Want to know the best Ben Stiller movies? How about the worst Ben Stiller movies? Curious about Ben Stiller’s box office grosses or which Ben Stiller movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Ben Stiller movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.
Ben Stiller (1965-) is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. Since his breakthrough box office smash, 1998’s There’s Something About Mary, not many people working in Hollywood can match his success at the box office over the last 20 years. His IMDb page shows over 125 acting credits since 1986. This page will rank Ben Stiller movies from Best to Worst in seven different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos and movies that were not released in theaters were not included in the rankings.
Ben Stiller Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
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| 2000 | Meet the Parents (2000) |  |
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| 2010 | MegaMind (2010) Voice Only |
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| 2008 | Tropic Thunder (2008) | |
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| 1998 | There's Something About Mary (1998) | |
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| 2012 | Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012) Voice Only |
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| 2008 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008) Voice Only |
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| 2004 | DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story (2004) | |
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| 2005 | Madagascar (2005) Voice Only |
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| 2004 | Starsky & Hutch (2004) |  |
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| 2006 | Night at the Museum (2006) | |
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| 2001 | The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) | |
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| 2009 | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009) | |
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| 2004 | Meet the Fockers (2004) | |
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| 1996 | The Cable Guy (1996) | |
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| 2014 | Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014) | |
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| 2011 | Tower Heist (2011) | |
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| 1987 | Empire of the Sun (1987) | |
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| 2004 | Along Came Polly (2004) | |
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| 2001 | Zoolander (2001) | |
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| 2000 | Keeping the Faith (2000) |  |
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| 2010 | Little Fockers (2010) | |
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| 1996 | Flirting with Disaster (1996) | |
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| 2013 | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013) | |
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| 1994 | Reality Bites (1994) | |
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| 1996 | Happy Gilmore (1996) | |
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| 1999 | Mystery Men (1999) | |
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| 2016 | Don't Think Twice (2016) | |
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| 1990 | Stella (1990) |  |
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| 2014 | While We're Young (2014) | |
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| 2017 | The Meyerowitz Stories (2017) Netflix |
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| 1998 | Your Friends and Neighbors (1998) | |
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| 2010 | Greenberg (2010) | |
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| 2017 | Brad's Status (2017) | |
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| 2007 | The Heartbreak Kid (2007) | |
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| 1995 | Heavy Weights (1995) | |
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| 1998 | Zero Effect (1998) | |
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| 1989 | Next of Kin (1989) |  |
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| 2020 | Have a Good Trip (2020) Netflix |
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| 2025 | Happy Gilmore 2 (2025) Netflix |
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| 2006 | School for Scoundrels (2006) | |
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| 1998 | Permanent Midnight (1998) | |
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| 2003 | Duplex (2003) | |
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| 2020 | Hubie Halloween (2020) Netflix |
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| 2012 | The Watch (2012) |  |
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| 2016 | Zoolander 2 (2016) | |
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| 1988 | Fresh Horses (1988) | |
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| 2024 | Nutcrackers (2024) Hulu |
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| 1999 | Black & White (1999) | |
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| 1987 | Hot Pursuit (1987) |  |
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| 1989 | That's Adequate (1989) Film Festival Circuit Only |
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| 2004 | Envy (2004) | |
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| 1996 | If Lucy Fell (1996) | |
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| 1999 | The Suburbans (1999) | |
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| 2009 | The Marc Pease Experience (2009) | |
Ben Stiller Movies Can Be Ranked 7 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort Ben Stiller movies by co-stars of his movies
- Sort Ben Stiller movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Ben Stiller movies by yearly domestic rank
- Sort Ben Stiller movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Ben Stiller movie received.
- Sort Ben Stiller movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | ||||
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| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | S |
| 1 | Meet the Parents (2000) | Robert De Niro & Owen Wilson |
166.20 | 385.5 | 766.30 | 7 | 79 | 01 / 00 | 97.1 | |
| 2 | MegaMind (2010) Voice Only |
Brad Pitt & Will Ferrell |
148.40 | 235.1 | 510.00 | 17 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 96.8 | |
| 4 | Tropic Thunder (2008) | Robert Downey Jr. & Tom Cruise |
110.50 | 192.4 | 327.40 | 24 | 78 | 01 / 00 | 96.5 | |
| 3 | There's Something About Mary (1998) | Cameron Diaz | 176.50 | 470.4 | 985.80 | 3 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 96.2 | |
| 5 | Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012) Voice Only |
Chris Rock | 216.40 | 339.8 | 1,165.40 | 10 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 95.1 | |
| 6 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008) Voice Only |
Chris Rock | 180.00 | 313.4 | 1,051.40 | 8 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 93.6 | |
| 7 | DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story (2004) | Vince Vaughn & Jason Bateman |
114.30 | 230.1 | 337.60 | 19 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 93.3 | |
| 8 | Madagascar (2005) Voice Only |
Chris Rock | 193.60 | 378.1 | 1,040.40 | 9 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 91.6 | |
| 11 | Starsky & Hutch (2004) | Owen Wilson & Vince Vaughn |
88.20 | 177.6 | 342.70 | 26 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 89.1 | |
| 9 | Night at the Museum (2006) | Robin Williams & Owen Wilson |
250.90 | 476.6 | 1,091.30 | 2 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 89.0 | |
| 10 | The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) | Owen Wilson & Gene Hackman |
52.40 | 115.8 | 158.10 | 48 | 80 | 01 / 00 | 88.9 | |
| 12 | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009) | Owen Wilson & Amy Adams |
177.20 | 295.4 | 688.50 | 14 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 87.5 | |
| 13 | Meet the Fockers (2004) | Robert DeNiro & Dustin Hoffman |
274.30 | 552.1 | 1,029.90 | 4 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 87.4 | |
| 14 | The Cable Guy (1996) | Jim Carrey & Owen Wilson |
60.20 | 170.4 | 290.80 | 23 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 86.7 | |
| 15 | Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014) | Robin Williams & Owen Wilson |
113.70 | 174.0 | 555.70 | 28 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 86.0 | |
| 16 | Tower Heist (2011) | Eddie Murphy & Matthew Broderick |
78.00 | 123.0 | 241.10 | 43 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 85.1 | |
| 17 | Empire of the Sun (1987) | Christian Bale | 22.20 | 71.1 | 211.80 | 52 | 76 | 06 / 00 | 83.2 | |
| 18 | Along Came Polly (2004) | Jennifer Aniston & Philip Seymour Hoffman |
88.10 | 177.3 | 346.10 | 27 | 44 | 00 / 00 | 82.2 | |
| 19 | Zoolander (2001) | Owen Wilson & Milla Jovovich |
45.20 | 99.9 | 134.50 | 55 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 80.3 | |
| 21 | Keeping the Faith (2000) | Edward Norton | 37.00 | 85.9 | 139.00 | 65 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 78.7 | |
| 20 | Little Fockers (2010) | Robert DeNiro & Owen Wilson |
148.40 | 235.2 | 492.20 | 16 | 31 | 00 / 00 | 78.7 | |
| 22 | Flirting with Disaster (1996) | Tea Leoni & Josh Brolin |
14.70 | 41.6 | 41.60 | 100 | 79 | 00 / 00 | 77.2 | |
| 23 | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013) | Sean Penn & Shirley MacLaine |
58.20 | 89.5 | 289.30 | 60 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 75.5 | |
| 24 | Reality Bites (1994) | Winona Ryder & Ethan Hawke |
21.00 | 64.3 | 102.20 | 65 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 75.2 | |
| 25 | Happy Gilmore (1996) | Adam Sandler | 38.80 | 109.8 | 116.50 | 37 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 74.8 | |
| 27 | Mystery Men (1999) | Geoffrey Rush & William H. Macy |
29.80 | 73.5 | 82.70 | 68 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 73.7 | |
| 26 | Don't Think Twice (2016) | Mike Birbiglia | 4.40 | 6.4 | 6.40 | 172 | 85 | 00 / 00 | 73.0 | |
| 29 | Stella (1990) | Bette Midler | 20.20 | 59.8 | 59.80 | 62 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 69.9 | |
| 28 | While We're Young (2014) | Adam Driver & Naomi Watts |
7.60 | 11.6 | 26.40 | 144 | 79 | 00 / 00 | 69.2 | |
| 30 | The Meyerowitz Stories (2017) Netflix |
Adam Sandler & Dustin Hoffman |
0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 386 | 79 | 00 / 00 | 64.9 | |
| 31 | Your Friends and Neighbors (1998) | Aaron Eckhart | 4.70 | 12.6 | 12.60 | 148 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 56.8 | |
| 32 | Greenberg (2010) | Jennifer Jason Leigh | 4.20 | 6.7 | 11.70 | 143 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 56.5 | |
| 33 | Brad's Status (2017) | Luke Wilson | 2.10 | 3.0 | 3.60 | 161 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 55.8 | |
| 34 | The Heartbreak Kid (2007) | Michelle Monaghan & Malin Akerman |
36.80 | 66.8 | 232.10 | 73 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 54.7 | |
| 36 | Heavy Weights (1995) | Written by Judd Apatow | 17.70 | 50.8 | 50.80 | 86 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 51.9 | |
| 35 | Zero Effect (1998) | Bill Pullman | 2.10 | 5.6 | 5.60 | 170 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 50.3 | |
| 38 | Next of Kin (1989) | Liam Neeson | 15.90 | 50.2 | 50.20 | 62 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 38.1 | |
| 37 | Have a Good Trip (2020) Netflix |
Documentary | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 101 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 37.9 | |
| 39 | Happy Gilmore 2 (2025) Netflix |
Adam Sandler | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 251 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 32.8 | |
| 41 | School for Scoundrels (2006) | Billy Bob Thornton & Jon Heder |
17.80 | 33.8 | 45.50 | 121 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 30.4 | |
| 40 | Permanent Midnight (1998) | Owen Wilson | 1.20 | 3.1 | 3.10 | 188 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 30.3 | |
| 42 | Duplex (2003) | Drew Barrymore | 9.70 | 20.1 | 40.10 | 128 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 30.1 | |
| 43 | Hubie Halloween (2020) Netflix |
Adam Sandler | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 143 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 22.8 | |
| 45 | The Watch (2012) | Vince Vaughn | 35.40 | 55.5 | 107.20 | 87 | 37 | 00 / 00 | 19.4 | |
| 44 | Zoolander 2 (2016) | Will Ferrell & Owen Wilson |
28.80 | 41.7 | 80.90 | 95 | 41 | 00 / 00 | 19.4 | |
| 46 | Fresh Horses (1988) | Molly Ringwald & Viggo Mortensen |
6.60 | 20.2 | 20.20 | 112 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 18.1 | |
| 47 | Nutcrackers (2024) Hulu |
Linda Cardellini | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 231 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 16.1 | |
| 48 | Black & White (1999) | Robert Downey Jr. | 5.30 | 13.0 | 14.20 | 144 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 14.8 | |
| 49 | Hot Pursuit (1987) | John Cusack | 4.20 | 13.5 | 13.50 | 114 | 42 | 00 / 00 | 9.1 | |
| 50 | That's Adequate (1989) Film Festival Circuit Only |
Tony Randall | 0.10 | 0.2 | 0.20 | 212 | 44 | 00 / 00 | 6.7 | |
| 51 | Envy (2004) | Jack Black & Christopher Walken |
13.60 | 27.3 | 29.30 | 126 | 29 | 00 / 00 | 3.0 | |
| 52 | If Lucy Fell (1996) | Scarlett Johansson | 2.40 | 6.8 | 6.80 | 175 | 32 | 00 / 00 | 1.6 | |
| 53 | The Suburbans (1999) | Will Ferrell | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 314 | 33 | 00 / 00 | 1.3 | |
| 54 | The Marc Pease Experience (2009) | Anna Kendrick | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 485 | 30 | 00 / 00 | 0.8 |
Ben Stiller Adjusted World Wide Box Office Grosses
Possibly Interesting Facts About Ben Stiller
1. Benjamin Edward Meara Stiller was born in New York City in 1965. He is the son of actor/comedian Jerry Stiller and actress/comedian Anne Meara.
2. In 1989 Ben Stiller wrote and appeared on Saturday Night Live as a featured performer. His tenure only last 4 episodes.
3. Ben Stiller won an Emmy® in 1993 for his short lived but excellent television show, The Ben Stiller Show.
4. Ben Stiller is a big fan of the original Star Trek television series. He named his production company “Red Hour Films” after an alien riot featured in the episode called The Return of the Archons (1967).
5. Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson have made 12 movies together. Their adjusted domestic box office total of $1.38 BILLION ranks 3rd of all screen teams. See who topped them at our Top Screen Team page.
6. Ben Stiller has been married one time. Stiller and his leading lady from Zoolander, Christine Taylor, were married in 2000 and they have two children.
7. Speaking of Ben Stiller’s wife….Christine Taylor appeared in one episode of Seinfeld as Jerry Seinfeld’s girlfriend. Ben’s father, Jerry Stiller, had a recurring role on that series as George Costanza’s father.
8. Roles Ben Stiller turned down or was seriously considered for: Paul Rudd’s role in the Anchorman movies, Will Ferrell role in Blades of Glory, Johnny Depp role in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Sam Rockwell role in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind and a small part in Oliver Stone’s Platoon….he would have probably been in the background with Johnny Depp.
9. Ben Stiller box office trivia: 9 movies opened number one during his career. $4.18 billion in adjusted domestic box office grosses. $8.78 billion in adjusted worldwide box office grosses. Stiller’s There’s Something About Mary stayed in the Top 5 box office list for 11 weeks…almost 3 straight months.
10. Check out Ben Stiller‘s career compared to current and classic actors. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.
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You can roll your eyes as look as you do “Blue Steel” at the same time. Scotty wants to go see Zoolander 2 with me….are you in?
He has some moments. Seems his peak days are behind him.
I think he has something left. Then again being the class clown at 50 is not as endearing. Thanks for the visit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKjr3S6NxPo
In case you have not seen it.
Hey Helgelandoer…..very funny stuff….I had not seen that in years…thanks for sharing the link to the You Tube video.
Good work Bruce. I’m not a huge fan of modern comedies but I have watched my share.
I didn’t know Stiller was in Empire of the Sun, it’s been a while since I last watched it.
I’ve seen 19 of the 41 films you’ve listed, the top 15 on the UMR chart. I haven’t seen Happy Gilmore. I liked Meet the Parents but didn’t much care for the sequels. The Museum series was mindless fun. I enjoyed Tropic Thunder and bought the blu-ray.
I remember enjoying There’s Something About Mary but I haven’t seen that in over a decade. Tower Heist was a bit of a dud, even Eddie Murphy was unlikable and unfunny in that one. I can’t remember Zoolander much, I should watch that again before seeing the new film.
I’ve seen the 4 animated films he did and have to confess I enjoyed them far more than his live-action films. Voted Up!
Hey Steve….I have seen 35 of these movies….so I am thinking I am a bigger Stiller fan than I thought. Stiller played Malkovich’s right hand man in Empire of the Sun….at one point Bale does enough to impress Malkovich…that Bale gets Stiller’s room in the prison. It is a small part…but he really sticks out now on repeat viewings.
Meet The Parents is funny….the sequels were far from funny. Tropic Thunder is a very fun movie to watch….Downey, Jr. does the DVD commentary in character….funny strange stuff. I think it is time to refresh your memory with Zoolander….hard to believe that movie is closing in on 20 years. As for the Madgascar movies….they are ok….they have not really been favorites of my little girls at all. I actually can not place Stiller’s voice in MegaMind.
As always…thanks for stopping by and commenting.
I like it. Been a Stiller fan since his short movies. His Cruise stuff is hilarious. With his Color of Money and A Few Good Men spoofs being my favorites. Didn’t like the first Zoolander so I agree with your wife about the second Zoolander movie.
Hey Helgelandoer……glad you like my Stiller page. Well you and wife agree on Zoolander…..but I still think it has some funny moments. Thanks for stopping by.