93 William H. Macy Movies & TV Shows, Ranked Best to Worst

Jerry Lundegaard, sales manager at an automobile dealership company, incurs a huge debt and devises the ingenious plan of kidnapping his wife so he can extort money from his boss and wealthy father-in-law. However, the supposedly non-violent plan goes awry after his two hired goons attract the attention of pregnant sheriff Marge Gunderson with one killing after another.

Academy-award winning film, Room, centers around a young mother, Joy, and her five-year-old son, Jack, who live a life of captivity in a small shed in Ohio. Kidnapped seven years ago by a man who routinely rapes her, Jack was born in the shed where the mother-son duo live a captive life for five years before they manage to escape.

The film narrates the significance of chance and coincidence in the different yet intertwined stories of nine characters on a rainy day in Los Angeles: a dying game-show host, his estranged drug-addicted daughter, dying former producer, his trophy wife and estranged misogynist son, an ex-quiz-champion and a boy genius, a caring nurse and a police officer in love.

A period drama film that focuses on the life of a young nightclub employee who enters the pornographic film industry and becomes a popular star before eventually suffering a downfall, Boogie Nights is an expansion of Paul Thomas Anderson's mockumentary short film The Dirk Diggler Story. 

As the chief spokesman of Big Tobacco, Nick Naylor defends the use of tobacco in media at times when health concerns are high, and he is good at it. However, when a sharply critical article on him and his work is published, Nick’s life is shaken. Nick has to deal with situation while simultaneously try to become a role model for his son.

David, who enjoys 1950s TV shows, and Jennifer, who is his opposite in many ways, receive a magical remote control which mysteriously transports them to ‘Pleasantville,’ a simple place from 1950s black-n-white sitcom, with simple-minded people and perfect things. The twin siblings from the real world help add some wonderful colors to the drab lives of the ‘Pleasantville’ people. 

Josh is a regular kid, who likes playing football. However, his father notices that he is quite good at chess. Therefore, he starts encouraging his son, and helps him in developing his tactics.

After his son is killed in a school shootout, Sam finds himself getting addicted to drinking. However, when he accidentally learns that his son had wanted to be a musician, he finds a purpose in his own life.

Mick Haller, a criminal defense attorney works in Los Angeles, from the back seat of his Lincoln Town Car. He gets the case to defend Beverly Hills playboy Louis Roulet. During the defense proceedings, he not only finds the dangerous Roulet guilty but that he is also the murderer in Haller’s past case.  

Depression era’s true story about thoroughbred Seabiscuit who, though relatively undersized and with slight limp, became one of the most successful racehorses. Car-dealer Charles Howard bought the disgraced horse on suggestion of down-&-out trainer Tom Smith, who selected Red Pollard as his jockey. Forming a close bond with them, Seabiscuit achieved victories that boosted spirits of his team as well as the nation. 

Passionate musician and composer Glenn Holland’s only dream in life is to compose one spectacular symphony. But he takes up teaching music at a local Oregon high school to pay bills. Initially his inability to get through to his students disheartens him, but as he and his students achieve successes over the years, he realizes that his life’s goal has changed. 

Henry is a small-time criminal who is sent to Alcatraz, where he is caught while he attempts to escape. He is therefore put in solitary confinement, but instead of the maximum nineteen days, he is kept there alone in completely darkness for years, which turns him into a madman and a murderer.

A poet-cum-journalist in his late thirties is forced to live in an iron lung due to a bout of polio in his childhood and because of that he has never had sex. But when he is assigned to work on disability and sex, he becomes interested in it and finally engages a sex surrogate. But problem arises when they start developing romantic feelings. 

When playwright Richard Collier sees a portrait of early 1900’s actress Elise McKenna in Grand Hotel at Mackinac Island, Michigan, he gets obsessed with her. Richard uses self-hypnosis to take himself back in time to 1912 to meet Elise, when both realize that they are meant for each other. But fearing for her career, Elise’s manager William Robinson tries to separate them. 

House of Games is a crime thriller film which tells the story of Margaret Ford, a psychiatrist who wants to help one of her patients who is a compulsive gambler. She starts accompanying him to his poker games, hoping she will be able to help him.

A sex scandal that is about to expose the president at an inopportune time of pre-election period jeopardizes the president’s chances of being re-elected. Political consultant, Conrad Brean, and Hollywood producer, Stanley Motss, are appointed to contrive a war in Albania to divert the media attention away from the scandal and towards the fake war that projects the president as a hero. 

Benny & Joon is a psychological romantic comedy film which is about a mentally ill young woman who finds her love in an eccentric man who models himself after Buster Keaton, a great silent movie comedian. 

Bobby is a musical romantic drama film, which tells the story of a Raja, and Bobby, who fall in love. However, Raja, is the son of a rich Hindu businessman, while Bobby is the daughter of a poor Catholic fisherman. Therefore their families try to keep them apart.  

Casino Shangri-La, run by old-school follower Shelly Kaplow, employs luckless loser Bernie Lootz as the ‘cooler’ to spread his bad luck around the gamblers who’re on a winning spree. Then he falls in love with new waitress Natalie Belisario, which puts his misfortune in reverse. As Bernie’s happiness starts reflecting adversely on the collections, Shelly tries to put spoke in his relationship.

A Jewish detective is trying to catch a murderer, whom even the FBI was unable to track down. However, he is soon assigned to a different case, where he has to investigate the murder of a Jewish lady. Her family believes that her murder was an anti-Semitic hate crime. Although he is initially not convinced, he soon begins to discover a larger conspiracy.

Inland Empire is a 2006 mystery drama film, revolving around an actress who begins to adopt the persona of her character in a film, and meanwhile, her world starts becoming nightmarish and surreal.  

The Last Dragon is an action comedy drama film which tells the story of Leroy Green, a young fighter, who approaches his master as he wishes to attain the last level in martial arts. However, his master claims that in order to unlock the power of ‘The Glow’, which is the last level, he will need to find Master Sum Dum Goy.  

The Client is a 1994 legal thriller film, which tells the story of a young boy who witnesses the suicide of a lawyer, and also has information regarding the disappearance of a politician. He hires a lawyer for protection when the District Attorney tries to use him to take down the mobsters. 

He Was A Quiet Man is a black comedy thriller film which tells the story of an insignificant office worker, who becomes a hero in his office, after he saves the life of a girl, when one of his co-workers go on a murderous rampage. He soon receives a promotion and starts living his dream life.

This comedy drama film revolves around a film production crew who are forced to relocate into a small town named Watford. This really makes things tough for them. Things get even more complicated due to the unprofessional behavior of the lead actors.

Kleinman is a timid bookkeeper, who wanders around town and tries his best in finding a dangerous serial killer who is on the loose.  

After a civil rights leader named Medgar Evers is killed by a racist, an assistant district attorney helps his widow to find justice.

Alex is a married hitman, who is going through a mid-life crisis. He wants to get out of the family business, but his father doesn’t want him to. Therefore he decides to visit a therapist to undergo counseling. His life takes a turn  after he meets a neurotic 23 year-old-woman, for whom he develops feelings. Things get complicated when his father informs that his next target is the therapist he has been seeing.

Jan is a lawyer who takes up a case involving a major company which is responsible for contaminating a town’s water supply, eventually causing a lot of people to be diagnosed with leukemia. However, this case may bankrupt his firm as well as his career.

Shortly after U.S. President James Marshall vows never to negotiate with terrorists, Air Force One is hijacked by Russian neo-nationalists, with President's family, cabinet advisers and press members onboard. Marshall, a Vietnam War veteran, pretends to flee in an escape pod, but instead attempts to rescue the hostages while the Vice President negotiates with the terrorists.

When schoolteacher, Jessica Martin, is abducted by a gang led by Ethan Greer, her only line of communication for help is a broken phone. She dials a random number and reaches Ryan. When Ryan realizes the truth he tries to locate Jessica and help her with the aid of Sergeant Bob Mooney. 

Spartan is an action thriller film, which tells the story of a Secret Service Agent, who is assigned to rescue the daughter of the President, after she is kidnapped by a human trafficking ring. However, he soon finds himself in the middle of a large conspiracy.

Blood Father tells the story of an ex-convict who reunite with his estranged daughter, and try to protect her from her boyfriend, a notorious drug dealer, who is out to kill her, along with his cartel. 

When Nina, member of her chronic pain support group, commits suicide, former defense attorney Claire Bennett gets absorbed in the tragedy. Claire, who consumes heavy doses of painkillers for chronic pain which is constant reminder of a personal trauma, starts having recurrent hallucinations of Nina. As she seeks out Nina’s widower Roy, their shared pain of loss forms a touching bond of friendship. 

Dirty Girl is a comedy drama film which revolves around Danielle, a promiscuous high school girl who is running away, in order to find her long-absent father. She is accompanied by her gay buddy, after they steal a car belonging to his father.

Cosimo is a petty thief who gets a perfect heist plan from his cellmate. However, he is unable to carry it out due to him being in prison. He therefore asks his girlfriend to find his replacement so that his plan can be executed.

Edmond is an American thriller film which tells the story of a middle-aged New York City businessman, who visits a fortune teller who tells him ‘You are not where you belong’. A little startled, he decides to make changes to his life, and he first leaves his wife. He visits a bar, hoping to fulfill his sexual desires, but things don’t go as expected.

This superhero satire features a group of aspiring superheroes of Champion City who often fail due to their incompetence. But when super-villain Casanova Frankenstein captures the city’s real superhero Captain Amazing, the amateur superheroes have to join their forces, and pull together their peculiar powers such as shoveling, flying bowling balls, fork-hurling and such expertise, to save the city and its superhero.

In order to prove his worth to his seniors in the navy, Lt. Commander Thomas Dodge, is put in charge of an old submarine which is being manned by few untrained misfits of the Navy.

Dirk Pitt, a former US Navy seal and explorer, reaches West African desert looking for the ‘Ship of Death,’ a lost Civil War ironclad battleship with secret treasure. He and his associate help UN scientist Dr. Eva Rojas, who is investigating the source of a deadly disease plaguing Africa. While connecting pieces of puzzle, they discover a link between the two mysteries. 

This crime comedy film revolves around three security guards working at a museum, who decide to steal their favorite artwork, and replace it with replica.

To fund his research, Dr. Grant reluctantly agrees to give an aerial tour of Isla Sorna to an affluent couple. Little does he know that the couple actually intends to find their son who went missing on the island. Grant is once again amidst dangerous predators who are fiercer and smarter. Along with the rest, he must find a way to survive and get out of the island.

Although he is a naïve Oklahoma boy from working class background and she belongs to a wealthy and sophisticated family they are instantly drawn towards each other. But to win her over, he must not only compete with her snobby fiancée, but must also deal with her status conscious family, especially her mother. 

Four middle-aged Cincinnati friends decide to put some color in their drab, routine lives and commence on a bike trip to the Pacific as Wild Hogs. But as they meet a nasty, aggressive biker gang ‘Del Fuegos,’ who steals a bike from them, the friends resolve to get it back, thus turning the whole trip into an adventure they’ll never forget.

A Single Shot is a crime drama thriller film which tells the story of John Moon, a hunter, who shoots a beautiful young girl in the woods, leading to her death. After this, he decides to steal her money. But soon, she starts receiving threatening calls from a group of criminals who know about his theft.

Shorts is a fantasy comedy film which tells the story of a young boy, whose life changes after he stumbles upon a magic rock with the ability to grant wishes. However, soon, the news of the rock begins to spread out, and others set out to get their hands on it as well.

A remake of the 1960 film of the same name, Psycho is a mystery horror film which tells the story of Marion, who arrives at the Bates Motel, after stealing money from her employer. She meets and gets friendly with Norman Bates, who is the owner of the motel. However, unknown to her, Norman has terrible secrets of his own. 

Marmaduke is a Great Dane who lives in rural Kansas. His best friend is a cat named Carlos, and his owner is Phil, who works as a marketing director for a dog food company. After moving to California with his owner, he starts to make new friends and falls for Jezebel, a beautiful female collie.

After his son is killed in a school shootout, Sam finds himself getting addicted to drinking. However, when he accidentally learns that his son had wanted to be a musician, he finds a purpose in his own life.

The Layover is a comedy film which tells the story of Meg and Kate, two best friends, who find themselves fighting against each other, when they meet a handsome man, during a flight layover in St Louis, Missouri.

This comedy drama film tells the story of Joe, a nostalgic, who looks back at the golden age of the radio, and remembers his childhood memories.

Celestine is a young mouse living in the underground world of rodents. She soon forms an unlikely friendship with a bear named Ernest.

This animated biographical film chronicles the life of Japanese aviation engineer Jiro Horikoshi, the man who is known for designing Japanese fighter planes during the Second World War. 

This animation comedy adventure film tells the story of a brave mouse who forms a friendship with a gentleman rat, and helps restore happiness to a forlorn kingdom. 

This animated adventure sports comedy film tells the story of a young boy named Yankee who teams up with a sassy young girl, and sets out on a perilous journey from Chicago to return Babe Ruth’s baseball bat, before the end of the World Series.

When Zeebad, an evil wizard, threatens to start an ice age in their enchanted village, Florence and her group of animal friends set out to find three magic diamonds that would help them stop Zeebad.   

Pentagon has fully automated its missile launch control centers in order to eliminate risky human element in the event of an actual war. Meanwhile, two computer savvy high school students are searching for interesting games, eventually coming across something called "Global Thermonuclear War".  They somehow hack into the site and start playing, not realizing their action can lead to WWIII.