7 Best America Ferrera Movies

By Vlad Zakh · December 31, 2025

America Ferrera became a star playing characters who refuse to shrink themselves for anyone else’s comfort, a theme that carries into her biggest role yet. Barbie has a disillusioned human mother helping a doll through an identity crisis, the How to Train Your Dragon films give her voice work, and Special Correspondents has two radio journalists faking a war-zone assignment. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and Real Women Have Curves round out the list.

Barbie (2023)

TMDB ★ 6.9

A doll living in an idealised world ventures into the real one and starts questioning her purpose and identity.

Directed by Greta Gerwig · 1h 54m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel, TNT, TBS, tru TV, HBO Max · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)

TMDB ★ 7.4

A Viking chief must find a way to protect his dragons, with America Ferrera voicing Astrid.

Directed by Dean DeBlois · 1h 44m · Rated PG

Where to watch

Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Special Correspondents (2016)

TMDB ★ 5.3

Two radio journalists fake a dangerous war-zone assignment from the safety of a basement, with America Ferrera in the cast.

Directed by Ricky Gervais · 1h 40m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

Stream: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads

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How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)

TMDB ★ 7.8

A now-grown Viking discovers a hidden dragon sanctuary and a mother he thought he'd lost, with America Ferrera voicing Astrid.

Directed by Dean DeBlois · 1h 42m · Rated PG

Where to watch

Stream: Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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How to Train Your Dragon (2010)

IMDb ★ 8.1 RT 99% Metacritic 75

A young Viking befriends the very dragon he was raised to hate and kill.

Directed by Dean DeBlois & Chris Sanders · 1h 38m · Rated PG

Nominated for 2 Oscars25 wins & 63 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+ Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005)

TMDB ★ 6.5

America Ferrera features in this drama about four lifelong friends who spend their first summer apart, bonded by a pair of magical jeans.

Directed by Ken Kwapis · 1h 59m · Rated PG

Where to watch

Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Real Women Have Curves (2002)

TMDB ★ 7.3

A first-generation Mexican-American teenager, played by America Ferrera, clashes with her mother over her future.

Directed by Patricia Cardoso · 1h 26m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.

7 Best America Ferrera Movies

Barbie (2023)

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)

Special Correspondents (2016)

How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)

How to Train Your Dragon (2010)

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005)

Real Women Have Curves (2002)

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