Want to know the best Steve Carell movies? How about the worst Steve Carell movies? Curious about Steve Carell’s box office grosses or which Steve Carell movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Steve Carell movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.
Steve Carell (1962-) is an Oscar® nominated actor. Carell originally found fame on television. He was a correspondent for The Daily Show from 1999 until 2005. Carell next starred in the popular television show, The Office from 2005 to 2011. Since then he has successfully moved from the little screen to the big screen. Over the last ten years he has appeared in many box office hits….and now has moved to critically acclaimed movies like Foxcatcher and The Big Short. So with all of this success, it seemed time to take a closer look at his movie career…which should make BryRog57 and Scotty happy as they have been requesting a Carell movie page for a very long time.
Carell’s IMDb page shows over 70 acting credits since 1991. This page will rank Steve Carell 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.
Steve Carell 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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| 2010 | Despicable Me (2010) Voice Only |
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| 2013 | Despicable Me 2 (2013) Voice Only |
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| 2022 | Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022) Voice Only |
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| 2008 | Horton Hears a Who! (2008) Voice Only |
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| 2005 | The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005) | |
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| 2006 | Over the Hedge (2006) Voice Only |
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| 2006 | Little Miss Sunshine (2006) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 2013 | Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013) | |
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| 2017 | Despicable Me 3 (2017) Voice Only |
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| 2015 | The Big Short (2015) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 2008 | Get Smart (2008) | |
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| 2024 | Despicable Me 4 (2024) Voice Only |
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| 2003 | Bruce Almighty (2003) | |
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| 2004 | Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) | |
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| 2011 | Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011) |  |
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| 2024 | IF (2024) Voice Only |
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| 2010 | Date Night (2010) | |
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| 2018 | Vice (2018) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 2012 | Hope Springs (2012) | |
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| 2007 | Dan in Real Life (2007) |  |
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| 2014 | Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014) | |
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| 2007 | Evan Almighty (2007) | |
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| 2013 | The Way Way Back (2013) | |
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| 2014 | Foxcatcher (2014) AA Best Actor Nom |
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| 2010 | Dinner for Schmucks (2010) | |
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| 2017 | Battle of the Sexes (2017) |  |
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| 2023 | Asteroid City (2023) | |
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| 1991 | Curly Sue (1991) | |
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| 2018 | Beautiful Boy (2018) | |
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| 2016 | Café Society (2016) | |
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| 2017 | Last Flag Flying (2017) | |
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| 2005 | Bewitched (2005) | |
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| 2012 | Seeking a Friend For the End of the World (2012) |  |
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| 2004 | Melinda and Melinda (2004) |  |
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| 2020 | Irresistible (2020) Universal Covid-19 VOD |
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| 2018 | Welcome To Marwen (2018) | |
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| 2013 | The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013) | |
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| 2015 | Freeheld (2015) | |
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| 2004 | Sleepover (2004) |  |
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| 1999 | Suits (1999) | |
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| 2007 | Stories USA (2007) | |
Steve Carell 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 Steve Carell movies by co-stars of his movies
- Sort Steve Carell movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost
- Sort Steve Carell movies by adjusted worldwide box office grosses using current movie ticket cost
- Sort Steve Carell 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 Steve Carell movie received.
- Sort Steve Carell 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.
| CreditRank | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Review % | Oscar Nom / Win | S | UMR Score | ||||
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| 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 | Despicable Me (2010) Voice Only |
Julie Andrews | 251.50 | 343.6 | 742.0 | 7 | 80 | 00 / 00 | 97.4 | |
| 2 | Despicable Me 2 (2013) Voice Only |
Kristen Wiig & Top 250 World Wide Adjusted |
380.10 | 503.9 | 1,303.1 | 4 | 74 | 02 / 00 | 96.6 | |
| 3 | Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022) Voice Only |
Jean-Claude Van Damme | 369.70 | 378.5 | 962.8 | 6 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 96.2 | |
| 4 | Horton Hears a Who! (2008) Voice Only |
Jim Carrey & Carol Burnett & Will |
154.50 | 232.0 | 446.1 | 10 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 96.1 | |
| 6 | The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005) | Paul Rudd & Seth Rogen |
109.40 | 184.4 | 298.8 | 19 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 95.8 | |
| 5 | Over the Hedge (2006) Voice Only |
Bruce Willis & William Shatner |
155.00 | 254.0 | 550.5 | 12 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 95.7 | |
| 7 | Little Miss Sunshine (2006) AA Best Picture Nom |
Alan Arkin & Greg Kinnear |
59.90 | 98.1 | 164.7 | 51 | 88 | 04 / 02 | 94.5 | |
| 8 | Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013) | Will Ferell & Paul Rudd |
127.40 | 168.9 | 230.3 | 23 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 93.1 | |
| 9 | Despicable Me 3 (2017) Voice Only |
Julie Andrews | 264.60 | 318.0 | 1,242.1 | 9 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 92.4 | |
| 10 | The Big Short (2015) AA Best Picture Nom |
Christian Bale & Brad Pitt |
70.30 | 89.8 | 170.6 | 41 | 84 | 05 / 01 | 92.4 | |
| 11 | Get Smart (2008) | Anne Hathaway & Bill Murray |
130.30 | 195.7 | 346.3 | 20 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 91.7 | |
| 11 | Despicable Me 4 (2024) Voice Only |
Kristen Wiig & Will Ferrell |
361.00 | 361.0 | 958.1 | 3 | 57 | 00 / 00 | NP | 91.5 |
| 12 | Bruce Almighty (2003) | Jim Carrey & Morgan Freeman |
242.80 | 434.1 | 866.3 | 5 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 90.9 | |
| 13 | Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) | Will Ferell & Paul Rudd |
85.30 | 148.1 | 157.2 | 30 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 90.0 | |
| 14 | Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011) | Julianne Moore & Ryan Gosling |
84.40 | 114.7 | 194.2 | 36 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 88.9 | |
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Ryan Reynolds & Directed by John Krasinski |
111.10 | 111.1 | 184.7 | 14 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 87.8 | |
| 16 | Date Night (2010) | Tina Fey & Mark Wahlberg |
98.70 | 134.9 | 208.0 | 31 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 87.5 | |
| 17 | Vice (2018) AA Best Picture Nom |
Christian Bale & Sam Rockwell |
47.80 | 56.6 | 87.1 | 60 | 67 | 08 / 01 | 82.8 | |
| 18 | Hope Springs (2012) | Meryl Streep & Tommy Lee Jones |
63.50 | 86.0 | 154.8 | 51 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 82.5 | |
| 20 | Dan in Real Life (2007) | Emily Blunt | 47.60 | 74.6 | 107.1 | 57 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 79.7 | |
| 21 | Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014) | Jennifer Garner | 67.00 | 88.3 | 133.8 | 51 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 78.3 | |
| 22 | Evan Almighty (2007) | Morgan Freeman | 100.50 | 157.4 | 271.7 | 27 | 40 | 00 / 00 | 77.7 | |
| 23 | The Way Way Back (2013) | Sam Rockwell | 21.50 | 28.5 | 30.8 | 106 | 79 | 00 / 00 | 76.0 | |
| 24 | Foxcatcher (2014) AA Best Actor Nom |
Channing Tatum & Mark Ruffalo |
12.10 | 16.0 | 25.1 | 136 | 79 | 05 / 00 | 75.9 | |
| 25 | Dinner for Schmucks (2010) | Paul Rudd | 73.00 | 99.8 | 118.7 | 46 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 74.5 | |
| 26 | Battle of the Sexes (2017) | Emma Stone | 12.60 | 15.2 | 22.2 | 117 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 64.3 | |
| 27 | Asteroid City (2023) | Tom Hanks & Directed by Wes Anderson |
28.20 | 28.2 | 53.9 | 67 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 61.8 | |
| 29 | Curly Sue (1991) | James Belushi & Kelly Lynch |
33.70 | 86.3 | 86.3 | 40 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 61.1 | |
| 28 | Beautiful Boy (2018) | Timothée Chalamet | 7.60 | 9.1 | 15.6 | 136 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 61.0 | |
| 30 | Café Society (2016) | Kristen Stewart & Directed by Woody Allen |
11.10 | 13.8 | 54.5 | 136 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 58.5 | |
| 31 | Last Flag Flying (2017) | Bryan Cranston | 1.00 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 184 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 54.0 | |
| 32 | Bewitched (2005) | Will Ferrell & Nicole Kidman |
63.30 | 106.6 | 221.4 | 41 | 37 | 00 / 00 | 53.2 | |
| 33 | Seeking a Friend For the End of the World (2012) | Keira Knightley & Martin Sheen |
7.10 | 9.6 | 13.1 | 138 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 43.9 | |
| 34 | Melinda and Melinda (2004) | Will Ferrell & Directed by Woody Allen |
3.80 | 6.6 | 34.9 | 173 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 32.2 | |
| 35 | Irresistible (2020) Universal Covid-19 VOD |
Chris Cooper | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 138 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 28.2 | |
| 36 | Welcome To Marwen (2018) | Leslie Mann & Directed by Robert Zemeckis |
10.80 | 12.7 | 14.7 | 125 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 27.5 | |
| 37 | The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013) | Jim Carrey & Steve Buscemi |
22.50 | 29.9 | 36.4 | 103 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 26.8 | |
| 38 | Freeheld (2015) | Julianne Moore | 0.60 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 186 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 20.6 | |
| 39 | Sleepover (2004) | Alexa PenaVega | 9.40 | 16.4 | 18.0 | 141 | 41 | 00 / 00 | 8.9 | |
| 40 | Suits (1999) | Robert Klein | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 369 | 35 | 00 / 00 | 1.9 | |
| 41 | Stories USA (2007) | Louis Gossett Jr. | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 329 | 30 | 00 / 00 | 0.7 |
Possibly Interesting Facts About Steve Carell
1. Steve Carell was born in Concord, Massachusetts.
2. Steve Carell has been nominated for an Oscar® (once), an Emmy® (9 times) and a Golden Globe® (8 times).
3. Steve Carell has one Oscar® nomination. He was nominated for Best Actor for 2014’s Foxcatcher.
4. Two of Steve Carell’s Golden Globe® nominations were for movie roles: 2014’s Foxcatcher and 2015’s The Big Short.
5. Steve Carell and Paul Rudd have appeared in 4 movies together: Both Anchorman movies, Dinner for Schmucks and The 40-Year-Old Virgin. He has also appeared in 4 movies with Will Ferrell.
6. Steve Carell has been married one time. He has been married to actress Nancy Carell since 1995…they have two children.
7. Steve Carell replaced Bruce Willis in Woody Allen’s 2016 movie (no title yet).
8. Check out Steve Carell‘s career compared to current and classic actors. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.
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I know I should be ashamed,but the only SC film I have is “The 40 Year Old Virgin”.And God,I love it.
Fav line “you have to plant a lot of seeds,let it grow into a plant.And then you f**k the plant”.This film just never gets old,and Carrell is superbly cast in it.
I really should look at some of his other films.
Hi, Bruce.
I just saw The Big Short today with a group of friends. I loved the movie. Having heard of various opinions about the movie and its subject matter, I went into the movie with the point of view that it was a financial version of All the President’s Men in going back to see how the events happened and paid very close attention to everything. I loved it. Just as the movie suggests, it was indeed more understandable all the terms when they were explained in similies like the chef and the leftover fish, the gambling house and betting on bets etc.
Having seen it, I am so happy that I do not live in Vancouver, that my home is an apartment etc. and that I am an owner not a renter relying upon a landlord to keep his or her payments.
Hey Flora….the wife and I saw this a few weeks ago too. And we both enjoyed it too. I took awhile to get used to the way the movie went from a regular movie to one that stopped, turned to the camera and starting talking to the audience. But after you get used to that part of the movie the movie really takes off….even creating some tension when you know what the end result would be. It is a very scary movie….especially at the end when they said the banks had come up with a new mortgage bond…..very very scary that they (the banks) would try and go down that road again. Thanks for the mini-review.