What is the best John C. Reilly movie?

Paul Thomas Anderson ensembles and Scorsese epics sit next to the comedies people quote at barbecues, plus a musical turn that got him an Oscar nod.

1. 1
   Step Brothers

   2008 comedy starring Reilly and Will Ferrell as middle-aged men forced to share a house when their parents marry.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Boogie Nights

   Paul Thomas Anderson's 1997 drama about the 1970s porn industry, with Reilly as actor Reed Rothchild.
   584pts
3. 3
   Magnolia

   Paul Thomas Anderson's 1999 ensemble drama, with Reilly as lovelorn Los Angeles police officer Jim Kurring.
   515pts
4. 4
   The Lobster

   Yorgos Lanthimos's 2015 dystopian satire, with Reilly as the lisping man at the hotel for single people.
   515pts
5. 5
   Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

   2006 NASCAR comedy, with Reilly as Cal Naughton Jr. alongside Will Ferrell.
   454pts
6. 6
   Wreck-It Ralph

   2012 Disney animated film featuring Reilly as the voice of video-game villain Ralph.
   454pts
7. 7
   Hard Eight

   Paul Thomas Anderson's 1996 debut feature, with Reilly as a down-on-his-luck gambler taken in by Philip Baker Hall's veteran.
   454pts
8. 8
   Stan & Ollie

   2018 biopic starring Reilly as Oliver Hardy opposite Steve Coogan's Stan Laurel.
   454pts
9. 9
   Cyrus

   The Duplass brothers' 2010 comedy-drama, with Reilly as a divorcé whose new girlfriend's adult son resents him.
   454pts
10. 10
    The Sisters Brothers

    Jacques Audiard's 2018 western, with Reilly and Joaquin Phoenix as hired-gun brothers.
    384pts
11. 11
    Carnage

    Roman Polanski's 2011 adaptation of Yasmina Reza's play, with Reilly, Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet and Christoph Waltz.
    384pts
12. 12
    Chicago

    2002 Best Picture winner that earned Reilly an Oscar nomination as Amos Hart, singing 'Mister Cellophane'.
    384pts
13. 13
    The Aviator

    Martin Scorsese's 2004 Howard Hughes biopic, with Reilly as Hughes's business manager Noah Dietrich.
    384pts
14. 14
    Gangs of New York

    Martin Scorsese's 2002 epic, with Reilly as corrupt policeman Happy Jack Mulraney.
    0pts
15. 15
    Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

    2007 music-biopic parody starring Reilly as fictional rock star Dewey Cox.
    0pts
16. 16
    Kong: Skull Island

    2017 monster film, with Reilly as a World War II pilot stranded on the island for decades.
    0pts

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