Movies starring Jonah Hill
When one thinks of a Martin Scorsese film, the first images that come to mind are dark, violent, serious ones. His most celebrated movies are Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, and The Departed - all intense, uncompromising samples of cinema at ...
U.S. Release Date: 2013-12-25
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Content, Nudity, Profanity, Drugs, Violence)
Genre: COMEDY/THRILLER
Director: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie, ...
For Knocked Up, writer/director Judd Apatow's sophomore feature, the filmmaker has elected to follow pretty much the same formula that made his debut, The 40 Year Old Virgin, such a success. Considering how winning the formula is, it's a safe appro...
U.S. Release Date: 2007-06-01
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Situations, Profanity, Nudity, Drugs)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Judd Apatow
Cast: Katherine Heigl, Seth Rogen, Paul Rudd, ...
With The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Judd Apatow succeeded in an endeavor that foiled many of the more accomplished directors to precede him: the merging of the romantic comedy, a quintessential "female genre," with the raunchy comedy, a quintessential "ma...
U.S. Release Date: 2008-04-18
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Situations, Nudity, Profanity)
Genre: ROMANTIC COMEDY
Director: Nicholas Stoller
Cast: Jason Segel, Kristen Bell, Mila Kunis, ...
Seen in standard digital 3-D. When Dreamworks released Shrek in 2001, it appeared the company was ready to challenge Disney/Pixar in the family film arena. Since then, however, Dreamworks' animated efforts have been made more with kids in mind ...
U.S. Release Date: 2010-03-26
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: ANIMATED
Director: Chris Sanders, Dean DeBlois
Cast: (voices) Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, Gerard Butler, ...
Every summer it seems there's a pleasant surprise lurking in an unexpected place. This year, Cyrus is a candidate. The cast might lead one to believe this is a Judd Apatow movie; after all, three of the four principals (John C. Reilly, Jonah Hill...
U.S. Release Date: 2010-06-18
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Content, Profanity)
Genre: COMEDY/DRAM
Director: Mark Duplass & Jay Duplass
Cast: John C. Reilly, Jonah Hill, Marisa Tomei, ...
What if Quentin Tarantino collaborated with John Hughes on a teen comedy? Superbad is a decent approximation of what the result might be. As with Borat, there are no sacred cows here. The movie, produced by Judd Apatow, written by Seth Rogan & E...
U.S. Release Date: 2007-08-17
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Situations, Nudity)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Greg Mottola
Cast: Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, ...
In the midst of the testosterone and special effects that dominated the 2009 summer box office, along came a raunchy comedy called The Hangover that not only became one of the year's biggest hits but re-affirmed that there is a place for rude, crud...
U.S. Release Date: 2010-06-04
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity, Drugs)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Nicholas Stoller
Cast: Jonah Hill, Russell Brand, Sean Combs, ...
[Seen in "standard" (non-IMAX) 3-D.] Megamind is largely what one might expect from an animated movie featuring a number of notable comedians in voice roles: an amusing diversion. A soft satire of superhero films (one that's less clever than ei...
U.S. Release Date: 2010-11-05
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: ANIMATED
Director: Tom McGrath
Cast: (voices) Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, Jonah Hill, ...
Moneyball illustrates what can happen when a non-fiction book that's more about ideas and processes is translated into a feature film. There's a lot of fascinating information in Moneyball (although, to be fair, it's questionable how much interest...
U.S. Release Date: 2011-09-23
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Bennett Miller
Cast: Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman, ...
By the time September arrives, This is the End will probably be in the running for "funniest comedy of the 2013 summer." The end-of-the-world comedy packs more humor into its 107 minutes than many other contenders (Hangover III and The Internship, ...
U.S. Release Date: 2013-06-12
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Violence, Drugs, Nudity)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg
Cast: Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, James Franco, ...