner

Directed By: Donald Petrie, Marc Lawrence, Ginger Sledge, Bruce Berman

Critics Consensus: The Unforgivable proves Sandra Bullock is more than capable of playing against type, but her performance is wasted on a contrived and unrelentingly grim story.

Synopsis: Released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime, Ruth Slater (Sandra Bullock) re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past. Facing… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Sandra Bullock, Jon Bernthal, Vincent D'Onofrio, Viola Davis

Directed By: Nora Fingscheidt, Nan Morales, Nicola Shindler, Colin Vaines

Critics Consensus: Our Brand Is Crisis offers sporadic amusement and benefits from a talented cast, but ultimately lacks enough of a bite to add much of interest to the political satire genre.

Synopsis: Failing badly in the polls, a Bolivian presidential candidate enlists the services of an American management team for help. The main star is “Calamity” Jane… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Sandra Bullock, Billy Bob Thornton, Anthony Mackie, Joaquim de Almeida

Directed By: David Gordon Green, Sandra Bullock, Stuart M. Besser, Jeff Skoll

Critics Consensus: The plot of The Lake House is a little too convoluted, and the film fails to pull off the sweeping romance it aims for.

Synopsis: A lonely doctor (Sandra Bullock), who once lived in a beautiful lakeside home, falls in love via letters with its latest resident, a frustrated architect… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Christopher Plummer

Directed By: Alejandro Agresti, Mary McLaglen, Erwin Stoff, Hal Gaba

Critics Consensus: Nostalgic and inert, Practical Magic 2 has charms thanks to Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman’s sisterly rapport, but its mechanical plotting is a whole lot of toil that’s not worth the trouble.

Synopsis: PRACTICAL MAGIC 2 returns to a world steeped in moonlit mischief and powerful ancestral magic, as the Owens sisters must confront the dark curse that… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Joey King, Lee Pace

Directed By: Susanne Bier, Pete Chiappetta, Alice Hoffman, Broderick Johnson

Critics Consensus: Even though 28 Days is tackling a difficult subject, it comes off light and superficial, and maybe even a little preachy.

Synopsis: The story of Gwen Cummings (Sandra Bullock), a successful New York writer living in the fast lane and everyone’s favorite party girl — until she… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Sandra Bullock, Viggo Mortensen, Dominic West, Diane Ladd

Directed By: Betty Thomas

Critics Consensus: A predictable police procedural that works better as a character study rather than a thriller.

Synopsis: The body of a young woman is found in a ditch in the woods of the small California coastal town of San Benito. A tenacious… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Sandra Bullock, Ryan Gosling, Michael Pitt, Agnes Bruckner

Directed By: Barbet Schroeder, Sandra Bullock, Jeffrey Stott

Critics Consensus: Practical Magic‘s jarring tonal shifts sink what little potential its offbeat story may have — though Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock’s chemistry makes a strong argument for future collaborations.

Synopsis: Sally and Gillian Owens, born into a magical family, have mostly avoided witchcraft themselves. But when Gillian’s vicious boyfriend, Jimmy Angelov, dies unexpectedly, the Owens… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Dianne Wiest, Stockard Channing

Directed By: Griffin Dunne, Bruce Berman, Mary McLaglen

Critics Consensus: Hope Floats sinks under a deluge of melodramatic turns and syrupy sentimentality, although Sandra Bullock remains a winning star.

Synopsis: Birdee Pruitt (Sandra Bullock) has been humiliated on live television by her best friend, Connie (Rosanna Arquette), who’s been sleeping with Birdee’s husband, Bill (Michael… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Sandra Bullock, Harry Connick Jr., Gena Rowlands, Mae Whitman

Directed By: Forest Whitaker, Mary McLaglen, Sandra Bullock

Critics Consensus: A dark comedy of the low brow nature — filled with fart and gay jokes. Even Liam Neeson and Sandra Bullock cannot save this failure.

Synopsis: Legendary undercover DEA agent Charlie Mayough (Liam Neeson) has suddenly lost his nerves of steel. On the verge of a career-induced mental breakdown, and in… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Liam Neeson, Oliver Platt, Sandra Bullock, José Zúñiga

Directed By: Eric Blakeney

Synopsis: Unlucky in love, chemist Paul Matthews visits gypsy Madame Rosa for help. Quickly realizing he is a hopeless nerd, she gifts him with Love Potion… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Tate Donovan, Sandra Bullock, Mary Mara, Dale Midkiff

Directed By: Dale Launer, Thomas M. Hammel

Critics Consensus: Sandra Bullock is still as appealing as ever; too bad the movie is not pageant material.

Synopsis: Gracie Hart (Sandra Bullock) was never thrilled to have to go undercover as a competitor in a beauty pageant. Now Gracie, who works for the… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Sandra Bullock, Regina King, Enrique Murciano, William Shatner

Directed By: John Pasquin, Bruce Berman, Mary McLaglen

Synopsis: Roz has pretty much had enough of her thieving boyfriend, Frank, but he persuades her to accompany him on a road trip to a quaint… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Denis Leary, Sandra Bullock, Stephen Dillane, Yaphet Kotto

Directed By: Bill Bennett, Bill Todman Jr., Gary Barber

Critics Consensus: Formulaic and trite, In Love and War unconvincingly recreates Ernest Hemingway’s early life with all the stuffy tropes that the author would have excised in a second draft.

Synopsis: In 1918, 18-year-old Ernest Hemingway signs up for service in World War I. After a bomb goes off on the front line, filling his leg… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Sandra Bullock, Chris O'Donnell, Mackenzie Astin, Emilio Bonucci

Directed By: Richard Attenborough, Sara Risher

Critics Consensus: Overdosing on flashbacks, and more portentous than profound, the overly obtuse Premonition weakly echoes such twisty classics as Memento, The Sixth Sense, and Groundhog Day.

Synopsis: Linda Hanson (Sandra Bullock) has an idyllic life, until one day she receives word that her husband (Julian McMahon) has died in an auto accident…. View Full Synopsis

Starring: Sandra Bullock, Julian McMahon, Nia Long, Kate Nelligan

Directed By: Mennan Yapo, Andrew Sugerman, Nick Hamson, Lars Sylvest

Critics Consensus: All About Steve is an oddly creepy, sour film, featuring a heroine so desperate and peculiar that audiences may be more likely to pity than root for her.

Synopsis: After a lovely blind date, crossword-puzzle creator Mary Horowitz (Sandra Bullock) falls head over heels in love with Steve (Bradley Cooper), a news cameraman. Mary… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Sandra Bullock, Thomas Haden Church, Bradley Cooper, Ken Jeong

Directed By: Phil Traill, Trevor Engelson, Ted Field, Nick Osborne

Critics Consensus: Speed 2 falls far short of its predecessor, thanks to laughable dialogue, thin characterization, unsurprisingly familiar plot devices, and action sequences that fail to generate any excitement.

Synopsis: Annie is looking forward to a Caribbean cruise with her cop boyfriend, Alex, who purchased the tickets to make up for lying about working on… View Full Synopsis

Starring: Sandra Bullock, Jason Patric, Willem Dafoe, Temuera Morrison

Directed By: Jan de Bont, Mark Gordon