Alan Arkin films, ranked by your taste

Actor · 34 films on Boxlist

Known for Glengarry Glen Ross, Little Miss Sunshine and Argo.

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Starring Alan Arkin

Glengarry Glen Ross
1992 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
When an office full of Chicago real estate salesmen is given the news that all but the top two will be fired at the end of the week, the atmosphere begins to heat up. Shelley Levene, who has a sick daughter, does everything in his power to...
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Little Miss Sunshine
2006 · Film
7.7/10 · TMDB
A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.
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Argo
2012 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter at the home of the Canadian ambassador.
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Grosse Pointe Blank
1997 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
Martin Blank is a hitman for hire. When he starts to develop a conscience, he botches a couple of routine jobs. On the advice of his secretary and his psychiatrist, he decides to attend his ten-year high school reunion in Grosse Pointe...
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Gattaca
1997 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
In a future society in the era of indefinite eugenics, humans are set on a life course depending on their DNA. Young Vincent Freeman is born with a condition that would prevent him from space travel, yet is determined to infiltrate the...
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Edward Scissorhands
1990 · Film
7.7/10 · TMDB
A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.
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Sr.
2022 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
A portrait of the life and career of Robert Downey Sr. (1936-2021), the visionary and fearless US filmmaker — father of actor Robert Downey Jr. — who in the sixties and seventies laid the foundations for countercultural comedy.
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The Muppets
2011 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
When Kermit the Frog and the Muppets learn that their beloved theater is slated for demolition, a sympathetic human, Gary, and his puppet brother, Walter, swoop in to help the gang put on a show and raise the $10 million they need to save...
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The Last Unicorn
1982 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
From a riddle-speaking butterfly, a unicorn learns that she is supposedly the last of her kind, all the others having been herded away by the Red Bull. The unicorn sets out to discover the truth behind the butterfly's words. She is...
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Minions: The Rise of Gru
2022 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
A fanboy of a supervillain supergroup known as the Vicious 6, Gru hatches a plan to become evil enough to join them, with the backup of his followers, the Minions.
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Escape from Sobibor
1987 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
The true story of WWII's notorious Sobibor Nazi death camp, where a courageous inmate orchestrates and leads the escape of over 300 prisoners.
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Going in Style
2017 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Desperate to pay the bills and come through for their loved ones, three lifelong pals risk it all by embarking on a daring bid to knock off the very bank that absconded with their money.
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Sunshine Cleaning
2008 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
A single mother and her slacker sister find an unexpected way to turn their lives around in the off-beat dramatic comedy. In order to raise the tuition to send her young son to private school the mom starts an unusual business – a...
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Marley & Me
2008 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
A newly married couple who, in the process of starting a family, learn many of life's important lessons from their trouble-loving retriever, Marley. Packed with plenty of laughs to lighten the load, the film explores the highs and lows of...
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The Rocketeer
1991 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
A stunt pilot comes across a prototype jetpack that gives him the ability to fly. However, evil forces of the world also want this jetpack at any cost.
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Million Dollar Arm
2014 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
In a last-ditch effort to save his career, sports agent JB Bernstein dreams up a wild game plan to find Major League Baseball’s next great pitcher from a pool of cricket players in India. He soon discovers two young men who can throw a...
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So I Married an Axe Murderer
1993 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
Just after a bad breakup, Charlie MacKenzie falls for lovely butcher Harriet Michaels and introduces her to his parents. But, as voracious consumers of sensational tabloids, his parents soon come to suspect that Harriet is actually a...
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Rendition
2007 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
When an Egyptian terrorism suspect "disappears" on a flight from Africa to Washington DC, his American wife and a CIA analyst find themselves caught up in a struggle to secure his release from a secret detention facility somewhere outside...
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The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
2009 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
After her much older husband forces a move to a suburban retirement community, Pippa Lee engages in a period of reflection and finds herself heading toward a quiet nervous breakdown.
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Get Smart
2008 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
When the identities of secret agents from Control are compromised, the Chief promotes hapless but eager analyst Maxwell Smart and teams him with stylish, capable Agent 99, the only spy whose cover remains intact. Can they work together to...
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Dumbo
2019 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
A young elephant, whose oversized ears enable him to fly, helps save a struggling circus, but when the circus plans a new venture, Dumbo and his friends discover dark secrets beneath its shiny veneer.
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Spenser Confidential
2020 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
Spenser, a former Boston patrolman who just got out from prison, teams up with Hawk, an aspiring fighter, to unravel the truth behind the death of two police officers.
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Jakob the Liar
1999 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
In 1944 Poland, a Jewish shop keeper named Jakob is summoned to ghetto headquarters after being caught out after curfew. While waiting for the German Kommondant, Jakob overhears a German radio broadcast about Russian troop movements...
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Eros
2004 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
A three-part anthology film about love and sexuality: a menage-a-trois between a couple and a young woman on the coast of Tuscany; an advertising executive under enormous pressure at work, who, during visits to his psychiatrist, is pulled...
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Stand Up Guys
2012 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
After serving 28 years in prison for accidentally killing the son of a crime boss, newly paroled gangster Val reunites with his former partners in crime, Doc and Hirsch, for a night on the town. As the three men revisit old haunts, reflect...
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America's Sweethearts
2001 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
In the midst of a nasty public breakup of married movie stars, a studio publicist scrambles to put a cap on the escalating situation as the couple's latest film has found it's only print kidnapped by the director.
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The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
2013 · Film
5.5/10 · TMDB
After breaking up with his longtime stage partner, a famous but jaded Vegas magician fights for relevance when a new, "hip" street magician appears on the scene.
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The Change-Up
2011 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
Dave is a married man with two kids and a loving wife, and Mitch is a single man who is at the prime of his sexual life. One fateful night while Mitch and Dave are peeing in a fountain when lightning strikes, they switch bodies.
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Grudge Match
2013 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
A pair of aging boxing rivals are coaxed out of retirement to fight one final bout -- 30 years after their last match.
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Firewall
2006 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDB
State-of-the-art security system creator, Jack Stanfield has cemented his reputation as a man who's thought of everything. But when a criminal finds a way into Jack's personal life, everything Jack holds dear is suddenly at stake.
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Noel
2004 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
Christmas Eve in New York, and the lonely divorced publisher, Rose Collins, needs a miracle to improve the health of her mother, interned in a hospital with Alzheimers. She feels sorry for another patient and meets his visitor. Meanwhile...
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Love the Coopers
2015 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
When four generations of the Cooper clan come together for their annual Christmas Eve celebration, a series of unexpected visitors and unlikely events turn the night upside down, leading them all toward a surprising rediscovery of family...
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The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
2006 · Film
5.4/10 · TMDB
Now that Santa and Mrs. Claus have the North Pole running smoothly, the Counsel of Legendary Figures has called an emergency meeting on Christmas Eve! The evil Jack Frost has been making trouble, looking to take over the holiday! So he...
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North
1994 · Film
5.0/10 · TMDB
Eleven-year-old North has had it with his parents. They are always busy with their careers and don't give North the attention he needs, so he files a lawsuit against them. The judge rules that North should either find new parents or return...
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