Actress Amanda Bynes rose to fame in the late 90s as a childhood star on the Nickelodeon sketch comedy series All That which premiered in 1996. After that, the young star was known for its spin-off series The Amanda Show which ran from 1999 until 2002. In the early 2000s, Amanda was one of the biggest teen stars with roles in hits like What a Girl Wants, She's The Man, and Sydney White. Unfortunately, since the 2000s Amanda's career has gone downhill and in 2010, the actress went on an indefinite hiatus from acting.
While fans across the globe are eagerly hoping the actress does one day return to Hollywood, today we're taking a look at Amanda's most successful movies from the 2000s. If you ever wondered just which of the star's projects is the most highly rated one on IMDb — then keep on scrolling to find out!
8 'Love Wrecked' (2005) — IMDb Rating 4.9
Kicking the list off is the 2005 adventure rom-com Love Wrecked in which Amanda Bynes portrays Jennifer Taylor. The movie tells the story of an 18-year-old who gets stranded on a beach in the Caribbean with a rock star. Besides Amanda, the rom-com also stars Chris Carmack, Jonathan Bennett, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Fred Willard, Lance Bass, Alfonso Ribeiro, Kathy Griffin, and Leonardo Cuesta. Currently, Love Wrecked has a 4.9 rating on IMDb.
7 'Big Fat Liar' (2002) — IMDb Rating 5.5
Next on the list is Amanda Bynes as Kaylee in the 2002 comedy Big Fat Liar. Besides Amanda, the movie also stars Frankie Muniz, Paul Giamatti, Amanda Detmer, Donald Faison, Lee Majors, Russell Hornsby, and Kenan Thompson.
Big Fat Liar tells the story of a 14-year-old pathological liar whose assignment gets stolen by a Hollywood producer who plans to make a movie out of it — and it currently has a 5.5 rating on IMDb.
6 'What A Girl Wants' (2003) — IMDb Rating 5.8
Let's move on to Amanda Bynes as Daphne Reynolds in the 2003 teen comedy What a Girl Wants. Apart from Amanda, the movie also stars Colin Firth, Kelly Preston, Eileen Atkins, Anna Chancellor, Tara Summers, Sylvia Syms, Christina Cole, Oliver James, and Jonathan Pryce. What a Girl Wants is based on the 1955 play The Reluctant Debutante by William Douglas-Home and it tells the story of a teenage girl who learns that her father is a wealthy British politician. Currently, What a Girl Wants has a 5.8 rating on IMDb.
5 'Sydney White' (2007) — IMDb Rating 6.2
The 2007 teen rom-com Sydney White in which Amanda Bynes portrays is next. Besides Amanda, the movie also stars Sara Paxton, Matt Long, Jack Carpenter, Jeremy Howard, Adam Hendershott, John Schneider, Danny Strong, and Samm Levine. It is based on the story of Snow White and it follows the story of a young girl in her freshman year of college trying to navigate the greek system. Currently, Sydney White has a 6.2 rating on IMDb.
4 'She's The Man' (2006) — IMDb Rating 6.3
Next on the list is Amanda Bynes as Viola Hastings in the 200 sports rom-com She's the Man. Besides Amanda, the movie also stars Channing Tatum, Laura Ramsey, Vinnie Jones, Robert Hoffman, Alex Breckenridge, Julie Hagerty, David Cross, and Jessica Lucas.
She's the Man is inspired by William Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night and it tells the story of a girl who pretends to be a boy and enters her brother's boarding school in order to play on the boys' soccer team. Currently, She's the Man has a 6.3 rating on IMDb.
3 'Hairspray' (2007) — IMDb Rating 6.6
Let's move on to Amanda Bynes as Penny Lou Pingleton in the 2007 musical rom-com Hairspray. Apart from Amanda, the movie also stars John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken, James Marsden, Queen Latifah, Brittany Snow, Zac Efron, Elijah Kelley, Allison Janney, and Nikki Blonsky. Hairspray is based on the 2002 Broadway musical of the same name and it tells the story of a teenager in 1962 Baltimore, Maryland who pursues a career as a dancer on a local television dance show. Currently, Hairspray has a 6.6 rating on IMDb.
2 'Living Proof' (2008) — IMDb Rating 6.9
The 2008 Lifetime television movie Living Proof in which Amanda Bynes portrays Jamie is next. Besides Amanda, the drama movie — which tells the story of a doctor who is trying to find a cure for breast cancer— also stars Harry Connick, Jr., Paula Cale, Angie Harmon, Bernadette Peters, Regina King, John Benjamin Hickey, and Swoosie Kurtz. Currently, Living Proof has a 6.9 rating on IMDb. So far, this remains Amanda's only television movie.
1 'Easy A' (2010) — IMDb Rating 7.0
And finally, wrapping the list up at spot number one as Amanda Bynes' most successful movie is the 2010 teen rom-com Easy A. In the movie, Amanda portrays Marianne Bryant and she stars alongside Emma Stone, Penn Badgley, Thomas Haden Church, Patricia Clarkson, Cam Gigandet, Lisa Kudrow, Malcolm McDowell, Aly Michalka, and Stanley Tucci. Easy A was inspired by the 1850 novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne and it tells the story of a teenage girl who uses her high school's rumor mill to advance her social status. Currently, Easy A has a 7.0 rating on IMDb.
