The Best Sara Paxton Movies, Ranked
28 credits from 1997 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Barbarian (2022) comes out on top with a score of 84. The biggest box office hit is Superhero Movie (2008) with $71.6M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Sara Paxton Box Office Hits
Sara Paxton's films have made $201M worldwide in total. Superhero Movie (2008) is the biggest hit at $71.6M, ahead of Barbarian (2022) ($46.2M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Superhero Movie 2008 · Action $71.6M $25.9M dom. - 2
Barbarian 2022 · Thriller $46.2M $40.8M dom. - 3
Shark Night 3D 2011 · Thriller $41.4M $18.9M dom. - 4
Aquamarine 2006 · Fantasy $23M $18.6M dom. - 5
Soldier 1998 · Action $14.6M $14.6M dom. - 6
The Front Runner 2018 · Biography $3.24M $2M dom. - 7
The Innkeepers 2012 · Thriller $1.18M $78.4K dom. - 8
Music from Another Room 1998 · Drama $118K $118K dom. - 9
Leads 2025 · Drama $108K - 10
Cheap Thrills 2014 · Thriller $59.4K $59.4K dom.
The Best Sara Paxton Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Sara Paxton has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Thriller leads with 6 films, and Barbarian (2022) is the pick of them.
The Best Sara Paxton Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Sara Paxton's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 1990s to 2020s.
The Latest Sara Paxton Movies
The most recent films Sara Paxton is credited on, newest first — starting with Leads (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- Leads 2025 · Mercy Donavan
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Roger is a Serial Killer 2024 · Annie -
Blonde 2022 · Miss Flynn - Barbarian 2022 · Nursing Video Narration, Assistant, Megan
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Written By 2022 · Jane - The Front Runner 2018 · Biography
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More Than Four Hours 2016 · Comedy - Cheap Thrills 2014 · Thriller
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Liars All 2013 · Katie -
Lovestruck: The Musical 2013 · Mirabella Hutton -
Static 2012 · Rachel -
Blue-Eyed Butcher 2012 · Susan Wright
The Best Sara Paxton Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Sara Paxton films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Sara Paxton movie?
Barbarian (2022) is the best-rated Sara Paxton film, with a Movie Echo Score of 84, ahead of The Front Runner (2018) (55) and Blonde (2022) (48). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Barbarian: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Sara Paxton movie?
Superhero Movie (2008) made the most at the box office, with $71.6M worldwide, followed by Barbarian (2022) with $46.2M. Together, Sara Paxton's films with box office figures have made $201M.
What is the best Sara Paxton thriller movie?
Barbarian (2022) is the best-rated of Sara Paxton's thriller films, with a score of 84. In other genres: Music from Another Room (drama), Aquamarine (fantasy) and The Front Runner (biography).
What is the newest Sara Paxton movie?
The newest film on Sara Paxton's filmography is Leads (2025), with Sara Paxton as Mercy Donavan.
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