Adam Shankman films, ranked by your taste

Director and actor · 13 films on Boxlist

Known for Hairspray, Stop! That! Train! and Rock of Ages.

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Directed by Adam Shankman

  1. Hairspray

    Hairspray

    2007 · Film

    6.7/10 · TMDB

    Pleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad auditions to be on Baltimore's most popular dance show - The Corny Collins Show - and lands a prime spot. Through her newfound fame, she becomes determined to help her friends and end the racial...

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  2. Stop! That! Train!

    Stop! That! Train!

    2026 · Film

    5.0/10 · TMDB

    Best friends and train stewardesses Tess and DeeDee trade their dreary shifts on the Stank Rail for the glitzy Glamazonian Express. However, when a catastrophic Stormaganza threatens to crash the high-speed train into Celebration, Florida...

  3. Rock of Ages

    Rock of Ages

    2012 · Film

    6.2/10 · TMDB

    A small town girl and a city boy meet on the Sunset Strip, while pursuing their Hollywood dreams.

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  4. Disenchanted

    Disenchanted

    2022 · Film

    7.0/10 · TMDB

    Disillusioned with life in the city, feeling out of place in suburbia, and frustrated that her happily ever after hasn’t been so easy to find, Giselle turns to the magic of Andalasia for help. Accidentally transforming the entire town into...

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  5. A Walk to Remember

    A Walk to Remember

    2002 · Film

    7.7/10 · TMDB

    When the popular, restless Landon Carter is forced to participate in the school drama production he falls in love with Jamie Sullivan, the daughter of the town's minister. Jamie has a "to-do" list for her life and also a very big secret...

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  6. What Men Want

    What Men Want

    2019 · Film

    6.2/10 · TMDB

    Magically able to hear what men are thinking, a sports agent uses her newfound ability to turn the tables on her overbearing male colleagues.

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  7. Bringing Down the House

    Bringing Down the House

    2003 · Film

    6.0/10 · TMDB

    When a lonely guy meets a woman on the internet who happens to be in prison, she breaks out to get him to prove her innocence, and proceeds to wreak havoc on his middle-class life.

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  8. The Wedding Planner

    The Wedding Planner

    2001 · Film

    5.9/10 · TMDB

    San Francisco's premiere wedding planner, Mary Fiore is rescued from an accident by the man of her dreams, paediatrician Steve Edison, only to find he is the fiancé of her latest client. As Mary continues making the wedding arrangements...

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  9. Bedtime Stories

    Bedtime Stories

    2008 · Film

    6.1/10 · TMDB

    Skeeter Bronson is a down-on-his-luck guy who's always telling bedtime stories to his niece and nephew. But his life is turned upside down when the fantastical stories he makes up for entertainment inexplicably turn into reality. Can a...

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  10. The Pacifier

    The Pacifier

    2005 · Film

    6.1/10 · TMDB

    Navy SEAL Shane Wolfe is handed a new assignment: Protect the five Plummer kids from enemies of their recently deceased father -- a government scientist whose top-secret experiment remains hidden in the kids' house.

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  11. Cheaper by the Dozen 2

    Cheaper by the Dozen 2

    2005 · Film

    6.1/10 · TMDB

    Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt return as heads of the Baker family who, while on vacation, find themselves in competition with a rival family of eight children, headed by Eugene Levy,

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