Zooey Deschanel films and TV shows, ranked by your taste
Actor · 24 films and 1 TV show on Boxlist
Known for Almost Famous, (500) Days of Summer and New Girl.
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Almost Famous
2000 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDBIn 1973, 15-year-old William Miller's unabashed love of music and aspiration to become a rock journalist lands him an assignment from Rolling Stone magazine to interview and tour with the up-and-coming band, Stillwater.
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Trolls World Tour
2020 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDBQueen Poppy and Branch make a surprising discovery — there are other Troll worlds beyond their own, and their distinct differences create big clashes between these various tribes. When a mysterious threat puts all of the Trolls across the...
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Bridge to Terabithia
2007 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDBJesse Aarons trained all summer to become the fastest runner in school, so he's very upset when newcomer Leslie Burke outruns him and everyone else. Despite this and other differences, including that she's rich, he's poor, and she's a city...
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Trolls Band Together
2023 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDBWhen Branch's brother, Floyd, is kidnapped for his musical talents by a pair of nefarious pop-star villains, Branch and Poppy embark on a harrowing and emotional journey to reunite the other brothers and rescue Floyd from a fate even worse...
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(500) Days of Summer
2009 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDBTom, greeting-card writer and hopeless romantic, is caught completely off-guard when his girlfriend, Summer, suddenly dumps him. He reflects on their 500 days together to try to figure out where their love affair went sour, and in doing...
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New Girl
2011 · TV
7.2/10 · TMDBJessica Day is an offbeat and adorable girl in her late 20s who, after a bad breakup, moves in with three single guys. Goofy, positive, vulnerable and honest to a fault, Jess has faith in people, even when she shouldn't. Although she's...
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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
2007 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDBOutlaw Jesse James is rumored to be the 'fastest gun in the West'. An eager recruit into James' notorious gang, Robert Ford eventually grows jealous of the famed outlaw and, when Robert and his brother sense an opportunity to kill James...
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Harold and the Purple Crayon
2024 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDBInside of his book, adventurous Harold can make anything come to life simply by drawing it. After he grows up and draws himself off the book's pages and into the physical world, Harold finds he has a lot to learn about real life.
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDBMere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher penning a new edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."
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Trolls
2016 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDBLovable and friendly, the trolls love to play around. But one day, a mysterious giant shows up to end the party. Poppy, the optimistic leader of the Trolls, and her polar opposite, Branch, must embark on an adventure that takes them far...
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Trolls Holiday
2017 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDBWhen the eternally optimistic Poppy, queen of the Trolls, learns that the Bergens no longer have any holidays on their calendar, she enlists the help of Branch and the rest of the gang on a delightfully quirky mission to fix something that...
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Yes Man
2008 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDBCarl Allen has stumbled across a way to shake free of post-divorce blues and a dead-end job: embrace life and say yes to everything.
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Elf
2003 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDBWhen young Buddy falls into Santa's gift sack on Christmas Eve, he's transported back to the North Pole and raised as a toy-making elf by Santa's helpers. But as he grows into adulthood, he can't shake the nagging feeling that he doesn't...
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Eulogy
2004 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDBA black comedy that follows three generations of a family, who come together for the funeral of the patriarch - unveiling a litany of family secrets and covert relationships.
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Surf's Up
2007 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDBCody is a surfing penguin from Shiverpool who dreams of making it big and being like his idol Big Z. On his journey, he discovers his talents are not all he thinks they are, and he must learn to accept that there is more to surfing than...
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Our Idiot Brother
2011 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDBEverybody has one—the sibling who is always just a little bit behind the curve when it comes to getting his life together. For sisters Liz, Miranda and Natalie, that person is their perennially upbeat brother, Ned. But as each of their...
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The Good Girl
2002 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDBA discount store clerk strikes up an affair with a stock boy who considers himself the incarnation of Holden Caulfield.
Big Trouble
2002 · Film
6.2/10 · TMDBThe story of how a mysterious suitcase brings together, and changes, the lives of a divorced dad, an unhappy housewife, two hitmen, a pair of street thugs, two love struck teens, two FBI men and a psychedelic toad. Based on Pulitzer...
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The New Guy
2002 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDBNerdy high school senior Dizzy Harrison has finally gotten lucky -- after purposely getting expelled, he takes lessons in 'badass cool' from a convict and enrolls at a new school. But can he keep up the ruse?
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Merv
2025 · Film
5.9/10 · TMDBWhen their beloved dog Merv loses his spark after their split, Anna and Russ are forced into the world's most awkward co-parenting arrangement. Hoping to shake Merv out of his funk, Russ takes him to Florida for a much-needed getaway-only...
Failure to Launch
2006 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDBTripp, an attractive man in his thirties, is still living with his parents Al and Sue. Tripp's best friends Demo and Ace are also still living in their parents' homes and seem proud of it. Al and Sue are not happy, however, and are...
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Rock the Kasbah
2015 · Film
5.4/10 · TMDBA washed-up music producer finds one last shot at redemption with a golden-voiced young girl in Afghanistan. However, when jealousy gets the better of a disgruntled ex-boyfriend, he decides to oppose the young star with talent of his own.
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The Happening
2008 · Film
5.3/10 · TMDBWhen a deadly airborne virus threatens to wipe out the northeastern United States, teacher Elliott Moore and his wife Alma flee from contaminated cities into the countryside in a fight to discover the truth. Is it terrorism, the accidental...
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Your Highness
2011 · Film
5.3/10 · TMDBA fantasy movie about an arrogant, lazy prince and his more heroic brother who must complete a quest in order to save their father's kingdom.
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Abandon
2002 · Film
4.7/10 · TMDBA psychological thriller about a senior at one of America's most prestigious universities. Under enormous pressure to complete her thesis and earn a top job at one of the world's most competitive consulting firms, Katie is still coping...
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