Milla Jovovich is best known for her starring role as Alice in the Resident Evil franchise, which has amassed a whopping $1.2 billion dollars in ticket sales alone, making it the highest-grossing film series based on a video game.
But killing zombies isn't the only thing that Jovovich is known for. She has starred in numerous other high-profile films, as well as critically acclaimed indie hits. With the help of review aggregate Rotten Tomatoes, below is Milla Jovovich's top 10 movies, according to critics. Number one might surprise you ...
Chaplin (1992) - 60%
Chaplin is based on the famous film star Charlie Chaplin, portrayed by Robert Downey Jr. The rest of the cast is equally talented and includes Anthony Hopkins, Marisa Tomei, Dan Aykroyd, and Milla Jovovich.
Jovovich played the role of Mildred Harris, a young Hollywood starlet who became Chaplin's first wife. The movie was a massive success and went on to be nominated for three Oscars, including Best Actor.
The Claim (2000) - 62%
The Claim was an artsy dramatic Western that saw Milla Jovovich playing Lucia, the owner of a brothel in an Old West town. She gets entangled in a love triangle with a man and his dying lover.
As tensions rise and their relationship comes to an end, it seems that frontier life in the Old West is coming to a close, as well, with the advent of the locomotive quickly connecting towns across the country. The movie is about loss, grief, and moving on when all hope is lost.
A Perfect Getaway (2009) - 63%
A perfect Hawaiian getaway turns into a life or death hunt as a couple discovers that they've stumbled upon two homicidal maniacs while hiking through the lush Hawaiian jungle. The movie keeps you guessing and you're not sure who to believe until the very end of the film.
Aside from the thrilling plot, the setting of the Hawaiian wilderness is absolutely stunning. ing Jovovich in the cast is Timothy Olyphant, Steve Zahn, and Chris Hemsworth.
Zoolander (2001) 64%
Though Zoolander has gone down in cinema history as a stoner film for high school kids, upon its release, it actually received some pretty good reviews from critics. Both Variety and the BBC gave it positive reviews, and Salon even said it, "Serves as glossy, throwaway fun, and it features more cameos than you can shake a mascara wand at."
In the film, Jovovich plays the evil Russian henchwoman, Katinka Ingabogovinanana, who works for a nefarious fashion mogul.
Paradise Hills (2019) - 64%
Paradise Hills is a satire of how women are told to be obedient and submissive in our society. In the film, Jovovich plays The Duchess, who runs a secret facility that helps "retrain" rebellious young women.
The movie has obvious undertones that mock patriarchy and the cult of domesticity. Along with Jovovich, the film stars Emma Roberts, Awkwafina, and Danielle Macdonald.
The Fifth Element (1997) - 71%
Easily Jovovich's most recognizable role aside from Resident Evil, The Fifth Element was a massive hit and remains a fan favorite to this day. In the movie, a great evil appears every 5,000 years, and it can only be stopped by a weapon made of five elements ... but the fifth element comes in the form of a human (Leeloo, played by Milla Jovovich).
The movie is loaded with a star-studded cast (including one of the best performances of Chris Tucker's career), epic effects, zany one-liners, and ample amounts of campy fun. The Fifth Element went on to bank almost $264 million at the box office.
Dummy (2002) - 71%
In Dummy, Adrian Brody plays a socially awkward man with a knack for ventriloquism. His best friend, Fangoria (played by Jovovich) is a punk rocker who is just as lost as he is.
Throughout the film, Brody uses his dummy to help him navigate social situations. The movie can be seen as the precursor to films like The Beaver and Lars and the Real Girl. Along with Brody and Jovovich, the movie also stars Vera Farmiga and Jessica Walter.
Blood Into Wine (2010) - 71%
Blood Into Wine is a documentary that centers around Maynard James Keenan (from the bands TOOL and A Perfect Circle) as he runs his vineyard in northern Arizona for his wine brand Caduceus.
Jovovich, being a good friend of Keenan, is featured heavily in the documentary. The movie even features clips of Keenan's band Pucifer, of which Jovovich is a partial member.
He Got Game (1998) - 81%
Jovovich stars in Spike Lee's sports drama He Got Game as Dakota, a prostitute living in a rundown hotel next-door to Jacob Shuttlesworth. Jacob has been granted temporary parole from prison to persuade his son to play basketball for the governor's alma mater.
Dakota and Jacob become romantically involved and Dakota eventually decides to find a better life for herself. Despite being a box office bomb, only earning $22 million against a $25 million budget, the film was hailed by critics, with Roger Ebert saying, "He Got Game is Lee's best film since Malcolm X."
Dazed And Confused (1993) - 92%
Easily one of the most recognizable films of the 90s, Dazed and Confused is a stoner comedy that many say perfectly embodies what it was like to grow up in the 70s. It's one of those "movies about nothing", and rather than having a flashy plot, it simply chronicles the life of a group of high schoolers over a summer.
The movie starred an impressive cast, including Matthew McConaughey, Parker Posey, Ben Affleck, and Renee Zellweger, along with Jovovich. The Associated Press stated, "Very little actually happens but - like life - it's not always the events that define a time but the characters in it."
