Anna Faris movies: list of the best

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All films with Anna Faris offer the viewer a new look at this actress - her comedic talent is so remarkable. Made famous by the Scary Movie franchise, Faris has appeared in a wide variety of films over her nearly thirty years of career. Let's get acquainted with the best of them.

Scary Movie

The list of Anna Faris movies couldn't start with another picture. The 2000 cult comedy "Scary Movie" was the first film in which the actress played a major role and did it so well that she immediately opened a wide path to the world of Hollywood comedies. The terribly funny adventures of the dimwitted girl Cindy Campbell became the focus of three more parts of the film, released in 2001, 2003 and 2006. It is curious that Alicia Silverstone was originally planned for the role of Cindy, but she refused, giving way to Anna.

Chick

In 2002, in the wake of the success of the second part of Scary Movie, another prettyfamous film with Anna Faris and Rob Schneider "Chick". According to the plot, the graduate Jessica and the robber Clive switched bodies of each other, stealing one earring from the enchanted set. Anna Faris played the role of April, Jessica's friend who goes out of her way to help a girl who has suddenly turned into a man - and not the prettiest one either. And it was with the help of April that Jessica, who had changed outwardly, was able to look at the world with different eyes and, finally, begin to change internally.

Just friends

This is not the most famous film with Anna Faris, but worthy of the attention of fans of this actress, since in this romantic comedy the lion's share of jokes falls on her role. The plot of the film "Just Friends" tells the story of a successful music producer who, while studying at school, had a crush on a classmate, but was rejected because of his excess weight. Now he has changed both externally and internally, and therefore he is going to try his luck again and win the heart of his longtime lover. However, his ex-girlfriend, crazy singer Samantha, whose role was played by Faris, can become a hindrance. In particular, it is her fault that the plane on which the protagonist flew to his native land almost crashes.

This 2005 movie is especially fun to watch over the winter holidays as it takes place on Christmas Eve.

Laughter

One of the funniest and strangest films at the same time with AnnaFaris stars in the 2007 comedy Laughter. Aspiring actress Jane, played by Faris, lives in Los Angeles, shares an apartment with a very strange guy, Steve, and loves to smoke weed. One day, she accidentally eats a whole plate of hemp muffins, and this begins her strange day full of inadequate adventures. Drugged, Jane makes a huge to-do list and then starts doing it, but things go awry and reality mixes with strange fantasies.

For this film, the actress was awarded the second award in her career - the Stony Awards.

The boys love it

After Scary Movie, the most popular comedy starring Anna Faris is 2008's The Boys Like It. The actress plays the role of Shelley, who has worked as a Playboy model for most of her life. Since Shelley is 27 years old, she is fired and has to adjust to a normal life devoid of glamor and sexual behavior. The most interesting begins at the moment when the former model gets a job as the head of the female student hostel. Smart and well-mannered, but modest and shy girls help Shelly start living a normal life, trying to teach her to communicate and behave decently, and she, in turn, helps new friends become more relaxed and improve their personal lives.

Time Travel Frequently Asked Questions

In the 2009 sci-fi comedy "Frequently Asked Questions about Time Travel," Anna Faris got the role of a girl from the future who has moved to the beginning of the 21st century in order to warn the protagonist of the danger that threatens him (a classic of the genre). The highlight of the plot is added by the fact that a portal that allows you to travel in time and parallel realities opens in the toilet, and the number of loops and temporary doubles created in the same place and moment is simply countless. This creates not only confusion, but also many curious, strange and even dangerous situations.

Like a cool guard

In the black comedy of 2009 "Sort of a cool security guard" Farris again got a very comical role of a dim-witted and promiscuous blonde girl. She becomes the "lady of the heart" of a strange security guard who believes in his mission and dreams of becoming a policeman, played by the famous comedian Seth Rogen. In this film, Anna, as usual, manages to balance on the verge of humor and disgust, giving her unpleasant and stupid heroine such funny and comical features that you can’t get angry at her - you can only laugh and marvel at her behavior and antics.

Take me home

For those who don't want to think too much about the plot, but want to laugh heartily, and even a very, perfect film"Take Me Home" 2011. Anna Faris plays the twin sister of the oddly misfit protagonist, Matt. The whole plot revolves around a big party where Matt is going to prove himself and finally change his life for the better. Apart from Anna Faris as Wendy's sister, there are only three main characters in the film: Matt (played by Topher Grace), his unrequited love Tori (Teresa Palmer) and Matt's only friend, eccentric fat man Barry (Dan Fogler). Can one night change the lives of all these people? To find out, you should check out this comedy.

How much do you have?

One of the cutest and really interesting films starring Anna Faris is the comedy "How Much Do You Have?" released on screens in 2011. The main character of the story - Ellie Darling - feels that life has gone downhill. She was fired from her job, her boyfriend left her, and then an article in a women's magazine scared the girl with information that women who managed to survive 20 lovers risk being single for life. That's how many guys Ellie already had, and therefore she decides to check all the former ones to find out if among these twenty there was "that same" man destined for her by fate. To help the girl in this difficult matter, her neighbor and longtime friend Colin, played by Chris Evans, is called. Have you already guessed who will actually be the true love of the main character?

Dictator

In the hilariously funny film "The Dictator" in 2012, the actress appeared in a completely unexpected role. Yes, we have already met her with dark hair, although it is more common to see Faris with golden curls on her head. But it's not just about hair color: Anna appeared before the audience with a short haircut "like a boy", sexless clothes, without a drop of makeup and … with hairy armpits. And all because her heroine Zoe is an ardent activist for the rights of all the inhabitants of the earth. And according to the plot, only she manages to change the radical views of the main character, the dictator of the fictional country of Wadia, Admiral-General Aladin, performed by the brilliant comedian Sacha Baron-Cohen.

It's worth noting that while working on "The Dictator" Anna's old dream of working with Baron-Cohen came true. Critics praised her game and even noticed that in some moments the actress managed to outshine her partner in terms of jokes and humor. Anna Faris received the Star of the Year Award from the National Association of Theater Owners for this film.

I give a year

Anna Faris has a minor role in the 2013 British comedy film I Give a Year, but many fans of the actress believe that this comedy is quite worth watching for her sparkling performance - however, as in many of her other works.

The plot tells about the newlyweds Nat and Josh, about the unsuccessful union of which even the guests were skeptical right at the wedding. A little time has passed since the beginning of family life,however, problems fall on the spouses from all sides, and in the end, Nat finds a lover, and Josh remembers an ex named Chloe, whose role was played by Anna Faris. The newlyweds decide to set aside exactly one year to solve their problems and see if they should stay together or would it be better to continue their lives apart?

Mommy

And for those who do not have enough time to admire the talent of Faris in a full-length film, the TV series "Mom", which was released from 2013 to 2018, in which there are already six seasons and 128 episodes with Anna in the title roles.

According to the plot, her character Christy is a single mother who gave birth to a child at 16 and is trying to start a new life after getting rid of drug and alcohol addictions. In fact, she repeats the path of her mother, who also gave birth early, was left alone and suffered from the same problems. Now she is trying to mend her relationship with her daughter and granddaughter, a seventeen-year-old girl who is also expecting a baby from her very insecure boyfriend.

Sitcom fans will be delighted to know that Chuck Lorre, whose best-known television series are The Big Bang Theory, Two and a Half Men and Grace on Fire, is being written and produced by Chuck Lorre.

Overboard

The 2018 film "Overboard" is Anna Faris' latest work so far, and, it should be noted, quite successful. This is a remake of the same name.1987 film, but only with a sex change for the main characters. There, the poor protagonist, a single father, convinced an impudent and spoiled billionaire who lost her memory that she was his wife. Here, on the contrary, the heroine Faris is an employee of a cleaning company and a single mother, and the impudent and unprincipled rich man loses his memory.

Critics called the 2018 film "Overboard" one of the most successful remakes of popular films in the last decade. It's a funny coincidence that in the original, the famous comedian Goldie Hawn played the main female role, and it is with her that Anna Faris is often compared, calling the modern successor to the craft.