Hayden Panettiere Movies and TV Shows Ranked by Tomatometer

Hayden Panettiere Movies and TV Shows Ranked by Tomatometer

Hayden Panettiere began her acting career right around the time she likely began taking her first steps, appearing in multiple television commercials throughout her early childhood. At just four years old, she landed her first regular gig on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live as Sarah Roberts, portraying the character for three years, before moving on to another soap, CBS’ Guiding Light, in 1997

Her first major big-screen role came in Pixar’s 1998 film A Bug’s Life as the voice of Dot, the younger sister of Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ Princess Atta, which she followed up two years later with a memorable turn in the inspirational sports drama Remember the Titans. A 10-year-old Panettiere made a notable impression particularly in the latter, holding her own against the likes of Denzel Washington, Will Patton, and a slew of young, up-and-coming stars like Ryan Gosling and Kate Bosworth

Throughout the 2000s, Panettiere continued to work in both television and film, appearing in the final season of Ally McBeal, guest-starring in Malcolm in the Middle, and starring alongside Michelle Trachtenberg in Disney’s Ice Princess. But her major breakout came in 2006 as one of the leads in ABC’s Heroes, which propelled her into the mainstream spotlight over four years and 73 episodes

In 2011, she joined the Scream franchise in Scream 4, and in 2012, she co-starred alongside Connie Britton to lead ABC’s musical drama Nashville. The series ran for six seasons and incorporated Panettiere’s talent for singing, ultimately resulting in two Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actress

Panettiere took a few years off after the end of Nashville, returning the big screen in 2023 to reprise her role as Kirby Reed in Scream VI and following that with a handful or smaller films. Sadly, Hayden Panettiere passed away on August 17, 2026 at the age of 36, devastating fans who grew up with her work. To celebrate her life, we look at all of her films and TV shows ranked by Tomatometer, beginning with the Certified Fresh Titles

#1A Bug’s Life(1998)
92%

Critics Consensus:A Bug’s Life is a rousing adventure that blends animated thrills with witty dialogue and memorable characters – and another smashing early success for Pixar

Synopsis: Flik is an inventive ant who’s always messing things up for his colony. His latest mishap was destroying the food stores that were supposed to… View Full Synopsis

Starring:Dave Foley, Kevin Spacey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Hayden Panettiere

Directed By:John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton

#2Nashville: Season 1
91%

Critics Consensus:Nashville promotes catchy pop-western tunes and plays to non-fans of the genre with its sharp atmosphere and its stellar narratives

Starring:Connie Britton, Hayden Panettiere, Clare Bowen, Eric Close

#3Scream VI(2023)
77%

Critics Consensus: Certain aspects of horror’s most murderously meta franchise may be going stale, but a change of setting and some inventive set pieces help keep Scream VI reasonably sharp

Synopsis: Following the latest Ghostface killings, the four survivors leave Woodsboro behind and start a fresh chapter

Starring:Melissa Barrera, Jenna Ortega, Courteney Cox, Jasmin Savoy Brown

Directed By:Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett, Kevin Williamson, Chad Villella

#4Nashville: Season 2
100%

Starring:Connie Britton, Hayden Panettiere, Eric Close, Charles Esten

#5Nashville: Season 3
100%

Starring:Connie Britton, Hayden Panettiere, Clare Bowen, Chris Carmack

#6Normal(2003)
100%

Synopsis: After a 25-year marriage to Irma (Jessica Lange), Roy Applewood (Tom Wilkinson) shocks his family when he reveals that he has a gender identity disorder…. View Full Synopsis

Starring:Jessica Lange, Tom Wilkinson, Hayden Panettiere, Clancy Brown

Directed By:Jane Anderson, Lydia Dean Pilcher, Cary Brokaw

#7Nashville: Season 4
89%

Starring:Connie Britton, Hayden Panettiere, Clare Bowen, Chris Carmack

#8Nashville: Season 6
86%

Starring:Hayden Panettiere, Clare Bowen, Chris Carmack, Charles Esten

#9Nashville: Season 5
83%

Starring:Connie Britton, Hayden Panettiere, Clare Bowen, Chris Carmack

#10Heroes: Season 1
82%

Critics Consensus: The first season of Heroes promises a fresh take on the superhero genre, with enough style and foreshadowed intrigue to attract a following

Starring:Sendhil Ramamurthy, Milo Ventimiglia, Adrian Pasdar, Hayden Panettiere

#11Remember the Titans(2000)
72%

Critics Consensus: An inspirational crowd-pleaser with a healthy dose of social commentary, Remember the Titans may be predictable, but it’s also well-crafted and features terrific performances

Synopsis: In Virginia, high school football is a way of life, an institution revered, each game celebrated more lavishly than Christmas, each playoff distinguished more grandly… View Full Synopsis

Starring:Denzel Washington, Will Patton, Donald Faison, Wood Harris

Directed By:Boaz Yakin, Mike Stenson, Michael Flynn

#12Tiger Cruise(2004)
67%

Synopsis: Cmdr. Gary Dolan (Bill Pullman) is in charge of a naval carrier that is on a “tiger cruise,” which involves family members joining their seafaring… View Full Synopsis

Starring:Hayden Panettiere, Bill Pullman, Bianca Collins, Nathaniel Lee Jr

Directed By:Duwayne Dunham, Barry Rosenbush

#13Dinosaur(2000)
65%

Critics Consensus: While Dinosaur’s plot is generic and dull, its stunning computer animation and detailed backgrounds are enough to make it worth a look

Synopsis: This is the story of Aladar, an iguanodon dinosaur raised by a family of lemurs. Their world is turned upside-down however, when meteors strike, turning… View Full Synopsis

Starring:D.B. Sweeney, Alfre Woodard, Ossie Davis, Max Casella

Directed By:Eric Leighton, Ralph Zondag

#14Amber Alert(2024)
63%

Synopsis: An ordinary rideshare becomes a high-stakes game of cat and mouse when Jaq (Hayden Panettiere) and Shane (Tyler James Williams) receive an alert of a… View Full Synopsis

Starring:Hayden Panettiere, Tyler James Williams, Kevin Dunn, Saidah Arrika Ekulona

Directed By:Kerry Bellessa, David Gendron, Ali Jazayeri, Hayden Panettiere

#15Scream 4(2011)
61%

Critics Consensus: The franchise is showing its age, but Scream 4 is undeniably an improvement over its predecessor, with just enough meta humor and clever kills

Synopsis: It has been many years since the Ghostface Killer cut a deadly path through the town of Woodsboro. In order to get over the trauma… View Full Synopsis

Starring:Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Emma Roberts

Directed By:Wes Craven, Bob Weinstein, Ron Schmidt, Harvey Weinstein

#16Custody(2016)
60%

Synopsis: A judge presides over a custody case that takes an emotional toll on everybody involved

Starring:Viola Davis, Hayden Panettiere, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Ellen Burstyn

Directed By:James Lapine, Viola Davis, Jeff Elliott, Chad Moore

#17The Object of My Affection(1998)
53%

Critics Consensus: Despite heartfelt performances from Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd, The Object of My Affection suffers from too many plot contrivances and frequent turns into rom-com sappiness

Synopsis: New York City social worker Nina Borowski (Jennifer Aniston) invites her gay friend, George (Paul Rudd), to move into her apartment after he breaks up… View Full Synopsis

Starring:Jennifer Aniston, Paul Rudd, Alan Alda, Nigel Hawthorne

#18Ice Princess(2005)
52%

Critics Consensus: This likable Disney film gets points for effort, but can’t stick the landing when it comes to originality

Synopsis: Casey Carlyle (Michelle Trachtenberg) is supposed to go to Harvard, just like her mother (Joan Cusack). While Casey has the grades to get into her… View Full Synopsis

Starring:Joan Cusack, Kim Cattrall, Michelle Trachtenberg, Hayden Panettiere

Directed By:Tim Fywell, Karen Glass, William W. Wilson III

#19Heroes: Season 3
50%

Critics Consensus: A promising start nearly redeems Heroes after a haphazard second season — unfortunately, old habits die hard and it quickly backslides into a muddled mess

Starring:Jack Coleman, Greg Grunberg, Ali Larter, James Kyson

#20Heroes: Season 2
50%

Critics Consensus: Despite strong performances, Heroes‘ second season’s pointless, bloated storylines drag, making for a disappointing follow-up to the series’ exciting first effort

Starring:Sendhil Ramamurthy, Milo Ventimiglia, Adrian Pasdar, Hayden Panettiere

#21Ally McBeal: Season 5
47%

Critics Consensus: The perpetually lovesick lawyer finds her closure, but Ally McBeal‘s happy ending is marred by constant shuffling of the ensemble, some harebrained subplots, and the crestfallen feeling that the series ran out of compelling variations on the same theme

Starring:Calista Flockhart, Greg Germann, Jane Krakowski, Peter MacNicol

#22Racing Stripes(2005)
35%

Critics Consensus:Racing Stripes might be good for a few laps with younger viewers, but it’s too blandly predictable to truly recommend for an all-ages audience

Synopsis: A baby zebra gets separated from a traveling circus in a small Kentucky town. It’s eventually discovered by horse trainer Nolan Walsh (Bruce Greenwood) and… View Full Synopsis

Starring:Bruce Greenwood, Hayden Panettiere, M. Emmet Walsh, Wendie Malick

Directed By:Frederik Du Chau, Steven P. Wegner

#23Heroes: Season 4
29%

Starring:Jack Coleman, Greg Grunberg, Robert Knepper, Ali Larter

#24Raising Helen(2004)
25%

Critics Consensus: As shallow and formulaic as a sitcom

Synopsis: Single and self-involved, Helen Harris (Kate Hudson) has a thriving fashion career and a lavish lifestyle in New York City. Helen is shocked to hear… View Full Synopsis

Starring:Kate Hudson, John Corbett, Joan Cusack, Héctor Elizondo

Directed By:Garry Marshall, Mario Iscovich, Ellen H. Schwartz

#25Joe Somebody(2001)
21%

Critics Consensus: Amiable, but extremely lightweight and predictable

Synopsis: Tim Allen plays Joe, a divorced, corporate everyman whose dead-end personal and professional lives are turned around after the office bully publicly humiliates him in… View Full Synopsis

Starring:Tim Allen, Julie Bowen, Kelly Lynch, Hayden Panettiere

Directed By:John Pasquin, Arnon Milchan, Chi-Li Wong, William W. Wilson III

#26Fireflies in the Garden(2008)
21%

Critics Consensus: Despite boasting a stellar cast, Fireflies in the Garden is just tedious, dull and predictable melodrama. Instantly forgettable

Synopsis: Successful novelist Michael (Ryan Reynolds) visits his family in the Midwest, only to learn that his mother, Lisa (Julia Roberts), has died in a tragic… View Full Synopsis

Starring:Julia Roberts, Ryan Reynolds, Willem Dafoe, Emily Watson

Directed By:Dennis Lee, Jere Hausfater, Milton Liu

#27Alpha and Omega(2010)
20%

Critics Consensus: With bland visuals and a dull, predictable plot, Alpha and Omega is a runt in 2010’s animated litter

Synopsis: After park rangers capture and ship them halfway across the country, omega wolf Humphrey (Justin Long) and alpha wolf Kate (Hayden Panettiere) find themselves on… View Full Synopsis

Starring:Justin Long, Hayden Panettiere, Christina Ricci, Danny Glover

Directed By:Anthony Bell, Ben Gluck, Noah Fogelson, A.K. Madhavan

#28Bring It On: All or Nothing(2006)
20%

Synopsis: When her father gets laid off, prom queen shoo-in Britney Allen (Hayden Panettiere) has to drop out and transfer to her ritzy high school’s underfunded… View Full Synopsis

Starring:Hayden Panettiere, Solange Knowles, Gus Carr, Emme Rylan

Directed By:Steve Rash, Armyan Bernstein, Zanne Devine, Charlie Lyons

#29A Breed Apart(2025)
18%

Synopsis: When Violet accepts an invitation to a private island with some of the world’s most famous social influencers, she expects a weekend of unrivaled viral… View Full Synopsis

Starring:Grace Caroline Currey, Hayden Panettiere, Virginia Gardner, Riele Downs

Directed By:The Furst Brothers, Angela Meredith Furst, Pierre-Andre Rochat

#30The Affair of the Necklace(2001)
15%

Critics Consensus: A film about court intrigue, The Affair of the Necklace turns out to be more dull than juicy. Swank seems flat and miscast in the central role of Jeanne

Synopsis: Romantic drama based on the controversial true story of Jeanne De La Motte Valois, a countess whose name was stripped from her by the Royal… View Full Synopsis

Starring:Hilary Swank, Jonathan Pryce, Simon Baker, Adrien Brody

Directed By:Charles Shyer

#31I Love You, Beth Cooper(2009)
14%

Critics Consensus: Heavily reliant on stereotypes and shallow teen comedy clichés, I Love You Beth Cooper is a humorless affair that fails to capture the charm of its

Synopsis: Nerdy teenager Denis Cooverman (Paul Rust) harbors a secret crush on Beth Cooper (Hayden Panettiere), the hottest girl in high school. During his graduation speech,… View Full Synopsis

Starring:Hayden Panettiere, Paul Rust, Jack Carpenter, Lauren London

Directed By:Chris Columbus, Jennifer Blum, Michael Flynn, Larry Doyle

#32Sleepwalker(2026)
14%

Synopsis: Haunted by terrifying visions, Sarah’s sleepwalking episodes begin to intensify, accelerating her descent into darkness

Starring:Hayden Panettiere, Justin Chatwin, Beverly D’Angelo, Mischa Barton

Directed By:Brandon Auman, Anthony Gudas, Sera Verdi

#33Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil(2011)
11%

Critics Consensus: It may add 3D to the original, but Hoodwinked Too! is missing the first installment’s wit and refreshingly low-budget charm

Synopsis: While training with a mysterious covert ops group known as the Sisters of the Hood, Red (Hayden Panettiere) gets an urgent call from Nicky Flippers… View Full Synopsis

Starring:Hayden Panettiere, Glenn Close, Patrick Warburton, Joan Cusack

Directed By:Michael D’Isa-Hogan

#34The Architect(2006)
11%

Critics Consensus: A glum drama that’s so self-affected it fails to affect

Synopsis: Tonya Neeley (Viola Davis), a resident of one of her city’s most crime-ridden housing projects, circulates a petition to get the complex torn down and… View Full Synopsis

Starring:Anthony LaPaglia, Viola Davis, Isabella Rossellini, Hayden Panettiere

Directed By:Matt Tauber, Todd Wagner, Mark Cuban

#35The Dust Factory(2004)
9%

Synopsis: Ryan Flynn (Ryan Kelley), a teenage boy who hasn’t spoken since the death of his father, winds up in a fantastical realm after nearly drowning… View Full Synopsis

Starring:Armin Mueller-Stahl, Hayden Panettiere, Ryan Kelley, Kim Myers

Directed By:Eric Small, Erika Lockridge