Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "arrested-development"

1. Step Brothers (2008)

R | 98 min | Comedy

Two aimless middle-aged losers still living at home are forced against their will to become roommates when their parents marry.

Director: Adam McKay | Stars: Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Mary Steenburgen, Richard Jenkins

Votes: 318,726 | Gross: $100.47M

2. Waiting... (I) (2005)

R | 94 min | Comedy

Young employees at ShenaniganZ restaurant collectively stave off boredom and adulthood with their antics.

Director: Rob McKittrick | Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Anna Faris, John Francis Daley, Justin Long

Votes: 106,053 | Gross: $16.12M

3. Old School (2003)

R | 88 min | Comedy

Three friends attempt to recapture their glory days by opening up a fraternity near their alma mater.

Director: Todd Phillips | Stars: Luke Wilson, Vince Vaughn, Will Ferrell, Jeremy Piven

Votes: 243,207 | Gross: $75.59M

4. Up in the Air (I) (2009)

R | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Ryan's job is to travel around the country firing off people. When his boss hires Natalie, who proposes firing people via video conference, he tries to convince her that her method is a mistake.

Director: Jason Reitman | Stars: George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Jason Bateman

Votes: 349,241 | Gross: $83.82M

5. Paul (2011)

R | 104 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Two English comic book geeks traveling across the U.S. encounter an alien outside Area 51.

Director: Greg Mottola | Stars: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Seth Rogen, Mia Stallard

Votes: 265,947 | Gross: $37.41M

6. I Love You, Man (2009)

R | 105 min | Comedy, Romance

Friendless Peter Klaven goes on a series of man-dates to find a Best Man for his wedding. But, when his insta-bond with his new B.F.F. puts a strain on his relationship with his fiancée, can the trio learn to live happily ever after?

Director: John Hamburg | Stars: Paul Rudd, Jason Segel, Rashida Jones, Sarah Burns

Votes: 216,591 | Gross: $71.44M

7. Shallow Hal (2001)

PG-13 | 114 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

A shallow man falls in love with a 300-pound woman because of her inner beauty.

Directors: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly | Stars: Jack Black, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jason Alexander, Joe Viterelli

Votes: 144,643 | Gross: $70.84M

8. Tag (I) (2018)

R | 100 min | Action, Comedy

A small group of former classmates organize an elaborate, annual game of tag that requires some to travel all over the country.

Director: Jeff Tomsic | Stars: Jeremy Renner, Ed Helms, Jake Johnson, Jon Hamm

Votes: 146,619 | Gross: $54.55M

9. The King of Staten Island (2020)

R | 136 min | Comedy, Drama

Scott has been a case of arrested development since his firefighter dad died. He spends his days smoking weed and dreaming of being a tattoo artist until events force him to grapple with his grief and take his first steps forward in life.

Director: Judd Apatow | Stars: Pete Davidson, Bel Powley, Ricky Velez, Lou Wilson

Votes: 76,711

10. Young Adult (2011)

R | 94 min | Comedy, Drama

Soon after her divorce, a fiction writer returns to her home in small-town Minnesota, looking to rekindle a romance with her ex-boyfriend who is now happily married and has a newborn daughter.

Director: Jason Reitman | Stars: Charlize Theron, Patrick Wilson, Patton Oswalt, Elizabeth Reaser

Votes: 87,875 | Gross: $16.31M

11. Candy (1968)

R | 115 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Candy Christian, an innocent high-schooler, encounters numerous colorful characters and humorous sexual situations while attempting to find meaning in life.

Director: Christian Marquand | Stars: Ewa Aulin, Richard Burton, Charles Aznavour, Marlon Brando

Votes: 3,590

12. Funny People (2009)

R | 146 min | Comedy, Drama

When seasoned comedian George Simmons learns of his terminal, inoperable health condition, his desire to form a genuine friendship causes him to take a relatively green performer under his wing as his opening act.

Director: Judd Apatow | Stars: Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen, Leslie Mann, Eric Bana

Votes: 123,581 | Gross: $51.86M

13. Attenberg (2010)

Not Rated | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Stuck in her boring factory town, twenty-three-year-old Marina is at the mercy of both her father's impending death and her distaste for other humans.

Director: Athina Rachel Tsangari | Stars: Ariane Labed, Vangelis Mourikis, Evangelia Randou, Yorgos Lanthimos

Votes: 7,665 | Gross: $0.02M

14. Laurel Canyon (2002)

R | 103 min | Drama

When an uptight young man and his fiancée move into his libertine mother's house, the resulting clash of life attitudes shakes everyone up.

Director: Lisa Cholodenko | Stars: Frances McDormand, Alessandro Nivola, Christian Bale, Kate Beckinsale

Votes: 17,503 | Gross: $3.66M

15. Blue Juice (1995)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

JC thinks surfing is everything. His girlfriend Chloe wants him to settle down. When he decides to go surfing one night with friends from London, she throws JC out. Surfing or Chloe?

Director: Carl Prechezer | Stars: Sean Pertwee, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Ewan McGregor, Steven Mackintosh

Votes: 2,942

16. Laggies (2014)

R | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

In the throes of a quarter-life crisis, Megan panics when her boyfriend proposes. She takes an opportunity to escape for a week, hiding out in the house of her new 16-year-old friend Annika and her world-weary single dad.

Director: Lynn Shelton | Stars: Keira Knightley, Chloë Grace Moretz, Sam Rockwell, Mark Webber

Votes: 45,786 | Gross: $0.44M

17. The Baby (1973)

PG | 84 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

A social worker, still reeling from the loss of her architect husband, investigates the eccentric, psychedelic Wadsworth Family, consisting of a mother, two daughters, and an adult son with the apparent mental capacity of an infant.

Director: Ted Post | Stars: Anjanette Comer, Ruth Roman, Marianna Hill, Susanne Zenor

Votes: 4,373

18. A Few Best Men (2011)

Not Rated | 97 min | Comedy, Romance

A groom and his three best men travel to the Australian outback for a wedding.

Director: Stephan Elliott | Stars: Laura Brent, Xavier Samuel, Kris Marshall, Kevin Bishop

Votes: 13,555

19. Alone Together (I) (2018)

TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy

Two not-so-young socially-awkward Millennials--rich, self-conscious, unmotivated Benji and his poor, freeloading, self-centered, strictly-platonic best friend Esther--try to fit in with L.A.'s vain, status-obsessed elite.

Stars: Esther Povitsky, Benji Aflalo, Edgar Blackmon, Chris D'Elia

Votes: 2,148

20. Sweetie (1989)

R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama

An introspective young woman's life is upturned by the arrival of her maladjusted sister.

Director: Jane Campion | Stars: Geneviève Lemon, Karen Colston, Tom Lycos, Jon Darling

Votes: 5,370 | Gross: $0.94M

21. Big Bully (1996)

PG | 90 min | Comedy, Thriller

A writer returns to his hometown where he faces the childhood nemesis whose life he ultimately ruined, only the bully wants to relive their painful past by torturing him once again.

Director: Steve Miner | Stars: Rick Moranis, Tom Arnold, Julianne Phillips, Carol Kane

Votes: 5,558 | Gross: $4.09M

22. Band of Robbers (2015)

TV-MA | 95 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn are grown men, still searching for the hidden treasure that has eluded them since childhood.

Directors: Aaron Nee, Adam Nee | Stars: Kyle Gallner, Adam Nee, Matthew Gray Gubler, Hannibal Buress

Votes: 4,497 | Gross: $0.02M

23. The House of Tomorrow (2017)

Not Rated | 85 min | Comedy, Drama

The film tells futurist, architect, and inventor R. Buckminster Fuller's incredible story through two teens hoping to get laid, become punk gods, and survive high school.

Director: Peter Livolsi | Stars: Asa Butterfield, Alex Wolff, Nick Offerman, Ellen Burstyn

Votes: 2,393 | Gross: $0.04M

24. Chuck & Buck (2000)

R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama

An oddly naive man-child stalks his childhood best friend and tries to reconnect with their past.

Director: Miguel Arteta | Stars: Mike White, Chris Weitz, Lupe Ontiveros, Beth Colt

Votes: 5,883 | Gross: $1.05M

25. Wilson (I) (2017)

R | 94 min | Comedy, Drama

A lonely, neurotic, and hilariously honest middle-aged man reunites with his estranged wife, and meets his teenage daughter for the first time.

Director: Craig Johnson | Stars: Woody Harrelson, Sandra Lee-Oian Thomas, Shaun J. Brown, James Robert Miller

Votes: 11,009 | Gross: $0.65M

26. The Sidelong Glances of a Pigeon Kicker (1970)

R | 106 min | Comedy

After a young man graduates from a prestigious college, he rebels by preferring a carefree existence rather than the life of fighting the rungs within the treacherous American corporate ... See full summary »

Director: John Dexter | Stars: Jordan Christopher, Jill O'Hara, Robert Walden, Kate Reid

Votes: 102

27. Transhood (2020)

96 min | Documentary

Filmed over five years in Kansas City, this documentary follows four kids - beginning at ages 4, 7, 12, and 15 - as they redefine "coming of age." These kids and their families reveal ... See full summary »

Director: Sharon Liese | Stars: Marci Bowers, Avery Jackson

Votes: 1,472

28. Peep World (2010)

R | 79 min | Comedy, Drama

Four siblings implode after the release of a book written about them.

Director: Barry W. Blaustein | Stars: Michael C. Hall, Sarah Silverman, Rainn Wilson, Lewis Black

Votes: 3,849 | Gross: $0.01M

29. 1, 2, 3, Freeze (1993)

104 min | Comedy, Drama

Surreal, dreamlike tale of girl growing up in Marseilles' slums with her alcoholic dad and her crazy mother.

Director: Bertrand Blier | Stars: Anouk Grinberg, Myriam Boyer, Olivier Martinez, Jean-Michel Noirey

Votes: 904

30. The Child I Never Was (2002)

86 min | Crime, Drama

The true-life story of 19-year-old Jürgen Bartsch, a German pedophile serial killer who murdered four boys, based on his correspondence, over the course of eight years, with German American author Paul Moor.

Director: Kai S. Pieck | Stars: Tobias Schenke, Sebastian Urzendowsky, Ulrike Bliefert, Walter Gontermann

Votes: 645

31. The Winner (2007)

TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy

A successful guy looks back to the time he spent living with his parents when he was in his thirties.

Stars: Rob Corddry, Erinn Hayes, Keir Gilchrist, Linda Hart

Votes: 1,168

32. Awful Nice (2013)

R | 92 min | Comedy

Jim has to find his immature brother, then pay him to come to their dad's funeral. They inherit a cabin together. Will the time together, driving to Branson and then fixing the cabin to sell it, turn hatred to brotherly love?

Director: Todd Sklar | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Zahn McClarnon, Laura Ramsey, Keeley Hazell

Votes: 1,131

33. Zero Charisma (2013)

Not Rated | 86 min | Comedy, Drama

An overgrown nerd who serves as Game Master of a fantasy board game finds his role as leader of the misfits put into jeopardy when a new initiate enters the group.

Directors: Katie Graham, Andrew Matthews | Stars: Sam Eidson, Brock England, Garrett Graham, Anne Gee Byrd

Votes: 2,775

34. Last Days Here (2011)

Not Rated | 91 min | Documentary, Music

Documentary follows Bobby Liebling, lead singer of seminal hard rock/heavy metal band Pentagram, as he battles decades of hard drug addiction and personal demons to try and get his life back.

Directors: Don Argott, Demian Fenton | Stars: Bobby Liebling, Sean Pelletier, Diane Liebling, Joe Liebling

Votes: 2,052 | Gross: $0.01M

35. The Prime Gig (2000)

R | 98 min | Drama

A telesales con man finds the ultimate racket, but starting an affair with the girlfriend of his guru-like boss might be the wrong call.

Director: Gregory Mosher | Stars: Vince Vaughn, Julia Ormond, Ed Harris, Rory Cochrane

Votes: 2,310

36. Jack the Dog (2001)

85 min | Comedy, Drama

Jack is a womanizer, but settles down with Faith. When the marriage falls apart due to Jack's desire for women, he gets shared custody of his son. Living with his son, slowly things in the mind of Jack are changing.

Director: Bobby Roth | Stars: Nestor Carbonell, Barbara Williams, Andrew J. Ferchland, Travis Fine

Votes: 180

37. Inside the Secret World of Incels (2019 TV Movie)

50 min | Documentary

Documentary looking at the incel community, an online subculture of those no-one wants to love and to whom multiple mass murders and hate crimes against women have been attributed.

Director: Simon Rawles | Stars: Alek Minassian, Kaitlyn Regehr, Elliot Rodger

Votes: 75

38. The Souler Opposite (1998)

R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

All Barry Singer wants, "is a woman to like him for who he pretends to be," ...or so he says in his act. A stand up comedian toiling in the netherworld of the L.A. comedy scene, Barry's ... See full summary »

Director: Bill Kalmenson | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Timothy Busfield, Janel Moloney, Josh Keaton

Votes: 193 | Gross: $0.00M

39. Breakfast of Aliens (1993)

R | 88 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

A lovable loser, Walter Clydepepper (Vic Dunlop) eats an alien from outer space in his cereal and becomes a deadly stand up comic.

Director: David Lee Miller | Stars: Vic Dunlop, Donald Gibb, Indy Shriner, Johnny Dark

Votes: 94

40. Dirt (2001)

R | 102 min | Comedy, Crime

When the mother of Junior and his younger brother Scooter, twenty-something, dies, they realize they need a woman around the house, since they haven't a clue how to cook or keep house. ... See full summary »

Directors: Michael Covert, Tracy Fraim | Stars: Tracy Fraim, Michael Covert, Tara Chocol, Jack Kehler

Votes: 438

41. Break a Leg (2007– )

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

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Stars: Yuri Baranovsky, Justin Morrison, Flynn Kelleher, Daniela DiIorio

Votes: 37

42. The Treehouse (2014)

74 min | Comedy

A 30 year old, delusional, no talent musician kidnaps a girl that he thinks is in love with him and stalks a guy who he believes is a record company scout.

Director: Adam Krayvo | Stars: Kelly Misek Jr., Christina Licciardi, Mary Carrig, Reece Kirk

Votes: 8

43. 66/67: Fairplay Is Over (2009)

115 min | Crime, Drama, Sport

For six young men, who could hardly be more different from one another, the fan club of the Eintracht Braunschweig football club is the center of their life and their friendship. 66/67 is ... See full summary »

Directors: Jan-Christoph Glaser, Carsten Ludwig | Stars: Fabian Hinrichs, Christoph Bach, Melika Foroutan, Maxim Mehmet

Votes: 297

44. Shadowboxing (I) (2010)

Not Rated | 78 min | Drama

An offbeat yet serious family drama about coming home, arrested development and infidelity.

Director: Jesse Noah Klein | Stars: Bobby Lamont, Karl Werleman, Danny Coleman, Philip Xavier Matz

Votes: 30

45. Poisons (1987)

106 min | Drama

Three brothers, who spy on and mistrust each other, live together in a large neglected house. They are holding an elderly painter prisoner, trying by all means to make him paint again.

Director: Pierre Maillard | Stars: Roland Dubillard, Maurice Garrel, Rufus, Mimsy Farmer

46. The Edwin J. Hill Social Club (2005–2009)

22 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

Two friends move in together, turning a seemingly normal bachelor pad apartment into a nexus of dating blunders and supernatural hijinks.

Stars: George Bailey, Drew Brigner, Nathan Zoebl, John Bailey

Votes: 8

47. Play for Today (1970–1984)
Episode: The Flipside of Dominick Hide (1980)

90 min | Comedy, Drama

Dominick Hide has a mission to study and report on the transport systems of the past, but only as an observer. Yet when his Great Aunt Mavis talks about one of his ancestors, Dominick begins to bend the rules and become involved.

Director: Alan Gibson | Stars: Peter Firth, Caroline Langrishe, Pippa Guard, Patrick Magee

Votes: 343

48. The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962–1965)
Episode: Consider Her Ways (1964)

TV-PG | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A woman awakens in a dystopian society formed after the extinction of all men where women are sorted at birth into one of four social castes - Workers, Mothers (incubators), Servitors and Doctors. She rebels against being just a mother.

Director: Robert Stevens | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Barbara Barrie, Gladys Cooper, Robert H. Harris

Votes: 445

49. Star Trek (1966–1969)
Episode: Errand of Mercy (1967)

TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

With a war with Klingons raging, Kirk and Spock attempt to resist an occupation of a planet with incomprehensibly placid natives.

Director: John Newland | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, John Abbott, John Colicos

Votes: 4,041

50. The Border (2008–2010)
Episode: Broken (2009)

44 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Agent Bianca LaGarda escorts seventeen year-old Ali Jabir, a Canadian resident with ties to terrorists and just released from Guantanamo Bay, back to Canada. Kessler and ICS enter ... See full summary »

Stars: James McGowan, Sofia Milos, Graham Abbey, Jonas Chernick

Votes: 27