46 Matthew Broderick Movies & TV Shows, Ranked Best to Worst

Habitual slacker Ferris Bueller makes an elaborate plan to pull off a special day off from school pretending to be sick while he shares an adventurous ride through Chicago with his girlfriend Sloane and his friend Cameron in the prized Ferrari of the latter's father. Meanwhile, convinced that he is faking, his dean desperately attempts to expose him.

Lee Chandler, a loner who works as a janitor in Quincy, is forced to return to his hometown Manchester-by-the-Sea following his brother's sudden death. He is shocked to learn that he is now the sole guardian of his teenager nephew Patrick and is further tormented by memories of past tragedies as the funeral gets delayed.

The Academy Awards-winning movie depicts the first unit of all African-American soldiers during the Civil War. Col. Robert Gould Shaw leads the ‘54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry’ of all-black soldiers; however, he meets with strong prejudices from both Union Army and the Confederates. Initially assigned to only menial tasks, the regiment earns its place in the battle and achieves glory at Fort Wagner.   

Arnold, a gay man, meets Ed, a bisexual schoolteacher, and they fall for one another. However, Ed realizes that he is not comfortable with his sexuality and leaves Arnold for a woman. Soon after, Arnold begins a relationship with another man named Alan. They eventually settle down together, and even think of applying for adoption of a child. However, Arnold is devastated when Alan is killed in a homophobic attack.

Sammy is a single mother who is quite protective of her 8-year old son. They live in small town and Sammy works in a bank. When her brother visits her, he fills the void in her life and her son’s. However, her life soon gets into turmoil.

Jim McAllister is a beloved civics teacher at a high school and resents overachieving senior student, Tracy Flick, who will do anything for success. When Tracy decides to run for student body president, an appalled Jim encourages football player, Paul Meltzer, to run as well. Unfortunately, things don’t end well for Jim. 

Pentagon has fully automated its missile launch control centers in order to eliminate risky human element in the event of an actual war. Meanwhile, two computer savvy high school students are searching for interesting games, eventually coming across something called "Global Thermonuclear War".  They somehow hack into the site and start playing, not realizing their action can lead to WWIII. 

This dark fantasy film revolves around a young thief, who unwillingly gets involved with a warrior and his lady who are hunted by the Bishop of Aquila. Upon realizing that they have a common enemy, they unite to take down the Bishop and end his oppression. 

Biloxi Blues is a comedy drama film which tells the story of a teenager named Eugene, who is drafted into the United States Army during the Second World War. He is sent to Camp Shelby, near Biloxi, Mississippi, and he sets few goals for his life and starts maintaining a journal.

Lisa Cohen interacts with a bus driver, running alongside his bus, but this makes him distracted which leads to a fatal accident. Lisa accuses the driver of being responsible for the accident and the death of the woman who died in her arms. She files a lawsuit against the driver as well, but she ends up losing.

Clark Kellogg, an aspiring director arrives in New York City. He is robbed by Victor, moments within he lays his feet on the city's soil. Few days later Kellogg runs into Victor who not only assures him that he will return his money, but also offers him a job with his Uncle Carmine Sabatini, a local mobster who shares a stunning resemblance with an illustrious cinematic godfather. As Carmine takes Kellogg under his wings, demanding complete allegiance, everything is not as it seems. 

The Producers is a musical comedy drama film, which tells the story of Max Bialystock, a theatre producer, who pairs up with an accountant to raise a huge amount to produce a show that they are sure will flop. 

Arthur Shaw, one of the richest residents of The Tower, is under house arrest for embezzling over US $2 billion from his investors. These include building manager Josh Kovaks and his co-workers, who then plan a tower heist with petty criminal, Slide, to break into the apartment to steal their money back. 

Following her parents' divorce, Amy's father inculcated into his two daughters that monogamy is not realistic, which became the life mantra for the commitment-phobic heavy-drinking party girl after she grew up to be a magazine writer. However, she begins to question herself after she falls for the charming sports doctor Aaron Conners while writing an article about him.

Steven Kovacs bribes cable installer Ernie ‘Chip’ Douglas to give him free premium channels. However, Chip soon becomes intrusive, invades Steven’s personal life, and makes his life a living hell. When Steven tries to break their friendship, things take a much darker turn, including Chip taking Steven’s ex Robin as a hostage. 

When mild-mannered astronomer Sam’s childhood sweetheart Linda moves to New York, Sam follows only to find her living with new beau, restaurateur Anton. Sam takes up residence opposite Anton’s to spy on them. Soon, photographer Maggie, seeking revenge on ex-fiancé Anton, joins Sam’s quest to break-up those two with all the possible tricks, but instead of separating Anton-Linda, they slowly start growing closer.

Project X is a science fiction thriller film which tells the story of Jimmy Garrett, a pilot, who is assigned to watch over a group of chimpanzees used for military experiments. Over time, Jimmy starts to bond with Virgil, a chimp who is capable of communicating in sign language. However, when Jimmy learns that they are planning to kill the animals with radiation, he decides to help them escape.

Dr John Harvey Kellogg runs a health facility, where he wants to promote his eccentric and progressive ideas about well-being.

Then She Found Me is a romantic comedy drama film which tells the story of a schoolteacher who wants to have a baby, but instead, she is left by her husband. Shortly after, things get worse as her adoptive mother passes away, and her biological mother contacts her starts to turn her life upside down.

Strangers with Candy is a comedy film which tells the story of Jerri Blank, a former high school dropout who is released from prison at the age of 46. She returns to her childhood home, and discovers that her mother has passed away, and her father has got married again to a hateful woman named Sara. To make matters worse, she now has an arrogant half-brother and her father is in a coma. She decides to resume her life at where she left it, and decides to re-join her high-school.  

Family Business is a crime drama film which tells the story of Jessie, who along with his son Vito and grandson Adam, need to team up for a million dollar heist. However, Vito makes up his mind not to join his father and son, and stay away from his family’s criminal business.

Rules Don’t Apply is a romantic comedy drama film which tells the story of Maria Mabrey, an aspiring actress, who is under a contract with RKO Pictures, owned by Howard Hughes. She meets Frank Forbes, a driver working for Hughes, who is assigned the task of picking her up to take her to her singing and dancing classes. Even though her contract forbids her from dating an employee, over some time, she begins to fall for Frank.

Steven Schats is a movie director and screenwriter who finds someone to finance his latest project. However, it soon seems that the man is actually an undercover FBI agent pretending to be a producer, and is working on a mob sting operation.  

After the military nuclear test in French Polynesia, a mysterious giant creature begins wreaking havoc. An NRC scientist, Dr. Niko, is called upon to identify it. Meanwhile, the creature, Godzilla, reaches New York and begins its destructive spree. It is now up to Dr. Niko, his reporter girlfriend, Audrey, her cameraman Victor and an unusual insurance agent, Philippe, to restore peace.

Successful reality show executive producer Joanna Eberhart relocates with her husband and children to the Connecticut suburb of Stepford after an attempted shootout by a disheartened participant. There she finds the wives to be rather insipid, shallow and overly obedient. Soon, she starts suspecting that everything is not right. 

Steve Finch is an optometrist, who is looking forward to have a great Christmas with his kids. However, his new neighbor starts decorating his house so brightly that it can be seen from outer space. This makes Steve jealous and the two begin competing with each other.

Inspector Gadget is a sci-fi action film, which tells the story of a security guard who becomes a guinea pig for an experiment where he is transformed into a cybernetic police officer. 

Owen Baker is a twelve year old boy who wants to have a dog of his own. Soon, his life takes a turn when his parents let him adopt a scruffy Border Terrier, whom Owen names Hubble. However, Owen is unaware of the fact that Hubble is from a different planet and is part of a mission to take over the Earth.  

A young vulnerable lion cub prince is falsely led to believe by his evil uncle that he was responsible for his father’s death. He flees, but eventually return as an adult to claim his rightful place as the King. The movie was the highest grossing film of the year and also figures in the list of highest-grossing animated films of all time.

After graduating from college, bee Barry B. Benson finds the prospects of a career in honey making most uninspiring. Breaking the bee-rule, he talks to a human, florist Vanessa Bloome, who saves his life. As he learns from her that humans consume honey and have been exploiting bees since centuries, Barry gathers evidence to file a suit against humans.

This animation comedy adventure film tells the story of a brave mouse who forms a friendship with a gentleman rat, and helps restore happiness to a forlorn kingdom. 

She’s Having a Baby is a romantic comedy drama film which tells the story of Jake and Kristy Briggs, who are newly married, and are living a happy life with each other. However, when they try to have a baby, they face a number of challenges and learn how unprepared they are, for what lies ahead.

The film depicts several intertwined stories involving varied incidents and emotions experienced by different individuals on the night of the New Year’s Eve and highlights different human elements such as love, hope, and forgiveness, second chance and promise. Second of the three romantic comedy films directed by Garry Marshall, it was a huge box office success.