John C Reilly’s 5 Best Comedies (& His 5 Best Dramas)

John C. Reilly’s 5 Best Comedies (& His 5 Best Dramas)

Whether John C. Reilly is taking on a dramatic role or starring in a new Will Ferrell comedy, the actor brings his A-game to each performance.

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John C. Reilly has had a hand in sculpting many of Paul Thomas Anderson’s movies, and PTA arguably wouldn’t be where he is today without the actor supporting him. And vice-versa, as the celebrated director has often surrounded Reilly in ensemble casts that include extremely prolific and seasoned actors. With a similar working relationship with Will Ferrell, Reilly has adopted some incredible comedy chops from working with the best.

Few other actors have such an equal amount of both comedies and dramas throughout their careers, and even fewer are just as great in either genre. Whether John C. Reilly is taking on a dramatic role or starring in a new Will Ferrell comedy, the actor brings his A-game to each performance.

10 Comedy: Anger Management (2003)

Being one of Adam Sandler’s best movies according to box office mojo, the film’s financial success is helped not only by Jack Nicholson co-starring in the comedy, but also thanks to Reilly featuring as a former school bully of Sandler’s who has since converted to Buddhism.

It’s one of the strangest but most hilarious scenes in an Adam Sandler movie, as Sandler gives Reilly, who is now a monk, a wedgie in the middle of a monastery.

9 Drama: The Lobster (2015)

The Lobster is an avant-garde movie from Yorgos Lanthimos, a Greek filmmaker, but it has a surprising amount of star power behind it. The movie stars Colin Farrell and Rachel Weisz, and Reilly plays the role of Lisping Man, as no character has a proper name.

The Lobster is set in a dystopian future in which single adults have to find a partner within 45 days or they’re turned into a creature of their choosing, and it features one of the weirdest movie moments of the decade.

8 Comedy: Wreck-It Ralph (2012)

Wreck-It Ralph didn’t hide how influenced it was by Pixar, as its themes of loneliness and an irreverent main character are both common in most Pixar movies.

Not only that, but the movie featured existing characters from well-known video games such as Sonic The Hedgehog and many others, which is a typical trick of Pixar’s. These influences helped it become one of the best animated Disney movies of the decade, and Reilly’s gruff voice is the perfect fit for the almost personified Donkey Kong character.

7 Drama: Boogie Nights (1997)

Boogie Nights is an epic movie that spans two eras in the porn industry. The movie has an ensemble cast led by a young Marky Mark in the role of Dirk Diggler, and Reilly plays his right-hand man, Reed Rothchild.

Being the first of three Paul Thomas Anderson movies on the list, Boogie Nights is typically PTA, as every character has their own story arc that intertwines with others’. It’s one of the best movies of the ’90s and one of the best Burt Reynolds movies, even though the Hollywood icon hated it, which is one of the many interesting facts about the movie.

6 Comedy: Step Brothers (2008)

Undeniably the most recognizable movie on the list mostly down to the film’s many classic quotes, Step Brothers struck a chord with audiences and the childlike bond between Reilly and Will Ferrell was a friendship that grown men could only dream of.

The final scene at the infamous Catalina Wine Mixer has become a part of pop culture, as has the drum-set scene, the interview montage, and countless other scenes.

5 Drama: Hard Eight (1996)

Many people forget about Paul Thomas Anderson’s debut movie, which was released just one year before Boogie Nights. Hard Eight is unlike most of PTA’s movies, as it’s more of a straight forward thriller and doesn’t contain all of the tropes Anderson would attain later in his career.

But it does feature a ton of shots that harken back to Martin Scorsese’s best movies and, of course, John C. Reilly. It’s one of Reilly’s early starring roles, as he plays a drifter who bonds with a senior gambler in Las Vegas.

4 Comedy: Walk Hard: The Dewy Cox Story (2007)

The title character of Walk Hard is made up of a bunch of different personality traits of real-life musicians, including Bob Dylan, Jim Morrison, John Lennon, and many others, but more than any, Johnny Cash.

The movie is hilarious, features a long list of cameos, and has an early starring role from Kristen Wiig. Unfortunately, the movie was a box office bomb despite being received overwhelmingly positively by critics.

3 Drama: Gangs Of New York (2002)

Gangs of New York is possibly the biggest production Reilly has ever been a part of, as the Scorsese helmed movie is a period drama based in the 1860s and has some of the best set and costume design ever seen on film.

Reilly plays Happy Jack Mulraney, the right-hand man to Liam Neeson’s character. It’s incredible that the lead actor of Step Brothers also starred alongside Daniel Day-Lewis in one of the best period dramas of the 21st century.

2 Comedy: Talladega Nights: The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby (2006)

Talladega Nights started Reilly and Will Ferrell’s lucrative on-screen partnership and it cemented him as a leading man in comedy, leading to many roles that followed.

The scene in which he moves into Ricky Bobby’s house when he’s recovering in hospital is one of the funniest scenes in the movie.

1 Drama: Magnolia (1999)

Without a doubt John C. Reilly’s best dramatic movie and one of the greatest movies of all time, Magnolia is a 3+ hour melodramatic epic, again directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.

Yet another movie with an ensemble cast, Reilly has one of the most pivotal roles as Jim, a cop who loses his gun in the middle of a police chase and struggles with ineptitude. Magnolia is epic, compelling, and extremely emotionally exhausting.

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