Ben Stiller – 10 Best Movies

By Vlad Zakh · March 4, 2026

There’s Something About Mary, Meet the Parents and Tropic Thunder share the same anxious, overconfident comic engine. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is the sincere outlier, Reality Bites is an early Gen-X romcom he also directed, and Severance shows the director shaping his career as much as the actor. Along Came Polly, Dodgeball, Night at the Museum and Zoolander round out the list.

Severance (2022)

TMDB ★ 7.7

Ben Stiller directs and produces one of the decade's most acclaimed dramas.

Directed by Zachary Jones · 0h 11m

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Along Came Polly (2004)

TMDB ★ 6.0

A risk-averse insurance adjuster falls for a free spirit, with Ben Stiller in the lead.

Directed by John Hamburg · 1h 30m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

Stream: Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Reality Bites (1994)

TMDB ★ 6.5

Ben Stiller, who also directed, appears in a defining Gen-X romantic comedy.

Directed by Ben Stiller · 1h 38m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)

TMDB ★ 6.4

A ragtag gym owner assembles a dodgeball team to save his business from a corporate fitness chain.

Directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber · 1h 32m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, YouTube TV, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Night at the Museum (2006)

IMDb ★ 6.5 RT 43% Metacritic 48

A night guard discovers every exhibit in the museum comes alive after dark.

Directed by Shawn Levy · 1h 48m · Rated PG

2 wins & 8 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Disney Plus, Hulu, FXNow · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)

TMDB ★ 7.2

A daydreaming photo archivist finally lives out the adventures he's only ever imagined.

Directed by Ben Stiller · 1h 54m · Rated PG

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Tropic Thunder (2008)

TMDB ★ 6.7

A group of pampered actors filming an expensive war movie find themselves in a real jungle conflict.

Directed by Ben Stiller · 1h 47m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: Apple TV, Hulu, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Meet the Parents (2000)

TMDB ★ 6.7

A nervous fiance is under constant suspicion from Robert De Niro's ex-CIA father-in-law, with Ben Stiller in the lead.

Directed by Jay Roach · 1h 48m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Zoolander (2001)

TMDB ★ 6.2

A dim-witted male model becomes the unwitting pawn in a plot to assassinate a foreign prime minister.

Directed by Ben Stiller · 1h 29m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

Stream: Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel · Rent: JustWatch TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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There's Something About Mary (1998)

TMDB ★ 6.6

Ben Stiller plays the hapless romantic lead in one of the defining gross-out comedies of the era.

Directed by Peter Farrelly & Bobby Farrelly · 2h 00m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: FXNow · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Streaming availability data from JustWatch, via TMDB. Availability changes often, so check the service before you plan a movie night.

Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.

Ben Stiller – 10 Best Movies

Severance (2022)

Along Came Polly (2004)

Reality Bites (1994)

Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)

Night at the Museum (2006)

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)

Tropic Thunder (2008)

Meet the Parents (2000)

Zoolander (2001)

There's Something About Mary (1998)

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