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James Marsden has 48 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2020s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including The Notebook.
Recurring themes

Them Who?
2015
Comedy

To the Top
2017
Adventure · Comedy

Dedicated to my ex
2019
Drama · Comedy

Lost in Thailand
2012
Comedy · Adventure

Central Intelligence
2016
Action · Comedy

Pegasus
2019
Comedy · Action

Spy Time
2015
Action · Comedy

Turbo Kid
2015
Action · Comedy

Sonic the Hedgehog 3
2024 · Movie · Actor
Top 2%Prime Video · Included

Sonic the Hedgehog
2020 · Movie · Actor
Top 3%Paramount+ · Included

Sonic the Hedgehog 2
2022 · Movie · Actor
Top 3%Netflix · Included

Interstate 60
2002 · Movie · Actor
Top 9%Prime Video · Included

The Best of Me
2014 · Movie · Actor
Top 11%Paramount+ · Included

X-Men
2000 · Movie · Actor
Top 15%Disney+ · Included

An epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to a woman with Alzheimer's. From a faded notebook, the old man's words bring to life the story about a couple who is separated by World War II, and is then passionately reunited, seven years later, after they have taken different paths.
Dir. Nick Cassavetes · With Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams, Gena Rowlands

Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails reunite against a powerful new adversary, Shadow, a mysterious villain with powers unlike anything they have faced before. With their abilities outmatched in every way, Team Sonic must seek out an unlikely alliance in hopes of stopping Shadow and protecting the planet.
Dir. Jeff Fowler · With Ben Schwartz, Jim Carrey, Keanu Reeves

Powered with incredible speed, Sonic The Hedgehog embraces his new home on Earth. That is, until Sonic sparks the attention of super-uncool evil genius Dr. Robotnik. Now it’s super-villain vs. super-sonic in an all-out race across the globe to stop Robotnik from using Sonic’s unique power for world domination.
Dir. Jeff Fowler · With Ben Schwartz, James Marsden, Tika Sumpter

After settling in Green Hills, Sonic is eager to prove he has what it takes to be a true hero. His test comes when Dr. Robotnik returns, this time with a new partner, Knuckles, in search for an emerald that has the power to destroy civilizations. Sonic teams up with his own sidekick, Tails, and together they embark on a globe-trotting journey to find the emerald before it falls into the wrong hands.
Dir. Jeff Fowler · With Ben Schwartz, James Marsden, Tika Sumpter

An aspiring painter meets various characters and learns valuable lessons while traveling across America.
Dir. Bob Gale · With James Marsden, Gary Oldman, Amy Smart

A pair of former high school sweethearts reunite after many years when they return to visit their small hometown.
Dir. Michael Hoffman · With Michelle Monaghan, James Marsden, Luke Bracey

Two mutants, Rogue and Wolverine, come to a private academy for their kind whose resident superhero team, the X-Men, must oppose a terrorist organization with similar powers.
Dir. Bryan Singer · With Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen

Professor Charles Xavier and his team of genetically gifted superheroes face a rising tide of anti-mutant sentiment led by Col. William Stryker. Storm, Wolverine and Jean Grey must join Magneto and Mystique to unhinge Stryker's scheme to exterminate all mutants.
Dir. Bryan Singer · With Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen

A dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness and the evolution of sin. Set at the intersection of the near future and the reimagined past, it explores a world in which every human appetite, no matter how noble or depraved, can be indulged.
Dir. Jonathan Nolan, Lisa Joy · With Evan Rachel Wood, Thandiwe Newton, Jeffrey Wright

Curmudgeonly old Frank lives by himself. His routine involves daily visits to his local library, where he has a twinkle in his eye for the librarian. His grown children are concerned about their father’s well-being and buy him a caretaker robot. Initially resistant to the idea, Frank soon appreciates the benefits of robotic support – like nutritious meals and a clean house – and eventually begins to treat his robot like a true companion. With his robot’s assistance, Frank’s passion for his old, unlawful profession is reignited, for better or worse.
Dir. Jake Schreier · With Frank Langella, Liv Tyler, James Marsden

A contract killer, after being diagnosed with a fast-moving form of dementia, is presented with the opportunity to redeem himself by saving the life of his estranged adult son. But to do so, he must race against the police closing in on him as well as the ticking clock of his own rapidly deteriorating mind.
Dir. Michael Keaton · With Michael Keaton, Al Pacino, Marcia Gay Harden

The beautiful princess Giselle is banished by an evil queen from her magical, musical animated land and finds herself in the gritty reality of the streets of modern-day Manhattan. Shocked by this strange new environment that doesn't operate on a "happily ever after" basis, Giselle is now adrift in a chaotic world badly in need of enchantment. But when Giselle begins to fall in love with a charmingly flawed divorce lawyer who has come to her aid - even though she is already promised to a perfect fairy tale prince back home - she has to wonder: Can a storybook view of romance survive in the real world?
Dir. Kevin Lima · With Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, James Marsden

Equestria's divided. But a bright-eyed hero believes Earth Ponies, Pegasi and Unicorns should be pals — and, hoof to heart, she’s determined to prove it.
Dir. José Luis Ucha, Robert Cullen · With Vanessa Hudgens, Kimiko Glenn, James Marsden

Pleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad auditions to be on Baltimore's most popular dance show - The Corny Collins Show - and lands a prime spot. Through her newfound fame, she becomes determined to help her friends and end the racial segregation that has been a staple of the show.
Dir. Adam Shankman · With Nikki Blonsky, John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer

The inner workings of an American jury trial through the eyes of one particular juror, Ronald Gladden. Gladden is unaware the entire case is fake, everyone except him is an actor and everything that happens — inside the courtroom and out — is carefully planned.
Dir. Lee Eisenberg, Gene Stupnitsky · With Ronald Gladden, James Marsden, Edy Modica

Disillusioned with life in the city, feeling out of place in suburbia, and frustrated that her happily ever after hasn’t been so easy to find, Giselle turns to the magic of Andalasia for help. Accidentally transforming the entire town into a real-life fairy tale and placing her family’s future happiness in jeopardy, she must race against time to reverse the spell and determine what happily ever after truly means to her and her family.
Dir. Adam Shankman · With Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, James Marsden

Two gangsters and the woman they love try to survive the most dangerous night of their lives. As if that wasn’t enough, there’s one wild ingredient added to the mix: a time machine.
Dir. BenDavid Grabinski · With James Marsden, Vince Vaughn, Eiza González

A DEA agent and an undercover Naval Intelligence officer who have been tasked with investigating one another find they have been set up by the mob -- the very organization the two men believe they have been stealing money from.
Dir. Baltasar Kormákur · With Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg, Paula Patton

A mockumentary that chronicles the prevalence of doping in the world of professional cycling.
Dir. Jake Szymanski · With Orlando Bloom, Andy Samberg, John Cena

The Templeton brothers — Tim and his Boss Baby little bro Ted — have become adults and drifted away from each other. But a new boss baby with a cutting-edge approach and a can-do attitude is about to bring them together again … and inspire a new family business.
Dir. Tom McGrath · With Alec Baldwin, James Marsden, Amy Sedaris

For five men, the opportunity to share a penthouse in the city -- in which to carry on extramarital affairs -- is a dream come true, until the dead body of an unknown woman turns up. Realizing that her killer must be one of their group, the men are gripped by paranoia as each one suspects another.
Dir. Erik Van Looy · With Karl Urban, James Marsden, Wentworth Miller

Altruistic Jane finds herself facing her worst nightmare as her younger sister announces her engagement to the man Jane secretly adores.
Dir. Anne Fletcher · With Katherine Heigl, James Marsden, Malin Åkerman

A high school senior drives cross-country with his best friends to hook up with a babe he met online.
Dir. Sean Anders · With Josh Zuckerman, Amanda Crew, Clark Duke

Anthology of famous, scary urban legends done with a modern twist.
Dir. Matt Cooper, Martin Kunert, David Semel · With James Marsden, Jay R. Ferguson, Christine Taylor

When a cure is found to treat mutations, lines are drawn amongst the X-Men led by Professor Charles Xavier, and Magneto's Brotherhood of Mutants.
Dir. Brett Ratner · With Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Ian McKellen

A hotheaded widow searching for the hit-and-run driver who mowed down her husband befriends an eccentric optimist who isn't quite what she seems.
Dir. Liz Feldman · With Christina Applegate, Linda Cardellini, James Marsden

When Jack and Diane find themselves in an unexpected adult situation, the A-Squad comes to their rescue. In order to help their friend Diane, the A-Squad goes where no cheerleader has gone before: taking on a little after-school project known as bank robbery. But the A-Squad does things their way -- with sugar and spice -- forever changing their friendship, their future and the nation's notion of teen spirit.
Dir. Francine McDougall · With Marley Shelton, Marla Sokoloff, Melissa George

A former street thug returns to his Philadelphia home after a stint in the military. Back on his home turf, he once again finds himself tangling with the mob boss who was instrumental in his going off to be a soldier.
Dir. Bobby Moresco · With James Marsden, Giovanni Ribisi, Brad Renfro

With the 70s behind him, San Diego's top rated newsman, Ron Burgundy, returns to take New York's first 24-hour news channel by storm.
Dir. Adam McKay · With Will Ferrell, Steve Carell, Paul Rudd

In a small American town, 16-year-old Lucy is left to largely raise herself, managing the household while her immature mother works and her father is away in Canada for months at a time. As her parents' emotional distance intensifies, Lucy explores her own sexuality with her childhood best friend, Kenny.
Dir. Max Mayer · With Sarah Bolger, Thomas Mann, James Marsden
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