A group of people living on the edge in Los Angeles in 1983 spend their days trying to advance their careers and their nights in a drug-fueled haze. Winona Ryder plays a newswoman, while Billy Bob Thornton is a studio head who likes to party with more than one woman at a time. Kim Basinger is his pill-popping wife, while Mickey Rourke plays an uncle who is a dangerous influence on his nephew (Brad Renfro), a would-be actor. Directed by Gregor Jordan. With Jon Foster, Amber Heard, Chris Isaak, Austin Nichols. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2009.

Winona Ryder in The Informers
Directed by Rebecca Miller. With Robin Wright Penn, Blake Lively, Keanu Reeves, Alan Arkin, Julianne Moore, Maria Bello, Winona Ryder and Monica Bellucci. Categories: Drama. Year: 2009.

Winona Ryder in The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
A rebellious youth, James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) rises through the ranks of Starfleet command to become the captain of the USS Enterprise. Teaming up with Spock (Zachary Quinto), Scotty (Simon Pegg), Dr. McCoy (Karl Urban), Sulu (John Cho) and the rest of the Enterprise crew, Kirk sets out on his first mission and must face off with Nero (Eric Bana), a Romulan villain who has escaped from a Klingon prison. Directed by J.J. Abrams. With Winona Ryder, Zoe Saldana, Bruce Greenwood, Ben Cross, Anton Yelchin and Leonard Nimoy. Categories: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Based on a TV Series. Year: 2009.

Winona Ryder in Star Trek
Fred Arctor (Keanu Reeves) works as an undercover cop investigating the trafficking of Substance D, a drug that produces split personalities in its users. Hooked on Substance D himself, Fred is also Bob, a notorious drug dealer. As Fred sets up a sting to tear down Bob's operation once and for all, Bob begins a complicated relationship with Donna (Winona Ryder), an addict who just might lead him to his downfall. Directed by Richard Linklater. With Robert Downey Jr., Woody Harrelson and Rory Cochrane. Categories: Animation, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller. Year: 2006.

Winona Ryder in A Scanner Darkly
After inheriting a controlling interest in his great uncle's media corporation, Longfellow Deeds (Adam Sandler), a small town pizza store owner, travels to New York City to wait for a deal to be put in place for him to sell his shares for forty billion dollars. While his great uncle's lawyer (Peter Gallagher) works out a plan to cheat Deeds out of his fortune, tabloid reporter Babe Bennett (Winona Ryder) cozies up to the good-hearted heir in order to uncover some dirt. But, when Babe falls for Deeds, she'll have to explain her actions when he discovers her true identity. Directed by Steven Brill. With John Turturro, Allen Covert and Erick Avari. Categories: Comedy, Romance. Year: 2002.

Winona Ryder in Mr. Deeds
Craig Schwartz (John Cusack) is an out of work puppeteer with a dowdy girlfriend (Cameron Diaz) and few prospects. After starting a strange new job, he discovers a doorway in his office building that allows him to enter the head of actor John Malkovich for fifteen minutes. This discovery opens up new avenues in his life as he experiments with this bizarre ability. Directed by Spike Jonze. With Catherine Keener, Charlie Sheen, Sean Penn, Winona Ryder and Ned Bellamy. Categories: Comedy, Fantasy, Drama. Year: 1999.

Winona Ryder in Being John Malkovich
After a fumbled suicide attempt, recent high school graduate Susanna Kaysen (Winona Ryder) checks into the Claymoore mental institution. Inside, Susanna finds allies in Daisy (Brittany Murphy), a sexually abused teenager, the pathological Georgina (Clea DuVall) and a burn victim named Polly (Elisabeth Moss). However, the biggest influence on Susanna's life is Lisa Rowe (Angelina Jolie), the ringleader of this small band of tortured spirits. Directed by James Mangold. With Whoopi Goldberg, Vanessa Redgrave and Jared Leto. Categories: Drama. Year: 1999.

Winona Ryder in Girl, Interrupted
200 years after her death, Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) is reborn as a clone. Scientists have used her DNA to bring her back to life and get their hands on the Queen Alien that grows within her chest. As scientist begin to breed more Aliens, Ripley adjusts to being alive again - remembering bits and pieces of her former life. Soon, though, the Aliens escape and begin ravaging the ship's crew. Together with a band of space pirates, including a second generation android (Winona Ryder), Ripley must find a way to defeat the Aliens yet again before the ship crash lands on Earth. Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. With Dominique Pinon, Ron Perlman, Gary Dourdan, Michael Wincott, Dan Hedaya, J.E. Freeman, Brad Dourif and Leland Orser. Categories: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Drama. Year: 1997.

Winona Ryder in Alien: Resurrection
The latest version of the timeless classic by Louisa May Alcott, this version features Winona Ryder as Jo, the most adventurous sister. Claire Danes is Beth, the fragile sister, while Trini Alvarado is Meg, the first to marry. Kirsten Dunst is Amy, the youngest and most carefree, while Susan Sarandon plays the strong-willed matriarch who raises them. Directed by Gillian Armstrong. Categories: Drama, Family, Romance. Year: 1994.

Winona Ryder in Little Women
Lelaina (Winona Ryder), the valedictorian of her college class, videotapes her Gen-X friends following graduation. Her best friend Troy (Ethan Hawke) is an unemployed slacker, Vickie (Janeane Garofalo) is a neurotic manager at the Gap and Sammy (Steve Zahn) is still coming to terms with his own sexuality. When Lelaina meets Michael (Ben Stiller), a straight-laced video executive, she must decide between his yuppie materialism and Troy's cynical philosophy. Directed by Ben Stiller. With Swoosie Kurtz and Renée Zellweger. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 1994.

Winona Ryder in Reality Bites
In the uptight world of 1870s New York high society, aristocratic lawyer Newland Archer (Daniel Day-Lewis) is engaged to May Welland (Winona Ryder). With the arrival of May's beautiful cousin, Countess Olenska (Michelle Pfeiffer), his well-ordered life begins to take a turn. Newland defends the Countess, who has left her abusive husband, amongst their contemporaries before giving in to his growing passion. Directed by Martin Scorsese. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 1993.

Winona Ryder in The Age of Innocence
Jonathan Harker (Keanu Reeves) is a young lawyer who ends up in the evil hands of Dracula (Gary Oldman). Infatuated with Harker's lover, Mina Murray (Winona Ryder), the Count travels to London and begins to seduce Mina's close friend Lucy Westenra (Sadie Frost). With blood already flowing, it's up to Harker and the mysterious Professor Van Helsing (Anthony Hopkins) to stop the undead monster before he captures the souls of any more innocent victims. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. With Richard E. Grant, Cary Elwes and Monica Bellucci. Categories: Drama, Horror, Romance, Thriller. Year: 1992.

Winona Ryder in Dracula
Peg (Dianne Wiest), a perky Avon lady, discovers Edward (Johnny Depp), a mad scientist's half-finished experiment, while making her daily rounds. When she attempts to bring Edward into her suburban world to live among her family and gossipy neighbors, the gentle, kind-hearted misfit struggles to understand a world he knows nothing about. Directed by Tim Burton. With Winona Ryder, Anthony Michael Hall, Alan Arkin, Vincent Price and Kathy Baker. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance. Year: 1990.

Winona Ryder in Edward Scissorhands
Mrs. Flax (Cher), a single mother of two, has slightly eccentric parenting skills. When she suffers yet another failed relationship, she decides to move her family to the East Coast for a fresh start. Mrs. Flax's eldest daughter, Charlotte (Winona Ryder), exasperated by her mother's flightiness, wants nothing more than to be a nun, despite the fact that she happens to be Jewish. The younger daughter, Kate (Christina Ricci), is preoccupied with her attempt to become the world's best swimmer. The trio, although quite different, learn to appreciate the richness of their family as they deal with life's tribulations and unexpected joys. Directed by Richard Benjamin. With Bob Hoskins and Michael Schoeffling. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 1990.

Winona Ryder in Mermaids
Veronica Sawyer (Winona Ryder) wants nothing more than to be part of the high school in-crowd, comprised of a group of girls who are all coincidentally named Heather. The Heathers (Shannen Doherty, Lisanne Falk and Kim Walker) are a particularly vicious band of girls who make life hell for their female classmates. When Veronica finds herself at the center of their ridicule, she is persuaded by her deviant new boyfriend, Jason Dean (Christian Slater), to pull the ultimate prank, and finds herself entangled in their deaths and the subsequent cover-up. Directed by Michael Lehmann.With Penelope Milford and Patrick Labyorteaux.Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance.Year: 1989.

Winona Ryder in Heathers
After a freak car accident, Barbara (Geena Davis) and Adam (Alec Baldwin) return to their home as ghosts and find that an obnoxious yuppie family has already started to redecorate. After their attempts to scare off the new owners are ignored or laughed at, the couple call upon the services of a demented bioexorcist named Beetlejuice (Michael Keaton). When Beetlejuice goes out of control, Barbara and Adam team up with the yuppie family's goth daughter, Lydia (Winona Ryder), and hatch a plan to find some peace and quiet. Directed by Tim Burton. With Catherine O'Hara and Jeffrey Jones. Categories: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror. Year: 1988.

Winona Ryder in Beetle Juice