Start off just for fun and watch a young Jodie Foster in the original version of Freaky Friday (Barbara Harris plays the mother)

Watch all of Jodie's Academy Award performances Taxi Driver, The Accused, The Silence of the Lambs and Nell (okay you can skip Nell if you want but then you will never get to hear the immortal lines chicka chicka chickabee and t'wee in the wind)

Maverick was written by William Goldman and stars Mel Gibson and James Garner and Jodie shows that she can be funny. A good time movie..

If you reside on planet Earth you must see Contact.

A Destination Hollywood special recommendation. A subtitled movie that has a French speaking Jodie Foster in a small role- A Very Long Engagement (or UN LONG DIMANCHE DE FIANCALLES) Beautifully filmed this is a love story, a war story and a mystery.. We loved this movie.

In Flightplan and Inside Man you'll see Jodie Foster being tough and smart and you will be entertained.