Chris Columbus attends the NYC Particular Screening of ‘The Thursday Homicide Membership’ on August 14, 2025 in New York Metropolis. Photograph by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Pictures for Netflix.
Director Chris Columbus has made a number of the most beloved motion pictures of all time!
Starting his profession as a screenwriter on such classics as ‘Gremlins’ and ‘The Goonies’, Columbus would go on to direct a number of the hottest motion pictures in cinematic historical past together with ‘Residence Alone’, ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’, ‘Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone’ and ‘Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and techniques’.
His newest movie, ‘The Thursday Homicide Membership’, which relies on the favored novel and stars Helen Mirren and Pierce Brosnan, opens in choose theaters on August twenty second earlier than premiering on Netflix August twenty eighth.
In honor of his new movie, Moviefone is counting down each film Chris Columbus has each directed, from worst to greatest, together with his newest.
NOTE: For this record we’re solely together with movies Columbus has directed, and never motion pictures have been he’s solely credited as the author or producer.
Let’s start!
17. ‘Pixels’ (2015)
(L to R) Michelle Monaghan, Adam Sandler, Josh Gad, and Peter Dinklage in ‘Pixels’. Photograph: Sony Footage Releasing.
Online game consultants are recruited by the navy to battle Eighties-era online game characters who’ve attacked New York.
Launch Date: Jul 24, 2015
Run Time: 1 hr 46 min
Finances: $88,000,000
Kate Pierce (Darby Camp) is reluctantly spending Christmas along with her mother’s new boyfriend and his son Jack (Jahzir Bruno). However when the North Pole and Christmas are threatened to be destroyed, Kate and Jack are unexpectedly pulled into a brand new journey with Santa Claus (Kurt Russell).
“The battle to save lots of Christmas is on.”
Launch Date: Nov 18, 2020
Run Time: 1 hr 52 min
(L to R) Robin Wiliams and Sam Neill in ‘Bicentennial Man’. Photograph: Buena Vista Footage Distribution.
Richard Martin (Sam Neill) buys a present, a brand new NDR-114 robotic. The product is known as Andrew (Robin Williams) by the youngest of the household’s kids. “Bicentennial Man” follows the life and instances of Andrew, a robotic bought as a family equipment programmed to carry out menial duties. As Andrew begins to expertise feelings and artistic thought, the Martin household quickly discovers they do not have an strange robotic.
“One robotic’s 200 yr journey to grow to be an strange man.”
Launch Date: Dec 17, 1999
Run Time: 2 hr 11 min
Finances: $100,000,000
A valedictorian’s (Paul Rust) declaration of affection for a high-school cheerleader (Hayden Panettiere) launches an evening of revelry, reflection and romance for a bunch of graduating seniors.
“Recognition is good. Widespread women should not.”
Launch Date: Jul 10, 2009
Run Time: 1 hr 42 min
Finances: $18,000,000
13. ‘Lease’ (2005)
This rock opera tells the story of 1 yr within the lifetime of a bunch of bohemians struggling in late Eighties East Village, New York, USA. The movie facilities round Mark (Anthony Rapp) and Roger (Adam Pascal), two roommates. Whereas a tragedy has made Roger numb to new experiences, Mark begins capturing their world via his makes an attempt to make a private film. Within the yr that follows, they and their buddies take care of love, loss, and dealing collectively.
Launch Date: Nov 23, 2005
Run Time: 2 hr 15 min
Finances: $40,000,000
When a teen (Charles Schlatter) tries to arrange a band at his college, his mom (Tuesday Weld) – who was a giant fan of Elvis Presley (David Keith) – will get in a wreck. He and his band members then resolve to kidnap Elvis and hook him up along with his mom.
“1972. My household wanted some assist, my city wanted a hero, and my band wanted a break. So I borrowed Mother’s pink Cadillac and I kidnapped Elvis Presley, and our lives have been by no means the identical once more.”
Launch Date: Sep 30, 1988
Run Time: 1 hr 37 min
Danny Muldoon (John Sweet), a Chicago policeman, nonetheless lives along with his overbearing mom Rose (Maureen O’Hara). He meets and falls in love with Theresa Luna (Ally Sheedy), whose father owns the native funeral parlour. Naturally, his mom objects to the connection, and Danny and Theresa should both overcome her objections or surrender the romance.
“Earlier than he can tie the knot, he has to untie the apron strings.”
Launch Date: Might 24, 1991
Run Time: 1 hr 44 min
Macaulay Culkin in ‘Residence Alone 2: Misplaced in New York’. Photograph: twentieth Century Fox.
As an alternative of flying to Florida along with his of us, Kevin (Macaulay Culkin) finally ends up alone in New York, the place he will get a resort room along with his dad’s bank card—regardless of issues from a clerk and meddling bellboy. However when Kevin runs into his previous nemeses, the Moist Bandits (Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern), he is decided to foil their plans to rob a toy retailer on Christmas Eve.
“He is up previous his bedtime within the metropolis that by no means sleeps.”
Launch Date: Nov 19, 1992
Run Time: 2 hr
Finances: $18,000,000
Jackie (Susan Sarandon) is a divorced mom of two. Isabel (Julia Roberts) is the profession minded girlfriend of Jackie’s ex-husband Luke (Ed Harris), pressured into the position of unwelcome stepmother to their kids. However when Jackie discovers she is sick, each girls understand they have to put apart their variations to discover a frequent floor and rejoice life to the fullest, whereas they’ve the prospect.
“Be there for the enjoyment. Be there for the tears. Be there for one another.”
Launch Date: Dec 25, 1998
Run Time: 2 hr 5 min
Finances: $50,000,000
Accident inclined teenager, Percy (Logan Lerman) discovers he is truly a demi-God, the son of Poseidon (Kevin McKidd), and he’s wanted when Zeus’ (Sean Bean) lightning is stolen. Percy should grasp his new discovered expertise with a purpose to forestall a struggle between the Gods that would devastate your entire world.
When he finds out his longtime girlfriend (Julianne Moore) is pregnant, a commitment-phobe (Hugh Grant) realizes he might need to vary his way of life for higher or a lot, a lot worse.
Launch Date: Jul 12, 1995
Run Time: 1 hr 43 min
Finances: $35,000,000
Automobiles fly, timber battle again, and a mysterious house-elf involves warn Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) firstly of his second yr at Hogwarts. Journey and hazard await when bloody writing on a wall broadcasts: The Chamber Of Secrets and techniques Has Been Opened. To save lots of Hogwarts would require all of Harry, Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione’s (Emma Watson) magical skills and braveness.
“One thing evil has returned to Hogwarts!”
Launch Date: Nov 15, 2002
Run Time: 2 hr 41 min
Finances: $100,000,000
(L to R) Celia Imrie, Ben Kingsley, Helen Mirren and Pierce Brosnan in ‘The Thursday Homicide Membership’, which can launch on twenty eighth August 2025 solely on Netflix. Photograph: Netflix.
4 septuagenarian buddies (Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Sir Ben Kingsley and Celia Imrie) dwelling in a retirement group type the Thursday Homicide Membership to resolve chilly circumstances for enjoyable. However when a shady property developer is discovered lifeless, the 4 discover themselves in the course of their first dwell case.
Launch Date: Aug 28, 2025
Run Time: 1 hr 58 min
When plans along with her boyfriend fall via, highschool senior Chris Parker (Elisabeth Shue) finally ends up babysitting the Anderson children, Brad (Keith Coogan) and Sara (Maia Brewton). What ought to be a quiet night time in, nevertheless, turns right into a collection of ridiculous exploits, beginning after they go away the home to choose up Chris’ pal Brenda (Penelope Ann Miller). Quickly, Brad’s buddy Daryl (Anthony Rapp) is concerned, and the group should cope with automobile thieves, blues musicians and way more.
“She thought babysitting was straightforward cash – till she began hanging out with the Andersons.”
Launch Date: Jul 1, 1987
Run Time: 1 hr 42 min
Finances: $7,000,000
Loving however irresponsible dad Daniel Hillard (Robin Williams), estranged from his exasperated partner (Sally Discipline), is crushed by a courtroom order permitting solely weekly visits along with his children. When Daniel learns his ex wants a housekeeper, he will get the job — disguised as a British nanny. Quickly he turns into not solely his kids’s greatest pal however the type of guardian he ought to have been from the beginning.
“She makes dinner. She does home windows. She reads bedtime tales. She’s a blessing… in disguise.”
Launch Date: Nov 24, 1993
Run Time: 2 hr 5 min
Finances: $25,000,000
Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) makes the many of the scenario after his household unwittingly leaves him behind after they go on Christmas trip. When thieves (Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern) attempt to break into his house, he places up a battle like no different.
“A household comedy with out the household.”
Launch Date: Nov 16, 1990
Run Time: 1 hr 43 min
Finances: $18,000,000
Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter in ‘Harry Potter and the Thinker’s Stone’. Photograph: Warner Bros. Footage.
Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) has lived below the steps at his aunt and uncle’s home his complete life. However on his eleventh birthday, he learns he is a robust wizard—with a spot ready for him on the Hogwarts College of Witchcraft and Wizardry. As he learns to harness his newfound powers with the assistance of the college’s kindly headmaster (Richard Harris), Harry uncovers the reality about his dad and mom’ deaths—and concerning the villain who’s responsible.
Launch Date: Nov 16, 2001
Run Time: 2 hr 32 min
Finances: $125,000,000