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Neil Patrick Harris Movies

Want to know the best Neil Patrick Harris movies?  How about the worst Neil Patrick Harris movies?  Curious about Neil Patrick Harris box office grosses or which Neil Patrick Harris movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Neil Patrick Harris movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences and which got the worst reviews? Well, you have come to the right place…. because we have all of that information and much more.

Neil Patrick Harris (1973-) is an American American actor, singer, writer, producer, and television host.  He has been appearing in movies the last 5 decades.  His IMDb page shows over 118 acting credits since 1988. This page will rank Neil Patrick Harris movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. To do well in the rankings, a movie needed to do well at the box office, be liked by both critics and audiences and earn some award recognition.

Neil Patrick Harris Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.

Year Movie (Year) Rating S
Year Movie (Year) Rating S
2014 Gone Girl (2014)
2009 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)
Voice Only
2011 The Muppets (2011)
2013 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)
Voice Only
1997 Starship Troopers (1997)
2011 The Smurfs (2011)
2002 Undercover Brother (2002)
2022 The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022)
2011 A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas (2011)
2008 Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008)
2012 American Reunion (2012)
2004 Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004)
2017 Downsizing (2017)
2011 Company (2011)
2021 The Matrix Resurrections (2021)
2021 8-Bit Christmas (2021)
HBO Max
2005 The Golden Blaze (2005)
Film Festival Circuit Only
Voice Only
2014 A Million Ways To Die in The West (2014)
1988 Clara's Heart (1988)
2013 The Smurfs 2 (2013)
1998 The Proposition (1998)
2010 Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (2010)
Voice Only
2011 Beastly (2011)
2000 The Next Best Thing (2000)
1995 Animal Room (1995)
VOD Release
2002 The Mesmerist (2002)
2010 The Best and the Brightest (2010)
Film Festival Circuit Only
1988 People Purple Eater (1988)
Limited Release

Neil Patrick Harris Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table

The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.

  • Sort Neil Patrick Harris movies by co-stars of his movies.
  • Sort Neil Patrick Harris movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
  • Sort Neil Patrick Harris movies by yearly domestic box office rank
  • Sort Neil Patrick Harris movies how they were received by critics and audiences.  60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
  • Sort by how many Oscar® nominations each Neil Patrick Harris movie received and how many Oscar® wins each Neil Patrick Harris movie won.
  • Sort Neil Patrick Harris 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
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 Gone Girl (2014) Ben Affleck &
Rosamund Pike
167.80 256.7 565.10 18 82 01 / 00 97.8
2 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)
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Bill Hader &
James Caan
124.90 208.1 405.00 23 77 00 / 00 96.5
3 The Muppets (2011) Amy Adams &
John Krasinski
88.60 139.7 260.40 34 85 01 / 01 93.7
4 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)
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Bill Hader &
Anna Faris
119.80 184.2 421.80 26 65 00 / 00 91.3
5 Starship Troopers (1997) Casper Van Dien &
Denise Richards
54.80 149.3 329.80 34 66 01 / 00 87.7
6 The Smurfs (2011) Hank Azaria &
Katy Perry
142.60 224.8 888.60 19 33 00 / 00 79.8
7 Undercover Brother (2002) Eddie Griffin &
Billy Dee Williams
39.10 84.2 89.70 69 68 00 / 00 78.9
8 The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022) Nicolas Cage 19.50 21.7 27.60 53 82 00 / 00 76.1
9 A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas (2011) Kal Penn &
John Cho
35.10 55.3 57.10 93 72 00 / 00 75.9
10 Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008) John Cho &
Kal Penn
38.10 66.3 66.30 75 65 00 / 00 72.6
12 American Reunion (2012) Jason Biggs &
Seann William Scott
57.00 89.5 369.00 57 57 00 / 00 71.5
11 Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004) John Cho &
Kal Penn
18.30 36.7 48.20 107 72 00 / 00 69.8
13 Downsizing (2017) Matt Damon 24.40 34.1 69.70 91 67 00 / 00 62.6
14 Company (2011) Ariana DeBose 0.10 0.1 0.30 292 75 00 / 00 59.5
16 The Matrix Resurrections (2021) Keanu Reeves &
Christina Ricci
37.50 43.3 179.80 36 59 00 / 00 56.5
15 8-Bit Christmas (2021)
HBO Max
Christmas Movies 0.10 0.1 0.10 250 72 00 / 00 55.2
17 The Golden Blaze (2005)
Film Festival Circuit Only
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MIchael Clarke Duncan 0.10 0.1 0.10 327 70 00 / 00 51.3
17 A Million Ways To Die in The West (2014) Liam Neeson &
Charlize Theron
43.10 66.0 133.40 79 49 00 / 00 49.3
18 Clara's Heart (1988) Whoopi Goldberg &
Michael Ontkean
5.20 15.8 15.80 125 62 00 / 00 44.8
19 The Smurfs 2 (2013) Anton Yelchin 71.00 109.2 534.40 49 32 00 / 00 44.2
20 The Proposition (1998) Kenneth Branagh &
Madeleine Stowe
0.10 0.4 0.40 232 52 00 / 00 16.1
22 Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (2010)
Voice Only
Roger Moore &
Nick Nolte
43.60 69.1 178.20 72 30 00 / 00 14.9
21 Beastly (2011) Vanessa Hudgens &
Mary-Kate Olsen
27.90 43.9 68.00 105 37 00 / 00 14.3
25 The Next Best Thing (2000) Madonna &
Rupert Everett
15.00 34.8 56.50 113 37 00 / 00 10.9
24 Animal Room (1995)
VOD Release
Matthew Lillard 0.00 0.1 0.10 290 47 00 / 00 9.7
26 The Mesmerist (2002) Howard Hesseman 0.00 0.1 0.10 396 47 00 / 00 9.2
27 The Best and the Brightest (2010)
Film Festival Circuit Only
Christopher McDonald 0.00 0.1 0.10 393 44 00 / 00 6.6
27 People Purple Eater (1988)
Limited Release
Shelley Winters 0.00 0.1 0.10 310 43 00 / 00 5.7

Neil Patrick Harris Adjusted World Wide Box Office Grosses
Movie (Year) UMR Co-Star Links World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil) S
Movie (Year) UMR Co-Star Links World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil) S
The Smurfs (2011) Hank Azaria &
Katy Perry
888.60
Gone Girl (2014) Ben Affleck &
Rosamund Pike
565.10
The Smurfs 2 (2013) Anton Yelchin 534.40
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)
Voice Only
Bill Hader &
Anna Faris
421.80
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)
Voice Only
Bill Hader &
James Caan
405.00
American Reunion (2012) Jason Biggs &
Seann William Scott
369.00
Starship Troopers (1997) Casper Van Dien &
Denise Richards
329.80
The Muppets (2011) Amy Adams &
John Krasinski
260.40
The Matrix Resurrections (2021) Keanu Reeves &
Christina Ricci
179.80
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (2010)
Voice Only
Roger Moore &
Nick Nolte
178.20
A Million Ways To Die in The West (2014) Liam Neeson &
Charlize Theron
133.40
Undercover Brother (2002) Eddie Griffin &
Billy Dee Williams
89.70
Downsizing (2017) Matt Damon 69.70
Beastly (2011) Vanessa Hudgens &
Mary-Kate Olsen
68.00
A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas (2011) Kal Penn &
John Cho
57.10
The Next Best Thing (2000) Madonna &
Rupert Everett
56.50
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004) John Cho &
Kal Penn
48.20
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022) Nicolas Cage 27.60
Company (2011) Ariana DeBose 0.30

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