Jennifer Aniston or like how we fondly call her “FRIENDS” Rachel Green is one of the most versatile and successful actresses in Hollywood and the beauty is turning 52 years old. She might be in her 50s but nothing about her will ever scream “old” to you. Her fans have loved and adored her for years and will keep on loving her along with her characters. Her most memorable character, without fail for everyone, is Rachel Green, a lady who ran away from her wedding and entered “Central Perk” and changed everyone’s lives with it.
Jennifer Aniston has been known to play roles that have comedy and romance in it, creating some of the most memorable rom-coms. She has done an array of movies and choosing a particular number of movies to be the best would be a crime. So, here we are presenting a list of movies with Jennifer Aniston that one should definitely watch.
Marley & Me
Platform: Amazon Prime Video
This is one movie that almost all of us have definitely watched once, but it doesn’t hurt anyone to watch the cute little Golden Retriever who steals the show from the lead actors Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson. The movie is warm, funny and sweet and shows Jenny (Jennifer Aniston) and John (Owen Wilson) going through life together, welcoming not one, not two but three babies with fur baby Marley by their side. The movie shows how life is when you have a true companion like Marley with you. This movie has the ability to bring tears to anyone and everyone’s eyes, guaranteed.
Friends With Money
Platform: Netflix
A beautiful depiction of friendship, womanhood and struggles a woman goes through. The movie was screened at the 2006 Sundance Festival and went into limited release in North America. The movie shares the life of Olivia, played by Jennifer Aniston who is always broke and has to clean houses to make enough money. She feels left in her circle of friends who seem to have no issues with wealth. This is what Olivia sees but in reality, everyone of them are fighting their own issues. When time gets hard, all of them know that no matter what they will always have each other.
We’re The Millers
Platform: Netflix
We’re The Millers is a story of a drug smuggler who hires other people to be his family, so that he is able to smuggle drugs across the border. Jennifer, is a stripper in this movie who has to act like the wife and the mother in the family. As they set off on a road trip in a camping van, it becomes a ride of a lifetime not only for them, but for the audience too. Beside Jennifer Aniston, the movie stars Emma Roberts, Jason Sudeikis and Will Poulter in the lead roles.
Horrible Bosses
Platform: Amazon Prime Video
This is one of the rare movies where Jennifer Aniston plays a negative role. She essays the role of a dentist who forces her dental assistant to have sex with her, basically sexually harassing her assistant. The movie revolves around the lives of three men who hate their bosses and hatch a plan to kill them off so that they could be finally happy. In the pursuit of killing and not killing their bosses, they will thoroughly entertain the viewers with laughter and craziness.
Just Go With It
Platform: Netflix
Acting opposite Adam Sandler, this without doubt is one of the most loved Jennifer Aniston movies. The story follows a plastic surgeon who happens to fall for a girl and instead of saying what the truth is ends up saying he is married. He somehow convinces his assistant to be his wife, who he is divorcing in front of his girlfriend. Sadly not everything goes according to plan and he realizes he actually is in love with the secretary. The role of secretary was played by Jennifer Aniston and the plastic surgeon by Adam Sandler, giving the audience one of the most comedic couples.
Murder Mystery
Platform: Netflix
Jennifer Aniston’s one of the most recent movies and she is back again with Adam Sandler for this one, playing the role of Audrey and Nick. A complete mayhem of a movie but with lots of laughter and humor packed in, the movie will confuse you but definitely keep you hooked. A murder that takes place on a yacht with a bunch of people around and in far away Europe, Audrey and Nick become suspects to the murder of a billionaire. While they stay away from the grip of police, they also keep go to lengths to know who was behind the murder.
The Switch
Platform: Netflix
Jason Bateman and Jennifer Aniston pair up for this comical yet feel good movie of two best friends. Kassie and Wally are best friends and wants to stay that way, Kassie wants to have a baby and hence takes the sperm donor route. She refuses Wally’s offering, only to realise years later that Wally in fact swapped her sample with his. A story of love and friendship, though comical will become a good watch for you.
Mother’s Day
Platform: Netflix
Just like how the name suggests the movie is about that particular day in the year, where you love to dedicate it to your mother. With an ensemble cast and many story lines, Aniston’s storyline shows how she is a divorced mom now and how her sons are growing to like the young woman their dad is dating. She hates it, but she has to accept it. While she is completely absorbed in her children’s lives, she remembers she needs to have a new life where she can be happy. A certain incident brings the family closer, making her like her ex-husband’s girlfriend more. This gives her a chance to look out for herself and be happy with her life as she can focus on things other than her family.
The Break-Up
Platform: Netflix
As the name suggests, the movie is about a break up. An art dealer Brooke starts feeling that her relationship with her boyfriend Gary isn’t going anywhere. They fight over small things and they believe it’s the best time for them to break up. Even though they do break-up, they face one of the biggest dilemmas as to who will leave the luxurious house first. With none of them budging to move from the house, they end up fighting for every small thing. Their little squabbles take the turn of almost a war and now it is upto them to get rid of the other.
The Bounty Hunter
Platform: Netflix
Starring Jennifer Aniston as a reporter who has been arrested for assaulting a police officer. She runs away as she gets a tip about an apparent suicide. With that she skips her hearing and the duty of bringing her back falls on her ex-husband Milo, played by Gerard Butler. As the cat and mouse chase begins and they team up, they learn about a completely new case, a case that needs to be brought to justice. This isn’t easy because you have criminals and on the other hand you have your significant ex making fighting it out with you for everything.