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Best Thandie Newton movies

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TOP 24: The Truth About Charlie

Character: Regina Lambert
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Romance, Drama
Release: 2002
When Regina Lambert returns from a vacation to Paris, she finds not only her apartment, but also her bank account completely empty. A visit to the police headquarters reveals that Charlie has been murdered and a lot of people are after his money. Regina now begins a dangerous search for the truth.


TOP 23: Vanishing on 7th Street

Character: Rosemary
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Release: 2010
A mysterious global blackout yields countless populations to simply vanish, leaving only their clothes and possessions behind. A small handful of survivors band together in a dimly-lit tavern on 7th Street, struggling to combat the apocalyptic horror. Realizing they may in fact be the last people on earth, a dark shadow hones in on them alone.

TOP 22: Norbit

Character: Kate Thomas
Genre: Comedy
Release: 2007
A mild-mannered guy who is engaged to a monstrous woman meets the woman of his dreams, and schemes to find a way to be with her.


TOP 21: Retreat

Character: Kate
Genre: Drama, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
Release: 2011
Kate and Martin escape from personal tragedy to an Island Retreat. Cut off from the outside world, their attempts to recover are shattered when a man is washed ashore, with news of airborne killer disease that is sweeping through Europe.


TOP 20: 2012

Character: Laura Wilson
Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Release: 2009
Dr. Adrian Helmsley, part of a worldwide geophysical team investigating the effect on the earth of radiation from unprecedented solar storms, learns that the earth's core is heating up. He warns U.S. President Thomas Wilson that the crust of the earth is becoming unstable and that without proper preparations for saving a fraction of the world's population, the entire race is doomed. Meanwhile, writer Jackson Curtis stumbles on the same information. While the world's leaders race to build "arks" to escape the impending cataclysm, Curtis struggles to find a way to save his family. Meanwhile, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes of unprecedented strength wreak havoc around the world.

TOP 19: Gringo

Character: Bonnie Soyinka
Genre: Action, Comedy
Release: 2018
An American businessman with a stake in a pharmaceutical company that's about to go public finds his life is thrown into turmoil by an incident in Mexico.


TOP 18: Beloved

Character: Beloved
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Release: 1998
After Paul D. finds his old slave friend Sethe in Ohio and moves in with her and her daughter Denver, a strange girl comes along by the name of "Beloved". Sethe and Denver take her in and then strange things start to happen...


TOP 17: How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

Character: Thandie Newton
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Release: 2008
A British writer struggles to fit in at a high-profile magazine in New York.

TOP 16: Mission: Impossible II

Character: Nyah Nordoff-Hall
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Release: 2000
With computer genius Luther Stickell at his side and a beautiful thief on his mind, agent Ethan Hunt races across Australia and Spain to stop a former IMF agent from unleashing a genetically engineered biological weapon called Chimera. This mission, should Hunt choose to accept it, plunges him into the center of an international crisis of terrifying magnitude.


TOP 15: W.

Character: Condoleezza Rice
Genre: Drama, History
Release: 2008
The story of the eventful life of George W. Bush—his struggles and triumphs, how he found both his wife and his faith—and the critical days leading up to his decision to invade Iraq.


TOP 14: Shade

Character: Tiffany
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Release: 2003
Tiffany, Charlie and Vernon are con artists looking to up the ante from their typical scams. They figure a good way of doing this is taking down Dean "The Dean" Stevens, a well-known cardsharp, in a rigged game. However, they first need enough money to enter a game with Stevens, so they decide to strike a deal with fellow crook Larry Jennings to scam a local gangster -- which turns out to be a bad idea.

TOP 13: Run, Fatboy, Run

Original Title: Run Fatboy Run
Character: Libby
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Release: 2007
Five years after jilting his pregnant fiancée on their wedding day, out-of-shape Dennis decides to run a marathon to win her back.


TOP 12: Good Deeds

Character: Lindsey
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Release: 2012
Businessman Wesley Deeds is jolted out of his scripted life when he meets Lindsey, a single mother who works on the cleaning crew in his office building.


TOP 11: The Chronicles of Riddick

Character: Dame Vaako
Genre: Action, Science Fiction
Release: 2004
After years of outrunning ruthless bounty hunters, escaped convict Riddick suddenly finds himself caught between opposing forces in a fight for the future of the human race. Now, waging incredible battles on fantastic and deadly worlds, this lone, reluctant hero will emerge as humanity's champion - and the last hope for a universe on the edge of annihilation.


TOP 10: Solo: A Star Wars Story

Character: Val
Genre: Adventure, Science Fiction
Release: 2018
Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his mighty future copilot Chewbacca and encounters the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian.

TOP 9: For Colored Girls

Character: Tangie / Orange
Genre: Drama
Release: 2010
About existence from the perspective of 20 nameless black females. Each of the women portray one of the characters represented in the collection of twenty poems, revealing different issues that impact women in general and women of color in particular.


TOP 8: Gridlock'd

Character: Barbara 'Cookie' Cook
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Release: 1997
After a friend overdoses, Spoon and Stretch decide to kick their drug habits and attempt to enroll in a government detox program. Their efforts are hampered by seemingly endless red tape, as they are shuffled from one office to another while being chased by drug dealers and the police.


TOP 7: RockNRolla

Character: Stella
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Release: 2008
When a Russian mobster sets up a real estate scam that generates millions of pounds, various members of London's criminal underworld pursue their share of the fortune. Various shady characters, including Mr One-Two, Stella the accountant, and Johnny Quid, a druggie rock-star, try to claim their slice.


TOP 6: Besieged

Original Title: L'assedio
Character: Shandurai
Genre: Drama, Romance
Release: 1998
When an African dictator jails her husband, Shandurai goes into exile in Italy, studying medicine and keeping house for Mr. Kinsky, an eccentric English pianist and composer. She lives in one room of his Roman palazzo. He besieges her with flowers, gifts, and music, declaring passionately that he loves her, would go to Africa with her, would do anything for her. "What do you know of Africa?," she asks, then, in anguish, shouts, "Get my husband out of jail!" The rest of the film plays out the implications of this scene and leaves Shandurai with a choice.


TOP 5: Flirting

Character: Thandiwe Adjewa
Genre: Drama, Romance
Release: 1991
The year is 1965 and Danny Embling, is an awkward, underdeveloped teen suffering from occasional bouts of stuttering, attends an all-male boarding school in New South Wales, Australia. it has been some time since Danny has had any romantic relationship with a girl. He slowly becomes interested in Thandiwe Adjewa, a Ugandan-Kenyan-British girl attending the all-girls school across the lake.

TOP 4: Interview with the Vampire

Character: Yvette
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Release: 1994
A vampire relates his epic life story of love, betrayal, loneliness, and dark hunger to an over-curious reporter.


TOP 3: Crash

Character: Christine Thayer
Genre: Drama
Release: 2004
In post-Sept. 11 Los Angeles, tensions erupt when the lives of a Brentwood housewife, her district attorney husband, a Persian shopkeeper, two cops, a pair of carjackers and a Korean couple converge during a 36-hour period.


TOP 2: The Death & Life of John F. Donovan

Character: Audrey Newhouse
Genre: Drama
Release: 2019
A decade after the death of an American TV star, a young actor reminisces about the written correspondence he once shared with the former, as well as the impact those letters had on both their lives.


TOP 1: The Pursuit of Happyness

Character: Linda Gardner
Genre: Drama
Release: 2006
A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.


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