Christopher McDonald films and TV shows, ranked by your taste

Actor · 46 films and 1 TV show on Boxlist

Known for Jimmy, The Iron Giant and Quiz Show.

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Requiem for a Dream
2000 · Film
8.0/10 · TMDB
The hopes and dreams of four ambitious people are shattered when their drug addictions begin spiraling out of control. A look into addiction and how it overcomes the mind and body.
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The Iron Giant
1999 · Film
7.9/10 · TMDB
In the small town of Rockwell, Maine in October 1957, a giant metal machine befriends a nine-year-old boy and ultimately finds its humanity by unselfishly saving people from their own fears and prejudices.
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Thelma & Louise
1991 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDB
Whilst on a short weekend getaway, Louise shoots a man who had tried to rape Thelma. Due to the incriminating circumstances, they make a run for it and thus a cross country chase ensues for the two fugitives. Along the way, both women...
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The Man Who Wasn't There
2001 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDB
A tale of murder, crime and punishment set in the summer of 1949. Ed Crane, a barber in a small California town, is dissatisfied with his life, but his wife Doris' infidelity and a mysterious opportunity presents him with a chance to...
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The Last Rodeo
2025 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDB
A retired rodeo legend risks it all to save his grandson. Facing his own painful past and the fears of his family, he enters a high-stakes bullriding competition as the oldest contestant ever. Along the way, he reconciles old wounds with...
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Lemonade Mouth
2011 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
The story follows five disparate high school students - Olivia, Mo, Charlie, Stella, and Wen who meet in detention. They realize they are destined to rock, and ultimately form a band that becomes a champion for students sidelined by the...
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The Watcher
2022 · TV
7.4/10 · TMDB
A family moves into their suburban dream home, only to discover they've inherited a nightmare.
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Quiz Show
1994 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
Lawyer Richard Goodwin discovers that 'Twenty-One', a successful TV quiz show, is rigged and decides to expose the team behind the show.
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Rosaline
2022 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
Left heartbroken after Romeo begins to pursue her cousin Juliet, Rosaline schemes to foil the famous romance and win back her guy in this comedic twist of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
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SLC Punk
1998 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
Two former geeks become 1980s punks, then party and go to concerts while deciding what to do with their lives.
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Happy Gilmore 2
2025 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
Happy Gilmore isn't done with golf — not by a long shot. Since his retirement after his first Tour Championship win, Gilmore returns to finance his daughter's ballet classes.
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Broken Flowers
2005 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
As the devoutly single Don Johnston is dumped by his latest girlfriend, he receives an anonymous pink letter informing him that he has a son who may be looking for him.
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Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
2024 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
Forty years after his unforgettable first case in Beverly Hills, Detroit cop Axel Foley returns to do what he does best: solve crimes and cause chaos.
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Grumpy Old Men
1993 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
For decades, next-door neighbors and former friends John and Max have feuded, trading insults and wicked pranks. When an attractive widow moves in nearby, their bad blood erupts into a high-stakes rivalry full of naughty jokes and...
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Chances Are
1989 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Louie Jeffries is happily married to Corinne. On their first anniversary, Louie is killed crossing the road. Louie is reincarnated as Alex Finch, and twenty years later, fate brings Alex and Louie's daughter, Miranda, together. It's not...
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Happy Gilmore
1996 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
Failed hockey player-turned-golf whiz Happy Gilmore -- whose unconventional approach and antics on the grass courts the ire of rival Shooter McGavin -- is determined to win a PGA tournament so he can save his granny's house with the prize...
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Swiped
2025 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
Whitney Wolfe uses extraordinary grit and ingenuity to break into the male-dominated tech industry.
The Perfect Storm
2000 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
In October 1991, a confluence of weather conditions combined to form a killer storm in the North Atlantic. Caught in the storm was the sword-fishing boat Andrea Gail. Magnificent foreshadowing and anticipation fill this true-life drama...
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The Faculty
1998 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
When some very creepy things start happening around school, the kids at Herrington High make a chilling discovery that confirms their worst suspicions: their teachers really are from another planet!
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Awake
2007 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
While undergoing heart surgery, a man experiences a phenomenon called ‘anesthetic awareness’, which leaves him awake but paralyzed throughout the operation. As various obstacles present themselves, his wife must make life-altering...
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Mad Money
2008 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
Three female employees of the Federal Reserve plot to steal money that is about to be destroyed.
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Dutch
1991 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
To get to know his girlfriend's son, a man volunteers to pick him up from a prep school....only to learn that her son's not the nicest kid.
We Can Be Heroes
2020 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
When alien invaders capture Earth's superheroes, their kids must learn to work together to save their parents - and the planet.
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Fanboys
2009 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
In 1999, Star Wars fanatics take a cross-country trip to George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch so their dying friend can see a screening of The Phantom Menace before its release.
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The Collection
2012 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
Arkin escapes with his life from the vicious grips of "The Collector" during an entrapment party where he adds beautiful Elena to his "Collection." Instead of recovering from the trauma, Arkin is suddenly abducted from the hospital by...
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Dirty Work
1998 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
Unemployed and recently dumped, Mitch and his buddy Sam start a revenge-for-hire business to raise the $50,000 that Sam's father needs to get a heart transplant. The dirty duo brings down a movie theater manager and hires hookers to pose...
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Takedown
2000 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
Kevin Mitnick is quite possibly the best hacker in the world. Hunting for more and more information, seeking more and more cyber-trophies every day, he constantly looks for bigger challenges. When he breaks into the computer of a security...
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Outrageous Fortune
1987 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
Refined actress Lauren Ames finally has a chance to study with the great theatre professor Stanislav Korzenowski. Sandy Brozinsky, a brash, loud actress, decides through happenstance to also study with Korzenowski. The two women end up...
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About Last Night
2014 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
A modern reimagining of the classic romantic comedy, this contemporary version closely follows new love for two couples as they journey from the bar to the bedroom and are eventually put to the test in the real world.
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The House Bunny
2008 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
Shelley is living a carefree life until a rival gets her tossed out of the Playboy Mansion. With nowhere to go, fate delivers her to the sorority girls from Zeta Alpha Zeta. Unless they can sign a new pledge class, the seven socially...
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Monkey Trouble
1994 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
Dodger, a criminal monkey, belongs to a crooked street performer but escapes his life of crime only to end up in the arms of Eva, an innocent little girl whose mother has no idea that her daughter is harboring a fugitive.
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Flubber
1997 · Film
5.6/10 · TMDB
Professor Phillip Brainard, an absent minded professor, works with his assistant Weebo, trying to create a substance that's a new source of energy and that will save Medfield College where his sweetheart Sara is the president. He has...
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Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
2002 · Film
5.6/10 · TMDB
Exploring the further adventures of Carmen and Juni Cortez, who have now joined the family spy business as Level 2 OSS agents. Their new mission is to save the world from a mad scientist living on a volcanic island populated by an...
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Rumor Has It...
2005 · Film
5.6/10 · TMDB
Sarah Huttinger's return home with her fiance convinces her that the sedate, proper, country-club lifestyle of her family isn't for her – and that maybe the Huttinger family isn't even hers – as she uncovers secrets that suggest the...
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American Pie Presents: Beta House
2007 · Film
5.6/10 · TMDB
Erik, Ryan, and Cooze start college and pledge the Beta House fraternity, presided over by none other than legendary Dwight Stifler. But chaos ensues when a fraternity of geeks threatens to stop the debauchery and the Betas have to make a...
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The Skulls
2000 · Film
5.6/10 · TMDB
A senior at an ivy league college, who depends on scholarships and working on the side, gets accepted into the secret society The Skulls. He hopes it betters chances at Harvard but The Skulls is not what he thought and comes at a price.
American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile
2006 · Film
5.5/10 · TMDB
When Erik Stifler realizes that he's the only Stifler family member who might graduate high school a virgin, he decides to live up to his legacy. After some well-meaning advice from Jim's dad, Erik's ready to take his chances at the annual...
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Zipper
2015 · Film
5.5/10 · TMDB
Sam Ellis is a man on the rise — a hot-shot federal prosecutor on the cusp of a bright political future. But what was meant to be a one-time experience with an escort turns into a growing addiction — a new demon threatening to destroy his...
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Terminal Velocity
1994 · Film
5.4/10 · TMDB
A maverick skydiver and a former KGB agent team up to stop the Russian mafia from stealing gold.
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Backtrace
2018 · Film
5.4/10 · TMDB
The lone surviving thief of a violent armored car robbery is sprung from a high security facility and administered an experimental drug.
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Superhero Movie
2008 · Film
5.2/10 · TMDB
The team behind Scary Movie takes on the comic book genre in this tale of Rick Riker, a nerdy teen imbued with superpowers by a radioactive dragonfly. And because every hero needs a nemesis, enter Lou Landers, aka the villainously goofy...
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Once Upon a Time in Venice
2017 · Film
5.2/10 · TMDB
Steve Ford is a private detective in Venice Beach, Calif., who's good with the ladies, bad with the punches and wild about his dog Buddy. When local thugs steal Buddy, Ford turns to Spyder, their devious leader, and forges an unlikely...
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My Teacher's Wife
1999 · Film
5.2/10 · TMDB
Todd Boomer is a college student aspiring to get into University. His chances are looking poor when his maths teacher, fails him in every maths test. Help arrives in the guise of the gorgeous Vicki, a mathematical genius who decides to...
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Grease 2
1982 · Film
5.1/10 · TMDB
It's 1961, two years after the original Grease gang graduated, and there's a new crop of seniors and new members of the coolest cliques on campus, the Pink Ladies and T-Birds. Michael Carrington is the new kid in school - but he's been...
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Exposed
2016 · Film
4.9/10 · TMDB
After witnessing a miracle, a young Latina woman experiences strange things as a police detective searches for the truth behind his partner's death.
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Fair Game
1995 · Film
4.9/10 · TMDB
Max Kirkpatrick is a cop who protects Kate McQuean, a civil law attorney, from a renegade KGB team out to terminate her
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Jimmy
2026 · Film
9.3/10 · TMDB
A look into the life of American actor James Stewart, whose inspiring tale of valor, purpose and faith will win over everyone.
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