20 Of Jennifer Lopez’s Most Underrated Movie Performances Ranked
Jennifer Lopez has built one of the biggest careers in Hollywood by making herself a multi-dimensional artist. She’s a singer, an actress, dancer, and producer. But long before Jennifer was a singer and producer and well after she was known as Jenny From the Block, she was an aspiring actress.
Here’s a look at the top 20 movies that made her famous.
1. My Family
My Family / New Line CinemaBy the time Lopez had starred in this 1996 film alongside Jimmy Smits, she’d already become well known on screen through “Living Color.” Still, the independent American drama directed by Gregory Nava solidified her as an actress to be taken seriously when she played the part of Maria, an American citizen, who is illegally deported to Mexico by the U.S. federal government in a mass roundup.
“My Family” scored a 85% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
2. Antz
Antz / DreamWorks PicturesJennifer Lopez’s movie “Antz” scored a 96% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The 1998 film made waves when it was first released around the same time another movie about bugs came out called, “Bugs.” The film is Lopez’s most highly rated film on Rotten Tomatoes.
3. Maid In Manhattan
Maid In Manhattan / Columbia Pictures“Maid In Manhattan” scored a 39% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Watch Jennifer Lopez do the glow-up of Cinderella’s dreams in this film about a maid who captures the heart of a rich mogul.
4. The Wedding Planner
The Wedding Planner / Columbia Pictures“The Wedding Planner” scored a 16% rotten rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Look there aren’t a ton of roles for Latinas so we can’t blame JLO entirely for taking on the role of an Italian woman named Mary who is a lucrative wedding planner.
5. Blood & Wine
Blood & Wine / Fox Searchlight Pictures“Blood & Wine” scored a 61% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Jennifer Lopez plays Cubana Gabriela in this film about a wine merchant living in Miami.
6. U-Turn
U-Turn / TriStar Pictures“U-Turn” scored a 60% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Lopez stars alongside Sean Penn as a woman who wants another man dead.
7. The Cell
The Cell / New Line Cinema“The Cell” scored a 46% rotten rating on Rotten Tomatoes. This mind trip of a movie jumps into a rabbit hole of dark and dangerous psyches.
8. Shall We Dance
Shall We Dance / Miramax Films“Shall We Dance” scored a 46% rotten rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Jennifer Lopez plays a dance teacher who captures the attention of a man stuck in a career and feeling like something is missing in his life.
9. El Cantante
El Cantante / Picturehouse“El Cantante” scored a 25% rotten rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Plays a singer alongside her ex-husband Marc Anthony in a film based on the life of Héctor Lavoe.
10. Anaconda
Anaconda/ Columbia Pictures“Anaconda has a rotten score of 39% Lopez plays Terri Flores a director of a documentary taking place on the Amazon River who soon finds herself in a horrific situation.
11. Monster-in-Law
Monster-in-Law/TriStar Pictures“Monster-in-Law” scored a 16% rotten rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Lopez plays a woman in love with a man whose mom is still very attached to him.
12. Parker
Parker/ FilmDistrictParker scored a 40% rotten rating on Rotten Tomatoes. This action crime film stars Lopez as a real estate agent who helps a man get his revenge.
13. Lila & Eve
Lila & Eve/ Samuel Goldwyn Films“Parker” scored a 40% rotten rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Lopez plays Eve a mother whose daughter died and wants revenge.
14. What to Expect When You’re Expecting
What To Expect When You’re Expecting / Lionsgate“What To Expect When You’re Expecting” scored a 22% rotten rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
15. Enough
Enough / Columbia Pictures“Enough” scored a 22% rotten rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Lopez plays a woman who fights against her abusive husband.
16. Money Train
Money Train/ Columbia Pictures“Money Train” scored a 22% rotten rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Lopez plays Grace Santiago an NYC transit cop.
17. Jack
Jack / Buena Vista Pictures“Jack” scored a 19% rotten rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Lopez starred alongside Jack Powell a boy who ages four times faster than normal people.
18. Jersey Girl
Jersey Girl/ Miramax Films“Jersey Girl” scored a 41% rotten rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Lopez had a brief appearance in this film starring her ex-boyfriend Ben Affleck
19. Bordertown
“Borderline” / THINKFilm Capitol Films“Bordertown had no score on Rotten Tomatoes. Jennifer Lopez plays a Chicago reporter who travels to Mexico to investigate the unsolved murders of hundreds of Mexican women.
20. $ellebrity
$ellebrity / Columbia Pictures$ellebrity” scored a 57% rotten rating on Rotten Tomatoes. This documentary addresses the public attention with celebrity and fame.
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