What is the best Ben Stiller movie?

Broad studio comedies sit next to the films he directed himself and a few quieter indie dramas. Pick the Stiller performance you'd rewatch tonight.

1. 1
   Zoolander

   A 2001 fashion-world satire that Stiller directed, co-wrote and starred in as the vain male model Derek Zoolander.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Tropic Thunder

   A 2008 Hollywood war-movie satire Stiller directed and co-wrote, starring as action star Tugg Speedman alongside Robert Downey Jr. and Jack Black.
   890pts
3. 3
   Madagascar

   DreamWorks' 2005 animated comedy with Stiller voicing Alex, a Central Park Zoo lion who ends up stranded on Madagascar.
   663pts
4. 4
   Night at the Museum

   A 2006 family comedy directed by Shawn Levy, with Stiller as night guard Larry Daley at a museum whose exhibits come to life after dark.
   592pts
5. 5
   The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

   A 2013 adventure drama Stiller directed and starred in as a daydreaming Life magazine photo manager, loosely based on James Thurber's short story.
   579pts
6. 6
   The Cable Guy

   A 1996 dark comedy Stiller directed, starring Jim Carrey as a lonely cable installer who fixates on a customer played by Matthew Broderick.
   579pts
7. 7
   Brad's Status

   Mike White's 2017 comedy-drama with Stiller as a father touring colleges with his son while comparing himself to richer old friends.
   529pts
8. 8
   Reality Bites

   Stiller's 1994 feature directing debut, a Gen-X romantic comedy in which he also plays TV executive Michael opposite Winona Ryder and Ethan Hawke.
   529pts
9. 9
   Dodgeball

   A 2004 sports comedy with Stiller as the preening gym owner White Goodman, facing Vince Vaughn's team in a dodgeball tournament.
   474pts
10. 10
    Starsky & Hutch

    Todd Phillips' 2004 big-screen take on the 1970s TV cop show, with Stiller as David Starsky and Owen Wilson as Hutch.
    410pts
11. 11
    Battle of the Smithsonian

    The 2009 sequel Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, which moves Larry Daley's adventure to the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.
    410pts
12. 12
    The Meyerowitz Stories

    Noah Baumbach's 2017 Netflix family drama, with Stiller and Adam Sandler as half-brothers dealing with their sculptor father, played by Dustin Hoffman.
    410pts
13. 13
    Meet the Fockers

    The 2004 sequel to Meet the Parents that brings in Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand as Greg Focker's parents.
    410pts
14. 14
    While We're Young

    Noah Baumbach's 2014 comedy with Stiller and Naomi Watts as a fortysomething New York couple drawn into the world of a younger pair.
    410pts
15. 15
    Tower Heist

    Brett Ratner's 2011 heist comedy with Stiller as a luxury-building manager who plots to rob a Wall Street swindler, with Eddie Murphy.
    338pts
16. 16
    Permanent Midnight

    A 1998 drama with Stiller as TV writer Jerry Stahl, based on Stahl's memoir of heroin addiction.
    338pts
17. 17
    Heavyweights

    A 1995 Disney comedy with Stiller as Tony Perkis, a fitness fanatic who takes over a summer camp for overweight kids.
    338pts
18. 18
    Keeping the Faith

    Edward Norton's 2000 directing debut, a romantic comedy with Stiller as a rabbi whose childhood friend, a priest, falls for the same woman.
    338pts
19. 19
    Greenberg

    Noah Baumbach's 2010 comedy-drama with Stiller as Roger Greenberg, a misanthropic carpenter house-sitting for his brother in Los Angeles.
    338pts
20. 20
    Mystery Men

    A 1999 superhero comedy with Stiller as Mr. Furious, one of a team of amateur heroes trying to save Champion City.
    255pts
21. 21
    The Royal Tenenbaums

    Wes Anderson's 2001 family comedy-drama, with Stiller as Chas Tenenbaum, a widowed father obsessed with his sons' safety.
    255pts
22. 22
    Along Came Polly

    A 2004 romantic comedy with Stiller as cautious insurance risk analyst Reuben Feffer, who falls for a free spirit played by Jennifer Aniston.
    255pts
23. 23
    Meet the Parents

    A 2000 comedy directed by Jay Roach, with Stiller as nurse Greg Focker meeting his girlfriend's ex-CIA father, played by Robert De Niro.
    255pts
24. 24
    Zoolander 2

    The 2016 sequel Stiller directed and co-wrote, bringing Derek Zoolander and Hansel back to the fashion world in Rome.
    255pts
25. 25
    Flirting with Disaster

    David O. Russell's 1996 road comedy with Stiller as a new father who crosses the country looking for his biological parents.
    158pts
26. 26
    There's Something About Mary

    The Farrelly brothers' 1998 comedy with Stiller as Ted, who hires a private investigator to find his high-school crush, played by Cameron Diaz.
    158pts

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