10 Best Movies by Amy Adams, Whose Lack of an Oscar Is an Absolute Paradox (11 photos)

Six-time Oscar nominee, American actress Amy Adams turns 50! Yes, she still doesn’t have the main film award, which is a great injustice, but she has an extensive filmography, despite the fact that the actress began to receive notable roles after thirty.





Amy Adams’ first memorable appearance for a wide audience was in the film Catch Me If You Can (2002), and the actress played her first leading role in a popular film in the fantasy comedy Enchanted (2007). We will not single out these two films, since after them Amy Adams had a career take-off, which included many interesting projects, making her a star of world cinema.

Arrival (2016)



Amy Adams plays the role of linguist Louise Banks, who is recruited by the US to establish contact with an alien race that has arrived on Earth. Having learned the language of the aliens, the heroine acquires some kind of superpower (which can help her prevent a war with the "newcomers"), but whether any of the people would like to have it is another question.

The Fighter (2010)





Amy plays the role of a barmaid and girlfriend of the main character, boxer Micky Ward, who tries to wrest influence over him from his mother and brother, whose advice clearly does not benefit Micky. For her character's attempts, the actress receives an Oscar nomination.

Junebug (2005)



Here is the first Oscar nomination in Amy Adams' career!

The actress plays the naively cheerful pregnant girl Ashley, who lives in the house of her husband Johnny's parents. They are visited by Johnny's successful older brother and his wife, the main characters of the film, whose presence rips up the problems and grievances within this conservative and very difficult family.

Doubt (2008)



Amy plays Sister James, a young teacher at an American Catholic school in the 1960s. One day, the heroine notices what she thinks is a lewd act by one of the priests towards a student. She shares what she saw with the school principal, played by Meryl Streep, and together they try to figure out what to do about it, as the situation becomes complicated by a variety of circumstances.

Four actors from this film received Oscar nominations, including Amy Adams.

The Master (2012)



Amy as the wife of a powerful religious cult founder (Philip Seymour Hoffman), where a military veteran with PTSD ends up - the main character of the film played by Joaquin Phoenix. Only Adams' heroine has influence over her husband, occasionally intervenes in the narrative, rarely says anything, but at the same time manages to make a frightening impression of a powerful schemer.

Another role for an Oscar nomination.

American Hustle (2013)



Amy Adams is a swindler! In alliance with Christian Bale's character, they pull off some illegal deals for which they are caught, after which the couple is forced to help the FBI expose other swindlers. But you can't just pin people like them down! Even in this situation, they are capable of committing fraud.

Vice (2018)



A drama with comedy elements about the rise of US Vice President Dick Cheney, who is behind many US government decisions at the beginning of the 21st century. Amy Adams plays his wife, Lynne Cheney, with whom they have been together since 1964.

Adams-Bale team up again and both are nominated for an Oscar again.

Her (2013)



Amy plays a good friend of the main character (again Joaquin Phoenix), who is very much into a romantic relationship with an artificial intelligence named Samantha. Here, the actress has a small role, but an extremely important one - she demonstrates to Phoenix's character and the audience how important real relationships with real people are, despite the rapid development of AI.

Julie & Julia: Cooking Happiness (2009)



Amy Adams is once again working with Meryl Streep. Only they don't intersect on camera. Adams' character lives in the present day and decides to cook 524 dishes from the book of the famous Julia Child, a TV presenter and chef, whose life in the post-war years is shown to us in parallel. We see how similar the everyday life and experiences of these two women from different eras are, including outside the world of cooking.

Big Eyes (2014)



The film is based on a true story. Artist Margaret Keane paints in an unusual style, depicting people and animals in portraits with unrealistically large eyes. Despite the brightness of her concept, no one is in a hurry to take an interest in her work, much less buy her paintings.

One day she meets Walter Keane (Christoph Waltz), also an artist (in fact, a plagiarist) and simply a pleasant, enterprising person. They have an affair, they get married, and Walter suggests that Margaret present her paintings as his work. Like, it was he, Walter Keane, who painted them. It works, and Walter manages to sell all of his wife's paintings, which become extremely popular, making the couple wealthy people.

But wealth and family secrets do not benefit them: Margaret becomes increasingly unhappy, and Walter turns into an exploiter of his own wife.