Emma Roberts – 10 Best Movies

By Vlad Zakh · November 11, 2025

Emma Roberts has spent most of her career in horror and comedy, rarely straying from the scream-queen-with-a-sense-of-humour lane she carved out early. Aquamarine strands a mermaid in a beach club pool, Adult World has an aspiring poet working in a sex shop while pursuing a literary idol, Palo Alto adapts James Franco’s stories of aimless suburban teens, and Wild Child sends a spoiled Malibu girl to an English boarding school. Scream 4, Nerve, We’re the Millers, Holidate and It’s Kind of a Funny Story round out the list.

Aquamarine (2006)

TMDB ★ 5.0

Two best friends discover a real mermaid stranded in their beach club's pool.

Directed by Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum · 1h 43m · Rated PG

Where to watch

Stream: Disney Plus · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Adult World (2013)

TMDB ★ 5.9

An aspiring poet takes a job at a sex shop while stalking her literary idol for mentorship.

Directed by Scott Coffey · 1h 47m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC+, Sundance Now · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Palo Alto (2013)

TMDB ★ 5.9

Emma Roberts appears in a loose adaptation of James Franco's stories about aimless suburban teenagers.

Directed by Gia Coppola · 1h 40m · Rated R

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Wild Child (2008)

TMDB ★ 6.4

Emma Roberts plays a spoiled Malibu teenager sent to an English boarding school to shape up.

Directed by Nick Moore · 1h 38m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Holidate (2020)

TMDB ★ 6.3

Two strangers agree to be each other's platonic plus-one for every holiday of the year.

Directed by John Whitesell · 1h 44m

Where to watch

Stream: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads

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The Art of Getting By (2011)

TMDB ★ 6.4

Emma Roberts is in this story of a senior who never does his homework and the classmate who finally gets through to him.

Directed by Gavin Wiesen · 1h 23m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

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

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Nerve (2016)

TMDB ★ 6.6

A shy teenager gets swept up in a viral online game that dares players into increasingly dangerous stunts.

Directed by Ariel Schulman & Henry Joost · 1h 36m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

Stream: Cinemax Amazon Channel, Cinemax Apple TV channel · 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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Scream 4 (2011)

TMDB ★ 6.0

A new generation of victims faces Ghostface a decade after the original killings, with Emma Roberts among them.

Directed by Wes Craven · 1h 51m · Rated R

Where to watch

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

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It's Kind of a Funny Story (2010)

TMDB ★ 7.1

A suicidal teenager checks himself into a psychiatric ward and finds unexpected connection.

Directed by Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck · 1h 42m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

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

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We're the Millers (2013)

TMDB ★ 6.7

A small-time drug dealer assembles a fake family to smuggle marijuana across the border undetected.

Directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber · 1h 50m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Plex · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Streaming availability data from JustWatch, via TMDB. Availability changes often, so check the service before you plan a movie night.

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.

Emma Roberts – 10 Best Movies

Aquamarine (2006)

Adult World (2013)

Palo Alto (2013)

Wild Child (2008)

Holidate (2020)

The Art of Getting By (2011)

Nerve (2016)

Scream 4 (2011)

It's Kind of a Funny Story (2010)

We're the Millers (2013)

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