In the unbiased coming-of-age drama The Tribes of Palos Verdes, she reunited with her Butter co-star Jennifer Garner, actively playing a true-estate agent residing in Palos Verdes, an affluent, coastal suburb of Los Angeles. Silverstone portrayed the close buddy of a teenager turned secret agent in the motion-spy movie Stormbreaker (2006), directed by Geoffrey Sax and co-starring Alex Pettyfer, Ewan McGregor and Mickey Rourke.