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Steve Coogan has 39 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2020s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by I Am Not an Animal.
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The Teacher
2017
Comedy · Drama

Demolition
2016
Comedy · Drama

The Professor
2019
Comedy · Drama

While We're Young
2015
Comedy · Drama

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
2018
Comedy · Drama

Wilson
2017
Comedy · Drama

The Mystery of Henri Pick
2019
Drama · Comedy

A Coffee in Berlin
2012
Drama · Comedy

Philomena
2013 · Movie · Actor · Writer
Top 17%Tubi · Free w/ ads

Irreplaceable You
2018 · Movie · Actor
Top 22%Netflix · Included

24 Hour Party People
2002 · Movie · Actor
Top 23%Prime Video · Included

The Penguin Lessons
2025 · Movie · Actor
Top 35%Netflix · Included

The Trip
2011 · Movie · Actor
Top 37%AMC+ · Included

Despicable Me 3
2017 · Movie · Voice
Top 38%Netflix · Included

as Mark the Bird (voice) · Voice
I Am Not An Animal is an animated comedy series about the only six talking animals in the world, whose cosseted existence in a vivisection unit is turned upside down when they are liberated by animal rights activists.
Dir. Peter Baynham · With Steve Coogan, Julia Davis, Simon Pegg

Calvin is a young novelist who achieved phenomenal success early in his career but is now struggling with his writing – as well as his romantic life. Finally, he makes a breakthrough and creates a character named Ruby who inspires him. When Calvin finds Ruby, in the flesh, sitting on his couch about a week later, he is completely flabbergasted that his words have turned into a living, breathing person.
Dir. Valerie Faris, Jonathan Dayton · With Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Chris Messina

A woman searches for her adult son, who was taken away from her decades ago when she was forced to live in a convent.
Dir. Stephen Frears · With Judi Dench, Steve Coogan, Sophie Kennedy Clark

With their golden era long behind them, comedy duo Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy embark on a variety hall tour of Britain and Ireland. Despite the pressures of a hectic schedule, and with the support of their wives Lucille and Ida – a formidable double act in their own right – the pair's love of performing, as well as for each other, endures as they secure their place in the hearts of their adoring public
Dir. Jon S. Baird · With Steve Coogan, John C. Reilly, Shirley Henderson

A stunning cancer diagnosis spurs Abbie to seek a future girlfriend for fiancé and childhood sweetheart Sam, who's clueless when it comes to dating.
Dir. Stephanie Laing · With Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Michiel Huisman, Steve Coogan

Manchester, 1976. Tony Wilson is an ambitious but frustrated local TV news reporter looking for a way to make his mark. After witnessing a life-changing concert by a band known as the Sex Pistols, he persuades his station to televise one of their performances, and soon Manchester's punk groups are clamoring for him to manage them. Riding the wave of a musical revolution, Wilson and his friends create the legendary Factory Records label and The Hacienda club.
Dir. Michael Winterbottom · With Steve Coogan, Lennie James, Paddy Considine

In New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents' bitter custody battle.
Dir. Scott McGehee, David Siegel · With Julianne Moore, Steve Coogan, Alexander Skarsgård

In 1976, as Argentina descends into violence and chaos, a world-weary English teacher regains his compassion for others thanks to an unlikely friendship with a penguin.
Dir. Peter Cattaneo · With Steve Coogan, Jonathan Pryce, Vivian El Jaber

When Steve Coogan is asked by The Observer to tour the country's finest restaurants, he envisions it as the perfect getaway with his beautiful girlfriend. But, when she backs out on him, he has no one to accompany him but his best friend and source of eternal aggravation, Rob Brydon.
Dir. Michael Winterbottom · With Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Claire Keelan

Gru and his wife Lucy must stop former '80s child star Balthazar Bratt from achieving world domination.
Dir. Kyle Balda, Pierre Coffin · With Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Trey Parker

When famous DJ Alan Partridge’s radio station is taken over by a new media conglomerate, it sets in motion a chain of events which see Alan having to work with the police to defuse a potentially violent siege.
Dir. Declan Lowney · With Steve Coogan, Colm Meaney, Felicity Montagu

An amateur historian defies the academic establishment in her efforts to find King Richard III's remains, which were lost for over 500 years.
Dir. Stephen Frears · With Sally Hawkins, Steve Coogan, Harry Lloyd

Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon embark on a road trip along the coast of Spain.
Dir. Michael Winterbottom · With Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Marta Barrio

The fortunes of a former chat show host who is reduced to a lowly slot on Radio Norwich. Alan Partridge is divorced, living in a travel tavern, and desperate for a return to television.
Dir. Armando Iannucci, Peter Baynham, Steve Coogan · With Steve Coogan, Amelia Bullmore, Felicity Montagu

A couple is going through marital troubles made worse when a previously unknown grandson shows up.
Dir. Andrew Fleming · With Paul Rudd, Steve Coogan, Jack Gore

A nine-year-old boy gets a plastic Indian and a cupboard for his birthday and finds himself involved in adventure when the Indian comes to life and befriends him.
Dir. Frank Oz · With Hal Scardino, Litefoot, Lindsay Crouse

Years after their successful restaurant review tour of Northern England, Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon are commissioned for a new tour in Italy.
Dir. Michael Winterbottom · With Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Rosie Fellner

Unlike their heroic counterparts on the force, desk-bound NYPD detectives Gamble and Hoitz garner no headlines as they work day to day. When a seemingly minor case turns out to be a big deal, the two cops get the opportunity to finally prove to their comrades that they have the right stuff.
Dir. Adam McKay · With Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Eva Mendes

Ella lives in a magical world in which each child, at the moment of their birth, is given a virtuous "gift" from a fairy godmother. Ella's so-called gift, however, is obedience. This birthright proves itself to be quite the curse once Ella finds herself in the hands of several unscrupulous characters whom she quite literally cannot disobey. Determined to gain control of her life and decisions, Ella sets off on a journey to find her fairy godmother who she hopes will lift the curse. The path, however, isn't easy -- Ella must outwit a slew of unpleasant obstacles including ogres, giants, wicked stepsisters, elves and Prince Charmont's evil uncle, who wants to take over the crown and rule the kingdom.
Dir. Tommy O'Haver · With Anne Hathaway, Hugh Dancy, Cary Elwes

A retelling of the story of France’s iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette - from her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at fifteen to her reign as queen at nineteen and ultimately the fall of Versailles.
Dir. Sofia Coppola · With Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman, Steve Coogan

Steve Coogan, an arrogant actor with low self-esteem and a complicated love life, is playing the eponymous role in an adaptation of "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman" being filmed at a stately home. He constantly spars with actor Rob Brydon, who is playing Uncle Toby and believes his role to be of equal importance to Coogan's.
Dir. Michael Winterbottom · With Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Keeley Hawes

Minions Stuart, Kevin and Bob are recruited by Scarlet Overkill, a super-villain who, alongside her inventor husband Herb, hatches a plot to take over the world.
Dir. Kyle Balda, Pierre Coffin · With Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm, Michael Keaton

A washed up actor best known for playing the title character in the 1980s detective show "Mindhorn" must work with the police when a serial killer says that he will only speak with Detective Mindhorn, whom he believes to be real.
Dir. Sean Foley · With Julian Barratt, Simon Farnaby, Essie Davis

Gru and Lucy and their girls—Margo, Edith and Agnes—welcome a new member to the Gru family, Gru Jr., who is intent on tormenting his dad. Gru also faces a new nemesis in Maxime Le Mal and his femme fatale girlfriend Valentina, forcing the family to go on the run.
Dir. Chris Renaud · With Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Will Ferrell

Everybody has one—the sibling who is always just a little bit behind the curve when it comes to getting his life together. For sisters Liz, Miranda and Natalie, that person is their perennially upbeat brother, Ned. But as each of their lives begins to unravel, Ned's family comes to realise that Ned isn't such an idiot after all.
Dir. Jesse Peretz · With Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks, Zooey Deschanel

When the magic powers of The Tablet of Ahkmenrah begin to die out, Larry Daley spans the globe, uniting favorite and new characters while embarking on an epic quest to save the magic before it is gone forever.
Dir. Shawn Levy · With Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Owen Wilson

Failed actor-turned-worse-high-school-drama-teacher Dana Marschz rallies his Tucson students as he conceives and stages a politically incorrect musical sequel to Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Dir. Andrew Fleming · With Steve Coogan, Catherine Keener, J. J. Soria

Accident prone teenager, Percy discovers he's actually a demi-God, the son of Poseidon, and he is needed when Zeus' lightning is stolen. Percy must master his new found skills in order to prevent a war between the Gods that could devastate the entire world.
Dir. Chris Columbus · With Logan Lerman, Brandon T. Jackson, Alexandra Daddario

A bet pits a British inventor, a Chinese thief and a French artist on a worldwide adventure that they can circle the globe in 80 days.
Dir. Frank Coraci · With Jackie Chan, Steve Coogan, Cécile de France

Gru is recruited by the Anti-Villain League to help deal with a powerful new super criminal.
Dir. Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud · With Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Benjamin Bratt
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