Tara Reid made her debut in the 1987 American vampire film ‘A Return to Salem's Lot’ co-written and directed by Larry Cohen. The film received a mixed response from critics. In 1998, she starred as ‘Bunny Lebowski’ in the Joel Coen-directed black comedy crime film ‘The Big Lebowski.’ While the film opened to mixed reviews, it did decent business at the box office and grossed over $46.7 million on a budget of $15 million. The Big Lebowski later achieved a cult following and was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry in 2014. The following year, she portrayed Marci Greenbaum in the American teen romantic drama film ‘Cruel Intentions’ directed by Roger Kumble. Despite receiving a mixed response from critics, the film did decent business at the box office and grossed over $75.9 million on a $10.5 million budget. That same year, she also played the role of Victoria "Vicky" Lathum in the American coming-of-age sex comedy film ‘American Pie.’ The film received mixed to positive reviews from critics and was a major box office success. She was next seen in films like ‘Dr. T & the Women’ (2000), ‘Just Visiting’ (2001), ‘American Pie 2’ (2001), ‘Van Wilder’ (2002), ‘Devil's Pond’ (2003), ‘My Boss's Daughter’ (2003), ‘Alone in the Dark’ (2005), ‘The Crow: Wicked Prayer’ (2005), ‘Incubus’ (2006), ‘If I Had Known I Was a Genius’ (2007), and ‘Clean Break/Unnatural Causes’ (2008), and ‘The Fields’ (2011).Â
In 2012, she reprised her role as Victoria "Vicky" Lathum in the American ensemble sex comedy film ‘American Reunion’ directed by Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg. The film received mixed reviews from critics but was a box office success and grossed over $235 million on a budget of $50 million. Reid was next seen in films like ‘Last Call’ (2013), ‘The Hungover Games’ (2014), ‘Charlie's Farm’ (2014), ‘Tie the Knot’ (2017), ‘Worthless’ (2017), ‘Ouija House’ (2018), ‘Andy the Talking Hedgehog’ (2019), ‘2nd Chance for Christmas’ (2019), ‘Bleach’ (2020), ‘Baby Bulldog’ (2020), and ‘Attraction to Paris’ (2021). She was last seen in the 2021 horror mystery thriller film ‘Mummy Dearest’ directed by White Cross. The film earned a 50% approval score on Rotten Tomatoes.