39 Neil Patrick Harris Movies & TV Shows, Ranked Best to Worst

Gillian Flynn’s novel of the same name is the basis of this David Fincher’s Psychological thriller. Nick Dunne becomes the prime suspect when, on their fifth marriage anniversary, his wife Amy goes missing. His portrayal of happy married life falls apart with growing media attention and police pressure.

In a distant future when citizenship is earned by serving to the Federation, a young student named Johnny Rico joins military following his girlfriend Carmen. While initially disinterested in war, after Carmen begins to see another man and his hometown is destroyed, he decides to take up arms against the alien giant Bugs attacking the Earth.

Tex Richman, a materialistic oil tycoon, plans to take down the Muppet Theater to drill for oil. When ardent Muppet fan, Walter, his human-brother, Gary, and his girlfriend Mary learn about this, they search for the separated Muppets and help Kermit the Frog bring all Muppets together for ‘The Greatest Muppet Telethon Ever’ to raise $10 million required to save their theater.

The stoner comedy follows friends Harold Lee and Kumar Patel who decide to visit a nearby White Castle fast-food outlet after smoking marijuana. What follows is a series of comical misadventures, including encountering Neil Patrick Harris high on ecstasy, racist police officers, rednecks, before they can reach their favorite burgers.   

The fourth film of the American Pie series, American Reunion is about the high school reunion of lifelong friends who return after a decade to their hometown, East Great Falls, Michigan. Jim and Michelle are married with a son, while Kevin-Vicky and Oz-Heather have parted ways. But along with Finch, Stifler and others, they all meet again to spend a reunion weekend together. 

Stoners Harold and Kumar are mistakenly arrested as terrorists while trying to smuggle a bong on their flight to Amsterdam and are sent to Guantanamo Bay. After they escape and make their way back to Texas, they plan to use Colton, Harold’s friend, to clear their names. But Colton betrays them and they must plan their own exoneration. 

The film is a sequel to Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay. The two friends have gone their separate ways since they last met six years earlier. While Harold has become rich and moved out, Kumar still lives in the same messy apartment he used to share with Harold. Then a parcel arrives at Kumar’s address with Harold’s name on it. 

Boasting of an ensemble cast including Seth MacFarlane, Liam Neeson, Charlize Theron, Amanda Seyfried, and Neil Patrick Harris, this Western romantic comedy, is a story about how Albert Stark, a jilted sheep farmer, finds courage to fight after being encouraged by the pistol-wielding, beautiful Anna.  

This action comedy film tells us the story of a private detective known as Undercover Brother, who is recruited to infiltrate a secret underground movement headed by a person who is simply known as ‘The Man’. 

Paul Safranek, and his wife, Audrey, decide to take part in a process where scientists shrink people down to miniature size, to live in small communities. Although the procedure is irreversible, the people are able to live a life of wealth and leisure as it helps cut down on the consumption of resources. However, Paul eventually learns that his tiny suburb comes with its own set of problems. 

A modern-day adaptation of Beauty and the Beast, the movie follows vain and arrogant high school student, Kyle Kingson, who is cursed by witch Kendra Hilferty after he bullies her. Now heavily scarred and ugly, he can only be saved if he can make Lindy Taylor, a former classmate, fall in love with him. 

The Next Best Thing is a romantic comedy drama film which tells the story of Abbie and Robert, who are best friends. Although they are quite close and has a lot in common, the fact that Robert is gay prevents them from being a couple. However, after too many drinks, they end up having sex, which results in Abbie getting pregnant.

A war is going on between the dogs and the cats. However, they all decide to unite when they learn about a rogue spy who is intending to destroy all human and canine life.

Batman finds himself facing a challenge when there is a mysterious vigilante in Gotham City named Red Hood. He begins to take care of crime in the city as efficiently as Batman did, although he doesn’t follow any ethical code. Things get ugly when the criminal mastermind Joker gets between the two.

The town of Swallow Falls is going through hard times and can only afford to eat sardines. Desperate to help, Flint Lockwood develops a machine that can convert water into food and becomes a hero. But the machine gains sentience causing food storms and Flint must destroy it before it destroys the world. 

Justice League: The New Frontier is an animated superhero film which takes us to the 1950s, when mankind is threatened by a mysterious entity due to their capacity of violence. A new generation of superheroes must now join forces to stop this mysterious force, but the government seems to be an obstacle in their mission.

In this sequel, Flint Lockwood is now working for his idol Chester V. When Chester informs Flint that his world-saving food-producing machine ‘FLDSMDFR’ is still working and has started created food-animal hybrids, Flint has to travel to the island to stop the machine. But Chester has his own sinister plans. 

Gargamel, the wicked wizard drives the little blue people, the Smurfs, out of their enchanted village, after which they land in the Central Park of New York City. They meet Patrick Winslow whom they follow to his home. The lost Smurfs need help to get away from human-world and reach their village before Gargamel captures them to snatch their potent, youth-providing essence. 

Wicked wizard Gargamel, who is after the magical Smurf-essence, creates Smurf-like Naughties, to seize the essence. When he learns that only Smurfette knows the secret spell to turn the Naughties into genuine Smurfs who can get him the essence, Gargamel kidnaps and takes her to Paris. Now the Smurfs, with the help of their human friends, must rescue her from the sorcerer.