83 John Goodman Movies & TV Shows, Ranked Best to Worst

When a middle-aged bachelor, Jeffrey The Dude Lebowski, is attacked due to mistaken identity, he seeks compensation from the other Jeffrey The Big Lebowski who is a millionaire. Soon the latter wants Dude to deliver a ransom to secure the release of his wife Bunny; however, Dude’s friend Walter plans to keep the money. 

Aspiring dancer Peppy Miller bumps into popular silent film hero George Valentin, following which she gets a break as an actress and the two develop feelings for each other. However, their budding romance suffers as Valentin's career fades away after production of silent films stops, while Miller becomes a prominent sound film actress.

The movie is adapted from a 1999 book -The Master of Disguise – by the CIA exfiltration specialist, Tony Mendez and a 2007 article by Joshuah Bearman. Depicting true events, the movie follows Mendez, as he devises an ingenious but risky plan to rescue six Americans from Tehran in 1979 by posing as a film crew unit scouting for location in Iran for a science-fiction film.  

The crime-comedy adventure movie follows the journey of three men Ulysses Everett McGill, Pete, and Delmar O'Donnell who escape from a chain-gang to retrieve a treasure. The three go on an incredible journey only to discover that the treasure they seek is entirely different and eventually end up earning their freedom.  

A Broadway playwright, Barton Fink, is offered a thousand dollars a week deal to write a Hollywood script. He accepts the offer and moves to LA, but struggles to write anything due to writer's block. He seeks help from his neighbour, a novelist and his secretary. However, events take a strange turn with a murder taking place and investigators turning up to question him.

Based on the 1977 biographical novel by Bruce Alexander Cook, the film follows the life of the celebrated Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, later blacklisted for his political belief. Focusing on his all-round struggles, which forced him to ghostwrite many award winning scripts, the film tells us how he overcame his troubles to receive his due. 

The dark comedy follows the life of struggling folk singer Llewyn Davis for a week as he sorts through his messy life and struggles to achieve a successful career after the failure of his debut album ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’. His choices lead him down a path of failure and dejection. 

Pilot Whip Whittaker is hailed as a hero for landing his plane with almost no casualties after it suffers a mid-air mechanical failure. A routine investigation after the fact reveals another story, however; that of a man struggling with substance abuse.

Raising Arizona is a crime-comedy film directed by the famous Coen brothers, wherein an ex-con and an ex-cop abduct one baby from a set of quintuplets belonging to a furniture mogul called Nathan Arizona after they discover that they can't have a child. The couple's lives are in jeopardy when Arizona offers a huge reward for the return of his missing baby.

Based on real-life events, the movie focuses on the events leading to and the aftermath of the April 15, 2013 Boston Marathon bombings by brothers Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev. Police sergeant Tommy Saunders, FBI Special Agent Richard DesLauriers and Commissioner Ed Davis join forces along with first responders to help people and bring the terrorists to justice. 

Following a car accident, Michelle finds herself locked in the underground bunker of a man named Howard who tells her that the outside world is unbreathable due to an unknown chemical attack. Emmett, the only other person living in the bunker, dismisses her concerns about being abducted, but she can't help looking for ways to escape captivity.

Conspiring board member Sidney J. Mussburger decides to take control of Hudsucker Industries. To do so he hires graduate, Norville Barnes, thinking him to be stupid, to devalue the company’s stock. But things don’t go according to plan when Norville’s latest invention increases the value and undercover reporter Amy Archer finds out about Mussburger’s villainous plans. 

Jennifer, a seventeen year old high school graduate, who is a total misfit, is in need of a job. She is eventually hired by Randall, an overweight middle-aged man, as a clerk, for his clothing store. Despite having very little in common, they develop an unlikely friendship. However, she is in for a shock after learning that Randall is suffering from leukemia, and doesn’t have very long to live.

A stranger wearing a cowboy hat visits a fictional town in Texas named Virgil, where he learns about the ‘Celebration of Specialness’, which the citizens are preparing for, in order to mark the 150th anniversary of the independence of Texas.

During the beginning of the World War, Howard, an American writer living in Germany, is asked by the US government to become an informer during the upcoming war. He eventually ends up becoming one of the leading Nazi propagandists. After the war ends, he tries to live a quiet and peaceful life, but circumstances force him back to the life that he once lived.

After the execution of serial killer Edgar Reese, whom he helped to catch, Detective John Hobbes and his partner Jonesy are called in to investigate a series of demonic murders very similar to Reese’s. When they come in contact with a woman named Gretta Milano, they discover, a fallen malevolent angel might be behind all the killings. 

One year after his father's death in the 9/11 terrorist attacks, 9-year-old Oskar Schell finds a mysterious key left behind by his father and embarks on a scavenger hunt through New York City to find the lock it fits. Oskar, who has Asperger syndrome, is forced to communicate with people around him and arrives at a greater understanding of life.

Matinee is a comedy drama film which tells the story of a small-time independent filmmaker who is working on making a horror film during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Frank Pierce, a Manhattan paramedic working on two-man ambulance team, is exhausted and worn out after witnessing deaths and near-death patients. He starts losing his sanity, and hallucinates about the patients he couldn’t save. While working with three different eccentric colleagues, he even tries to get fired. Then, he clutches to a ray of hope as he befriends a heart-patient’s daughter, Mary.  

Trouble with the Curve is a sports drama film which tells the story of a daughter who tries to improve her dysfunctional relationship with her ailing father, a decorated baseball scout, by helping him in a recruiting trip, which may also be his last. 

Frank, a troubled detective living in New York City is investigating a serial killer using personal ads in a magazine. In order to find the culprit, he tries to use his own personal ads. Problem arises when he falls for Helen Cruger, who is his prime suspect. 

This drama film tells two different stories about anger, depression and frustration issues among the youths of today.  

When a family man and insurance executive, Nick Hume, sees his son getting brutally killed before his eyes as a gang initiation ritual, the grief-stricken Nick starts losing faith in justice system and takes law in his hands. As he begins a one-man war against the criminal gang, he is aware that his actions will put his family in peril.

Atomic Blonde is a 2017 action thriller film, which tells the story of an undercover MI6 agent, who is sent to Berlin during the Cold War to investigate the murder of a fellow agent as well as recover a stolen list having the names of several exceptional secret agents. 

As a boy, Bobby Darin had suffered from a fatal rheumatic fever and had almost died. Although it left him with a weakened heart, he didn’t lose his desire to become one of the most popular singers in the country. He continues to work hard to conquer the music world.

In this King Kong franchise film set in 1973, a diverse group of scientists and Vietnam War soldiers start out to map an unexplored island in the Pacific. Cut off from the world, they discover splendid species, but then run into mighty monstrous Kong, who is considered the protector of the island and its inhabitants. What ensues is a fierce battle for survival. 

Revenge of the Nerds is an American comedy film, which tells the story of a group of bullied outcasts and misfits at a college, who fight back for their peace and self-respect. 

A Strange spider, newly discovered in Venezuela, accidently gets transported with a dead-body to a rural Californian town, where it reproduces deadly offspring. Soon, there are sudden deaths of absolutely healthy towns’ people. Dr. Ross Jennings, mortally afraid of spiders, suspects the eight-legged creatures as the cause of deaths. Can he and exterminator McClintock stop the arachnids before they invade the community? 

A young police lieutenant Remy is developing strong feelings for an uncompromising beautiful attorney Anne Osbourne from the DA's office. However, Remy not just needs to work on a series of murders but  try to make a place for himself in Anne's heart who accuses him of being corrupt and dishonest like most cops in the force.

Pete Sandich, a daredevil aerial forest-fire fighter, uses WWII-vintage plane to put out forest fires. His risk-taking worries fiancée Dorinda, who urges Pete to opt for the training job. On his last flight, he takes precarious dive and saves his friend Al, but loses own life. Pete then faces the challenge of helping Dorinda get over her grief and guiding Ted, who has fallen for her

After escaping a rape and shooting the man, sultry Jewel meets Randy, a bar-tender at McCool’s, and seduces him. Randy takes her home but soon turns into a thief to provide for Jewel’s unending demands. Randy’s cousin Carl finds himself crazily obsessed with the sexy Jewel, while detective Dehling, who is investigating the killing and robberies, also finds himself besotted with the femme-fatale. 

Based on a true story, the movie follows an unusual WWII army unit comprising museum directors, curators, art historians, and an architect as they set out to retrieve from Germany the precious art pieces stolen by the Nazi thieves. Their task becomes more difficult when the Russians begin securing the art for themselves and the Germans are ordered to burn the art if they are defeated. 

An online invitation from a woman for sex, lures three teenage boys into a trap of the fundamentalists. Soon, they realize that they are at the mercy of lunatic Pastor Abin Cooper of Five Points Trinity Church, who has decided to kill them for their sins. ATF agents are dispatched in search of the missing boys. Will the rescue reach in time?

In the Electric Mist is a mystery crime film which revolves around a Louisiana detective named Dave, who tries to link the murder of a prostitute to a mobster in New Orleans who is co-producing a film based on the Civil War. He soon learns that he might be dealing with a serial killer.

Based on an anime and manga series of the same name, the film focuses on eighteen-year old Speed Racer, whose family runs the Racer Motors. Passionate about automobile racing, he drives his late brother’s March 5, aspiring to be a champion some day. Trouble starts when he turns down an astounding offer from the owner of Royalton Industries.  

Jim Bennett, a literature professor, is addicted to high-stake gambling which has led him to borrow money from a gangster with his own life as collateral. As he slides down more into the underground gambling world, a loan-shark takes paternal interest in him. Jim is getting increasingly involved with one of his students. He has much at stake and can’t afford to lose.

Captive State is a horror science fiction film which revolves around a young man named Gabriel, who decides to take a stand against alien rule, ten years after they invade to take over Earth. However, the fight is going to be harder than he expects.

A mattress salesman, Brian Weathersby, plans to adopt a Chinese baby. However, when he meets Harriet at the store he falls for her and finds his life has become contemplative and complicated.

The Babe is a biographical sports drama film which tells the story of George Herman aka Babe, who grows from a troubled boy to one of the most skilled baseball players in record.  Although his popularity grows within a short time, the people who know him don’t seem to like him.

Punchline is a romantic comedy drama film which tells the story of a medical school dropout, and a housewife, who try to make it as stand-up comedians. As they enter a comedy club, they also try to help each other achieve success.

The final movie of The Hangover trilogy finds the Wolfpack, two years after they escaped disaster in Bangkok. Phil Wenneck and Stu Price soon find themselves in a dangerous and hilarious adventure after they decide to help Alan Garner deal with a personal crisis. Chow returns to cause mayhem as they are hunted by mob boss Marshall. 

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?

A family finds itself in trouble as a real estate developer is planning to destroy their home in order to build a complex. However, they are unaware of the fact that a group of four-inch people live inside the walls of their house. They promise to help them save the house anyhow.

Violet Sanford moves to New York to achieve her goal of becoming a songwriter. She gets a job as barmaid in the hot-spot nightclub ‘Coyote Ugly’, where a bunch of vivacious women wildly entice the customers with their antics. As she earns notoriety at the bar, her aspirations are sidelined; however, a friend helps her render her songs in her own voice.

Love the Coopers is a comedy film which revolves around the Cooper family, who along with their extended relatives, are about to have the best Christmas Eve celebration. However, due to unexpected events and visitors, their celebration becomes a total mess.

Wrongly imprisoned, Eddie Macon stages a prison break to reunite with his wife and son and escape to Mexico. But fast on his trail is veteran detective Carl Marzack. Eddie is, however, helped on his way by the governor’s daughter, Jilly Buck, who is looking for some excitement. 

This science fiction comedy film tells the story of Harold, an extraterrestrial, whose planet plans to take over Earth. He is sent on a mission to earth as a human clone, with the goal to impregnate a human being and take the child back to his planet. However, things get complicated when Harold ends up falling in love.

After winning a Congress seat, news anchorman Evan Baxter moves with his family to Northern Virginia. Shockingly, he receives God’s instructions to build an ark to save the life from a forthcoming flood. Though Evan ignores initially, he soon starts getting deliveries of tools, materials and pairs of all sorts of animals, and also finds himself turning slowly into Noah.

King Ralph is a romantic comedy film which tells the story of an ordinary guy Ralph, who just loses his job as a lounge singer. However, he is soon informed that he has royal blood, and since the Entire British Royal Family was recently killed in an accident, he decides to make a claim for the throne.

Steve Ford is a private detective based in Los Angeles, who lives a very care-free life. After performing a favor for a friend, he gets into conflict with a local gang and its boss named Spyder. To take revenge, they steal his dog. They inform Steve that he will have to complete a few tasks, if he wants his dog back.

After being released from prison, Jack Fate, a legendary singer tries to revive his career, by performing at a benefit concert.         

The live-action adaptation of the beloved cartoon franchise finds the dim-witted but good-hearted Fred Flintstone promoted to his company’s vice president post after his best friend, Barney, replaces Fred’s test score with his own. But Fred’s good fortune turns sour when he unwittingly becomes involved in his boss Cliff Vandercave’s villainous schemes. 

Blues Brotherhood 2000 is an action comedy drama film which tells the story of Ellwood Blues, who after getting out of prison, attempt to reunite the old gang as well as find a few new partners in crime.

In the 28th century, the International Space Station has been relocated into deep space and turned into the sprawling metropolis, Alpha, inhabited by species from thousands of planets. When a dark force threatens the existence of the peaceful city, United Human Federation operatives Major Valerian and Sergeant Laureline are assigned to safeguard the future of the universe.

The invasion of Chicago has left human beings overly suspicious of all transformers and an elite CIA unit Cemetery Wind, headed by Harold Attinger is eliminating them. However, Optimus Prime is helped by Cade Yeager and his family. Together with other autobots, they must figure out a solution to what is happening and save humanity.

Optimus Prime returns to Cybertron and becomes Nemesis Prime after being brainwashed by his creator Quintessa. Earth is revealed to be the ancient alien Unicron and Quintessa wants Earth’s energy to restore Cybertron. Bumblebee must team up with unlikely human allies to stop the destruction of Earth. 

Sulley and Mike are among the top scarers working at Monsters, Inc., a factory that harvests the screams of 'toxic' human children to power Monstropolis. Their lives are jeopardized after Sulley accidentally lets a child, Boo, into the monster world. The ensuing chaos turns Monstropolis upside down and changes forever the way monsters perceive human children.

Kuzco, the young egotistic emperor of the Inca Empire, fires his cunning adviser Yzma and is turned into a llama in a botched assassination plot by the latter. He must now make a deal with peasant llama herder Pacha, whose family home he had ordered to be demolished to build a water park for himself.

This prequel to Monsters, Inc. looks back at a time when legendary scarers Mike and Sully were learning scare tactics at Monsters University as students. A bitter rivalry starts between the two when Sully, an overconfident natural-born scarer, tells the rather cute-looking one-eyed monster Mike that he cannot be a scarer no matter how hard he studies.

Cars, the animated Pixar classic, tells the story of anthropomorphic talking cars. Racing rookie Lightning McQueen finds himself trapped in Radiator Springs after falling off his truck. As McQueen starts doing community service for damaging roads, he makes friends, falls in love, and ends up being trained by racing legend Hudson Hornet to discover who he truly is inside. 

Prince Naveen, who is turned into a frog by a greedy voodoo witch doctor, mistakes Tiana, a waitress who wants to open a restaurant, to be a princess and convinces her to kiss him. When she also turns into a frog, they must run against time to find a way to reverse the curse while fending off various evils.

Eleven year old Norman Babcock is a bit of an outsider both at school and in his family. His claim that he can communicate with the dead makes things all the more difficult for him. But when his town Blithe Hollow is under threat, Norman is the only one who can fight the zombies, ghosts as well as humans to protect everyone around.

After graduating from college, bee Barry B. Benson finds the prospects of a career in honey making most uninspiring. Breaking the bee-rule, he talks to a human, florist Vanessa Bloome, who saves his life. As he learns from her that humans consume honey and have been exploiting bees since centuries, Barry gathers evidence to file a suit against humans.

A scientist who has figured out time-travel goes back to prehistoric times, and feeds dinosaurs a magic cereal which can improve their intelligence. He hopes that this will help them survive, and his kids at the present time will be able to witness these creatures.

A mechanic joins forces with a robot to save the galaxy from an evil scientist.

The Jungle Book 2 is an animated adventure film which tells the story of Mowgli, who begins missing his friends in the jungle and decides to run away from the man-village. However, he is not aware of the fact that Sher Khan is plotting revenge.

The fictional character Fearless Leader, Boris Badenov, and Natasha Fatale, manage to escape into the real world. In order to stop them, Karen, an FBI agent, asks Rocky and Bullwinkle for their help.

Two friends—Sam and Mitch—are in need of money to pay for Sam’s dad’s heart surgery. However, they both get fired, after which they come up with a great idea to make money. They start a revenge-for-hire business, which becomes a big success.        

After losing their jobs, watch salesmen Billy and Nick manage to get into an internship program at Google where they must compete with young, tech-savvy college students for employment. They are grouped with three other sub-par interns and must learn to work together in order to win competitive team challenges against candidates who may not play fair.

When Democratic Congressman,Cam Brady,accidentally reveals his affair to the public, two corrupt businessmen, Glenn and Wade Motch,pounce upon the opportunity to make tourism director, Marty Huggins, run against Cam. As the political campaigns heat up, both parties stoop to new lows to slander each other and gain victory.