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Adam McKay Movies

Want to know the best Adam McKay movies?  How about the worst Adam McKay movies?  Curious about Adam McKay box office grosses or which Adam McKay movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Adam McKay 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.

Adam McKay (1968-) is an Oscar®-winning American writer, director and producer.  McKay has been behind some of the best comedies of the last 20 years.  Since turning his attention to more serious movies he has picked up 5 Oscar® nominations. His IMDb page shows over 150 credits since 1995.   This page will rank Adam McKay movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos, uncredited roles, and movies that were not released in North American were not included in the rankings.

Adam McKay directing 2015’s The Big Short

Adam McKay 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
2015 Ant-Man (2015)
2013 Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013)
2006 Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
2015 The Big Short (2015)
AA Best Picture Nom
AA Best Writing Win
2010 The Other Guys (2010)
Director
2004 Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
Director
2008 Step Brothers (2008)
2019 Hustlers (2019)
2015 Daddy's Home (2015)
2012 The Campaign (2012)
2018 Vice (2018)
AA Best Picture Nom
AA Best Director Nom
2017 Daddy's Home 2 (2017)
2015 Get Hard (2015)
2021 Don't Look Up (2021)
AA Best Picture Nom
2014 Tammy (2014)
2016 The Boss (2016)
2015 Sleeping with Other People (2015)
2013 Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013)
2009 The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard (2009)
Director
2014 Welcome To Me (2014)
2012 Bachelorette (2012)
2012 Casa De Mi Padre (2012)
Director
2017 The House (2017)
2012 Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie (2012)
2010 The Virginity Hit (2010)
2018 Holmes & Watson (2018)

Adam McKay directing 2018’s Vice

Adam McKay 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 any way you want.

  • Sort Adam McKay movies by his co-stars
  • Sort Adam McKay movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
  • Sort Adam McKay movies by adjusted worldwide box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
  • Sort Adam McKay 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 Adam McKay movie received.
  • Sort Adam McKay movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score.  UMR puts box office, reviews, and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
CreditRank Movie (Year) UMR Co-Star Links Review % Oscar Nom / Win S UMR Score
CreditRank 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 S UMR Score
1 Ant-Man (2015) Paul Rudd &
Written by McKay
180.20 267.2 769.9 14 77 00 / 00 96.5
4 Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013) Will Ferrell &
Christina Applegate
127.40 195.8 267.0 23 73 00 / 00 94.7
2 Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006) Will Ferrell &
John C. Reilly
148.20 281.6 309.6 13 70 00 / 00 94.6
3 The Big Short (2015)
AA Best Picture Nom
AA Best Writing Win
Christian Bale &
Steve Carell
70.30 104.2 197.9 41 84 05 / 01 92.8
6 The Other Guys (2010)
Director
Will Ferrell &
Mark Wahlberg
119.20 188.9 270.0 21 66 00 / 00 92.3
7 Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
Director
Will Ferrell &
Christina Applegate
85.30 171.7 182.3 30 70 00 / 00 91.3
9 Step Brothers (2008) Will Ferrell &
John C. Reilly
100.50 174.9 223.0 29 64 00 / 00 89.4
8 Hustlers (2019) Jennifer Lopez &
Produced by McKay
105.00 143.2 205.4 29 72 00 / 00 89.1
10 Daddy's Home (2015) Mark Wahlberg &
Produced by McKay
150.40 222.9 360.0 22 47 00 / 00 86.2
11 The Campaign (2012) Will Ferrell &
Produced by McKay
86.90 136.5 164.7 35 63 00 / 00 84.7
10 Vice (2018)
AA Best Picture Nom
AA Best Director Nom
Christian Bale &
Amy Adams
47.80 65.3 100.4 60 67 08 / 01 82.6
12 Daddy's Home 2 (2017) Mel Gibson &
Produced by McKaty
104.00 145.0 251.7 30 50 00 / 00 79.7
13 Get Hard (2015) Kevin Hart &
Produced by McKay
90.40 134.1 165.8 30 43 00 / 00 71.3
13 Don't Look Up (2021)
AA Best Picture Nom
Leonardo DiCaprio 0.10 0.1 0.8 213 70 04 / 00 66.1
15 Tammy (2014) Melissa McCarthy &
Produced by McKay
84.50 129.3 153.8 42 38 00 / 00 64.2
17 The Boss (2016) Melissa McCarthy &
Produced by McKay
63.30 91.5 113.9 51 45 00 / 00 58.3
15 Sleeping with Other People (2015) Jason Sudeikis &
Produced by McKay
0.80 1.1 4.5 182 68 00 / 00 48.2
19 Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013) Jeremy Renner &
Produced by McKay
55.70 85.6 348.0 64 33 00 / 00 31.4
19 The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard (2009)
Director
Jeremy Piven &
Produced by McKay
15.10 25.2 25.5 120 51 00 / 00 26.9
20 Welcome To Me (2014) Kristen Wiig &
Produced by McKay
0.60 0.9 1.0 190 57 00 / 00 23.8
19 Bachelorette (2012) Kirsten Dunst &
Produced by McKay
0.40 0.7 19.8 222 56 00 / 00 22.8
21 Casa De Mi Padre (2012)
Director
Will Ferrell &
Produced by McKay
5.90 9.3 12.6 145 52 00 / 00 21.1
23 The House (2017) Will Ferrell &
Produced by McKay
25.60 35.7 47.5 88 43 00 / 00 18.6
23 Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie (2012) John C. Reilly &
Produced by McKay
0.20 0.3 0.3 248 49 00 / 00 11.8
24 The Virginity Hit (2010) Matt Bennett &
Produced by McKay
0.60 1.0 1.0 196 45 00 / 00 8.1
25 Holmes & Watson (2018) John C. Reilly &
Produced by McKay
30.60 41.7 55.2 89 29 00 / 00 5.6
Will Ferrell and Adam McKay have made many projects together.

Check out Adam McKay‘s career compared to current and classic actors.  Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.

Possibly Interesting Facts About Adam McKay

1. Adam McKay was born in Denver, Colorado in 1968.  McKay is married to director, Shira Piven.  He is the brother-in-law to actor Jeremy Piven.

2. Adam McKay served as head writer for the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live.

3. Adam McKay and Will Ferrell have been frequent collaborators.   They have made many movies together, created the production company Gary Sanchez Productions and the website Funny or Die.

4. Adam McKay has directed three actors to an Oscar® nomination: Christian Bale (twice), Sam Rockwell, and Amy Adams.

5. Adam McKay has been nominated for 5 Oscars®. Twice for directing (The Big Short & Vice) twice for writing (The Big Short & Vice) and once for producing (Vice).

6. Adam McKay was one of the founding members of the Upright Citizens Brigade comedy troupe.

7. Adam McKay’s daughter Pearl was the little girl in the Funny or Die short, The Landlord (2007).

8. Adam McKay credits Christian Bale for saving his life.  When McKay was having a mild heart attack he remembered something Bale had told him about heart attacks while filming Vice.  He immediately went to the hospital where the quick reaction to his heart attack limited the damage to his heart.

9. Throughout 2000 and 2001, Adam McKay made several short films for Saturday Night Live (1975). Actors such as Steve Buscemi, Willem Dafoe, Jimmy Fallon, Will Ferrell, Tracy Morgan, Chris Parnell, Andy Richter, Molly Shannon and Ben Stiller have appeared in his SNL shorts.

10. Check out Will McKay‘s career compared to current and classic actors.  Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.

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1 thought on “Adam McKay Movies”

  1. Taylor says:
    January 2, 2021 at 10:07 am

    Love Adam McKay, his Anchorman movies alone make him a worthy subject. One of the great comedy minds working today.

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