The Best Robin Wright Penn Movies

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List of the best Robin Wright Penn movies, ranked best to worst with movie trailers when available. Robin Wright Penn's highest grossing movies have received a lot of accolades over the years, earning millions upon millions around the world. The order of these top Robin Wright Penn movies is decided by how many votes they receive, so only highly rated Robin Wright Penn movies will be at the top of the list. Robin Wright Penn has been in a lot of films, so people often debate each other over what the greatest Robin Wright Penn movie of all time is. If you and a friend are arguing about this then use this list of the most entertaining Robin Wright Penn films to end the squabble once and for all.

If you think the best Robin Wright Penn role isn't at the top, then upvote it so it has the chance to become number one. The greatest Robin Wright Penn performances didn't necessarily come from the best movies, but in most cases they go hand in hand.

List features films like The Princess Bride and Denial.

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  • Forrest Gump
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    Forrest Gump

    Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise
    43 votes
    • Released: 1994
    • Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
    In Forrest Gump, the eponymous character, played by Tom Hanks, lives an extraordinary life. Struggling with a low IQ but gifted with a heart full of gold, Forrest unwittingly influences several historical events in 20th century America. From serving in Vietnam to meeting Presidents, his life is far from ordinary. The film, directed by Robert Zemeckis, is a dramatic comedy that won multiple Academy Awards including Best Picture. Jenny Curran (Robin Wright), Forrest's lifelong love interest and Lieutenant Dan Taylor (Gary Sinise), his commanding officer in Vietnam, are other significant characters in this remarkable tale of an unremarkable man.

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  • The Princess Bride
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    The Princess Bride

    Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin
    38 votes
    • Released: 1987
    • Directed by: Rob Reiner
    The Princess Bride is a whimsical blend of adventure, romance, and comedy. Westley (Cary Elwes), a humble farmhand-turned-pirate, embarks on an epic quest to rescue his beloved Buttercup (Robin Wright) from the clutches of the villainous Prince Humperdinck (Chris Sarandon). Alongside a colorful band of misfits including Inigo Montoya (Mandy Patinkin), who seeks revenge for his father's murder, and Vizzini (Wallace Shawn), a cunning Sicilian strategist, Westley must navigate treacherous terrain and outwit deadly foes. This timeless tale, peppered with memorable lines and unforgettable characters, won the People's Choice Award for Favorite Comedy Motion Picture in 1988. A film that transcends genre boundaries, it remains a classic in popular culture.

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  • Sorry, Haters
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    Sorry, Haters

    Robin Wright, Abdel Kechiche, Sandra Oh
    12 votes
    • Released: 2005
    • Directed by: Jeff Stanzler
    In post-9/11 New York, a Muslim cabbie (Abdellatif Kechiche) is suspicious of an American woman's (Robin Wright Penn) motives when she insists on trying to help his jailed brother. The woman's actions set in motion a chain of events that lead to the revelation of a horrible truth.

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  • White Oleander
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    White Oleander

    Alison Lohman, Robin Wright, Michelle Pfeiffer
    14 votes
    • Released: 2002
    • Directed by: Peter Kosminsky
    "White Oleander" chronicles the life of Astrid (Alison Lohman), a young teenager who journeys through a series of foster homes after her mother (Michelle Pfeiffer) goes to prison for committing a crime of passion. Set adrift in the world, Astrid struggles to become her own person while coming to terms with the challenges of living life on her own.

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  • Message in a Bottle
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    Message in a Bottle

    Kevin Costner, Robin Wright, Paul Newman
    29 votes
    • Released: 1999
    • Directed by: Luis Mandoki
    During her morning jog on the beach, journalist Theresa Osborne (Robin Wright Penn) discovers a bottle protruding from the sand. Inside it, she finds a heartbreaking, anonymous love letter. After her paper publishes the letter, Osborne tracks down the letter's reclusive author, world-weary widower Garret Blake (Kevin Costner), in the Carolinas. But, as Osborne finds herself falling hopelessly in love with Blake, she becomes wracked with guilt over the real impetus for her visit.

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  • Nine Lives
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    Nine Lives

    Kathy Baker, Amy Brenneman, Elpidia Carrillo
    9 votes
    • Released: 2005
    • Directed by: Rodrigo Garcia
    The lives of nine women occasionally overlap as they deal with unfaithfulness, loss, romance and parenthood. Cancer patient Camille (Kathy Baker) has a difficult time facing her life-threatening disease, prisoner Sandra (Elpidia Carrillo) desperately looks forward to seeing her child on visiting day, Maggie (Glenn Close) and her daughter have a heart-to-heart conversation in a graveyard and Sonia (Holly Hunter) is enraged when she realizes her boyfriend is seeing another woman.

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