Steve Martin books, films and TV shows, ranked by your taste

Author and actor · 1 book, 41 films and 1 TV show on Boxlist

Books by Steve Martin

Born Standing Up
Biography · 2007
4.0 / 5

Books from the Boxlist catalogue, highest rated first (Open Library reader averages; books with fewer than 5 ratings come after the rest). Ratings are quality, not fit.

Steve Martin on screen

Starring Steve Martin

John Candy: I Like Me
2025 · Film
8.1/10 · TMDB
Those who knew iconic funnyman John Candy best share his story, in their own words, through never-before-seen archival footage, imagery, and interviews.
Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind
2018 · Film
8.0/10 · TMDB
A funny, intimate and heartbreaking portrait of one of the world’s most beloved and inventive comedians, Robin Williams, told largely through his own words. Celebrates what he brought to comedy and to the culture at large, from the wild...
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Jim Henson Idea Man
2024 · Film
7.9/10 · TMDB
Featuring unprecedented access to Jim Henson's personal archives, filmmaker Ron Howard brings us a fascinating and insightful look at a complex man whose boundless imagination inspired the world.
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Planes, Trains and Automobiles
1987 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
An irritable marketing executive, Neal Page, is heading home to Chicago for Thanksgiving when a number of delays force him to travel with a well meaning but overbearing shower ring curtain salesman, Del Griffith.
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The Prince of Egypt
1998 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDB
This is the extraordinary tale of two brothers named Moses and Ramses, one born of royal blood, and one an orphan with a secret past. Growing up the best of friends, they share a strong bond of free-spirited youth and good-natured rivalry...
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Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
1988 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
Two con men try to settle their rivalry by betting on who can be the first to swindle a young American heiress out of $50,000.
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Fantasia 2000
1999 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
Blending lively music and brilliant animation, this sequel to the original 'Fantasia' restores 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice' and adds seven new shorts.
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The Muppet Movie
1979 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDB
A Hollywood agent persuades Kermit the Frog to pursue a career in Hollywood. On his way there he meets his future muppet crew while being chased by the desperate owner of a frog-leg restaurant!
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The Jerk
1979 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDB
After discovering he's not really black like the rest of his family, likable dimwit Navin Johnson runs off on a hilarious misadventure in this comedy classic that takes him from rags to riches and back to rags again. The slaphappy jerk...
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Little Shop of Horrors
1986 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
Seymour Krelborn is a nerdy orphan working at Mushnik's, a flower shop in urban Skid Row. He harbors a crush on fellow co-worker Audrey Fulquard, and is berated by Mr. Mushnik daily. One day Seymour finds a very mysterious unidentified...
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Home
2015 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
When Earth is taken over by the overly-confident Boov, an alien race in search of a new place to call home, all humans are promptly relocated, while all Boov get busy reorganizing the planet. But when one resourceful girl, Tip, manages to...
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Oh. What. Fun.
2025 · Film
6.8/10 · TMDB
Claire Clauster is the glue that holds her chaotic, lovable family together at the holidays. But this year, after planning a special outing for them, they make a crucial mistake and leave her home alone. Fed up and feeling under...
Parenthood
1989 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
The story of the Buckman family and friends, attempting to bring up their children. They suffer/enjoy all the events that occur: estranged relatives, the 'black sheep' of the family, the eccentrics, the skeletons in the closet, and the...
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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
Juliet Forrest is convinced that the reported death of her father in a mountain car crash was no accident. Her father was a prominent cheese scientist working on a secret recipe. To prove it was murder, she enlists the services of private...
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It's Complicated
2009 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
Ten years after their divorce, Jane and Jake Adler unite for their son's college graduation and unexpectedly end up sleeping together. But Jake is married, and Jane is embarking on a new romance with her architect. Now, she has to sort out...
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Roxanne
1987 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
Based on the play 'Cyrano de Bergerac', large-nosed C.D. Bales falls for the beautiful Roxanne—while she falls for his personality but another man's looks.
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L.A. Story
1991 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
With the help of a talking freeway billboard, a "wacky weatherman" tries to win the heart of an English newspaper reporter, who is struggling to make sense of the strange world of early-90s Los Angeles.
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All of Me
1984 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDB
Just before stubborn millionaire Edwina Cutwater dies, she asks her uptight lawyer, Roger Cobb to amend her will so that her soul will pass to the young, vibrant Terry Hoskins – but the spiritual transference goes awry. Edwina enters...
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¡Three Amigos!
1986 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
Three unemployed actors accept an invitation to a Mexican village to replay their bandit fighter roles, unaware that it is the real thing.
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The Lonely Guy
1984 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
A writer for a greeting card company learns the true meaning of loneliness when he comes home to find his girlfriend in bed with another man.
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Cheaper by the Dozen
2003 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
The Baker brood moves to Chicago after patriarch Tom gets a job coaching football at Northwestern University, forcing his writer wife, Mary, and the couple's 12 children to make a major adjustment. The transition works well until work...
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Looney Tunes: Back in Action
2003 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
Fed up with all the attention going to Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck quits Hollywood, teams up with recently-fired stuntman Damien Drake Jr. and embarks on a round-the-world adventure, along with Bugs and The VP of Warner Bros. Their mission?...
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The Man with Two Brains
1983 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDB
A story about a brain surgeon who tries to end his unhappy marriage to spend more time with a disembodied brain.
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Bowfinger
1999 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
On the verge of bankruptcy and desperate for his big break, aspiring filmmaker Bobby Bowfinger concocts a crazy plan to make his ultimate dream movie. Rallying a ragtag team that includes a starry-eyed ingenue, a has-been diva and a film...
Where to watch:Rent or buy
Father of the Bride Part II
1995 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
Just when George Banks has recovered from his daughter's wedding, he receives the news that she's pregnant ... and that George's wife is expecting too. He was planning on selling their home, but that's a plan that—like George—will have to...
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Housesitter
1992 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDB
After building his dream house, architect Newton Davis proposes marriage to his girlfriend, only to be summarily rejected. He seeks solace in a one-night stand with a waitress, never imagining that a woman he slept with once would end up...
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Cheaper by the Dozen 2
2005 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt return as heads of the Baker family who, while on vacation, find themselves in competition with a rival family of eight children, headed by Eugene Levy,
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Novocaine
2001 · Film
6.1/10 · TMDB
A dentist finds himself a murder suspect after a sexy patient seduces him into prescribing her drugs
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Bringing Down the House
2003 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
When a lonely guy meets a woman on the internet who happens to be in prison, she breaks out to get him to prove her innocence, and proceeds to wreak havoc on his middle-class life.
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Love the Coopers
2015 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
When four generations of the Cooper clan come together for their annual Christmas Eve celebration, a series of unexpected visitors and unlikely events turn the night upside down, leading them all toward a surprising rediscovery of family...
Where to watch:Rent or buy
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
2016 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
19-year-old Billy Lynn is brought home for a victory tour after a harrowing Iraq battle. Through flashbacks the film shows what really happened to his squad - contrasting the realities of war with America's perceptions.
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My Blue Heaven
1990 · Film
6.0/10 · TMDB
FBI agent Barney Coopersmith is assigned to protect former Mafia figure turned informant Vincent Antonelli. In the witness protection program one is supposed to keep a low profile, but that is something that Antonelli has trouble doing...
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The Pink Panther
2006 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
When the coach of the France soccer team is killed by a poisoned dart in the stadium in the end of a game, and his expensive and huge ring with the diamond Pink Panther disappears, the ambitious Chief Inspector Dreyfus assigns the worst...
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The Big Year
2011 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
Three fanatical bird-watchers spend an entire year competing to spot the highest number of species as El Nino sends an extraordinary variety of rare breeds flying up into the U.S., but they quickly discover that there are more important...
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Baby Mama
2008 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDB
A successful, single businesswoman who dreams of having a baby discovers she is infertile and hires a working class woman to be her unlikely surrogate.
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The Pink Panther 2
2009 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDB
When legendary treasures from around the world are stolen, including the priceless Pink Panther Diamond, Chief Inspector Dreyfus is forced to assign Inspector Clouseau to a team of international detectives and experts charged with catching...
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Shopgirl
2005 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDB
Mirabelle is a disenchanted salesgirl and aspiring artist who sells gloves and accessories at a department store. She has two men in her life: wealthy divorcée Ray Porter and struggling musician Jeremy. Mirabelle falls in love with the...
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Sgt. Bilko
1996 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDB
The army is known for churning out lean mean fighting machines intent on protecting our great nation. Sergeant Ernie Bilko is the leader of a ragtag group of the sorriest soldiers ever to enlist in the armed forces.
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Leap of Faith
1992 · Film
5.7/10 · TMDB
Jonas Nightengale is a fraudulent Christian faith healer who makes a living travelling around America holding revival meetings and conducting 'miracles' with the help of his friend and manager, Jane, and their entourage.
Where to watch:Rent or buy
Mixed Nuts
1994 · Film
5.4/10 · TMDB
The events of a crisis hotline business on one crazy night during the Christmas holidays.
Only Murders in the Building
2021 · TV
8.5/10 · TMDB
Three strangers who share an obsession with true crime suddenly find themselves wrapped up in one.
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Marty, Life Is Short
2026 · Film
8.1/10 · TMDB
Martin Short looks back on a life fueled by joy in this documentary with classic clips, fresh interviews and star-studded, never-before-seen home movies.