Helen Mirren – 10 Best Movies

By Vlad Zakh · June 22, 2026

The Queen is restraint at its finest and won Helen Mirren the Oscar, while Gosford Park shows the ensemble side, RED proves she’s game for pure action-comedy and Calendar Girls shows how funny she can be given the chance. The Hundred-Foot Journey pits a rigid French restaurateur against new Indian neighbours, Eye in the Sky weighs an impossible drone strike decision, Trumbo casts her as a gossip columnist wielding power in the blacklist, and Fast & Furious 8 adds a matriarch. Hitchcock and The Last Station round out the list.

The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014)

TMDB ★ 7.3

An Indian family's restaurant opens directly across from an elegant French Michelin-starred one.

Directed by Lasse Hallström · 2h 02m · Rated PG

Where to watch

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

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Eye in the Sky (2015)

TMDB ★ 7.0

A drone strike on a terror cell is delayed by an agonising debate over one civilian bystander.

Directed by Gavin Hood · 1h 42m · Rated R

Where to watch

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

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Fast & Furious 8 (2017)

TMDB ★ 6.9

Helen Mirren plays a recurring matriarch who ties her to the franchise's sprawling family.

Directed by F. Gary Gray · 2h 16m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

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

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Trumbo (2015)

TMDB ★ 7.2

A blacklisted Hollywood screenwriter keeps working in secret under other writers' names during the Red Scare.

Directed by Jay Roach · 2h 04m · Rated R

Where to watch

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

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Calendar Girls (2003)

TMDB ★ 6.5

Helen Mirren is one of several small-town women who pose nude for a fundraising calendar.

Directed by Nigel Cole · 1h 48m · 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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Hitchcock (2012)

TMDB ★ 6.6

Anthony Hopkins plays one director playing another, and it mostly works.

Directed by Sacha Gervasi · 1h 38m · 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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RED (2010)

TMDB ★ 6.7

Helen Mirren plays a retired, still-lethal black-ops assassin pulled back into the field.

Directed by Robert Schwentke · 1h 51m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

Stream: YouTube TV, Lionsgate+ Amazon 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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The Last Station (2009)

TMDB ★ 6.4

Helen Mirren earned an Oscar nomination as Leo Tolstoy's fiercely devoted wife.

Directed by Michael Hoffman · 1h 52m · Rated R

Where to watch

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

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Gosford Park (2001)

TMDB ★ 6.8

A country-house shooting party's murder exposes the class divide between guests and servants.

Directed by Robert Altman · 2h 17m · Rated R

Where to watch

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

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The Queen (2006)

TMDB ★ 6.9

Queen Elizabeth II struggles to respond to public grief following the death of Princess Diana.

Directed by Stephen Frears · 1h 43m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

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

Helen Mirren – 10 Best Movies

The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014)

Eye in the Sky (2015)

Fast & Furious 8 (2017)

Trumbo (2015)

Calendar Girls (2003)

Hitchcock (2012)

RED (2010)

The Last Station (2009)

Gosford Park (2001)

The Queen (2006)

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