The Best Brittany Murphy Movies To Stream

Entertainment From '8 Mile' to 'Girl, Interrupted.' by Claire Valentine Oct. 15, 2021

A new Brittany Murphy doc investigates the confusing and tragically early end to the actor’s life in 2009. Before that, though, Murphy was a celebrated talent with starring roles in films that are now considered classics. From Clueless to Girl, Interrupted, read on for a list of Murphy’s best movie roles to stream.

Moviestore/Shutterstock Clueless , 1995 Brittany Murphy broke into the mainstream with her role as the adorably naive Tai in Clueless , in which she delivered the devastating diss to Alicia Silvertone’s Cher: “You’re a virgin who can’t drive.” (Hulu)

Columbia Tristar/Kobal/Shutterstock Girl, Interrupted , 1999 Murphy holds her own alongside Angelina Jolie and Winona Ryder as Daisy Randone, a sexually abused girl with OCD who hoards chicken carcasses in the psych ward in this 1999 classic. (Hulu)

Moviestore/Shutterstock Drop Dead Gorgeous , 1999 Murphy co-stars with Denise Richards and Kirsten Dunst in this bitingly dark comedy about late-90s beauty pageant contestants. (Hulu)

Moviestore/Shutterstock Riding In Cars With Boys , 2001 Murphy and Drew Barrymore star as friends whose lives are impacted by early pregnancies and the different ways they choose to respond to their life circumstances. (Netflix)

Shutterstock Don’t Say A Word , 2001 Murphy plays a double-crossing psych ward resident in this crime thriller also starring Michael Douglas. (Amazon Prime)

Spun , 2002 This star-packed dark comedy centers on various people involved in a methamphetamine ring, including the out-of-control Murphy as Nikki. (Amazon Prime)

Eli Reed/Imagine/Universal/Kobal/Shutterstock 8 Mile , 2002 Murphy played a version of Eminem’s ex Kim in 8 Mile , the biopic loosely based on his life as an aspiring rapper in Detroit, Michigan. (Hulu)

Emilio Lari/20th Century/Kobal/Shutterstock Just Married , 2003 Murphy and Ashton Kutcher are ill-matched lovers in this classic early aughts rom-com. (Hulu)

Moviestore/Shutterstock Uptown Girls , 2003 Murphy plays a young Dakota Fanning’s nanny in this coming-of-age comedy set in New York City, of course. (Amazon Prime)

Dimension Films/Kobal/Shutterstock Sin City , 2005 Murphy plays an ex-prostitute in this quartet of neo-noir tales about “Basin City,” with a truly early aughts cast including Rosario Dawson, Alexis Bledel, Josh Hartnett, and Elijah Wood. (Netflix)

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