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Jennifer Aniston Movies and TV Shows to Watch That Aren't Friends

There are literally dozens of titles.
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Michael Buckner

She'll probably always be most famous for Friends, but there are actually dozens of Jennifer Aniston movies and TV shows you're probably missing out on.

Aniston was an unknown actor before Friends turned her and her co-stars into superstars virtually overnight. Speaking about that time in her life with People, Aniston said that she and the Friends cast getting their first People cover was, “the most exciting thing on the planet.”

“Nothing was not exciting. Everything was exciting.” She added, “Everything's still exciting. It's just there's a little bit more behind us. We've had more experiences. We've learned more lessons.”

The “more behind us” Aniston was referring to includes life experiences, of course, but also professional ones. Since getting her start on Friends, Jennifer Aniston has starred in movies and TV shows like Bruce Almighty, The Break-Up, Horrible Bosses, and The Morning Show, just to name a few.

The Morning Show (2019-Present)

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Aniston plays a popular morning show host, Alex, alongside relative newbie Bradley, played by Reese Witherspoon. Yes, this is technically a reunion, as Witherspoon played Aniston's youngest sister in Friends.

Dumplin' (2018)

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In this adorable Netflix comedy, Aniston is the beauty queen mother to Willowdean, nicknamed Dumplin', who decides to enter the local beauty pageant herself.

Cake (2014)

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Aniston stars as Claire Bennett, who deals with her own personal trauma by exploring that of someone else.

We're the Millers (2013)

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Not the family comedy it looks like, We Are the Millers is about one drug dealer's fake family created as a front for a huge weed deal.

Horrible Bosses (2011)

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Aniston plays Charlie Day's overbearing, sexual-harassing boss in the new classic comedy (and its sequel).

The Switch (2010)

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Before there was Jane the Virgin, there was The Switch, in which a single mom's sperm donor turns out to be from her platonic best friend.

He's Just Not That Into You (2009)

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Aniston is in a happy relationship with Ben Affleck, except for the fact that he refuses to ever marry her. Hijinks and romance ensue.

Marley & Me (2008)

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A real “who rescued who” situation between a married couple (Aniston and Owen Wilson).

The Break-Up (2006)

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This anti-rom-com follows the protracted break-up between Aniston's character Brooke, and Gary, played by Vince Vaughan.

Friends with Money (2006)

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One of Aniston's smaller flicks, this movie is about Aniston's character struggling to keep up with her wealthy group of friends.

Rumor Has It… (2005)

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What if the movie The Graduate was a true story and, worse, based on your own parents? That is the conceit of Rumor Has It…

Derailed (2005)

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Aniston doesn't only play girls next door or charmingly neurotic singletons, sometimes she's a married executive having an affair with Clive Owen, leading to getting blackmailed by a criminal.

Along Came Polly (2004)

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As Polly, Aniston is one of the OG manic pixie dream girls, whose erratic free-spiritedness helps bring Ben Stiller out of his shell.

Bruce Almighty (2003)

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Aniston has played a lot of girlfriends over the years, but this is the only time she plays God's girlfriend.

The Good Girl (2002)

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Aniston gets to put on a Southern accent to play Justine, a store clerk who falls in love with a co-worker named for Holden Caulfield.

Office Space (1999)

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Aniston was freshly free from her “Rachel” haircut when she starred alongside Ron Livingston in the cult classic Office Space.