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Chris O'Dowd has 24 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2020s. 2 rank in the Top 10%, led by The IT Crowd.
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Something Borrowed
2011
Comedy · Drama

Love & Other Drugs
2010
Drama · Comedy

Tanu Weds Manu
2011
Comedy · Romance

Dirty Girl
2010
Drama · Comedy

The Road Within
2014
Comedy · Drama

The Most Beautiful Day
2016
Comedy · Drama

Killing Bono
2011
Comedy · Drama

Lemonade
2015
Drama · Comedy

The IT Crowd
2006 · Series · Actor
Top 3%Prime Video · Included

Loving Vincent
2017 · Movie · Actor
Top 7%Netflix · Included

Slumberland
2022 · Movie · Actor
Top 12%Netflix · Included

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
2016 · Movie · Actor
Top 24%Disney+ · Included

Molly's Game
2017 · Movie · Actor
Top 25%Paramount+ · Included

Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel
2009 · Movie · Actor
Top 26%Max · Included

The comedic misadventures of Roy, Moss, and their grifting supervisor Jen, a 'motley crew' of IT support workers at a large corporation headed by a hotheaded yuppie.
Dir. Graham Linehan · With Chris O'Dowd, Richard Ayoade, Katherine Parkinson

A young man arrives at the last hometown of painter Vincent van Gogh to deliver the troubled artist's final letter and ends up investigating his final days there.
Dir. Hugh Welchman, DK Welchman · With Douglas Booth, Robert Gulaczyk, Eleanor Tomlinson

A young girl discovers a secret map to the dreamworld of Slumberland, and with the help of an eccentric outlaw, she traverses dreams and flees nightmares, with the hope that she will be able to see her late father again.
Dir. Francis Lawrence · With Marlow Barkley, Jason Momoa, Chris O'Dowd

A young boy whose parents just divorced finds an unlikely friend and mentor in the misanthropic, bawdy, hedonistic, war veteran who lives next door.
Dir. Theodore Melfi · With Bill Murray, Melissa McCarthy, Jaeden Martell

A teenager finds himself transported to an island where he must help protect a group of orphans with special powers from creatures intent on destroying them.
Dir. Tim Burton · With Eva Green, Asa Butterfield, Samuel L. Jackson

Molly Bloom, a young skier and former Olympic hopeful becomes a successful entrepreneur (and a target of an FBI investigation) when she establishes a high-stakes, international poker game.
Dir. Aaron Sorkin · With Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba, Kevin Costner

Follows three social outcasts -- two geeks and a cynic -- as they attempt to navigate a time-travel conundrum in the middle of a British pub.
Dir. Gareth Carrivick · With Chris O'Dowd, Dean Lennox Kelly, Marc Wootton

After being threatened during a confession, a good-natured priest must battle the dark forces closing in around him.
Dir. John Michael McDonagh · With Brendan Gleeson, Chris O'Dowd, Kelly Reilly

It's 1968, and four young, talented Australian Aboriginal girls learn about love, friendship, and war when they entertain the US troops in Vietnam as singing group The Sapphires.
Dir. Wayne Blair · With Chris O'Dowd, Deborah Mailman, Jessica Mauboy

Annie's life is a mess. But when she finds out her lifetime best friend is engaged, she simply must serve as Lillian's maid of honor. Though lovelorn and broke, Annie bluffs her way through the expensive and bizarre rituals. With one chance to get it perfect, she’ll show Lillian and her bridesmaids just how far you’ll go for someone you love.
Dir. Paul Feig · With Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Rose Byrne

A woman adjusting to life after a loss contends with a feisty bird that's taken over her garden — and a husband who's struggling to find a way forward.
Dir. Theodore Melfi · With Melissa McCarthy, Chris O'Dowd, Kevin Kline

Annie is stuck in a long-term relationship with Duncan – an obsessive fan of obscure rocker Tucker Crowe. When the acoustic demo of Tucker's hit record from 25 years ago surfaces, its discovery leads to a life-changing encounter with the elusive rocker himself.
Dir. Jesse Peretz · With Rose Byrne, Ethan Hawke, Chris O'Dowd

Struggling to cope after a move to the city with his mother, Elmer runs away in search of Wild Island and a young dragon who waits to be rescued. Elmer’s adventures introduce him to ferocious beasts, a mysterious island and the friendship of a lifetime.
Dir. Nora Twomey · With Jacob Tremblay, Golshifteh Farahani, Gaten Matarazzo

Beneath Bruce Garrett's under-confident, overweight exterior, the passionate heart of a salsa king lies dormant. Now, one woman is about to reignite his Latin fire.
Dir. James Griffiths · With Nick Frost, Chris O'Dowd, Olivia Colman

Burned by a bad breakup, a struggling New York City playwright makes an unlikely connection with a divorced app designer she meets on a blind date.
Dir. Jim Strouse · With Jessica Williams, Chris O'Dowd, Noël Wells

In the wake of their friends' marriages and eventual offspring, longtime pals Julie and Jason decide to have a child together without becoming a couple. By becoming "time-share" parents, they reason, they can experience the joys of parenthood without significantly curbing their personal freedom. However, when Julie and Jason both become involved with others, they discover that they secretly harbor romantic feelings for each other.
Dir. Jennifer Westfeldt · With Adam Scott, Jennifer Westfeldt, Jon Hamm

Orbiting above a planet on the brink of war, scientists test a device to solve an energy crisis and end up face-to-face with a dark alternate reality.
Dir. Julius Onah · With Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Daniel Brühl, Chris O'Dowd

Miles Daly works as muscle for a murderous crime ring in Nevada and attempts to change professions and become a movie producer, laundering money through a Hollywood film with the help of washed-up filmmaker Rick Moreweather. Based on Elmore Leonard’s 1990 New York Times bestselling novel.
Dir. Davey Holmes · With Chris O'Dowd, Ray Romano, Sean Bridgers

Frank Bartlett has been tortured, embarrassed, and humiliated by his brother Bruce — usually on film — his entire life. Now that Bruce is finally off drugs and has turned his life around, things should be different. They are not.
Dir. Jordan Roberts · With Charlie Hunnam, Chris O'Dowd, Nora Dunn

An Irish sports journalist becomes convinced that Lance Armstrong's performances during the Tour de France victories are fueled by banned substances. With this conviction, he starts hunting for evidence that will expose Armstrong.
Dir. Stephen Frears · With Ben Foster, Chris O'Dowd, Guillaume Canet

Pete and Debbie are both about to turn 40, their kids hate each other, both of their businesses are failing, they're on the verge of losing their house, and their relationship is threatening to fall apart.
Dir. Judd Apatow · With Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, John Lithgow

A small town is forever changed when a mysterious machine appears, promising to reveal everyone's true potential. Soon residents start changing jobs, rethinking relationships, and questioning long-held beliefs—all in pursuit of a better future.
Dir. David West Read · With Chris O'Dowd, Gabrielle Dennis, Ally Maki

A teenager finds herself transported to a deep forest setting where a battle between the forces of good and the forces of evil is taking place. She bands together with a rag-tag group characters in order to save their world—and ours.
Dir. Chris Wedge · With Colin Farrell, Amanda Seyfried, Christoph Waltz
Travel writer Lemuel Gulliver takes an assignment in Bermuda, but ends up on the island of Liliput, where he towers over its tiny citizens.
Dir. Rob Letterman · With Jack Black, Jason Segel, Emily Blunt
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