Danny DeVito films and TV shows, ranked by your taste

Actor and director · 52 films and 2 TV shows on Boxlist

Known for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and L.A. Confidential.

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975 · Film
8.4/10 · TMDB
While serving time for insanity at a state mental hospital, implacable rabble-rouser, Randle Patrick McMurphy, inspires his fellow patients to rebel against the authoritarian rule of head nurse, Mildred Ratched.
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It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005 · TV
8.3/10 · TMDB
Four egocentric friends who run a neighborhood Irish pub in Philadelphia try to find their way through the adult world of work and relationships. Unfortunately, their warped views and precarious judgments often lead them to trouble...
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L.A. Confidential
1997 · Film
7.8/10 · TMDB
Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.
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Men in Black
1997 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
After a police chase with an otherworldly being, a New York City cop is recruited as an agent in a top-secret organization established to monitor and police alien activity on Earth: the Men in Black. Agent Kay and new recruit Agent Jay...
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Matilda
1996 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
An extraordinarily intelligent young girl from a cruel and uncaring family discovers she possesses telekinetic powers and is sent off to a school headed by a tyrannical principal.
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The War of the Roses
1989 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
The Roses, Barbara and Oliver, live happily as a married couple. Then she starts to wonder what life would be like without Oliver, and likes what she sees. Both want to stay in the house, and so they begin a campaign to force each other to...
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The Rainmaker
1997 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
When Rudy Baylor, a young attorney with no clients, goes to work for a seedy ambulance chaser, he wants to help the parents of a terminally ill boy in their suit against an insurance company. But to take on corporate America, Rudy and a...
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Big Fish
2003 · Film
7.8/10 · TMDB
Throughout his life Edward Bloom has always been a man of big appetites, enormous passions and tall tales. In his later years, he remains a huge mystery to his son, William. Now, to get to know the real man, Will begins piecing together a...
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Terms of Endearment
1983 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
Aurora, a finicky woman, is in search of true love while her daughter faces marital issues. Together, they help each other deal with problems and find reasons to live a joyful life.
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Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond - Featuring a Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention of Tony Clifton
2017 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDB
Offbeat documentarian Chris Smith provides a behind-the-scenes look at how Jim Carrey adopted the persona of idiosyncratic comedian Andy Kaufman on the set of Man on the Moon.
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The Virgin Suicides
1999 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents.
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The Survivor
2022 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
Harry Haft is a boxer who fought fellow prisoners in the concentration camps to survive. Haunted by the memories and his guilt, he attempts to use high-profile fights against boxing legends like Rocky Marciano as a way to find his first...
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Romancing the Stone
1984 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Though she can spin wild tales of passionate romance, novelist Joan Wilder has no life of her own. Then one day adventure comes her way in the form of a mysterious package. It turns out that the parcel is the ransom she'll need to free her...
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Ruthless People
1986 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
A couple, cheated by a vile businessman, kidnap his wife in retaliation—without knowing that their enemy is delighted they did.
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Hercules
1997 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
Bestowed with superhuman strength, a young mortal named Hercules sets out to prove himself a hero in the eyes of his father, the great god Zeus. Along with his friends Pegasus, a flying horse, and Phil, a personal trainer, Hercules is...
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Get Shorty
1995 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
Chili Palmer is a Miami mobster who gets sent by his boss, the psychopathic "Bones" Barboni, to collect a bad debt from Harry Zimm, a Hollywood producer who specializes in cheesy horror films. When Chili meets Harry's leading lady, the...
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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
2024 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
After a family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River. Still haunted by Betelgeuse, Lydia's life is turned upside down when her teenage daughter, Astrid, accidentally opens the portal to the Afterlife.
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Jumanji: The Next Level
2019 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
As the gang return to Jumanji to rescue one of their own, they discover that nothing is as they expect. The players will have to brave parts unknown and unexplored in order to escape the world’s most dangerous game.
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Friends: The Reunion
2021 · Film
8.3/10 · TMDB
The cast of Friends reunites for a once-in-a-lifetime celebration of the hit series, an unforgettable evening filled with iconic memories, uncontrollable laughter, happy tears, and special guests.
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Batman Returns
1992 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
While Batman deals with a deformed man calling himself the Penguin, an employee of a corrupt businessman transforms into the Catwoman.
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Migration
2023 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
After a migrating duck family alights on their pond with thrilling tales of far-flung places, the Mallard family embarks on a family road trip, from New England, to New York City, to tropical Jamaica.
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Man on the Moon
1999 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
The story of the life and career of eccentric avant-garde comedian, Andy Kaufman.
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The One and Only Ivan
2020 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
A gorilla named Ivan who’s living in a suburban shopping mall tries to piece together his past, with the help of other animals, as they hatch a plan to escape from captivity.
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Little Demon
2022 · TV
7.8/10 · TMDB
13 years after being impregnated by Satan, a reluctant mother, Laura, and her Antichrist daughter, Chrissy, attempt to live an ordinary life in Delaware, but are constantly thwarted by monstrous forces, including Satan, who yearns for...
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Austin Powers in Goldmember
2002 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
The world's most shagadelic spy continues his fight against Dr. Evil. This time, the diabolical doctor and his clone, Mini-Me, team up with a new foe—'70s kingpin Goldmember. While pursuing the team of villains to stop them from world...
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Heist
2001 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
Joe Moore has a job he loves. He's a thief. His job goes sour when he gets caught on security camera tape. His fence, Bergman, reneges on the money he's owed, and his wife may be betraying him with the fence's young lieutenant. Moore and...
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Space Jam
1996 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
Jokes fly as the Tune Squad takes on the Nerdlucks in a hardcourt game to decide if the Looney Tunes remain here... or become attractions at a far-off galactic off-ramp called Moron Mountain. The Nerdlucks have a monstrous secret weapon...
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Solitary Man
2009 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDB
A car magnate watches his personal and professional life hit the skids because of his business and romantic indiscretions.
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Smallfoot
2018 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
A bright young yeti finds something he thought didn't exist—a human. News of this “smallfoot” throws the simple yeti community into an uproar over what else might be out there in the big world beyond their snowy village.
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The Lorax
2012 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
A 12-year-old boy searches for the one thing that will enable him to win the affection of the girl of his dreams. To find it he must discover the story of the Lorax, the grumpy yet charming creature who fights to protect his world.
Mars Attacks!
1996 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
'We come in peace' is not what those green men from Mars mean when they invade our planet, armed with irresistible weapons and a cruel sense of humor. This star studded cast must play victim to the alien’s fun and games in this comedy...
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Wiener-Dog
2016 · Film
5.6/10 · TMDB
Wiener-Dog tells several stories featuring people who find their life inspired or changed by one particular dachshund, who seems to be spreading a certain kind of comfort and joy. Man’s best friend starts out teaching a young boy some...
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10 Items or Less
2006 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
An actor who is considering the role of a supermarket manager arrives at a grocery store on the outskirts of Los Angeles to do some field research. He subsequently becomes stranded, without a car or cell phone, and accepts a ride home with...
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Animal Crackers
2020 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
A family must use a magical box of Animal Crackers to save a rundown circus from being taken over by their evil uncle Horatio P. Huntington.
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Throw Momma From the Train
1987 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
Larry Donner, an author with a cruel ex-wife, teaches a writing workshop in which one of his students, Owen, is fed up with his domineering mother. When Owen watches a Hitchcock classic that seems to mirror his own life, he decides to put...
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Johnny Dangerously
1984 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
An honest, goodhearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's skyrocketing medical bills.
Hoffa
1992 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
A portrait of union leader James R. Hoffa, as seen through the eyes of his friend, Bobby Ciaro. The film follows Hoffa through his countless battles with the RTA and President Roosevelt.
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A Sudden Case of Christmas
2024 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDB
An American couple bring their 10 year old daughter, Claire, to her grandfather Lawrence's hotel in The Dolomites, Italy. They usually come for Christmas but this year it’s August. The fact is they are breaking up, and once Claire realizes...
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Twins
1988 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
Julius and Vincent Benedict are the results of an experiment that would allow for the perfect child. Julius was planned and grows to athletic proportions. Vincent is an accident and is somewhat smaller in stature. Vincent is placed in an...
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The Jewel of the Nile
1985 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
Joan Wilder is thrust back into a world of murder, chases, foreign intrigue... and love. This time out she's duped by a duplicitous Arab dignitary who brings her to the Middle East, ostensibly to write a book about his life. Of course he's...
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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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I'm Still Here
2010 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
I'm Still Here is a portrayal of a tumultuous year in the life of actor Joaquin Phoenix. With remarkable access, the film follows the Oscar-nominee as he announces his retirement from a successful film career in the fall of 2008 and sets...
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Last Action Hero
1993 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
Danny is obsessed with a fictional movie character action hero Jack Slater. When a magical ticket transports him into Jack's latest adventure, Danny finds himself in a world where movie magic and reality collide. Now it's up to Danny to...
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Haunted Mansion
2023 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
A woman and her son enlist a motley crew of so-called spiritual experts to help rid their home of supernatural squatters.
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Anything Else
2003 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
Jerry Falk, an aspiring writer in New York, falls in love at first sight with a free-spirited young woman named Amanda. He has heard the phrase that life is like "anything else," but soon he finds that life with the unpredictable Amanda...
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Death to Smoochy
2002 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
Tells the story of Rainbow Randolph, the corrupt, costumed star of a popular children's TV show, who is fired over a bribery scandal and replaced by squeaky-clean Smoochy, a puffy fuscia rhinoceros. As Smoochy catapults to fame - scoring...
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Duplex
2003 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
When a young couple buys their dream home, they have no idea what the sweet little old lady upstairs is going to put them through!
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Junior
1994 · Film
5.1/10 · TMDB
As part of a fertility research project, a male scientist agrees to carry a pregnancy in his own body.
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Be Cool
2005 · Film
5.4/10 · TMDB
Disenchanted with the movie industry, Chili Palmer tries the music industry, meeting and romancing a widow of a music executive along the way.
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The Comedian
2016 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
An aging comic icon, Jackie Burke, has seen better days. Despite his efforts to reinvent himself and his comic genius, the audience only wants to know him as the former television character he once played. Already a strain on his younger...
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Poolman
2024 · Film
4.6/10 · TMDB
Darren Barrenman, an unwavering optimist and native Angeleno, spends his days looking after the pool of the Tahitian Tiki apartment block and fighting to make his hometown a better place to live.
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What's the Worst That Could Happen?
2001 · Film
5.4/10 · TMDB
Thief Kevin Caffery attempts to rob from the home of rich businessman Max Fairbanks. But Fairbanks catches him and steals his cherished ring that his girlfriend gave him. Caffery is then bent on revenge and getting his ring back with the...
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Deck the Halls
2006 · Film
5.4/10 · TMDB
Determined to unseat Steve Finch's reign as the town's holiday season king, Buddy Hall plasters his house with so many decorative lights that it'll be visible from space! When their wives bond, and their kids follow suit, the two men only...
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Look Who's Talking Now!
1993 · Film
5.4/10 · TMDB
When Samantha LeBon hatches a scheme to spend a romantic Christmas with her new employee -- the unsuspecting, blithesome James -- his wife, their kids and their two dogs, Rocks and Daphne, must rescue him before he makes a terrible mistake.
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