John Lithgow films and TV shows, ranked by your taste

Actor · 45 films and 2 TV shows on Boxlist

Known for Killers of the Flower Moon, Shrek and Blow Out.

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Starring John Lithgow

Interstellar
2014 · Film
8.3/10 · TMDB
The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.
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Shrek
2001 · Film
7.7/10 · TMDB
It ain't easy bein' green -- especially if you're a likable (albeit smelly) ogre named Shrek. On a mission to retrieve a gorgeous princess from the clutches of a fire-breathing dragon, Shrek teams up with an unlikely compatriot -- a...
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Finding Harry: The Craft Behind the Magic
2026 · Film
7.7/10 · TMDB
Featuring interviews from members of the casting, production design, costume design, and creature effects teams, follow the behind-the-scenes journey of bringing the Harry Potter books to the small screen. Find out how the new Golden Trio...
Killers of the Flower Moon
2023 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one—until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.
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Miss Sloane
2016 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
An ambitious lobbyist faces off against the powerful gun lobby in an attempt to pass gun control legislation.
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Perry Mason
2020 · TV
7.5/10 · TMDB
Set in 1932 Los Angeles, the series focuses on the origin story of famed defense lawyer Perry Mason. Living check-to-check as a low-rent private investigator, Mason is haunted by his wartime experiences in France and suffering the effects...
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Cabrini
2024 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
Italian immigrant Francesca Cabrini arrives in 1889 New York City and is greeted by disease, crime, and impoverished children. Cabrini sets off on a daring mission to convince the hostile mayor to secure housing and healthcare for...
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Blow Out
1981 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
Jack Terry is a master sound recordist who works on grade-B horror movies. Late one evening, he is recording sounds for use in his movies when he hears something unexpected through his sound equipment and records it. Curiosity gets the...
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The Old Man
2022 · TV
7.4/10 · TMDB
Dan Chase absconded from the CIA decades ago and now lives off the grid. When an assassin arrives and tries to take Chase out, the old operative learns that to ensure his future he now must reconcile his past.
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Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2011 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
A highly intelligent chimpanzee named Caeser has been living a peaceful suburban life ever since he was born. But when he gets taken to a cruel primate facility, Caeser decides to revolt against those who have harmed him.
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Best of Enemies
2015 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
A documentary about the legendary series of nationally televised debates in 1968 between two great public intellectuals, the liberal Gore Vidal and the conservative William F. Buckley Jr. Intended as commentary on the issues of their day...
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Conclave
2024 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
After the unexpected death of the Pope, Cardinal Lawrence is tasked with managing the covert and ancient ritual of electing a new one. Sequestered in the Vatican with the Catholic Church’s most powerful leaders until the process is...
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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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Sharper
2023 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
A small, wealthy family in New York City gets progressively torn apart by secrets, lies, and the theft that orchestrates all of it.
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The Accountant
2016 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
As a math savant uncooks the books for a new client, the Treasury Department closes in on his activities and the body count starts to rise.
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Bombshell
2019 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
Bombshell is a revealing look inside the most powerful and controversial media empire of all time; and the explosive story of the women who brought down the infamous man who created it.
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Leap Year
2010 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
When yet another anniversary passes without a marriage proposal from her boyfriend, Anna decides to take action. Aware of a Celtic tradition that allows women to pop the question on Feb. 29, she plans to follow her lover to Dublin and ask...
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Spellbound
2024 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
When a powerful spell turns her parents into giant monsters, a teenage princess must journey into the wild to reverse the curse before it's too late.
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Dreamgirls
2006 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
Three young women dream of becoming pop stars—and get their wish when they're chosen to be backup singers for the legendary James 'Thunder' Early.
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2010
1984 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
While planet Earth poises on the brink of nuclear self-destruction, a team of Russian and American scientists aboard the Leonov hurtles to a rendezvous with the still-orbiting Discovery spacecraft and its sole known survivor, the homicidal...
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Kinsey
2004 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Kinsey is a portrait of researcher Alfred Kinsey, driven to uncover the most private secrets of a nation. What begins for Kinsey as a scientific endeavor soon takes on an intensely personal relevance, ultimately becoming an unexpected...
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Memphis Belle
1990 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
The "Memphis Belle" is a World War II bomber, piloted by a young crew on dangerous bombing raids into Europe. The crew only have to make one more bombing raid before they have finished their duty and can go home. In the briefing before...
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The World According to Garp
1982 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Based on the John Irving novel, this film chronicles the life of T S Garp, and his mother, Jenny. Whilst Garp sees himself as a "serious" writer, Jenny writes a feminist manifesto at an opportune time, and finds herself as a magnet for all...
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The Day After
1983 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
In the mid-1980s, the U.S. is poised on the brink of nuclear war. This shadow looms over the residents of a small town in Kansas as they continue their daily lives. Dr. Russell Oakes maintains his busy schedule at the hospital, Denise...
The Rule of Jenny Pen
2025 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Confined to a secluded rest home and trapped within his stroke-ridden body, a former Judge must stop an elderly psychopath who employs a child's puppet to abuse the home's residents with deadly consequences.
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Footloose
1984 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
When teenager Ren and his family move from big-city Chicago to a small town in the West, he's in for a real case of culture shock after discovering he's living in a place where music and dancing are illegal.
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Pitch Perfect 3
2017 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
After the highs of winning the world championships, the Bellas find themselves split apart and discovering there aren't job prospects for making music with your mouth. But when they get the chance to reunite for an overseas USO tour, this...
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The Homesman
2014 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
When three women living on the edge of the American frontier are driven mad by harsh pioneer life, the task of saving them falls to the pious, independent-minded Mary Bee Cuddy. Transporting the women by covered wagon to Iowa, she soon...
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The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
2004 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
The turbulent personal and professional life of actor Peter Sellers (1925-1980), from his beginnings as a comic performer on BBC Radio to his huge success as one of the greatest film comedians of all time; an obsessive artist so dedicated...
Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
2000 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
A group of naughty toddlers called the Rugrats take a trip to Paris. As they travel from the Eiffel Tower to Notre Dame, they learn new lessons about trust, loyalty, and love.
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Obsession
1976 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
New Orleans businessman Michael Courtland’s life is shattered when his wife and daughter are tragically killed in a botched kidnap rescue attempt. Many years later whilst visiting Italy he meets and falls in in love with Sandra Portinari...
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The Pelican Brief
1993 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
Two Supreme Court Justices have been assassinated. One lone law student has stumbled upon the truth. An investigative journalist wants her story. Everybody else wants her dead.
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Late Night
2019 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
A legendary late-night talk show host's world is turned upside down when she hires her only female staff writer. Originally intended to smooth over diversity concerns, her decision has unexpectedly hilarious consequences as the two women...
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Twilight Zone: The Movie
1983 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
1959. Friday nights. We time-travelled. Witnessed surprising twists. Entertained aliens. Experienced fear. And first journeyed to the "Twilight Zone" of Rod Serling's memorable TV series. And guided by four imaginative moviemakers, we...
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Cliffhanger
1993 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
A year after losing his friend in a tragic 4,000-foot fall, former ranger Gabe Walker and his partner, Hal, are called to return to the same peak to rescue a group of stranded climbers, only to learn the climbers are actually thieving...
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Confessions of a Shopaholic
2009 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
In the glamorous world of New York City, Rebecca Bloomwood is a fun-loving girl who is really good at shopping-a little too good, perhaps. She dreams of working for her favorite fashion magazine, but can't quite get her foot in the...
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Love Is Strange
2014 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
After 39 years together, Ben and George finally tie the knot, but George loses his job as a result, and the newlyweds must sell their New York apartment and live apart, relying on friends and family to make ends meet.
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Santa Claus: The Movie
1985 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
The first half of this film, set hundreds of years ago, shows how the man who eventually became Santa Claus was given immortality and chosen to deliver toys to all the children of the world. The second half moves into the modern era, in...
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Daddy's Home 2
2017 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
Brad and Dusty must deal with their intrusive fathers during the holidays.
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Orange County
2002 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
Shaun Brumder is a local surfer kid from Orange County who dreams of going to Stanford to become a writer and to get away from his dysfunctional family household. Except Shaun runs into one complication after another, starting when his...
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Harry and the Hendersons
1987 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
Returning from a hunting trip in the forest, the Henderson family's car hits an animal in the road. At first they fear it was a man, but when they examine the "body" they find it's a "bigfoot". They think it's dead so they decide to take...
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Ricochet
1991 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
An attorney is terrorized by the criminal he put away years ago when he was a cop.
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New Year's Eve
2011 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
The lives of several couples and singles in New York intertwine over the course of New Year's Eve.
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This Is 40
2012 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDB
Pete and Debbie are both about to turn 40, their kids hate each other, both of their businesses are failing, they're on the verge of losing their house, and their relationship is threatening to fall apart.
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The Campaign
2012 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDB
Two rival politicians compete to win an election to represent their small North Carolina congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.
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Pet Sematary
2019 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDB
Dr. Louis Creed and his wife, Rachel, move from Boston to Ludlow, in rural Maine, with their two young children. Hidden in the woods near the new family home, Ellie, their eldest daughter, discovers a mysterious cemetery where the pets of...
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The Bubble
2022 · Film
4.7/10 · TMDB
Sneaking out. Hooking up. Melting down. The cast and crew of a blockbuster action franchise attempt to shoot a sequel while quarantining at a posh hotel.
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