With two decades of movies and more than ten film awards, it’s easy to say that Jennifer Garner has made a name for herself in the acting industry. The star broke out in the early 2000’s with critically-acclaimed hits like Daredevil13 Going on 30, and Juno. Though the Love Simon actress doesn’t appear to have any movies in the works for 2019 or 2020, her work in films like Ghosts of Girlfriends Past and Dallas Buyers Club have made her an icon in Hollywood, so we had to round up her best movies of all time. Here are the best Jennifer Garner movies to date—you don’t want to miss these!

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Pearl Harbor (2001)

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Based on true historical events that took place in 1941, this drama depicts the experience of two American pilots and friends, Rafe McCawley (Ben Affleck) and Danny Walker (Josh Hartnett), as they enter WWII. McCawley, who is eager to fight, heads to Europe to assist England’s army only to be presumed dead after a plane crash. His girlfriend Evelyn (Kate Beckinsale) finds support in his best friend Walker, only to learn that McCawley survived the crash. The two fight it out when McCawley returns to Hawaii, but then they have a new challenge to face when Pearl Harbor is bombed. Garner plays a nurse who is friends with Evelyn. More importantly, this was the movie where she would meet her future husband, Ben Affleck.

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Daredevil (2003)

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Garner and Affleck come together for their second movie in Marvel’s Daredevil. Though attorney Matt Murdock (Ben Affleck) is blind, at night he transforms into a masked hero who attempts to stop all crime in New York City. Murdock gets caught up with a mobster, who hires hitman Bullseye (Colin Farrell) to kill him. Garner plays Marvel character Elektra, who is the girlfriend of Murdock.

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13 Going on 30 (2004)

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If this wasn’t your go-to sleepover movie in the 2000s, then we’re here to remind you that Garner starred in 13 Going on 30 as a teenager named Jenna who transforms into a 30-year-old with a boyfriend. Teenaged Jenna (played by Christa B. Allen) desired a boyfriend but struggled to find one. After fantasizing about love, Jenna finds herself in a whole new life as a 30-year-old who is apparently in a relationship. 13 Going on 30 was Garner’s first leading film role.

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Elektra (2005)

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In 2005, Garner stars as Elektra Natchios once again, but this time as the main character of this Marvel Comics film. In Elektra, the assassin works for an organization called the Hand, which hires her to kill people. After the Hand orders her to kill Mark Miller (Goran Visnjic) and his daughter, Abby (Kirsten Prout), Elektra decides to protect them rather than kill them, and the Hand comes after her as a result.

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Juno (2006)

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In Juno, teen Juno MacGuff (Ellen Page) gets pregnant and chooses to put her baby up for adoption. She decides on a failed rockstar, Mark Loring (Jason Bateman) and his wife Vanessa (Jennifer Garner), but things get complicated when Mark develops feelings for Juno.

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Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009)

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When photographer Connor Mead (Matthew McConaughey) can’t break out of his bachelor ways, he becomes haunted by the ghost of his uncle Wayne (Michael Douglas), who taught him everything about being a playboy. Wayne’s ghost lets Mead know that he will be haunted by three other ghosts who will take him on a journey through his past, present, and future relationships. In Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, Garner plays Jenny Perotti, Mead’s childhood friend and lover.

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Dallas Buyers Club (2013)

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Garner joins McConaughey once again as the stars of Dallas Buyers Club. In the emotional film, Ron Woodroof (played by McConaughey) learns that he has AIDs and only has 30 days to live after having unprotected sex with a woman who was a former drug user. While he is being treated, Dr. Eve Saks (played by Garner) tells McConaughey about a trial drug that they’re testing, which could prolong the life of those living with AIDs, but it wasn’t approved by the FDA. As a result, McConaughey joins forces with fellow AIDs patient and friend Rayon (Jared Leto) to smuggle the drug into the U.S. and sells them to those in need.

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Danny Collins (2015)

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In Danny Collins, Garner plays Samantha Donnelly, wife of Tom Donnelly. Tom, who lives in New Jersey with his family, doesn’t have a relationship with his parents, as his mother died a decade ago and his father Danny Collins (Al Pacino) is absent. After reading a 40-year-old undelivered letter from John Lennon, Collins decides to salvage his relationship with his son and heads to New Jersey.

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Wakefield (2017)

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New York City lawyer Howard Wakefield (Bryan Cranston) withdraws from his family and hides in his attic for weeks, only to come out for food and bathing. His family believes he has abandoned them, and his wife Diana (Garner) rekindles things with her ex-boyfriend. Howard, still in love with her, decides that he must return to his normal life to win her back.

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Love Simon (2018)

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Seventeen-year-old Simon Spier is hiding a big secret, and nobody knows that he’s gay. After falling for an anonymous classmate online, another classmate comes across their messages and learns his secret. Spier is black mailed into helping the classmate connect with a girl that he liked, so Spier must do everything he can to help him out. Garner plays Emily Spier, Simon’s mother. In the end, Spier comes out to the world and starts a relationship with another student.