Welcome back to the Lucky 13 Film Club. A friend of mine asked me recently which working actress today who has a prolific career could give Meryl Streep a run for her money?

I watched Still Alice (2014) and realized how much of a fan I am of Julianne Moore. Her best asset is her body language to show emotion. She has found a wide variety of flawed characters to stretch her acting abilities. In a recent interview, she said she picks women characters who are not usually discussed at the dinner table–everyday women. Her unique gift is her ability to find the humor and sympathy within the shallow, the manipulative, and the most misunderstood of females. You can’t take your eyes off her.

There’s not a film she’s in where her presence doesn’t lift up even the banal or mediocre of productions. Her performances are authentic whether playing the timid mouse or the vindictive tigress. Those expressive eyes! She brings out the beauty in the ugliest of characters.

Here are a few of my favorite scenes (profanity warning!) in no particular order: 

The tragic tale of lost souls who will do anything to become a star — Boogie Nights.

I hated the romanticization of the porn industry, but Julianne was electrifying.  

Maybe one of the reasons she touches hearts is her ability to cry?  

What do you think? Is she as good as Meryl Streep? I would rank Julianne in the same league and place her in the elite top five actresses working today. Would you? Which of her films moved you?