54 Joan Cusack Movies, Ranked Best to Worst

The film adaptation of Stephen Chbosky’s novel of the same name is a coming-of-age drama focusing on themes like anxiety, adolescence, PTSD, depression, and finding happiness. Introvert Charlie Kelmeckis tries to cope with the suicide of his best friend, while trying to navigate high-school, find love with Sam Button, and deal with his own mental illness.  

Samantha Baker feels disappointed as everything appears to go wrong on her 16th birthday. The high-school senior she has a crush on isn’t aware that she exists, a geek she dislikes keeps pestering her for attention; what’s more, her own family forgets her birthday as her sister is getting married the next day. Can she hope to have a special 16th birthday?

Clifford is a sensitive and well-to-do teen who joins a new school, after which he is targeted by Melvin Moody, the school bully. Tired of this harassment, he hires a tough kid named Ricky Linderman to be his bodyguard. However, their friendship doesn’t last long.

Rob Gordon, a struggling vinyl record store owner and compulsive list-maker, is yet again ditched by his current girlfriend Laura for refusing to commit. He decides to make a list of his top five breakups and seeks out his previous partners in an attempt to understand his failures in making those relationships work.

Martin Blank, a professional contract killer, who is unhappy with his work, receives an assignment in Detroit. His secretary persuades him to attend his ten-year high school reunion in Detroit suburb, Grosse Pointe. Putting his professional thoughts aside, he tries to re-connect with his school girlfriend; but things turn difficult when two NSA agents plus a contract hit-man come chasing after him. 

After Kate Fitzgerald is diagnosed with leukemia, her parents conceive Anna via in vitro fertilization to have a donor for elder daughter. Eleven-year old Anna, who has been a marrow and blood donor for her sister from age 5, seeks lawyer Campbell Alexander’s help to obtain medical emancipation from mother Sara. But Sara decides to fight the case in the court. 

An average, unambitious high-school senior, Lloyd Dobler, falls in love with pretty school valedictorian Diane Court, who has received a British college scholarship. Though she too loves Lloyd, her protective father doesn’t approve of the non-achieving boy and wants Diane to pursue her academic goals. She has a difficult decision to make; however, everything alters as some dark secrets come to light.

Michael Faraday losts his wife Leah, an FBI agent, in the line of duty. When he starts suspecting, his new neighbors Oliver and Cheryl Lang might be involved in a right-wing terrorist plot against the U.S. Government, his suspicions are dismissed as paranoia. But the Langs might have more sinister plans for him. 

Guitarist Dewey Finn is thrown out of his band New Vacancy due to his on-stage antics. Impersonating a substitute music teacher at a prep school, he goes on to teach the kids about rock ‘n’ roll. He then forms the band The School of Rock with them to try and win a local Battle of the Bands.  

The End of the Tour is an American drama film which tells the story of David Lipsky, a reporter working for the Rolling Stone Magazine who interviews a reputed novelist named David Foster for five days. They soon develop a unique friendship with each other.

Brilliant but not-so-telegenic reporter Aaron Altman, whose work mostly goes unappreciated, is secretly in love with Jane, the talented but high-strung news producer. The new inexpert anchor Tom Grunick’s good personality attracts Jane, though she despises the trend of entertainment news he represents. With Aaron considering Tom as personal and professional rival, Jane must take the difficult decision between style and substance. 

Orson Welles tries to stage a musical titled ‘The Cradle Will Rock’, which is about a labor strike, but he receives pressure from an establishment who feels that it will cause unrest.

In this sequel to The Addams Family, Gomez and Morticia Addams have hired the nanny, Debbie Jellinsky, to take care of their infant son, Pubert, after many failed murder attempts by his older siblings, Wednesday and Pugsley. Unfortunately, Debbie is a serial killer who seduces Uncle Fester and wants to murder him for all the money. 

Hard working secretary Tess McGill gets upset as she discovers that boss Katherine Parker is about to pinch her idea. When Katherine suffers a broken leg, Tess poses as Katherine and uses her own idea to close a deal with help of investment-broker Jack Trainer. Both grow closer, but Tess is unaware that Jack is Katherine’s boyfriend. Soon, Katherine finds out everything.

A seventeen year-old pregnant girl is abandoned by her boyfriend at a Walmart store, after which she manages to live within the building itself. However, after the baby is born, she gets a lot of media attention. Eventually, a nurse named Lexie helps her to rebuild her life, along with her baby daughter.

David is a science fiction writer who recently lost his wife. He soon comes across a hyper-imaginative young child named Dennis, who claims that he is from Mars, and thinks of adopting him.

Rapper Conner4real leaves his popular band ‘The Style Boyz,’ and achieves success as a solo rapper. When his new album fails to create any waves, his flourishing career takes a nosedive. Desperate to save his career, egotistical Conner tries everything from selling out to appearing on innumerable talk-shows; anything other than reuniting with his former boy-band. But his career is at stake. 

This comedy drama film tells the story of Kit Kittredge, a resourceful young girl, living in Cincinnati, during the time  of the Great Depression. She is forced to help her mother run a boarding house, since her father lost his job. She soon begins to investigate a series of thefts and robberies taking place in her locality.

Manny’s wife’s passes away, and he is in need of a nanny to care for his daughter Molly, as his job keeps him quite busy. It also appears that Molly is unable to speak as a result of her mother passing away. A woman named Corrina applies for the position, and Manny decides to hire her. He soon sees that Corrina is able to develop a bond with his daughter very quickly, and can communicate with her without the need for her to speak.

Hero is a comedy drama film which tells the story of Bernie, a wanted thief, who rescues passengers from a burning airliner, but is shocked to see that another man is taking the credit for his heroic actions.

Howard is a popular teacher, but his friends and family are shocked, when one of his students announces that he is gay. This leads to Howard questioning his sexuality, as well as trying his best to prove that he is straight.  

Class is a romantic comedy drama film which tells the story of a young naïve country boy named Jonathan who gets a scholarship at a classy school in the city. He soon starts having an affair with a beautiful woman, who is much older. She ends their relationship upon discovering that he is just 17. During the Christmas holidays, he visits the home of Skip, his friend, and he discovers that the woman he had an affair with, was none other than Skip’s mother.

Kitty Moran is a radio star who finds out that she is pregnant. However, unfortunately, she suffers a miscarriage. She is also told that due to her injuries she might not be able to conceive again. Due to being in the show business, they also have a hard time adopting a baby.

Angela de Marco is the wife of Frank de Marco, a mafia kingpin. After Frank is killed, she wishes to escape the life of living in the criminal underworld, along with her son. An undercover agent falls for her, but at the same time, she is being harassed by Tony, another mafia kingpin who wants her for himself.  

Raising Helen is a comedy drama film, which tells the story of a young woman, Helen, who becomes the guardian of her sister and brother-in-law’s three children after they die in a car accident. However, she discovers that raising them is much more difficult than she imagined.  

While doing a physics project about ice skating for Harvard scholarship, talented teen Casey Carlyle’s childhood passion for ice-skating is rekindled. Though she starts dreaming of being a professional figure skater, her disapproving mother wants her to pursue academics. However, following her heart she enters the competition. After a faltering start, when she finds her mother in audience, Casey turns in a brilliant performance. 

Rebecca Bloomwood, a New York City journalist, has run considerable debt with her shopping addiction. Though, she aspires to work for fashion magazine ‘Alette', she lands a job with financial magazine ‘Successful Saving'. She falls for her boss, Luke Brandon, and finds success writing under name ‘The girl in green scarf.’ But can she conquer her addiction to save her career and love-life?

Welcome to Me is a comedy drama film which tells the story of Alice Kleig, who is mentally unbalanced, and lives on disability benefits. Her life takes a turn when she wins a lottery of $ 86 million. She quits her medication and buys a talk show to broadcast her bizarre opinions on various subjects.    

Humans were living in peace in the town of Dillford, along with zombies and vampires, until the alien apocalypse occurs. Things turn upside down, and humans, vampires and zombies turn against one another. One human teen, along with a vampire and a zombie, unite together in order to fight the aliens and bring them down.

After quitting her comfortable and lucrative job, Olivia struggles to make ends meet. However, she starts feeling insecure about her future, and also tries to maintain her relationships with her successful and rich friends.  

An American private corporation takes over a war-torn nation and hires a hitman to kill a local politician. The hitman is supposed to pose as the corporation’s trade show representative who must organize the wedding of a Middle Eastern pop star, which will allow him the opportunity to kill his target.  

Steven Schats is a movie director and screenwriter who finds someone to finance his latest project. However, it soon seems that the man is actually an undercover FBI agent pretending to be a producer, and is working on a mob sting operation.  

Scared of commitment, a small town woman, Maggie Carpenter, ditches her fiance every time at the altar. Ike Graham is a New York based weary journalist who travels to Maggie’s town to write an expose on her. The two inevitably fall in love as they get to know more of each other, but the big question is – Will Maggie again run away from her marriage?

Nine Months is a romantic comedy film, which revolves around a child psychologist who finds out that his long-time girlfriend is pregnant. However, he is a commitment-phobic person, and finds it hard to change his lifestyle.   

Unicorn Store is an American fantasy comedy film which revolves around a whimsical painter who fails art school and is being forced to take up an office job, where she receives inappropriate advances from the vice president. Her life takes a turn when she receives a letter, and learns that she might be able to fulfill her dream of owning a unicorn.  

Too Much is a romantic comedy film which tells the story of Art Dodge, a con man, who runs a scam that involves deceiving grieving widows. While working on such a scheme, he finds himself attracted to the beautiful Betty Kerner. However, when he meets Liz, her beautiful sister, he finds himself madly attracted to her as well. In order to juggle both relationships, he invents his own twin brother.

This comedy drama film tells the story of a military general who inherits a toy making company. Therefore, he soon begins making war toys. However, his employees attempt to stop him, before he ruins the name of the company.  

Snatched is a 2017 action comedy film which tells the story of Emily, an impulsive young woman, who travels to Ecuador with her mother, after being dumped by her boyfriend. However, things take a turn for the worse, when they both get kidnapped by a group of masked men.   

Mr. Wrong is a romantic black comedy film which tells the story of a single woman named Martha, who seemingly finds the perfect man for her, just before her younger sister’s marriage. But things take a turn when she finds out that he has a split personality. Strangely, no one else seems to believe her.

This Pixar Animation’s computer-animated comedy film is third in the Toy Story series. As Andy, prepares to leave for college, Woody, Buzz Lightyear and other toys – some new – find themselves in a day-care centre instead of the attic. They now have to devise a plan to return home before Andy leaves.

The fourth installment in Pixar's Toy Story series, the film begins with Woody being given away to a new owner and his struggle to adjust in the new surroundings and also to a new toy called Forky. The story then goes on to portray his adventures when he and his gang set on a road trip with their owner, meeting his long lost friend Bo Peep on the way. 

Since he proved himself to be a terrible postman at the academy, Jesper is posted to a frozen town in the North. He soon discovers that Santa Claus is hiding there. A friendship soon develops between the two.  

Barbie Doll and her boyfriend Ken are disappointed upon learning that Bonnie is going to Hawaii with her family, without them. Therefore they decide to stow away in her backpack. Things don’t go as expected, as Bonnie leaves them in her room.

Chicken Little throws his little town in panic by claiming that a piece of sky has fallen on his head. But when the panic subsides and he fails to produce that piece, he becomes a laughingstock. To redeem his reputation, he joins the baseball team and helps his team to win.  But that is not enough. He must now convince his town folks, still very skeptical, that an alien invasion is imminent.  

After DJ Drake’s father, who is a movie star and also a spy, gets kidnapped, the Looney Tunes characters come to life in order to help Drake in tracking his father.  

Milo is a young boy who is quite frustrated with his mother, and starts wishing he never had one. His wish comes true and she is abducted by Martians. Therefore, he sets off on a quest to outer space to rescue her.

Red Riding Hood is training with a secret group named Sister Hoods. However, she and the Wolf is soon called, in order to examine the sudden disappearance of Hansel and Gretel.

When greedy toy collector Al McWhiggin steals Woody to send him to a Japanese museum, Buzz Lightyear leads the rest of Andy's toys on a brave rescue mission. Woody, however, learns that he is a rare collectible from a popular television show and is introduced to other members of his team, who convince him to stay.

Santa’s clumsy son Arthur, learns that because of a technical glitch, a little girl's Christmas present has been misplaced. Therefore, he sets out on a mission to deliver the present before it is too late.