The romantic comedy-drama film "The Upside of Anger" [2005] was written and directed by Mike Binder won Evan the Young Artist Award shared with other members of the crew and YoungStar Award nomination.
Wood played Kimberly Joyce, a villainous, sexually-active high-schooler in the "Pretty Persuasion" in 2005 which received Grand Jury Prize nomination at Sundance Film Festival.
The movie "Pretty Persuasion" [2005] is all about a black comedy/satirical focusing on themes of sexual harassment and discrimination in schools and attitudes about females in media and society.
Rachel Wood played the role of Tobe in the movie "Down in the Valley" in 2005, which was directed by David Jacobson.
She starred as Natalie Finch in the comedy-drama film "Running with Scissors" in 2006, directed by Ryan Murphy and starring Annette Benin. The movie received Golden Globe nomination.
The film "Running with Scissors" [2006] was based on the memoir by American writer Augusten Burroughs. Evan Rachel Wood was awarded Cannes Film Festival Chopard Trophy in 2007.
Evan Rachel Wood acted as Miranda in the film "King of California" in 2007 which was premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.
The movie "King of California" [2007] is all about a bipolar jazz musician and his long-suffering teenage daughter, Miranda, who are reunited after his two-year stay in a mental institution.
The movie "King of California" [2007] stars Michael Douglas, Laura Kachergus, Paul Lieber, Willis Burks II and many other Hollywood actors.