Chris Ellis films, ranked by your taste

Actor · 23 films on Boxlist

Known for Catch Me If You Can, Apollo 13 and The Dark Knight Rises.

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Starring Chris Ellis

  1. Catch Me If You Can

    Catch Me If You Can

    2002 · Film

    7.9/10 · TMDB

    A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. An FBI agent makes it his mission to put him behind bars. But...

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  2. Apollo 13

    Apollo 13

    1995 · Film

    7.4/10 · TMDB

    The true story of technical troubles that scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew, with the failed journey turning into a thrilling saga of heroism. Drifting more than 200,000...

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  3. The Dark Knight Rises

    The Dark Knight Rises

    2012 · Film

    7.8/10 · TMDB

    Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman...

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  4. My Cousin Vinny

    My Cousin Vinny

    1992 · Film

    7.5/10 · TMDB

    Two carefree pals traveling through Alabama are mistakenly arrested, and charged with murder. Fortunately, one of them has a cousin who's a lawyer - Vincent Gambini, a former auto mechanic from Brooklyn who just passed his bar exam after...

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  5. That Thing You Do!

    That Thing You Do!

    1996 · Film

    6.9/10 · TMDB

    A Pennsylvania band scores a hit in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as it can, with lots of help from its manager.

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  6. Crimson Tide

    Crimson Tide

    1995 · Film

    7.2/10 · TMDB

    On a US nuclear missile sub, a young first officer stages a mutiny to prevent his trigger happy captain from launching his missiles before confirming his orders to do so.

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  7. October Sky

    October Sky

    1999 · Film

    7.6/10 · TMDB

    Based on the true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father's wishes, and eventually became a NASA scientist.

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  8. The Guest

    The Guest

    2014 · Film

    6.6/10 · TMDB

    A soldier introduces himself to the Peterson family, claiming to be a friend of their son who died in action. After the young man is welcomed into their home, a series of accidental deaths seem to be connected to his presence.

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  9. Addams Family Values

    Addams Family Values

    1993 · Film

    6.9/10 · TMDB

    Siblings Wednesday and Pugsley Addams will stop at nothing to get rid of Pubert, the new baby boy adored by parents Gomez and Morticia. Things go from bad to worse when the new "black widow" nanny, Debbie Jellinsky, launches her plan to...

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  10. Live Free or Die Hard

    Live Free or Die Hard

    2007 · Film

    6.6/10 · TMDB

    John McClane is back and badder than ever, and this time he's working for Homeland Security. He calls on the services of a young hacker in his bid to stop a ring of Internet terrorists intent on taking control of America's computer...

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  11. Con Air

    Con Air

    1997 · Film

    6.7/10 · TMDB

    When the government puts all its rotten criminal eggs in one airborne basket, it's asking for trouble. Before you can say, "Pass the barf bag," the crooks control the plane, led by creepy Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom. Watching his every move...

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  12. The Devil's Rejects

    The Devil's Rejects

    2005 · Film

    6.8/10 · TMDB

    The sequel to House of 1000 Corpses – the Firefly family are ambushed at their isolated home by Sheriff Wydell and a squad of armed men guns blazing – yet only Otis and his sister, Baby, manage to escape the barrage of bullets unharmed...

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  13. The Island

    The Island

    2005 · Film

    6.7/10 · TMDB

    In 2019, Lincoln Six-Echo is a resident of a seemingly "Utopian" but contained facility. Like all of the inhabitants of this carefully-controlled environment, Lincoln hopes to be chosen to go to The Island — reportedly the last...

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  14. Armageddon

    Armageddon

    1998 · Film

    6.8/10 · TMDB

    When an asteroid threatens to collide with Earth, NASA honcho Dan Truman determines the only way to stop it is to drill into its surface and detonate a nuclear bomb. This leads him to renowned driller Harry Stamper, who agrees to helm the...

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  15. Days of Thunder

    Days of Thunder

    1990 · Film

    6.3/10 · TMDB

    Talented but unproven stock car driver Cole Trickle gets a break and with the guidance of veteran Harry Hogge turns heads on the track. The young hotshot develops a rivalry with a fellow racer that threatens his career when the two smash...

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  16. Bean

    Bean

    1997 · Film

    6.5/10 · TMDB

    Childlike Englishman, Mr. Bean, is an incompetent watchman at the Royal National Gallery. After the museum's board of directors' attempt to have him fired is blocked by the chairman, who has taken a liking to Bean, they send him to Los...

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  17. Planet of the Apes

    Planet of the Apes

    2001 · Film

    5.7/10 · TMDB

    After a spectacular crash-landing on an uncharted planet, brash astronaut Leo Davidson finds himself trapped in a savage world where talking apes dominate the human race. Desperate to find a way home, Leo must evade the invincible gorilla...

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  18. Fun with Dick and Jane

    Fun with Dick and Jane

    2005 · Film

    6.2/10 · TMDB

    After Dick Harper loses his job at Globodyne in an Enron-esque collapse, he and his wife, Jane, turn to crime in order to handle the massive debt they now face. Two intelligent people, Dick and Jane actually get pretty good at robbing...

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  19. Godzilla

    Godzilla

    1998 · Film

    5.6/10 · TMDB

    French nuclear tests irradiate an iguana into a giant monster that viciously attacks freighter ships in the Pacific Ocean. A team of experts, including Niko Tatopoulos, conclude that the oversized reptile is the culprit. Before long, the...

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  20. Jessabelle

    Jessabelle

    2014 · Film

    5.4/10 · TMDB

    A young woman recuperating at her father's run-down home after a tragic accident soon encounters a terrifying presence with a connection to her long-deceased mother.

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  21. G-Force

    G-Force

    2009 · Film

    5.4/10 · TMDB

    A team of trained secret agent animals, guinea pigs Darwin, Juarez, Blaster, mole Speckles, and fly Mooch takes on a mission for the US government to stop evil Leonard Saber, who plans to destroy the world with household appliances. But...

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  22. Domestic Disturbance

    Domestic Disturbance

    2001 · Film

    5.8/10 · TMDB

    A divorced father discovers that his 12-year-old son's new stepfather is not what he made himself out to be.

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  23. The Watcher

    The Watcher

    2000 · Film

    5.0/10 · TMDB

    FBI agent Joel Campbell, burnt-out and shell-shocked after years spent chasing serial killers, flees L.A. to begin a new life for himself in Chicago. But five months later, Joel's best laid plans are abruptly cut short when his new...

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