Steve Carell films and TV shows, ranked by your taste

Actor · 43 films and 5 TV shows on Boxlist

Known for Little Miss Sunshine, The Big Short and The Morning Show.

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Starring Steve Carell

The Morning Show
2019 · TV
8.0/10 · TMDB
A behind-the-scenes look at the lives of the people who help America wake up in the morning, exploring the unique challenges faced by the men and women who carry out this daily televised ritual.
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Little Miss Sunshine
2006 · Film
7.7/10 · TMDB
A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.
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Beautiful Boy
2018 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
After he and his first wife separate, journalist David Sheff struggles to help their teenage son, who goes from experimenting with drugs to becoming devastatingly addicted to methamphetamine.
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IF
2024 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
A young girl who goes through a difficult experience begins to see everyone's imaginary friends who have been left behind as their real-life friends have grown up.
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Minions & Monsters
2026 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
This is the rambunctious, ridiculous and totally true story of how the Minions conquered Hollywood, became movie stars, lost everything, unleashed monsters onto the world and then banded together to try and save the planet from the mayhem...
Rooster
2026 · TV
7.5/10 · TMDB
On a college campus, an author navigates a complicated relationship with his daughter.
Despicable Me 4
2024 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDB
Gru and Lucy and their girls—Margo, Edith and Agnes—welcome a new member to the Gru family, Gru Jr., who is intent on tormenting his dad. Gru also faces a new nemesis in Maxime Le Mal and his femme fatale girlfriend Valentina, forcing the...
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The Big Short
2015 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
The men who made millions from a global economic meltdown.
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Minions: The Rise of Gru
2022 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
A fanboy of a supervillain supergroup known as the Vicious 6, Gru hatches a plan to become evil enough to join them, with the backup of his followers, the Minions.
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The Patient
2022 · TV
7.3/10 · TMDB
A psychotherapist finds himself held prisoner by a serial killer with an unusual request: curb his homicidal urges.
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Freeheld
2015 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
New Jersey car mechanic Stacie Andree and her police detective girlfriend Laurel Hester both battle to secure Hester's pension benefits after she was diagnosed with a terminal illness.
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Despicable Me
2010 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
Villainous Gru lives up to his reputation as a despicable, deplorable and downright unlikable guy when he hatches a plan to steal the moon from the sky. But he has a tough time staying on task after three orphans land in his care.
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Crazy, Stupid, Love.
2011 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
Cal Weaver is living the American dream. He has a good job, a beautiful house, great children and a beautiful wife, named Emily. Cal's seemingly perfect life unravels, however, when he learns that Emily has been unfaithful and wants a...
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Vice
2018 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
George W. Bush picks Dick Cheney, the CEO of Halliburton Co., to be his Republican running mate in the 2000 presidential election. No stranger to politics, Cheney's impressive résumé includes stints as White House chief of staff, House...
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The Way Way Back
2013 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
Shy 14-year-old Duncan goes on summer vacation with his mother, her overbearing boyfriend, and her boyfriend's daughter. Having a rough time fitting in, Duncan finds an unexpected friend in Owen, manager of the Water Wizz water park.
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The Four Seasons
2025 · TV
7.0/10 · TMDB
The decades-long friendship between three married couples is tested when one divorces, complicating their tradition of quarterly weekend getaways.
Despicable Me 2
2013 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
Gru is recruited by the Anti-Villain League to help deal with a powerful new super criminal.
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Battle of the Sexes
2017 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
The true story of the 1973 tennis match between World number one Billie Jean King and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs.
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Bruce Almighty
2003 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Bruce Nolan toils as a 'human interest' television reporter in Buffalo, N.Y., but despite his high ratings and the love of his beautiful girlfriend, Bruce remains unfulfilled. At the end of the worst day in his life, he angrily ridicules...
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Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
2004 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
It's the 1970s and San Diego anchorman Ron Burgundy is the top dog in local TV, but that's all about to change when ambitious reporter Veronica Corningstone arrives as a new employee at his station.
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Foxcatcher
2014 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
The greatest Olympic Wrestling Champion brother team joins Team Foxcatcher led by multimillionaire sponsor John E. du Pont as they train for the 1988 games in Seoul - a union that leads to unlikely circumstances.
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Asteroid City
2023 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
In an American desert town circa 1955, the itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events.
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Last Flag Flying
2017 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
Thirty years after serving together in the Vietnam War, Larry "Doc" Shepherd, Sal Nealon and the Rev. Richard Mueller reunite for a different type of mission: to bury Doc's son, a young Marine killed in Iraq. Forgoing burial at Arlington...
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Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
2012 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
As an asteroid nears Earth, a man finds himself alone after his wife leaves in a panic. He decides to take a road trip to reunite with his high school sweetheart. Accompanying him is a neighbor who inadvertently puts a wrench in his plan.
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Space Force
2020 · TV
6.6/10 · TMDB
A four-star general begrudgingly teams up with an eccentric scientist to get the U.S. military's newest agency — Space Force — ready for lift-off.
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Welcome to Marwen
2018 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
When a devastating attack shatters Mark Hogancamp and wipes away all memories, no one expected recovery. Putting together pieces from his old and new life, Mark meticulously creates a wondrous town named Marwen where he can heal and be...
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Over the Hedge
2006 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
A scheming raccoon fools a mismatched family of forest creatures into helping him repay a debt of food, by invading the new suburban sprawl that popped up while they were hibernating – and learns a lesson about family himself.
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Horton Hears a Who!
2008 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
One day, Horton the elephant hears a cry from help coming from a speck of dust. Even though he can't see anyone on the speck, he decides to help it. As it turns out, the speck of dust is home to the Whos, who live in their city of...
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Dan in Real Life
2007 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
Advice columnist, Dan Burns is an expert on relationships, but somehow struggles to succeed as a brother, a son and a single parent to three precocious daughters. Things get even more complicated when Dan finds out that the woman he falls...
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Café Society
2016 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
The story of a young man who arrives in Hollywood during the 1930s hoping to work in the film industry, falls in love, and finds himself swept up in the vibrant café society that defined the spirit of the age.
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Minions
2015 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
Minions Stuart, Kevin and Bob are recruited by Scarlet Overkill, a super-villain who, alongside her inventor husband Herb, hatches a plot to take over the world.
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Despicable Me 3
2017 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
Gru and his wife Lucy must stop former '80s child star Balthazar Bratt from achieving world domination.
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Curly Sue
1991 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
Bill Dancer and his young companion Curly Sue are the classic homeless folks with hearts of gold. Their scams are aimed not at turning a profit, but at getting enough to eat. When they scam the rich and beautiful Grey Ellison into...
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The 40 Year Old Virgin
2005 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
Andy Stitzer has a pleasant life with a nice apartment and a job stamping invoices at an electronics store. But at age 40, there's one thing Andy hasn't done, and it's really bothering his sex-obsessed male co-workers: Andy is still a...
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Melinda and Melinda
2004 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
While dining out with friends, Sy suggests the difficulty of separating comedy from tragedy. To illustrate his point, he tells his guests two parallel stories about Melinda ; both versions have the same basic elements, but one take on her...
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Knocked Up
2007 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
For fun loving party animal Ben Stone, the last thing he ever expected was for his one night stand to show up on his doorstep eight weeks later to tell him she's pregnant.
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Get Smart
2008 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
When the identities of secret agents from Control are compromised, the Chief promotes hapless but eager analyst Maxwell Smart and teams him with stylish, capable Agent 99, the only spy whose cover remains intact. Can they work together to...
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Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
2014 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
Alexander's day begins with gum stuck in his hair, followed by more calamities. Though he finds little sympathy from his family and begins to wonder if bad things only happen to him, his mom, dad, brother, and sister all find themselves...
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Hope Springs
2012 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
After thirty years of marriage, a middle-aged couple attends an intense, week-long counseling session to work on their relationship.
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Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
2013 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
With the 70s behind him, San Diego's top rated newsman, Ron Burgundy, returns to take New York's first 24-hour news channel by storm.
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Date Night
2010 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
Phil and Claire Foster fear that their mild-mannered relationship may be falling into a stale rut. During their weekly date night, their dinner reservation leads to their being mistaken for a couple of thieves—and now a number of unsavoury...
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Irresistible
2020 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
A Democratic political consultant helps a retired Marine colonel run for mayor in a small, conservative Wisconsin town.
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Mountainhead
2025 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
A group of billionaire friends get together against the backdrop of a rolling international crisis.
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Sleepover
2004 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
As their first year of high school looms ahead, best friends Julie, Hannah, Yancy and Farrah have one last summer sleepover. Little do they know they're about to embark on the adventure of a lifetime. Desperate to shed their nerdy status...
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Dinner for Schmucks
2010 · Film
5.6/10 · TMDB
Rising executive Tim Conrad works for a boss who hosts a monthly dinner in which the guest who brings the biggest buffoon gets a career-boost. Tim plans on not attending until he meets Barry, a man who builds dioramas using stuffed mice...
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Evan Almighty
2007 · Film
5.5/10 · TMDB
Junior congressman Evan Baxter, whose wish is to "change the world" is heard by none other than God. When God appears with the perplexing request to build an ark, Evan is sure he is losing it.
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The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
2013 · Film
5.5/10 · TMDB
After 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.
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Bewitched
2005 · Film
5.0/10 · TMDB
Thinking he can overshadow an unknown actress in the part, an egocentric actor unknowingly gets a witch cast in an upcoming television remake of the classic show "Bewitched".
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