Dennis Dugan films, ranked by your taste
Director and actor · 20 films on Boxlist
Known for Happy Gilmore, Big Daddy and Just Go with It.
See which ones match your tasteStarring Dennis Dugan
Parenthood
1989 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDBThe story of the Buckman family and friends, attempting to bring up their children. They suffer/enjoy all the events that occur: estranged relatives, the 'black sheep' of the family, the eccentrics, the skeletons in the closet, and the...
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The Howling
1981 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDBAfter a bizarre and near fatal encounter with a serial killer, a newswoman is sent to a rehabilitation center whose inhabitants may not be what they seem.
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Happy Gilmore 2
2025 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDBHappy 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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Happy Gilmore
1996 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDBFailed 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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Knox Goes Away
2024 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDBA contract killer, after being diagnosed with a fast-moving form of dementia, is presented with the opportunity to redeem himself by saving the life of his estranged adult son. But to do so, he must race against the police closing in on...
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Big Daddy
1999 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDBA lazy law school grad adopts a kid to impress his girlfriend, but everything doesn't go as planned and he becomes the unlikely foster father.
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Can't Buy Me Love
1987 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDBNerdy high schooler Ronald Miller rescues cheerleader Cindy Mancini from parental punishment after she accidentally destroys her mother's designer clothes. Ronald agrees to pay for the $1,000 outfit on one condition: that she will act as...
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You Don't Mess with the Zohan
2008 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDBAn Israeli counterterrorism soldier with a secretly fabulous ambition to become a Manhattan hairstylist. Zohan's desire runs so deep that he'll do anything -- including faking his own death and going head-to-head with an Arab cab driver --...
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She's Having a Baby
1988 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDBJake and Kristy Briggs are newlyweds. Being young, they are perhaps a bit unprepared for the full reality of marriage and all that it (and their parents) expect from them. Do they want babies? Their parents certainly want them to. Is...
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The Benchwarmers
2006 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDBA trio of guys try and make up for missed opportunities in childhood by forming a three-player baseball team to compete against standard little league squads.
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Saving Silverman
2001 · Film
5.5/10 · TMDBA pair of buddies conspire to save their best friend from marrying the wrong woman, a cold-hearted beauty who snatches him from them and breaks up their Neil Diamond cover band.
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Grown Ups 2
2013 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDBLenny has relocated his family back to the small town where he and his friends grew up. This time around, the grown ups are the ones learning lessons from their kids on a day notoriously full of surprises—the last day of school.
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Problem Child
1990 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDBBen Healy and his social climbing wife Flo adopt fun-loving seven year old Junior. But they soon discover he's a little monster as he turns a camping trip, a birthday party and even a baseball game into comic nightmares.
Where to watch:Rent or buy
Love, Weddings & Other Disasters
2020 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDBA fussy celebrity caterer, a blind woman, a tour-bus guide and an inexperienced wedding planner search for love.
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Directed by Dennis Dugan
Happy Gilmore
1996 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDBFailed 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...
Where to watch:+ rent/buyBig Daddy
1999 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDBA lazy law school grad adopts a kid to impress his girlfriend, but everything doesn't go as planned and he becomes the unlikely foster father.
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Just Go with It
2011 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDBA plastic surgeon, romancing a much younger schoolteacher, enlists his loyal assistant to pretend to be his soon to be ex-wife, in order to cover up a careless lie. When more lies backfire, the assistant's kids become involved, and...
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+ rent/buyYou Don't Mess with the Zohan
2008 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDBAn Israeli counterterrorism soldier with a secretly fabulous ambition to become a Manhattan hairstylist. Zohan's desire runs so deep that he'll do anything -- including faking his own death and going head-to-head with an Arab cab driver --...
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Grown Ups
2010 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDBAfter their high school basketball coach passes away, five good friends and former teammates reunite for a Fourth of July holiday weekend.
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I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
2007 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDBFirefighters Chuck Ford and Larry Valentine are guy's guys, loyal to the core—which is why when widower Larry asks Chuck to pose as his gay lover so that he can get domestic partner benefits for his kids, his buddy agrees. However, things...
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+ rent/buyThe Benchwarmers
2006 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDBA trio of guys try and make up for missed opportunities in childhood by forming a three-player baseball team to compete against standard little league squads.
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
National Security
2003 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDBTwo mismatched security guards are thrown together to bust a smuggling operation.
Where to watch:+ rent/buySaving Silverman
2001 · Film
5.5/10 · TMDBA pair of buddies conspire to save their best friend from marrying the wrong woman, a cold-hearted beauty who snatches him from them and breaks up their Neil Diamond cover band.
Where to watch:Rent or buy
Beverly Hills Ninja
1997 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDBHaru, an orphaned American who washes ashore in Japan and is mistaken for the great White Ninja of legend. Raised among the finest Ninjas, Haru grows strong and big - very big. With the grace of all Three Stooges rolled into one body, Haru...
Where to watch:+ rent/buyGrown Ups 2
2013 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDBLenny has relocated his family back to the small town where he and his friends grew up. This time around, the grown ups are the ones learning lessons from their kids on a day notoriously full of surprises—the last day of school.
Where to watch:+ rent/buyProblem Child
1990 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDBBen Healy and his social climbing wife Flo adopt fun-loving seven year old Junior. But they soon discover he's a little monster as he turns a camping trip, a birthday party and even a baseball game into comic nightmares.
Where to watch:Rent or buyLove, Weddings & Other Disasters
2020 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDBA fussy celebrity caterer, a blind woman, a tour-bus guide and an inexperienced wedding planner search for love.
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
Jack and Jill
2011 · Film
4.3/10 · TMDBJack Sadelstein, a successful advertising executive in Los Angeles with a beautiful wife and kids, dreads one event each year: the Thanksgiving visit of his twin sister Jill. Jill's neediness and passive-aggressiveness is maddening to...
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