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• Actress Sandra Bullock is considered one of America’s sweethearts thanks to her down-to-earth and witty personality both in real life and in some of her most popular movies.
• She’s known for portraying the silly girl-next-door in romantic comedies like “Miss Congeniality” and “While You Were Sleeping,” and in action-packed films like “Speed,” which she starred alongside Keanu Reeves.
• But the Oscar winner has also tackled dramas like 2009’s “The Blind Side” and 2013’s “Gravity.”
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Sandra Bullock is considered one of America’s sweethearts.

She’s earned this title thanks to her endearing roles in blockbuster action films like “Speed” — which she starred alongside internet boyfriend and frequent collaborator, Keanu Reeves — as well as for her silly girl-next-door characters in popular romantic comedies like “While You Were Asleep” and “Miss Congeniality.”

But the mother-of-two has also given audiences some memorable performances in dramas and thrillers.

Bullock won an Oscar for her role in 2009’s “The Blind Side” and was nominated again for the award in 2013 for “Gravity,” which she appeared in with George Clooney.

Although critics have given most of her films less than 40%, there are some that have reached the high 80s.

Here are all of Bullock’s movies, ranked according to critics’ scores on Rotten Tomatoes.

44. Bullock made her acting debut in the 1987 film “Hangmen.”

Synopsis: “Rob Greene has information about an undercover terror team inside the CIA led by Joe Connelly. To stay alive with the knowledge, he is advised to stay undercover by his supervisor Andrews. Connelly’s men try to kill Greene, but he can escape and warns his son Danny that he also may be in danger and that he should look for Dog Thompson, an old military friend of Greene’s. Together with Thompson and Bone Conn, another ex-soldier, Danny tries to escape Connelly’s henchmen. Meanwhile, Connelly figures that Danny’s friend Lisa would make a good target in order to get Danny and also his father.”

Rotten Tomatoes score: No score yet

43. She had her first lead role in the 1989 comedy “Who Shot Pat?” — also known as “Who Shot Patkango?”

Synopsis: “A coming-of-age tale set in Brooklyn during the late ’50s which centers around the high school life of a group of teens that have to deal with racial tensions at their interracial vocational high school.”

Rotten Tomatoes score: No score yet

42. In 1989, Bullock played the girlfriend of an ex-adman who puts up with his get-rich-quick schemes in “A Fool and His Money.”

Synopsis: “While watching TV, ex-adman Morris Codman receives a message from God. Advised by the Almighty to go into business for himself, Codman inaugurates his own religion, founded on a philosophy of selfishness.”

Rotten Tomatoes score: No score yet

41. She played one of four housemates who are figuring out life after college in 1993’s “When the Party’s Over”

Synopsis: “M.J. lives together with her girlfriends Amanda and Frankie in a house in Beverly Hills. While she tries to keep her career going, her personal life is becoming a mess. Things start to heat up when Frankie gets involved with an ex-lover of M.J. and M.J. cannot take her fingers off of him.”

Rotten Tomatoes score: No score yet

40. Bullock portrayed a journalist in 1993’s action-packed “Fire on the Amazon”

Synopsis: “In Bolivia’s Amazon basin, corporate cattle ranches are replacing the rain forest. When Santos, charismatic leader of the union of rubber tappers, forges an alliance with Indians to protest deforestation, he is assassinated. O’Brien, a US photo-journalist who has no skills as an investigator, wants a story when he thinks the police have framed and murdered an innocent Indian as the assassin. In his search for the truth, he involves Lysa Rothman, who worked for Santos and with whom he falls in love. As he gets deeper into trouble with the cops and the real assassin, he not only needs Lysa’s help but that of the Indians’ leader. How many will die so O’Brien can get his story?”

Rotten Tomatoes score: No score yet

39. In 1994, Bullock starred alongside James Lorinz, Steve Buscemi, and Vincent Pastore in “Who Do I Gotta Kill?”

Synopsis: “A struggling writer takes a job with the mob to make ends meet.”

Rotten Tomatoes score: No score yet

38. She reprised her role as Annie in 1997’s “Speed 2: Cruise Control.”

Synopsis: “A computer hacker breaks into the computer system of the Seabourn Legend cruise liner and sets it speeding on a collision course into a gigantic oil tanker.”

37. Bullock portrayed a crossword puzzler who becomes enamored with Steve (played by Bradley Cooper) in 2009’s “All About Steve.”

Synopsis: “Convinced that a CCN cameraman is her true love, an eccentric crossword puzzler trails him as he travels all over the country, hoping to convince him that they belong together.”

36. She played a woman who has recurring premonitions about her husband’s fatal car accident in 2007’s “Premonition.”

Synopsis: “A depressed woman learns that her husband was killed in a car accident the previous day, then awakens the next morning to find him alive and well at home; then awakens the day after that to find that he’s dead.”

35. She played an Army nurse in 1996’s “In Love and War.”

Synopsis: “A bitter love story between a talented writer and a gentle nurse.”

34. Bullock played the unsuspecting girlfriend of a petty thief (played by “Rescue Me’s” Denis Leary) in “Two If by Sea.”

Synopsis: “A couple steals a Matisse painting on contract. They manage to escape the police. The sale takes place four days later on an island. Things don’t go as planned.”

33. In 2005, Bullock reprised her role as FBI agent Gracie Hart in “Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous.”

Synopsis: “After Cheryl Frasier and Stan Fields are kidnapped, Gracie goes undercover in Las Vegas to find them.”

32. She played the dreamy next-door neighbor of the main character in the Kevin Bacon-directed “Loverboy.”

Synopsis: “A neglected daughter becomes a possessive mother in an emotional journey into the heart and mind of a woman who loved too much.”

31. Bullock played Nicole Kidman’s older sister, Sally Owens, in 1998’s “Practical Magic.”

Synopsis: “Two witch sisters, raised by their eccentric aunts in a small town, face closed-minded prejudice and a curse which threatens to prevent them ever finding lasting love.”

30. She starred with Liam Neeson in 2000’s “Gun Shy.” They played a couple who try to bring down the mafia in the rom-com.

Synopsis: “An undercover DEA agent brings down the Mafia.”

29. She played a mother and housewife who finds out her husband cheated on her with her best friend in 1998’s romantic drama “Hope Floats.”

Synopsis: “Birdee Calvert must choose between her morals and her heart after her husband divorces her and a charming young man, who her daughter disapproves of, comes back into her life.”

28. In 1992, the actress played a lovesick scientist in the rom-com “Love Potion No. 9.”

Synopsis: “Two scientists who are hopeless with the opposite sex experiment with a substance that makes them irresistible to anyone who hears them speak.”

27. She played a detective who investigates a meticulously executed homicide in the 2002 thriller “Murder by Numbers”

Synopsis: “Two gifted high school students execute a ‘perfect’ murder — then become engaged in an intellectual contest with a seasoned homicide detective.”

26. In 2000, Bullock played a New York City journalist with bad habits in the dramatic comedy “28 Days.”

Synopsis: “A big-city newspaper columnist is forced to enter a drug and alcohol rehab center after ruining her sister’s wedding and crashing a stolen limousine.”

25. She teamed up with Reeves for a second time in 2006’s “The Lake House.”

Synopsis: “A lonely doctor, who once occupied an unusual lakeside house, begins exchanging love letters with its former resident, a frustrated architect. They must try to unravel the mystery behind their extraordinary romance before it’s too late.”

24. Bullock played a renowned political consultant in 2015’s “Our Brand Is Crisis.”

Synopsis: “A battle-hardened American political consultant is sent to help re-elect a controversial president in Bolivia, where she must compete with a long-term rival working for another candidate.”

23. In 1995, she played a computer programmer in the action drama “The Net.”

Synopsis: “A computer programmer stumbles upon a conspiracy, putting her life and the lives of those around her in great danger.”

22. Bullock played an undercover FBI agent who transforms into a beauty queen in the action-packed comedy “Miss Congeniality.”

Synopsis: “An FBI agent must go undercover in the Miss United States beauty pageant to prevent a group from bombing the event.”

21. She played an exasperated lawyer who decides she can’t take care of her boss (played by Hugh Grant) any longer in the 2002 rom-com “Two Weeks Notice.”

Synopsis: “A lawyer decides that she’s used too much like a nanny by her boss, so she walks out on him.”

20. In 2002, Bullock played a famous New York playwright who must work on her rocky relationship with her dramatic mother in “Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood.”

Synopsis: “After years of mother-daughter tension, Siddalee receives a scrapbook detailing the wild adventures of the “Ya-Yas”, her mother’s girlhood friends.”

19. She starred alongside Ryan Reynolds in the 2009 rom-com “The Proposal.”

Synopsis: “A pushy boss forces her young assistant to marry her in order to keep her visa status in the U.S. and avoid deportation to Canada.”

18. In 1999, Bullock played an exciting yet dodgy stranger who puts the engaged main character (played by Ben Affleck) in a tricky situation in “Forces of Nature.”

Synopsis: “A soon-to-be-married man encounters an exciting stranger after his plane suffers an accident on takeoff.”

17. She portrayed the mother of an inventive boy in “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.” Tom Hanks played the boy’s late father, who died as a result of 9/11.

Synopsis: “A nine-year-old amateur inventor, Francophile, and pacifist searches New York City for the lock that matches a mysterious key left behind by his father, who died in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.”

16. Bullock’s horror film debut came in 1993 with the release of “The Vanishing.” She played Kiefer Sutherland’s abducted girlfriend, Diane, in the psychological thriller.

Synopsis: “The boyfriend of an abducted woman never gives up the search as the abductor looks on.”

15. She voiced Scarlet Overkill, the self-proclaimed best female super villain in the world, in the animated movie “Minions.”

Synopsis: “Minions Stuart, Kevin, and Bob are recruited by Scarlet Overkill, a supervillain who, alongside her inventor husband Herb, hatches a plot to take over the world.”

14. In 1993, Bullock played a spunky singer who tries to get into the country music world in “The Thing Called Love.” She starred alongside River Phoenix in the romantic comedy.

Synopsis: “A group of newcomers to the country music business seek love and stardom.”

13. Bullock played a young waitress in 1993’s “Wrestling Ernest Hemingway.”

Synopsis: “Two lonely, retired septuagenarians, an unkempt, hard-drinking Irish sea captain, and a fussy, well-mannered Cuban barber form an uneasy friendship.”

12. She played Lieutenant Lenina Huxley in the 1993 sci-fi movie “Demolition Man.”

Synopsis: “A police officer is brought out of suspended animation in prison to pursue an old ultra-violent nemesis who is loose in a non-violent future society.”

11. In 2018, she portrayed a strict mother who would do whatever it takes to save her children from an unseen yet dangerous presence in Netflix’s “Bird Box.”

Synopsis: “Five years after an ominous unseen presence drives most of society to suicide, a mother and her two children make a desperate bid to reach safety.”

Read more: 10 movies to watch if you loved ‘Bird Box’

10. She played a Boston cop who has to find a way to work with an uptight FBI special agent (played by Melissa McCarthy) in the 2013 comedy “The Heat.”

Synopsis: “An uptight FBI Special Agent is paired with a foul-mouthed Boston cop to take down a ruthless drug lord.”

9. In 1996, Bullock played a law student in the crime drama “A Time to Kill.” She starred with Matthew McConaughey and Samuel L. Jackson.

Synopsis: “In Canton, Mississippi, a fearless young lawyer and his assistant defend a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, inciting violent retribution and revenge from the Ku Klux Klan.”

8. Bullock won an Oscar for her role as the adoptive mother of a troubled teen who becomes a football star in “The Blind Side.”

Synopsis: “The story of Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All American football player and first round NFL draft pick with the help of a caring woman and her family.”

7. In 2018, she played the mastermind of an elaborate heist in the star-studded “Ocean’s Eight.”

Synopsis: “Debbie Ocean gathers an all-female crew to attempt an impossible heist at New York City’s yearly Met Gala.”

Read more: 5 moments from the ‘Ocean’s 8’ trailers that didn’t make it into the final movie

6. Bullock played the novelist and close friend of Truman Capote, Nelle Harper Lee, in 2006’s “Infamous.”

Synopsis: “While researching his novel ‘In Cold Blood,’ Truman Capote develops a close relationship with convicted murderers Dick Hickock and Perry Smith.”

5. The actress voiced Miriam, Moses’ sister, in the 1998 animated movie “The Prince of Egypt.”

Synopsis: “An Egyptian prince learns of his identity as a Hebrew and his destiny to become the chosen deliverer of his people.”

4. Bullock portrayed the angry wife of a District Attorney (played by Brendan Fraser) in 2004’s “Crash.”

Synopsis: “Los Angeles citizens with vastly separate lives collide in interweaving stories of race, loss, and redemption.”

3. She portrayed a hopeless romantic in one of her most popular rom-coms, “While You Were Sleeping,” in 1995.

Synopsis: “A hopeless romantic Chicago Transit Authority token collector is mistaken for the fiancée of a coma patient.”

2. In 1994, Bullock starred alongside Keanu Reeves in the Oscar-winning action film “Speed.”

Synopsis: “A young police officer must prevent a bomb exploding aboard a city bus by keeping its speed above 50 mph.”

1. In 2013, Bullock played an astronaut alongside George Clooney in the sci-fi thriller “Gravity.”

Synopsis: “Two astronauts work together to survive after an accident leaves them stranded in space.”