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Jason Bateman

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Teen Wolf / Teen Wolf TooTeen Wolf / Teen Wolf Too (1985-1986)
Dir. Rod Daniel, Christopher Leitch
Feat. Michael J. Fox, Jason Bateman
In TEEN WOLF, Fox plays a high–school student who discovers he has lycanthropic tendencies. The sequel TEEN WOLF TOO continues the story in…
Arrested Development (TV Series)Arrested Development (TV Series) (2003-2005) Recommended
Feat. Jason Bateman, Jeffrey Tambor, Portia de Rossi
Celebrated TV sitcom follows the travails of a once–affluent family contending with sudden poverty after the bread–winner (Tambor) is…
DodgeballDodgeball (2004)
Dir. Rawson Marshall Thurber
Feat. Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Christine Taylor
A very broad satire for pals Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn, who take their popular brand of lampoonery into the sports arena and aim it strictly below…
Break-Up, TheBreak-Up, The (2006)
Dir. Peyton Reed
Feat. Vince Vaughn, Jennifer Aniston, Vincent D'Onofrio
Skewed relationship comedy has an aspirant young couple (Aniston, Vaughn) split up but continue to wrangle and feud over the condo they refuse to…
Ex, TheEx, The (Fast Track) (2006)
Dir. Jesse Peretz
Feat. Zach Braff, Amanda Peet, Jason Bateman
Star studded rom com where a guy discovers that his wife's high–school sweetheart is his new boss and has not given up hope on getting back…
Smokin' AcesSmokin' Aces (2007)
Dir. Joe Carnahan
Feat. Ben Affleck, Andy Garcia, Alicia Keys
A high–strung crime caper of competing assassins from the dir. of NARC, dispatching with boyish glee a bevy of visual and narrative bullet…
Kingdom, TheKingdom, The (2007)
Dir. Peter Berg
Feat. Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner, Chris Cooper
Jamie Foxx hunts a faction of terrorists in this Middle Eastern–set actioner concerning the aftermath of a suicide bombing on American citizens…
Mr. Magorium's Wonder EmporiumMr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (2007)
Dir. Zach Helm
Feat. Natalie Portman, Dustin Hoffman, Jason Bateman
Elves–in–the–toyshop fantasy with Dustin Hoffman as Mr. Magorium, the kindly, Wonka–esque, owner of a magical toy…
JunoJuno (2007)
Dir. Jason Reitman
Feat. Elliot Page, Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner
Upstart indie comedy that broke wide into the mainstream, this packages up Gen–Y angst and 'riot–grrl' attitude into a commercially…
HancockHancock (John Hancock) (2008)
Dir. Peter Berg
Feat. Will Smith, Charlize Theron, Jason Bateman
Will Smith stars in this action comedy as an unlikely superhero whose sarcasm and destructive ways have put him out of favour with his public. As…
Couples RetreatCouples Retreat (2009)
Dir. Peter Billingsley
Feat. Vince Vaughn, Jason Bateman, Jon Favreau
Buddies Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau (SWINGERS) team up once again in this hit–and–miss comedy about a group of couples who go to a…
Invention of Lying, TheInvention of Lying, The (2009)
Dir. Ricky Gervais, Matthew Robinson
Feat. Ricky Gervais, Jennifer Garner, Jonah Hill
Ricky Gervais plays leading man in this romantic comedy, set in a world where everybody tells the truth until a down on his luck writer (Gervais)…
Up in the AirUp in the Air (2009) Recommended
Dir. Jason Reitman
Feat. George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick
A cautionary business tale wrapped in a frisky romantic comedy, with George Clooney starring as a compulsive traveller whose job it is to dismiss…
ExtractExtract (2009) Aro Favourite
Dir. Mike Judge
Feat. Jason Bateman, Mila Kunis, Kristen Wiig
Graduating here as a comic leading man, Jason Bateman plays a factory owner juggling a myriad of personal and professional problems in this…
Switch, TheSwitch, The (2010)
Dir. Josh Gordon, Will Speck
Feat. Jason Bateman, Jennifer Aniston, Jeff Goldblum
Agreeable light farce with an unmarried Aniston turning to a turkey baster in order to become pregnant, but some years later a reunion with her best…
PaulPaul (2011) Recommended
Dir. Greg Mottola
Feat. Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Seth Rogen
The creators of SHAUN OF THE DEAD and HOT FUZZ make a beeline for America's UFO heartland in this comedy about two sci–fi nerds who befriend a…
Horrible BossesHorrible Bosses (2011)
Dir. Seth Gordon
Feat. Kevin Spacey, Colin Farrell, Jennifer Aniston
Savage workplace comedy about three long–suffering employees (Bateman, Day, Sudeikis) who plot to kill their respective…
Change-Up, TheChange-Up, The (2011)
Dir. David Dobkin
Feat. Jason Bateman, Ryan Reynolds, Olivia Wilde
Wickedly scatological take on FREAKY FRIDAY, with Bateman and Reynolds swapping bodies after simultaneously urinating in a magical fountain.
Hit & RunHit & Run (2012)
Dir. David Palmer, Dax Shepard
Feat. Dax Shepard, Kristen Bell, Bradley Cooper
Comic chase film with Dax Shephard as a former getaway driver trashing his Witness Protection identity in order to get his girlfriend to a dream job…
DisconnectDisconnect (2012) Recommended
Dir. Henry Alex Rubin
Feat. Jason Bateman, Hope Davis, Michael Nyqvist
A suspenseful, topical ensemble drama that addresses the corrosive effect of the internet and social media on the lives of two generations of…
Identity ThiefIdentity Thief (2013)
Dir. Seth Gordon
Feat. Jason Bateman, Melissa McCarthy, Jon Favreau
When a sensible accountant discovers his credit rating is in shambles, he resolves to hunt down the fraudster who has stolen his identity and spent…
Bad WordsBad Words (2013)
Dir. Jason Bateman
Feat. Jason Bateman, Kathryn Hahn, Philip Baker Hall
Jason Bateman plays a failed spelling bee competitor who uses a loophole to enter into a national spelling competition as an adult. Landing on the…
Longest Week, TheLongest Week, The (2014)
Dir. Peter Glanz
Feat. Jason Bateman, Olivia Wilde, Billy Crudup
This modest rom–com pleasure with Wes Anderson undertones centres on a rich Manhattanite whose life is upended by several chance encounters…
Horrible Bosses 2Horrible Bosses 2 (2014)
Dir. Sean Anders
Feat. Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, Charlie Day
More employment related shenanigans with Jason Bateman and pals' entrepreneurial ways getting them involved in a decidedly harebrained and misguided…
Gift, TheGift, The (2015)
Dir. Joel Edgerton
Feat. Jason Bateman, Rebecca Hall, Joel Edgerton
Australian actor Joel Edgerton acquits himself admirably as first time writer/director of this LA–set psycho–thriller that revives the…
ZootopiaZootopia (2016) Aro Favourite
Dir. Rich Moore, Byron Howard
Feat. Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Idris Elba
This Pixar animation smash is a smart, hugely entertaining romp set in a city of anthropomorphic animals in which a rookie bunny cop and a cynical…
Family Fang, TheFamily Fang, The (2016)
Dir. Jason Bateman
Feat. Nicole Kidman, Jason Bateman, Kathryn Hahn
The Fang siblings, raised by performance artist parents, return home as adults with their own artistic careers in this art–world family…
Office Christmas PartyOffice Christmas Party (2016)
Dir. Josh Gordon, Will Speck
Feat. Jason Bateman, Olivia Munn, T.J. Miller
Christmas debauchery from the makers of BLADES OF GLORY which treads a now familiar path of outrageous, satisfyingly un–PC excess.
Annabelle: CreationAnnabelle: Creation (2017)
Dir. David F. Sandberg
Feat. Stephanie Sigman, Jason Bateman, Lulu Wilson
A "return to form" for THE CONJURING franchise (after the egregious ANNABELLE), this prequel featuring the eponymous possessed doll tormenting a nun…
Game NightGame Night (2018) Recommended
Dir. Jonathan Goldstein, John Francis Daley
Feat. Jason Bateman, Rachel McAdams, Billy Magnussen
Clever crime comedy with likeable leads Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams as a couple whose weekly table top gaming get–together turns into a…
Outsider, The (TV Mini-series)Outsider, The (TV Mini-series) (2020)
Feat. Ben Mendelsohn, Bill Camp, Jeremy Bobb
Slow burning crime TV series based on the Stephen King novel of the same name, with Ben Mendelsohn playing a troubled detective in the Cherokee City…

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