Portrait of Winona Ryder

Acting

Winona Ryder

Career

Active from 1986 to 2026, busiest in 2007 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
40
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score59/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Day My God Died
The Day My God Died
GoodWatch score84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 60 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Winona Ryder Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    3.9, average 4.8
  • Violence
    3.2, average 4.1
  • Crime
    2.9, average 3.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 11
  • Social Commentary 7
  • Nostalgic 4
  • Psychological Thriller 4
  • First Love 3
  • Small Town Life 3
  • Melancholy 3
  • Secrets and Lies 3
  • Family Saga 3
  • Coming-of-Age Story 3
  • Coming-of-Age 2
  • Dark Comedy 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

66
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

7 titles · average score 63
Stranger Things VHS Spécial Édition
Stranger Things VHS Spécial Édition (2026)

TV show · as Joyce Byers

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)
GoodWatch score 68

as Lydia

Haunted Mansion
Haunted Mansion (2023)
GoodWatch score 51

as Pat (uncredited)

Gone in the Night
Gone in the Night (2022)
GoodWatch score 45

as Kath

Stranger Things 4: Chapter One: The Hellfire Club
Stranger Things 4: Chapter One: The Hellfire Club (2022)
GoodWatch score 82

as Joyce Byers

The Plot Against America
The Plot Against America (2020)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show · as Evelyn Finkel

Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine (2020)
GoodWatch score 58

as Lacey Groin

2010s

15 titles · average score 60
Destination Wedding
Destination Wedding (2018)
GoodWatch score 53

as Lindsay

Stranger Things
Stranger Things (2016)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Joyce Byers

Experimenter
Experimenter (2015)
GoodWatch score 74

as Alexandra "Sasha" Milgram

Turks & Caicos
Turks & Caicos (2014)
GoodWatch score 64

as Melanie Fall

Homefront
Homefront (2013)
GoodWatch score 51

as Sheryl Marie Mott

The Iceman
The Iceman (2012)
GoodWatch score 64

as Deborah Kuklinski

Frankenweenie
Frankenweenie (2012)
GoodWatch score 75

as Elsa Van Helsing (voice)

The Letter
The Letter (2012)
GoodWatch score 29

as Martine Jamison

The Dilemma
The Dilemma (2011)
GoodWatch score 40

as Geneva Brannen

Stay Cool
Stay Cool (2011)
GoodWatch score 28

as Scarlet Smith

Black Swan
Black Swan (2010)
GoodWatch score 81

as Beth Macintyre / The Dying Swan

When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story
When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story (2010)
GoodWatch score 60

as Lois Wilson

2000s

18 titles · average score 51
Water Pills
Water Pills (2009)

as Carrie

The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009)
GoodWatch score 58

as Sandra Dulles

The Last Word
The Last Word (2008)
GoodWatch score 48

as Charlotte Morris

The Informers
The Informers (2008)
GoodWatch score 31

as Cheryl Moore

Sex and Death 101
Sex and Death 101 (2007)
GoodWatch score 37

as Death Nell / Gillian De Raisx (#101)

The Darwin Awards
The Darwin Awards (2007)
GoodWatch score 39

as Siri Taylor

Welcome
Welcome (2007)
GoodWatch score 55

as Cynthia

A Scanner Darkly
A Scanner Darkly (2006)
GoodWatch score 70

as Donna Hawthorne

Mr. Deeds
Mr. Deeds (2002)
GoodWatch score 40

as Babe Bennett

S1m0ne
S1m0ne (2002)
GoodWatch score 51

as Nicola Anders

Autumn in New York
Autumn in New York (2000)
GoodWatch score 38

as Charlotte Fielding

Lost Souls
Lost Souls (2000)
GoodWatch score 28

as Maya Larkin

1990s

19 titles · average score 67
Girl, Interrupted
Girl, Interrupted (1999)
GoodWatch score 64

as Susanna

Alien Resurrection
Alien Resurrection (1997)
GoodWatch score 56

as Call

The Crucible
The Crucible (1996)
GoodWatch score 70

as Abigail Williams

Boys
Boys (1996)
GoodWatch score 30

as Patty Vare

How to Make an American Quilt
How to Make an American Quilt (1995)
GoodWatch score 62

as Finn Dodd

Little Women
Little Women (1994)
GoodWatch score 83

as Jo March

Reality Bites
Reality Bites (1994)
GoodWatch score 67

as Lelaina Pierce

The Age of Innocence
The Age of Innocence (1993)
GoodWatch score 81

as May Welland

Bram Stoker's Dracula
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
GoodWatch score 68

as Mina Murray / Elisabeta

Night on Earth
Night on Earth (1991)
GoodWatch score 75

as Corky

Edward Scissorhands
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
GoodWatch score 82

as Kim

Mermaids
Mermaids (1990)
GoodWatch score 66

as Charlotte Flax

1980s

7 titles · average score 67
Heathers
Heathers (1989)
GoodWatch score 79

as Veronica

Great Balls of Fire!
Great Balls of Fire! (1989)
GoodWatch score 62

as Myra Gale Brown

The Simpsons
The Simpsons (1989)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Allison Taylor (voice)

Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice (1988)
GoodWatch score 76

as Lydia

1969
1969 (1988)
GoodWatch score 57

as Beth Carr

Square Dance
Square Dance (1987)
GoodWatch score 40

as Gemma

Lucas
Lucas (1986)
GoodWatch score 72

as Rina