Sandra Bullock – 10 Best Movies

By Vlad Zakh · May 15, 2026

Speed made Sandra Bullock a star almost overnight, Gravity, decades later, is the most physically demanding role of her career, carrying a film virtually alone, and The Blind Side earned her the Oscar for something much warmer. Practical Magic follows two witch sisters facing a family curse, Ocean’s 8 assembles an all-female Met Gala heist, Crash adds a supporting role in the Best Picture winner, and Bird Box guides children blindfolded through a world with an unseen threat. The Proposal, While You Were Sleeping and Miss Congeniality round out the list.

Practical Magic (1998)

IMDb ★ 6.4 RT 31% Metacritic 47

Two witch sisters try to break a generations-old family curse on their love lives.

Directed by Griffin Dunne · 1h 44m · Rated PG-13

1 win & 6 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel, YouTube TV, HBO Max · 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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Ocean's 8 (2018)

IMDb ★ 6.3 RT 69% Metacritic 61

Anne Hathaway plays a self-parodying celebrity at the centre of an all-star heist crew's target.

Directed by Gary Ross · 1h 51m · Rated PG-13

3 wins & 17 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max · 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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Crash (2004)

IMDb ★ 7.7 RT 73% Metacritic 66

Sandra Bullock takes a supporting role in the ensemble drama that won Best Picture.

Directed by Paul Haggis · 1h 52m · Rated R

Won 3 Oscars66 wins & 112 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Lionsgate+ Amazon Channel, Howdy Amazon 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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Bird Box (2018)

TMDB ★ 6.8

Sandra Bullock plays a mother guiding her children blindfolded through a world overtaken by an unseen threat.

Directed by Susanne Bier · 2h 04m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads

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The Proposal (2009)

TMDB ★ 7.2

A domineering executive forces her assistant into a fake engagement to avoid deportation, with complications.

Directed by Anne Fletcher · 1h 48m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

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

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While You Were Sleeping (1995)

IMDb ★ 6.8 RT 81% Metacritic 67

A lonely transit worker is mistaken for the fiancee of a man she saved and barely knows.

Directed by Jon Turteltaub · 1h 43m · Rated PG

4 wins & 5 nominations

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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Miss Congeniality (2000)

TMDB ★ 6.5

A tough FBI agent goes undercover as a beauty pageant contestant to stop a bombing threat.

Directed by Donald Petrie · 1h 50m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max, Starz 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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The Blind Side (2009)

TMDB ★ 7.7

A homeless teenager is taken in by a family who help him become a football star.

Directed by John Lee Hancock · 2h 09m · Rated PG-13

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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Gravity (2013)

IMDb ★ 7.7 RT 96% Metacritic 96

An astronaut stranded after a debris strike has to find her own way back to Earth alone.

Directed by Alfonso Cuarón · 1h 31m · Rated PG-13

Won 7 Oscars242 wins & 189 nominations

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

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Speed (1994)

IMDb ★ 7.3 RT 95% Metacritic 78

A bomb rigged to a city bus will explode if it drops below fifty miles per hour.

Directed by Jan de Bont · 1h 56m · Rated R

Won 2 Oscars21 wins & 20 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Netflix, YouTube TV, FXNow, Netflix Standard with Ads · 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.

Sandra Bullock – 10 Best Movies

Practical Magic (1998)

Ocean's 8 (2018)

Crash (2004)

Bird Box (2018)

The Proposal (2009)

While You Were Sleeping (1995)

Miss Congeniality (2000)

The Blind Side (2009)

Gravity (2013)

Speed (1994)

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