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Best Kate Mara movies

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TOP 25: Zoom

Kate Mara as: Summer Jones / Wonder
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction, Family
Release: 2006
Jack Shepard is an out-of-shape auto shop owner, far removed from the man who once protected the world's freedom. Reluctantly called back into action by the government, Jack is tasked with turning a ragtag group of kids with special powers into a new generation of superheroes to save the world from certain destruction.


TOP 24: Peep World

Kate Mara as: Meg
Genre: Comedy
Release: 2010
On the day of their Father's 70th birthday party, four siblings come to terms with the publication of a novel written by the youngest sibling, that exposes the family's most intimate secrets.

TOP 23: The Open Road

Kate Mara as: Lucy
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Release: 2009
Minor leaguer Carlton Garret takes an unexpected road trip to track down his estranged father, legendary baseball player Kyle Garret when Carlton’s mother becomes sick. Once reunited, Carlton struggles to deal with the series of misadventures caused by his father’s antics. Attempts at bonding come to a head as the mismatched duo make their way from Ohio back home to Houston to reunite the family.


TOP 22: Random Hearts

Kate Mara as: Jessica Chandler
Genre: Drama, Romance
Release: 1999
After the death of their loved ones in a tragic plane crash, Harrison Ford and Kristin Scott Thomas find each other's keys in each other's loved ones' possessions and realize that the two were having an affair and they must figure out all the details.


TOP 21: Full of It

Kate Mara as: Annie Dray
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Release: 2007
A young kid (Pinkston) is forced to live out the lies he told to become popular.

TOP 20: Morgan

Kate Mara as: Lee Weathers
Genre: Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
Release: 2016
A corporate risk-management consultant must determine whether or not to terminate an artificial being's life that was made in a laboratory environment.


TOP 19: Captive

Kate Mara as: Ashley Smith
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release: 2015
Based on a miraculous true story that drew the attention of the entire nation, is the dramatic, thrilling, and spiritual journey of Ashley Smith and Brian Nichols. After being taken hostage by Brian in her own apartment, Ashley turns to Rick Warren’s inspirational book, The Purpose Driven Life, for guidance. In reading from the book, Ashley not only finds purpose in her own life, but helps Brian find a more peaceful resolution to a harrowing situation.


TOP 18: 10 Years

Kate Mara as: Elise
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Release: 2011
A group of friends reunite ten years after their high-school graduation.

TOP 17: Tadpole

Kate Mara as: Miranda Spear
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Release: 2002
Beautiful, sophisticated women are all over Oscar Grubman. He is sensitive and compassionate, speaks French fluently, is passionate about Voltaire, and thinks the feature that tells the most about a woman is her hands. On the train home from Chauncey Academy for the Thanksgiving weekend, Oscar confides in his best friend that he has plans for this vacation--he will win the heart of his true love. But there is one major problem--Oscar's true love is his stepmother Eve. Oscar is certain that he could be a better mate to Eve than his work-obsessed father. He fails to win Eve's heart and is consequently dejected. Oscar's path to his true love is further crossed by Diane, Eve's best friend who, one night while wearing Eve's borrowed perfumed scarf, offers him temporary comfort in an unconventional tryst. For Diane, Oscar fills a void in her life. For Oscar, Diane is somewhat of a distraction, as his continued pursuit of Eve leads to an unexpected resolution.


TOP 16: Deadfall

Kate Mara as: Hanna
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release: 2012
A thriller that follows two siblings who decide to fend for themselves in the wake of a botched casino heist, and their unlikely reunion during another family's Thanksgiving celebration.


TOP 15: Chappaquiddick

Kate Mara as: Mary Jo Kopechne
Genre: Drama, Thriller, History
Release: 2018
Ted Kennedy's life and political career become derailed in the aftermath of a fatal car accident in 1969 that claims the life of a young campaign strategist, Mary Jo Kopechne.

TOP 14: Transcendence

Kate Mara as: Bree
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
Release: 2014
Two leading computer scientists work toward their goal of Technological Singularity, as a radical anti-technology organization fights to prevent them from creating a world where computers can transcend the abilities of the human brain.


TOP 13: Ironclad

Kate Mara as: Lady Isabel
Genre: Action, Adventure, History, Romance
Release: 2011
In the year 1215, the rebel barons of England have forced their despised King John to put his royal seal on the Magna Carta, a seminal document that upheld the rights of free men. Yet within months of pledging himself to the great charter, the King reneged on his word and assembled a mercenary army on the south coast of England with the intention of bringing the barons and the country back under his tyrannical rule. Barring his way stood the mighty Rochester castle, a place that would become the symbol of the rebel's momentous struggle for justice and freedom.


TOP 12: Man Down

Kate Mara as: Natalie Drummer
Genre: Thriller
Release: 2016
A haunted Afghanistan war veteran attempts to come to terms with his past while searching for his family in a post-apocalyptic America.


TOP 11: Transsiberian

Kate Mara as: Abby
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Release: 2008
A Trans-Siberian train journey from China to Moscow becomes a thrilling chase of deception and murder when an American couple encounters a mysterious pair of fellow travelers.

TOP 10: Happythankyoumoreplease

Kate Mara as: Mississippi
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Release: 2011
Captures a generational moment - young people on the cusp of truly growing up, tiring of their reflexive cynicism, each in their own ways struggling to connect and define what it means to love and be loved. Six New Yorkers juggle love, friendship, and the keenly challenging specter of adulthood. Sam Wexler is a struggling writer who's having a particularly bad day. When a young boy gets separated from his family on the subway, Sam makes the questionable decision to bring the child back to his apartment and thus begins a rewarding, yet complicated, friendship. Sam's life revolves around his friends — Annie, whose self-image keeps her from commitment; Charlie and Mary Catherine, a couple whose possible move to Los Angeles tests their relationship; and Mississippi, a cabaret singer who catches Sam's eye.


TOP 9: Stone of Destiny

Kate Mara as: Kay Matheson
Genre: Crime, Drama
Release: 2008
Tells of the daring heist of The Stone of Destiny in the 1950s by a charming group of idealistic Scottish undergraduates, whose action rekindled Scottish nationalistic pride.


TOP 8: Iron Man 2

Kate Mara as: U.S. Marshal
Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Release: 2010
With the world now aware of his dual life as the armored superhero Iron Man, billionaire inventor Tony Stark faces pressure from the government, the press and the public to share his technology with the military. Unwilling to let go of his invention, Stark, with Pepper Potts and James 'Rhodey' Rhodes at his side, must forge new alliances – and confront powerful enemies.


TOP 7: We Are Marshall

Kate Mara as: Annie Cantrell
Genre: Drama
Release: 2006
When a plane crash claims the lives of members of the Marshall University football team and some of its fans, the team's new coach and his surviving players try to keep the football program alive.


TOP 6: Shooter

Kate Mara as: Sarah Fenn
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Release: 2007
A marksman living in exile is coaxed back into action after learning of a plot to kill the president. Ultimately double-crossed and framed for the attempt, he goes on the run to track the real killer and find out who exactly set him up, and why??

TOP 5: 127 Hours

Kate Mara as: Kristi Moore
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Release: 2010
The true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah.


TOP 4: Megan Leavey

Kate Mara as: Megan Leavey
Genre: Drama, War
Release: 2017
The true story of Marine Corporal Megan Leavey, who forms a powerful bond with an aggressive combat dog, Rex. While deployed in Iraq, the two complete more than 100 missions and save countless lives, until an IED explosion puts their faithfulness to the test.


TOP 3: My Days of Mercy

Kate Mara as: Mercy
Genre: Drama, Romance
Release: 2019
The daughter of a man on death row falls in love with a woman on the opposing side of her family's political cause.


TOP 2: The Martian

Kate Mara as: Beth Johanssen
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction
Release: 2015
During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive.


TOP 1: Brokeback Mountain

Kate Mara as: Alma Del Mar Jr. (age 19)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Release: 2005
Two modern-day cowboys meet on a shepherding job in the summer of '63, the two share a raw and powerful summer together that turns into a lifelong relationship conflicting with the lives they are supposed to live.

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