57 Ivan Reitman Movies, Ranked Best to Worst

Three parapsychologists, fired from their job, establish Ghostbusters, a paranormal investigation and elimination service. Their business booms but an EPA inspector is sure that they are frauds and hence puts them behind bars. However, when New York is besieged by an ancient Sumerian God Gozer, it is the trio who are called upon to save the city. 

The sex-comedy revolves around the lives of freshmen Larry Kroger and Kent Dorfman who join the notorious Faber College Delta Tau Chi House, after being rejected by the more prestigious Omega Theta Pi. But they have to survive College Dean Vernon Wormer who is conspiring with the Omegas to have the Deltas removed. 

After losing his job and girlfriend, John Winger, with friend Russell Ziskey, joins army, to have some fun. Instead, they’ve to face grueling training with drill sergeant, Sergeant Hulka, but pretty MPs Stella and Louise compensate for the ordeal. Chosen front-man of a platoon of army-misfits, they inadvertently end up rescuing their platoon from behind the enemy line while testing an assault vehicle.  

After learning that his girlfriend frequently engages in orgies behind his back, Mitch Martin joins his two friends Frank and Beanie, who are also dissatisfied with their personal lives, to re-live their past glory days. They turn Mitch's new house near a college campus into a fraternity, but draw the ire of the college dean Pritchard.

After their release from another stint in prison, three friends think of starting their lives fresh. But soon they learn that their homes are going to be demolished by the trailer park manager.  

Ryan Bingham, a professional downsizing expert, constantly travels across the country, sometimes meeting Alex, another frequent flier, and is close to achieving ten million frequent flyer miles. However, his lifestyle is threatened when his ambitious new colleague, Natalie, proposes termination via videoconferencing to cut expense, and Ryan must prove the importance of doing his job in-person.

Callie is a financially struggling single mother who inherits a farm and moves there along with Trevor and Phoebe, her two children, as she has been evicted from her apartment. Phoebe soon begins to discover supernatural occurrences and learns that their house is haunted. The children soon find an underground laboratory and meets their grandfather’s ghost. They begin to discover their connection to the original Ghostbusters and the secret legacy left behind by their grandfather.

Shivers is a horror science fiction film which revolves around a parasite which has been turning people into murderous maniacs.

An exciting thriller, Disturbia follows a teenager who is placed on house arrest for assault. When the boy starts spying on his neighbors, he comes to the startling realization that one of them is a possible serial killer.

Peter Klaven, who has no close male friends, is in search of a best man for his upcoming wedding to Zooey Rice. Attempts to find a good friend result in awkward situations. Then he meets and clicks with affable, pleasant Sydney Fife, forging a close bond. But this friendship threatens to affect his relationship with Zooey.  So, how does he manage both? 

Draft Day is a sports drama film, which tells the story of Sonny Weaver, General Manager of the Cleveland Browns, who trades his number one pick to rebuild his team, at the NFL Draft. However, he is unsure whether he has made the right choice for himself and his team. 

Adapted from Howard Stern’s autobiographical book, the film follows the life and career of the radio star. After a difficult childhood, Stern studies communications with dreams of becoming a radio disc-jockey. In Washington, he forms a successful work-partnership with Robin Quivers, and also grabs attention of radio-fans with his trademark outrageous style, which soon leads him to his top position at New York’s WNBC. 

Dave is a political comedy film, which revolves around the life of Dave Kovic, a man who bears an uncanny resemblance with the President of the United States, Bill Mitchell. When Mitchell suffers a stroke, Dave is hired by the Secret Service to impersonate the President on an ongoing basis. 

Rudy is an 11 year old child having low self-esteem issues. He is sent to an average summer camp by his father. He meets the counselor who tries to gain his confidence and encourages him to break out of his shell.

Scotty is dumped by his girlfriend. When his German pen pal Mieke sympathizes with him and suggests a meeting, he asks to be left alone. By the time he realises that Mieke is actually a girl, it is too late. Scotty now decides to go to Europe and apologise to her in person. Accompanying him is his best friend, Cooper Harris and twins Jenny and Jamie.

Rose and her boyfriend Hart get into an accident when Hart’s bike hits a van parked in the middle of the road. They both suffer significant injuries, and are soon transported to a nearby clinic for plastic surgery. The head doctor Dan decides to perform a radical new procedure on Rose, but it turns her into a zombie-like creature that thirsts for human blood.

The movie follows legendary director Alfred Hitchcock’s struggles to get one of his most iconic movies Psycho made. After Paramount’s refusal, he is forced to finance the movie himself and in spite of reservations, is helped by his wife Alma. The making of the movie puts a strain on his health and their marriage.

Josh and Tiffany have been dating each other since their high school days, but had to part when they joined different universities. Josh constantly sends Tiffany his video taped messages. However, when his friend mistakenly sends a wrong tape, Josh and his friends are forced to take a long Road Trip to reach Austin and prevent Tiffany from seeing the video. 

Despite saving New York City from demigod Gozer earlier, the Ghostbusters were forced to disband following myriads of property damage lawsuits. They come out of retirement to again help Dana Barrett after her son becomes the target of a demonic plot threatening the entire city, but they must first fight against the law and the government.

Massive brawny cop, John Kimble, is forced to pose as a kindergarten teacher to bring drug lord Cullen Crisp to justice. To do that he must convince Cullen’s ex-wife Joyce, who has been hiding as a teacher to cooperate. However, Kimble must first survive the unruly children and Cullen’s criminal mother Eleanor. 

Friends Dr. Emma K. Kurtzman and Adam Franklin decide to have a relationship based on sex but not falling in love with each other. Things get complicated when Adam falls in love but Emma isn’t emotionally available. In the end Emma realizes her love for Adam and they get back together to live happily ever after. 

After being released from a psychiatric institution, Anna returns home to find her father engaged to her late mother’s live-in nurse, Rachel. She soon starts seeing visions and tells her sister about them. They decide to investigate once they conclude that these visions are messages from their mother, trying to convey that Rachel has murdered her. But are they prepared for the ensuing battle?

Dr. Catherine Stewart hires call girl Chloe Sweeney to seduce her husband David after she suspects he has been unfaithful. When Chloe starts discussing her moments with David in intimate details, Catherine gets seduced. She starts having an affair with Chloe while Chloe also seduces Catherine’s son Michael. Everything is revealed in a final confrontation.  

Evolution is a science fiction film with comedic undertones that revolves around two community college professors, a fireman-in-training and a beautiful government scientist trying to save the world from a fast-evolving organism that landed on earth in a meteor from outer space. Starring David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, Julianne Moore and Seam William Scott, it has comedy, drama and action too.

Julius Benedict is strong, intelligent and empathic man who was the product of a genetic experiment and was raised by one of the scientists conducting the experiment. After learning that the experiment had an unexpected byproduct, he journeys to Los Angeles to find his twin brother Vincent, who had lesser qualities and grew up to be a lowlife.

Laura Kelly is an attorney representing Chelsea Deardon, an artist who has been accused of stealing a portrait for a millionaire. However, Chealsea claims that the painting was a gift to her from her father eighteen years ago. Laura seeks out Tom Logan, an assistant district attorney, to talk about the complicated case.

In the middle of her holiday with her fiancé, Frank, in Makatea, magazine editor, Robin Monroe, is asked to fly to Tahiti. She hires bad-tempered and argumentative pilot, Quinn Harris. When a thunderstorm forces the plane to crash land on a desolate island, the two are forced to put their differences aside to survive.

Three women are forced to abscond in their escape pod, after their space cruise liner is destroyed. Soon, a huge reward is announced for their safe return. When a salvage operator named Wolff comes to know about this, he decides to set out looking for them, hoping that he can use the reward money to solve his debt problems.

When a St. Bernard puppy finds refuge with the Newtons everybody except the father, George Newton is thrilled. The puppy is named Beethoven and grows up to become a beloved pet. When an evil veterinarian Dr. Varnick sets his eye on Beethoven for animal experiments, George and the family unite to rescue him.

Dedicated lifeguard, Mitch Buchannon, protects the Emerald Bay beaches with his elite team, which recently expanded to include three more new recruits, including disgraced former Olympian Matt Brody. Strict Buchannon constantly clashes with the frivolous Brody as they investigate drugs and deaths on the beach to uncover a dangerous plot involving mysterious Colombian businesswoman Victoria Leeds.

Hotel for Dogs is a comedy film which tells the story of two orphaned siblings Andi and Bruce, who are not allowed to take any pets home. Therefore they decide to take in stray dogs along with their family dog at a vacant hotel.  The hotel is soon transformed into an ideal shelter for dogs.

Killing Me Softly is a romantic mystery thriller film which is about a woman who abandons her loving relationship with her boyfriend and sets out to pursue sexual adventures with a mysterious mountaineer. However, this eventually brings disaster to her life.  

Blackout is an action thriller film, which takes us to New York in 1977. When an electric blackout takes place, three escaped killers begin terrorizing the residents of a dark apartment building.  

Post Grad is a romantic comedy film which tells the story of a young girl Ryden Malby, who moves back with her parents after her graduation, because her dream job at a big publishing house is given to her rival. Her best friend, Adam, who has a huge crush on her, tries to find a job for her, before she loses all hope.

Father Figures is a comedy film which tells the story of two brothers, who realize that their mother is hiding the truth about their father from them. Therefore, both of them set out on a journey, hoping to meet different men, who might be their long-lost father.

The remake of the 1984 classic Ghostbusters, follows paranormal researchers Abigail Yates, Erin Gilbert, Jilian Holtzman, and Patty Tolan. They take up the mantle of the Ghostbusters to stop occultist Rowan North who is summoning an army of deadly ghosts to bring an end to the world. 

Matthew Saunders starts a relationship with the beautiful Jenny Johnson not knowing that she is the blonde superheroine G-Girl. As Jenny becomes more demanding and jealous and reveals her identity to Matthew, he breaks up with her. But he might live to regret his decision, as G-Girl promises to wreck his life. 

Fathers’ Day is a romantic comedy film which tells the story of a woman named Collette, who contacts Jack and Dale, two of her former boyfriends, to help her search for her runaway teen son Scott. She tricks them into helping her, by telling each man that he is the boy’s father.

When their car breaks down near Farnhamville, Cliff and Gloria proceed to a charming B&B farmhouse, despite learning the shocking town legend about the place. There, the two meet a Reverend accompanied by three beautiful young ladies – and then the couple ends up experiencing the worst horror of their lives – or is it just a nightmare? 

Beethoven, the St. Bernard of the Newton family, meets and falls for Missy, a lady St. Bernard; but her wicked owner Regina separates them. Missy escapes with Beethoven’s help and soon, they are proud parents of 4 adorable puppies which the Newton kids bring home to save from greedy Regina. Can the canines elude Regina’s determined clutches and unite as a happy family? 

Two research scientists, Alex Hesse and Larry Arbogast, are developing a new drug to reduce chances of miscarriage in expectant women. However, when their research funds are withdrawn and they are not allowed to carry human experimentation, Larry convinces Hesse who agrees to get an embryo implant. It is to be tested only for three months, but what if the pregnancy continues? 

Joe, a cop decides to break up with his girlfriend. Shortly after, his mother pays him a visit. However, she starts to interfere in all his activities, and even gets involved in his career. 

Heavy Metal is an animated adult comedy adventure film, which revolves around an evil glowing green orb which travels through space and time, spreading violence as well as discord.    

The alien Mr. Swackhammer wants to enslave the Looney Tunes for his amusement park, Moron Mountains. When his minions the Nerdlucks arrive, Bugs Bunny challenges them to a basketball game. But the aliens steal the powers of NBA basketball players. The Tunes then enlist the help of basketball legend Michael Jordan to take the Nerdlucks down.