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Neil Patrick Harris has 24 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2020s. 2 sit in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including How I Met Your Mother.
Tad, the Lost Explorer
2012
Animation · Comedy
Gone Girl
2014 · Movie · Actor
Top 1%Netflix · Included
How I Met Your Mother
2005 · Series · Actor
Top 1%Hulu · Included
Starship Troopers
1997 · Movie · Actor
Top 12%Netflix · Included
8-Bit Christmas
2021 · Movie · Actor
Top 59%Max · Included
A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas
2011 · Movie · Actor
Top 73%Hulu · Included
A Million Ways to Die in the West
2014 · Movie · Actor
Top 74%Netflix · Included
With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.
Dir. David Fincher · With Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris
A father recounts to his children - through a series of flashbacks - the journey he and his four best friends took leading up to him meeting their mother.
Dir. Craig Thomas, Carter Bays · With Josh Radnor, Neil Patrick Harris, Jason Segel
as Nightwing (voice) · Voice
One part vigilante, one part criminal kingpin, Red Hood begins cleaning up Gotham with the efficiency of Batman, but without following the same ethical code.
Dir. Brandon Vietti · With Bruce Greenwood, Jensen Ackles, Neil Patrick Harris
Set in the future, the story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry. Rico's military career progresses from recruit to non-commissioned officer and finally to officer against the backdrop of an interstellar war between mankind and an arachnoid species known as "the Bugs."
Dir. Paul Verhoeven · With Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer, Denise Richards
Creatively unfulfilled and facing financial ruin, Nick Cage must accept a $1 million offer to attend the birthday of a dangerous superfan. Things take a wildly unexpected turn when Cage is recruited by a CIA operative and forced to live up to his own legend, channeling his most iconic and beloved on-screen characters in order to save himself and his loved ones.
Dir. Tom Gormican · With Nicolas Cage, Pedro Pascal, Sharon Horgan
as Barry Allen / The Flash (voice) · Voice
The human race is threatened by a powerful creature, and only the combined power of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter and The Flash can stop it. But can they overcome their differences to thwart this enemy using the combined strength of their newly formed Justice League?
Dir. Dave Bullock · With David Boreanaz, Miguel Ferrer, Neil Patrick Harris
Aspiring super-villain Dr. Horrible wants to join the Evil League of Evil and win the girl of his dreams, but his nemesis, Captain Hammer, stops him at every turn.
Dir. Joss Whedon, Zack Whedon, Maurissa Tancharoen, Jed Whedon · With Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Fillion, Felicia Day
Nerdy accountant Harold and his irrepressible friend, Kumar, get stoned watching television and find themselves utterly bewitched by a commercial for White Castle. Convinced there must be one nearby, the two set out on a late-night odyssey that takes them deep into New Jersey. Somehow, the boys manage to run afoul of rednecks, cops and even a car-stealing Neil Patrick Harris before getting anywhere near their beloved sliders.
Dir. Danny Leiner · With John Cho, Kal Penn, Paula Garcés
Plagued by strange memories, Neo's life takes an unexpected turn when he finds himself back inside the Matrix.
Dir. Lana Wachowski · With Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
Having satisfied their urge for White Castle, Harold and Kumar jump on a plane to catch up with Harold's love interest, who's headed for the Netherlands. But the pair must change their plans when Kumar is accused of being a terrorist. Rob Corddry also stars in this wild comedy sequel that follows the hapless stoners' misadventures as they try to avoid being captured by the Department of Homeland Security.
Dir. Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg · With John Cho, Kal Penn, Neil Patrick Harris
In suburban Chicago during the late 1980s, ten-year-old Jake Doyle embarks on a herculean quest to get the latest and greatest video game system for Christmas.
Dir. Michael Dowse · With Neil Patrick Harris, Winslow Fegley, Steve Zahn
A modern-day take on the "Beauty and the Beast" tale where a New York teen is transformed into a hideous monster in order to find true love.
Dir. Daniel Barnz · With Alex Pettyfer, Vanessa Hudgens, Mary-Kate Olsen
An Afro-American organization, the B.R.O.T.H.E.R.H.O.O.D., is in permanent fight against a white organization "The Man" defending the values of the black people in North America. When the Afro-American candidate Gen. Warren Boutwell behaves strangely in his presidential campaign, Undercover Brother is hired to work undercover for "The Man" and find what happened with the potential candidate.
Dir. Malcolm D. Lee · With Eddie Griffin, Chris Kattan, Denise Richards
Six years have elapsed since Guantanamo Bay, leaving Harold and Kumar estranged from one another with very different families, friends and lives. But when Kumar arrives on Harold's doorstep during the holiday season with a mysterious package in hand, he inadvertently burns down Harold's father-in-law's beloved Christmas tree. To fix the problem, Harold and Kumar embark on a mission through New York City to find the perfect Christmas tree, once again stumbling into trouble at every single turn.
Dir. Todd Strauss-Schulson · With John Cho, Kal Penn, Paula Garcés
As a cowardly farmer begins to fall for the mysterious new woman in town, he must put his new-found courage to the test when her husband, a notorious gun-slinger, announces his arrival.
Dir. Seth MacFarlane · With Seth MacFarlane, Charlize Theron, Amanda Seyfried
The orphaned Baudelaire children face trials, tribulations and the evil Count Olaf, all in their quest to uncover the secret of their parents' death.
Dir. Barry Sonnenfeld, Daniel Handler · With Neil Patrick Harris, Patrick Warburton, Malina Weissman
Michael thought his life was perfect until his husband blindsided him by walking out after 17 years. Michael has to confront two nightmares — losing his soulmate and suddenly finding himself a single gay man in his mid-40s.
Dir. Jeffrey Richman, Darren Star · With Neil Patrick Harris, Tisha Campbell, Emerson Brooks
as Peter Parker / Spider-Man (voice) · Voice
Prime Video · Buy
Bitten by an irradiated spider, teenager Peter Parker gains arachnid-like powers that make him both a hero to those in need and a vigilante wanted by the police.
Dir. Marsha Griffin, Morgan Gendel, Brian Michael Bendis · With Neil Patrick Harris, Lisa Loeb, Ian Ziering
Inventor Flint Lockwood creates a machine that makes clouds rain food, enabling the down-and-out citizens of Chewandswallow to feed themselves. But when the falling food reaches gargantuan proportions, Flint must scramble to avert disaster. Can he regain control of the machine and put an end to the wild weather before the town is destroyed?
Dir. Christopher Miller, Phil Lord · With Bill Hader, Anna Faris, James Caan
The evil wizard Gargamel creates a couple of mischievous Smurf-like creatures called the Naughties that he hopes will let him harness the all-powerful, magical Smurf-essence. But when he discovers that only a real Smurf can give him what he wants, and only a secret spell that Smurfette knows can turn the Naughties into real Smurfs, Gargamel kidnaps Smurfette and brings her to Paris, where he has been winning the adoration of millions as the world¹s greatest sorcerer. It's up to Papa, Clumsy, Grouchy, and Vanity to return to our world, reunite with their human friends Patrick and Grace Winslow, and rescue her! Will Smurfette, who has always felt different from the other Smurfs, find a new connection with the Naughties Vexy and Hackus or will the Smurfs convince her that their love for her is True Blue?
Dir. Raja Gosnell · With Katy Perry, Hank Azaria, Neil Patrick Harris
Doogie Howser is a doctor. He is also a 16-year-old genius who graduated college at age 10 and finished medical school at age 14. But he is still a teenager, with normal teenage friends and problems. But unlike a normal teenager, he is just learning to drive while also consulting on serious medical cases like heart transplants.
Dir. David E. Kelley, Steven Bochco · With Neil Patrick Harris, Max Casella, Belinda Montgomery
After the disastrous food storm in the first film, Flint and his friends are forced to leave the town. Flint accepts the invitation from his idol Chester V to join The Live Corp Company, which has been tasked to clean the island, and where the best inventors in the world create technologies for the betterment of mankind. When Flint discovers that his machine still operates and now creates mutant food beasts like living pickles, hungry tacodiles, shrimpanzees and apple pie-thons, he and his friends must return to save the world.
Dir. Kris Pearn, Cody Cameron · With Bill Hader, Anna Faris, James Caan
as Lou (voice) · Voice
The ongoing war between the canine and feline species is put on hold when they join forces to thwart a rogue cat spy with her own sinister plans for conquest.
Dir. Brad Peyton · With James Marsden, Nick Nolte, Christina Applegate
When the evil wizard Gargamel chases the tiny blue Smurfs out of their village, they tumble from their magical world and into ours -- in fact, smack dab in the middle of Central Park. Just three apples high and stuck in the Big Apple, the Smurfs must find a way to get back to their village before Gargamel tracks them down.
Dir. Raja Gosnell · With Hank Azaria, Neil Patrick Harris, Jayma Mays
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