Editing Sharon Stone (section)

===Independent films and ensemble dramas (2005–2017)===
Her next film release was [[Jim Jarmusch]]'s dramedy ''[[Broken Flowers]]'' (2005), in which Stone took on the role of a grasping and overly eager closet organizer who re-connects with a former womanizer (played by [[Bill Murray]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=brokenflowers.htm|title=Broken Flowers (2005)|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011233150/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=brokenflowers.htm|archive-date=October 11, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Unlike her previous few film outings, ''Broken Flowers'' was met with critical acclaim, upon its premiere at Cannes,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/broken_flowers|title=Broken Flowers|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830115408/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/broken_flowers|archive-date=August 30, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> where it was nominated for the [[Palme d'Or]] and won the [[Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival)|Grand Prix]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4278008/year/2005.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Broken Flowers |year=2005 |access-date=December 5, 2009 |work=Festival de Cannes |archive-date=January 20, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120171412/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4278008/year/2005.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Far Out Magazine]]'' ranked Stone's role among one of her "10 best performances",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/sharon-stone-10-best-films-martin-scorsese-jim-jarmusch/|title=Sharon Stone's 10 best film performances|website=Faroutmagazine.co.uk|date=March 10, 2021|access-date=February 9, 2022|archive-date=January 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126133641/https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/sharon-stone-10-best-films-martin-scorsese-jim-jarmusch/|url-status=live}}</ref> while ''[[New York (magazine)|New York Magazine]]'' remarked: "Sharon Stone, playing a widow who's half-hippie, half-working-class-tough, demonstrates that, given the right part, she's still not merely sexy but knockabout funny and sly".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nymag.com/nymetro/movies/reviews/12373/|title=Ex Marks the Spot|work=New York Magazine|access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023072831/http://nymag.com/nymetro/movies/reviews/12373/|archive-date=October 23, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2005, she was named [[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres|Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters]] in France.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/fr/theDailyArticle/43222.html|title=Sharon Stone Becomes an Officier des Arts et Lettres|website=festival-cannes.com|date=May 20, 2016|access-date=January 20, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20160224075120/http://www.festival-cannes.com/fr/theDailyArticle/43222.html|archive-date=February 24, 2016}}</ref>

After years of litigation, ''[[Basic Instinct 2]]'' was released on March 31, 2006. A reason for a long delay in releasing the film was reportedly Stone's dispute with the filmmakers over the nudity in the film; she wanted more while they wanted less. Stone told an interviewer, "We are in a time of odd repression and if a popcorn movie allows us to create a platform for discussion, wouldn't that be great?".<ref>{{cite news|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060428042109/http://www.insideeonline.com/news/details/20060315-57/sharon_stone_sought_%22brazen%22_nude_scenes.html|title=Sharon Stone sought 'brazen' nude scenes|work=Inside Entertainment|date=March 2006|archive-date=April 28, 2006|access-date=August 19, 2011|url=http://www.insideeonline.com/news/details/20060315-57/sharon_stone_sought_%22brazen%22_nude_scenes.html}}</ref> Despite an estimated budget of US$70 million, ''Basic Instinct 2'' placed only tenth in gross on its opening weekend with a meager US$3.2 million and finished with a total domestic gross of under US$6&nbsp;million. Stone appeared in [[Nick Cassavetes]]'s crime drama ''[[Alpha Dog]]'' (2006), opposite [[Bruce Willis]], playing Olivia Mazursky, the mother of a real-life murder victim; she wore a [[fatsuit]] for the role.<ref name="AlphaDog">{{cite web |title=Stone struggles to look bad in a fat suit |url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/stone%20struggles%20to%20look%20bad%20in%20a%20fat%20suit_1016226 |website=contactmusic.com |date=December 11, 2006 |access-date=August 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090429114527/http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/stone%20struggles%20to%20look%20bad%20in%20a%20fat%20suit_1016226 |archive-date=April 29, 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> The film premiered at the [[2006 Sundance Film Festival]] and was an arthouse success.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=alphadog.htm|title=Alpha Dog (2007)|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012043642/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=alphadog.htm|archive-date=October 12, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> She made part of an ensemble cast in [[Emilio Estevez]]'s drama ''[[Bobby (2006 film)|Bobby]]'' (2006), about the hours leading up to the [[assassination of Robert F. Kennedy]]. Stone received favorable comments for her performance, particularly a scene alongside [[Lindsay Lohan]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/22/AR2006112202099.html|title='Bobby' Turns Back the Clock To a Fateful Day|first=Ann|last=Hornaday|date=November 23, 2006|access-date=October 11, 2017|newspaper=The Washington Post|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112195203/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/22/AR2006112202099.html|archive-date=November 12, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/movies/2003443730_bobby23.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061125005056/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/movies/2003443730_bobby23.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 25, 2006 |title=Poignant story gets a lift from heavyweight cast |access-date=November 4, 2008 }}</ref> As a member of the cast, she was nominated for the [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture]], but won in the [[Hollywood Film Festival|Hollywood Film Festival Award]] for Best Ensemble Cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/13th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards|title=The 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards – Screen Actors Guild Awards|website=Sagawards.org|access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121204191422/http://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/13th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards|archive-date=December 4, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Sharon Stone Cannes 2013 2.jpg|left|thumb|upright|Stone at the [[2013 Cannes Film Festival]]]]
Stone took on the role of a [[major depressive disorder|clinically depressed]] woman in the independent drama ''[[When a Man Falls in the Forest]]'' (2007), which premiered in competition at the [[57th Berlin International Film Festival]] where it was nominated for the [[Golden Bear]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/2007/02_programm_2007/02_Filmdatenblatt_2007_20073122.php#tab=boulevard|title=- Berlinale – Archive – Annual Archives – 2007 – Programme – When A Man Falls in the Forest|website=Berlinale.de|access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012043849/https://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/2007/02_programm_2007/02_Filmdatenblatt_2007_20073122.php#tab=boulevard|archive-date=October 12, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first1=Mike|last1=Collett-White|access-date=April 3, 2021|title=Stone says latest film challenges "Prozac society"|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-berlin-film-stone-idUSL1251160520070215|newspaper=Reuters|date=February 15, 2007|via=www.reuters.com|archive-date=August 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220814165907/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-berlin-film-stone-idUSL1251160520070215|url-status=live}}</ref> All of her late 2000s films —''[[If I Had Known I Was a Genius]]'' (2007), ''[[The Year of Getting to Know Us]]'' (2008), ''[[Five Dollars a Day]]'' (2009) and ''[[Streets of Blood]]'' (2009)— were [[direct-to-video|direct-to-DVD]] releases in North America. In 2010, Stone made guest-appearances in four episodes of ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'',<ref name="svu">{{cite magazine|last=Ausiello |first=Michael |date=January 5, 2010 |title=Scoop: 'Law&nbsp;& Order: SVU' collars Sharon Stone |url=http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2010/01/05/law-order-svu-casts-sharon-stone |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=August 19, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101009201343/http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2010/01/05/law-order-svu-casts-sharon-stone/ |archive-date=October 9, 2010 }}</ref> portraying [[Jo Marlowe]], a former cop turned prosecutor. ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' included in a review such descriptions of her performance as a "great presence", and having "had to revive her best [...] tone to sell hokey lines" in a series it described as "mawkish and overwrought".<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Tucker|first=Ken|author-link=Ken Tucker|date=April 29, 2010|title=Sharon Stone on 'Law & Order: SVU' review: Fire, but no sparks|url=http://watching-tv.ew.com/2010/04/29/sharon-stone-law-amp-order-svu|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=August 19, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717014705/http://watching-tv.ew.com/2010/04/29/sharon-stone-law-amp-order-svu/|archive-date=July 17, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> She took on the leading female role in the French action sequel ''[[Largo Winch II]]'' as a United Nations investigator named Diane Francken. Her first [[wide release|theatrical-released]] production since 2007, the film premiered on February 16, 2011, in France, where it opened in second place at the box office.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=11448|title=Largo Winch 2 (2011)- JPBox-Office|last=JP|website=Jpbox-office.com|access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011233455/http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=11448|archive-date=October 11, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> She next starred as a hard-hitting journalist in the thriller ''[[Border Run]]'' (2012), which received a [[direct-to-video|direct-to-DVD]] release.

In 2013, Stone played the mother of porn actress [[Linda Lovelace]] ([[Amanda Seyfried]]) in the [[biographical film|biographical]] drama ''[[Lovelace (film)|Lovelace]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=lovelace.htm|title=Lovelace (2013)|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011233310/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=lovelace.htm|archive-date=October 11, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> and a dermatologist seeking a ''[[ménage à trois]]'' in the [[Woody Allen]]–[[John Turturro]] comedy ''[[Fading Gigolo]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tiff.net/festivals/thefestival/2013-programmes/specialpresentations/fading-gigolo|title=TIFF.net – Fading Gigolo|date=May 9, 2015|access-date=October 11, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150509121141/http://tiff.net/festivals/thefestival/2013-programmes/specialpresentations/fading-gigolo|archive-date=May 9, 2015}}</ref> Both films were released in limited theaters to a decent critical reception; [[Glenn Kenny]], in his review for ''Fading Gigolo'', found Stone to be "splendidly understated" in what he described as "a New York story through and through [...] often funny, sometimes moving, occasionally goofy as hell".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/fading-gigolo-2014|title=Fading Gigolo Movie Review & Film Summary (2014) – Roger Ebert|first=Glenn|last=Kenny|website=Rogerebert.com|access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011233255/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/fading-gigolo-2014|archive-date=October 11, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2014, she starred as an actress-turned-publisher, opposite [[Riccardo Scamarcio]], in the Italian dramedy ''[[A Golden Boy]]'' (''Un ragazzo d'oro''), directed by [[Pupi Avati]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&country=IT&id=_fUNRAGAZZODORO01|title=Un ragazzo d'oro|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012043802/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&country=IT&id=_fUNRAGAZZODORO01|archive-date=October 12, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/a-golden-boy-film-review-735435|title='A Golden Boy': Film Review|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=September 24, 2014|access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011233039/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/a-golden-boy-film-review-735435|archive-date=October 11, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/03/sharon-stone-on-how-basic-instinct-nearly-broke-her |title="You Can't Shame Me": Sharon Stone on How Basic Instinct Nearly Broke Her, Before Making Her a Star |magazine=Vanity Fair |last=Stone |first=Sharon |date=March 18, 2021 |access-date=August 5, 2021 |archive-date=August 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804192517/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/03/sharon-stone-on-how-basic-instinct-nearly-broke-her |url-status=live }}</ref> and portrayed America's first female Vice President in the [[TNT (American TV network)|TNT]] action drama series ''[[Agent X (TV series)|Agent X]]'', which only aired for one season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/01/24/sharon-stone-to-star-in-tnts-action-drama-pilot-agent-x/231904|title=Sharon Stone To Star in TNT's Action-Drama Pilot 'Agent X'|date=January 24, 2014|website=Zap2it|access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160530153017/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/01/24/sharon-stone-to-star-in-tnts-action-drama-pilot-agent-x/231904/|archive-date=May 30, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> Stone next played an adoptive mother in the drama ''[[Mothers and Daughters (2016 film)|Mothers and Daughters]]'' (2016),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://observer.com/2016/05/mothers-and-daughters-takes-on-a-familiar-theme-and-comes-up-wanting/|title='Mothers and Daughters' Takes on a Familiar Theme and Comes Up Wanting|date=May 5, 2016|website=The New York Observer|access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012043847/http://observer.com/2016/05/mothers-and-daughters-takes-on-a-familiar-theme-and-comes-up-wanting/|archive-date=October 12, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/mothers-daughters-film-review-891365|title='Mothers and Daughters': Film Review|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=May 6, 2016|access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011232547/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/mothers-daughters-film-review-891365|archive-date=October 11, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> a "lineman widow" and the "alcoholic mom" of a high-wire worker in the action film ''[[Life on the Line (film)|Life on the Line]]'' (2016),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/life-on-the-line-2016|title=Life on the Line Movie Review (2016) – Roger Ebert|first=Glenn|last=Kenny|website=Rogerebert.com|access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011232924/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/life-on-the-line-2016|archive-date=October 11, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comingsoon.net/movie/life-on-the-line-2016|title=Life on the Line|website=ComingSoon.net|access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012000321/http://www.comingsoon.net/movie/life-on-the-line-2016|archive-date=October 12, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> and a greedy billionaire in the drama  ''[[Running Wild (2017 film)|Running Wild]]'' (2017).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.runningwildmovie.com/|title=About|website=RUNNING WILD|access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012043720/http://www.runningwildmovie.com/|archive-date=October 12, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> These three films all received a VOD release, to varying responses.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theaters.runningwildmovie.com/#|title=Running Wild|website=theaters.runningwildmovie.com|access-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011232906/http://theaters.runningwildmovie.com/|archive-date=October 11, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> [[James Franco]]'s biographical comedy ''[[The Disaster Artist (film)|The Disaster Artist]]'' (2017), which featured Stone as [[Iris Burton]], the agent of actor [[Greg Sestero]], was a critical and commercial success, and was chosen by the [[National Board of Review]] as one of the top ten films of 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalboardofreview.org/2017/11/national-board-review-announces-2017-award-winners/ |title=National Board of Review Announces 2017 Award Winners |publisher=[[National Board of Review]] |date=November 28, 2017 |access-date=December 7, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171129092703/http://www.nationalboardofreview.org/2017/11/national-board-review-announces-2017-award-winners/ |archive-date=November 29, 2017 }}</ref>