The Best Elizabeth Hurley Movies & TV Shows

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List of the best Elizabeth Hurley movies and TV shows, ranked best to worst with movie trailers when available. Elizabeth Hurley's highest-grossing movies and shows have received many accolades over the years, earning millions around the world. The order of these top Elizabeth Hurley movies and shows is decided by how many votes they receive, so only highly rated movies and shows will be at the top of the list. Elizabeth Hurley has been in a lot of films and shows, so people often debate each other over what her greatest role of all time is. If you and a friend are arguing about this then use this list of the most entertaining Elizabeth Hurley films to end the squabble once and for all.

If you think the best Elizabeth Hurley role isn't at the top, then upvote it so it has the chance to become number one. The greatest Elizabeth Hurley performances didn't necessarily come from the best movies or shows, but they go hand in hand in most cases.

This list has a variety of films in it, from Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me to Bedazzled.

"This list answers the questions, "What are the best Elizabeth Hurley movies and shows?" and "What are the greatest Elizabeth Hurley roles of all time?"

Notable directors that have worked with Elizabeth Hurley include names like Ron Howard, Robert Altman and John Fortenberry. Movie fans who love Elizabeth Hurley have also been known to enjoy films starring Salma Hayek and Carla Gugino.

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  • Bedazzled
    1
    Film (2000)
    107 votes
    Desperate to gain the affection of a beautiful co-worker, Elliot (Brendan Fraser) strikes a deal with the Devil (Elizabeth Hurley) -- a drop dead gorgeous woman with a wicked sense of humor. In exchange for Elliot's soul, she will grant him 7 wishes. But with each wish, he gets more than he asked for.
  • In Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, Austin Powers (Mike Myers), a British secret agent from the swinging '60s, is cryogenically frozen and then awakened in the '90s to battle his nemesis, Dr. Evil (also Mike Myers). This comedy, filled with tongue-in-cheek humor and parody elements, takes audiences on a wild ride through time. Aided by his sidekick Vanessa Kensington (Elizabeth Hurley), Powers must stop Dr. Evil's world domination plans. The film cleverly plays off classic spy tropes while introducing a style all its own, making it a memorable entry in the genre.
  • The Weight of Water
    3
    26 votes
    Kathryn Bigelow's intense and sexually charged drama of repression, love and loss. Juxtaposing the past and the present, "The Weight of Water" is about a 19th century murder and a contemporary woman whose obsession with a notorious unsolved crime leads her to confront devastating truths in her own life.
  • Dangerous Ground
    4
    Film (1997)
    17 votes
    Thirteen years after his anti-apartheid activism forced him to leave South Africa, Vusi Madlazi (Ice Cube) returns home for his father's funeral. There, he finds his youngest brother, Ernest (Sechaba Morajele), embittered, while middle child Steven (Eric Miyeni) has been selling cocaine for local kingpin Muki (Ving Rhames). After learning Steven has racked up a large debt to his boss, Vusi teams up with his brother's girlfriend, Karin (Elizabeth Hurley), to save Steven before Muki can hurt him.
  • Permanent Midnight
    5
    32 votes
    As television writer Jerry Stahl (Ben Stiller) becomes more successful, his heroin habit grows worse. Already using when he comes to Los Angeles, Stahl finds his problems intensify when he moves in with his friend Nicky (Owen Wilson), also an addict. Eventually, Stahl marries producer Sandra (Elizabeth Hurley) to help her get a green card, and she gets him jobs on top television shows. However, more and more, he is unable to separate his addiction from his working life.
  • Serving Sara
    6
    Film (2002)
    35 votes
    When Sara (Elizabeth Hurley) is served divorce papers while she is in New York, she is stunned. Not about to lose the fortune she amassed with her self-serving Texan husband, she makes an offer to her process server, Joe (Matthew Perry), that sets them off on a wild trip across the country.
  • In the uproarious sequel Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, Austin Powers (Mike Myers) is a swinging secret agent who finds his mojo stolen by his arch-nemesis, Dr. Evil (also Mike Myers). Set in the psychedelic era of the 1960s, this comedy spy-thriller follows Austin as he travels back in time to recover his lost libido. Alongside him is the fetching CIA agent Felicity Shagwell (Heather Graham), adding a dash of romance to the mix. Peppered with outrageous humor and clever parodies, this film bagged an MTV Movie Award for Best Villain (Dr. Evil).
  • Kill Cruise
    8
    22 votes
    Kill Cruise is a 1990 film directed by Peter Keglevic and starring Jürgen Prochnow, Patsy Kensit and Elizabeth Hurley.
  • Christabel
    9

    Christabel

    Film (1989)
    13 votes
    In the 1930s, Christabel (Elizabeth Hurley) is a young Englishwoman who meets and marries a German lawyer, Peter (Stephen Dillon), becomes a German citizen and sets about raising a family in's politically unstable Germany. When war breaks out, she takes her children to a rural village in the mountains and discovers her husband has been arrested for plotting to assassinate Adolf Hitler. Christabel Bielenberg's memoir, "The Past Is Myself," is the source for this historical drama.
  • Aria
    10
    Film (1987)
    16 votes
    In this opera-based anthology, 10 directors interpret 10 popular arias. Among others, Robert Altman imagines the opening night of Jean-Philippe Rameau's "Les Boréades" in 1734 Paris; Jean-Luc Godard envisions Jean-Bapiste Lully's "Armide" as the story of French maids desperately trying to seduce burly bodybuilders lifting weights at the gym; and Julien Temple stages Giuseppe Verdi's "Rigoletto" with synchronous infidelities occurring at the same hotel.
  • Double Whammy
    11
    Film (2001)
    22 votes
    Ray Pluto (Denis Leary) has many problems. He is satirized in the tabloids as the "loser cop." His partner (Steve Buscemi) is starting to seem suspiciously attracted to him. A pair of screenwriters (Donald Faison, Keith Knobbs) across the hall keep bugging him for help. The superintendent of his building (Luis Guzmán) is stabbed by hoodlums hired by his own rebellious daughter (Melonie Diaz). To top it off, a sexually aggressive chiropractor (Elizabeth Hurley) may just be Ray's undoing.
  • Passenger 57
    12
    Film (1992)
    24 votes
    John Cutter (Wesley Snipes) is a former policeman flying to Los Angeles to start his new job working for the anti-terrorism unit of a major airline. However, apprehended terrorist Charles Rane (Bruce Payne) is on the flight, too, being transported by the FBI. After Rane's accomplices kill the FBI agents and free him, Cutter realizes the entire flight is in danger. With the help of flight attendant Marti Slayton (Alex Datcher), Cutter tries to capture Rane and free the passengers.
  • Samson and Delilah
    13
    20 votes
    Samson and Delilah is a German/Italian/American telefilm that was first shown on TNT in the USA. It was directed by Nicolas Roeg. The lion is a puppet from Jim Henson's Creature Shop. This biblical movie was shot in Morocco. The Italian actor Giorgio Francesco Palombi was one of the film's stunt performers. He later appeared in TNT's Biblical television movie, David, as Goliath of Gath.
  • Rowing with the Wind
    14
    13 votes
    At a villa overlooking Lake Geneva in the idyllic summer of 1816, Lord Byron (Hugh Grant) suggests that each of his friends write a story of horrors. Young Mary Wollstonecraft (Lizzy McInnerny) is inspired to begin her novel "Frankenstein." But as the lives of her new husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley (Valentine Pelka), and her stepsister, Claire Clairmont (Elizabeth Hurley), who has had Lord Byron's child, fall apart, Mary begins to imagine that the monster she created is behind their troubles.
  • Method
    15
    Film
    23 votes
    Method is a 2004 thriller film directed by Duncan Roy. The international co-production is a film within a film about a cast and crew who are in Romania to make a film about serial killer, Belle Gunness.
  • Hollywood Hotties
    16
    10 votes
  • My Favorite Martian
    17
    21 votes
    Ambitious television reporter Tim O'Hara (Jeff Daniels) stumbles upon a martian (Christopher Lloyd) whose spaceship has accidentally crashed on Earth. Thinking this is his ticket to a Pulitzer Prize, Tim makes plans to expose the martian, who, posing as Tim's Uncle Martin, takes human form and has plans of his own. In fact, all of Tim's efforts to divulge the truth are systematically thwarted by the resourceful alien, who ultimately recruits Tim to help him repair his ship for a return to Mars.
  • High Midnight
    18

    High Midnight

    Film
    9 votes
    High Midnight is a 2012 Western action, thriller, horror film written by Dennis Faye and directed by Mary Lambert.
  • EDtv
    19
    Film (1999)
    26 votes
    In a desperate attempt to boost ratings, a cable channel decides to document the life of someone on a daily basis and air the footage as a show. That lucky someone turns out to be Ed Pekurny (Matthew McConaughey), a laid-back video-store clerk. While the TV series makes Ed an overnight celebrity, it also begins to wreak havoc on his personal life, complicating his relationship with his new girlfriend, Shari (Jenna Elfman), and causing tension with his brother, Ray (Woody Harrelson).
  • The Last Guy on Earth
    20
  • Wonder Woman
    21
    TV Program
    18 votes
    Wonder Woman is an unaired television pilot produced by Warner Bros. Television and DC Entertainment for NBC, based on the DC Comics character of the same name. David E. Kelley wrote the pilot, which was directed by Jeffrey Reiner. Adrianne Palicki starred as the main character. The Wonder Woman pilot was expected to debut in 2011, but NBC opted not to buy the series.
  • Dawg
    22
    Film (2002)
    12 votes
    After a lifetime of wooing, bedding and then leaving women without giving them a second thought, the self-centered Douglas Munford (Denis Leary) finds himself having to reflect on the hurt he has caused -- that is, if he wants a big inheritance from his late grandmother. According to Anna (Elizabeth Hurley), the estate's executor, Douglas must find 12 of the women he mistreated and get their forgiveness. Thus, the man who earned the nickname "Dawg" begins his journey of redemption.
  • Mad Dogs and Englishmen
    23

    Mad Dogs and Englishmen

    Film
    11 votes
    Mad Dogs and Englishmen is a 1995 British thriller film directed by Henry Cole and starring Elizabeth Hurley, C. Thomas Howell and Joss Ackland. An upper-class drug addict is pursued by the criminal underworld.
  • The Human Face
    24
    TV Program
    14 votes
    John Cleese examines the mysteries of communication.
  • The Wild Bunch
    25

    The Wild Bunch

    Film
    12 votes
  • Made in Romania
    26

    Made in Romania

    Film
    11 votes
    Made in Romania is the first film directed by producer Guy J. Louthan. It is a comedy film featuring Jennifer Tilly, Jason Flemyng, and Elizabeth Hurley as themselves in a mockumentary about an American/British film crew in Romania making a movie based on a Victorian novel.
  • Nightscare
    27
    7 votes
  • Strictly Confidential
    28
    0 votes
    On the anniversary of Rebecca's death, Mia returns to the Caribbean paradise where she and her best friend shared her final days. As Mia sets out to unravel the mysterious events of her passing, old passions rise and new secrets are revealed as she gets pulled into a seductive world of sex, betrayal and murder.
  • Father Christmas Is Back
    29
    0 votes
    Four sisters reunite for Christmas in a Yorkshire Mansion. Misunderstandings lead to the unearthing of the long-buried secret that tore their family apart many years ago.