First Movie - Friends At Last 1995
Last Movie - Run 2020
Total Movies - 40
Highest Grossing Movies
- UK: 12 Years a Slave (2014) - £20,028,909
- US: What Women Want (2001) - $182,811,707
- World: What Women Want (2001) - $374,111,707
Combined grosses
- UK - £94.6 Million
- US - $771.8 Million
- Global - $1.8 Billion
Highest Rated Movie - The Post (2018) - 80%
Lowest rated movie - New Years Eve (2011) - 2%

Acting credits By Year of release

By Year

By UK Gross

By US Gross

By Global Gross

Starring With

SEE SHORT LIST

Year

Run

(Sarah Paulson plays Mother / Diane Sherman)

Director(s):

Aneesh Chaganty

Starring:

Sarah Paulson • Kiera Allen • Onalee Ames • Pat Healy • Carter Heintz

2020

Coastal Elites

(Sarah Paulson plays Clarissa Montgomery)

Director(s):

Jay Roach

Starring:

Bette Midler • Kaitlyn Dever • Dan Levy • Sarah Paulson • Issa Rae

2020

Abominable

(Sarah Paulson plays Dr. Zara (voice))

Director(s):

Jill Culton • Todd Wilderman

Starring:

Chloë Bennet • Albert Tsai • Tenzing Norgay Trainor • Joseph Izzo • Sarah Paulson

2019

The Goldfinch

(Sarah Paulson plays Xandra)

Director(s):

John Crowley

Starring:

Oakes Fegley • Ansel Elgort • Nicole Kidman • Jeffrey Wright • Luke Wilson

2019

Glass

Director(s):

M. Night Shyamalan

Starring:

James McAvoy • Bruce Willis • Samuel L. Jackson • Anya Taylor-Joy • Sarah Paulson

2019

Bird Box

(Sarah Paulson plays Jessica)

Director(s):

Susanne Bier

Starring:

Sandra Bullock • Trevante Rhodes • John Malkovich • Sarah Paulson • Jacki Weaver

2018

Ocean's 8

(Sarah Paulson plays Tammy)

Director(s):

Gary Ross

Starring:

Sandra Bullock • Griffin Dunne • Deidre Goodwin • Daniella Rabbani • Brian J. Carter

2018

The Post

Director(s):

Steven Spielberg

Starring:

Meryl Streep • Tom Hanks • Sarah Paulson • Bob Odenkirk • Tracy Letts

2018

Rebel In the Rye

(Sarah Paulson plays Dorothy Olding)

Director(s):

Danny Strong

Starring:

Nicholas Hoult • Kevin Spacey • Victor Garber • Hope Davis • Zoey Deutch

2017

Blue Jay

Director(s):

Alex Lehmann

Starring:

Mark Duplass • Sarah Paulson • Clu Gulager • James Andrews • Harris Benbury

2016

Carol

Director(s):

Todd Haynes

Starring:

Cate Blanchett • Rooney Mara • Kyle Chandler • Jake Lacy • Sarah Paulson

2015

The Runner

Director(s):

Austin Stark

Starring:

Sarah Paulson • Nicolas Cage • Connie Nielsen • Peter Fonda • Wendell Pierce

2015

12 Years a Slave

Director(s):

Steve McQueen

Starring:

Chiwetel Ejiofor • Dwight Henry • Dickie Gravois • Bryan Batt • Ashley Dyke

2014

Mud

Director(s):

Jeff Nichols

Starring:

Matthew McConaughey • Reese Witherspoon • Tye Sheridan • Jacob Lofland • Sarah Paulson

2013

The Time Being

Director(s):

Nenad Cicin-Sain

Starring:

Sarah Paulson • Wes Bentley • Jeremy Allen White • Corey Stoll • Frank Langella

2012

Stars In Shorts

(Sarah Paulson plays Woman)

Director(s):

Jacob Chase • Robert Festinger • Chris Foggin • Rupert Friend • Benjamin Grayson • Jay Kamen • Neil LaBute

Starring:

Lily Tomlin • Jesse Tyler Ferguson • Lucy Punch • Colin Firth • Keira Knightley

2012

Game Change

Director(s):

Jay Roach

Starring:

Julianne Moore • Woody Harrelson • Ed Harris • Peter MacNicol • Jamey Sheridan

2012

Fairhaven

Director(s):

Tom O'Brien

Starring:

Chris Messina • Rich Sommer • Tom O'Brien • Alexie Gilmore • Sarah Paulson

2012

Martha Marcy May Marlene

(Sarah Paulson plays Lucy)

Director(s):

Sean Durkin

Starring:

Elizabeth Olsen • Christopher Abbott • Brady Corbet • Hugh Dancy • Maria Dizzia

2011

New Years Eve

Director(s):

Garry Marshall

Starring:

Michelle Pfeiffer • Zac Efron • Charlotte Marshall-Fricker • Fiona Choi • Mary Marguerite Keane

2011

November Christmas

Director(s):

Robert Harmon

Starring:

Sam Elliott • John Corbett • Sarah Paulson • Karen Allen • Elizabeth McLaughlin

2010

The Spirit

Director(s):

Frank Miller

Starring:

Jaime King • Gabriel Macht • Dan Gerrity • Arthur the Cat • Kimberly Cox

2009

Pretty/Handsome

Director(s):

Ryan Murphy

Starring:

Joseph Fiennes • Carrie-Anne Moss • Blythe Danner • Robert Wagner • Jonathan Groff

2008

Griffin and Phoenix

Director(s):

Ed Stone

Starring:

Amanda Peet • Dermot Mulroney • Sarah Paulson • Blair Brown • Alison Elliott

2006

A Christmas Wedding

Director(s):

Michael Zinberg

Starring:

Sarah Paulson • Eric Mabius • Richard Blackburn • Dean Cain • Reagan Pasternak

2006

Diggers

(Sarah Paulson plays Julie)

Director(s):

Katherine Dieckmann

Starring:

Paul Rudd • Ken Marino • Ron Eldard • Josh Hamilton • Maura Tierney

2006

Serenity

Director(s):

Joss Whedon

Starring:

Nathan Fillion • Gina Torres • Alan Tudyk • Morena Baccarin • Adam Baldwin

2005

The Notorious Bettie Page

Director(s):

Mary Harron

Starring:

Gretchen Mol • Chris Bauer • Jared Harris • Sarah Paulson • Cara Seymour

2005

Swimmers

Director(s):

Doug Sadler

Starring:

Tara Devon Gallagher • Robert Knott • Cherry Jones • Shawn Hatosy • Michael Mosley

2005

Down With Love

Director(s):

Peyton Reed

Starring:

Renée Zellweger • Ewan McGregor • Sarah Paulson • David Hyde Pierce • Rachel Dratch

2003

Path to War

Director(s):

John Frankenheimer

Starring:

Michael Gambon • Donald Sutherland • Alec Baldwin • Bruce McGill • James Frain

2002

Bug

Director(s):

Phil Hay • Matt Manfredi

Starring:

John Carroll Lynch • Segun Ajaga • Megan Cavanagh • Grant Heslov • Trevor David

2002

What Women Want

Director(s):

Nancy Meyers

Starring:

Mel Gibson • Helen Hunt • Marisa Tomei • Alan Alda • Ashley Johnson

2001

Metropolis

Director(s):

Michael M. Robin

Starring:

Jenni Baird • John Berczeller • Keith Carradine • Carolyn M. Doyle • Michael Ealy

2000

The Other Sister

(Sarah Paulson plays Heather)

Director(s):

Garry Marshall

Starring:

Juliette Lewis • Diane Keaton • Tom Skerritt • Giovanni Ribisi • Poppy Montgomery

1999

Held Up

Director(s):

Steve Rash

Starring:

Jamie Foxx • Nia Long • Barry Corbin • John Cullum • Jake Busey

1999

The Long Way Home

Director(s):

Glenn Jordan

Starring:

Jack Lemmon • Sarah Paulson • Kristin Griffith • Garwin Sanford • Rosemary Dunsmore

1998

Levitation

Director(s):

Scott D. Goldstein

Starring:

Sarah Paulson • Benjamin Heflin • Christopher Boyer • Cassandra Ray • Ernie Hudson

1997

Shaughnessy

Director(s):

Michael Ray Rhodes

Starring:

Matthew Settle • Linda Kozlowski • Tom Bower • Sarah Paulson • Michael Jai White

1996

Friends At Last

Director(s):

John David Coles

Starring:

Kathleen Turner • Colm Feore • Julie Khaner • Sarah Paulson • Megan Bouchard

1995