Harry Shearer films and TV shows, ranked by your taste

Actor · 26 films and 1 TV show on Boxlist

Known for The Truman Show, This Is Spinal Tap and The Simpsons.

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Starring Harry Shearer

The Truman Show
1998 · Film
8.1/10 · TMDB
Truman Burbank is the star of The Truman Show, a 24-hour-a-day reality TV show that broadcasts every aspect of his life without his knowledge. His entire life has been an unending soap opera for consumption by the rest of the world. And...
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The Simpsons
1989 · TV
8.0/10 · TMDB
Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands. Since the beginning, the series has...
Where to watch:+4+ rent/buy
Simpsley
2026 · Film
8.0/10 · TMDB
When penniless con-artist Marge Bouvier is sent to Italy to convince wealthy sap Seymour Skinner to come home, she’s tempted by the trappings of his affluent lifestyle. But there’s a big fat fly in the ointment: Skinner’s clingy...
Yellow Mirror
2026 · Film
7.9/10 · TMDB
A defective lamp reveals a heartbreaking truth about what Homer believes is reality, and an AI-powered tablet befriends and controls Maggie. The Simpsons struggle to find the light through two dark tales of the curious and bizarre.
Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition
2026 · Film
7.7/10 · TMDB
Homer and Marge's fun couples' date night goes off the rails when Marge learns Homer left the kids unsupervised with only the doorbell camera as a babysitter. Frustrated with her imperfect husband, a tipsy Marge stirs up a trilogy of...
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...
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The Right Stuff
1983 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
A chronicle of the original Mercury astronauts in the formation of America's space program: Alan Shepherd, the first American in space; Gus Grissom, the benighted astronaut for whom nothing works out as planned; John Glenn, the...
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A League of Their Own
1992 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
As America's stock of athletic young men is depleted during World War II, a professional all-female baseball league springs up in the Midwest, funded by publicity-hungry candy maker Walter Harvey. Competitive sisters Dottie Hinson and Kit...
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The Simpsons Movie
2007 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
After Homer accidentally pollutes the town's water supply, Springfield is encased in a gigantic dome by the EPA and the Simpsons are declared fugitives.
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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...
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The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful
2024 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
The residents of Springfield search for Christmas cheer.
The Robe
1953 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
Marcellus is a tribune in the time of Christ. He is in charge of the group that is assigned to crucify Jesus. Drunk, he wins Jesus' homespun robe after the crucifixion. He is tormented by nightmares and delusions after the event. Hoping to...
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Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
2025 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
The now estranged bandmates of Spinal Tap are forced to reunite for one final concert, hoping it will solidify their place in the pantheon of rock 'n' roll.
My Best Friend's Wedding
1997 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
When she receives word that her longtime platonic pal Michael O'Neal is getting married to debutante Kimberly Wallace, food critic Julianne Potter realizes her true feelings for Michael -- and sets out to sabotage the wedding.
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Small Soldiers
1998 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
When missile technology is used to enhance toy action figures, the toys soon begin to take their battle programming too seriously.
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Casper
1995 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
Casper is a kind young ghost who peacefully haunts a mansion in Maine. When specialist James Harvey arrives to communicate with Casper and his fellow spirits, he brings along his teenage daughter, Kat. Casper quickly falls in love with...
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FernGully: The Last Rainforest
1992 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
When a sprite named Crysta shrinks a human boy, Zak, down to her size, he vows to help the magical fairy folk stop a greedy logging company from destroying their home: the pristine rainforest known as FernGully. Zak and his new friends...
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Oscar
1991 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
Angelo "Snaps" Provolone made his dying father a promise on his deathbed: he would leave the world of crime and become an honest businessman. Despite having no experience in making money in a legal fashion, Snaps sets about to keep his...
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Wayne's World 2
1993 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
A message from Jim Morrison in a dream prompts cable access TV stars Wayne and Garth to put on a rock concert, "Waynestock," with Aerosmith as headliners. But amid the preparations, Wayne frets that a record producer is putting the moves...
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The Aristocrats
2005 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
One hundred superstar comedians tell the same very, VERY dirty, filthy joke--one shared privately by comics since Vaudeville.
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Chicken Little
2005 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
When the sky really is falling and sanity has flown the coop, who will rise to save the day? Together with his hysterical band of misfit friends, Chicken Little must hatch a plan to save the planet from alien invasion and prove that the...
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Dick
1999 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
Two high school girls wander off during a class trip to the White House and meet President Richard Nixon. They become the official dog walkers for Nixon's dog Checkers, and become his secret advisors during the Watergate scandal.
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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.
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Father Figures
2017 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDB
Upon learning that their mother has been lying to them for years about their allegedly deceased father, two fraternal twin brothers hit the road in order to find him.
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My Stepmother is an Alien
1988 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
Trying to rescue her home planet from destruction, a gorgeous extraterrestrial named Celeste arrives on Earth and begins her scientific research. She woos quirky scientist Dr. Steve Mills, a widower with a young daughter. Before long...
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Almost Heroes
1998 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
Two hapless explorers lead an ill-fated 1804 expedition through the Pacific Northwest in a hopeless, doomed effort to reach the Pacific Ocean before Lewis and Clark.
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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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