Ten Favorite Meryl Streep Performances
(in order of preference)
Defending Your Life (directed by Albert Brooks, 1991)
One True Thing (directed by Carl Franklin, 1998)
Kramer vs. Kramer (directed by Robert Benton, 1979)
Adaptation. (directed by Spike Jonze, 2002)
Sophie’s Choice (directed by Alan J. Pakula, 1982)
Ricki and the Flash (directed by Jonathan Demme, 2015)
The River Wild (directed by Curtis Hanson, 1994)
Little Women (directed by Greta Gerwig, 2019)
The Devil Wears Prada (directed by David Frankel, 2006)
Manhattan (directed by Woody Allen, 1979)
— May 7, 2026