From her breakout dramatic role in Winter’s Bone to her raunchy comedic turn in No Hard Feelings, Jennifer Lawrence has shown off her full acting range in a wide variety of great movies. Lawrence is one of the world’s highest-paid actors and one of the world’s highest-grossing actors, and she’s appeared on both Time and Forbes’ lists of the world’s most influential celebrities. She’s won an Academy Award, a BAFTA Film Award, and three Golden Globes. Throughout her career, Lawrence has played such iconic roles as Katniss Everdeen, Tiffany Maxwell, and Joy Mangano.

Lawrence is one of the last remaining movie stars in the franchise age. At a time when superheroes and other IPs rule Hollywood, Lawrence is a bona fide A-lister who can draw audiences to a movie based on her involvement alone. She has appeared in a few franchises, like X-Men and The Hunger Games, but she also finds plenty of time to make smaller, more experimental movies like mother! and Causeway. Lawrence has starred in such critically lauded gems as Silver Linings Playbook and American Hustle, but not all of her movies have been so acclaimed.

25 The Devil You Know (2013)

As Young Zoe

Whenever an actor rises to stardom, as Jennifer Lawrence did in the early 2010s, their unreleased early-career movies tend to resurface to cash in on their newfound fame. The Devil You Know is a thriller that stars Rosamund Pike as Zoe Hughes, the daughter of a famous actress (Lena Olin) whose big break is overshadowed by her mother's comeback role. As the tension in their relationship escalates, Zoe uncovers dark secrets in her mother's past.

Lawrence filmed her role in The Devil You Know in 2005, playing the younger version of Zoe Hughes, but the movie wasn’t released until 2013. When it was finally unleashed from the vault, The Devil You Know was widely panned by critics. It’s a mystery thriller that doesn't do much to intrigue the audience. Also, Lawrence's role is so brief that it is not even worth watching for die-hard fans.

24 House At The End Of The Street (2012)

As Elissa Cassidy

Many actors started in horror movies, and like Jennifer Lawrence, many of those early horror movies are better left forgotten. Lawrence stars in House at the End of the Street as teenager Elissa Cassidy, who moves to a new neighborhood with her mother and becomes fascinated with a nearby house where a gruesome double homicide was committed.

Although Lawrence brings her A-game to the lead role, House at the End of the Street received negative reviews from critics for its generic premise, lazy execution, and complete lack of genuine scares. It is impressive that Lawrence is able to carry the movie in the lead role, showing early signs of her movie star potential, but the rest of the movie lets her down.

23 Garden Party (2008)

As Tiff

The low-budget indie production of Garden Party marked Jennifer Lawrence’s film debut with the role of Tiff. The movie takes a look at a variety of different characters on their path to success in the big city, some of them struggling to find their way to break through, some just looking to get by, and some second guessing what their success has cost them.

Revolving around a sprawling ensemble of lost souls trying to make their way in Los Angeles, Garden Party is a half-baked take on the Short Cuts formula. Whereas that movie's characters were endlessly compelling, Garden Party’s were seen as dull and uninteresting by critics. Lawrence's role is another brief one that doesn't give her enough to do to really stand out.

22 Serena (2014)

As Serena Pemberton

Based on the novel of the same name by Ron Rash, Serena stars Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper as a pair of newlyweds running a timber business in Depression-era North Carolina. While Cooper's George Pemberton is an ambitious man who sees the empire he could build, Serena (Lawrence) has an even more take-charge attitude. As their business grows, their ambition becomes clouded.

Serena was an unsuccessful attempt to recapture the magic of Silver Linings Playbook by pairing Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper for another romance. Lawrence gives a strong performance in the complex role that brings some fire to the movie, but the rest of Serena is a disappointing attempt at making a sweeping romantic epic. The movie was panned by critics, scoring just 16% on Rotten Tomatoes, and it bombed at the box office.

21 X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019)

As Raven Darkhölme / Mystique

Jennifer Lawrence made her final appearance as the Marvel character Mystique in X-Men: Dark Phoenix. Set in the 1990s, the sequel charts Jean Grey’s transformation into the Phoenix. The mutant heroes are forced to choose sides and fight against each other as one of their own s some powerful new enemies and becomes one of the most powerful beings in the universe.

Released on the heels of Disney’s acquisition of 21st Century Fox — and, with it, the film rights to the X-Men characters — Dark Phoenix marked the unceremonious end of the franchise. This was the series’ second botched adaptation of the seminal “Dark Phoenix Saga” comic after the similarly underwhelming X-Men: The Last Stand. Lawrence especially sticks out in the large cast as seeming to be done with the franchise and eager to move on to something new.

20 The Burning Plain (2008)

As Young Mariana

In just her third movie, Lawrence starred alongside a pair of Oscar winners in a film that sadly wasn't worthy of the talent on screen. The Burning Plain is a small, intimate drama that examines a fractured relationship between a mother and daughter with lasting impacts. Charlize Theron is a self-destructive woman looking for redemption while looking back on her youth (as played by Lawrence) as she found early love and discovers a secret about her mother, played by Kim Basinger.

With Guillermo Arriaga at the helm, The Burning Plain is well-made and further elevated by the strong performances from the main cast. The script is very intricately structured, telling its story out of order with interwoven narrative threads, but it relies too much on sappy melodrama to truly succeed.

19 The Poker House (2008)

As Agnes

Jennifer Lawrence made her second movie appearance in The Poker House, an indie drama based on first-time director Lori Petty’s own childhood in the 1970s. Lawrence plays Agnes, the oldest of three children who are abused and neglected by their drug-addicted mother, with Chloë Grace Moretz and Sophi Bairley in the roles of her younger sisters.

The Poker House wasn’t a huge commercial success, but it was warmly received by critics. While it’s too slow-paced to be a true masterpiece, The Poker House is carried by a poignant story and strong performances. Lawrence was the standout of the movie with her performance earning her an Outstanding Performance Award from the Los Angeles Film Festival.

18 engers (2016)

As Aurora Lane

Jennifer Lawrence stars alongside one of the other biggest names in Hollywood in a sci-fi movie with a lot of potential but some misguided ideas. Chris Pratt stars in engers as an interstellar traveler who is mistakenly woken from cryosleep years before the ship arrives at its destination. Facing the rest of his life all alone on the empty vessel, he decides to awaken another enger (Lawrence).

engers is a well-shot and well-acted sci-fi romance, but the film is ruined by a fundamental flaw in its premise. Pratt’s character is framed as a supposedly sympathetic protagonist, but by waking up Lawrence’s character and hiding the truth from her, he coerces her into a relationship, which makes for uncomfortable viewing. engers' ending could have been an interesting play on the moral dilemma at the center of the story, but it ends up going for a safe conclusion that makes the whole movie fall apart.

17 Red Sparrow (2018)

As Dominika Egorova

Jennifer Lawrence stepped into the spy thriller genre with this underrated movie. Lawrence plays ballerina-turned-spy Dominika Egorova in Red Sparrow. Dominika is recruited by a spy agency and tasked with making with a CIA agent in the hope of identifying a mole. She soon finds herself wrapped up in a ionate and dangerous affair with the opposing agent, played by Joel Edgerton.

While Lawrence’s performance was widely praised as usual, the film was overall criticized for favoring style over substance and relying too much on sex and violence. However, for fans of the Jason Bourne movies or the thrillers of John le Carré, Red Sparrow provides a tense, seductive, and gripping entry into the genre. It also shows a new side of Lawrence and the kind of characters she can play.

16 The Beaver (2011)

As Nora

Jodie Foster selected Jennifer Lawrence to her directorial effort in a controversial yet underrated off-beat drama. Mel Gibson stars in The Beaver as a man with depression named Walter, who uses a beaver hand puppet he found in the trash to communicate with his family and work through his issues.

Lawrence also brings a lot of humor and heart to her role as the popular girl who has more going on than it seems.

Lawrence plays Nora, the love interest of Walter’s son, Porter, played by the late Anton Yelchin. The Beaver bombed at the box office, but it was praised by critics for its cast’s performances and Jodie Foster’s comionate direction.

Some reviewers found the premise to be a little absurd, but the acting is convincing enough to buy into it. Gibson is especially effective in a role quite different from his typical work. Lawrence also brings a lot of humor and heart to her role as the popular girl who has more going on than it seems.