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Martin Short has 30 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2020s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Only Murders in the Building.
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
1991
Comedy · Family
Only Murders in the Building
2021 · Series · Actor
Top 1%Disney+ · Included
Treasure Planet
2002 · Movie · Voice
Top 2%Disney+ · Included
The Prince of Egypt
1998 · Movie · Voice
Top 7%Netflix · Included
The Willoughbys
2020 · Movie · Voice
Top 19%Netflix · Included
The Spiderwick Chronicles
2008 · Movie · Voice
Top 42%The Roku Channel · Free w/ ads
Father of the Bride
1991 · Movie · Actor
Top 45%Netflix · Included
Three strangers share an obsession with true crime and suddenly find themselves wrapped up in one.
Dir. Steve Martin, John Hoffman · With Steve Martin, Martin Short, Selena Gomez
When space galleon cabin boy Jim Hawkins discovers a map to an intergalactic "loot of a thousand worlds," a cyborg cook named John Silver teaches him to battle supernovas and space storms on their journey to find treasure.
Dir. John Musker, Ron Clements · With Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Brian Murray, Emma Thompson
The strong bond between two Royal Egyptian brothers is challenged when their chosen responsibilities set them at odds, with extraordinary consequences.
Dir. Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner, Simon Wells · With Val Kilmer, Ralph Fiennes, Michelle Pfeiffer
A teenage girl living in Baltimore in the early 1960s dreams of appearing on a popular TV dance show.
Dir. Kenny Leon, Alex Rudzinski · With Maddie Baillio, Dove Cameron, Kristin Chenoweth
When the four Willoughby children are abandoned by their selfish parents, they must learn how to adapt their Old-Fashioned values to the contemporary world in order to create something new: The Modern Family.
Dir. Kris Pearn · With Will Forte, Maya Rudolph, Alessia Cara
Test pilot Tuck Pendleton volunteers to test a special vessel for a miniaturization experiment. Accidentally injected into a neurotic hypochondriac, Jack Putter, Tuck must convince Jack to find his ex-girlfriend, Lydia Maxwell, to help him extract Tuck and his ship and re-enlarge them before his oxygen runs out.
Dir. Joe Dante · With Dennis Quaid, Martin Short, Meg Ryan
as Preminger (voice) · Voice
In her first animated musical featuring seven original songs, Barbie comes to life in this modern re-telling of a classic tale of mistaken identity and the power of friendship. Based on the story by Mark Twain.
Dir. William Lau · With Kelly Sheridan, Melissa Lyons, Julie Stevens
On his first day after being released from jail for 14 armed bank robberies, Lucas finds himself caught up in someone else's robbery. Perry has decided to hold up the local bank to raise money so that he can keep his daughter, Meg, and get her the treatment she needs. Dugan, a detective, assumes Lucas helped plan the robbery, and hence Lucas, Perry and Meg become three fugitives.
Dir. Francis Veber · With Nick Nolte, Martin Short, Sarah Rowland Doroff
Upon moving into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother, twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, along with their sister Mallory, find themselves pulled into an alternate world full of faeries and other creatures.
Dir. Mark Waters · With Freddie Highmore, Sarah Bolger, David Strathairn
When a would-be psychologist, curiously named Dr. Mumford, comes to the idyllic town of the same name and offers his talent for listening and a disarming frankness, the town's quirkiest citizens scramble for a seat on his couch. As he lightens hearts darkened by old secrets no one realizes he's hiding a whopper of his own, or that he's fallen head over heels for one of his patients!
Dir. Lawrence Kasdan · With Loren Dean, Hope Davis, Jason Lee
George Banks is an ordinary, middle-class man whose 22 year-old daughter Annie has decided to marry a man from an upper-class family, but George can't think of what life would be like without his daughter. His wife tries to make him happy for Annie, but when the wedding takes place at their home and a foreign wedding planner takes over the ceremony, he becomes slightly insane.
Dir. Charles Shyer · With Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Kimberly Williams-Paisley
The Addams family's lives begin to unravel when they face-off against a treacherous, greedy crafty reality-TV host while also preparing for their extended family to arrive for a major celebration.
Dir. Conrad Vernon, Greg Tiernan · With Oscar Isaac, Charlize Theron, Chloë Grace Moretz
A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits to see if the extraterrestrial visitors have, as they claim, "come in peace." U.S. President James Dale receives assurance from science professor Donald Kessler that the Martians' mission is a friendly one. But when a peaceful exchange ends in the total annihilation of the U.S. Congress, military men call for a full-scale nuclear retaliation.
Dir. Tim Burton · With Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Annette Bening
A trio of unemployed silent film actors are mistaken for real heroes by a small Mexican village in search of someone to stop a malevolent bandit.
Dir. John Landis · With Chevy Chase, Steve Martin, Martin Short
Just when George Banks has recovered from his daughter's wedding, he receives the news that she's pregnant ... and that George's wife is expecting too. He was planning on selling their home, but that's a plan that—like George—will have to change with the arrival of both a grandchild and a kid of his own.
Dir. Charles Shyer · With Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Martin Short
Alice follows a white rabbit down a rabbit-hole into a whimsical Wonderland, where she meets characters like the delightful Cheshire Cat, the clumsy White Knight, a rude caterpillar, and the hot-tempered Queen of Hearts and can grow ten feet tall or shrink to three inches. But will she ever be able to return home?
Dir. Nick Willing · With Tina Majorino, Robbie Coltrane, Ben Kingsley
as Mr. Frankenstein / Mr. Burgemeister / Nassor (voice) · Voice
Disney+ · Included
When a car hits young Victor's pet dog Sparky, Victor decides to bring him back to life the only way he knows how. But when the bolt-necked "monster" wreaks havoc and terror in the hearts of Victor's neighbors, he has to convince them that Sparky's still the good, loyal friend he was.
Dir. Tim Burton · With Catherine O'Hara, Martin Short, Martin Landau
Jimmy Neutron is a boy genius and way ahead of his friends, but when it comes to being cool, he's a little behind. All until one day when his parents, and parents all over Earth are kidnapped by aliens, it's up to him to lead all the children of the world to rescue their parents.
Dir. John A. Davis · With Debi Derryberry, Megan Cavanagh, Mark DeCarlo
The daughter of a wealthy businessman has disappeared in Mexico, and all the efforts to find her have been unsuccessful. A psychologist, knowing that the girl has an ultra bad luck, persuades her father to send to Mexico one of his employees, an accountant with super bad luck, to find her. Perhaps he will be lucky, and his bad luck could help to find the unlucky girl.
Dir. Nadia Tass · With Martin Short, Danny Glover, Harry Shearer
Being one of 101 takes its toll on Patch, who doesn't feel unique. When he's accidentally left behind on moving day, he meets his idol, Thunderbolt, who enlists him on a publicity campaign.
Dir. Jim Kammerud, Brian Smith · With Barry Bostwick, Jason Alexander, Martin Short
When mild-mannered Martin Harvey finds out that he has inherited a vintage yacht, he decides to take his family on a Caribbean vacation to retrieve the vessel. Upon arriving on a small island and realizing that the ship is in rough shape, Martin and his family end up with more than they bargained for as the roguish Captain Ron signs on to sail the boat to Miami. It doesn't take long before Ron's anything-goes antics get the Harveys into plenty of trouble.
Dir. Thom Eberhardt · With Kurt Russell, Martin Short, Mary Kay Place
Murray is a male fairy godmother, and he is trying to help 8-year-old Anabel to fulfil her "simple wish" - that her father Oliver, who is a cab driver, would win the leading role in a Broadway musical. Unfortunately, Murray's magic wand is broken and the fairies convention is threatened by evil witches Claudia and Boots.
Dir. Michael Ritchie · With Martin Short, Kathleen Turner, Mara Wilson
Now that Santa and Mrs. Claus have the North Pole running smoothly, the Counsel of Legendary Figures has called an emergency meeting on Christmas Eve! The evil Jack Frost has been making trouble, looking to take over the holiday! So he launches a plan to sabotage the toy factory and compel Scott to invoke the little-known Escape Clause and wish he'd never become Santa.
Dir. Michael Lembeck · With Tim Allen, Elizabeth Mitchell, Judge Reinhold
Uptight New York City executive, Michael Cromwell, pursues his soon-to-be ex-wife to South America and returns home with the son he never knew he had—a boy raised in a tribal village in Brazil. Armed with only his blowgun, the 13-year-old Mimi-Siku discovers that the world outside his jungle home is indeed a strange place.
Dir. John Pasquin · With Tim Allen, Martin Short, JoBeth Williams
as The Appraiser / The Jester (voice) · Voice
Dorothy wakes in post-tornado Kansas, only to be whisked back to Oz to try to save her old friends, the Scarecrow, the Lion, the Tin Man, and Glinda, from a devious new villain, the Jester. New comrades Wiser the Owl, Marshal Mallow, China Princess, and Tugg the Tugboat join Dorothy on her latest magical journey through the colorful landscape of Oz to restore order and happiness to Emerald City.
Dir. Dan St. Pierre, Will Finn · With Lea Michele, Martin Short, Bernadette Peters
A retelling of the legend of King Arthur from the perspective of the wizard Merlin. Sam Neill stars in the title role in a story that covers not only the rise and fall of Camelot but also the phase in the legendary history of Britain that precedes it.
Dir. Steve Barron · With Sam Neill, Paul Curran, Isabella Rossellini
When his brother asks him to look after his young son, Clifford, Martin Daniels agrees, taking the boy into his home and introducing him to his future wife, Sarah. Clifford is fixated on the idea of visiting a famed theme park, and Martin, an engineer who helped build the park, makes plans to take him. But, when Clifford reveals himself to be a first-rate brat, his uncle goes bonkers, and a loony inter-generational standoff ensues.
Dir. Paul Flaherty · With Martin Short, Charles Grodin, Mary Steenburgen
as Kirk the Woodsman (voice) · Voice
Red Riding Hood is training in the group of Sister Hoods, when she and the Wolf are called to examine the sudden mysterious disappearance of Hansel and Gretel.
Dir. Mike Disa · With Hayden Panettiere, Glenn Close, Patrick Warburton
Captain New Eyes travels back in time and feeds dinosaurs his Brain Grain cereal, which makes them intelligent and non-violent. They agree to go to the "Middle Future" in order to grant the wishes of children in New York City. They are to meet Dr. Bleeb of the Museum of Natural History, but get sidetracked with their new children friends and run into the Captain's evil brother, Professor Screweyes.
Dir. Ralph Zondag, Simon Wells, Phil Nibbelink, Dick Zondag · With John Goodman, René Le Vant, Felicity Kendal
A bashful bachelor penguin named Hubie, who's partial to a pretty female named Marina. Ancient penguin ritual dictates that males present a pebble to their intended, then mate for life. Hubie finds a spiffy stone, but before he can bestow it on Marina, dastardly rival Drake tosses him into the churning sea, and Hubie gets swept away.
Dir. Don Bluth, Gary Goldman · With Martin Short, Annie Golden, Jim Belushi
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