
Steve Buscemi films and TV shows, ranked by your taste
Actor and director · 80 films and 2 TV shows on Boxlist
Known for Pulp Fiction, Fargo and Reservoir Dogs.
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Pulp Fiction
1994 · Film
8.5/10 · TMDBA burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.

Reservoir Dogs
1992 · Film
8.2/10 · TMDBA botched robbery indicates a police informant, and the pressure mounts in the aftermath at a warehouse. Crime begets violence as the survivors -- veteran Mr. White, newcomer Mr. Orange, psychopathic parolee Mr. Blonde, bickering weasel...
Where to watch:Rent or buy
The Big Lebowski
1998 · Film
7.9/10 · TMDBJeffrey 'The Dude' Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker who only wants to bowl and drink White Russians, is mistaken for another Jeffrey Lebowski, a wheelchair-bound millionaire, and finds himself dragged into a strange series of events...

Fargo
1996 · Film
7.9/10 · TMDBJerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. It's going to be a...

Boardwalk Empire
2010 · TV
7.9/10 · TMDBAtlantic City at the dawn of Prohibition is a place where the rules don't apply. And the man who runs things -- legally and otherwise -- is the town's treasurer, Enoch "Nucky" Thompson, who is equal parts politician and gangster.

Monsters, Inc.
2001 · Film
7.8/10 · TMDBJames Sullivan and Mike Wazowski are monsters, they earn their living scaring children and are the best in the business... even though they're more afraid of the children than they are of them. When a child accidentally enters their world...

Big Fish
2003 · Film
7.8/10 · TMDBThroughout his life Edward Bloom has always been a man of big appetites, enormous passions and tall tales. In his later years, he remains a huge mystery to his son, William. Now, to get to know the real man, Will begins piecing together a...

Beastie Boys Story
2020 · Film
7.8/10 · TMDBHere’s a little story they’re about to tell… Mike Diamond and Adam Horovitz share the story of their band and 40 years of friendship in a live documentary directed by friend, collaborator, and their former grandfather, Spike Jonze.

Miller's Crossing
1990 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDBSet in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the same woman.
Where to watch:Rent or buy
Barton Fink
1991 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDBA renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.
Where to watch:Rent or buy
Transformers One
2024 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDBThe untold origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron, better known as sworn enemies, but once were friends bonded like brothers who changed the fate of Cybertron forever.

Dead Man
1995 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDBOn the run after murdering a man, accountant William Blake encounters a strange North American man named Nobody who prepares him for his journey into the spiritual world.

Mystery Train
1989 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDBIn Memphis, Tennessee, over the course of a single night, the Arcade Hotel, run by an eccentric night clerk and a clueless bellboy, is visited by a young Japanese couple traveling in search of the roots of rock; an Italian woman in...

QT8: The First Eight
2019 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDBA detailed account of the life and artistic career of legendary filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, from his early days as a video club manager to the scandalous fall in disgrace of producer Harvey Weinstein. A story about how to shoot eight...

Ghost World
2001 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDBTwo quirky, cynical teenaged girls try to figure out what to do with their lives after high school graduation. After they play a prank on an eccentric, middle aged record collector, one of them befriends him, which causes a rift in the...

The Hudsucker Proxy
1994 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDBA naive business graduate is installed as president of a manufacturing company as part of a stock scam.

The King of Staten Island
2020 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDBScott has been a case of arrested development ever since his firefighter father died when he was seven. He's now reached his mid-20s having achieved little, chasing a dream of becoming a tattoo artist that seems far out of reach. As his...
Where to watch:Rent or buy
Coffee and Cigarettes
2003 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDBCoffee And Cigarettes is a collection of eleven films from cult director Jim Jarmusch. Each film hosts star studded cast of extremely unique individuals who all share the common activities of conversing while drinking coffee and smoking...

Hotel Transylvania: Transformania
2022 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDBWhen Van Helsing's mysterious invention, the "Monsterfication Ray," goes haywire, Drac and his monster pals are all transformed into humans, and Johnny becomes a monster. In their new mismatched bodies, Drac and Johnny must team up and...

Monsters University
2013 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDBA look at the relationship between Mike and Sulley during their days at Monsters University — when they weren't necessarily the best of friends.

The Death of Stalin
2017 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDBProclaimed the funniest political comedy of the year (The Daily Beast), The Death of Stalin delivers a brutally executed parody of Cold War Russia. When the tyrannical ruler Stalin dies, his hapless inner circle scrambles to come up with...

Miracle Workers
2019 · TV
7.0/10 · TMDBThe first season of this comedy anthology is set in the offices of Heaven Inc. When God plans to destroy the Earth, two low-level angels must convince their boss to save humanity. They bet him they can pull off their most impossible...
Where to watch:Rent or buy
Vacation Friends 2
2023 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDBNewly married couple Marcus and Emily invite their uninhibited besties Ron and Kyla to join them for a vacation when Marcus lands an all-expenses-paid trip to a Caribbean resort. When Kyla’s incarcerated father Reese is released and shows...

Hotel Transylvania
2012 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDBWelcome to Hotel Transylvania, Dracula's lavish five-stake resort, where monsters and their families can live it up and no humans are allowed. One special weekend, Dracula has invited all his best friends to celebrate his beloved daughter...

Desperado
1995 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDBEl Mariachi, a musician, arrives in a Mexican town and is mistaken as a hit-man. He runs into trouble with a local drug lord and seeks to avenge the death of his lover.
Where to watch:Rent or buy
Happy Gilmore 2
2025 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDBHappy Gilmore isn't done with golf — not by a long shot. Since his retirement after his first Tour Championship win, Gilmore returns to finance his daughter's ballet classes.

Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
2018 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDBDracula, Mavis, Johnny and the rest of the Drac Pack take a vacation on a luxury Monster Cruise Ship, where Dracula falls in love with the ship’s captain, Ericka, who’s secretly a descendant of Abraham Van Helsing, the notorious monster...

Trees Lounge
1996 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDBTommy has lost his job, his love and his life. He lives in a small apartment above the Trees Lounge, a bar which he frequents along with a few other regulars without lives. He gets a job driving an ice cream truck and ends up getting...

Lean on Pete
2018 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDBCharley Thompson, a teenager living with his single father, gets a summer job working for horse trainer Del Montgomery. Bonding with an aging racehorse named Lean on Pete, Charley is horrified to learn he is bound for slaughter, and so he...
Where to watch:Rent or buy
Armageddon
1998 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDBWhen an asteroid threatens to collide with Earth, NASA honcho Dan Truman determines the only way to stop it is to drill into its surface and detonate a nuclear bomb. This leads him to renowned driller Harry Stamper, who agrees to helm the...

The Wedding Singer
1998 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDBRobbie, a local rock star turned wedding singer, is dumped on the day of his wedding. Meanwhile, waitress Julia finally sets a wedding date with her fiancée Glenn. When Julia and Robbie meet and hit it off, they find that things are more...
Where to watch:Rent or buy
Hotel Transylvania 2
2015 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDBWhen the old-old-old-fashioned vampire Vlad arrives at the hotel for an impromptu family get-together, Hotel Transylvania is in for a collision of supernatural old-school and modern day cool.

Paris, Je T'Aime
2006 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDBOlivier Assayas, Gus Van Sant, Wes Craven and Alfonso Cuaron are among the 20 distinguished directors who contribute to this collection of 18 stories, each exploring a different aspect of Parisian life. The colourful characters in this...

Day of the Fight
2024 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDBOn the day of his first fight since his release from prison, a once-renowned boxer embarks on a redemptive journey through his past and present.

The Island
2005 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDBIn 2019, Lincoln Six-Echo is a resident of a seemingly "Utopian" but contained facility. Like all of the inhabitants of this carefully-controlled environment, Lincoln hopes to be chosen to go to The Island — reportedly the last...

Con Air
1997 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDBWhen the government puts all its rotten criminal eggs in one airborne basket, it's asking for trouble. Before you can say, "Pass the barf bag," the crooks control the plane, led by creepy Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom. Watching his every move...

King of New York
1990 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDBA former drug lord returns from prison determined to wipe out all his competition and distribute the profits of his operations to New York's poor and lower classes in this stylish and ultra violent modern twist on Robin Hood.

Monster House
2006 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDBMonsters under the bed are scary enough, but what happens when an entire house is out to get you? Three teens aim to find out when they go up against a decrepit neighboring home and unlock its frightening secrets.
Where to watch:Rent or buy
The Grifters
1990 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDBA young short-con grifter suffers both injury and the displeasure of reuniting with his criminal mother, all the while dating an unpredictable young lady.
Where to watch:Rent or buy
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
1995 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDBFive different criminals face imminent death after botching a job quite badly.
Where to watch:Rent or buy
Roommates
2026 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDBWhen shy college freshman Devon asks cool-girl Celeste to be her roommate, a blossoming friendship quickly spirals into a war of passive aggression.

Big Daddy
1999 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDBA lazy law school grad adopts a kid to impress his girlfriend, but everything doesn't go as planned and he becomes the unlikely foster father.

New York Stories
1989 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDBThree stories happening in New York. The first, by Scorsese, is about a painter who creates his works helped by high volume music and an attractive assistant; second, by Coppola, is about a rich and bold 12 years old who helps her...
Where to watch:Rent or buy
Grown Ups
2010 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDBAfter their high school basketball coach passes away, five good friends and former teammates reunite for a Fourth of July holiday weekend.

Billy Madison
1995 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDBBilly Madison is the 27 year-old son of Bryan Madison, a very rich man who has made his living in the hotel industry. Billy stands to inherit his father's empire, but only if he can make it through all 12 grades, 2 weeks per grade, to...

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
2001 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDBLed by a strange dream, scientist Aki Ross struggles to collect the eight spirits in the hope of creating a force powerful enough to protect the planet. With the aid of the Deep Eyes Squadron and her mentor, Dr. Sid, Aki must save the...

Youth in Revolt
2009 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDBAs a fan of Albert Camus and Jean-Luc Godard, teenage Nick Twisp is definitely out of his element when his mother and her boyfriend move the family to a trailer park. When a pretty neighbor named Sheeni plays records by French crooners...

Rising Sun
1993 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDBWhen a prostitute is found dead in a Los Angeles skyscraper occupied by a large Japanese corporation, detectives John Conner and Web Smith are called in to investigate. Although Conner has previous experience working in Japan, cultural...
Where to watch:Rent or buy
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
1990 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDBThe first segment features an animated mummy stalking selected student victims; the second tale tells the story of a "cat from hell" who cannot be killed and leaves a trail of victims behind it; the third story is about a man who witnesses...
Where to watch:Rent or buy
Grown Ups 2
2013 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDBLenny has relocated his family back to the small town where he and his friends grew up. This time around, the grown ups are the ones learning lessons from their kids on a day notoriously full of surprises—the last day of school.

Transformers: The Last Knight
2017 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDBAutobots and Decepticons are at war, with humans on the sidelines. Optimus Prime is gone. The key to saving our future lies buried in the secrets of the past, in the hidden history of Transformers on Earth.

Hubie Halloween
2020 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDBHubie Dubois, despite his devotion to his hometown of Salem, Massachusetts (and its legendary Halloween celebration), is a figure of mockery for kids and adults alike. But this year, something really is going bump in the night, and it’s up...

28 Days
2000 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDBAfter getting into a car accident while drunk on the day of her sister's wedding, Gwen Cummings is given a choice between prison or a rehab center. She chooses rehab, but is extremely resistant to taking part in any of the treatment...

Art School Confidential
2006 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDBStarting from childhood attempts at illustration, the protagonist pursues his true obsession to art school. But as he learns how the art world really works, he finds that he must adapt his vision to the reality that confronts him.

I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
2007 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDBFirefighters Chuck Ford and Larry Valentine are guy's guys, loyal to the core—which is why when widower Larry asks Chuck to pose as his gay lover so that he can get domestic partner benefits for his kids, his buddy agrees. However, things...

Airheads
1994 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDBThe Lone Rangers have heavy-metal dreams and a single demo tape they can't get anyone to play. The solution: Hijack an AM rock station and hold the deejays hostage until they agree to broadcast the band's tape.

Home on the Range
2004 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDBWhen a greedy outlaw schemes to take possession of the "Patch Of Heaven" dairy farm, three determined cows, a karate-kicking stallion and a colorful corral of critters join forces to save their home. The stakes are sky-high as this...

Romance & Cigarettes
2005 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDBDown-and-dirty musical love story set in the world of the working class. Nick is an ironworker who builds and repairs bridges. He's married to Kitty, a dressmaker, a strong and gentle woman with whom he has three daughters. He is carrying...

Khumba
2013 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDBA half-striped zebra is blamed for the drought and leaves his herd in search of his missing stripes. He is joined on his quest by an overprotective wildebeest and a flamboyant ostrich; they defeat the tyrannical leopard and save his herd.

Escape from L.A.
1996 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDBThis time, a cataclysmic temblor hits Los Angeles, turning it into an island. The president views the quake as a sign from above, expels Los Angeles from the country and makes it a penal colony for those found guilty of moral crimes. When...

Igor
2008 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDBA cliché hunchbacked evil scientist's assistant aspires to become a scientist himself, much to the displeasure of the rest of the evil science community.

Mr. Deeds
2002 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDBWhen Longfellow Deeds, a small-town pizzeria owner and poet, inherits $40 billion from his deceased uncle, he quickly begins rolling in a different kind of dough. Moving to the big city, Deeds finds himself besieged by opportunists all...

The Cobbler
2014 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDBMax Simkin repairs shoes in the same New York shop that has been in his family for generations. Disenchanted with the grind of daily life, Max stumbles upon a magical heirloom that allows him to step into the lives of his customers and see...

Domestic Disturbance
2001 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDBA divorced father discovers that his 12-year-old son's new stepfather is not what he made himself out to be.
Where to watch:Rent or buy
Billy Bathgate
1991 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDBIn the year 1935, a teen named Billy Bathgate finds first love while becoming the protégé of fledgling gangster Dutch Schultz.

Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
2002 · Film
5.6/10 · TMDBExploring the further adventures of Carmen and Juni Cortez, who have now joined the family spy business as Level 2 OSS agents. Their new mission is to save the world from a mad scientist living on a volcanic island populated by an...

On the Road
2012 · Film
5.6/10 · TMDBDean and Sal are the portrait of the Beat Generation. Their search for "It" results in a fast paced, energetic roller coaster ride with highs and lows throughout the U.S.

The Dead Don't Die
2019 · Film
5.5/10 · TMDBIn a small peaceful town, zombies suddenly rise to terrorize the town. Now three bespectacled police officers and a strange Scottish morgue expert must band together to defeat the undead.

The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
2013 · Film
5.5/10 · TMDBAfter breaking up with his longtime stage partner, a famous but jaded Vegas magician fights for relevance when a new, "hip" street magician appears on the scene.
Where to watch:Rent or buy
Rampart
2011 · Film
5.5/10 · TMDBFollows veteran police officer Dave Brown, the last of the renegade cops, as he struggles to take care of his family, and fights for his own survival.

G-Force
2009 · Film
5.4/10 · TMDBA team of trained secret agent animals, guinea pigs Darwin, Juarez, Blaster, mole Speckles, and fly Mooch takes on a mission for the US government to stop evil Leonard Saber, who plans to destroy the world with household appliances. But...

The Week Of
2018 · Film
5.4/10 · TMDBThe parents of a soon-to-be married couple make the final preparations for the wedding ceremony.

Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
2017 · Film
5.4/10 · TMDBA financial schemer finds himself in the middle of an international scandal after he becomes a political adviser to the new Prime Minister of Israel.
Where to watch:Rent or buy
I Think I Love My Wife
2007 · Film
5.3/10 · TMDBRichard Cooper is a married man and father of two who is just plain bored with married life. Not getting any sex from his wife, he resorts to ogling random women on the street to the point that he takes lunch late to look at them. When old...
Where to watch:Rent or buy
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
2003 · Film
5.1/10 · TMDBCarmen's caught in a virtual reality game designed by the Kids' new nemesis, the Toymaker. It's up to Juni to save his sister, and ultimately the world.

The Ridiculous 6
2015 · Film
5.1/10 · TMDBWhen his long-lost outlaw father returns, Tommy "White Knife" Stockburn goes on an adventure-filled journey across the Old West with his five brothers.

Wild Horse Nine
2026 · Film
8.1/10 · TMDBIn cinemasShortly before the 1973 Chilean coup, CIA agents Chris and Lee are dispatched from Santiago to Easter Island by their bureau chief, MJ. Amongst the Island's iconic statues, and as the longtime partners wrestle with their dark pasts and...

The Only Living Pickpocket in New York
2026 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDBHarry Lehman is an aging pickpocket who plies his trade with ever-diminishing returns in a drastically changed New York. Wallets stuffed with cash have been replaced by easily cancelled credit cards, and Harry struggles to make ends meet...

Don't Say Good Luck
2026 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDBSophie Birenbaum is ready for the spotlight as the lead in her high school musical — until she's suddenly facing more drama at home than on the stage.

Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer
2025 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDBA struggling writer in the midst of a divorce befriends a retired serial killer who incidentally becomes his marriage counselor by day, and killing counselor for his next book by night.
Where to watch:Rent or buy
Animal Farm
2026 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDBA group of farm animals rise up against their neglectful owner, dreaming of equality and freedom. But as the pigs take control, the revolution turns into tyranny, with truth rewritten and dissent crushed.

Klara and the Sun
2026 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDBIn cinemasWhen Klara, an Artificial Friend who wants nothing more than to find the perfect home, meets Josie, each immediately senses a kindred spirit in the other. Josie has a fraught relationship with her mother and they've suffered great loss...
Directed by Steve Buscemi

Trees Lounge
1996 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDBTommy has lost his job, his love and his life. He lives in a small apartment above the Trees Lounge, a bar which he frequents along with a few other regulars without lives. He gets a job driving an ice cream truck and ends up getting...
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