Ed Begley Jr. films, ranked by your taste

Actor · 29 films on Boxlist

Known for This Is Spinal Tap, Strange Darling and Best in Show.

See which ones match your taste

Starring Ed Begley Jr.

This Is Spinal Tap
1984 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
"This Is Spinal Tap" shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from its complicated history of ups and downs, gold albums, name changes and undersold concert...
Where to watch:Rent or buy
Strange Darling
2024 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
Nothing is what it seems when a twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer’s vicious murder spree.
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
Best in Show
2000 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
The tension is palpable, the excitement is mounting and the heady scent of competition is in the air as hundreds of eager contestants from across America prepare to take part in what is undoubtedly one of the greatest events of their lives...
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
A Mighty Wind
2003 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
In "A Mighty Wind", director Christopher Guest reunites the team from "Best In Show" and "Waiting for Guffman" to tell tell the story of 60's-era folk musicians, who inspired by the death of their former manager, get back on the stage for...
Where to watch:Rent or buy
Streets of Fire
1984 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
Raven Shaddock and his gang of merciless biker friends kidnap rock singer Ellen Aim. Ellen's former lover, soldier-for-hire Tom Cody, happens to be passing through town on a visit. In an attempt to save his star act, Ellen's manager hires...
Where to watch:Rent or buy
An Officer and a Gentleman
1982 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
Zack Mayo is an aloof, taciturn man who aspires to be a navy pilot. Once he arrives at training camp for his 13-week officer's course, Mayo runs afoul of abrasive, no-nonsense drill Sergeant Emil Foley. Mayo is an excellent cadet, but a...
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
Lucky
2017 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
Follows the journey of a 90-year-old atheist and the quirky characters that inhabit his off-the-map desert town. He finds himself at the precipice of life, thrust into a journey of self-exploration.
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
Plus One
2019 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
Two single friends agree to be each others' respective plus one for each wedding they're invited to during a particularly busy nuptial period of their lives.
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
Recount
2008 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
In 2000, the election of the U.S. Presidential boiled down to a few precious votes in the state of Florida — and a recount that would add "hanging chad" to every American's vocabulary.
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story
2024 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Alana Higman, a die-hard Kansas City Chiefs fan, and her family are competing to win the team's Fan of the Year contest, in a process judged by the director of fan engagement Derrick. As the pair spends time together, it's clear there's a...
Where to watch:
Ghostbusters
2016 · Film
5.4/10 · TMDB
Following a ghost invasion of Manhattan, paranormal enthusiasts Erin Gilbert and Abby Yates, nuclear engineer Jillian Holtzmann, and subway worker Patty Tolan band together to stop the otherworldly threat.
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
Pineapple Express
2008 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
A stoner and his dealer are forced to go on the run from the police after the pothead witnesses a cop commit a murder.
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
Auto Focus
2002 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
A successful TV star during the 1960s, former "Hogan's Heroes" actor Bob Crane projects a wholesome family-man image, but this front masks his persona as a sex addict who records and photographs his many encounters with women, often with...
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
Dear Christmas
2020 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
Natalie Morgan is an author and host of a popular podcast, Holiday Love, which shares true stories of holiday romance with its listeners. While to the outside world and her listeners everywhere see Natalie is an expert on romance, she's...
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
Cat People
1982 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
After years of separation, Irina and her minister brother, Paul, reunite in New Orleans in this erotic tale of the supernatural. When zoologists capture a wild panther, Irina is drawn to the cat -- and the zoo curator is drawn to her...
Where to watch:Rent or buy
For Your Consideration
2006 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
Three actors learn that their respective performances in the film "Home for Purim," a drama set in the mid-1940s American South, are generating award-season buzz.
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
Whatever Works
2009 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
Whatever Works explores the relationship between a crotchety misanthrope, Boris and a naïve, impressionable young runaway from the south, Melody. When Melody's uptight parents arrive in New York to rescue her, they are quickly drawn into...
Where to watch:Rent or buy
Book Club
2018 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
Four lifelong friends decide that their lives could change by becoming nasty and reading Fifty Shades of Grey in their monthly book club to get inspiration on how to handle sexual pleasure at an elderly age.
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
The Pagemaster
1994 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
Tyler knows a lot about accidents. So much so, he is scared to do anything that might endanger him, like riding his bike, or climbing into his treehouse. While in an old library, he is mystically transported into the unknown world of...
Where to watch:Rent or buy
Greedy
1994 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
Meet the McTeagues. They've come to stake a claim in their wealthy uncle's will… only he's not dead yet!
Where to watch:Rent or buy
Get Over It
2001 · Film
5.6/10 · TMDB
When Berke Landers, a popular high school basketball star, gets dumped by his life-long girlfriend, Allison, he soon begins to lose it. But with the help of his best friend Felix's sister Kelly, he follows his ex into the school's spring...
Where to watch:Rent or buy
Batman Forever
1995 · Film
5.4/10 · TMDB
Batman must battle a disfigured district attorney and a disgruntled former employee with help from an amorous psychologist and a young circus acrobat.
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
She-Devil
1989 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
A cunning and resourceful housewife vows revenge on her husband when he begins an affair with a wealthy romance novelist.
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
Amsterdam
2022 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
In the 1930s, three friends—a doctor, a nurse, and an attorney—witness a murder, become suspects themselves and uncover one of the most outrageous plots in American history.
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
Girlfriend's Day
2017 · Film
4.9/10 · TMDB
When he's caught up in a deadly conspiracy, an unemployed greeting card writer must create the perfect card for a new holiday to save his skin.
Where to watch:
What's Your Number?
2011 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
Ally Darling is realizing she's a little lost in life. Her latest romance has just fizzled out, and she's just been fired from her marketing job. Then she reads an eye-opening magazine article that warns that 96 percent of women who've...
Where to watch:+ rent/buy
Addams Family Reunion
1998 · Film
4.6/10 · TMDB
The Addams Family goes on a search for their relatives. Gomez and Morticia are horrified to discover that Grandpa and Grandma Addams have a disease that is slowly turning them "normal". The only chance they have of a cure is to find a...
The Concorde... Airport '79
1979 · Film
4.6/10 · TMDB
Aviation disaster-prone Joe Patroni must contend with nuclear missiles, the French Air Force and the threat of the plane splitting in two over the Alps.
Where to watch:Rent or buy
Private Lessons
1981 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
Phillip Filmore is a naive, 15-year-old, preoccupied with sex, who develops a crush on Nicole Mallow, the new 30-something, French housekeeper and sitter to look after him when Phillip's father is out of town for the summer on a "business"...
Where to watch:

Credits from TMDB, for the films and shows in the Boxlist catalogue. Star ratings are quality scores, not fit.