Elizabeth Banks
Elizabeth Banks (born February 10, 1974) is an American actress, producer and director. She is known for playing Effie Trinket in The Hunger Games film series (2012–2015) and Gail Abernathy-McKadden in the Pitch Perfect film series (2012–2017). She made her directorial film debut with Pitch Perfect 2 (2015), whose $69 million opening-weekend gross set a record for a first-time director. She went on to direct, write, produce, and star in the action comedy film Charlie’s Angels (2019). She also directed and produced the horror comedy film Cocaine Bear (2023). Banks founded the film and television production company Brownstone Productions in October 2002, with her husband Max Handelman.
Banks made her film debut in the low-budget independent film Surrender Dorothy (1998). She has appeared in the films Wet Hot American Summer (2001), Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007), The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), Invincible (2006), Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008), Role Models (2008), The Next Three Days (2010), Man on a Ledge (2012), Movie 43 (2013), The Lego Movie (2014) and its 2019 sequel, Love & Mercy (2014), Walk of Shame (2014), Magic Mike XXL (2015), Power Rangers (2017), and The Beanie Bubble (2023).
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Elizabeth Banks Movies
Discover the best Elizabeth Banks movies. Explore the complete filmography, including top-rated classics, newest releases, and highest-grossing films starring Elizabeth Banks ranked by year and score.
1
Migration (2023)
Adventure
Animation
Comedy
Mack Mallard has always preferred the comfort of the family pond over anything the wider world might offer. But when a passing flock of ducks rolls through with stories of...
Score
7.3
2
Brightburn (2019)
Horror
Science Fiction
A Kansas couple who longed for a child gets their wish when a spacecraft crashes on their farm carrying an infant boy. Brandon grows up loved and seemingly ordinary, until...
Score
6.1
3
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)
Action
Adventure
Animation
Bricksburg is not what it used to be. Five years after the events of the first film, the city has crumbled into a wasteland thanks to a relentless wave of...
Score
6.7
4
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 (2015)
Action
Adventure
Science Fiction
Katniss Everdeen has become a symbol, but symbols can be destroyed. In the final push against the Capitol, she abandons the safety of the rebel command to join a squad...
Score
6.9
5
Pitch Perfect 2 (2015)
Comedy
Music
After a mortifying performance at the Kennedy Center, the Bellas must reclaim their credibility by becoming the first American group to capture the World Aca-pella Championship. Their redemption arc takes...
Score
6.8
6
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 (2014)
Adventure
Science Fiction
Thriller
Pulled from the arena and delivered to the underground bunkers of District 13, Katniss Everdeen is asked to do something harder than survival: become a symbol. The rebellion needs a...
Score
6.8
7
Walk of Shame (2014)
Comedy
Megyn, an ambitious television reporter on the verge of landing her dream anchor position, wakes up in a downtown Los Angeles apartment with nothing but regret. Her phone is gone....
Score
6.0
8
The Lego Movie (2014)
Adventure
Animation
Comedy
A bumbling construction worker gets mistaken for the prophesied hero destined to prevent a madman's conquest of the Lego universe. Swept into an unlikely alliance with master builders and rebel...
Score
7.4
9
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
Action
Adventure
Science Fiction
Winning was supposed to mean safety. Instead, Katniss Everdeen finds her victory tour turning into a powder keg, as whispers of rebellion spread through Panem's oppressed districts. President Snow sees...
Score
7.4
10
Movie 43 (2013)
Comedy
A desperate Hollywood screenwriter buttonholes a studio executive and proceeds to pitch a string of deeply wrong, gleefully offensive sketch comedies featuring an absurd roster of A-list stars doing things...
Score
4.7
11
Pitch Perfect (2012)
Comedy
Music
Romance
Beca arrives at college determined to avoid the usual social hierarchies, only to be recruited into an a cappella group where misfits and mean girls somehow harmonize. What begins as...
Score
7.3
12
The Hunger Games (2012)
Action
Adventure
Science Fiction
Katniss Everdeen lives in the ruins of what was once North America, where a brutal government keeps its districts in line by forcing children to kill each other on live...
Score
7.2
13
Man on a Ledge (2012)
Action
Crime
Thriller
A disgraced former detective positions himself on the ledge of a Manhattan skyscraper, forcing the NYPD to scramble. A police psychologist arrives to negotiate, but the rooftop standoff conceals something...
Score
6.4
14
The Next Three Days (2010)
Crime
Drama
Romance
John Brennan is a community college professor, not a criminal. But when his wife Lara is convicted of murder and every legal avenue closes behind her, he becomes something else...
Score
7.1
15
The Uninvited (2009)
Horror
Discharged from psychiatric care following her mother's death, Anna finds her world fractured further when she discovers the family nurse has insinuated herself into her father's life and their home....
Score
6.4
16
Spider-Man 3 (2007)
Action
Adventure
Science Fiction
Peter Parker has never felt more confident, but confidence has a way of curdling into arrogance. When a strange alien symbiote bonds with him, it amplifies his darker impulses at...
Score
6.5
17
Invincible (2006)
Drama
History
Philadelphia, 1976. Vince Papale is a thirty-year-old bartender with no college football background, a failing marriage behind him, and no particular reason to believe his life is about to change....
Score
7.0
18
Slither (2006)
Comedy
Horror
Science Fiction
When a meteorite crashes near a sleepy South Carolina town, it brings something hungry with it. A grotesque alien organism begins rewriting the local population from the inside out, transforming...
Score
6.5
19
The Baxter (2005)
Comedy
Romance
Elliot Sherman is the guy who always loses the girl. Dependable, tidy, genuinely pleasant, he is exactly the type who gets abandoned at the altar when a more exciting ex...
Score
6.0
20
The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005)
Comedy
Romance
Andy Stitzer has built a quiet, orderly life organizing invoices at an electronics store. His coworkers, however, have identified what they see as a problem: at forty, Andy remains sexually...
Score
6.4
21
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Action
Adventure
Science Fiction
Peter Parker is falling apart. His grades are slipping, his landlord wants him gone, and the girl he loves is moving on with someone else. When he walks away from...
Score
7.3
22
Seabiscuit (2003)
Drama
History
During America's darkest economic hours, three broken men and one undersized horse found each other. The colt, deemed too small and too slow, became the unlikely vessel for a nation's...
Score
7.1
23
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Crime
Drama
Before he turned nineteen, Frank Abagnale Jr. had already posed as a Pan Am pilot, a hospital physician, and a licensed attorney, cashing fraudulent checks across the country with a...
Score
8.0
24
Spider-Man (2002)
Action
Science Fiction
Peter Parker is the kind of kid who gets overlooked in every hallway. Then a single bite from a lab-engineered spider rewires him from the inside out, and suddenly the...
Score
7.3
25
Wet Hot American Summer (2001)
Comedy
August 1981, and Camp Firewood has exactly one day left before the summer officially dies. The counselors have unfinished romances, unresolved rivalries, and deeply questionable priorities, including a camp director...
Score
6.3
Elizabeth Banks TV Shows
Browse the ultimate list of Elizabeth Banks TV shows. Find top-rated television series, critically acclaimed dramas, and hit shows starring Elizabeth Banks.
1
The Miniature Wife (2026)
Comedy
Drama
When a lab accident leaves writer Lindy standing exactly six inches tall, her marriage to scientist Les suddenly looks very different from down on the counter. What follows is a...
Score
7.4
2
The Better Sister (2025)
Crime
Drama
Mystery
Chloe has built a carefully curated life in Manhattan's upper echelon, complete with a prominent lawyer husband and a teenage son. Her sister Nicky exists in a different world entirely,...
Score
6.8
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the highest-rated movies starring Elizabeth Banks?
According to aggregate user scores, the absolute best titles starring Elizabeth Banks are Migration, Brightburn, and The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part.
How many movies and TV shows has Elizabeth Banks starred in?
Our database currently features a comprehensive filmography of 27 titles starring Elizabeth Banks, ranging from their earliest roles to the newest releases.
Are the movies starring Elizabeth Banks worth watching?
Yes! The overall filmography starring Elizabeth Banks maintains a strong average user rating of 6.8 out of 10 across all tracked titles.