Neil Patrick Harris films and TV shows, ranked by your taste

Actor · 21 films and 2 TV shows on Boxlist

Known for Gone Girl, Serenity and Sunny Dancer.

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Starring Neil Patrick Harris

The Matrix Resurrections
2021 · Film
8.4/10 · TMDB
Plagued by strange memories, Neo's life takes an unexpected turn when he finds himself back inside the Matrix.
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Gone Girl
2014 · Film
7.9/10 · TMDB
With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.
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Serenity
2005 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
When the renegade crew of Serenity agrees to hide a fugitive on their ship, they find themselves in an action-packed battle between the relentless military might of a totalitarian regime who will destroy anything – or anyone – to get the...
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A Series of Unfortunate Events
2017 · TV
7.3/10 · TMDB
The orphaned Baudelaire children face trials, tribulations and the evil Count Olaf, all in their quest to uncover the secret of their parents' death.
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Starship Troopers
1997 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
Set in the future, the story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry. Rico's military career progresses from recruit to non-commissioned officer and finally to officer against the backdrop of an...
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The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
2022 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
Creatively unfulfilled and facing financial ruin, Nick Cage must accept a $1 million offer to attend the birthday of a dangerous superfan. Things take a wildly unexpected turn when Cage is recruited by a CIA operative and forced to live up...
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Uncoupled
2022 · TV
6.7/10 · TMDB
Michael thought his life was perfect until his husband blindsided him by walking out after 17 years. Michael has to confront two nightmares — losing his soulmate and suddenly finding himself a single gay man in his mid-40s.
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
2009 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
Inventor Flint Lockwood creates a machine that makes clouds rain food, enabling the down-and-out citizens of Chewandswallow to feed themselves. But when the falling food reaches gargantuan proportions, Flint must scramble to avert...
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The Muppets
2011 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
When Kermit the Frog and the Muppets learn that their beloved theater is slated for demolition, a sympathetic human, Gary, and his puppet brother, Walter, swoop in to help the gang put on a show and raise the $10 million they need to save...
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Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
2004 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
Nerdy accountant Harold and his irrepressible friend, Kumar, get stoned watching television and find themselves utterly bewitched by a commercial for White Castle. Convinced there must be one nearby, the two set out on a late-night odyssey...
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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
2013 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
After the disastrous food storm in the first film, Flint and his friends are forced to leave the town. Flint accepts the invitation from his idol Chester V to join The Live Corp Company, which has been tasked to clean the island, and where...
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8-Bit Christmas
2021 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
In suburban Chicago during the late 1980s, ten-year-old Jake Doyle embarks on a herculean quest to get the latest and greatest video game system for Christmas.
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Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
2008 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
Having satisfied their urge for White Castle, Harold and Kumar jump on a plane to catch up with Harold's love interest, who's headed for the Netherlands. But the pair must change their plans when Kumar is accused of being a terrorist. Rob...
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Beastly
2011 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
A curse transforms a handsome and arrogant young man into everything he detests in this contemporary retelling of Beauty and the Beast. Wealthy Kyle Kingson has everything a teenager could want in life, but he still gets off on humiliating...
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American Reunion
2012 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
The characters we met a little more than a decade ago return to East Great Falls for their high-school reunion. In one long-overdue weekend, they will discover what has changed, who hasn’t, and that time and distance can’t break the bonds...
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A Million Ways to Die in the West
2014 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
As a cowardly farmer begins to fall for the mysterious new woman in town, he must put his new-found courage to the test when her husband, a notorious gun-slinger, announces his arrival.
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A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas
2011 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
Six years have elapsed since Guantanamo Bay, leaving Harold and Kumar estranged from one another with very different families, friends and lives. But when Kumar arrives on Harold's doorstep during the holiday season with a mysterious...
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The Smurfs
2011 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDB
When the evil wizard Gargamel chases the tiny blue Smurfs out of their village, they tumble from their magical world and into ours -- in fact, smack dab in the middle of Central Park. Just three apples high and stuck in the Big Apple, the...
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The Smurfs 2
2013 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDB
The evil wizard Gargamel creates a couple of mischievous Smurf-like creatures called the Naughties that he hopes will let him harness the all-powerful, magical Smurf-essence. But when he discovers that only a real Smurf can give him what...
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Undercover Brother
2002 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDB
An Afro-American organization, the B.R.O.T.H.E.R.H.O.O.D., is in permanent fight against a white organization "The Man" defending the values of the black people in North America. When the Afro-American candidate Gen. Warren Boutwell...
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Downsizing
2017 · Film
5.3/10 · TMDB
A kindly occupational therapist undergoes a new procedure to be shrunken to four inches tall so that he and his wife can help save the planet and afford a nice lifestyle at the same time.
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Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
2010 · Film
5.2/10 · TMDB
The ongoing war between the canine and feline species is put on hold when they join forces to thwart a rogue cat spy with her own sinister plans for conquest.
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Sunny Dancer
2026 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
Reluctantly sent to a summer retreat for young cancer survivors, a teenager in remission unexpectedly finds deep connections and new beginnings among fellow campers.

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