Melissa McCarthy films and TV shows, ranked by your taste

Actor · 33 films and 2 TV shows on Boxlist

Known for Spy, Go and Bridesmaids.

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Starring Melissa McCarthy

Adele One Night Only
2021 · Film
8.6/10 · TMDB
A primetime special with performances from the superstar including Adele’s first new material in six years plus her chart-topping hits. The special will also feature an exclusive interview with Adele by Oprah Winfrey from her rose garden...
The Life of David Gale
2003 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
A man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row.
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Nine Perfect Strangers
2021 · TV
7.3/10 · TMDB
At a boutique health-and-wellness resort that promises healing and transformation, nine stressed city dwellers try to get on a path to a better way of living. Watching over them during this 10-day retreat is the resort's director, Masha, a...
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White Oleander
2002 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
A teenager journeys through a series of foster homes after her mother goes to prison for committing a crime of passion.
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The Starling
2021 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
A woman adjusting to life after a loss contends with a feisty bird that's taken over her garden — and a husband who's struggling to find a way forward.
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St. Vincent
2014 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
A young boy whose parents just divorced finds an unlikely friend and mentor in the misanthropic, bawdy, hedonistic, war veteran who lives next door.
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Genie
2023 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
Flora, a genie trapped for more than 2,000 years inside an antique jewelry box, is accidentally called to service by Bernard, whose life is unraveling around him.
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Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder
2022 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
Settle in with the likes of Taika Waititi, Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Christian Bale, and Tessa Thompson, and as they divulge the secrets behind the creation of Thor: Love and Thunder. Through in-depth interviews with cast and crew...
Life As We Know It
2010 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
After a distastrous first date for caterer Holly and network sports director Messer, all they have is common is a dislike for each other and their love for their goddaughter Sophie. But when they suddenly become all Sophie has in this...
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Go
1999 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
Grocery store clerk Simon occasionally sells drugs from his cash register at work, so when soap opera actors Adam and Zack come looking for Ecstasy on a quiet Christmas Eve, they are surprised to find Ronna covering his shift. Desperate...
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Spy
2015 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
A desk-bound CIA analyst volunteers to go undercover to infiltrate the world of a deadly arms dealer, and prevent diabolical global disaster.
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Can You Ever Forgive Me?
2018 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
When a bestselling celebrity biographer is no longer able to get published because she has fallen out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception.
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The Heat
2013 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
Uptight and straight-laced, FBI Special Agent Sarah Ashburn is a methodical investigator with a reputation for excellence--and hyper-arrogance. Shannon Mullins, one of Boston P.D.'s "finest," is foul-mouthed and has a very short fuse, and...
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Thor: Love and Thunder
2022 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
After his retirement is interrupted by Gorr the God Butcher, a galactic killer who seeks the extinction of the gods, Thor Odinson enlists the help of King Valkyrie, Korg, and ex-girlfriend Jane Foster, who now wields Mjolnir as the Mighty...
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Bridesmaids
2011 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
Annie's life is a mess. But when she finds out her lifetime best friend is engaged, she simply must serve as Lillian's maid of honor. Though lovelorn and broke, Annie bluffs her way through the expensive and bizarre rituals. With one...
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The Kid
2000 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
Powerful businessman Russ Duritz is self-absorbed and immersed in his work. But by the magic of the moon, he meets Rusty, a chubby, charming 8-year-old version of himself who can't believe he could turn out so badly -- with no life and no...
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Central Intelligence
2016 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
After he reunites with an old pal through Facebook, a mild-mannered accountant is lured into the world of international espionage.
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God's Favorite Idiot
2022 · TV
6.4/10 · TMDB
Clark Thompson, a midlevel tech-support employee, finds love with co-worker Amily Luck at exactly the same time he becomes the unwitting messenger of God. Also, there's rollerskating, a lake of fire and an impending apocalypse.
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The Little Mermaid
2023 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
The youngest of King Triton’s daughters, and the most defiant, Ariel longs to find out more about the world beyond the sea, and while visiting the surface, falls for the dashing Prince Eric. With mermaids forbidden to interact with humans...
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The Hangover Part III
2013 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
This time, there's no wedding. No bachelor party. What could go wrong, right? But when the Wolfpack hits the road, all bets are off.
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Life of the Party
2018 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
When her husband suddenly dumps her, longtime dedicated housewife Deanna turns regret into re-set by going back to college... landing in the same class and school as her daughter, who's not entirely sold on the idea. Plunging headlong into...
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The Kitchen
2019 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
The mobster husbands of three 1978 Hell's Kitchen housewives are sent to prison by the FBI. Left with little but a sharp ax to grind, the ladies take the Irish mafia's matters into their own hands — proving unexpectedly adept at everything...
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The Back-Up Plan
2010 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
When Zoe tires of looking for Mr. Right, she decides to have a baby on her own. But on the day she's artificially inseminated, she meets Stan, who seems to be just who she's been searching for all her life. Now, Zoe has to figure out how...
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Superintelligence
2020 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
When an all-powerful Superintelligence chooses to study the most average person on Earth, Carol Peters, the fate of the world hangs in the balance. As the A.I. decides to enslave, save or destroy humanity, it’s up to Carol to prove that...
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The Boss
2016 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
A titan of industry is sent to prison after she's caught for insider trading. When she emerges ready to rebrand herself as America's latest sweetheart, not everyone she screwed over is so quick to forgive and forget.
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The Nines
2007 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
A troubled actor, a television show runner, and an acclaimed videogame designer find their lives intertwining in mysterious and unsettling ways.
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Charlie's Angels
2000 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDB
Three women, detectives with a mysterious boss, retrieve stolen voice-ID software, using martial arts, tech skills, and sex appeal.
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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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Identity Thief
2013 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDB
When a mild-mannered businessman learns his identity has been stolen, he hits the road in an attempt to foil the thief -- a trip that puts him in the path of a deceptively harmless-looking woman.
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Thunder Force
2021 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
In a world where supervillains are commonplace, two estranged childhood best friends reunite after one devises a treatment that gives them powers to protect their city.
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The Happytime Murders
2018 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
In a world where human beings and puppets live together, when the members of the cast of a children's television show aired during the 1990s begin to get murdered one by one, puppet Phil Philips, a former LAPD detective who fell in...
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Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
2003 · Film
5.5/10 · TMDB
The Angels are charged with finding a pair of missing rings that are encoded with the personal information of members of the Witness Protection Program. As informants are killed, the ladies target a rogue agent who might be responsible.
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Unfrosted
2024 · Film
5.5/10 · TMDB
In a time when milk and cereal ruled breakfast, a fierce corporate battle begins over a revolutionary new pastry.
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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.
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Tammy
2014 · Film
5.3/10 · TMDB
After losing her job and learning that her husband has been unfaithful, a woman hits the road with her profane, hard-drinking grandmother.
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