With Hot Pursuit debuting in theaters this week, it’s the perfect time to take a look at Reese Witherspoon’s up-and-down career and identify the best movies the famous actress had done. While she has branched into more dramatic fare in recent years, it’s safe to say that her most popular and best movies are primarily comedies.

Here are the seven best movies Reese Witherspoon has starred in:

7. Cruel Intentions

Witherspoon becomes a pawn in a game because two incestuous siblings, in which a young man (Ryan Phillippe) is tasked with popping her cherry as a bet: if he loses, his step-sister (Sarah Michelle Gellar) gets his jaguar, but if he wins, he gets her.

6. Walk the Line

In Walk the Line, Witherspoon won an Oscar for an Actress in a Leading Role for her portrayal of June Carter, the wife of Johnny Cash.

5. Rendition

Witherspoon plays the worried wife of an Egyptian-born chemical engineer who is detained and tortured by the United States for alleged links to terrorism. She uses her connections to find out what happened to him and bring him back from rendition.

4. Wild

Witherspoon received an Oscar nomination for this true story, in which she plays a former drug addict who sets out to hike the Pacific Crest trail with absolutely no outdoor experience.

3. Pleasantville

In this ingenious but somewhat forgotten flick, Witherspoon and her on-screen brother Tobey Maguire find themselves trapped inside a black-and-white 1950s sitcom, and their presence begins to influence the PG-rated world.

2. Legally Blonde

Arguably her most popular and well known role, Witherspoon plays Elle Woods, a dumb blonde who defies the odds and becomes a [very pink] lawyer.

1. Election

Witherspoon plays Tracy Flick, an obnoxiously perfect teenager vying for class president. Unfortunately, her likable teacher (Matthew Broderick) can’t stand her and resorts to desperate measures to ensure her failure. Though not as well known, Election is by far and away Reese Witherspoon’s best movie.

And here’s a full list of Reese Witherspoon movies, with FilmJabber’s respective grades for each.