Halle Berry’s 10 Best Movies, According To Rotten Tomatoes

Halle Berry has had quite a checkered career in Hollywood. When it comes to plum roles and quality movies she’s participated in over the past three decades, the stunning Oscar-winning actress tends to either feast or famine. Hit or miss. She’ll deliver an award-worthy turn in one movie and give a shaky performance in the next. She’ll do Monster’s Ball, then Gothika, Catwoman, then Things We Lost in the Fire. See the inconsistencies?

For better context, let’s see what the critics have to say. Here are Halle Berry’s 10 best movies, according to Rotten Tomatoes!

10 Kevin Hart: What Now? (76%)

In what amounts a farce of a cameo appearance, Berry blessed Kevin Hart with her presence in his 2016 What Now? stand-up comedy concert film.

Of course, those who follow Hart know that he often likes to joke about Halle Berry being his unattainable dream girl. So, when Berry appears in the movie, it comes off as a hilarious fantasy dream-sequence Hart cannot resist. When he tries to kiss Berry, she rejects his advances by pushing his face away from her body.

9 Bulworth (76%)

In Warren Beatty’s severely overlooked political satire Bulworth, Berry plays the gorgeous inner-city love interest who motivates the titular senator to incite societal change.

Democratic candidate Jay Bulworth looks to bolster the black vote by going into the urban community and learning how to spit rhymes in order to speak their language. Beatty raps his old heart out by rhyming lines of dialog throughout the entire movie, often underscoring the racial inequalities that warrant a widespread systemic change.

8 Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (81%)

In 1999, Berry portrayed Dorothy Dandridge, the first African-American woman to earn an Academy Award nod for Best Leading Actress. Two years later, Berry became the first African-American woman to win the award. Talk about poetic justice!

The breezy biopic charts the rise of Dandridge, who got her start in seedy clubs and bars before transitioning to the cinema screen. Before overdosing on prescription pills, Dandridge earned an Oscar nomination for her work in Carmen Jones.

7 Jungle Fever (81%)

Berry’s first official feature film credit came via Spike Lee’s provocative interracial romance film, Jungle Fever. For whatever reason though, it’s the only time the two worked together.

The main crux of the drama revolves around a successful black married man, Flipper (Wes Snipes), who falls in love with a white Italian woman named Angie (Annabella Sciorra). As the affair progresses, Flipper expresses concern over the racial differences and fears backlash from his friends and family.

6 X-Men (81%)

As Storm in Bryan Singer’s X-Men movie, Berry struck cinematic gold in what would become a 15-year-long mega superhero franchise.

Also known as Ororo Munroe, Storm is just one of many young mutants who attends Professor Xavier’s school for the gifted. In the first film, Storm is sent along with Cyclops to find Rogue and Wolverine and bring them back safely. Of course, the odious Magneto has power-hungry plans of his own to thwart them for his own gain.

5 Monster’s Ball (85%)

The darker the Berry, the sweeter the juice. In Monster’s Ball, Berry has never gone to darker emotional depths. And, ladies and gentlemen, the Oscar goes to…

In a searing and well-deserved Oscar-winning turn, Berry lights up the frame as Leticia, a southern black woman whose husband resides on Death Row. When the unthinkably white racist prison guard Hank (Billy Bob Thornton) visits Leticia, an explosive interracial romance develops between the two that changes their lives forever. No doubt about it, the film features Berry’s best performance of her career!

4 X2: X-Men United (85%)

X2 proved to be everything you’d want in a superhero sequel. It’s bigger, bolder, broader, and by the accounts of nearly all critics, downright better!

This time out, the gang of mutants is put to the ultimate test when their leader, Professor X, is kidnapped by Col Stryker and his secret academy invaded. Wolverine and the rest reluctantly turn to Magneto, their archrival, to help them defeat Stryker and rescue Xavier. Sadly, Storm’s screen time is largely replaced by that of Nightcrawler and Mystique.

3 X-Men: Days Of Future Past (90%)

According to RT, Days of Future Past is the best X-Men film of all. Would you agree with that assessment? If not, why not?

Despite the moving parts and various casting changes, Berry reprised her role as Storm alongside original actors  Hugh Jackman as Logan and Anna Paquin as Rogue. The film has an old-meets-new vibe that fans and critics enjoyed to the tune of 90% approval. Plot-wise, the film pits the X-Men against a race of killer robots called Sentinels.

2 John Wick: Chapter 3 Parabellum (90%)

Berry added a touch of class, grace, and radiant beauty to the ugly world of John Wick, hitman extraordinaire, in the third chapter, subtitled Parabellum.

When wick finds himself excommunicated, a $14 million bounty is put out on his head. In order to make amends and be reinstated to the assassin syndicate called the High Table, Wick seeks the aide of Sofia (Berry), an equally badass and ruthless former flame who is reluctant to help. When she gives in, we wonder if she’s on the up and up or if she’s playing the femme fatale.

1 Lost In America (100%)

Without a single dissenting vote, Berry’s involvement in the hugely important documentary Lost in America ranks as the top-rated film of her career thus far!

Directed by Rotimi Rainwater, a former homeless youth, the film charts the harrowing epidemic of homelessness in America. With an empathetic understanding of what it means to be homeless, Rainwater’s movie is intimate and heartfelt as he documents the huge challenges facing those without a home. Issues including human trafficking, foster care, sexual abuse, domestic violence, and gender discrimination among homeless youth across America are examined in great detail. Berry helps narrate the film along with other high-profile celebs such as Rosario Dawson, Tiffany Haddish, Jon Bon Jovi, and more.