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Best Kathy Bates Movies Ranked
Explore the best Kathy Bates movies ranked by Movie Rankings users. The current top-ranked movie here is Midnight in Paris. Browse 2 ranked acting credits, then jump into the full filmography and each movie page.
Top Ranked Kathy Bates Movies
Kathy Bates Top Ranked Movies (2)
What is the best Kathy Bates movie?
Midnight in Paris is currently the highest-ranked Kathy Bates movie on Movie Rankings based on aggregate head-to-head results from the community.
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This page currently tracks 2 ranked movies starring Kathy Bates.
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Kathy Bates Acting Filmography (116)
Rob Reiner – Scenes from a Life
2025·Self
Summer Camp
2024·Ginny Moon
A Family Affair
2024·Leila Ford
The Great Lillian Hall
2024·Edith Wilson
Titanic: Stories from the Heart
2023·Self (archive footage)
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
2023·Sylvia Simon
The Miracle Club
2023·Eileen Dunne
Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
2021·Self (archive footage)
Home
2021·Bernadette
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
2019·Barbara Haggermaker
The Highwaymen
2019·Ma Ferguson
Richard Jewell
2019·Bobi Jewell
Krystal
2018·Vera
On the Basis of Sex
2018·Dorothy Kenyon
The Boss
2016·Ida Marquette
Complete Unknown
2016·Nina
Bad Santa 2
2016·Sunny Soke
Boychoir
2015·Headmistress
The Great Gilly Hopkins
2015·Maime Trotter
Tammy
2014·Lenore
Return to the 5 & Dime: An Interview with Ed Graczyk
2014·Self – Stella Mae (archive footage)
Cadaver
2012·Beth
Reflections on Titanic
2012·Self
A Little Bit of Heaven
2011·Beverly Corbett
You May Not Kiss the Bride
2011·Bryan's Mother
Midnight in Paris
2011·Gertrude Stein
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Valentine's Day
2010·Susan Milton
The Blind Side
2009·Miss Sue
Chéri
2009·Madame Peloux
Personal Effects
2009·Gloria
The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club
2009·Pancho Barnes (Voice)
The Day the Earth Stood Still
2008·Regina Jackson
Revolutionary Road
2008·Mrs. Helen Givings
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
2008·Charlotte Cartwright
Fred Claus
2007·Mother Claus
Bee Movie
2007·Janet Benson (voice)
P.S. I Love You
2007·Patricia
Christmas Is Here Again
2007·Miss Dowdy (voice)
Guilty Hearts
2007·The Judge
The Golden Compass
2007·Hester (voice)
Failure to Launch
2006·Sue
Charlotte's Web
2006·Bitsy the Cow (voice)
Relative Strangers
2006·Agnes Menure
Bonneville
2006·Margene Cunningham
Ambulance Girl
2005·Jane Stern
Rumor Has It...
2005·Aunt Mitsy (uncredited)
Hansel and Gretel
2005·Narrator (voice)
Warm Springs
2005·Helena Mahoney
Six Feet Under: In Memoriam
2005·Herself
Around the World in 80 Days
2004·Queen Victoria
Little Black Book
2004·Kippie Kann
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
2004·Narrator (voice)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
2004·The Marquesa
Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy
2004·Siren / Sea Hag (voice)
Misery Loves Company
2003·Self
Declaration of Independence
2003·Self
Celebrity Naked Ambition
2003·Self (archive footage)
Dragonfly
2002·Mrs. Belmont
About Schmidt
2002·Roberta Hertzel
My Sister's Keeper
2002·Christine Chapman
Love Liza
2002·Mary Ann Bankhead
Unconditional Love
2002·Grace Beasley
Making Rat Race
2002·Herself
American Outlaws
2001·Ma James
Rat Race
2001·The Squirrel Lady (uncredited)
Bruno
2000·Mother Superior
Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood
2000·Frances Marion (voice)
Annie
1999·Miss Agatha Hannigan
Baby Steps
1999·Mrs. Mellon
Swept from the Sea
1998·Miss Swaffer
The Waterboy
1998·Mama Boucher
Primary Colors
1998·Libby Holden
A Civil Action
1998·Bankruptcy Judge (uncredited)
The Effects of Magic
1998·Raphaella, the Magic Bunny
Titanic: Breaking New Ground
1998·Self
Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes
1998·Self
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
1997·Self
Titanic
1997·Molly Brown
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Diabolique
1996·Det. Shirley Vogel
The Late Shift
1996·Helen Kushnick
The War at Home
1996·Maurine Collier
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
1996·Self
Dolores Claiborne
1995·Dolores Claiborne
Angus
1995·Meg Bethune
Talking With
1995·Big Eight (segment "Rodeo")
The West Side Waltz
1995·Mr. Goo
North
1994·Alaskan Mom
Curse of the Starving Class
1994·Ella Tate
Tupperware!
1994·Narrator
Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
1993·Lunar Mom
A Home of Our Own
1993·Frances Lacey
Prelude to a Kiss
1992·Leah Blier
Used People
1992·Bibby Berman
Hostages
1992·Peggy Say
Fried Green Tomatoes
1991·Evelyn Couch
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
1991·Hazel Quarrier
Shadows and Fog
1991·Prostitute
The Road to Mecca
1991·Elsa Barlow
Misery
1990·Annie Wilkes
White Palace
1990·Rosemary
Men Don't Leave
1990·Lisa Coleman
Dick Tracy
1990·Mrs. Green
No Place Like Home
1989·Bonnie Cooper
High Stakes
1989·Jill
Roe vs. Wade
1989·Jessie
Signs of Life
1989·Mary Beth Alder
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
1988·Mrs. Canby
Summer Heat
1987·Ruth
My Best Friend Is a Vampire
1987·Helen Blake
Murder Ordained
1987·Bobbi Birk
The Morning After
1986·Woman on Mateo Street
Johnny Bull
1986·Katherine Kovacs
Two of a Kind
1983·Furniture Man's Wife
Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
1982·Stella Mae
Straight Time
1978·Selma Darin
Taking Off
1971·Audition Singer